September 2012: Explore!

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SEPT 2012

High schoolers vie for stardom in Broadway or Bust

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I’m a big theatergoer. I love the drama, the music and lyrics, the passion, the bright lights and the chance to experience inspired performances up-close.

But I’ve often wondered how the talented performers who put on the greasepaint every night get their start. One answer is the National High School Musical Theater Awards competition, popularly known as “The Jimmy Awards” (named in honor of renowned Broadway theater owner and producer James M. Nederlander). Each year, hundreds of talented high schoolers from across the country vie for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to step onto a Broadway stage.

This month, in a television first, we’re thrilled to bring you the competition in a new, three-part WGBH-produced miniseries for PBS called Broadway or Bust (page 10).

You’ll follow America’s top high school musical theater performers, from their hometown tryouts through a make-it-or-break-it week of rehearsals, coaching and auditions capped by an awards event in front of a live audience and a panel of high-profile judges. The final hour takes place during a star-studded evening at Broadway’s famed Minskoff Theatre, where the top female and male Jimmy Award winners are chosen.

This is a rare opportunity to see what it takes to make it to the Great White Way. As a parent, I’m particularly pleased that this series gives us a chance to turn the spotlight on the discipline and resiliency needed to follow your passion, and also on the critical role of supportive coaches.

“You’ll witness the enormous talent of these young performers, and the emotional process they endure as they compete for a shot at Broadway,” says WGBH executive producer Laurie Donnelly. “We believe they’ll touch your hearts, as they have ours.” The series is airing as part of the PBS Arts fall lineup and is produced in collaboration with Lance K. Shultz in association with the National High School Musical Theater Awards, which gave WGBH unprecedented access.

I hope you’ll join me in watching Broadway or Bust, and give these talented young performers, and yourselves, a standing ovation. This fascinating and inspiring documentary series could not have happened without your generous annual support!

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Celebrate Curious George’s birthday with a sing-a-long, story time and cake! Kids can meet their favorite monkey and the Man with the Yellow Hat. Presented

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Library and WGBH. Admission is `````` free. Sat, 9/22, at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square.

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New Repertory Theatre

The New Repertory Theatre presents The Kite Runner. Based on the 2003 best-selling novel, this epic drama follows boyhood friends Amir and Hassan in 1970s Afghanistan.

Sun, 9/9–Sun, 9/30 at the Charles Mosesian Theater in Watertown. Members get 2-for-1 tickets the first week of the show; $5 off thereafter.

Info: 617-923-8487; newrep.org

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Join us for the WGBH Food & Wine Festival, featuring hundreds of wines, local chefs, restaurants, and local artisanal foods and produce. There’s something for every culinary passion!

Thu, 9/13, to Sat, 9/15, WGBH Studios in Brighton

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Dante de Magistris Restaurant dante

William Kovel Catalyst

Frank McClelland L’Espalier Sel de la Terre

The weekend lineup includes: Opening Gala Reception Taste delights from among 20 stations with Boston’s top chefs serving unique dishes perfectly paired with selected wineries and specially chosen wines. Thu, 9/13, 7–10pm WGBH Wine Auction Bid on rare and unique wines with Christie’s wine specialist, Charles Antin, while enjoying champagne and fine wines from Moët Hennessy along with specialty dishes. Fri, 9/14, 6–8pm The Artisan Taste Enjoy samples from among hundreds of wines and local artisanal food and learn cooking skills from your favorite chefs with demonstrations on the Culinary Stage.

Sat, 9/15, 12noon–3pm & 5–8pm The Boston Public Market Association’s Farmers Market at WGBH Stock your pantry with fresh local artisanal foods and produce. Sat, 9/15, 11am–6pm Educational Seminars Attend unique seminars on topics from “Discovering Your Wine Style” to “Knife Skills 101.” Fri, 9/14, and Sat, 9/15

Peter Davis Henrietta’s Table

Come disco dance the night away when A Midsummer Night’s Dream meets Studio 54 in the A.R.T.’s The Donkey Show.

Saturdays at the Oberon, 7:30pm and 10:30pm. And heads will roll in Marie Antoinette, the new dark comedy by David Adjmi at the Loeb Drama Center stage.

Featuring Brook Bloom and David Greenspan. Begins Sat, 9/1. Members receive $5 off tickets. Info: 617-547-8300; americanrepertorytheater.org

Susan Regis Upstairs on the Square

Brooke Vosika Bristol Lounge at Four Seasons Hotel

To learn more or purchase tickets, visit wgbh.org/festival

Old Sturbridge Village Fun Day

Take a step back into the past for some oldfashioned family fun at Old Sturbridge Village on Sat, 9/22, when the Village hosts WGBH Family Fun Day. Tour antique buildings and a water-powered mill with costumed historians, play 19th-century games, try hands-on crafts and activities and meet Curious George and Ruff Ruffman from Fetch!.

WGBH members receive free admission.

To RSVP now, visit wgbh.org/familyfun

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Opera fans, rejoice! WGBH’s annual Opera Bash is back, with 35 hours of opera on 2 and 44. Among this year’s offerings: Great Performances at the Met presentations of Der Rosenkavalier, Hamlet, Il Trovatore, Anna Bolena and La Traviata. And Classical New England is joining the celebration with an impressive radio lineup (see page 26). Opera Bash begins Sat, 9/1, at 12pm on WGBH 44 with Turandot, Puccini’s spectacular masterpiece recounting the legend of a bloodthirsty Chinese princess whose icy, vengeful heart softens as she comes to know true love. WGBH 2 joins in Sun, 9/2, at 12am with Boris Gudenov, a drama of the downtrodden Russian people and a ruler tormented by his conscience. And be sure to catch director Robert Lepage’s acclaimed new production, Wagner’s Ring Cycle. This is only the third time a complete Ring cycle has aired on PBS. The series is preceded by a documentary chronicling the quest to fulfill Wagner’s dream of the perfect Ring.

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Rough Cut Ask This Old House Ask This Old House Antiques Roadshow UK Chelsea 12pm 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals Sunday Comfort Meals 44 Great Performances at the Met Turandot Maria Guleghina plays the ruthless princess in a breathtaking production of Giacomo Puccini’s opera.

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2 This Old House Barrington Project (Pt. 3) 44 Great Performances at the Met Der Rosenkavalier Strauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-century Vienna starring Renée Fleming.

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Case Histories (Pt. 3) (d) 8:30 2 As Time Goes By 9pm 2 Outnumbered 44 Great Performances at the Met Hamlet Simon Keenlyside and Marlis Petersen bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of the Bard’s most unforgettable characters in this new production of Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet.

9:30 2 Outnumbered 10:09 2 Antiques Roadshow Mobile, AL (Pt. 1) 11:06 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Classics 11:32 2 This Old House

Sunday 2 44 Antiques Roadshow Mobile, AL (Pt. 1) 7am 44 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly 7:30 44 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 8am 44 Moneytrack (d) 8:30 44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 9am 44 CEO Global Foresight Diagnostics for All: SelfAdministered Diagnostic Tests in Your Medicine Cabinet 9:30 44 McLaughlin Group 10am 44 Inside Washington 10:30 44 McLaughlin Group 11am 2 Travelscope Mozambique, Africa (d) 44 Need to Know 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Poland Rediscovered 44 The Victory Garden 12pm 2 Rick Steves’ Special: Rome, Eternally Engaging 44 Great Performances at the Met Armida Mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison.

1pm 2 History Detectives 2pm 2 History Detectives 3pm 2 History Detectives 44 Great Performances at the Met Il Trovatore James Levine conducts David McVicar’s production of Verdi’s intense opera starring Marcelo Alvarez.

4pm 2 History Detectives 5pm 2 Moyers & Company 6am

44 Great Performances at the Met La Traviata Natalie Dessay puts on the red dress in Willy Decker’s production of this three-act opera.

6pm 2 Antiques Roadshow UK Chelsea 6:30 2 Neighborhood Kitchens 7pm 2 Market Warriors Antiquing in Cumming, GA Pickers Miller, John, Bob and Kevin encounter some Southern hospitality at the Lakewood 400 Antiques Market just outside Atlanta, Georgia, where they try to find vintage advertising.

