April 2009: The 'GBH Members' Guide

April 2009

We Shall Remain American Experience The Members’ Guide

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Project Dropout Page 9

Nova’s Doctors’ Diaries Page 10

Frontline’s Poisoned Water Page 17

NEW Radio Pages!

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From the President

Where to Tune In

Windows on Our World

Jon Abbott

Make Sure You’re Tuned in with Digital TV

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“Local Networks” For more information, go to wgbh.org/tvchannels Cable channels available to digital and fiber optic cable subscribers; for more information, go to wgbh.org/tvchannels Digital broadcast available to those with a DTV converter box or newer TV with a digital tuner Channel numbers and availability may vary by community; contact your provider

Stay Connected

Radio

WGBH Member Hotline 617-300-3300 weekdays 9am–5pm, membersonly@wgbh.org

WGBH 89.7 Boston, in Back Bay/Beacon Hill tune in 96.3 on Nantucket, tune in WNCK 89.5 All-Classical WGBH 89.7 HD2 Boston WCAI, WGBH’s Cape and Islands NPR® Station 90.1 Martha’s Vineyard 91.1 Nantucket 94.3 Brewster 89.7 HD3 Boston All channels available streaming, on wgbh.org/multimedia

24-Hour Program Feedback Line 617-300-5200 Leadership Circle MemberLine 617-300-3505 leadershipcircle@wgbh.org Ralph Lowell Society Hotline 617-300-3900 ralph_lowell_society@wgbh.org Local Corporate Sponsorship and Advertising 617-300-3730 rose_cullen@wgbh.org, wgbh.org/sponsorship

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If you haven’t made the switch, go to wgbh.org/digitalswitchover or call 617.300.3300.

Digital broadcast

One of the things you’ve told us you value most about WGBH is that we bring you subjects and people you may not even have realized you were interested in—original, scrupulously researched stories that add to your understanding not only of our world, but of each other.

This month, we’re proud to showcase two major WGBH projects: The first offers a dramatically fresh examination of our nation’s past and present; the second, a piercing look at a crisis in our own community.

“You can’t understand America in the 21st century if you don’t understand the Native experience,” says WGBH’s Sharon Grimberg, executive producer for We Shall Remain (see page 12). A unique collaboration with Native filmmakers, scholars, and advisors, “We Shall Remain helps us rethink our nation’s history through the original stories of Native peoples told in their own voices.”

At the heart of this American Experience initiative is a five-part documentary, complemented by a short film project, a national community engagement campaign, a companion public radio series, and a powerful website with streaming video (pbs.org/weshallremain) that will ensure this project has the power to reach—and teach—for many years to come.

Shedding light—making an impact—also drives Project Dropout, a WGBH-WBUR exploration of the dropout crisis.“Every 29 seconds in the US, a student drops out of high school,” says WGBH senior producer Hillary Wells. “In Massachusetts, more than 11,000 students drop out every year.

We’re taking a hard look at this ‘silent epidemic’ and possible solutions.”

This collaborative effort includes a series of radio and TV reports and a blog where at-risk students are posting video diaries throughout the school year. It culminates this month (see page 9) with a live TV special with Greater Boston’s Emily Rooney, WBUR Radio Boston’s David Boeri and One-on-One’s María Hinojosa, simulcast on WGBH, WBUR, WGBY World and WFCR, and streamed with a live chat (projectdropout.org).

Original, in-depth stories and subjects that have the power to change not only our understanding of past and present, but also our capacity to shape the future. All this, thanks to you!

Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

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Discounts for Members Only

’GBH MemberCard

Savings!

Handel and Haydn Society

The WGBH Auction returns in May and you can log in for a preview and pre-register beginning Monday, April 27. Go to auction.wgbh.org and peruse dream vacations, art, weekend getaways, stunning jewelry, dining and more. Bid on your dream items and win during May, and tune in for the live, on-air finale Saturday, May 30. Good bidding!

Don’t miss conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni’s debut on 4/3 and 4/5; and Sir Roger Norrington conducting Haydn’s London symphonies, 4/24 and 4/26. WGBH members receive 10% off tickets, with restrictions (use code WGBH10). Info: 617-266-3605; handelandhaydn.org

The Strand Theatre

Celebrity Series of Boston

See 2003 American Idol winner Ruben Studdard star in Ain’t Misbehavin’, 4/10–12, and receive up to $6 off seats (use code SHWGBHWA). Presented by the City of Boston and Citi Performing Arts Center. Info: 800-872-8997; broadwayoffers.com

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates its 50th anniversary, 4/28–5/3 at The Opera House, Boston. WGBH members receive 10% off tickets, limit four per MemberCard. Info: 617-482-6661; celebrityseries.org

Southwick’s Zoo

Events Our way of saying thanks for your support

Home to hundreds of animals—many endangered species—the zoo offers shows, picnic areas, a playground, a 35-acre deer forest, a petting zoo and the new Skyfari Sky Ride. WGBH members receive $2 off admission. Info: 800-258-9182; southwickszoo.com

Fuller Craft Museum See Craft in America—Expanding Traditions, a comprehensive, multi-layered exhibition that explores craft objects as works of art, and the history and rich heritage of craft in America, now through 5/25 and receive 50% off admission. Info: fullercraft.org

Edible Arrangements Order a delicious fruit bouquet and receive $3 off any order (use code WGBH2009). Info: 877-363-7848; ediblearrangements.com

Cambridge Science Festival

WGBH Kids & Family Day

The 3rd Annual Science Festival offers more than 100 public events that excite, engage and educate. Kick off the festivities at the Science Carnival at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium on Saturday, 4/25. Then, tune in WGBH for science programs on TV, radio and the Web through Sunday, 5/3. Info: cambridgesciencefestival.org

Celebrate Earth Day with WGBH! Learn about recycling with Arthur, Curious George and the Greens, Saturday, 4/18, 1–3pm at WGBH’s Yawkey Theater. This event is free, but RSVP is required at wgbh.org/familyday.

Members’ Open House Come visit Thursday, 4/30 from 6:30–8:30pm for a special Members’ Open House. Enjoy tours of our TV and radio studios at One Guest Street in Brighton and learn about what goes into making the programs you love. This event is free, but RSVP is required at wgbh.org/openhouse.

Generously sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital for Children and Garelick Farms

WGBH Art Preview Party View and pre-bid on juried works of art, including paintings, photographs, jewelry and crafts, Saturday, 5/2, 1–5pm at WGBH’s Brighton studios. Enjoy delicious refreshments while meeting other WGBH enthusiasts. All proceeds benefit WGBH’s public service mission. This event is free, but RSVP is required at wgbh.org/artauction.

Special thanks to Legal Sea Foods Catering

Special thanks to McDonald’s Restaurants of Eastern New England

WGBH occasionally exchanges its mailing list with other non-profit organizations. To opt out, please call or email our Member Hotline (page 1) or write: WGBH Member Services, One Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135

For Kids

To find WGBH 2, 44 and ’GBH Kids on your cable service, see page 1.

Sign up for our free parents’ e-newsletter at wgbh.org/newsletters or call 617-300-3300.

Saturdays on 2 & 44 Weekdays on 2 6am 2 Curious George

44 Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood (d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Curious George 7am 2 Peep and the Big Wide World

44 Sesame Street(d) 7:30 2 WordWorld (d) 8am 2 Super Why!

44 Barney & Friends (d) 8:30 2 Clifford the Big Red Dog (d)

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George

44 Bob the Builder (d) 9:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Thomas & Friends (d) 10am 2 Martha Speaks

44 Sid the Science Kid 10:30 2 The Electric Company

44 Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies

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Clifford the Big Red Dog (d) Dragon Tales (d) Arthur (d) Martha Speaks Curious George Sid the Science Kid Super Why! Clifford the Big Red Dog (d) Sesame Street (d) WordWorld (d) Sid the Science Kid Caillou (d) Thomas & Friends(d)

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Between the Lions (d) Martha Speaks Super Why! Maya & Miguel (d) Arthur (d) Curious George Curious George Cyberchase (d) WordGirl (d) Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman (d) (Mon–Thu); The Electric Company (Fri)

Sundays on 2 6am

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Clifford the Big Red Dog (d) Martha Speaks Super Why! Curious George Curious George Peep and the Big Wide World Peep and the Big Wide World The Saddle Club WordGirl (d) WordGirl (d)

Weekdays on 44 6am 7am 7:30 8am 8:30 9am 9:30 10am 10:30 11am 11:30

Sesame Street (d) Curious George Sid the Science Kid Super Why! Martha Speaks WordWorld (d) It’s a Big, Big World (d) Barney & Friends (d) Caillou (d) Bob the Builder (d) Barney & Friends (d)

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Martha Speaks Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat (d) Between the Lions (d) Peep and the Big, Wide World Clifford the Big Red Dog (d) Curious George Sid the Science Kid Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman (d) Hands On: Crafts for Kids WordGirl (d) Cyberchase (d) Zula Patrol Zula Patrol Arthur (d) Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat (d) Curious George Sid the Science Kid DragonflyTV Everyday Edisons Hands On: Crafts for Kids WordGirl (d) Arthur (d) (Sat); The Electric Company (Sun) Curious George Sid the Science Kid

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Hands On: Crafts for Kids Hands On: Crafts for Kids Maya & Miguel (d) WordGirl (d) Zula Patrol Cyberchase (d) Cyberchase (d) Curious George Curious George Arthur (d) Clifford the Big Red Dog (d) Martha Speaks Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman (d) (Mon-Thu); The Electric Company (Fri) Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman (d) Reading Rainbow (d) Reading Rainbow (d) Between the Lions (d) Between the Lions (d) Hands On: Crafts for Kids Hands On: Crafts for Kids Clifford the Big Red Dog (d) Sid the Science Kid Curious George Curious George

Did you know that more than half of all American children report their families have no rules about watching television?

Want to use TV and the Web to their best advantage for the children in your life? Visit KidsMediaMatters.org, where you can download WGBH’s free kit, “Kids, Media and Values— A Wake-Up Call.”

Legend: All programming, unless noted (*), is closed captioned for viewers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. (d) Described for viewers who are blind or visually impaired. To access video descriptions, activate the second audio program (SAP) on your stereo TV or VCR. For more information on WGBH’s services for people with disabilities, go to wgbh.org/access.

