March 2011: Explore! by WGBH Educational Foundation

ON AIR, ONLINE, ON THE GO THE MEMBERS’ MAGAZINE | MAR 2011

María Hinojosa: One-on-One Compelling conversations page 13

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I ﬁrst got to know María Hinojosa when we were students working together at Columbia University’s public radio station, WKCR in New York City—I was the station manager and she was the program director. It was the early ’80s, and María already was a courageous journalist committed to expanding the stories we covered, the voices we showcased and the audiences we served. Now, some 30 years later, I am thrilled to salute María, one of our nation’s preeminent journalists (managing editor and host of NPR’s Latino USA and former senior correspondent for PBS’s Now), on the ﬁfth season of her WGBH series, María Hinojosa: One-on-One, seen on WGBH 2 and 44 and 35 other public television stations, as well as our nationally distributed World channel. “I hope people who stop and watch One-on-One learn something and leave our show changed,” María says. “I hope it stays with them and impacts how they see the world around them, this changing America.” Each week, María devotes a half hour to interviewing America’s foremost artists, writers, activists and opinion makers who together mirror our nation’s increasingly diverse population. “These are interesting, accomplished people who have a lot to say, but whom you rarely hear in mainstream media,” says series producer Patricia Alvarado Núñez, who heads WGBH’s La Plaza production unit. “Implicit in this is an examination of race and identity, with the hope of building bridges.” This month, María sits down with actress Phylicia Rashād (see page 13), who talks about how her mother’s decision to move the family to Mexico to spare them the experience of growing up in the segregated South not only gave Phylicia a wider world view, but also set the stage for the career opportunity of a lifetime. María also shines a spotlight on Dolores Huerta, who cofounded the United Farm Workers of America with César Chávez, to explore the story behind her 40 years of unwavering activism. “We see the series as a ‘conversation starter’,” says Patricia. “María is giving our audience new ways to think about what it means to live in the most culturally diverse nation on earth and in a more connected world…with one great interview after another.” WGBH’s longstanding commitment to telling all our stories has never been more important. We hope you enjoy, and take pride in María Hinojosa: One-on-One—a series that we simply could not produce without your generous, ongoing support.

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Reasons to Be Pretty

SpeakEasy Stage Company presents Neil LaBute’s Reasons to Be Pretty, a portrayal of the crumbling relationships of four young friends as they question the American obsession with physical beauty, 3/4–4/2. WGBH members save $5 on full-price adult tickets, limit 2 per MemberCard. Use code WGBH11. Info: 617-933-8600; speakeasystage.com.

Shop for outstanding, one-of-a-kind crafts, paintings and sculpture to the sounds of live jazz, 3/18–3/20 at the Royal Plaza Trade Center, Marlborough. WGBH members receive 2-for-1 admission. Info: 800-511-9725; paradisecityarts.com.

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The Society of Arts and Crafts presents CRAFTBOSTON Spring 2011, with 200 artists showcasing unique and limited-edition pieces, 3/25– 3/27 at the Seaport World Trade Center. WGBH members receive $4 off general admission. Info: 617-266-1810; craftboston.org.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

James Levine conducts a program of Mozart, Birtwistle and Bartók, featuring German violinist Christian Tetzlaff. Tetzlaff is soloist in all three works, including the world premiere of Birtwistle’s new work for violin and orchestra, Mozart’s Rondo in C, and Bartók’s scintillating Violin Concerto No. 2. 3/3–3/8, Boston’s Symphony Hall. WGBH members receive 2-for-1 tickets for Tuesday performances. Info: 617-266-1200; bso.org.

Celebrity Series of Boston presents the Boston debut of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, a contemporary company recognized for its innovative choreography and eclectic works, Sat, 3/5 at 8pm at Tsai Performance Center, Boston. WGBH Members receive 10% off tickets, limit 4 per MemberCard; tickets must be purchased by 3/2. Info: 617-482-6661; celebrityseries.org.

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WGBH’s Annual Fine Wine Auction

Bid online on a variety of selections from WGBH’s Charles Beard Wine Cellar, 3/9–3/17. Forty lots from some of the world’s best vintners will be available, with all proceeds beneﬁting WGBH. Visit auction.wgbh.org to register and bid.

Masterpiece 40th-Anniversary Celebration

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A St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn with Brian O’Donovan

WGBH’s Brian O’Donovan once again brings his St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn to Sanders Theatre at Harvard University on Fri, 3/18 at 8pm, and to New Bedford’s Zeiterion Theatre on Sat, 3/19 at 8pm. Features performances by the Irish ensemble Téada, joined by singer and accordion player Seamus Begley, singer-songwriter Carol Noonan, and additional musicians and dancers. For information and tickets go to wgbh.org/celtic.

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Voiced by award-winning actor Martin Short, Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat guides friends Sally and Nick—with a little help from the Fish, Thing 1 and Thing 2—on fun-ﬁlled adventures where they make natural-science discoveries. Learn how bees make honey and why owls sleep during the day. Join the Cat for a special two-hour block of new episodes and recent favorites. The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That Wed, 3/2, 8am–10am on WGBH 2 Full schedules: wgbh.org; Get magazine online: wgbh.org/gopaperless

