August 2009: The 'GBH Members' Guide

The Members’ Guide

August 2009

Operatic Heat Page 8

Live from Lincoln Center: Joshua Bell Page 8

James Taylor at Tanglewood Page 12

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Visit The New Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr. Visitors Center At Touro Synagogue

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Discover George Washington’s Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport that helped to make Freedom of Religion a right, not just a promise.

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Where to Tune In

Yes, our August program guide is slimmer. These are challenging times and WGBH is cutting costs as we close the fiscal year (with your help!). We are also saving trees with this temporary measure. But you’ll still find the essential TV and radio program information you count on in these pages.

Even as we trim the summer guide’s size, we’re expanding our program resources—on wgbh.org. There you’ll find not only up-to-the-minute TV and radio schedules, but also a rich menu of video previews.

If you’re a fan of Greater Boston’s popular Beat the Press program on Friday nights, you won’t want to miss their new website (beatthepress.org).

Now you can easily share Beat the Press videos with your friends, comment on segments and blog entries, and even suggest topics for upcoming shows.

We’re also expanding our online radio services.

WGBH recently launched A Celtic Sojourn Radio, with native Irishman and host Brian O’Donovan exploring traditional and contemporary music from around the Celtic world. The online stream offers a continuous set of programs recently broadcast on 89.7, giving you 24/7 access to all things Celtic.

Our latest online feature may even help you decide what to watch, with Ron Bachman, director of WGBH programming, as your guide (see wgbh.org/webcasts). A 25-year WGBH veteran who used to write the introductions for Mystery! host Diana Rigg, Ron brings insight and humor to his “best of what’s on” rundown.“I see my monthly webcast as a way to take viewers behind the scenes,” he says,“and to showcase some quirkier pieces that remind people of our full range of TV programs.”

So in addition to thumbing through our August guide, I hope you’ll visit wgbh.org to get the full picture of all the great programs your generous annual support makes possible this month, and every month.

Jon Abbott

Stay tuned for a fabulous fall!

September: • Ken Burns’s The National Parks (6-part series) • Classical Music Month October: • Latin Music USA (4-part series) • American Experience: The 1930s (5-part series)

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For more information, go to wgbh.org/tvchannels

Radio 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

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

Full schedules: wgbh.org; Go paperless: wgbh.org/paperlessguide

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Discounts for Members Only

’GBH MemberCard

Savings!

Demi, Meryl and Rob Ayres use their MemberCard at the Handel and Haydn Society, Huntington Theatre Company and Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary.

Where do you use yours? Send us a picture!

For 200+ discounts, go to wgbh.org/ membercard.

Take a Break

Redbones

Use your WGBH MemberCard to receive exclusive travel savings from Zipcar; Arizona Tourism Center; Tidewater Inn, W. Yarmouth, MA; The Essex Burlington, Essex, VT; Easy Rider Tours, Newburyport, MA; Ann’s Point Inn, Bar Harbor, ME; Worldwide Golf Vacations; Boston Harbor Cruises; TNT Vacations and more. Info: wgbh.org/ traveldiscounts

Perfect for summer, Redbones has been serving real pit barbecue since 1987.

WGBH members receive 10% off dinner Monday–Wednesday, applicable to food and in-restaurant dining only. Info: 617-628-2200; redbones.com

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center

Finagle

Read and Save

Have Finagle cater your next party. Mention your WGBH membership and receive 10% off catering orders of $75 or more (phone orders only). Info: 617-213-8423; finagleabagel.com

What’s on your summer reading list? Catch up now using your MemberCard for savings at these bookstores: Books on the Square, Providence; New England Mobile Book Fair, Newton Highlands; Harvard Book Store, Cambridge; and Brookline and Wellesley Booksmiths. Info: wgbh.org/books

Classes run through 8/21 for weeklong workshops in creative writing and the visual arts.

WGBH members who are new students receive 10% off class tuition, pending availability.