HD Airing in high-definition on WGBH HD. For more, see Where to Tune In on page 1 or go to wgbh.org/hd.

Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

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Prime Time on Be more informed! Tune in The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer weeknights at 6pm on 2 and Greater Boston with Emily Rooney weeknights at 7pm on 2.

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Coming Home: Military Families

Preview We Shall Remain

Jerusalem: The Center of the World

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The This Old House Hour

World

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Frontline Sick Around America Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Louis Brandeis: The People’s Attorney

Alexander Hamilton: American Experience

Globe Trekker England & Wales

Nature Kilauea: Mountain of Fire

World

Nova Last Extinction

Rick Steves’ Europe

Now

Bill Moyers Journal

New Tricks

Ken Burns American Stories The West: The People (Pt. I of VIII)

The Greatest Good

Seneca Ray Stoddard: An American Original

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Rick Steves’ Europe

Africa Trek

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

The Vicar of Dibley

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By Reunion Special

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Keeping Up Appearances

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(7:15pm) Suspicion

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Waiting for God

Nature Kilauea: Mountain of Fire

Frontline Sick Around America Preview We Shall Remain This Old House

History Detectives Grannies on Safari

Passport to Adventure

History Detectives Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie

Rudy Maxa’s World

Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge

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Nature Frogs: The Thin Green Line

Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. II of V)

Little Dorrit (Pt. II) (to 12mid)

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(7pm) Key Largo

Independent Lens Recycle

Gefilte Fish (to 11:30pm)

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McLaughlin Group

Bill Moyers Journal

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Rick Steves’ Europe

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Antiques Roadshow Chattanooga, Pt. II

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Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. II of V)

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A Walk in the Park with Nick Molle

Jerusalem: Center of the World (to 12mid) Africa Trek

Annie Oakley: American Experience

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Out of Faith

Nature Frogs: The Thin Green Line Rick Steves’ Europe

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Africa Trek

Garden Smart

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Nova Doctors’ Diaries (Pt. I of II)

Frontline Black Money

Frontline The Medicated Child

Antiques Roadshow Chattanooga, Pt. II

Waking the Dead Wren Boys, Pt. I

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Railroad Empire

Annie Oakley: American Experience

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Rick Steves’ Europe

The Victory Garden

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Uncorked: Wine Made Simple

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

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Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures Sea Ghosts

American Masters Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

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The This Old House Hour

Nova Doctors’ Diaries (Pt. I of II)

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Independent Lens Milking the Rhino

Create Everyday Food

Rick Steves’ Europe

This Old House

The New Yankee Workshop

Annie Oakley: American Experience

Frontline Black Money Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Ask This Old House

Ken Burns American Stories Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (Pt. I of II) (to 11:30pm)

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Create Christina Cooks

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The New Yankee Workshop

Key Largo

Create Spain…On the Road Again

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The Victory Garden

Washington Week

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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

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Ask This Old House Preview We Shall Remain

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Create Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge

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Garden Smart

At Close Range with National Geographic

Scientific American Frontiers Endless Feast

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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Africa Trek

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Create Spain…On the Road Again

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Rick Steves’ Europe

10pm Nova Is there Life on Mars?

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Create Christina Cooks

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Nova Last Extinction

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Create Everyday Food

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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Africa Trek

Garden Smart

Ask This Old House

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Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. I of IV)

American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver

Globe Trekker

Nature Frogs: The Thin Green Line

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Nova Doctors’ Diaries (Pt. I of II)

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Washington Week

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New Tricks

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(7:30pm) Values, Wilderness

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Keeping Up Appearances

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(7pm) Moonstruck

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Rick Steves’ Europe

Now

Bill Moyers Journal

Renewal: Stories from America’s Religious Environmental Movement

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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Africa Trek

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

The Vicar of Dibley

As Time Goes By

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History Detectives Bake, Decorate, Celebrate!

New Scandinavian Cooking

History Detectives Cultivating Life

Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. III of V) Independent Lens Milking the Rhino McLaughlin Group

Bill Moyers Journal

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Rick Steves’ Europe

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Antiques Roadshow Chattanooga, Pt. III

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Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. III of V)

World

This Old House

Hotel Rwanda

(7pm) Suspicion

Wildside with Nick Molle Costa Rica

Create Daisy Cooks!

The New Yankee Workshop Ask This Old House

Rick Steves’ Europe

Dickens’ Secret Lover Now

The Victory Garden Project Dropout

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Preview We Shall Remain

Ken Burns American Stories The West: Empire Upon the Trails (Pt. II of VIII)

Waiting for God

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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

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Create Everyday Food

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The Mysterious Human Heart Endlessly Beating (Pt. I of III)

Scientific American Frontiers Uncorked: Wine Made Simple

Nature Frogs: The Thin Green Line

Create New Jewish Cuisine

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Create Spain…On the Road Again

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Create Christina Cooks

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Garden Smart Little Dorrit (Pt. III) (to 12mid)

Green Builders Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith (to 12mid) Africa Trek

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower: American Experience (Pt. I of V)

Ask This Old House After the Mayflower (to 12mid)

Ken Burns American Stories Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (Pt. II of II) (to 11:30pm) Nature Andes: The Dragon’s Back

Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

Rick Steves’ Europe

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Africa Trek

Garden Smart

This Old House

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Nova Doctors’ Diaries (Pt. II of II)

Frontline/World Children of the Taliban

Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special

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Antiques Roadshow Chattanooga, Pt. III

Waking the Dead Wren Boys, Pt. II

MI-5

World

(7:30) We Shall Remain

Create Christina Cooks

We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower: American Experience (Pt. I of V)

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Uncorked: Wine Made Simple

The Victory Garden

Rick Steves’ Europe

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

The New Yankee Workshop

Find WGBH on your cable service: page 1. Get more info: wgbh.org/tvchannels. Find repeats of prime-time broadcasts: page 20.

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The This Old House Hour

Nova Doctors’ Diaries (Pt. II of II)

We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower: AmEx (Pt. I of V) (to 11:30pm)

(7:30pm) Independent Lens Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

Frontline/World Children of the Taliban

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Rick Steves’ Europe

Garden Smart

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Globe Trekker

Nature Andes: The Dragon’s Back

The Mysterious Human Heart The Spark of Life (Pt. II of III)

Nova Doctors’ Diaries (Pt. II of II)

Scientific American Frontiers

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

World

Uncorked: Wine Made Simple

Rick Steves’ Europe

Washington Week

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New Tricks

Ken Burns American Stories The West: Speck of the Future (Pt. III of VIII)

Making Sense of Place Cleveland

Main Street America

World

Now On Thin Ice

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

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Africa Trek

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

The Vicar of Dibley

As Time Goes By

MI-5

Inherit the Wind

Nature Andes: The Dragon’s Back

History Detectives For Your Home

Equitrekking Belize

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

Nature The Loneliest Animals

Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. IV of V

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(7:30pm) P.O.V. Inheritance

Independent Lens Steal a Pencil for Me

Now On Thin Ice

McLaughlin Group

Bill Moyers Journal

Rick Steves’ Europe

Africa Trek

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

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Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. I

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Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. IV of V) Hotspots Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class

Nova Car of the Future

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Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. I

World

(7:30pm) We Shall Remain

For Your Home

Christina Cooks Little Dorrit (Pt. IV) (to 12mid)

Swimming in Auschwitz Global Voices Imelda P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision: American Experience (Pt. II of V)

Ask This Old House Tecumseh’s Vision (to 12mid)

Ken Burns American Stories The West: The People (Pt. I of VIII) Nature The Loneliest Animals

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This Old House

History Detectives

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World

Ask This Old House The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Rick Steves’ Europe

(7pm) Run Silent, Run Deep

The New Yankee Workshop Frontline/World (to 11:30pm)

Waiting for God

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World

The Victory Garden

Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class

Keeping Up Appearances

World

Ask This Old House

Bill Moyers Journal

2

Rick Steves’ Europe

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Africa Trek

Garden Smart

This Old House

Frontline Poisoned Water Waking the Dead Deus Ex Machina, Pt. I

We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision: American Experience (Pt. II of V) Uncorked: Wine Made Simple

Rick Steves’ Europe

MI-5 The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

The Victory Garden

The New Yankee Workshop

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Secrets of the Dead Blackbeard’s Lost Ship

Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures Call of the Killer Whale

44

The This Old House Hour

Nova Car of the Future

We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision: AmEx (Pt. II of V) (to 11:30pm)

(7pm) Frontline Poisoned Water

Independent Lens Steal a Pencil for Me

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Garden Smart

World

Create Everyday Food

23 Thu

Ask This Old House

Justice for My People: The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Story

Create Christina Cooks

22 Wed

Africa Trek

Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. II of IV)

Create Daisy Cooks!

21 Tue

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

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Create Everyday Food

20 Mon

10:30

44 World

Create P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

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10pm

Great Performances at the Met Lucia di Lammermoor (to 11:30pm)

Create Daisy Cooks!

18 Sat

9:30

Planet Forward

Create Christina Cooks

17 Fri

9pm

2

Create Everyday Food

16 Thu

8:30

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Rick Steves’ Europe

2

Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. III of IV)

Looking for Lincoln

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Globe Trekker

Nature The Loneliest Animals

The Mysterious Human Heart The Silent Killer (Pt. III of III)

Nova Car of the Future

Scientific American Frontiers

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

World

Create Christina Cooks

Uncorked: Wine Made Simple

Rick Steves’ Europe

Africa Trek

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

The Victory Garden

Ask This Old House

The New Yankee Workshop

24 Fri

8pm

8:30

9pm

2

Washington Week

Now

Bill Moyers Journal

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New Tricks

World

25 Sat

2

Keeping Up Appearances

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(6:45pm) Inherit the Wind

World

Nature The Loneliest Animals

Create Ciao Italia

26 Sun

Africa Trek

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

Waiting for God

The Vicar of Dibley

As Time Goes By

MI-5

History Detectives Bake, Decorate, Celebrate!