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March Member Favorites

Beginning Tue, 3/1, tune in a wide range of programs, including some very special member favorites! Below are just a few of the highlights. Check wgbh.org/schedules to get up-to-date information on when your favorites are airing. American Masters/Troubadours: James Taylor, Carole King and the California Scene In the wake of the turbulent 1960s, a new style of song and songwriter came to the fore—a style marked by vulnerable introspection, raw, naked emotion and young singer/songwriters who shared their most intimate thoughts, backed by little more than a lone acoustic guitar or simple piano. The old Los Angeles club, the Troubadour, launched the careers of James Taylor, Carole King, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens and so many others. Carole King, one of the great songwriters of the ‘60s, started playing piano in James Taylor’s band, creating a bond that they still share today. Through Taylor and King, Troubadours chronicles this group of musicians who played before, after and alongside them. Behind the Britcom: From Script to Screen Hosts Moira Brooker (Judith on As Time Goes By) and Philip Bretherton (Alastair on As Time Goes By) take viewers inside the hearts and minds of the writers, producers and actors who have brought so many favorite British comedies to life. Writer/director Richard Curtiss and the cast of Vicar of Dibley and Blackadder, writer Roy Clarke and the cast of Keeping Up Appearances and Last of the Summer Wine, and others tell the inside story on how these writers and actors go from script to screen. The Best of Laugh-In In an age of “sit-ins,” “love-ins” and “teach-ins,” NBC presented a “laugh-in” that somehow bridged generational gaps. Originally a one-shot special, Laugh-In was an immediate hit and quickly became the highest-rated series of the late 1960s and early ’70s. Amidst the shouted slogans, bumper stickers and protest signs of the era, Laugh-In translated its comedy into bursts of topical one-liners hurled helter-skelter at the TV audience. The Best of Laugh-In revisits the ’60s and explorxes how the landmark series broke down the traditional separation of comedy, musical performance and dramatic interludes that marked most earlier variety shows. 8 Full schedules: wgbh.org; Get magazine online: wgbh.org/gopaperless

The Gifts of Imperfection: Living with Courage, Compassion and Connection Renowned research professor and author Dr. Brené Brown shares what she’s learned from a decade of research on the power of authenticity. This program explores the meaning of love and belonging, and how our feelings of “never good enough” prevent us from experiencing real connection. Brown blends research, humor and storytelling in a way that captures the hearts and minds of her audience. Great Performances/ Billy Joel: The Shea Stadium Concert Shortly before the demolition of New York City’s Shea Stadium in July 2008, superstar Billy Joel performed two farewell concerts at the historic arena. Joel’s special guests are Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, John Mayer and Sir Paul McCartney. Great Performances: Harry Connick Jr. in Concert on Broadway After 20 years, three-time Grammy Award-winner Harry Connick, Jr. returned to Broadway in a program of favorites, performed in Connick’s trademark New Orleans style. Taped in July 2010 at New York’s Neil Simon Theater, the evening features a 20-piece swing band and a 10-piece string section, with the star on both a Steinway grand and upright honky-tonk piano. Backed by a cadre of top-ﬂight musicians, including trombonist Lucien Barbarin, Connick performs an infectious mix of evergreen standards, show tunes and jazz classics. Great Performances/The Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends As a proliﬁc songwriter, producer and maestro to the stars, David Foster has generated some of the world’s most popular music, and has collaborated with a veritable “Who’s Who” of superstars in a career spanning more than three decades. Recorded in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay arena, this all-star celebration features chart-topping stars and music from the 14-time Grammy Award winner’s extensive career catalog, with performances by All-4-One, Michael Bolton, The Canadian Tenors, Charice, Natalie Cole, Donna Summer and “Dreamweaver” Gary Wright, among others.

Les Misérables 25th-Anniversary Concert at the O2 In October 2010, the legendary musical Les Misérables celebrated its 25th birthday. To mark the occasion, the show’s producer, Cameron Mackintosh, staged an extraordinary one-off concert at the O2 Arena in London. The 25thanniversary concert hosted a company of more than 300 actors and musicians, including Alﬁe Boe as Jean Valjean, Nick Jonas (right) as Marius, Ramin Karimloo as Enjolras, Norm Lewis as Javert, Matt Lucas as Thénardier, Lea Salonga as Fantine, Jenny Galloway as Madame Thénardier, and Camilla Kerslake as Cosette. My Music: Rock, Pop and Doo-wop Rock and pop legends Jon “Bowzer” Bauman (Sha Na Na) and Ronnie Spector (of the Ronettes) bring back the best songs from the late ’50s and early ’60s rock, pop and doo-wop era in an all-new My Music concert event. Recorded in May 2010, this special includes new live performances and rare, never before available archival classics from the Dick Clark vaults. Suze Orman: Money Class Based on her upcoming new book which will be released concurrently with this show’s premiere, Suze Orman’s Money Class will reveal Suze’s expert view on what actions people need to take in light of the new economy. After the upheavals of the economic downturn, Suze believes it’s critical to rethink many of the traditional strategies we’ve been using to achieve our ﬁnancial goals. In this special, she unveils new and powerful advice, updating and sometimes revising her long-held beliefs, to help viewers navigate today’s unsettling economic waters.

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The World Channel

Dedicated to delivering outstanding nonﬁction, science, nature, news, public affairs and documentary programming, this WGBHproduced 24/7 television channel explores a different theme each month. In March, World examines land. Visit worldcompass.org to see a complete listing of programs, explore additional features, and share your thoughts and ideas. A small sample of March programs: Independent Lens: Dirt! The Movie Sat, 3/5 at 12noon and 8pm on WGBH World

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Edge of the Everglades: Big Cypress National Preserve Sat, 3/12 at 9am, and 5pm on WGBH World

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Land of Destiny Sat, 3/19 at 6am, 2pm, and 10pm on WGBH World Wilderness: The Great Debate Sat, 3/26 at 5am, 1pm and 9pm on WGBH World

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Saturday 5 11am 2 Member Favorites 44 Member Favorites 11pm 44 Ebert Presents at the Movies