Info: 508-487-9960; FAWC.org

Members-Only Sale This month, save 20% on DVDs, books and more from your favorite PBS shows (including Masterpiece Mystery!’s Inspector Lewis series, see page 9) during the members-only sale at Shop.WGBH.org, 8/12 at 9am through 8/13 at 9am. That’s 5% extra savings on every item!

Use discount code MEM907 at checkout.

Events

Our way of saying thanks for your support

WGBH Family Fun Day: Old Sturbridge Village

Record in Fraser Performance Studio

Sun, 9/6, 9:30am–5pm Travel back in time to an era of hoop relay races, tug-of-war competitions, family plowing with Village oxen, handmade crafts, and so much more! WGBH members and their families are invited to spend a fun-filled day at Old Sturbridge Village, with special activities just for you, including a welcome by a favorite WGBH/PBS Kids character! With your WGBH MemberCard, get 2-for-1 admission for adults, and up to two children free!

(Children under 3 are always free.) RSVP at wgbh.org/familyfun.

Did you know that Boston’s largest, quietest and most affordable acoustic music recording studio is right here at WGBH? With state-of-the-art recording and production facilities, our Fraser Performance Studio is the ideal creative location for artists seeking superior audio services.

Learn more about renting the facility and sign up for last-minute recording specials at recording.wgbh.org

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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

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

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

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

44 Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies

Sundays on 2 6am Clifford the Big Red Dog (d) 6:30 Martha Speaks (d)

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

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

Weekdays on ’GBH Kids 6am 6:30 7am 7:30 8am 8:30 9am 9:30 10am 10:30 11am

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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 (d) Curious George (d) Arthur (d) Clifford the Big Red Dog (d) Martha Speaks (d) 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 (d) Curious George (d)

Meet Lydia Fox Arthur, everyone’s favorite aardvark, has a new friend: a wheelchairusing, basketball-playing fox with hot pink glasses. Created by 11-year-old Connor Gordon of Savage, Minnesota, Lydia Fox was chosen out of more than 8,500 submissions received in the Arthur/All Kids Can Character Search this spring. Look for more of Lydia in Elwood City next year!

Arthur Weekdays, 7am and 3pm on 2

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: wgbh.org; Go paperless: wgbh.org/paperlessguide

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August TV Highlights on Member Favorites

Super Nova

Tune in August 1–9 and 15–31 for a wide range of programs, including stunning music and dance programs. Member favorites are chosen and scheduled based on viewer feedback. Let us know what you would like to see! Weigh in at wgbh.org/memberfavorites and check wgbh.org/schedules to see when your favorites are airing.

Nova and Nova scienceNow team up for a fascinating evening of backto-back science, with Super Science Tuesday! At 8pm, Nova explores the deadliest plane crash, which killed more than 600 people in 1977.

Then, astrophysicist, author, and host Neil deGrasse Tyson (shown with Mark Siddall) has fun with leeches, checks in on our search for alien life, and ends with his unique “Cosmic Perspective” (also available online at wgbh.org/ nova/sciencenow/cosmic).

A Tribute to Julia Child: Bon Appétit We celebrate our own Julia Child this month as she takes center stage once again, with Meryl Streep playing her in the movie Julie & Julia. Enjoy four of the best episodes of The French Chef, and remember why Julia was a television personality like no other.

Great Performances: Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Concert Joining pioneer of protest music Pete Seeger for a once-in-a-lifetime concert event in celebration of his 90th birthday are Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Dave Matthews, and many others.

Happiness 101 with Tal Ben-Shahar Based on Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar’s Harvard University class, one of the institution’s most popular courses of all time, this one-hour program combines scientific studies, scholarly research, self-help advice and spiritual enlightenment to teach people how to be happy.

Leonard Cohen Live in London For more than four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters in America, relentlessly examining the largest issues in human lives—sex, spirituality, religion, and power.