8pm 2 Royal Memories: Prince Charles’ Tribute to the Queen Prince Charles leads this touching tribute to his mother, adding insight and commentary and sharing never-before-seen home movies, including those of a young Prince Charles and his sister Princess Anne on a family holiday filmed by Queen Elizabeth herself.

44 Great Performances at the Met Anna Bolena Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king.

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Inspector Lewis: The Gift of Promise During an investigation of a brutal bludgeoning, what seems to be a blackmail plot gone wrong turns into a case much darker and more sinister. (d) 10:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Inspector Lewis: The Gift of Promise (d) (See 9pm) 11:30 44 In the Life 5:30

Monday 3 PBS NewsHour History Detectives 7pm Greater Boston Antiques Roadshow UK Chelsea 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe South Ireland: Waterford to the Ring of Kerry 44 America’s Test Kitchen Fall Classics 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Mobile, AL (Pt. 2) 44 Ashes to Ashes 9pm 2 Market Warriors Antiquing in Springfield, OH The pickers are challenged to sift through 2,000 vendors to find the best piece of cast iron in one of the Midwest region’s largest shows, the Springfield Extravaganza Ohio.

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2 Flea Market Documentary A celebration of the unusual people and the enticing things that can be found in parking lots, fairgrounds, drive-ins, sidewalks and anywhere else someone has posted a sign saying, “Flea Market.”

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2 Greater Boston 44 Antiques Roadshow UK Ventnor 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of West Ireland: Dingle, Galway and the Aran Islands 44 America’s Test Kitchen Rise and Shine Breakfast 8pm 2 Frontline Money, Power and Wall Street (Pts. 1 & 2) The inside story of the origins of the financial meltdown and the battle to save the global economy.

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Live Convention Coverage

Get a firsthand look at the 2012 Democratic National Convention with prime-time live coverage led by PBS NewsHour co-anchors Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill. Tune in analysis, interviews and commentary, including political analysis from syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks, live dispatches from the convention floor, insight on key developments at the convention and historical context of the candidate’s acceptance speech.

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All You Can Eat!

Chris Kimball and his Test Kitchen crew are back for a fifth season, bringing you the best regional home cooking in the country with family-friendly recipes scientifically reimagined for the modern home cook. Kimball uncovers blue-ribbon regional specialties from across America (South Carolina pulled pork and Moravian chicken pie) and tackles classic American fare in need of a makeover (smothered pork chops, apple fritters, patty melts and more). For some local flavor, tune in all-new episodes of Neighborhood Kitchens, WGBH’s new local series exploring culture through food. Every week, host Margarita Martínez takes you to a Boston-area ethnic restaurant, where you’ll learn about the chef, the philosophy behind the restaurant, three of the eatery’s recipes and the neighborhood.

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WGBH is bound for Broadway with a documentary series that tracks the real-life stories of America’s top high school musical performers, vying in the ultimate competition to find the nation’s best young theater stars.

Part competition, part performance and part non-fiction drama, Broadway or Bust begins in regional competitions, where judges select the best performers in the country. The 60 finalists then descend on Broadway, where they plunge into the eye of the theatrical storm for one intense week of rehearsals, coaching, mentoring and competition.

The weeks culminates in The National High School Musical Theater Awards (a.k.a. The Jimmy Awards), a one night, star-studded event held at the Minskoff Theatre in New York. That night, the judges select and anoint the nation’s leading male and female high school musical theater performers. Who will it be? Follow the build-up and the heartbreak, the drama and disappointment, in our three-part series that takes you behind the curtain.

Broadway or Bust Sun, 9/9, 9/16 & 9/23 at 8pm on WGBH 2

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Pasta, Please 8pm 2 Joy of Sox Harvard psychiatrist Rick Leskowitz describes how his lifelong love of the Boston Red Sox helped him discover that the principles of energy medicine and intentionality research explain the intangibles in sports: the home field advantage, the electricity in the crowd, team chemistry and the prayers of fans.

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In three gripping new episodes, Kenneth Branagh returns as the soul-searching Swedish detective created by best-selling novelist Henning Mankell. In An Event in Autumn, follow two increasingly entangled investigations: the death of a pregnant woman and a decade-old murder. In The Dogs of Riga, accompany Wallander to Riga, where he becomes embroiled in a desperate search for incriminating files. And in Before the Frost, join Wallander in his quest for a serial arsonist—as well as his estranged daughter’s missing friend.

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44 Market Warriors Antiquing in Springfield, OH (See 9/3 at 9pm) 10pm 2 How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin 44 Globe Trekker Turkey (d) 11pm 2 Need to Know 44 This Old House Barrington Project (Pt. 8 of 10) 11:30 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour

Saturday 8 2 Rough Cut 44 Ask This Old House 11:30 2 Ask This Old House 44 Antiques Roadshow UK 12pm 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals Mi Famiglia: Italian Family Style with Giuseppe Fanelli 44 Flea Market Documentary (See 9/3 at 10pm) 12:30 2 Essential Pepin Fowl Play (d) 1pm 2 Neighborhood Kitchens Casa Romero 44 To Market to Market to Buy a Fat Pig A celebration of market houses, market places and farmers’ markets across the US. 1:30 2 Neighborhood Kitchens Merengue 2pm 2 Neighborhood Kitchens 44 Ask This Old House 2:30 2 Neighborhood Kitchens 44 Auntie Mame A bohemian socialite survives the market crash of 1929 and teaches her nephew how to live.

3pm 2 Neighborhood Kitchens 3:30 2 Neighborhood Kitchens 4pm 2 Neighborhood Kitchens 4:30 2 Cuisine Culture Jeff and Chris Galvin, London 5pm 2 This Old House Hour 44 I Want to Live! Story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) a perjurer, prostitute, liar and drug addict.

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Inspector Lewis: The Gift of Promise (See 9/2 at 9pm) (d) 7pm 44 Diner Immature buddies (Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke and Kevin Bacon) regroup at an all-night diner after various escapades in late-1950s Baltimore.

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2 Keeping Up Appearances (*) 8:30 2 As Time Goes By 9pm 2 Vicar of Dibley (*) 44 Much Ado About Nothing Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick (Kenneth Branagh) and Beatrice (Emma Thompson) to wed as well.

9:30 2 Antiques Roadshow UK Coughton Court 1 10pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Mobile, AL (Pt. 2) 11pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Munich and the Foothills of the Alps 44 Front Row Center Moby 11:30 2 Ask This Old House 8pm

Sunday 9 44 Antiques Roadshow Mobile, AL (Pt. 2) 7am 44 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly 7:30 44 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 8am 44 Moneytrack (d) 8:30 44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 9am 44 CEO Global Foresight Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center: Winning the War Against Cancer 9:30 44 Greater Boston 10am 44 Inside Washington 10:30 44 McLaughlin Group 11am 2 Travelscope St. Vincent & the Grenadines 44 Need to Know 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Budapest: The Best of Hungary 44 The Victory Garden 12pm 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Wild Asia: Nepal and India 44 Theater Talk (*) 12:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Munich and the Foothills of the Alps 44 Equitrekking Great American Ranches 1pm 2 Frontline Money, Power and Wall Street (Pts. 1 & 2) (See 9/4 at 8pm) 44 Invitation to World Literature The God of Small Things Fraternal twins struggle to reclaim their lives in a narrative of Indian society and politics. (d) 1:30 44 Bluegrass Underground The Civil Wars 6am

44 Music Voyager From D.C. to Cajun Country 2:30 44 The Artist Toolbox Zang Toi 3pm 2 Frontline Money, Power and Wall Street (Pts. 3 & 4) (See 9/4 at 10pm) 44 Cuisine Culture Carol Duval Leroy, Vertus, France 3:30 44 Kimchi Chronicles The Rice Chronicles (d) 4pm 44 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef 4:30 44 Essential Pepin Ocean Options (d) 5pm 2 Moyers & Company 44 Lidia’s Italy in America California and New Jersey: From the Garden State to the Golden State 5:30 44 Simply Ming Dante Demagistris & Garlic 6pm 2 Antiques Roadshow UK Ventnor 44 Much Ado About Nothing (See 9/8 at 9pm) 6:30 2 Neighborhood Kitchens 7pm 2 Market Warriors Antiquing in Springfield, OH (See 9/3 at 9pm) 8pm 2 Broadway or Bust See Broadway Bound, page 10 44 Nature Fellowship of the Whales (d) 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

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Autumn See Wallander Returns!, page 10 (d) 44 American Experience Custer’s Last Stand (d) 10:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

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A Place for Ideas

Can women have it all? Is Congress beyond repair? And what is the future of the US military in today’s increasingly multipolar world?

