The Circle Fall 2009 by WGBH Educational Foundation

The Circle fall 2009

The WGBH Leadership Circle Newsletter

Latin Music USA: It’s Gonna Move You

Q: What was the inspiration behind Latin Music USA? A: You could call it cafeteria inspira-

tion. WGBH’s cafeteria has been the site of many great brainstorming sessions. In 1997, my colleague Adriana Bosch and I were talking about a big music series I had originated two years

Pop star Ricky Martin’s performance of “La Copa de la Vida” (Cup of Life) at the 1999 Grammy Awards opened the eyes of American audiences to the young Puerto Rican’s talent, and US sales of music by Latin artists skyrocketed.

earlier, a 10-part history of rock and roll. Critics and audiences had liked it—it had depth, and yet it managed at the same time to capture the inspiration and the unruly nature of the music. Adriana was born in Cuba and she’s passionate about music, so we wondered if something similar might be done with the amazing range of Latin music in this country. Q: How did you decide which music to include in Latin Music USA? A: At ﬁrst we just waded in, looking

at everything from Bossa Nova to Norteño to Peruvian ﬂutes and salsa. Slowly it took shape as we began to focus on hybrid sounds, music “made in the USA.” We liked the fusion idea not only as a thematic guide, but because it’s a musical metaphor for what makes this country strong. In the series, we track fusions through the last ﬁve decades, right up to the Latin pop explosion and

et ready to dance in your seat! Latin Music USA, a new four-hour ﬁlm series, premieres on WGBH and PBS stations nationwide this October. The program brings spine-tingling performances to life and takes a deeper look at the vibrant musical conversation between Latinos and non-Latinos that has helped shape the history of popular music in the United States. Reaching across ﬁve decades and 10 musical genres, this WGBH production from Executive Producer Elizabeth Deane (Rock & Roll, John & Abigail Adams) and Senior Producer Adriana Bosch (The Great Fever, Fidel Castro) features the stories of an extraordinary range of artists, from salsa greats Willie Colón and Marc Anthony to pop star Ricky Martin. Deane, whose numerous awards include four George Foster Peabody Awards, a duPont-Columbia Award, and an Emmy, recently spoke to The Circle’s Jennifer Goebel about the making of Latin Music USA.

Reggaeton, a fusion of Jamaican reggae with Spanish rap and hip-hop. So you’ve got artists from Dizzy Gillespie (a big proponent of Latin jazz) to Ruben Blades to Linda Ronstadt, Carlos Santana, Ricky Martin, Daddy Yankee and so many more. And in all the stories, you get a sense of the evolution of Latino identity, and the Latino contribution to the American mainstream. Q: What was the biggest obstacle to producing Latin Music USA? A: Funding. Both WGBH and Latino

Public Broadcasting helped us with small development grants over nine years, but we couldn’t raise production funds. So Adriana and I would go work on other films, sometimes together and sometimes separately, but we kept coming back to this project. I dragged the files and books around as I worked on four different films in four different offices. The boxes were labeled “Latin Music Project/Elizabeth Deane/Please Do Not Throw Out.” They’d be stowed under a table somewhere near my office, looking a little forlorn.

Live Latin Music and Dance Party Celebrate the premiere of Latin Music USA with us on Friday, 10/2. See page 7 or go to wgbh.org/latinmusicparty. 1

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of great dancing. We think it’ll be exciting for Latinos to see their music celebrated in this way, in a prime-time, “mainstream” series on PBS. And it will be exciting for the PBS audience to discover some superb music and great artists they might not be familiar with, and to revisit artists they know, whether it’s Perez Prado or Gloria Estefan or Ricky Martin, and be able to put them in context. There’s also the discovery that “American” music you love has a Latin beat, or that artists you thought you knew well have deep Latino roots.

“Desi Arnaz is a young man with a drum. He is a new type of Pied Piper who leads enthusiastic, uninhibited followers in the sinuous, serpentine conga dance every night at La Conga.” —New York Sun (1939)

Q: What do you hope people will get out of the series? A: Excitement, discovery, and a lot

At times we thought we ought to just back off, not be so ambitious– just take one artist and turn it into a program–say, a biography of Santana or Celia Cruz. But every time we came back to the power of the Latin Music USA concept. WGBH President Jon Abbott and our VP for National Programming Margaret Drain were strong supporters of the project all along. It was Margaret who finally found us a coproducer at the BBC. Latin Music USA got the green light in the summer of 2007. And finally, I unpacked the research files.