New Jewish Cuisine

History Detectives Cooks Country

America’s Test Kitchen

Independent Lens Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

Save Our Land, Save Our Towns

McLaughlin Group

Bill Moyers Journal

Global Voices The Dictator Hunter

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Rick Steves’ Europe

Now

2

Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. II

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Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. V of V)

World

(7pm) Jean-Michel: Ocean Adventures Call of the Killer Whale Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class

Africa Trek

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears: American Experience (Pt. III of V)

Trail of Tears (to 12mid)

Nature Crash: The Tale of Two Species Rick Steves’ Europe

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Africa Trek

Garden Smart

Nova Alien from Earth

Frontline The Released

Secrets of the Dead Executed in Error

Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. II

Waking the Dead Dead Deus Ex Machina, Pt. II

MI-5

We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears: American Experience (Pt. III of V) Uncorked: Wine Made Simple

Ask This Old House

Ken Burns American Stories The West: Empire Upon the Trails (Pt. II of VIII)

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(7:30pm) We Shall Remain

Bake, Decorate, Celebrate!

Little Dorrit (Pt. V) (to 12mid)

44 World

This Old House

Hotel Rwanda

Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. V of V)

Rick Steves’ Europe

This Old House

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

The Victory Garden

The New Yankee Workshop

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Secrets of the Dead

Cry for Help

Legacy of War

44

The This Old House Hour

Nova Alien from Earth

We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears: AmEx (Pt. III of V) (to 11:30pm)

World

Independent Lens At Home in Utopia

Create Everyday Food

30 Thu

Rick Steves’ Europe

(7pm) Run Silent, Run Deep

Create Christina Cooks

29 Wed

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class

Nature Crash: A Tale of Two Species

Create Daisy Cooks!

28 Tue

Swim for the River

Ask This Old House

2 World

10:30

Frontline Poisoned Water (to 12mid)

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Create Everyday Food

27 Mon

10pm

Ken Burns American Stories The West: Death Runs Riot (Pt. IV of VIII)

Save Our Land, Save Our Towns

Create Daisy Cooks!

9:30

Frontline The Released

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Rick Steves’ Europe

2

Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. IV of IV)

The Mystery of Love

44

Globe Trekker

Nature Crash: A Tale of Two Species

World

Nova Alien from Earth

Create Christina Cooks

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Africa Trek

Rick Steves’ Europe

Ask This Old House

400 Years of the Telescope

Scientific American Frontiers Uncorked: Wine Made Simple

Garden Smart

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

The Victory Garden

The New Yankee Workshop

Home and Healing Presented by Sesame Workshop and featuring Queen Latifah and John Mayer, this new special tells the stories of service members returning home with injuries—both visible and invisible—and explores the heroic struggles their families face on the path to finding a “new normal.” With help from Elmo, Rosita and their Sesame Street friends, this new film gives voice to the children as they play a central role in the family’s adjustment process, and encourages them to be what they are: kids.

Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change Premieres in HD Wed, 4/1 at 8pm on 2

Holy Hub For centuries, untold numbers of Jews, Christians and Muslims have gone to Jerusalem to look for God, while billions more have worshiped from afar. This new documentary delves into the historical facts and religious beliefs that have led so many to live and die for this particular city. Host Ray Suarez (The NewsHour) explores the founding of the city and the birth and convergence of the world’s three major monotheistic religions Christianity, Islam and Judaism. For related lectures, explore the WGBH Forum Network at wgbh.org/forum.

Jerusalem: Center of the World Premieres in HD Wed, 4/1 at 9pm on 2

Poetry in Motion This new documentary wrestles with the six-foot, eight-inch, 275-pound colossus of poetry (and Worcester native) Charles Olson.

Through never-before-seen footage and interviews, Emmy Award-winning actor John Malkovich leads an A-list roster of guests in search of an understanding of this “big fire source” for the restless generation of poets known as The Beats.

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place Premieres Sun, 4/5 at 7pm on 2 8

Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

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All programming, unless noted (*), is closed captioned for viewers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

Wednesday 1 Weekday schedule See pgs 3, 20–21 or go to wgbh.org/schedules 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Ask This Old House

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change HD See Home and Healing, this page

44 The This Old House Hour 8:30 2 PBS Previews We Shall Remain: American Experience. Get an inside look at the upcoming landmark series premiering Monday, April 13 at 9pm (see page 12).

Religion and Relationships: Out of Faith airs Sunday, 4/5 at 7pm on WGBH World.

9pm 2 Jerusalem: Center of the World HD See Holy Hub, this page

44 Nova Last Extinction.

This new film presents a provocative theory about what killed America’s mammoths at the end of the last Ice Age. 10pm 44 Nova Is there Life on Mars?

This recent encore showcases the latest scientific results from the Mars rovers and the Phoenix Lander.

11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Thursday 2 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black Conversation and Poetry with Major Jackson

44 As Time Goes By Go paperless! wgbh.org/paperlessguide

8pm 2 Louis Brandeis: The People’s Attorney This encore traces the life and career of an important progressive American reformer.

44 Globe Trekker England & Wales 9pm 2 Alexander Hamilton: American Experience The first Secretary of the Treasury’s life and career were marked by a stunning rise to power, scandal and tragedy.

44 Nature Kilauea: Mountain of Fire 10pm 44 At Close Range with National Geographic Photographer Joel Sartore shoots in some of the most exotic locales on earth.

11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Friday 3 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Beat the Press

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Washington Week

44 New Tricks 8:30 2 Now 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

44 Ken Burns American Stories The West: The People (Pt. I of VIII). The saga of the American West—full of myth and harsh reality—is brought vividly to life in this eight-part series.

10pm 2 Frontline Sick Around America. Correspondent T.R. Reid investigates the failures and future of the private insurance industry.

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10:30 44 PBS Previews We Shall Remain: American Experience (See 4/1 at 8:30pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Saturday 4 6am 2 Curious George

44 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Curious George 7am 2 Peep

44 Sesame Street (d) 7:30 2 WordWorld (d) 8am 2 Super Why!

44 Barney and Friends 8:30 2 Clifford (d)

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George

44 Bob the Builder (d) 9:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Thomas & Friends (d) 10am 2 Martha Speaks

44 Sid the Science Kid 10:30 2 The Electric Company

44 Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies

11am 2 The Victory Garden (d)

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Fernando Reimers. The Director of Global Education and of International Education Policy at Harvard University sits down with Hinojosa.

11:30 2 Everyday Food

44 Ask This Old House 12n 2 Made in Spain

44 Ask This Old House 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals

44 Global Focus: The New Environmentalists Robert Redford narrates.

1pm 2 Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way

44 The Race for Open Space Charles Gibson (ABC News) narrates this look at land management in New Jersey.

1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy 2pm 2 Lidia’s Italy

44 Making Sense of Place Portland. This series examines the complex questions of urban planning and regional identity.

2:30 2 Simply Ming 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen

Project Dropout Greater Boston’s Emily Rooney is joined by WBUR’s David Boeri and María Hinojosa, of WGBH’s María Hinojosa: One-on-One, for a one-hour special, Project Dropout—a multimedia journalistic examination of the high school dropout crisis in Massachusetts. For a wide array of resources, and to watch and chat online as well as respond to poll questions as the special is streamed live, go to projectdropout.org. For related lectures, explore the WGBH Forum Network at wgbh.org/forum.

Project Dropout Premieres Tue, 4/7 at 7pm on 2 Project Dropout is a collaboration between WGBH and WBUR. Major funding is generously provided by The Boston Foundation.

44 Frontline Heat. In this encore, producer Martin Smith investigates the reaction of big business to environmental regulation.

3:30 2 Cook’s Country 4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie

4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour HD

44 Alexander Hamilton: American Experience (See 4/2 at 8:30pm)

Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

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Checkup Nova has followed a group of seven doctors from their first day at Harvard Medical School in 1987. Over 21 difficult years of classes and clinical training, internship and residency, marriage and divorce, this series has documented the trials and tribulations inherent in the struggle to become a member of the medical tribe. In this new installment, Nova returns one last time to get an update on the kind of doctors— and people—they have become. Explore more at wgbh.org/nova, and enjoy related lectures on the WGBH Forum Network at wgbh.org/forum.

Nova/Doctors’ Diaries Premieres Tue, 4/7 at 8pm on 2

Sunday 5

New British Lineup You can count on WGBH to bring you the best of Britain!

Beginning Tuesday, 4/7, some of your favorites may have moved, and others will be joined by new offerings—including MI-5, the BBC’s action-packed security drama starring (l to r) Olga Sosnovska, Rupert Penry-Jones, Peter Firth and Raza Jaffrey.

Weeknights:

Weekends:

Monday–Friday 7:30 44 As Time Goes By

Saturdays: 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 Waiting for God 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley 9:30 2 As Time Goes By 10pm 2 MI-5

Tuesdays: 9pm 44 Waking the Dead 10pm 44 MI-5 Fridays 8pm 44 New Tricks 6pm 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. I of V). Screenwriter Andrew Davies (Bleak House) adapts Charles Dickens’s timely tale of chronic debt and financial collapse. Newcomer Claire Foy and Matthew Macfadyen (MI-5) star in this five-part miniseries.

9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley

44 Key Largo John Huston directed Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in this 1948 gem about a group held captive in a Key West hotel by gangster Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson). Oscar winner Claire Trevor co-stars as Rocco’s moll… who has a drink now and then. (*) 9:30 2 As Time Goes By 10pm 2 As Time Goes By Reunion Special 11pm 2 Basic Black Conversation and Poetry with Major Jackson

44 Live from the Artists Den The Hold Steady at the Old Emigrant Savings Bank Building in New York 11:30 2 Ask This Old House

7:15 44 Suspicion Oscar winner Joan Fontaine marries handsome ne’er-do-well Cary Grant and then is convinced he’s a murderer in this 1941 classic, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. (*) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 Waiting for God

10 Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

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6am 2 Clifford (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Chattanooga, Pt. I 6:30 2 Martha Speaks 7am 2 Super Why!

44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly 7:30 2 Curious George

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George

44 MoneyTrack 8:30 2 Peep

44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack International Feel: Rick Steves’ Europe airs weeknights at 9pm on WGBH Create.