Levon Helm’s Ramble at the Ryman Levon Helm takes his well-known “Midnight Rambles”—usually hosted at his home studio in Woodstock, NY—on the road to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Operatic Heat: Remember Me This high-energy mix of American dance, opera and rock music combines the athleticism of The Parsons Dance Company with the exhilarating live vocal performances of the East Village Opera Company, all wrapped in a classic tragic love story.

Motown Memories Hosted by original Supreme Mary Wilson, this definitive collection includes archival hits and rare interviews from five Motown legends: The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Diana Ross & The Supremes and Marvin Gaye.

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Nova: The Deadliest Plane Crash Tue, 8/11 at 8pm on 2 Nova scienceNow Tue, 8/11 at 9pm on 2

History Mystery In this special two-hour presentation from the United Kingdom’s groundbreaking archaeology series, Time Team retrieves piles of perfectly preserved 17th-century pieces and learns why a third of Jamestown colonists died within months of their arrival. In the second hour, Britain’s most famous archaeologists discover the secrets buried beneath Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace.

Time Team Special Edition Wed, 8/12 at 8pm on 2

Mozart, Mendelssohn and More This summer, the Mostly Mozart Festival marks the 200th anniversaries of Haydn’s death and Mendelssohn’s birth. Maestro Louis Langrée leads the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and master violinist Joshua Bell in Mendelssohn’s stand-alone concert work, “The Hebrides”; Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 in D Major (“London”); and Mozart’s Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C Major and Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E Major.

Live from Lincoln Center Joshua Bell and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Thu, 8/13 at 8pm on 2

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A Cinderella Story After her triumphant 2008 Met debut as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Elina Garanca portrays another Rossini heroine in this operatic Cinderella story. Lawrence Brownlee is her Prince Charming, with veteran baritone Alessandro Corbelli and Met favorite John Relyea rounding out the cast and Maurizio Benini conducting.

Great Performances at the Met: La Cenerentola Sun, 8/23 at 2pm on 2

In Short This collection of acclaimed documentary shorts by established and emerging filmmakers includes: Utopia, Part 3: The World’s Largest Shopping Mall by Sam Green and Carrie Lozano; Nutkin’s Last Stand, the tale of England’s gray squirrel invasion, by Nicholas Berger; 34x25x36, about the inner workings of a mannequin factory, by Jesse Epstein; and City of Cranes, a look at the world through the eyes and words of crane operators, by Eva Weber.

P.O.V.: Shorts Sun, 8/23 at 9pm on 44

A Library of Evidence Stolen rare books and the murders of a brilliant Oxford fine arts student and a library maintenance engineer lead Lewis (Kevin Whately) and Hathaway (Laurence Fox) to connect the crimes to a local gambling addiction group and two talented painters. Can Oxford’s finest trace the killers before they claim their next victim? Find out more at wgbh.org/masterpiece.

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Inspector Lewis, Series II: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea Sun, 8/30 at 9pm on 2

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Programs, Repeats and Overnights Arts & Music American Horizons: The Photographs of Art Sinsabau Mon (8/31) 2:30am on 44 American Masters The World of Nat King Cole Wed (8/26) 4am on 44 Austin City Limits The Arcade Fire Sun (8/2) 12:13am on 44 Paolo Nutini/Grupo Fantasma Sun (8/9) 12mid on 44 John Mayer Sun (8/16) 12mid on 44 Lucinda Williams/Old Crow Medicine Show Sun (8/23) 12mid on 44 Bloc Party/Ghostland Observatory Sun (8/30) 12mid on 44 Manu Chao Mon (8/17) 2am on 44 Celtic Thunder: Take Me Home Mon (8/3) 12mid on 2, Sun (8/23) 1:30am on 2, Sun (8/30) 1:30am on 2 Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion Sun (8/2) 12mid on 2, Wed (8/5) 1am on 2, Sat (8/8) 4am on 2, Mon (8/17) 12mid on 2, Mon (8/24) 12mid on 2 Great Performances Dance in America: Wolf Trap’s Face of America Mon (8/3) 1am on 44, Tue (8/4) 3am on 44 Harlem in Montmartre Thu (8/27) 1am on 44, Fri (8/28) 3am on 44, Mon (8/31) 3am on 44 Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Concert Thu (8/6) 1am on 2, Sun (8/9) 1am on 2, Thu (8/20) 1:30am on 2, Tue (8/25) 1:30am on 2 La Cenerentola Sun (8/23) 2pm on 2 Jazz for Young People What is New Orleans Jazz?