Shakira, the Colombian-Lebanese pop superstar who crossed into the American mainstream in 2001 with the hit “Whenever, Wherever,” had such a strong vibrato as a child that she was rejected for the school choir in second grade.

Q: Is there a Spanish-language version of the series? A: There is a Spanish-language version

of everything for this project. We have a Spanish track for the series, which we created with our partner V-me, PBS’s digital broadcast service for satellite TV. Q: What kinds of features will be on the Latin Music USA website? A: In addition to the shows streaming

online in English and Spanish, there will be a rich feature called “Explore the Music.” Here, people can look at the instruments, artists, regions, and links between the different styles of music. Another feature is a behindthe-scenes look at the making of the series. For example, when Adriana was interviewing Daddy Yankee, she describes trying “to calibrate her middle-age demeanor to Daddy Yankee’s cool.” And she also tells the story about being interrupted by a window cleaner—his head just suddenly appeared outside this window several stories up where they were doing the interview. He spotted Daddy Yankee, and he started banging on the window. He desperately wanted an autograph. Q: What’s your favorite part of the series? A: It’s like all these things are your

children—I have so many favorites.

In the ﬁrst episode, I love Candido Camero, the 88-year-old conga player, so digniﬁed, who comes out on stage with a cane, and is transformed when he puts the cane down and starts playing. The Colombian star Juanes is another; he’s a global phenomenon but not well known to non-Latinos in the US. I think he’s going to be a revelation to them. Q: What do you like about working at WGBH? A: The Mission—capital “M”—

and the people who support that mission, of course. Meaningful work, supported by audiences who care about it. I love learning about something, ﬁnding the story, and then transforming the material into a narrative that’s accessible to a large audience. It’s getting harder to raise the money to do that, though. Particularly in tough times like this, it’s crucial to have the support of people who really care about the programming and encourage us with their generosity. Latin Music USA airs Mondays, October 12 and 19, at 9pm on WGBH 2/HD. Be sure to visit the website wgbh.org/ latinmusic, available in English and Spanish. And, check wgbh.org/listen for more Latin music on WGBH 89.7 in October.

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The Magic of Live Music W

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hen it comes to live classicommunity and its national and cal music, WGBH Radio global reach, WGBH is a popular grows where it was planted. In stop for established and emerging 1951, WGBH’s debut broadcast players alike. Recent performers was a live concert from Boston’s have included the Grammy famed Symphony Hall. Today, Award-winning Pacifica Quartet, live performances remain the local luminaries the Boston heart and soul of WGBH’s music Chamber Music Society, and upprogramming. WGBH presents and-coming cellist Tony Rymer. hundreds of live performances a About once a month, year—most of them classical— Leadership Circle members are on location from concert halls invited to join WGBH hosts in and music festivals, and at home Radio producer Alan McLellan brings classical artists from around the studio for live performances. in the Fraser Performance Studio. the world to WGBH’s studios for live performances. Longtime Leadership Circle The seed planted almost 60 years member and classical music and entertain by connecting listeners ago has grown shoots that bring the aficionado Carolyn Bishop is a regular more deeply with the music they enjoy. music to a local and worldwide at the Fraser Performance Studio with “In addition to offering a rich audience in a variety of new ways, her husband, Woody. She calls the musical experience that goes beyond including podcasts, videos, and the events “one of the best benefits of what you can get from a recording, All-Classical WGBH service (see Leadership Circle membership” and live performances allow our hosts— sidebar) all available at wgbh.org/ loves the depth and drama that a live and, by extension, our listeners—to classical. performance brings to a piece. engage with musicians and learn how Alan McLellan produces live “There’s a magic that happens with they feel and what they think about broadcasts for Classics in the Morning a live performance,” she says. “The the music they’re playing,” says and Classical Performances and is host/ intensity of the performer and the intiMcLellan. producer of the Classical Performance macy of the setting let you experience Showcasing a mix of repertoires podcast. He says live performances— the music as it was intended.” whether on the road or in the studio— and players that reflect Boston’s Join us in the Fraser Performance vibrant musical culture is another goal set WGBH 89.7 apart from other Studio for a classical live performance of WGBH’s live performances. Thanks this fall. See page 7 for details about classical stations. They also embody to its deep roots in the local music WGBH’s mission to educate, inspire, upcoming events.