Join the Aspen Institute and WGBH World for an exploration of politics, education, the economy, sports and so much more, by many of the nation’s best minds—from senior Obama administration adviser Valerie Jarrett, former members of Congress Jane Harman, Vin Weber, George Mitchell and Tom Daschle to Katie Couric (right) and Princeton Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of Why Women Still Can’t Have It All. Recorded at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival, this series presents meaningful, thought-provoking and timely discussions about today’s most pressing topics.

The Aspen Institute Presents on WGBH World Tue, 9/18 & 9/25 at 8pm Visit worldcompass.org for a complete listing of programs.

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Death and the Civil War

Three women (circa 1900) looking at graves at the Confederate Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina

In Death and the Civil War, producer Ric Burns explores an essential but largely overlooked aspect of the most pivotal event in American history: how the staggering casualties of the Civil War ushered in death as Americans had never experienced before—permanently altering the character of the Republic and the psyche of the American people. The work of contending with death on an unprecedented scale posed challenges that called forth heroic efforts as Americans worked to improvise new solutions, new institutions and new ways of coping with death. Presented by WGBH’s American Experience, the film tracks the increasingly lethal arc of the war, from its all but bloodless opening, through the chaos of Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg— down through the struggle, in the war’s aftermath, to cope with an American landscape littered with the bodies of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, many unburied, most unidentified. Based on Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust’s groundbreaking book, This Republic of Suffering.

Words from a Soldier

Death and the Civil War gives voice to some of the soldiers who died during the epic conflict. Here is an excerpt from a letter mentioned in the film from 26-year-old James Robert Montgomery, a private in the Confederate Signal Corps in Virginia, to his father back home in Camden, Mississippi: Dear Father. This is my last letter to you…I have been struck by a piece of shell and my right shoulder is horribly mangled & I know death is inevitable. I am very weak but I write to you because I know you would be delighted to read a word from your dying son. I know death is near, that I will die far from home and friends of my early youth but I have friends here too who are kind to me. My friend Fairfax will write you at my request and give you the particulars of my death. My grave will be marked so that you may visit it if you desire to do so. … Again, a long farewell to you. May we meet in heaven. Your dying son, J. R. Montgomery American Experience/Death and the Civil War Tue, 9/18 at 8pm on WGBH 2 12 Full schedules: wgbh.org | Download free Explore! iPad app at wgbh.org/ExploreApp

44 Antiques Roadshow UK Sydney 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe The Majesty of Madrid 44 America’s Test Kitchen A Latin Celebration 8pm 2 Nova Engineering Ground Zero Follow the five-year construction of the Freedom Tower and the World Trade Center Memorial. (d) 44 Antiques Roadshow Mobile, AL (Pt. 3) 9pm 2 Great Performances at the Met Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold See Opera Bash!, page 8 44 Masterpiece Mystery!

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Wednesday 12 PBS NewsHour History Detectives 7pm Greater Boston Antiques Roadshow UK Norwich 1 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Castile: Toledo and Salamanca 44 America’s Test Kitchen New York-Style Pizza at Home 8pm 2 Nature Fellowship of the Whales (d) 44 Lark Rise to Candleford 9pm 2 Great Performances at the Met Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Die Walkure See Opera Bash!, page 8 44 Doc Martin 10pm 44 Waking the Dead 11pm 44 PBS NewsHour 6pm

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44 Nova Engineering Ground Zero (See 9/11 at 8pm) (d) 9pm 2 Great Performances at the Met Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Siegfried See Opera Bash!, page 8 44 Frontline 10pm 44 P.O.V. Kings of Pastry Sixteen chefs, including Jacquy Pfeiffer, co-founder of Chicago’s French Pastry School, whip up the most gorgeous, delectable and gravity-defying concoctions.

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10pm 44 Globe Trekker Papua New Guinea (d) 11pm 44 This Old House Barrington Project (Pt. 9 of 10) 11:30 44 PBS NewsHour 6pm

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Saturday 15 2 Rough Cut 44 Ask This Old House 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Special: Rome, Eternally Engaging (See 9/2 at 12pm) 44 Antiques Roadshow UK Londonderry 12pm 44 Auntie Mame (See 9/8 at 2:30pm) 12:30 2 Essential Pepin Savory Staples (d) 1pm 2 The French Chef To Stuff a Sausage (*) 11am

2 Lidia’s Italy in America Spicy and Sweet in New England 2pm 2 Simply Ming Shermay Lee & Peranakan Cooking 2:30 2 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef 44 I Want to Live! (See 9/8 at 5pm) 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen Mediterranean Specials 3:30 2 Cook’s Country See All You Can Eat!, page 9 4pm 2 Neighborhood Kitchens 4:30 2 Cuisine Culture Jean Denis Rieubland, Nice, France 44 Diner (See 9/8 at 7pm) 5pm 2 This Old House Hour 6pm 2 Ask This Old House 6:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Wallander: An Event in Autumn (d) (See 9/9 at 9pm) 44 Much Ado About Nothing (See 9/8 at 9pm) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 As Time Goes By 44 Dark Passage A San Francisco art student (Lauren Bacall) hides a fugitive 1:30

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44 Kimchi Chronicles The Jeju Chronicles (d) 4pm 2 Journey of the Bonesetter’s Daughter (See 9/13 at 8pm) (d) 44 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef 4:30 44 Essential Pepin Fowl Play (d) 5pm 2 Moyers & Company 44 Lidia’s Italy in America Pittsburgh’s Italian Americans 5:30 44 Simply Ming Jacques Pepin & Paner 6pm 2 Antiques Roadshow UK Coughton Court 2 44 Dark Passage (See 9/15 at 8:30pm) 6:30 2 Neighborhood Kitchens 7pm 2 Market Warriors Antiquing in Brimfield, MA (See 9/14 at 9pm) 8pm 2 Broadway or Bust See Broadway Bound, page 10 44 Nature Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story (d) 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

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Monday 17 PBS NewsHour History Detectives 7pm Greater Boston Antiques Roadshow UK Compilation 3 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe London: Mod and Trad 44 America’s Test Kitchen Here’s the Beef 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, UT (Pt. 1) 44 Ashes to Ashes 9pm 2 Market Warriors Antiquing in Brimfield, MA (Pt. 2) Pickers Miller, John, Bob and Kevin head to the Brimfield Antique Show in Massachusetts, where they 6pm

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44 Hustle 10pm 2 To Market to Market to Buy a Fat Pig (See 9/8 at 1pm) 44 MI-5 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour

Tuesday 18 PBS NewsHour History Detectives 7pm Greater Boston Antiques Roadshow UK Montacute 1 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Paris: Eiffel and Monet to Crème Brûlée 44 America’s Test Kitchen Crepes and Croissants 8pm 2 American Experience Death and the Civil War See Death and the Civil War, page 12 (d) 44 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, UT (Pt. 1) 9pm 44 Masterpiece Mystery!

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2 PBS NewsHour 44 History Detectives 7pm 2 Greater Boston 6pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 Antiques Roadshow UK 44 History Detectives Montacute 2 7pm 2 Greater Boston 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe 44 Antiques Roadshow UK Belgium: Bruges and Melbourne Brussels 44 America’s Test Kitchen 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Salmon and Sole Provence: Legendary Light, Wind and Wine 8pm 2 Nature Outback Pelicans (d) 44 America’s Test Kitchen 44 Lark Rise to 1 12/5/11 Soup and Bread from Candleford NewburyCourtTestimonial.ads_Layout Scratch 9pm 2 Nova Making Stuff 8pm 2 John Leguizamo’s Tales Stronger What is the from a Ghetto Klown: world’s strongest material? From steel PBS Arts to Kevlar and spider silk to carbon 44 Nova Making Stuff Stronger nanotubes, host David Pogue looks at (See 9/19 at 9pm) (d) the ways in which science and nature work to make strong stuff. (d) 6pm

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2 Havana, Havana!: PBS Arts 44 Frontline 10pm 2 Mariachi High: PBS Arts (d) 44 P.O.V. I’m Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful In 2005, An account of Carolyn Parker’s five-year crusade to rebuild—after Hurricane Katrina— her beloved neon-green house, her church, her community and her life.