Sunday 6 6am 44 Antiques Roadshow Des Moines, IA (Pt. 3) 7am 44 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly 7:30 44 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 8am 44 Moneytrack

8:30 44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 9am 44 Washington Week 9:30 44 Greater Boston 10am 2 High School Quiz Show Hingham vs. Whitman Hanson 44 Inside Washington 10:30 44 McLaughlin Group 11am 2 Member Favorites 44 Member Favorites 1:30 44 High School Quiz Show Hingham vs. Whitman Hanson 2pm 44 Member Favorites 7pm 2 High School Quiz Show Norwell vs. Mystic Valley 7:30 2 Member Favorites 9pm 2 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey (Pt. 1). When the Titanic goes down, Lord Grantham loses his immediate heirs and his daughter Mary loses her ﬁancé, throwing Downton Abbey and its servants into turmoil. The new heir turns out to be Matthew, a lowly lawyer with novel ideas about country life. Starring Hugh

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March 6, 2011 - 2:00 pm NEC’s Jordan Hall

Bizet, Bartok, & Brahms

Bizet - Jeux d’Enfants (Children’s Games) Bartok - Violin Concerto No. 2 Ayano Ninomiya, soloist

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Tuesday 8 2 PBS NewsHour 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe The Majesty of Madrid. madrid is studded with riches from its glory days. We tour the lavish royal Palace, enjoy art-packed museums, and look deep into Picasso's greatest masterpiece. 44 Member Favorites 8pm 2 Member Favorites 6pm 7pm

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Five

enter the thrilling world of MI-5—known to insiders simply as ‘five’—and meet the people who make up the elite team. they tackle organized crime, terrorist activities, embassy sieges, weapons proliferation and anarchists, not to mention the conflicts and power struggles back in the office. in a world where the roles of the intelligence services and secret agents are being thrown into greater importance, MI-5 is a timely drama from a first-class creative team and with a superb cast. MI-5 Wednesdays at 9pm on WGBH 44 Fridays at 9pm on WGBH 2 We hear you! Because you asked, MI-5 will not be pre-empted during WGBH’s March membership drive.

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Celebrating Women

In celebration of Women’s History Month, WGBH offers you fascinating stories about the history, contributions and experience of women. Check the listings for more! American Masters/Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women Louisa May Alcott’s (Elizabeth Marcel) reputation as a morally upstanding New England spinster, reflecting the conventional propriety of late 19th-century Concord, is firmly established. But Alcott, raised among reformers, Transcendentalists and skeptics, was actually a free thinker with democratic ideals and progressive values about women. Most surprising is that she led, under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, a literary double life, undiscovered until the 1940s. As Barnard, Alcott penned scandalous, sensational works, a far cry from her familiar fatherly mentors, courageous mothers and appropriately impish children. Mon, 3/14 at 9pm on WGBH 2 American Experience/Dolley Madison Style icon, extravagant hostess, humanitarian, doting mother, trusted political advisor and diplomat. These are the roles we now expect in a First Lady—roles created by President James Madison’s wife, Dolley. As the “first First Lady,” she used her unelected position to legitimize the nation’s new capital, to create a political and social style for the new country and to give Americans a sense of their own national identity. Mon, 3/21 at 9pm on WGBH 2 Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority Explore the life and times of the late US Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink (1927–2002), the first woman of color in Congress and the driving force behind Title IX, the landmark legislation that mandated gender equity in education. Her life offers a unique window into the larger story of Hawaii and America in the 20th century, focusing on the nation’s shifting attitudes towards gender, race and politics. Tue, 3/22 at 10pm on WGBH 2

Doomed from the Start?

At the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown, who had suffered a long history of abuse, killed a man who had picked her up for sex. Follow Cyntoia and her family as they await her eventual sentencing to life in prison in Tennessee. This ﬁlm challenges our assumptions about violence and explores how factors such as biology and family history can doom some young people from the start. Independent Lens/Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story Thu, 3/17 at 9pm on WGBH 44 12 Full schedules: wgbh.org; Get magazine online: wgbh.org/gopaperless

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Sunday 13 6am 44 Antiques Roadshow Palm Springs, CA (Pt. 1) 7am 44 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly 7:30 44 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 8am 44 Moneytrack 8:30 44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 9am 44 Washington Week 9:30 44 Greater Boston 10am 2 High School Quiz Show Norwell vs. Mystic Valley 44 Inside Washington 10:30 44 McLaughlin Group 11am 2 Member Favorites 44 Member Favorites 1:30 44 High School Quiz Show Norwell vs. Mystic Valley 2pm 44 Member Favorites 7pm 2 High School Quiz Show Weston vs. Woburn Memorial 7:30 2 Member Favorites 9pm 2 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey (Pt. 2) Mary entertains three suitors, including a Turkish diplomat whose boldness leads to a surprising event. Downstairs, the shocking former life of Carson, the butler, is unmasked and Bates risks his health to remain valet. 10:30 2 Member Favorites

Monday 14 6pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 History Detectives 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe London: Mod and Trad 44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Palm Springs, CA (Pt. 2) 44 My Family 8:30 44 My Family 9pm 2 American Masters Louisa May Alcott:

The Woman Behind Little Women See Celebrating Women, this page 44 Masterpiece Classic Small Island (Pt. 1). This mini series, adapted from the award-winning 2004 novel, stars Naomie Harris (Pirates of the Caribbean, White Teeth) as Hortense, a young ambitious Jamaican woman thrust into the grit of 1940s post-war London. (d) 10:30 2 Ask This Old House 44 The Best of the Kumars at No. 42 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour

Tuesday 15 6pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 History Detectives 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Paris: Eiffel and Monet to Creme Brulee 44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 Secrets of the Dead Battle for the Bible. Explore the dramatic, violent and worldshaking story of the most famous and widely read book in history. 44 Antiques Roadshow Palm Springs, CA (Pt. 2) 9pm 2 Frontline My Father, My Brother and Me. In 2004, journalist Dave Iverson received the same news that had been delivered to his father and older brother years earlier: He had Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative neurological disorder that affects about one million Americans. Iverson sets off on a personal journey to explore the scientific, ethical and political debate that surrounds Parkinson’s, a disease at the center of the ongoing controversy over embryonic stem cell research. (d) 44 Ashes to Ashes (*) 10pm 2 Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special Stress. It’s always been there to save our lives. It’s what made us run from predators and enabled us to take down prey. But today, humans are turning on that same stress response to deal with 30-year mortgages, difficult bosses, teenagers and traffic jams. MacArthur Genius Grant recipi-

ent and stanford University neurobiologist robert sapolsky and national Geographic search for answers to why stress seems to be killing us. 44 Ashes to Ashes (*) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour

Wednesday 16 2 PBS NewsHour 44 History Detectives 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Belgium: Bruges and Brussels 44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 Nova Alien from Earth. see exclusive coverage of excavations at the Ling Bua site on the island of Flores, indonesia in 2007. Nova investigates the furious scientiﬁc debate currently raging on what the “Hobbit” bones represent. Are they fossils of a previously unknown primitive branch of the human family? Or are they remains of a dwarf race of modern humans 6pm

suffering from a strange pathological condition? (d) 44 This Old House Hour 9pm 2 Nova The Bible’s Buried Secrets. Nova investigates the origins of the ancient israelites, the evolution of their belief in one God and the creation of the Bible. more than a century of literary detective work and decades of archeological excavation in the Holy Land offers provocative new insights, including that most israelites worshiped pagan gods and many believed that God had a wife, who was venerated as an idol. A story of science, history and faith. (d) 44 MI-5 One Last Dance 10pm 44 Globe Trekker Georgia & Armenia (d) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour

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Beyond Cosby

Phylicia Rashād is one of the most iconic mother figures in the history of American television. in the 1980s, she became a household name with her role as Clair Huxtable on the hit sitcom The Cosby Show. For five straight years (1984–1989) it was the most-watched show in the nation. since then, rashād has starred in movies, tv series and Broadway shows—and in 2004 she became the first African American to win a tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a play. in this conversaNew Voices tion with maría Hinojosa, she “Here at María talks about growing up during Hinojosa: One-onsegregation in texas, her relaOne we are comtionship with Bill Cosby and mitted to bringing where she finds her inspiration. you voices, stories and perspectives every week that reflect our changMaría Hinojosa: One-on-One ing America. thanks to your support Sat, 3/19 at 6pm we can continue to create a space for these compelling conversations.” — Patricia Alvarado Núñez, 8pm 2 Doc Martin WGBH series Producer 44 Frontline My Father, My Brother and Me (See Produced in Boston Shared with the World 3/15 at 9pm) (d)

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2 Mark Twain (Pt. 1) Filmmaker Ken Burns takes viewers on a journey through sam Clemens’ early days along the mississippi river, to the small river town of Hannibal, missouri. (d) 44 Independent Lens Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story see Doomed from the Start?, page 12 10pm 44 Independent Lens Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway. the 1975 maysles brothers cult classic Grey Gardens told the story of the eccentric and often humorous mother-daughter relationship between edith Beale and her daughter, edie (Christine Ebersole), aunt and cousin to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. this documentary looks at how their lives set the stage for the maysles ﬁlm and later the Broadway musical, both of which have affected the art, entertainment and fashion communities. 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour 9pm

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44 American Masters Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women see Celebrating Women, page 12 12:30 2 The French Chef (*) 1pm 2 Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy 44 Exodus Paul newman plays an israeli nationalist who breaks a 1947 British blockade with Jewish refugees. 2pm 2 Food Trip with Todd English 2:30 2 Simply Ming 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:30 2 Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen (d) 4pm 2 The French Chef (*) 4:30 2 Rough Cut 5pm 2 This Old House Hour 44 It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World A motley assortment of characters embarks on a chaotic race to ﬁnd $350,000 in buried loot. 6pm 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Phylicia Rashād see Beyond Cosby, page 13

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2 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey (Pt. 2) (See 3/13 at 9pm) 44 Exodus (See 3/19 at 1:30pm) 2 Keeping Up Appearances 2 The Old Guys (*) 2 Lark Rise to Candleford 2 Antiques Roadshow Palm Springs, CA (Pt. 2) 2 Basic Black 44 Ebert Presents at the Movies 2 Ask This Old House

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Have you seen what’s new at North Hill? This winter we’re warming things up with the unveiling of our new Skyway Café. Built with a granite surface with golden hues, our newest dining venue will provide quick service entrees, specialty coffees, and fountain beverages.

The Real Mad Men

this ﬁlm reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most inﬂuential advertising creatives of our time—people who’ve had a profound impact on our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, mary Wells, Cliff Freeman, dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal riney and others were responsible for “Just do it,” “i Love nY, “ “Where’s the Beef?,” “Got milk,” “think different,” and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. Independent Lens/Art & Copy Thu, 3/24 at 9pm on WGBH 44 2 Nature Crash: A Tale of Two Species. this is a story of the humble horseshoe crab, a creature that has remained virtually unchanged for 300 million years, and a tiny bird called a red knot, which migrates 10,000 miles from south 8pm

America to the Arctic each year, and lives on horseshoe crab eggs. scientiﬁc and medical communities have discovered that the crab also provides an indispensable testing agent for drugs and vaccines. But horseshoe crab numbers have dropped by two-thirds since 1990. the precious pyramid depending on this age-old creature is about to come crashing down.