Bringing the BSO to Tokyo (and More!) eptember may be Classical Music Month on WGBH 89.7, but at All-Classical WGBH it’s all classical, all the time. This HD broadcast (tune in 89.7 HD-2 on your HD radio), and online stream, introduced in April 2006, offers classical music fans throughout New England, the United States, and the world a 24/7 mix of music, interviews, concerts, live performances, and more. More than 125,000 listeners a month—from Boston to Brazil to British Columbia—stream AllClassical WGBH online. Fully 40% of listeners to All-Classical WGBH are overseas, with 10% in Japan

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alone. Its high-quality sound is one of the reasons the stream is such a favorite, notes WGBH 89.7 Program Director Jon Solins, but the music is the main attraction. “We’re proud to say that we bring the BSO to Tokyo,” says Solins. Enjoy classical music anytime at wgbh.org/classical.

The Music Lovers Contest on WGBH 89.7 Throughout September and October, visit wgbh.org and enter our “Music That Made You Love Music” contest. When you submit your story, you will be entered to win great musical prizes, including season tickets to musical and cultural events around Boston. In November, WGBH’s radio hosts will feature your stories and music on air! And while you’re online, check out the all-new wgbh.org and sign up for our fun and interactive email newsletters ﬁlled with music, activities, stories, and downloads designed to give you even more of the music that made you love music!

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What to Watch: Your ’GBH Fall Picks F

Nova follows NASA

A curious, preschool-aged T. Rex, Buddy, joins the children’s lineup in Dinosaur Train , a new CGI-animated series from The Jim Henson Company. Airs weekdays at 9am on WGBH 44 and 9:30am on WGBH 2/HD, beginning Monday, 9/7.

The New Face of wgbh.org Check out our new website! More than a new look, the site offers more ways than ever to get the best that WGBH has to offer. Enjoy your favorite news programs, like our own The World and NPR’s Morning Edition, on demand, ﬁnd out what’s on air as it’s happening, and listen to exclusive live performances anytime. Visit the NEW wgbh.org today!

the creation of a Steinway concert grand, #L1037, from forest ﬂoor to concert hall. Lifelong learners will enjoy a new television series featuring one of Harvard’s most popular courses, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? Think critically with Harvard University professor and author Michael Sandel and his students about the fundamental questions of justice, equality, democracy, and citizenship. Premieres Sunday, 9/20 at 12noon on WGBH 44. In Independent

Greater Boston gets you into local

Lens’s Our Disappeared/ Nuestros Desparecidos,

politics with what is sure to be a lively debate among Boston’s mayoral candidates on Monday, 10/19 at 7pm on WGBH 2/HD.

director Juan Mandelbaum returns to his native Argentina to discover what happened to friends and loved ones who “disappeared” during the 19761983 military dictatorships. Airs Sunday, 9/27 at 9pm on WGBH 44.

American Experience takes a close look

at the last financial crisis our country faced in The Crash of ’29, airing Monday, 10/26 at 9pm on WGBH 2/ HD, the first in a five-part series on the 1930s that continues in November. Masterpiece Contemporary kicks

October A new season of This Old House takes us to Newton Centre, where the team undertakes a 330-sq.-ft., two-ﬂoor addition to a 1915 Dutch Colonial on a ﬁxed budget. Tune in This Old House Hour on Saturday, 10/10 at 5pm on WGBH 2/HD, and Wednesday, 10/14 at 8pm on WGBH 44. And, The Victory Garden’s new season debuts on Saturday, 10/10 at 11am on WGBH 2/HD. Latin Music USA presents an exciting

musical story about the extraordinary contributions of Latino artists to 4

Also on Tuesday, 10/13, Frontline takes you into the heart of the US counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan with Obama’s War at 9pm on WGBH 2/ HD. Then, on Tuesday, 10/20 Frontline sifts through the ashes for clues about why the devastating economic meltdown happened and critical moments when it might have gone differently in The Warning at 9pm on WGBH 2/HD.