9am 2 Peep

44 Foreign Exchange 9:30 2 The Saddle Club 44 Beat the Press

10am 2 WordGirl (d)

44 Inside Washington 10:30 2 WordGirl (d)

44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Fernando Reimers (See 4/4 at 11am)

44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe The Making of Rick Steves’ Europe 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Alaska: Glacier Bay

44 Miller Center National Debates Infrastructure 12:30 2 Basic Black Conversation and Poetry with Major Jackson

1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–2009 The elite race will stop in Boston in May, see next month’s guide for more.

44 At Close Range with National Geographic (See 4/2 at 10pm) 2pm 44 e2 2:30 2 Great Performances at the Met La Damnation de Faust. Mezzosoprano Susan Graham and tenor Marcello Giordani portray unlucky lovers in Hector Berlioz’s classic take on dancing with the devil. James Levine conducts.

Shown, John Relyea.

44 Equitrekking Irish Countryside 3pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again Gwyneth Paltrow Mario Batali, Mark Bittman and Claudia Bassols take an unscripted roadtrip, enjoying the culinary and cultural pleasures of Spain.

4pm 44 Made in Spain 4:30 44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 2 Innovate: Engineering Change

44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 2 Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change HD (See 4/1 at 8pm)

44 Simply Ming 6pm 2 The Gefilte Fish Chronicles This “record of a family and its joyful ritual is reality television in the best (and realest) sense,” according to The New York Times.

44 This Old House 6:30 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie

44 Theater Talk 7pm 2 Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place See Poetry in Motion, page 8

44 Key Largo (See 4/4 at 9pm) (*) 8pm 2 Nature Frogs: The Thin Green Line HD 9pm 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. II of V, see 4/4 at 6pm)

44 Independent Lens Recycle. The daily life of an ex-Mujahideen soldier as he scours the streets, collecting cardboard to recycle, is the focus of this new film.

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10:30 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. II of V, see 4/4 at 6pm)

44 The Gefilte Fish Chronicles (See 4/5 at 6pm)

Monday 6 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Wild Chronicles

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Chattanooga, Pt. II HD

44 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. II of V, see 4/4 at 6pm) 9pm 2 Annie Oakley: American Experience The star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show thrilled audiences around the world with her daring shooting feats.

9:30 44 Ken Burns American Stories Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (Pt. I of II)

10pm 2 Out of Faith This new documentary follows three generations of a family torn apart by conflicts over interfaith marriage.

11pm 2 Charlie Rose

Tuesday 7 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Project Dropout See Project Dropout, page 9

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Nova Doctors’ Diaries (Pt. I of II) HD See Checkup, page 10

44 Antiques Roadshow Chattanooga, Pt. II 9pm 2 Frontline Black Money.

Investigative correspondent Lowell Bergman examines the shadowy world of international bribery.

44 Waking the Dead Wren Boys, Pt. I 10pm 2 Frontline The Medicated Child. This encore confronts psychiatrists, researchers and big pharma about the risks and benefits of prescription drugs for troubled children.

Composer’s Composure Filmmaker Scott Hicks (Shine) documents an eventful, but typical, year in the life of legendary composer Philip Glass. Romping with his young children on the Nova Scotia coastline, cooking pizza and deconstructing philosophy in the farmhouse kitchen, creating new works in his cluttered Baltimore studio or collaborating with Chuck Close, Ravi Shankar and Woody Allen, Glass reveals his artistic sensibility and pursuits.

American Masters/Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts Premieres in HD Wed, 4/8 at 9pm on 2

44 MI-5 See New British Lineup, page 10 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Wednesday 8 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Ask This Old House

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures Sea Ghosts. Cousteau and his team set sail to study the white beluga whale. HD Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org 11

We Shall Remain WGBH’s award-winning series American Experience presents We Shall Remain, a provocative, multimedia project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history. At the heart of the project is a five-part television series that shows how Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. An unprecedented collaboration between Native and non-Native filmmakers, the series presents five films over five weeks: 4/13: After the Mayflower The first episode explores the polar strategies—peaceful diplomacy and warfare—the Wampanoag people employed in their struggle to maintain their identity.

4/20: Tecumseh’s Vision Shawnee warrior Tecumseh and his brother, the prophet Tenskwatawa, organized an ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement—all committed to stopping white westward expansion.

4/27: Trail of Tears Despite decades of struggle to keep their land, thousands of Cherokee were forced from their homes in the southeastern United States in 1838. More than 4,000 died of disease and starvation along the way.

5/4: Geronimo At a time when surrender to the reservation and acceptance of the white man’s civilization seemed to be the Indians’ only realistic options, Geronimo and his tiny band of Chiricahuas fought on. The final holdouts, they became the last Native American fighting force to capitulate formally to the government of the United States.

5/11: Wounded Knee On the night of February 27, 1973, Oglala Lakota and American Indian Movement (AIM) protesters demanded redress for grievances, capturing the world’s attention for 71 gripping days.

For more information on the films and other aspects of the project— including ReelNative, an innovative short film project; a community engagement campaign; and a partnership with the American Library Association—go to pbs.org/weshallremain. Explore related lectures on the WGBH Forum Network at wgbh.org/forum.

We Shall Remain: American Experience Premieres in HD Mon, 4/13 at 9pm on 2 For repeats see pages 4–7, 20 For streaming video, go to pbs.org/weshallremain

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 American Masters Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts HD See Composer’s Composure, page 11

44 Nova Doctors’ Diaries (Pt. I of II, see 4/7 at 8pm) 10pm 44 Annie Oakley: American Experience (See 4/6 at 9pm)

12 Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Thursday 9 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black Black Theater in Boston: A Director’s Roundtable

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. I of IV).

Academy Awardwinner Sissy Spacek narrates this environmental history, recounting how landscape shapes human cultures and, in turn, how humans shape the land. HD

44 Globe Trekker 9pm 2 American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver This encore profiles the founder of the Peace Corps, VISTA, Community Action, Head Start and Legal Services for the Poor.

44 Nature Frogs: The Thin Green Line 10pm 44 The Mysterious Human Heart Endlessly Beating (Pt. I of III). Award-winning filmmaker David Grubin examines the heart— how it works, what can go wrong and how we treat it—in this three-part encore.

10:30 2 PBS Previews We Shall Remain: American Experience (See 4/1 at 8:30pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Friday 10 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Beat the Press

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Washington Week

44 New Tricks 8:30 2 Now 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

44 Ken Burns American Stories The West: Empire Upon the Trails (Pt. II of VIII, see 4/3 at 9pm) 10pm 2 Project Dropout (See 4/7 at 7pm)

10:30 44 Ask This Old House 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Saturday 11 6am 2 Curious George

44 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Curious George 7am 2 Peep

44 Sesame Street (d) 7:30 2 WordWorld (d) 8am 2 Super Why!

44 Barney and Friends 8:30 2 Clifford (d)

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George

44 Bob the Builder (d) 9:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Thomas & Friends (d) 10am 2 Martha Speaks

44 Sid the Science Kid 10:30 2 The Electric Company

44 Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies 11am 2 The Victory Garden (d)

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Kwame Anthony Appiah. The author of Harvard University Press’s Experiments in Ethics sits down with Hinojosa.

11:30 2 Everyday Food

44 Ask This Old House 12n 2 Made in Spain

44 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. I of IV, see 4/9 at 8pm) 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1pm 2 Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way 44 Nova Doctors’ Diaries

(Pt. I of II, see 4/7 at 8pm) 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy 2pm 2 Lidia’s Italy

44 Frontline 2:30 2 Simply Ming 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen

44 American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver (See 4/9 at 9pm) 3:30 2 Cook’s Country 4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop

44 PBS Previews We Shall Remain: American Experience (See 4/1 at 8:30pm)

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5pm 2 The This Old House Hour HD

44 American Masters Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (See 4/8 at 9pm) 6pm 2 Ask This Old House 6:30 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. II of V, see 4/4 at 6pm) 7pm 44 Moonstruck Nicolas Cage, Cher and Olympia Dukakis star in Norman Jewison’s 1987 film about a widowed Brooklyn book-keeper who is torn between her fiancé and his brother. (*) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 Waiting for God 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley

44 Hotel Rwanda Based on a true story, Terry George’s (Reservation Road) 2004 film stars Nick Nolte and Don Cheadle, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role as a hotel operator who came to the aid of Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia. (*)

9:30 2 As Time Goes By 10pm 2 MI-5 (See 4/7 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Basic Black Black Theater in Boston: A Director’s Roundtable

44 Live from the Artists Den Ani DiFranco at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 11:30 2 Ask This Old House

Sunday 12 6am 2 Clifford (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Chattanooga, Pt. II 6:30 2 Martha Speaks 7am 2 Super Why!

44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly 7:30 2 Curious George

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George

44 MoneyTrack 8:30 2 Peep

44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 9am 2 Peep

44 Foreign Exchange 9:30 2 The Saddle Club

44 Beat the Press Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org 13

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Anna Netrebko portrays the fragile heroine of Donizetti’s opera, presented as a Victorian ghost story in Mary Zimmerman’s hit production.

Rolando Villazón sings Lucia’s lover, Edgardo, and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Marco Armiliato conducts.

Great Performances at the Met/Lucia di Lammermoor Premieres in HD Wed, 4/15 at 9pm on 2

All’s Fair…

They say, “Love conquers all.” Or at least that’s what Jack Polak thought when he, his wife Manja and his new love, Ina, find themselves in the same barracks in a concentration camp.

Academy Award-nominee Michele Ohayon (Colors Straight Up) tells this daring, true tale of love and how it can empower the will to live. This film is airing in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day; explore related lectures on the WGBH Forum Network at wgbh.org/forum.

Independent Lens/Steal a Pencil for Me Premieres Sun, 4/19 at 9pm on 44 14 Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

10am 2 WordGirl (d)

44 Project Dropout (See 4/7 at 7pm) 10:30 2 WordGirl (d) 11am 2 Wild Chronicles

44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Burgundy: Profoundly French 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Patagonia: Torres del Paine

44 China from the Inside Power and the People (Pt. I of IV). This encore series explores China from a Chinese perspective, examining how history has shaped the country—and where their present is taking them.