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2 From Dust to Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts Starring Jennifer Hudson, Willie Nelson, Martina McBride, Joshua Bell, Mavis Staples, Merle Haggard, Pat Monahan (from Train), John Fogerty, Carole King and a company of Broadway stars that includes Brian Stokes Mitchell.

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44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 9am 44 CEO Global Foresight MIT Sloan: The Future of Global Industries, Innovation and the Education Needed to Succeed 9:30 44 Greater Boston 10am 44 Inside Washington 10:30 44 McLaughlin Group 11am 2 Travelscope Switzerland: Celebrating St. Moritz 44 Need to Know 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Sevilla 44 The Victory Garden 12pm 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge The Kingdom of Bhutan 44 Theater Talk (*) 12:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe French Riviera: Uniquely Chic 44 Equitrekking Carolinas 1pm 2 American Experience Death and the Civil War (See 9/18 at 8pm) (d) 44 Invitation to World Literature The Epic of Gilgamesh Tale of the relations between gods and mortals and the search for love. (d) 1:30 44 Bluegrass Underground Sarah Jarosz 2pm 44 Music Voyager Lafayette: Sounds from the Bayou 2:30 44 The Artist Toolbox Massimo & Lella Vignelli 3pm 2 From Dust to Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts (See 9/21 at 9pm) 44 Cuisine Culture Daniel Sak, Canal Du Midi, France 3:30 44 Kimchi Chronicles The Seafood Chronicles (d) 4pm 44 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef 4:30 44 Essential Pepin Savory Staples (d) 5pm 2 Moyers & Company 44 Lidia’s Italy in America Spicy and Sweet in New England 5:30 44 Simply Ming Andrew Zimmern & Cooking Veggies for Kids 6pm 2 Antiques Roadshow UK Compilation 3 44 Diner (See 9/8 at 7pm) 6:30 2 Neighborhood Kitchens Casa Romero 7pm 2 Market Warriors Antiquing in Brimfield, MA (Pt. 2) (See 9/17 at 9pm) 8:30

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2 Broadway or Bust See Broadway Bound, page 10 44 Nature Outback Pelicans (d) 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

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Celebrating Latino Contributions

National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15) honors the rich culture, heritage and contributions of Hispanic Americans.

This year, WGBH celebrates with a diverse lineup of programs, including new programs from P.O.V. and Voces.

P.O.V./El Velador (The Night Watchman)

A portrait of the life of a mausoleum guard in Mexico—a reminder that peaceful existence persists amid the turmoil of Mexico’s deadly drug war that has claimed more than 50,000 lives.

Thu, 9/27 at 10pm on WGBH 44

Voces on PBS: Tales of Masked Men

A colorful look at the fascinating phenomenon known as lucha libre and its role in Latino communities in the US and Mexico.

Part circus and part athletic contest, the sport is famous for its masked wrestlers. Today, it provides a sense of home for new immigrants in the US, while continuing to build on its unique cultural tradition in countries where it enjoys enduring popularity.

Fri, 9/28 at 10pm on WGBH 2

A Midwife’s Tale

In the spring of 1957, newly qualified midwife Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine) arrives in the East End of London to begin her career. After overcoming the initial shock that her new home, Nonnatus House, is a convent and not a private hospital, she quickly becomes immersed in her new life, including living with nuns and working in a community of colorful characters. Through her, experience the sorrows and joys that come with being a midwife.

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44 Antiques Roadshow UK Sudeley Castle 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Poland Rediscovered: Krakow, Auschwitz and Warsaw 44 America’s Test Kitchen A Moroccan Feast 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, UT (Pt. 2) 44 Ashes to Ashes 9pm 2 Market Warriors Antiquing in Pasadena, CA The pickers are challenged to find Native American wares in the monthly flea market at the world-famous Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

44 Hustle 10pm 2 American Masters The Day Carl Sandburg Died Examine the life and work of poet and novelist Carl Sandburg, as well as the controversy surrounding him.

44 MI-5 11pm 44 PBS NewsHour 11:30 2 Charlie Rose

Tuesday 25 PBS NewsHour History Detectives 7pm Greater Boston Antiques Roadshow UK Bala 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Budapest: The Best of Hungary 44 America’s Test Kitchen Vegetarian Pasta Night 8pm 2 History Detectives 44 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, UT (Pt. 2) 9pm 2 Money and Medicine Examine the medical, ethical and financial challenges of containing runaway health-care spending.

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2 Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon and the Algarve 44 America’s Test Kitchen Cool and Creamy Desserts 8pm 2 Nature The Animal House (d) 44 Lark Rise to Candleford 9pm 2 Nova Making Stuff Cleaner Host David Pogue is on a quest to clean up, using new green materials to build and power devices of the future. Batteries grown from viruses, plastics made of sugar and solar cells that cook up hydrogen are just the beginning of a new generation of clean materials. (d) 44 Antiques Roadshow UK Sudeley Castle 9:30 44 Antiques Roadshow UK Bala 10pm 2 Nova Making Stuff Smarter An army tanker truck that heals its own bullet wounds. Clothing that can monitor its wearer’s heart rate, health and mood. Host David Pogue looks into the growing number of smart materials that can respond, change and even learn. (d) 44 Waking the Dead 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour 7:30

Thursday 27 PBS NewsHour History Detectives 7pm Greater Boston Antiques Roadshow UK Redruth 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Sevilla 44 America’s Test Kitchen Backyard Chicken Dinner 8pm 2 Woody Allen: American Masters (Pt. 1) 44 Nova Making Stuff Cleaner (See 9/26 at 9pm) (d) 9pm 44 Frontline 10pm 2 Woody Allen: American Masters (Pt. 2) 44 P.O.V. El Velador (The Night Watchman) See Celebrating Latino Contributions, this page 11pm 44 PBS NewsHour 11:30 2 Charlie Rose 6pm

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2 Rick Steves’ Europe 44 Neighborhood Kitchens Casa Romero 8pm 2 Washington Week 44 Antiques Roadshow San Jose, CA (Pt. 1) 8:30 2 McLaughlin Group 9pm 2 The Cliburn: 50 Years of Gold Follow the 50-year history of the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

44 Market Warriors Antiquing in Pasadena, CA 10pm 2 Voces on PBS Tales of Masked Men See Celebrating Latino Contributions, page 18 44 Globe Trekker (d) 11pm 2 Need to Know 44 PBS NewsHour 11:30 2 Charlie Rose 7:30

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2 Simply Ming Tamari & Chipotle Chiles 44 Diner (See 9/8 at 7pm) 2 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef Stack It with Style 2 America’s Test Kitchen Gnocchi and Panzanella 2 Cook’s Country See All You Can Eat!, page 9 2 Neighborhood Kitchens Terenga 44 Auntie Mame 2 Cuisine Culture Chef Yoram Nitzam 2 This Old House 2 Ask This Old House 2 Ask This Old House 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

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44 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, UT (Pt. 2) 44 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly 44 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 44 Moneytrack (d) 44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 44 CEO Global Foresight Irobot: The Future of Robotic Technology 44 Greater Boston 44 Inside Washington 44 McLaughlin Group 2 Travelscope Switzerland: Scaling the Jungfrau Region 44 Need to Know 2 Rick Steves’ Europe North Wales: Feisty and Poetic 44 The Victory Garden 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge The Making of Travels to the Edge 44 Theater Talk (*) 2 Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Bath & York 44 Equitrekking Georgia Coast 2 Nova Making Stuff Cleaner (See 9/26 at 9pm) (d) 44 Invitation to World Literature My Name Is Red (d) 44 Bluegrass Underground Jim Lauderdale 2 Nova Making Stuff Smarter (See 9/26 at 10pm) (d)

44 Music Voyager Shreveport: Road Through Northern Louisiana 2:30 44 The Artist Toolbox Hugh Newell Jacobsen 3pm 2 Money and Medicine (See 9/25 at 9pm) 44 Cuisine Culture Paul McCabe, San Diego 3:30 44 Kimchi Chronicles The Bean Chronicles (d) 4pm 2 Frontline (See 9/25 at 10pm) 44 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef 4:30 44 Essential Pepin 5pm 2 Moyers & Company 44 Lidia’s Italy in America New Orleans 5:30 44 Simply Ming Masuhara Morimoto & Sushi 6pm 2 Antiques Roadshow UK Sudeley Castle 44 Diner (See 9/8 at 7pm) 6:30 2 Neighborhood Kitchens 7pm 2 Market Warriors Antiquing in Pasadena, CA (See 9/24 at 9pm) 8pm 2 Call the Midwife See A Midwife’s Tale, page 18 44 Nature The Animal House (d) 9pm 2 Masterpiece Classic Upstairs Downstairs An encore of Season 1 follows the saga of the residents of 165 Eaton Place in this three-part series.