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44 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge 3pm 44 OpenRoad 3:30 2 American Masters Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women see Celebrating Women, page 12 44 Made in Spain 4pm 44 Avec Eric 4:30 44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 2 The Visionaries Homeward Bound. new solutions to homelessness are being tried and tested on the Cape Cod. (d) 44 Simply Ming 5:30 2 Ask This Old House 44 The French Chef (*) 6pm 2 Globe Trekker Costa Rica and Nicaragua (d) 44 Ask This Old House 6:30 44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Phylicia Rashād see Beyond Cosby, page 13 7pm 2 High School Quiz Show Shepherd Hill vs. HamiltonWenham 44 It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (See 3/19 at 5pm) 7:30 2 Ebert Presents at the Movies 2:30

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2 High School Quiz Show Weston vs. Woburn Memorial 44 Inside Washington 10:30 44 McLaughlin Group 11am 2 Travelscope 44 Need to Know 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Vienna 12pm 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge 44 Invitation to World Literature The Bacchae. the city of thebes is torn apart as the disguised god dionysus returns, demanding to be worshipped. (d) 12:30 2 Basic Black 44 Music Voyager The Capital of Salsa. Cali is the salsa capital of the world and the urban center of Columbia’s Afro-Paciﬁc culture. 1pm 2 Ask This Old House 44 Theater Talk (*) 1:30 2 Nova The Bible’s Buried Secrets (See 3/16 at 9pm) (d) 44 High School Quiz Show Weston vs. Woburn Memorial 2pm 44 Equitrekking 10am

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9pm 2 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey (Pt. 3). Growing into his role as heir, Matthew brings out the bitter rivalry between sisters Mary and Edith. Servants Thomas and O’Brien scheme against Bates, while head housemaid Anna is increasingly attracted to him. Lady Violet’s winning streak in the ﬂower show is threatened. 9:38 44 American Masters Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women See Celebrating Women, page 12 10:30 2 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey (Pt. 3) (See 9pm) 11:07 44 Ask This Old House

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The Australian outback is the driest place on the driest inhabited continent on the planet. Yet, once every 10 years, rains ﬂood dried-up river beds and head inland to create the largest lake in Australia. More than 100,000 pelicans—a third of all the pelicans in Australia—leave their homes on coasts and harbors to feed on washed-in ﬁsh, brine shrimp and other crustaceans in water twice as salty as the Dead Sea. The pelicans come to court and raise families before the water and food disappear. Nature/Outback Pelicans Sun, 3/27 at 8pm on WGBH 2 8:30 2 McLaughlin Group 9pm 2 MI-5 Traitor’s Gate 44 Nova Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way (See 3/23 at 9pm) 10pm 2 Need to Know 44 Nova Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever Expanding Universe (See 3/23 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour

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Radio Spotlight In the Kitchen with Chris Kimball America’s Test Kitchen founder Chris Kimball and his TV co-host Bridget Lancaster launched a new radio show presented by 89.7 WGBH in January. America’s Test Kitchen Radio takes you inside the test kitchen for food tastings, behind-the-scenes stories, equipment ratings, gadget reviews and delicious revivals of America’s best lost recipes. Kimball and Lancaster also take questions from listeners on all things culinary. Kimball and his team of experts have been answering America’s cooking questions for nearly two decades for the readers of Cook’s Illustrated, which has been called “the Consumer Reports of cooking.” Kimball is the author of The Cook’s Bible, The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook, Dear Charlie, The Dessert Bible and The Kitchen Detective. WGBH’s Jennifer Goebel recently caught up with Kimball at his test kitchen in Brookline to ﬁnd out about his latest show (which will go on hiatus starting in April in preparation for its national launch this July) and what brought Kimball to cooking and to radio.

Q A

When did you start to cook?

We had a yellow farmhouse at our farm in Vermont, where we spent a lot of summers. The farmhouse baker and cook, Marie Briggs, would let me help her make the breads, doughnuts and pies, and that’s how I started. When I was a seven or eight years old, I made a chocolate cake with a seven-minute boiled frosting from The Joy of Cooking. The frosting looked terrible. It was a complete disaster. But my family was kind. Cooking in that little town of 300 brought people together—it was the basis for all the social communication.

Q A

What led you to cooking as a career?

I’ve always loved cooking. It’s partly the science of baking. When I was in my 20s, I started taking cooking classes at a variety of places. The teachers could never answer my questions, which drove me crazy. They would get mad because I’d keep asking questions they didn’t know the answers to, like “What’s a pinch of salt?” I was the most annoying person in class. I eventually realized they didn’t know what they were talking about. They would tell me that you need to scald the milk to make béchamel, and actually, you don’t—you only have to scald it if it’s raw milk; pasteurized milk has already been scalded.

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Did you study cooking in college?

No. I have an undergraduate degree in primi tive art from Columbia University. I applied to a PhD program at Cornell University in Oceanic Art and I got in, but someone at the University wrote to me and said, look, you’ve been admitted, but you’ll never get a job in this ﬁeld. He told me not to expect to actually make a living doing this. So as a result, I went into publishing and started Cook’s Magazine. I am forever indebted to whomever wrote that letter.

Q A

How did America’s Test Kitchen get started on TV? In 2000, after years of telling everyone I could do a great TV show, including Julia Child and her producer Geoff Drummond (he kept running away from me for some reason), I ﬁnally did a half-hour show independently as a sample. I showed it to Geoff, and he said, “Maybe there’s something here.” We started our 11th season in January.