12:30 2 Basic Black Black Theater in Boston: A Director’s Roundtable 1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–2009

44 China from the Inside Women of the Country (Pt. II of IV, see 4/12 at 12noon) 2pm 44 e2 2:30 2 Great Performances at the Met Thaïs. Renée Fleming is the Egyptian courtesan and Thomas Hampson the monk who falls from grace in Massenet’s sensual opera.

44 Equitrekking Maui 3pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 4/5 at 3pm) 4pm 44 Made in Spain 4:30 44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie Even Greater: Great Performances at the Met airs Sundays at 2:30pm on 2.

5:30 2 PBS Previews We Shall Remain: American Experience (See 4/1 at 8:30pm)

44 Simply Ming 6pm 2 Virginia Lee Burton: A Sense of Place This encore offers a unique portrait of the Newton Centre native and creator of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.

44 This Old House 6:30 44 Theater Talk 7pm 2 Project Dropout (See 4/7 at 7pm)

44 Suspicion (See 4/4 at 7:30pm)(*)

8pm 2 Dickens’ Secret Lover When Charles Dickens was 45 years old and married with nine children, he met Nelly Ternan, an 18-year-old actress with whom he fell hopelessly in love, beginning a clandestine relationship that he kept secret for the rest of his life.

9pm 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. III of V, see 4/4 at 6pm)

44 Independent Lens Milking the Rhino. A revolution in rural Africa is turning poachers into preservationists and local people into the stewards of natural resources.

10pm 44 Green Builders This new film profiles a cast of green building pioneers who have taken the leap into making their part of the “built environment” a more energyefficient and environmentally friendly place.

10:30 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. III of V, see 4/4 at 6pm) 11pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 4/5 at 3pm)

Monday 13 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Wild Chronicles

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Chattanooga, Pt. III HD

44 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. III of V, see 4/4 at 6pm) 9pm 2 We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower: American Experience (Pt. I of V) HD See We Shall Remain, page 12 9:30 44 Ken Burns American Stories Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (Pt. II of II, see 4/6 at 9:30pm) 10:30 2 We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower: American Experience (Pt. I of V, see 4/13 at 8pm) HD 11:30 44 NewsHour

Tuesday 14 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

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44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Teddy Cruz. A graduate of Harvard, Cruz is recognized internationally for his research on new forms of affordable housing.

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Nova Doctors’ Diaries (Pt. II of II, see 4/7 at 8pm) HD

44 Antiques Roadshow Chattanooga, Pt. III 9pm 2 Frontline/World Children of the Taliban

44 Waking the Dead Wren Boys, Pt. II 10pm 2 Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special In this encore, scientists reveal just how measurable and dangerous stress can be.

44 MI-5 (See 4/7 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Wednesday 15 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Ask This Old House

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Planet Forward Citizens drive the conversation in this “bottom-up” look at the nation’s energy future. CNN’s Frank Sesno hosts. HD

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 Great Performances at the Met Lucia di Lammermoor HD See Bravo!, page 14

44 Nova Doctors’ Diaries (Pt. II of II, see 4/7 at 8pm) 10pm 44 We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower: American Experience (Pt. I of V, see 4/13 at 8pm) 11:30 2 Charlie Rose

Thursday 16 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black A Conversation with Randall Kennedy

44 As Time Goes By

8pm 2 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. II of IV, see 4/9 at 8pm)

44 Globe Trekker 9pm 2 Justice for My People: The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Story Mexican Revolution refugee, medical doctor to the barrios, decorated war veteran, civil rights activist and presidential confidante, Garcia fought to bring attention to the Mexican-American civil rights movement.

44 Nature Andes: The Dragon’s Back 10pm 44 The Mysterious Human Heart The Spark of Life (Pt. II of III, see 4/9 at 10pm) 10:30 2 Ask This Old House 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Friday 17 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Beat the Press

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Washington Week

44 New Tricks 8:30 2 Now On Thin Ice 9pm 44 Ken Burns American Stories The West: Speck of the Future (Pt. III of VIII, see 4/3 at 9pm) 9:30 2 Bill Moyers Journal 10:30 2 Frontline/World Children of the Taliban

44 Ask This Old House 11pm 44 NewsHour 11:30 2 Charlie Rose

Saturday 18 6am 2 Curious George

44 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Curious George 7am 2 Peep

44 Sesame Street (d) 7:30 2 WordWorld (d) 8am 2 Super Why!

44 Barney and Friends 8:30 2 Clifford (d)

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George

44 Bob the Builder (d) Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org 15

Identity Involved in the fight to have the murder of Vincent Chin recognized as a hate crime and in the effort to allow Asian American actors to audition for Asian roles in Miss Saigon, Helen Zia is a journalist and civil rights activist focused on the rights of women, the LGBT community and Asian Americans. María Hinojosa talks with the author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People about being caught between two worlds, finding her voice and what it means to be American. For more, go to wgbh.org/oneonone.

María Hinojosa: One-on-One/Helen Zia Premieres Tue, 4/21 at 7:30pm on 2 Funding for María Hinojosa: One-on-One is generously provided, in part, by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

9:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Thomas & Friends (d) 10am 2 Martha Speaks

44 Sid the Science Kid 10:30 2 The Electric Company

44 Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies

11am 2 The Victory Garden (d)

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Teddy Cruz (See 4/14 at 7:30pm) 11:30 2 Everyday Food

44 Ask This Old House

16 Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

12n 2 Made in Spain

44 We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower: American Experience (Pt. I of V, see 4/13 at 8pm) 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1pm 2 Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy

44 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. II of IV, see 4/9 at 8pm) 2pm 2 Lidia’s Italy 2:30 2 Simply Ming

44 Nova Doctors’ Diaries (Pt. II of II, see 4/7 at 8pm) 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen 3:30 2 Cook’s Country

44 Frontline/World Children of the Taliban 4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop

44 Planet Forward (See 4/15 at 8pm) 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour HD 5:30 44 Justice for My People: The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Story (See 4/16 at 9pm) 6pm 2 Ask This Old House 6:30 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. III of V, see 4/4 at 6pm) 7pm 44 Run Silent, Run Deep Burt Lancaster and Clark Gable make the seas boil in this tense 1958 thriller about a US sub commander who is obsessed with sinking a Japanese ship. (*) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 Waiting for God Community: In the Life, the current affairs series covering LGBT issues, airs Saturday, 4/25 at 11pm on 44.

9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley

44 Inherit the Wind Based on the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” trial, Stanley Kramer’s 1960 film stars Spencer Tracy and Gene Kelly. (*) 9:30 2 As Time Goes By 10pm 2 MI-5 (See 4/7 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Basic Black A Conversation with Randall Kennedy

44 Live from the Artists Den Patty Griffin at the Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts in New York

11:30 2 Ask This Old House

Sunday 19 6am 2 Clifford (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Chattanooga, Pt. III 6:30 2 Martha Speaks 7am 2 Super Why!

44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly 7:30 2 Curious George

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George

44 MoneyTrack 8:30 2 Peep

44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 9am 2 Peep

44 Foreign Exchange 9:30 2 The Saddle Club

44 Beat the Press 10am 2 WordGirl (d)

44 Inside Washington 10:30 2 WordGirl (d)

44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Teddy Cruz (See 4/14 at 7:30pm)

44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Dordogne 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Alaska: Katmai Coast

44 China from the Inside Shifting Nature (Pt. III of IV, see 4/12 at 12noon) 12:30 2 Basic Black A Conversation with Randall Kennedy 1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–2009

44 China from the Inside Freedom and Justice (Pt. IV of IV, see 4/12 at 12noon) 2pm 44 e2 2:30 2 Great Performances at the Met Lucia Di Lammermoor (See 4/15 at 9pm)

44 Equitrekking Costa Rica 3pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 4/5 at 3pm) 4pm 44 Made in Spain

4:30 44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 2 Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special (See 4/14 at 10pm)

44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 44 Simply Ming 6pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Dordogne

44 This Old House 6:30 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie

44 Theater Talk 7pm 2 Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (See 4/5 at 7pm)

44 Ask This Old House 7:30 44 P.O.V. Inheritance. A woman comes to grips with her father’s Nazi past.

8pm 2 Nature The Loneliest Animals HD 9pm 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. IV of V, see 4/4 at 6pm)

44 Independent Lens Steal a Pencil for Me See All’s Fair…, page 14 10pm 44 Swimming in Auschwitz The interwoven stories of six women provide a glimpse into life, spirit and survival at the notorious concentration camp.

Shown, survivor Renee Firestone.

10:30 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. IV of V, see 4/4 at 6pm) 11pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 4/5 at 3pm)

Monday 20 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Wild Chronicles

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. I HD

44 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. IV of V, see 4/4 at 6pm) 9pm 2 We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision: American Experience (Pt. II of V, see 4/13 at 8pm) HD 9:30 44 Ken Burns American Stories The West: The People (Pt. I of VIII, see 4/3 at 9pm)

10:30 2 We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision: American Experience (Pt. II of V, see 4/13 at 8pm) HD 11pm 44 NewsHour

Tuesday 21 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Helen Zia See Identity, page 16

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Nova Car of the Future.

NPR’s Car Talk guys, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, take a look at the future of the automobile in this encore. HD

44 Antiques Roadshow

Grand Rapids, Pt. I 9pm 2 Frontline Poisoned Water See Dirty Water, this page

44 Waking the Dead Deus Ex Machina, Pt. I 10pm 44 MI-5 (See 4/7 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Wednesday 22 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Ask This Old House

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Secrets of the Dead Blackbeard’s Lost Ship. A new season kicks off, examining the sinking of the Queen Anne’s Revenge, flagship of the infamous pirate Blackbeard. HD

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures Call of the Killer Whale. The Cousteau team explores the incredible power of the orcas, and the perils they face. HD

44 Nova Car of the Future (See 4/21 at 8pm) 10pm 44 We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision: American Experience (Pt. II of V, see 4/13 at 8pm)

Dirty Water More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, two iconic waterways—the great coastal estuaries of Puget Sound and the Chesapeake Bay—are in perilous condition. With polluted runoff still flowing in from industry, agriculture and massive suburban development, scientists fear contamination to the food chain and drinking water for millions of people. Correspondent Hedrick Smith (right) examines the rising hazards to human health and why it’s so hard to keep our waters clean.