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For classical music lovers, we have two special presentations: Live from Lincoln Center presents opening night with world-renowned Renée Fleming and the New York Philharmonic on Wednesday, 9/16 at 8pm on WGBH 2/HD. And, on Thursday, 9/17 at 8pm on WGBH 2/HD, Note by Note:

astronauts on a ﬁrst-everin-space repair mission to ﬁx the Hubble Space Telescope in Hubble’s Amazing Rescue airing Tuesday, 10/13 at 8pm on WGBH 2/HD.

The Making of Steinway L1037 follows

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September

American music. “It’s gonna move you” on Monday, 10/12 and 10/19 at 9pm on WGBH 2/HD (see page 1).

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rom engaging documentaries to ﬁrst-rate drama, from probing news to children’s programs that really teach kids, WGBH has an exciting fall in store for you! WGBH continues to produce more programming for PBS—on air and online—than any other single producer. As a Leadership Circle member, you can take pride in knowing that your generous support makes it all possible.

off a new season, hosted by David Tennant (Dr. Who), with Endgame, a real-life political thriller about the negotiations that led to the end of apartheid in South Africa and the release of Nelson Mandela, on Sunday, 10/25 at 9pm on WGBH 2/HD. The international cast includes Derek Jacobi (Gosford Park) and Clarke Peters (The Wire) as Nelson Mandela.

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November Nova delivers Becoming Human: Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors,

a comprehensive three-part, three-hour special investigating explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of how we became human. From fresh clues brought to light by the discovery of “Lucy’s Child” to modern DNA analysis, Nova reveals new insights into how we became today’s humans. Airs Tuesdays 10/317 at 8pm on WGBH 2/HD.

Masterpiece Contemporary keeps you on the edge of your seat with Place of Execution, a psychological thriller

Missed something? Catch up with PBS’s new video player! Full-length uninterrupted videos of your favorites, including Nova, Nature, Masterpiece, Frontline, P.O.V., Great Performances, and more are easy to watch on your computer anytime. Check out video.pbs.org

about a 13-year-old girl who vanished from an English village 40 years ago, on Sundays, 11/1 and 11/8 at 9pm on WGBH 2/HD. Then, in Collision, the investigation of a multi-vehicle accident unravels the shocking secrets of the complete strangers involved. Watch Sundays, 11/15 and 22, at 9pm on WGBH 2/HD.

the ﬁlm explores her many art forms and the friends and poets who inspired her. Airs Wednesday, 12/30.

December

Coming in Early 2010

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Between Christmas and New Year’s, American Masters serves up a holiday treat: a vivid and energetic account of the life of beloved local author Louisa May Alcott, in The Woman Behind Little Women, airing on Monday, 12/28.

This Emotional Life is a three-part, sixhour series from Nova that addresses our

desire to lead more emotionally healthy and fulfilling lives. Host Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and author of Stumbling on Happiness, guides us through a journey of the latest scientific research on improving social relationships, resolving negative feelings and, finally, our quest for greater happiness.

And, another famous woman steps into the spotlight with P.O.V.’s Patti Smith: Dream of Life, an intimate portrait of the legendary rocker, poet, and artist. Shot over 11 years by renowned fashion photographer Steven Sebring,

For the latest TV schedules, check wgbh.org/schedule.

The National Parks: Ken Burns’s Best Idea merican historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Wallace Stegner called the national parks “the best idea we ever had.” No activity of the federal government engenders such universal support and public loyalty; yet the story of how these special places became preserved as parks, the role of individual citizens in creating them, and the powerful stories of people’s emotional connection to them remains relatively unknown. In a new, six-part documentary series ﬁlmed in HD, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan tell the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. From Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of

Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska, the series explores the stories of people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved. Celebrate with us on Wednesday, 9/23 (see page 7). Episode 1: The Scripture of Nature Sun, 9/27 at 8pm and 10pm on WGBH 2/HD Episode 2: The Last Refuge Mon, 9/28 at 4pm, 8pm and 10:30pm on WGBH 2/HD Episode 3: The Empire of Grandeur Tue, 9/29 at 8pm and 10pm on WGBH 2/HD Episode 4: Going Home Wed, 9/30 at 8pm and 10pm on WGBH 2/HD Episode 5: Great Nature Thu, 10/1 at 8pm and 10pm on WGBH 2/HD

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Episode 6: The Morning of Creation Fri, 10/2 at 8pm and 10pm on WGBH 2/HD National Parks Marathon Sat, 10/3 from 11:30am to 12midnight on WGBH 2/HD Missed it on TV? Watch the series online at pbs.org/nationalparks. Visit the national parks with us on a WGBH LearningTour! See page 8 for details.