44 American Experience Soundtrack for a Revolution Tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music. (d) 10pm 2 Masterpiece Classic Upstairs Downstairs (See 9pm) 10:30 44 Ask This Old House 11pm 2 Masterpiece Classic Upstairs Downstairs (See 9pm) 44 Infinity Hall Live Dawes

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Arts & Drama American Masters The Day Carl Sandburg Died Mon (9/24) 10pm on 2, Tue (9/25) 1:30pm on 44, Wed (9/26) 1am on 2; 3am on 44 The Artist Toolbox Hugh Newell Jacobsen Sun (9/30) 2:30pm on 44 Massimo & Lella Vignelli Sun (9/23) 2:30pm on 44 Sam Gilliam Sun (9/16) 2:30pm on 44 Zang Toi Sun (9/9) 2:30pm on 44 Auntie Mame Sat (9/8) 2:30pm on 44, Sat (9/15) 12pm on 44, Sat (9/22) 8pm on 44, Sat (9/29) 4pm on 44 Austin City Limits Arcade Fire Sun (9/30) 12am on 44 Coldplay Sun (9/23) 12am on 44 Dave Matthews Band Sun (9/2) 12am on 44 Pearl Jam Sun (9/9) 12am on 44 Wilco Sun (9/16) 12am on 44 Bluegrass Underground Jerry Douglas Sun (9/16) 1:30pm on 44 Jim Lauderdale Sun (9/30) 1:30pm on 44 Sarah Jarosz Sun (9/23) 1:30pm on 44 The Civil Wars Sun (9/9) 1:30pm on 44 Broadway or Bust Sun (9/9) 8pm on 2, Mon (9/10) 12am on 2; 12am on 44, Tue (9/11) 3am on 44, Wed (9/12) 5am on 44, Thu (9/13) 2:30pm on 44, Sun (9/16) 8pm on 2, Mon (9/17) 12am on 2; 12am on 44, Tue (9/18) 3am on 44, Fri (9/21) 5am on 2, Sun (9/23) 8pm on 2, Mon (9/24) 12am on 44, Tue (9/25) 3am on 44 The Cliburn: 50 Years of Gold Fri (9/28) 9pm on 2, Sat (9/29) 2am on 44; 5am on 2 Dark Passage Sat (9/15) 8:30pm on 44, Sun (9/16) 6pm on 44, Sat (9/29) 6:30pm on 44 Diner Sat (9/8) 7pm on 44, Sat (9/15) 4:30pm on 44, Sun (9/23) 6pm on 44, Sat (9/29) 2pm, 8:30pm on 44, Sun (9/30) 6pm on 44 From Dust to Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts Fri (9/21) 9pm on 2, Sat (9/22) 1:30am on 2; 2am on 44, Sun (9/23) 3pm on 2, Mon (9/24) 12am on 2 Front Row Center Bachman & Turner Sat (9/29) 11pm on 44 Cheap Trick Sat (9/15) 11pm on 44 Moby Sat (9/8) 11pm on 44 O.A.R. Sat (9/22) 11pm on 44 Great Performances Paul McCartney: Live Kisses Fri (9/7) 9pm on 2, Sat (9/8) 2am on 44; 5am on 2, Sun (9/9) 4am on 44, Mon (9/10) 3am on 44 Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night 2012 Mon (9/3) 3am on 44 Great Performances at the Met Anna Bolena Sun (9/2) 8pm on 44 Armida Sun (9/2) 12pm on 44, Thu (9/6) 1am on 2 Boris Godunov Sun (9/2) 12am on 2 Der Rosenkavalier Sat (9/1) 2:30pm on 44 Hamlet Sat (9/1) 9pm on 44 Il Trovatore Sun (9/2) 3pm on 44 La Traviata Sun (9/2) 5:30pm on 44 Les Contes D’hoffman Mon (9/3) 12am on 2 Lucia Di Lammermoor Sun (9/2) 3:30am on 2 Nixon in China Sat (9/1) 6pm on 44 Tosca Mon (9/3) 3am on 2 Turandot Sat (9/1) 12pm on 44 Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold Tue (9/11) 9pm on

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Lark Rise to Candleford Wed (9/12) 8pm on 44, Thu (9/13) 1:30am on 2, Wed (9/19) 8pm on 44, Thu (9/20) 1am on 2, Wed (9/26) 8pm on 44, Thu (9/27) 1am on 2 Masterpiece Classic Upstairs Downstairs Sun (9/30) 9pm, 10pm, 11pm on 2 Masterpiece Mystery! Case Histories (Pt. 3) Sat (9/1) 6:30pm on 2 Case Histories (Pt. 2) Mon (9/10) 1:30pm on 44 Inspector Lewis: The Gift of Promise Sun (9/2) 9pm, 10:30pm on 2, Mon (9/3) 1am, 1:30pm on 44, Tue (9/4) 4am on 44, Sat (9/8) 6:30pm on 2 Wallander: An Event in Autumn Sun (9/9) 9pm, 10:30pm on 2, Mon (9/10) 1am, 4am on 2, Tue (9/11) 4am, 9pm on 44, Sat (9/15) 6:30pm on 2 Wallander: Before the Frost Sun (9/23) 9pm, 10:30pm on 2, Mon (9/24) 1am, 1:30pm on 44; 4am on 2, Tue (9/25) 4am, 9pm on 44, Sat (9/29) 6:30pm on 2 Wallander: The Dogs of Riga Sun (9/16) 9pm, 10:30pm on 2, Mon (9/17) 1am, 1:30pm on 44; 4am on 2, Tue (9/18) 4am on 44, Tue (9/18) 9pm on 44, Sat (9/22) 6:30pm on 2 MI-5 Every Mon 10pm on 44, Tue 3am on 2 Outnumbered Sat (9/1) 9pm, 9:30pm on 2 Royal Memories: Prince Charles’ Tribute to the Queen Sun (9/2) 8pm on 2, Mon (9/3) 12am on 44, Tue (9/4) 3am on 44 Vicar of Dibley Sat (9/8, 9/15, 922, 9/29) 9pm on 2 Waking the Dead Wed (9/12) 10pm on 44, Thu (9/13) 3:30am on 2, Wed (9/19) 10pm on 44, Thu (9/20) 3am on 2, Wed (9/26) 10pm on 44, Thu (9/27) 3am on 2