Wed (8/5) 4am on 44 Leonard Cohen Live in London Tue (8/4) 1am on 2, Wed (8/19) 2am on 2, Sun (8/23) 12mid on 2, Sat (8/29) 2am on 2, Sun (8/30) 12mid on 2 Live from Lincoln Center Joshua Bell and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Thu (8/13) 1am on 44, Thu (8/13) 8pm on 2, Fri (8/14) 3am and 1:30pm on 44, Mon (8/17) 3am on 44 Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America The Wiseguys: Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (Pt. 5 of 6) Wed (8/12) 10pm on 2 Satire and Parody: Sock It to ME? (Pt. 6 of 6) Wed (8/12) 11pm on 2 Motown Memories Sun (8/2) 3:30am on 2, Fri (8/7) 1am on 2, Sun (8/9) 3am on 2, Tue (8/18) 12:30am on 2, Wed (8/19) 3:30am on 2, Fri (8/28) 12:30am on 2, Sat (8/29) 3:30am on 2 Operatic Heat Wed (8/5) 3am on 2, Sun (8/9) 12mid on 2, Thu (8/13) 2am on 2, Sat (8/15) 3am on 2, Mon (8/17) 2am on 2, Thu (8/20) 12:30am on 2, Mon (8/24) 2am on 2, Tue (8/25) 12:30am on 2 Roy Orbison & Friends—A Black and White Night Tue (8/11) 5:30am on 2, Wed (8/19) 5am on 2, Fri (8/21) 12:30am on 2, Wed (8/26) 12:30am on 2, Sat (8/29) 5am on 2

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Simon Schama’s Power of Art David Sun (8/2) 7pm on 2 Turner Sun (8/9) 7pm on 2 Rothko Sun (8/16) 7pm on 2 Soundstage Josh Groban: An Evening in New York City Thu (8/13) 10pm on 44

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Science & Nature Explore more programs like this on WGBH Create (to find on your cable system, see page 1) Anatomy of a Hurricane Thu (8/6) 4:30am on 44 Brain Fitness Program Tue (8/4) 4:30am on 2, Fri (8/14) 1am on 2 Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound Wed (8/19) 12:30am on 2, Sat (8/29) 12:30am on 2, Mon (8/31) 4:30am on 2 Chimps Are People Too Fri (8/14) 8pm on 44 Magnificent Mind at Any Age Mon (8/3) 1:30am on 2, Thu (8/6, 20) 4:30am on 2, Tue (8/11) 2:30am on 2, Wed (8/12, 26) 1am on 2, Fri (8/14) 2:30am on 2, Tue (8/18) 2am on 2, Fri (8/21) 1am on 2, Sat (8/22) 2am on 2, Tue (8/25) 4:30am on 2, Thu (8/27) 2am on 2, Fri (8/28) 2am on 2, Mon (8/31) 12mid on 2 Nature Crime Scene Creatures Mon (8/3) 12mid on 44, Tue (8/4) 5am on 44 Murder in the Troop Mon (8/10) 12mid and 3pm on 44, Tue (8/11) 5am on 44, Thu (8/13) 9pm on 44 Horse and Rider Tue (8/18) 5am on 44 Sharkland Mon (8/24) 12mid on 44, Tue (8/25) 5am on 44 The Queen of Trees Mon (8/31) 12mid on 44 Nova Astrospies Sun (8/2) 1am on 44 Underwater Dream Machine Wed (8/5) 2am on 44, Thu (8/6) 5am on 44, Sun (8/9) 1am on 44 The Deadliest Plane Crash Tue (8/11) 8pm on 2, Wed (8/12) 2am and 1:30pm on 44, Wed (8/12) 9pm on 44, Thu (8/13) 5am on 44, Sun (8/16) 1am on 44 Hunting the Hidden Dimension Wed (8/19) 2am on 44, Thu (8/20) 5am on 44, Sun (8/23) 1am on 44 Monster of the Milky Way Wed (8/26) 2am on 44, Thu (8/27) 5am on 44, Sun (8/30) 1am on 44 Nova scienceNow Tue 9pm on 2, Wed 1am on 44, Fri 5am on 44, Wed (8/12) 2:30pm and 10pm on 44 Wild Chronicles Mon–Fri (8/10–14) 4pm on 44 Journey of Discovery Mon (8/10) 7:30pm on 2