Q A

How does America’s Test Kitchen differ from the other cooking shows on TV? It’s actually very different from the other cooking shows on TV now, although it’s not that much different from what Julia Child was doing. First of all, we have always been about bad food. We start with bad food, and about the process of making bad food into good food. That’s the storyline for everything that we do. Cooking shows usually tell you “this is great food, it’s not hard to do, it’s delicious.” We start at the other end, with the worst baked potato or worst roast chicken in the world. We ask, “Why is it so bad?” Then we go into the kitchen and ﬁnd out. I realized early on that the experience of the home kitchen is totally different than what cooking shows or cooking magazines tell you. Everyone knows half the time recipes don’t work—they take twice as long, they taste terrible, they don’t rise like they’re supposed to. We also have the consumer reports and the tastings. Since we don’t take advertising, we can actually say something useful about the products we test. I think that aspect of ours is unique.

Q A

How did you get the idea for a radio show? Our director Herb Sevuch said to me years ago that this would be better radio than TV. I don’t

think he meant that I was a face made for radio, but rather that we had too much information for TV, because, oddly enough, in a cooking show you have to demonstrate ALL the steps. You don’t have much time to talk about anything else. I think radio is the ultimate medium for us because we like to go into detail and get to the bottom of things. You can learn a lot about the olive oil business on the radio in 10 minutes. You can’t learn that much on TV in 30 seconds.

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How did the format for the radio show develop? The ﬁrst thing I did was talk to Doug Berman, the producer for Car Talk and Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me. He told me that radio is about not knowing what someone’s going to say next, about taking you someplace unexpected. So that’s what we tried to do. The show is made up of call-ins like Car Talk, and those are pretty lively. We also do a 10-minute investigative piece on something like the coffee business—that’s fun and takes some twists and turns. We do tastings, gadget reviews and equipment testings, much as we do on the TV show. We try to keep it moving.

Q A

How do you like radio?

I love radio. You can only do so much on TV with a cooking show. Radio is 10 times harder, but the potential is greater. It’s a much smarter medium. You don’t have to be a cook for this show. Bridget Lancaster is my co-host on both the TV and radio shows, and radio gives her the opportunity to make fun of me at greater length. Everybody here appreciates that. America’s Test Kitchen Radio airs Saturdays at 2pm on 89.7 WGBH. Stream it online or listen to past episodes at wgbh.org. Join the discussion by calling 866-514-7801 or email atkradio@ americanstestkitchen.com. America’s Test Kitchen Radio will continue through March, then go on hiatus until its national launch in July. Schedules, program info, playlists: wgbh.org/897 23

WGBH, Boston’s NPR® Station for News and Culture Voices of Humanitarians In these times of face-paced change and challenge, how do we hold on to our humanity? Each week, public radio’s award-winning Humankind presents answers from the doers and dreamers who strive to make our planet a more humane and livable place. Hosted by producer David Freudberg, the series presents moving documentaries and dialogues featuring people who focus on solutions, not just problems. We hear inspiring voices that build community: forward thinkers, peacemakers, health and education leaders, practitioners of spirituality and simplicity, environmental champions, wise comedians, human rights activists and many others. In recording episodes of Humankind, Freudberg visited a prison garden in San Francisco, where inmates cultivate vegetables, plant trees and observe how living things respond when people care for them. He traveled to a Vermont elementary school where a folklorist introduced fourth-graders to proverbs passed down through the generations. And he walked the dusty roads of the Mississippi Delta, where a mother of 13 recalled how she endured violence in order to secure a good public education for her family. “There seems to be no limit to the ways people express the human spirit,” Freudberg observes. “Everything is moving so fast now. I look for stories that make us pause, if just brieﬂy, to ponder where we’re going and who we are.” Humankind Sundays at 6pm

What’s on 89.7 WGBH BBC World Update The Takeaway Morning Edition/Marketplace Morning The Takeaway The Diane Rehm Show The Emily Rooney Show The Callie Crossley Show Fresh Air The World All Things Considered The World PBS NewsHour Jazz on WGBH with Eric Jackson/ Jazz on WGBH with Steve Schwartz (Fri) Jazz with Bob Parlocha

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Bob Seay hosts weekday mornings on 89.7 WGBH, kicking off with an hour of The Takeaway at 6am with John Hockenberry and Celeste Headlee. Then, at 7am, NPR’s Morning Edition prepares you for the day ahead with two hours of up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, commentary, and coverage of arts and sports, followed by the second hour of The Takeaway. Listen for local news and special WGBH-produced segments throughout the morning. Weekdays, 6am–10am

The Diane Rehm Show

The Diane Rehm Show offers listeners thoughtful and lively conversations on an array of topics with some of the world’s top newsmakers, journalists and authors. Newsweek magazine calls the series one of “the most interesting talk shows in the country,” and The National Journal says Diane is “the class act of the talk radio world.” Weekdays at 10am

This American Life

Radio host Ira Glass pioneered a new kind of radio storytelling with This American Life. Each week, Glass explores a theme—fiascos, conventions, the job that takes over your life—through a playful mix of radio monologues, mini-documentaries, “found tape,” short fiction and unusual music. The stories are engaging, intimate, surprising, funny, disturbing and bittersweet. Glass and his staff have an unusual knack for finding writers and performers whose work hasn’t been heard on radio. Saturdays at 12noon

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America’s Test Kitchen Radio