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News & Public Affairs American Graduate Day Sat (9/22) 1pm on 44 BBC World News America Every Mon–Fri 5:30pm on 44 CEO Global Foresight Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center: Winning the War Against Cancer Sun (9/9) 9am on 44 Diagnostics for All: Self-Administered Diagnostic Tests in Your Medicine Cabinet Sun (9/2) 9am on 44 GlobalPost: The Digital Future of Foreign News Coverage Sun (9/16) 9am on 44 Irobot: The Future of Robotic Technology Sun (9/30) 9am on 44 MIT Sloan: The Future of Global Industries, Innovation and the Education Needed to Succeed Sun (9/23) 9am on 44 Charlie Rose Every Mon–Fri 12pm on 44 Also on Mon (9/3) 11pm on 2, Wed (9/5) 12am, 11pm on 2, Thu (9/6) 11pm on 2, Fri (9/7) 11:30pm on 2, Mon (9/10) 11pm on 2, Wed (9/12) 12am on 2, Mon (9/17) 11pm on 2, Tue (9/18) 11pm on 2, Wed (9/19) 11pm on 2, Thu (9/20) 11pm on 2, Fri (9/21) 11:30pm on 2, Mon (9/24) 11:30pm on 2, Tue (9/25) 11pm on 2, Wed (9/26) 11pm on 2, Thu (9/27) 11:30pm on 2, Fri (9/28) 11:30pm on 2 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack Every Sun 8:30am on 44 Frontline Dropout Nation Tue (9/25) 10pm on 2, Fri (9/28) 3am on 2, Sun (9/30) 4pm on 2 Money, Power and Wall Street (Pts. 1 & 2) Tue (9/4) 8pm on 2, Sun (9/9) 12am, 1pm on 2 Money, Power and Wall Street (Pts. 3 & 4) Tue (9/4) 10pm on 2, Sun (9/9) 2am, 3pm on 2, Thu (9/13) 9pm on 44, Thu (9/20) 9pm on 44, Thu (9/27) 9pm on 44 Greater Boston Every Mon–Fri 7pm on 2 Also on Tue (9/4) 12am on 2, Wed (9/5) 1am on 2, Thu (9/6) 12am on 2, Fri (9/7) 12am on 2, Sat (9/8) 12:30am on 2, Sun (9/9) 9:30am on 44, Tue (9/11) 12am on 2, Wed (9/12) 1am on 2, Fri (9/14) 1:30am on 2, Sat (9/15) 2am on 2, Sun (9/16) 9:30am on 44, Tue (9/18) 12am on 2, Wed (9/19) 12am on 2, Thu (9/20) 12am on 2, Fri (9/21) 12am on 2, Sat (9/22) 12:30am on 2, Sun (9/23) 9:30am on 44, Tue (9/25) 12:30am on 2, Wed (9/26) 12am on 2, Thu (9/27) 12am on 2, Sat (9/29) 12:30am on 2, Sun (9/30) 9:30am on 44

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In the Life Sun (9/2) 11:30pm on 44 Inside Washington Every Sun 10am on 44 Journal Every Mon–Fri 5pm on 44 McLaughlin Group Every Sun 10:30am on 44, Fri 8:30pm on 2 Also on Sun (9/2) 9:30am on 44, Sat (9/22) 5:30am on 2 Money and Medicine Tue (9/25) 9pm on 2, Wed (9/26) 5am, 2:30pm on 44, Thu (9/27) 4am on 44, Fri (9/28) 2am on 2, Sat (9/29) 4am on 44, Sun (9/30) 3pm on 2 Moneytrack Every Sun 8am on 44 Moyers & Company Every Sun 5pm on 2 Need to Know Every Sun 5:30am, 11am on 44 Also on Fri (9/7) 11pm on 2, Sat (9/8) 1:30am on 44; 4:30am on 2, Sat (9/15) 2:30am on 44; 5:30am on 2, Fri (9/21) 11pm on 2, Sat (9/22) 1:30am on 44; 4:30am on 2, Fri (9/28) 11pm on 2, Sat (9/29) 1:30am on 44; 4:30am on 2 PBS Convention Coverage: A NewsHour Special Report Democratic Convention Tue (9/4) 8pm on 44, Wed (9/5) 8pm on 44, Thu (9/6) 8pm on 44 PBS NewsHour Every Mon–Fri 6pm on 2, Mon–Wed 11pm on 44 Also on Thu (9/6) 11pm on 44, Fri (9/7) 11:30pm on 44, Thu (9/13) 11:30pm on 44, Fri (9/14) 11:30pm on 44, Thu (9/20) 11:30pm on 44, Fri (9/21) 11:30pm on 44, Thu (9/27) 11pm on 44, Fri (9/28) 11pm on 44 P.O.V. Better This World Sun (9/2) 2am on 44 El Velador (The Night Watchman) Thu (9/27) 10pm on 44, Fri (9/28) 2am on 44; 5am on 2, Sun (9/30) 3am on 44 I’m Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful Thu (9/20) 10pm on 44, Fri (9/21) 2am on 44, Sun (9/23) 3am on 44 Kings of Pastry Thu (9/13) 10pm on 44, Fri (9/14) 2:30am on 44, Sun (9/16) 2am on 44 Where Soldiers Come From Fri (9/7) 2am on 44, Sun (9/9) 2am on 44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Every Sun 7am on 44 Tavis Smiley Every Tue, Thu 12am on 44 Also on Tue (9/4) 12:30am on 2, Wed (9/5) 12am on 44; 1:30am on 2, Thu (9/6) 12:30am on 2, Fri (9/7) 12am on 44; 12:30am on 2, Sat (9/8) 1am on 2, Tue (9/11) 12:30am on 2, Wed (9/12) 12am on 44; 1:30am on 2, Fri (9/14) 2am on 2, Sat (9/15) 2:30am on 2, Tue (9/18) 12am on 44; 12:30am on 2, Wed (9/19) 12:30am on 2, Thu (9/20) 12:30am on 2, Fri (9/21) 12:30am on 2, Sat (9/22) 1am on 2, Wed (9/26) 12am on 44; 12:30am on 2, Thu (9/27) 12:30am on 2, Fri (9/28) 12am on 44; 12:30am on 2, Sat (9/29) 12am on 44, Sat (9/29) 1am on 2 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Every Sun 7:30am on 44 Voces on PBS Tales of Masked Men Fri (9/28) 10pm on 2, Sat (9/29) 3am on 44, Sun (9/30) 4am on 44

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Radio Spotlight 89.7’s Edgar Herwick talks Boston Public Radio Earlier this summer, the two-hour Boston Public Radio premiered on 89.7 WGBH. Airing weekdays at 12noon, the new program highlights and synthesizes the talents of a variety of WGBH contributors, including producer/arts reporter Edgar B. Herwick III. WGBH’s Matt Roy recently spoke with Herwick about a show he says is “reimagining what public radio sounds like.”

Q A

Describe the idea behind Boston Public Radio.

We wanted to offer our listeners a different kind of public radio program. Something live—and lively—that puts the greater Boston region squarely in the spotlight. We wanted to create a format that’s flexible and allows us to showcase the strengths of WGBH’s Callie Crossley and Emily Rooney, but also feature a range of other voices like Kara Miller, who is terrific at covering innovation in the city.

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What do listeners hear?

The traditional public radio program, whether it’s local or national, usually features one or two hosts, and it’s an hour long. We offer a different flavor. Callie is the show’s moderator—its connective tissue—but on a given day Emily might start the show with a 20-minute conversation with a city councilor and then hand it to Callie, who could hand it to Kara or myself. Every day is different: Monday doesn’t sound like Tuesday. You hear commentary on the news of the day, but also segments about a film festival in Lowell or a new social media start-up in Kendall Square. You hear Boston in a way you won’t hear it anywhere else, in all its complexity and with the unique array of things it has to offer.

Q A

What are some of the strengths of the show’s contributors?

Callie is bright, has a broad range of knowledge and is naturally curious, which makes her a great interviewer. She has a genuine warmth and is inviting on air. You hear Callie having a conversation with somebody and it’s delightful. Emily is a total pro. Nobody knows the local beat better

than she does—she instinctively understands what the core of every story is. And if something doesn’t ring true, she’s not satisfied until she gets an answer that does. Kara is so smart and such a bulldog when it comes to research. She cuts through the jargon and is expert at getting at why listeners should care. Greater Boston’s Adam Reilly will occasionally contribute. He’s sharp, funny and knows local politics. He can ask a tough question without it feeling like a tough question.

Q A

You’re behind the scenes but you’re also on air. Talk about your role.

I’m a producer/host, which means I produce segments for Emily or Callie throughout the week and then on Thursdays and Fridays I’m on air with my own segments. I cover the arts—music and culture—but with a focus on what’s happening on the edges, what’s bubbling up from the streets. Instead of a major opening at the MFA, I’ll profile a street artist. I’ll sit down with a local musician who might not be on most people’s radar or highlight what’s going on at a small experimental theater in Davis Square.

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Why are you drawn to this beat?

Part of it is my background. I’m a performer and things like music, theater and film have been in my bones from the time I was young. And part of it is Boston: it’s a vibrant community with so many people who are approaching their lives and work from really interesting angles. At their best, the arts express the essential parts of the human experience. Stories that aim to express or challenge or understand what it is to be in the world are often at the heart of people’s paintings, films and music. Those are the kinds of stories that I like to hear, and the kind I’m trying to tell.