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The World’s Lisa Mullins is awarded Nieman Fellowship

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Kudos! Lisa Mullins’s report 24 Hours in North Korea received the Clarion Award for Best Radio Feature in 2009 from The Association for Women in Communications. The story (originally broadcast March 17, 2008) is available online at theworld.org.

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Lisa Mullins, anchor and senior producer of WGBH’s international radio newsmagazine The World, has been named to the 2010 class of Harvard University Nieman Fellows. Mullins joins 23 other reporters from around the world for the nine-month fellowship, considered the most prestigious in journalism. The Nieman Fellowship is granted to those who have demonstrated exceptional work in their ﬁeld. As part of her course work at Harvard, Mullins will study the Obama administration’s use of diplomacy as a tool of US foreign policy. In keeping with the fellowship’s emphasis on exploration, Mullins also hopes to delve back into the world of dance, a longtime interest. While Mullins is away, The World ’s Marco Werman will anchor the program, which is produced each weekday at our WGBH Nan and Bill Harris Studios and broadcast by almost 300 public radio stations across the country.

21st-Century Journalism at The World

Clark Boyd (l) and Alex Gallafent (r) report on technology and use technology in reporting for WGBH’s international radio news program The World.

hen a young Iranian woman was killed by a sniper on the streets of Tehran during an election protest in late June, the tragic event was captured by a cell-phone video, and posted on Facebook. Within 24 hours, the story was picked up by hundreds of media outlets, including WGBH’s weekday radio newsmagazine, The World. Journalists around the world are turning to services like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to solicit story ideas, find interviewees for pieces, and even publish their stories. Clark Boyd, The World’s Web editor and technology correspondent, recounts spending a day trying to track down an interviewee and, with only an hour to go before deadline, finding him through Twitter at Heathrow Airport waiting for a flight. “I messaged him via Twitter, he agreed to do an interview, and 10 minutes later I had my clip, and my piece was ready for air at 3pm. That’s valuable,” says Boyd. “The World is no longer just a radio program that broadcasts at people,” continues Boyd. “We are something much deeper than that. Online tools, social media included, give us the opportunity to engage audiences at a more personal level.” For example, using Twitter, the microblogging site that limits each

publication (called a “tweet”) to 140 characters, The World ’s reporters publish short updates—such as “Kim Jong-il has pancreatic cancer? ...maybe, maybe not,”—with links to the longer stories they are working on. “But people who follow you on Twitter and Facebook expect more than just links to your latest piece or podcast,” says Boyd. “They want real engagement. For us, the real value here is the conversations and ideas that are generated by followers and users.” “These new tools are useful,” says The World reporter Alex Gallafent, “but by no means do they dispense with more traditional (and costly) approaches to reporting.” Boyd agrees. Now that anyone can post a news story or contact a reporter in less time than it takes to order a pizza, the media market has become oversaturated, with unchecked rumor and innuendo likely to spread around the world as fast as truth.

“Sometimes it’s useful, as with postelection violence in Iran. Sometimes it’s just a lot of noise, as with Michael Jackson’s memorial,” says Boyd. News organizations everywhere are experimenting with these new tools. One thing is for certain: “the ﬁrst draft of history,” as former Washington Post publisher Phil Graham called journalism, has just gotten a whole lot faster. Follow The World via Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/pritheworld

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A Classical Connection G reat radio is unmatched in its ability to connect a listener to sounds with directness and intimacy in scenarios that most composers never could have imagined. The Berlin Philharmonic swells with a Wagnerian crescendo that ﬁlls the interior of your car. Your kitchen becomes a concert hall, amplifying both the Borromeo Quartet’s knife-edged attacks in Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” and your own slicing of tomatoes for the salad. Pascal Rogé’s whisper-like “Clair de Lune,” by Debussy, makes settling into your most comfortable living room chair an experience to savor. As a classical radio host, I sometimes bring you those moments— those musical connections that can be unexpectedly powerful. But, as I sit alone in the WGBH studio, happily surrounded by music that I love, I

by Brian McCreath, host of Classical Weekend

often don’t know whether I have connected with my listeners. I found out recently that for longtime WGBH Leadership Circle member Cecilia Saltonstall, Classical Weekend provided such a connection. As a lifelong amateur instrumentalist and singer, Cecilia had a great appreciation for the diversity and breadth of classical music on 89.7, but it was on Sunday mornings that she found the music that touched her most deeply. The roughly 200 sacred cantatas written by J.S. Bach have been a ﬁxture on WGBH since host Robert J. Lurtsema began programming them regularly in the early 1970s, and Cecilia, like many other listeners, grew to count on them as part of her weekly routine.