Frontline/Poisoned Waters Premieres in HD Tue, 4/21 at 9pm on 2 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 11:30 44 NewsHour

Thursday 23 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report

Green issues: Green Builders airs Thursday, 4/23 at 7pm on WGBH World.

7:30 2 Basic Black Poetry and Conversation with Afaa Michael Weaver

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. III of IV, see 4/9 at 8pm) Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org 17

44 Globe Trekker 9pm 2 Looking for Lincoln Harvard’s Henry Louis Gates, Jr. dissects the myths that have grown up around Abraham Lincoln. HD

44 Nature The Loneliest Animals 10pm 44 The Mysterious Human Heart The Silent Killer (Pt. III of III, see 4/9 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Friday 24 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Beat the Press

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Washington Week

44 New Tricks 8:30 2 Now 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

44 Ken Burns American Stories The West: Death Runs Riot (Pt. IV of VIII, see 4/3 at 9pm) 10pm 2 Frontline Poisoned Water (See 4/21 at 9pm) 10:30 44 Ask This Old House 11pm 44 NewsHour

Saturday 25 6am 2 Curious George

44 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Curious George 7am 2 Peep

44 Sesame Street (d) 7:30 2 WordWorld (d) 8am 2 Super Why!

44 Barney and Friends 8:30 2 Clifford (d)

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George

44 Bob the Builder (d) 9:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Thomas & Friends (d) 10am 2 Martha Speaks

44 Sid the Science Kid 10:30 2 The Electric Company

44 Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies 11am 2 The Victory Garden (d) 18 Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Helen Zia (See 4/21 at 7:30pm) 11:30 2 Everyday Food

44 Ask This Old House 12n 2 Made in Spain

44 We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision: American Experience (Pt. II of V, see 4/13 at 8pm) 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1pm 2 Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy

44 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. III of IV, see 4/9 at 8pm) 2pm 2 Lidia’s Italy 2:30 2 Simply Ming

44 Nova Car of the Future (See 4/21 at 8pm) 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen 3:30 2 Cook’s Country

44 Frontline Poisoned Water (See 4/21 at 9pm) 4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour HD 5:30 44 Louis Brandeis: The People’s Attorney (See 4/2 at 8pm) 6pm 2 Ask This Old House 6:30 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. IV of V, see 4/4 at 6pm) 6:45 44 Inherit the Wind (See 4/18 at 9pm)(*) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 Waiting for God 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley

44 Hotel Rwanda (See 4/11 at 9pm)(*) 9:30 2 As Time Goes By 10pm 2 MI-5 (See 4/7 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Basic Black Poetry and Conversation with Afaa Michael Weaver

44 In the Life 11:30 2 Ask This Old House

44 Ask This Old House

Sunday 26 6am 2 Clifford (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. I 6:30 2 Martha Speaks

7am 2 Super Why!

44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly 7:30 2 Curious George

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George

44 MoneyTrack 8:30 2 Peep

44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 9am 2 Peep

44 Foreign Exchange 9:30 2 The Saddle Club

44 Beat the Press 10am 2 WordGirl (d)

44 Inside Washington 10:30 2 WordGirl (d)

44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Helen Zia (See 4/21 at 7:30pm)

44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Barcelona and Catalunya 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Africa: Madagascar

44 Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures Call of the Killer Whale (See 4/22 at 9pm) 12:30 2 Basic Black Poetry and Conversation with Afaa Michael Weaver 1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–2009 2pm 44 e2 2:30 2 Great Performances at the Met La Rondine. Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna team up in this new production of Puccini’s gorgeously melodic look at love.

44 Equitrekking Kentucky 3pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 4/5 at 3pm) 4pm 44 Made in Spain 4:30 2 Looking for Lincoln (See 4/23 at 9pm)

44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 44 Simply Ming 6pm 44 This Old House 6:30 2 We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision: American Experience (Pt. II of V) HD (See 4/13 at 9pm)

44 Theater Talk 7pm 44 Run Silent, Run Deep (See 4/18 at 7pm)(*) 8pm 2 Nature Crash: A Tale of Two Species HD

9pm 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. V of V, see 4/4 at 6pm)

44 Independent Lens Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai.

This new documentary follows Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai in her quest to reclaim her land and her culture through the simple act of planting trees.

10pm 44 Save Our Land, Save Our Towns Based on the book of the same name, this film follows the quest of author and small town newsman Tom Hylton to discover why America’s towns have declined and what can be done to revive them.

10:30 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. V of V, see 4/4 at 6pm) 11pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 4/5 at 3pm)

Monday 27 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Wild Chronicles

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. II HD

44 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. V of V, see 4/4 at 6pm) 9pm 2 We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears: American Experience (Pt. III of V, see 4/13 at 8pm) HD 9:30 44 Ken Burns American Stories The West: Empire Upon the Trails (Pt. II of VIII, see 4/3 at 9pm) 10:30 2 We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears: American Experience (Pt. III of V, see 4/13 at 8pm) HD 11pm 44 NewsHour

Tuesday 28 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa. In 1987 QuiñonesHinojosa arrived in the US as an illegal

migrant farm worker. Today, he is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology and Director of the Brain Tumor Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins University.

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Nova Alien from Earth.

This encore looks at the scientific debate raging over what found “Hobbit” bones represent. HD

44 Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. II 9pm 2 Frontline The Released.

This follow up to The New Asylums examines what happens to the mentally ill when they leave prison and why they return at such alarming rates.

44 Waking the Dead Deus Ex Machina, Pt. II 10pm 2 Secrets of the Dead Executed in Error. In 1910, Hawley Crippen was convicted of the brutal murder of his wife. However, recent analysis proves the body is not his wife—it is not even a woman.

44 MI-5 (See 4/7 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Wednesday 29 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Ask This Old House

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Secrets of the Dead HD

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 Cry for Help This new film features first-person stories from adolescents who are confronting depression, anxiety and mental illness.

44 Nova Alien from Earth (See 4/28 at 8pm) 10pm 2 Legacy of War Host Walter Cronkite returns to Europe 60 years after covering the aftermath of World War II.

44 We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears: American Experience (Pt. III of V, see 4/13 at 8pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 11:30 44 NewsHour

Thursday 30 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report

7:30 2 Basic Black Black Health Check-up: A Conversation with Mass. Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. JudyAnn Bigby

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. IV of IV, see 4/9 at 8pm)

44 Globe Trekker 9pm 2 The Mystery of Love Actor, playwright and author Anna Deavere Smith hosts this encore examination of all aspects of love.

44 Nature Crash: A Tale of Two Species 10pm 44 400 Years of the Telescope Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Nova ScienceNow), this new film chronicles a sweeping journey, from 1609, when Galileo revealed mankind’s place in the galaxy, to today’s quests to discover new worlds.

11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour Overnight schedule See pgs 20–21 or go to wgbh.org/schedules

Coming Up in May

Mystery!/ • Masterpiece Wallander Performances/ • Great Lights Up: In the Heights on Broadway World War II: Behind Closed Doors

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Programs, Repeats and Overnights Arts & Music American Masters Marilyn Monroe: Still Life Sun (4/5) 12mid on 2 Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens Sun (4/5) 1am on 2 Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts Wed (4/8) 9pm on 2, Thu (4/9) 1am and 4am on 2, Thu (4/9) 1am and 1:30pm on 44, Fri (4/10) 3am on 44, Sat (4/11) 5pm on 44,, Sun (4/12) 12mid on 2, Mon (4/13) 3am on 44 Austin City Limits Jakob Dylan/Carrie Rodriguez Sun (4/5) 12mid on 44 My Morning Jacket Sun (4/12) 12mid on 44 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings/Carolyn Wonderland Sun (4/19) 12mid on 44 From the Top at Carnegie Hall Star Quality Mon (4/13) 2:30am on 44, Mon (4/13) 5:30am on 2, Wed (4/15) 4:30am on 44, Thu (4/16) 5:30am on 44, Fri (4/17) 3am on 44, Sat (4/18) 3:30am on 44, Sun (4/19) 3am on 44, Wed (4/22) 4:30am on 44 Great Performances at the Met La Damnation de Faust Sun (4/5) 2:30am and 2:30pm on 2 Thaïs Sun (4/12) 2:30pm on 2 Lucia Di Lammermoor Wed (4/15) 9pm on 2, Thu (4/16) 2am on 44, Fri (4/17) 3:30am on 44, Sat (4/18) 1:30am on 2, Sun (4/19) 2:30pm on 2 La Rondine Sun (4/26) 2:30pm on 2, Wed (4/29) 1am on 2 Live from the Artists Den The Hold Steady at the Old Emigrant Savings Bank Building in New York Sat (4/4) 11pm on 44 Ani DiFranco at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Sat (4/11) 11pm on 44 Patty Griffin at the Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts in New York Sat (4/18) 11pm on 44 Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries Sun (4/26) 3am on 44 Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place Sun (4/5) 7pm on 2, Tue (4/14) 3am on 2, Sun (4/19) 7pm on 2, Wed (4/22) 4am on 2 Soundstage Sun 1am on 44 Tuba U: Basso Profundo Mon (4/27) 2:30am on 44, Wed (4/29) 4:30am on 44 Virginia Lee Burton: A Sense of Place Sun (4/12) 6pm on 2

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Out of Faith Fri (4/3) 2am on 44, Fri (4/3) 5am on 2, Sat (4/4) 3am on 44, Mon (4/6) 10pm on 2 P.O.V. Inheritance Sun (4/19) 7:30pm on 44 Run Silent, Run Deep Sat (4/18) 7pm on 44, Sun (4/26) 7pm on 44 Suspicion Sat (4/4) 7:15pm on 44, Sun (4/12) 7pm on 44 Theater Talk Sun 6:30pm on 44