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You mentioned your performance background. Tell us more.

I play guitar, I sing and I’m a pretty serious dancer. I teach the Lindy Hop (swing dancing) with a local dance studio. Before I moved to Boston, I did a lot of theater—as an actor and a director—and I was a member of a sketch comedy troupe in Philadelphia.

“You hear Boston in a way you won’t hear it anywhere else, in all its complexity and with the unique array of things it has to offer.”

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Is there anything you’ve learned from performing that you apply to your radio job?

Definitely. I picked up a lot of the raw skills that I use to produce radio from doing sketch comedy. We would put together a new hour-long show every month, and just like a radio show, it had segments of varying length. We had to make them fit together and figure out how to transition from one sketch to the next. On radio, we have these disparate pieces that we need to pull together, make cohesive and seamlessly guide the listener through them.

Q A

What’s your vision for Boston Public Radio?

We want to be a place where people hear stories and voices they don’t hear anywhere else, from a Harvard professor to a corn farmer; where they hear from somebody in the state’s Department of Education, but also a teacher; where they hear from listeners who share their experiences and describe how some local or national issue is affecting them. We aim to be lively, more conversational. The goal is for two hours of radio to feel like a place where people want to stop by and see what’s happening.

Boston Public Radio can be heard weekdays from noon to 2pm on 89.7 WGBH and wgbh.org/news.

The show is rebroadcast at 9pm Monday through Thursday evenings.

Schedules, program info, playlists: wgbh.org/89.7 23

89.7 WGBH, Boston Public Radio The New WGBH Newsroom

By Phil Redo Managing Director

We’re excited. By the time you read this, all of WGBH’s news programs will have been consolidated on the second floor of One Guest Street in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood. The new WGBH newsroom will pool all the individual resources involved in gathering, assembling and reporting local news and information. By combining our efforts, WGBH will have the only fully integrated public media newsroom in New England.

This means the staff of WGBH TV’s Greater Boston will be sitting alongside 89.7’s radio reporters, producers, hosts, talk-show staff and our digital editorial team. It also means that the producers who work on Basic Black, Neighborhood Kitchens (our new local series exploring culture through food), and WGBH’s Forum Network (a PBS and NPR public media service that provides thousands of free online lectures) all will be in on the conversations and planning that occur throughout the daily news cycles.

Many years ago, Bell Laboratories experimented with just such an environment. Cited as perhaps the most innovative business and scientific setting in the world, it contributed more than just scientific achievements, demonstrating how important it is to build a physical workplace and culture in which smart people from different disciplines work in close proximity to one another.

What s on 89.7 WGBH ’

Online: wgbh.org/radio On-air: 89.7 HD1 Boston

Monday–Friday 5am 6am 7:50am 10am 11am 12pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 6pm 6:30pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 11pm 12am

BBC World Update/Marketplace Report Morning Edition/Marketplace Report The Xconomy Report (Fri) The Diane Rehm Show The Takeaway Boston Public Radio Tell Me More The World All Things Considered Marketplace All Things Considered PBS NewsHour The World Boston Public Radio (Mon–Thu) Eric in the Evening (Fri) The Story (Mon–Thu) Public Radio Remix (Mon–Thu) Jazz with Bob Parlocha (Fri)

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While WGBH’s news programs are a bit different from the original 20thcentury Bell Labs, the idea pioneered back then is no less powerful. Creative interaction among radio, television and digital platforms has enormous potential. Our new space offers an open environment conducive to the serendipity that can happen when different job functions work side-by-side. And with our new newsroom, we expect to serve you with more timely, integrated and informed local coverage for many years to come.

The WGBH newsroom will soon be added to the official WGBH tour (wgbh.org/tours). We hope you’ll come by to see us in action producing the news made possible by your generous annual support.

Note: Schedule accurate at press time.

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Arts & Ideas

You’ve Got a Friend

This one-hour special explores the long musical friendship of Carole King and James Taylor, from the early days of LA’s legendary Troubadour club to their extensive 2010 US tour. Featuring original recordings of their early hits and live recordings of King and Taylor together in 1971 and 2007, the program includes interviews with both artists, as well as Graham Nash, David Wild, Lou Adler and Robert Hilburn.

Sun, 9/2 at 7pm A Celtic Sojourn

Carlos Núñez

Did you know that Galicia, in the northwest corner of Spain, is increasingly recognized as a Celtic country? They even have their own version of the bagpipes! Carlos Núñez is one of the best-known musicians from this region and has played with Ry Cooder, Sharon Shannon, Sinéad O’Connor, The Chieftains, Altan and many others. Hear Núñez, and the music of Galicia, on this edition of A Celtic Sojourn.

Sat, 9/15 at 3pm

Radio for the Sleepless

Can’t sleep? Tune in one of 89.7’s newest additions to the schedule, Remix, airing Sunday through Thursday at midnight. A service of Cambridge-based Public Radio Exchange (PRX), Remix presents curated, creative spoken-word programs, podcasts, storytelling, interviews, found tape and intriguing sounds. “Remix creates an experience of serendipity and discovery with authentic story-driven radio,” says PRX CEO Jake Shapiro. “We showcase new voices, the best independent work and surprising stories you won’t find anywhere else on public radio.”

Sun–Thu, 12am

Your Food Footprint

Humankind goes in-depth on an aspect of climate change that’s getting increased scientific attention: the ways that food production contributes to global warming. The topic drew the attention of host David Freudberg when he learned that the most climatefriendly foods (fruits, vegetables, protein-rich legumes) also were among the healthiest. The one-hour documentary (the first of two) explores efforts at educational institutions, such as colleges and public schools, to eat more sustainably. Find more about the diet-climate connection and listen to the program online at humanmedia.org/dcc Sun, 9/16

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M. Steinert’s annual Boston Symphony Orchestra Piano Event at Symphony Hall.

Dozens of Steinway, Boston and Essex pianos for a wide range of budgets.

September 6-9 only. Details at www.steinwaysale.com.

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Classical New England Opera Bash, with a Dash of Baroque…and the BSO!

By Benjamin K. Roe Managing Director of Classical Services

Orfeo Ed Eurydice, from Boston Baroque

Once again, Classical New England is teaming up with WGBH 2 and 44 to present our annual Labor Day Opera Bash. On television, you’ll be able to revel in 35 hours of opera (see page 8). On radio, Classical New England will bring you “Opera Without Words” programming all weekend long—as well as a few special broadcasts featuring some spectacular singing. Here are just some of the exceptional productions scheduled:

The Damnation of Faust, from Tanglewood

We’ll revisit the riveting performance by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, with baritone Willard White and bass-baritone Christopher Felgum, conducted

by Charles Dutoit. The performance was originally part of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s landmark 75th-anniversary season at Tanglewood.

Sat, 9/1 at 7pm

Wagner Without Words, from Tanglewood

Our salute to the operatic tradition at Tanglewood continues Sunday afternoon, when conductor Asher Fisch leads the BSO in a reconstruction of the never-completed concert programmed for August 12, 1937: Wagner’s Overtures to Rienzi and Tannhäuser, “Forest Murmurs” from Siegfried and more. (The 1937 concert was rained out, providing the impetus for the construction of the Koussevitzky Music Shed.)

Sun, 9/2 at 1pm

It’s been called history’s first “reform” opera: “No jealous queen, no conspirators, no invading army, no slave girl switched at birth, no gods intervening,” says the Boston Classical Review.

Instead it’s a simple (?) tale of “Boy meet girl. Boy loses girl.

Boy gets girl back. Boy loses girl again. Boy gets girl back again.” British countertenor Owen Willetts stars as star-crossed Orfeo, in a Boston Baroque performance (complete with ballet music) that also features soprano Mary Wilson as Eurydice. Martin Pearlman conducts this performance, recorded at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall.