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August Radio Highlights Classics in the Morning

Jazz from Studio Four

George Enescu

Happy Trumpet Day

During the first three weeks of the month, host Cathy Fuller features works by prodigious Romanian composer, violinist, pianist and conductor George Enescu. One of the most astonishingly gifted musical minds of all time, Enescu was a perfectionist and a deeply devoted teacher who never forgot his Romanian roots.

Weekdays, 8/3–8/21 at 10am

If your birthday is August 21, perhaps you should consider picking up the trumpet. Jazz trumpeters Art Farmer (1928), Marlon Jordan (1970) and Malachi Thompson (1949) were all born on this date. Hear tracks from all three birthday boys tonight!

Fri, 8/21 at 8pm

Arts & Ideas A Celtic Sojourn

Whales to Wind: A History of Energy

Songs of Work

Tonight, WGBH Radio takes on big oil (and big whales, trees and water)! Historian David Nye discusses the origins of America’s appetite for energy, and historian Ann Norton Greene explains why the “Age of Steam” was also the Age of Horses. Tune in for this power trip!

Sun, 8/9 at 8pm Jazz with Eric in the Evening

Bird!

Host Eric Jackson shines his Monday Night Spotlight on legendary alto saxophonist and composer Charlie “Bird” Parker, the man who changed the sound of jazz forever.

Mon, 8/10 at 8pm

Classical Performances

Great Mountains Host Richard Knisely features a full afternoon of performances from the fifth Great Mountains International Music Festival in South Korea—a WGBH first. Other highlights from this superb festival will air throughout the first two weeks of the month during Classical Performances.

Fri, 8/14 at 12noon Folk on WGBH

And the Living Is Easy It’s officially the dog days of summer, and host Brad Paul explores the season in song. From various takes on Gershwin’s classic “Summertime” to Loudon Wainwright’s “Swimming Song,” it will be hot fun in the sun with Folk on WGBH! Sat, 8/15 at 3pm 12 Schedules, program info, playlists: wgbh.org/radio

Songs have been sung by workers for as long as there have been songs and, well, work. With Labor Day approaching, host Brian O’Donovan celebrates with three hours of songs written and sung by the working men and women of the Celtic tradition.

Sat, 8/29 at 12noon Live from Tanglewood

James Taylor with John Williams and the Boston Pops Legendary singer-songwriter… check. Composer of the best-known film scores of the 20th century… check. World’s most famous “pops” orchestra…check. And all on the same stage! Don’t miss this spectacular live broadcast from Tanglewood as James Taylor and John Williams team up with the Boston Pops for this season’s final concert.

Sun, 8/30 at 2pm

The World Tune in each weekday for WGBH’s award-winning The World—the only international newsmagazine produced specifically for an American audience— as anchor Lisa Mullins brings you news, features, interviews and music from around the globe.

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