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As Time Goes By Mon–Fri 7:30pm on 44, Sat 9:30pm on 2 Reunion Special Sat (4/4) 10pm on 2 Keeping Up Appearances Sat 8pm on 2 MI-5 Tue 10pm on 44, Sat (4/11, 18, 25) 10pm on 2, Thu (4/16) 5am on 2 Monarchy: The Royal Family Work The Queen and Us (Pt. V) Thu (4/2) 3am on 2 New Tricks Fri 8pm on 44 Waiting for God Sat 8:30pm on 2 Waking the Dead Wren Boys, Pt. I Tue (4/7) 9pm on 44 Wren Boys, Pt. II (Tue (4/14) 9pm on 44 Deus Ex Machina, Pt. I Tue (4/21) 9pm on 44 Deus Ex Machina, Pt. II Tue (4/28) 9pm on 44

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Simply Ming Sat 2:30pm on 2, Sun 5:30pm on 44, Thu (4/30) 5:30am on 2 This Old House Sun 6pm on 44 The This Old House Hour Wed 8pm on 44, Fri 1am on 44, Fri 4am on 2, Sat 5am on 44, Sat 5pm on 2, Sun (4/5) 5am on 44 The Victory Garden Sat 11am on 2, Sun (4/12, 19) 5am on 2, Tue (4/14, 21) 5:30am on 2, Wed (4/29) 4am on 2

News & Public Affairs Explore more programs like this on WGBH World (to find on your cable system, see page 1) Basic Black Conversation and Poetry with Major Jackson Thu (4/2) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (4/4) 11pm on 2, Sun (4/5) 12:30pm on 2 Black Theater in Boston: A Director’s Roundtable Thu (4/9) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (4/11) 11pm on 2, Sun (4/12) 12:30pm on 2 A Conversation with Randall Kennedy Thu (4/16) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (4/18) 11pm on 2, Sun (4/19) 12:30pm on 2, Mon (4/20) 4am on 2 Black Health Check-Up: A Conversation with Mass.

Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby Thu (4/30) 7:30pm on 2 Poetry and Conversation with Afaa Michael Weaver Thu (4/23) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (4/25) 11pm on 2, Sun (4/26) 12:30pm on 2 BBC World News Mon–Fri 5pm on 44 Bill Moyers Journal Sun 11 am on 44, Fri (4/3, 10, 24) 9pm on 2, Sat (4/4, 11, 25) 2am on 44, Sat (4/4, 11, 25) 5am on 2, Sun (4/12, 19, 26) 5am on 44, Fri (4/17) 9:30pm on 2, Sat (4/18) 2:30am on 44 Charlie Rose Mon-Fri 12noon and 6pm on 44, Mon–Fri (4/1– 14, 21–29, 30) 11pm on 2, Wed (4/15) 11:30pm on 2, Thu (4/16) 11pm on 2, Fri (4/17) 11:30pm on 2 Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change Wed (4/1) 8pm on 2, Fri (4/3) 3am on 2, Fri (4/3) 5am on 44, Sun (4/5) 5:30pm on 2, Mon (4/6) 5am on 44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack Sun 8:30am on 44 Cry for Help Wed (4/29) 9pm on 2, Thu (4/30) 1am and 2:30pm on 44 Foreign Exchange Sun 9am on 44 Frontline Sick Around America Wed (4/1) 2:30pm on 44, Fri (4/3) 10pm on 2, Sun (4/5) 2am on 44 Heat Sat (4/4) 3pm on 44 Sick Around the World Sun (4/5) 5am on 2 Black Money Tue (4/7) 9pm on 2, Wed (4/8) 1am and 2:30pm on 44, Wed (4/8) 2am on 2, Thu (4/9) 4am on 44, Fri (4/10) 3am on 2, Sat (4/11) 2pm on 44, Sun (4/12) 2am on 44, Mon (4/13) 3am on 2 The Medicated Child Tue (4/7) 10pm on 2, Wed (4/8) 4am on 2, Mon (4/13) 2am on 2 Poisoned Waters Tue (4/21) 9pm on 2, Wed (4/22) 1am on 2, Wed (4/22) 1am and 1:30pm on 44, Thu (4/23) 4am on 44, Fri (4/24) 10pm on 2, Sat (4/25) at 3:30pm on 44, Sun (4/26) 12mid on 2, Sun (4/26) 2am on 44, Mon (4/27) 12mid on 2 The Released Tue (4/28) 9pm on 2, Wed (4/29) 1am and 2:30pm on 44, Thu (4/30) 4am on 44 Frontline/World Children of the Taliban Tue (4/14) 9pm on 2, Wed (4/15) 1am and 2:30pm on 44, Fri (4/17) 2am and 10:30pm on 2, Sat (4/18) at 3:30pm on 44, Sun (4/19) 2am on 44 Greater Boston Mon–Fri 7pm on 2, Sun 9:30am on 44, Tue–Sat (4/2–7, 9–15, 17, 21–29) 12mid on 2, Thu (4/30) 12:30am on 2 Greater Boston Eye On Education: Project Dropout Tue (4/7) 7pm on 2, Wed (4/8) 12mid on 2, Fri (4/10) 10pm on 2, Sun (4/12) 10am on 44, Sun (4/12) 7pm on 2 In the Life Sat (4/25) 11pm on 44 Inside Washington Sun (4/5, 19) 10am on 44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Fernando Reimers Sat (4/4) 11am on 44, Sun (4/5) 11am on 2 Kwame Anthony Appiah Sat (4/11) 11am on 44 Teddy Cruz Tue (4/14) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (4/18) 11am on 44, Sun (4/19) 11am on 2 Helen Zia Tue (4/21) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (4/25) 11am on 44, Sun (4/26) 11am on 2 Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa Tue (4/28) 7:30pm on 2 McLaughlin Group Fri 7:30pm on 2

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Spring Music Is in the Air Spring, the season of blossoms and bird songs, of new life and budding romance, has inspired poets and composers through the ages. In Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona, the Bard compares a romantic beginning to an April day:“O, how this spring of love resembleth/The uncertain glory of an April day/Which now shows all the beauty of the sun/And by and by a cloud takes all away.”

Here at WGBH, we celebrate this season of rebirth and renewal with a cheerful bouquet of classical pianists and orchestral pieces. We start the month with two live radio performances. On Monday, 4/6, Classical Performances host Richard Knisely welcomes pianist and avid chamber musician Michael Lewin to our studios at 3pm.

Then, on Thursday, 4/9, Cathy Fuller hosts soprano Dominique Labelle with pianist Yehudi Wyner at 11am on Classics in the Morning.

On Friday, 4/10 at 1pm, BSO Live features assistant conductor Shi-Yeon Sung leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra in an ambitious program of music from four countries. The eminent Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire joins Sung and the BSO, performing pieces from Finland, Norway, China and, of course, the American classic, Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring.”

To whet your appetite for Sir Roger Norrington’s (see page 27) seasonal appearance with the Handel and Haydn Society at the end of April, on 4/12 Sunday Concert features an April 2008 recording of Norrington conducting “Harmoniemesse.” The last of Haydn’s six great masses and his last major work, “Harmoniemesse” is Haydn at his mature and optimistic peak. The program also features Haydn’s powerful Symphony No. 44, “Trauer.”

Pianist Yaron Kohlberg pays a visit to our studios on Tuesday, 4/14 at 3pm to perform live on Classical Performances. The second prize winner at the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition, Kohlberg is one of Israel’s leading young pianists and performs around the world to critical acclaim.

April finishes up with Classical Performances’ tribute to William Shakespeare on the Bard’s birthday, Thursday, 4/23. Host Richard Knisely

features Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s The Tempest, Florent Schmitt’s symphonic episodes for Antony and Cleopatra, Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s incidental music for Much Ado about Nothing, and finally, Sir Arthur Sullivan’s incidental music for The Tempest.

For more information about any of these offerings, or to hear pieces you may have missed, visit wgbh.org/classical. Happy spring!

Welcome to Our New Radio Pages Look for this new section in each issue of ’GBH, The Members’ Guide. Find this month’s don’t-miss programs for WGBH 89.7: classical music, jazz, Celtic, folk and everything in between. Check out the latest on WCAI 90.1, 91.1 and 94.3. Dig in and enjoy a beyond-broadcast experience: HD radio, podcasts, streaming audio…even live performances here at our Brighton studios. From the news to the blues, from Classics in the Morning to A Prairie Home Companion, let ’GBH be your guide!

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April Radio Highlights Hoochie Coochie Man

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Tune in and hear how Muddy Water’s charisma and raw urban style of blues made him one of the most popular entertainers of his time.

Blues on WGBH Sat 4/4 at 11pm

Be More Informed

From the insight and analysis of NPR’s award-winning news magazines to the fresh sound of The Takeaway and the unique global perspective of The World with anchor Lisa Mullins, WGBH 89.7 brings listeners the day’s news in unparalleled depth from a rich variety of perspectives each weekday morning and afternoon.

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Today, hear Seiji Ozawa lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the seminal work.

Classical Weekend Sun, 4/5 at 7am

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Twice the Freddie

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Backstabbing, double-crossing and rampant infidelity: A typical family Christmas. Typical, that is for the Plantagenets. Don’t miss James Goldman’s brilliant historical drama The Lion in Winter, pitting King Henry II of England against the strong-willed Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Arts & Ideas The Play’s the Thing/The Lion in Winter Sun, 4/5 at 8pm

Host Eric Jackson shines a special two-part Monday night spotlight on the late, great trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Part One looks at his work as a leader and Part Two, his work as a sideman with Art Blakey, Oliver Nelson and others.

Jazz with Eric in the Evening Mondays 4/6, 13 at 8pm

Michael Lewin Live

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Host Richard Knisely welcomes pianist Michael Lewin to WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio for a live performance. Check out the man Gramophone Magazine says “displays dazzling music-making.”

Classical Performances Mon, 4/6 at 3pm

Online

Classical Video Wgbh.org/classical has long housed WGBH Radio’s rich archive of live classical performances, recorded in our own studio. Now in addition to listening, you can watch videos of classical masterworks being performed by great artists in our Fraser Performance Studio.

Watch video of young pianist George Li, guitarist Emanuele Segre, the Discovery Ensemble, the Muir Quartet and more.

You can find classical video, as well as all our classical features, podcasts, playlists and schedules at wgbh.org/classical

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According to the Boston Globe, “everybody needs more Dominique Labelle in their lives.” Today is your chance as the heralded soprano joins pianist Yehudi Wyner for a live performance from WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio.