Sun 9/2 at 3pm

Niobe, from the Boston Early Music Festival

Classical New England is proud to present the world broadcast premiere of what The Boston Globe’s Jeremy Eichler called the centerpiece of the 2011 Boston Early Music Festival: “a sprawlingly ambitious, memorably colorful, occasionally transporting work by Agostino Steffani called ‘Niobe: Regina di Tebe.’” Boston favorite Amanda Forsythe sings the title role of Niobe, Queen of Thebes, and emerging French superstar Philippe Jaroussky plays the role of the troubled king-in-exile Anfione. Stephen Stubbs and Paul O’Dette lead the BEMF orchestra in a performance recorded at the Cutler Majestic Theatre.

Sun, 9/2 at 6:30pm

What’s on Classical New England Monday–Friday 5am

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Classical Music with Laura Carlo 8:30am Keith’s Classical Corner Classical Music with Alan McLellan 12pm Café Europa Classical Music with Cathy Fuller Fridays: 4pm Drive Time Live Performance Today with Fred Child Classical Music with James David Jacobs Fridays: 9pm Concierto

Online: classicalnewengland.org On-air: 99.5 Boston-NH | 89.7 HD2 Boston | 96.3 Beacon Hill 89.5 Nantucket | 88.7 Providence

Saturday 6am In Performance with Cathy Fuller 7am Classical Music 9am Classics For Kids 12pm Classical Music with Ray Brown 5pm From the Top 6pm New England Summer Festivals 7pm Boston Symphony Orchestra 11pm BSO on Record

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The Bach Hour with Brian McCreath Baroque in Boston with Laura Carlo Live from Fraser New England Summer Festivals Boston Symphony Orchestra Sunday Concert The Bach Hour with Brian McCreath Arias & Barcarolles with Cathy Fuller World of Opera Live from Fraser Pipedreams

Build Your Library

Opening Your Ears to Opera

By Benjamin K. Roe Managing Director of Classical Services

“Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.”

—Lord Kenneth Clark Opera. Unique among art forms, it’s an improbably cohesive combination of high art and kitsch, slapstick comedy and intensely emotional human drama.

At its grandest, it’s a Speilbergian overload of sweeping scores, swooning singers, seductive dancers and choristers and, to be sure, stupendous sets and costumes.

But what so many people adore about opera is precisely what makes it so incomprehensible to so many others. Which is a shame, for the lure of the operatic stage has been irresistible to legions of composers, and has spawned some of the greatest moments in all of what we call classical music.

So, as we celebrate Opera Bash on WGBH 2 and 44, as well as on Classical New England, we thought we’d share some suggestions for enlivening your appreciation of opera. We think Lord Clark would approve.

First, start with a good book: You can’t go wrong with The NPR Curious Listener’s Guide to Opera by William Berger. At 240 pages, it’s an easy, entertaining and informative guide for the lay reader, from the author of the acclaimed books Wagner Without Fear and Verdi With a Vengeance.

Introducing Our New Piano Podcast

By Cathy Fuller Classical New England Program Host Eighty-eight keys, each with its own hammer and string assembly, contained within a massive wooden case and attached to a giant cast iron plate.

It sounds so…industrial. And indeed, the act of creating a piano is pure hard work. But the act of playing the piano results in some of the most miraculous sounds human beings are capable of.

And the act of hearing the piano opens up vast expanses of emotional space and variety, which we intend to explore on Benchmarks, Classical New England’s new podcast available both on the iTunes store and on our website. Each program—which you can enjoy on-demand or download to take with you—will be dedicated to bringing you extraordinary performances that harness the power and intimacy only available through this monument to human ingenuity and artistic invention. The performances you will hear on each and every podcast will be unique and exclusive, drawn from Classical New England’s Fraser Performance Studio and concert halls around the region. I hope you’ll get the chance to join me for some of the music (and words) of some of today’s great artists of the piano.

This article is part of Classical New England’s occasional “Build Your Library” series. Look for more recommendations in future Explore! guides.

Want some listening to go along with your reading? Then you’re ready for The A–Z of Opera from Naxos. There’s a reason this item is so popular: 39 tracks on two CDs of operatic selections, ranging from Monteverdi to the mid-20th century, accompanied with a 762-page “booklet” (more like an “encyclopedia-let”). It’s a fabulous starter set for anyone discovering the world of opera.

Ready to dive in a little deeper, and enjoy an opera from start to finish? There’s no better place to start than with the opera that has been in almost continuous performance since it premiered in February of 1816—to a chorus of boos, believe it or not!— Giacchino Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. Author and Juilliard School faculty member David Dubal explains the opera’s immediate (and lasting) charm: “Rossini’s music is crystal clear: his constructions are tight; the harmony is clever and diatonic; above all, the melodies are easy to remember. Rossini was the first tunesmith; one might even say that he was the inventor of the pop song. He caught the ear of a growing middle-class public with music that appealed as never before to a mass audience.” Try Sir Neville’s Marriner’s recording, featuring Thomas Allen and Agnes Baltsa in the main roles.

Curiosity raised? We’re just beginning! Visit us online at (see below) for more recommendations from the Classical New England staff that will accompany your journey to the place the acclaimed director Franco Zeffirelli calls “a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrate all the arts.”

Last Night of the Proms 2012 Between the end of Tanglewood and the start of the BSO’s Symphony Hall season, there’s The Last Night of the Proms! Join us for the world’s biggest classical music party. For one night only, it’s “Rule, Britannia” from the Royal Albert Hall. This year features conductor Jiří Bělohlávek, violinist Nicola Benedetti and tenor Joseph Calleja joining the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus, as the Brits bring out the noisemakers for this serious and silly don’t-miss-it concert.

Sat, 9/8 at 7pm

On the Web Opera Bash: Visit wgbh.org/operabash for the full schedule and latest udpates, as well as more recommendations on ways to learn about opera.

Benchmarks: Hear episodes of our new podcast series, Benchmarks, as well as all of your favorite classical music programs, at

classicalnewengland.org

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WCAI, Cape and Islands NPR Station Eating Local

By Mindy Todd WCAI’s Managing Director for Editorial and Host An avid locavore, Elspeth Hay is constantly exploring the Cape, Islands and South Coast to find out what’s growing, what’s good and what to do with it.

Her Local Food Report began airing weekly on WCAI in August 2008.

Elspeth wasn’t sure how long it would last.

“How many times would we be able to talk about local blueberries or zucchini?” she wondered. Many, as it turns out. “The local food movement on the Cape is gaining steam steadily,” Elspeth says, “and there’s always something new going on, whether it’s a new farmer growing a new variety, or someone advocating a traditional way of fishing.”

There are a lot of people who share Elspeth’s passion for local food, and she hopes she can spark the interest of those who might not yet see the benefits. “I like to think that, in its own small way, The Local Food Report is helping to encourage people who are thinking about jumping into the movement,” she says. “There’s plenty of room for growth, and we all have

What’s on WCAI

Saturday

BBC World Update Morning Edition The Point The Diane Rehm Show The Takeaway Fresh Air Talk of the Nation All Things Considered The World Marketplace The Point Fresh Air PBS NewsHour The Story News from the BBC News & Notes

Editor Karen Hartley Contributors Ron Bachman, Maria Bruno Ruiz, Jake Messier, Phil Redo, Susan Reed, Ben Roe, Matt Roy Designer Meryl Brenner, Tong-Mei Chan Photo Research Julie Ecker

The Local Food Report can be heard on Thursdays at 8:30am and 5:45pm, and Saturday at 9:30am on WCAI.

Online: capeandislands.org On-air: 90.1 Martha’s Vineyard, 91.1 Nantucket, 94.3 Brewster, 89.7 HD3 Boston

Monday–Friday 5am 6am 9:30 10am 12pm 1pm 2pm 4pm 6pm 7pm 7:30 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm 12am

a lot to learn when it comes to feeding our community. I learn something every time I go out and do an interview—it is very rewarding work.”

Whether foraging for mushrooms, exploring a traditional method of fermenting pickles, or checking out a Brazilian sweet called the brigadeiro, Elspeth is on the hunt for what we are growing, raising and savoring. She gets some of her ideas from listeners and is always open to suggestions.

An added benefit of the report has been the discovery of all sorts of people and their passions. “Like the quail-raising dentist, or the woman who raises 150 varieties of tomatoes!” Elspeth says. “There are surprising stories, like the new landowner who discovers and nurtures a failing orchard that was an unfulfilled dream of its prior owner, who’d died suddenly. The Local Food Report isn’t just about food: it’s about life.”

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