Sunday Spotlight with Eric Jackson

If you enjoy watching America’s Test Kitchen or Cook’s Country on WGBH 2 and 44, you will love America’s Test Kitchen Radio. Hosted by America’s Test Kitchen founder Chris Kimball and TV co-host Bridget Lancaster, ATK Radio takes you inside the test kitchen for food tastings, equipment ratings, gadget reviews and delicious revivals of America’s best lost recipes. Kimball travels the country to interview experts about why restaurants fail and offers himself as a guinea pig to uncover the truth about the science of taste. Kimball and Lancaster also take live calls to answer your cooking questions. This is an entirely different, informative and entertaining take on food radio. Saturdays at 2pm

Women in Jazz

Arts & Ideas: L.A. Theatre Works

Jazz on WGBH with Steve Schwartz

The School for Husbands/ The Imaginary Cuckold

Two hilarious takes on love, trust, jealousy, and ﬁdelity, featuring one of England’s most respected actors. Brian Bedford stars in two of Molière’s classic short farces. Sun, 3/6 at 8pm

Host Eric Jackson presents some of the many women artists who play jazz, including some Bostonians. We’ll hear music from Marian McPartland, Cercie Miller, Renee Rosnes, Tia Fuller and many more. Wed, 3/16 at 8pm A Celtic Sojourn

Annbjorg Lien

Annbjorg Lien is one of the great practitioners of Norway’s Hardanger ﬁddle. Lien has recorded a CD, Felefeber, that sounds as Celtic as it does Scandinavian. Sat, 3/19 at 3pm

The Divine One

Vocalist Sarah Vaughan has been described as having “one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century.” Host Steve Schwartz features that voice tonight. Fri, 3/26 at 8pm

A Celtic Sojourn

St. Patrick’s Day

This is the “high holiday” of Irish music in America and around the world. In anticipation of the day, host Brian O’Donovan examines the state of Irish music at home and abroad, from pub sessions to the glitz and glamour of Celtic Woman, and everything in between. Sat, 3/12 at 3pm Arts & Ideas: American Radio Works

The Great Textbook War

In the 1970s, the battle for the hearts and minds of America’s schoolchildren erupted in violence. School buildings in West Virginia were hit by dynamite and Molotov cocktails, buses were riddled with bullets. Surrounding coal mines were shut down by protesting miners. The ﬂashpoint for the explosion was a new set of textbooks. Some parents said the schoolbooks undermined their values. This documentary tells the story of an early skirmish in America’s culture wars, and examines the divide that persists today over what to teach children in schools. Sun, 3/13 at 9pm

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All Classical

99.5 All Classical is now also broadcast on 96.3 Back Bay/Beacon Hill Classical Music with Laura Carlo

Off the Mic

Women’s History Month

Host Laura Carlo highlights outstanding women composers, conductors and performers all month long, including Alicia De Larrocha, Marin Alsop, Alondra De La Parra, Fanny MendelssohnHensel, Amy Beach, Janine Janson, Sabine Meyer and many others. Weekdays, 5am–9am

Cathy Fuller, Host of Classical Music with Cathy Fuller There is an immense house in Gloucester, Massachusetts, that sits nobly perched on Bass Rocks Road overlooking the Atlantic. And in every inch of its many broad and beautiful spaces, on all its window seats with views of the sea, on every step of its dramatic staircases, in every airless, secret corner of its vast attic, and in every bright salt-stained window, the child that I used to be is still playing. On these cold Boston nights when I can’t sleep, I have a strategy of concentrating on my feet—remembering them in their smaller days, retracing their gleeful paths and feeling the temperature and texture of the weathered wood of the Gloucester house’s never-ending porch. I pad along with my ears full of the sound of the waves on the rocks, the only trouble in all the world being the impending decision of which door I should take to go back inside. It’s my own little dance. Memory is unspeakably complex and full of mysteries, but it behaves in very special ways when it comes to places like Gloucester. And music, too. I’m sure that the unfettered way that children absorb the world makes music especially available to their innermost selves. This is why offering them regular visits into the colorful world of classical music is an enormous gift. But, like the front porch in Gloucester, I do think that they need to be, in a certain sense, alone with it. Playing an instrument does it. Listening from the comfort of the back seat while the world smudges by does it, too. Or hearing Schubert in the dark before sleep. I hope you can offer time with music to the little ones you may know. They can often hear much more deeply than we could ever imagine. And remember that the harmonic freedom and rhythmic vitality of music by living composers is a visceral delight for them. They haven’t yet built up any prejudices or expectations to ruin the experience! Tune in Classical Music with Cathy Fuller on weekdays from 9am to 1pm.

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Classical Music with Laura Carlo includes leading stories and weather from the WGBH newsroom Classical Music with Cathy Fuller Classical Music with Brian McCreath includes 1–2pm In Performance (daily spotlight on WGBH live recordings) Late Day Classics Wednesday includes 7pm In Performance Thursday includes 7pm Live from Fraser Classical Music

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Classical Music with James David Jacobs

Nadia Boulanger

Eleven years ago, there were a lot of end-of-century debates and panel discussions among classical music types over who was the most important and inﬂuential musician of the 20th century. The names that kept popping up were Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Britten, Bernstein, Ellington. Rarely mentioned was Nadia Boulanger, who appears in nearly every biography of 20th-century composers. In honor of Women’s History Month, host James David Jacobs features the work and legacy of this woman who did indeed make history, as evidenced by works by her and her students, as well as her sister Lili, who died tragically young. Weekends, 7am–11am Classical Music with James David Jacobs

National Nutrition Month

In celebration of National Nutrition Month, host James David Jacobs features music written to be listened to while eating, from Schein’s Banchetto Musicale (“Musical Banquet”) to the piano music written by Erik Satie “to be accompanied by the sound of knives and forks.” For more detailed program information, enjoy the host notes on at 995AllClassical.org every weekend, which will also include a few of Jacobs’ favorite brunch recipes. Weekends, 7am–11am