Classics in the Morning Thu, 4/9 at 11am

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Assistant Conductor Shi-Yeon Sung makes her subscription series debut as she leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire in Grieg’s Romantic Piano Concerto, Sibelius’s The Bard, Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring (suite) and Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin.

BSO Live Fri, 4/10 at 1pm

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Tune in as Sir Roger Norrington (see page 27) leads the Handel and Haydn Society in performances of Haydn’s Symphony No. 44, “Trauer” and Mass No. 14, “Harmoniemesse,” recorded in concert last spring.

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Classical Performances Tue, 4/14 at 3pm Join us!

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On Demand

Jazz Conversations with Eric Jackson Over the past 30 years, WGBH’s own Eric Jackson—the “Dean of Boston Jazz Radio”—has spoken with so many of the giants of jazz music. Enjoy this collection of intimate conversations with some of the most celebrated jazz artists of yesterday and today, including Ruth Brown, Ornette Coleman, Branford Marsalis and Grover Washington, Jr.

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Jazz pianist Kevin Harris has been called a “brilliant improviser” and his playing, “soulful.” Tonight, he and his trio join host Eric Jackson in WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio for a live performance.

Jazz with Eric in the Evening Tue, 4/14 at 9pm Join us!

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Today, host Brad Paul explores the songs of the prolific and poignant Ryan Adams. The former Whiskeytown frontman is considered one of the more important figures in the Americana music scene.

Folk on WGBH Sat, 4/18 at 3pm

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Don’t miss drum legend and Roxbury native Roy Haynes as he joins host Steve Schwartz live in studio. Enjoy conversation and a spin of some of his recordings, both as a leader and as a sideman with Bird, ‘Trane, Monk and others.

Jazz from Studio Four Fri, 4/17 at 8pm

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Acclaimed Russian cellist Natalia Gutman joins the Boston Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, Pathétique, recorded in concert last year.

Sunday Concert Sun, 4/19 at 3pm

Podcast

The Takeaway to Go Though you may not be awake at 6am to listen live, John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji are ready to start your day with The Takeaway any time you like. Simply download the full program daily at thetakeaway.org or through iTunes, and discover why the newest voices on public radio are quickly becoming the most powerful and relevant.

Download The Takeaway’s daily podcasts, or listen to the online stream anytime, at thetakeaway.org

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Tonight, host Eric Jackson shines his Monday night spotlight on multi-instrumentalist David “Fathead” Newman. His career, which began with Ray Charles’s original band, spanned nearly half a century.

Jazz with Eric in the Evening Mon, 4/20 at 8pm

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Birthday Bard

Straight Joe, No Chaser

Celebrate William Shakespeare’s birthday with a full afternoon of music inspired by his works, including Tchaikovsky’s The Tempest, Schmitt’s Antony and Cleopatra, Korngold’s Much Ado About Nothing and Sullivan’s The Tempest.

Classical Performances Thu, 4/23 at 12noon

Hear the work of saxophonist Joe Henderson, who earned his reputation as a Blue Note recording artist in the early 1960s and continued to make important contributions into the late ’90s.

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Car Talk

Celtic Sojourn Live

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Tune in for some of the best cuts in WGBH Radio’s extensive— and growing—library of live Celtic performances captured in our studios and around town.

A Celtic Sojourn Sat, 4/25 at 12noon

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Join Ellen Kushner as she explores the music of earth, air, fire and water in this look at the generation of composers and recording artists creating ambient music.

Sound & Spirit Sun, 4/26 at 5pm

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’GBH Live Series Club members, the Ralph Lowell Society and Leadership Circle members are invited to enjoy the magic of live performance…with WGBH! Seating is limited, so reserve your place today by emailing wgbhclubs@wgbh.org or calling 617-300-3505. Not a Club member? Find out how to become one at wgbh.org/clubs or by calling 617-300-3505.

’GBH Celtic Live: Traditional Irish Session Fri, 4/3, 6pm, Fraser Performance Studio Our Irish Sessions have been so popular, we’re having another! Come spend an evening with A Celtic Sojourn’s Brian O’Donovan and a talented group of musicians and singers for an evening of lively Celtic entertainment. The evening’s fun will be recorded for broadcast on an upcoming edition of A Celtic Sojourn. Stay tuned for future sessions!

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’GBH Classical Live: Yaron Kohlberg Tue, 4/14, 3pm, Fraser Performance Studio Classical host Richard Knisely welcomes one of Israel’s leading young pianists, Yaron Kohlberg, to our studios for a live performance.

Kohlberg has won a number of prestigious international prizes and performs regularly in Israel and abroad to critical acclaim.

’GBH Jazz Live: Kevin Harris Tue, 4/14, 9pm, Fraser Performance Studio Join Eric Jackson, host of Jazz with Eric in the Evening, as he welcomes jazz pianist Kevin Harris, drummer Steve Langone and bassist Kendall Eddy for a live performance.

Classics in Europe: Three Festivals, Three Countries Wednesday, 7/1–Monday, 7/13, 2009 WGBH 89.7’s Classics in the Morning host Cathy Fuller leads us on an exploration of three fabulous music festivals: the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in France, the Styriarte Festival in Graz, Austria, and the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. For full itinerary, pricing and registration information go to wgbh.org/learningtours or call 617-300-3505.

Jazz Week ’09 JazzBoston helps you celebrate Jazz Week ’09, featuring hundreds of events throughout the Boston area April 25–May 3, by offering WGBH members a 20% discount on JazzBoston membership. Members get year-round discounts to jazz events. For more information, visit jazzboston.org.

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Handel, Haydn and Sir Roger Norrington A native of Oxford, England, Sir Roger Norrington crosses the pond several times a year to work as the Boston-based Handel and Haydn Society’s artistic advisor. The Society is well known for its masterful performances of Baroque and classical music for chorus and period-instrument orchestra. Founded in 1815 by a group of Boston merchants, the Society is among the oldest continuously performing arts organizations in the country.

Norrington, widely considered a pioneer in the field of historically informed performance since founding the Schütz Choir in 1962, has been the Chief Conductor of the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart since 1998. He recently spoke with WGBH radio producer Michelle Sweet (Classical Connections) about the Handel and Haydn Society.

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Why did the Society choose to name itself after Handel and Haydn?

To us, Handel and Haydn seem quite long ago, but in 1815, when the Handel and Haydn Society was formed, Franz Joseph Haydn was the most famous composer in the world. Haydn was more famous than Beethoven, and certainly more than Mozart, who made the unfortunate mistake of dying in 1791. And George Frideric Handel was the first composer to ever have a piece— The Messiah—played and sung every year since it was written, and he was the most popular choral composer of his time.

If you were starting a choral society in Boston in the tradition of the English choral societies, then the obvious composers were Handel and Haydn.

Handel had only recently died in 1809, and had this great mass of more than 20 wonderful oratorios. Haydn had two great oratorios, as well as other pieces they could perform. The next most prominent choral composer of the time was Beethoven, and the Handel and Haydn Society did approach Beethoven for a commission, which he didn’t fulfill.

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What was the connection between a choral group in Boston and these German-speaking composers?

Boston had very strong links with Britain, so I imagine that the Handel and Haydn Society

was modeled after similar groups in Britain. Though Handel was from Germany and Haydn from Austria, they both became thought of as English composers, even though Handel spoke with a strong German accent, and so did Haydn. In fact, Haydn never learned much English, though he spoke French and Italian, of course, since he had many Italian girlfriends. Both composers were imports from the heartland of musical Europe, but spent time in London, and it was probably easier for Bostonians to access music from England.

Handel’s oratorios touched on themes about the British nation and the Old Testament, seen then as a symbol of Britain, so if you’re a Boston merchant trying to emulate that sense of community, Handel gives you that absolutely, as does Haydn with The Creation and The Seasons.

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How did classical music performances in the 1800s differ from today’s concerts?

At the time, audiences only wanted new music. When Haydn went to England for the first time in 1791, he had already written 82 symphonies, but he sat down and wrote 12 more while he was there.

Even as late as the 1920s and ’30s, people had no idea about Baroque music, had never heard of composers like Monteverdi—they were infused with Wagner and Strauss. Now, we have this extraordinary richness not only going back to the Baroque period, but long before, to Gesualdo and the Middle Ages, and it’s a wonderful sweep of music that we can all enjoy.

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When did the Handel and Haydn Society switch to using period instruments, and why?

About 10 years ago, we made the decision to go back to the early instruments because we wondered what this music would have sounded like at the time of its creation. Baroque instruments used gut strings and different kinds of bows with far fewer hairs, and the string instruments were more fragile and couldn’t be pressed so hard. The instruments had a different pitch, and the music was nearly a semitone lower. A major difference is vibrato—in Handel and Haydn’s day,

vibrato was unknown. Take that away, and suddenly the sound is more innocent. With the period instruments, we felt we got nearer to the composer’s intentions.

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What do you like best about classical music?

Classical music, in theory, covers all the bases.

It has the rhythmic excitement of jazz, the simple tunes of folk, rock and pop, and then it begins—the sky’s the limit. In the Baroque period, composers wrote for the church and for princes, which was pretty elitist. But while in London, Haydn wrote for the new middle class—he wrote music for the streets, but it reached up to the heavens, so to speak, and was music for everyone.

That’s what classical music is at its best—humane, witty, understanding, moving and extremely satisfying.

The Handel and Haydn Society will be performing a program of Haydn’s first works under Sir Roger Norrington at Boston’s Symphony Hall on Friday, 4/24 and Sunday 4/26. More details at wgbh.org/events.

Editor RL Hulsman Senior Editor/Writer Diane Carasik Dion Contributors Nancy Blacksin, Jennifer Goebel, Edgar Herwick, Maria Bruno Ruiz, Ben Schwartz, Jon Solins Designers Tong-Mei Chan, Douglass Scott Photo Research Michael Delia Production Supervisor Lenore Lanier Gibson Director of Operations Daniele Skopek Director, Constituent Communications Cynthia Broner Associate Director Susan Reed ’GBH, April 2009: Volume 19, Number 4, (ISSN 1066-8586) (USPS 0008 -188).

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