These works, through their combination of musical inventiveness, multi-layered meanings, and expression of universal human experiences, are considered a pinnacle of Western art music. As she slowed down, Cecilia’s weekends became organized around these pieces—she kept copies of the scores to the cantatas, studying each one and following the music page by page with each broadcast, right up until about a month before she died. Her daughters joined her, experiencing her passion for music with her. When Cecilia passed away earlier this year, peacefully and after a long, rich life, her family made a special effort to let us know how much she loved our cantata broadcasts. As the host of Classical Weekend, I am proud to have played a small but important role in Cecilia’s life.

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• Thu, 9/ 17: Classical Live with cellist Narek Hakhnazaryn, 6pm • Fri, 9/25: Celtic Live: Guest Street Session with the Maeve Gilchrist Trio, the Folk Arts Quartet and others, hosted by Brian O’Donovan, 6pm • Thu, 10/8: Jazz Live with pianist Pierre Hurel, 2:30pm • Wed, 12/9: Classical Live with The Christmas Revels, 3pm

The National Parks Celebration from Central Park Wed, 9/23 at 7:30pm Celebrate Ken Burns’s breathtaking new documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (see page 5), with an evening of musical performances, remarks and highlights from the series with Ken Burns, Alison Krauss, Carole King, Chris Botti, Peter Yarrow, and others, live from New York City. Vietnam: A Television Series Wed, 10/ 11 at 6pm In honor of Veteran’s Day, you’re invited to join us for a special screening of America Takes Charge, from the original WGBH series Vietnam: A Television History that aired in 1983, and for a panel discussion afterwards.

Live Latin Music and Dance Party Fri, 10/2 at 8pm, WGBH Studios Get a sneak preview of Latin Music USA (see page 1) and then enjoy live Latin music and dancing! Includes refreshments and a cash bar. Tickets are $25 each, $20 for members. Get more information at wgbh.org/ events or by calling 617-300-5400.

’GBH Live Series Join us in WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio for live concerts! As a Leadership Circle member, you’re invited to attend any and all of our jazz, classical, blues, Celtic, and folk concerts held throughout the year. Some upcoming concerts you won’t want to miss:

’GBH Presents Join us for special ﬁlm screenings and discussions in WGBH’s Yawkey Theater.

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Upcoming Events

Panelists include University of Virginia Professor Marc Selverstone, whose work focuses on the foreign policy of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and Andrew Pearson, one of the original producers. Judith Vecchione, also an original producer, moderates. To attend any of these events, RSVP online at wgbh.org/circleevents, call the Leadership Circle MemberLine at 617-300-3505, or send an email to leadershipcircle@wgbh.org. We hope to see you here this fall! 7

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WGBH LearningTours Pack your bags, and travel with WGBH LearningTours on intimate excursions, designed especially for members and friends of WGBH. Here’s a peek at the destinations we’re planning for 2010: National Parks Tour, May 2010 Head west, and see our nation’s most majestic natural wonders with us. Visit the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons and more, and get to know our National Parks, with tours and commentary by experts from Ken Burns’s National Parks series (see page 5).

Central European Spring Festivals: Prague, Budapest & Vienna April 2010

Our Thanks WGBH salutes its local corporate sponsors for their support:

A Scottish Sojourn with Brian O’Donovan, September 2010

Antiques Roadshow : Mass Eye and Ear Inﬁrmary, Trader Joe’s, and Carlisle Wide Plank Flooring

Machu Picchu with Nova, Fall 2010

Greater Boston: Northeastern University

Find out more at wgbh.org/ learningtours, call 617-300-3505 or email LearningTours@wgbh.org.

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Masterpiece : Huntington Theatre, Skinner Appraisers and Auctioneers, and MSPCA PBS Kids : Boch Automotive Enterprises, Garelick Farms, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Museum of Science, and UMass Boston P.O.V.: Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone; Nature: New England Aquarium

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