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Live from Fraser

Classical Music with Cathy Fuller

Women’s History Month: Lera Auerbach

Mozart, Birtwistle and Bartók

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has a proud, nearly century-long tradition of commissioning works from great composers of the day, resulting in masterpieces from, among many others, Copland, Stravinsky, Gershwin and Bernstein. The tradition continues with the world premiere of a Violin Concerto by British composer Harrison Birtwhistle. Christian Tetzlaff will be the soloist for the entire concert, something the BSO hasn’t done in nearly 20 years, and will perform additional works by Mozart and Bartók. Sat, 3/5 at 7pm; Concert at 8pm The Bach Hour

For the Love of Coffee

While Bach’s cantatas often explore the very deepest of human experiences, some look at the lighter side of life, like the way teenage daughters can drive their fathers crazy! The seductiveness of coffee, ragingly popular in Bach’s time, trips the wire for just such a father/daughter conversation/ confrontation in the Cantata No. 211, Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (“Hush, don’t chatter”), better known as the “Coffee Cantata.” Host Brian McCreath also features Philippe Herreweghe conducting the Cantata No. 159, Sehet! Wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem (“Behold! Let us go up to Jerusalem”) for this last Sunday before Lent. Sun, 3/6 at 8pm Live from Fraser

Discovery Ensemble

The brilliant young conductor Courtney Lewis leads a chamber orchestra that draws together 40 of the ﬁnest performing musicians in Boston. We’ll hear Stravinsky’s “Dumbarton Oaks” concerto as well as highlights from Thomas Ades’s “Three Studies from Couperin” and Beethoven’s “Pastorale” Symphony. Thu, 3/10 at 7pm

Over the last decade, Canadian pianist André Laplante has ﬁrmly established himself as one of the great romantic virtuosos. Honored in 2005 as an Ofﬁcer of the Order of Canada, he plays a wide-ranging repertoire with burning intensity. Thu, 3/24 at 7pm Classical Music with Cathy Fuller

Women’s History Month: Amy Beach

For Women’s History Month, host Cathy Fuller offers WGBH recordings of women’s music. Amy Beach of Henniker, New Hampshire, was a brilliant pianist and composer. Fuller features performances of her music by ﬂutist Fenwick Smith, the Borromeo Quartet and pianist Diane Walsh. Fri, 3/25 at 10pm

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For Women’s History Month, host Cathy Fuller offers WGBH recordings of women’s music. The astonishing Russian composer Lera Auerbach is the youngest composer on the roster of Hamburg’s prestigious international music publishing company Hans Sikorski, home to Prokoﬁev and Shostakovich. Born in 1973, she continues the tradition of pianistcomposer with a fascinating and free juxtaposition of tonal and atonal musical language. Fuller features her String Quartet No. 3, ”Cetera Desunt” as played by the Borromeo Quartet in WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio last year. Fri, 3/4 at 10pm

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Radio Online and On the Go

Radio Events

Gallivanting Gallafent

Jazz In Performance: Myanna

The World’s Alex Gallafent reports from his base in New York City. He stopped by our Boston newsroom recently, so we pulled him aside for a quick Q&A.

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Why does The World have a reporter based in New York? Few cities have the global reach of New York. Virtually any com munity or culture you can think of is represented here. Countless artists, thinkers and newsmakers live in New York, or pass through with regularity. It makes sense to have someone from the show here, too—and I count myself extraordinarily fortunate to have that opportunity right now. Technology means that I can work relatively selfsufﬁciently, although not without the help of The World’s crack team of editors, producers and engineers back in the Boston newsroom.

Q A

What is the most unusual thing you've reported from NYC?

The World’s core focus is international news, but there have been some strange and wonderful moments over the last year, too. I met a Vegetable Orchestra from Vienna, discovered a semi-secret Security Council room at the United Nations and spent a glorious morning talking with dancer Frederic Franklin.

Q A

Now that you are in New York, is it Red Sox or Yankees?

Boston was my ﬁrst home in the US. Are you kidding?

Explore the complete conversation at theworld.org.

Wed, 3/16 at 9pm, WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio One of the hottest and most soulful saxophonists to be based in Massachusetts, Myanna plays music that mixes together jazz improvisation with funky rhythms, expressive playing and catchy tunes. Her music, whether it is an original or a cover tune, is colorful and infectious, and she is a consistent crowd-pleaser. Playing with Myanna will be Ken Clark (organ), Mike Mele (guitar) and Mike Casano (drums). Members of the WGBH Jazz Club, Leadership Circle and Ralph Lowell Society are invited to attend. RSVP at wgbh.org/myanna or call 617-300-3505. Editor Jennifer Goebel Contributors Cathy Fuller, Chika Offurum, Susan Reed, María Bruno Ruiz, Jon Solins, John Voci Designers Tong-Mei Chan, Alison Kennedy, Peter Lyons Photo Research Michael Delia Director, Constituent Communications Cynthia Broner Associate Director Susan Reed Director of Operations Dianne Horgan

Explore!, March 2011: Volume 21, Number 3, (ISSN 2152-7458) (USPS 0008-188). Copyright 2011. WGBH Educational Foundation. One Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135. All rights reserved. Explore! is published monthly by the WGBH Educational Foundation. Subscription is by membership contribution of $50 or more to WGBH. Preferred periodicals postage paid at Boston, MA and additional mailing ofﬁces. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Explore!, WGBH, Box 200, Boston, MA 02134. Printed in Canada. 110150

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