July 2009: The 'GBH Members' Guide

The Members’ Guide

July 2009

Garrison Keillor Pages 1, 8

Julia and Jacques Page 10

New Miss Marple Page 10

Time Team America Page 11

Tanglewood!

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“WGBH has given me so much that I certainly should give something back.

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Where to Tune In

Garrison Keillor (seen on this month’s cover) is an American icon. You’ve enjoyed him on A Prairie Home Companion for 35 years (Saturdays at 6pm and Sundays at 12noon on 89.7), as has my own family—who love his quirky, weekly “Letter from Lake Wobegon” stories. And this month, American Masters recognizes his stature with an intimate profile, The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (Wednesday, 7/1 on WGBH 2; see page 8). You also may have discovered Keillor’s brief, daily poetic meditations on The Writers Almanac (weekday mornings at 8:55am on 89.7).

Now, the man on the radio in the red shoes is helping us bring poetry to a wider TV and Web/social network audience with Poetry Everywhere (pbs.org/wgbh/poetryeverywhere). A WGBH co-production with David Grubin and The Poetry Foundation, Poetry Everywhere is a series of five-minute films interspersed at unexpected moments throughout the TV broadcast schedule and available on the Web 24/7. Our objective is simple: to expose diverse audiences to a spectrum of contemporary poems and poetic voices, on air and online, and build a broader appreciation for poetry.

“We want to make poetry a visceral and accessible experience for as many people as possible,” says Brigid Sullivan, WGBH Vice President for Children’s, Educational and Interactive Programming, and executive producer of the project. “And who better to narrate the series than Garrison?,” Brigid adds. “He’s a beloved public radio presence, a trusted authority on poetry, and he has that rich, familiar voice.”

Keillor’s introductions provide context and guidance for audiences— Facebook and Twitter users included—and eases them into appreciating the serendipity of the Poetry Everywhere segments, be they former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins reading The Lanyard or playwright Tony Kushner sharing a favorite passage from Walt Whitman.

New avenues for reaching new audiences? It’s pure poetry. Thanks to your generous support, WGBH is able to offer rare exposure to the best of our culture—free and accessible to all!

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Coming in August Look for a slimmed-down August program guide. We’re cutting costs, and saving trees, as we close the fiscal year (with your help!). Of course, the August guide will contain the essential TV and radio program info you count on. And remember, for the latest info on all things ’GBH, visit wgbh.org!

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Discounts for Members Only Carol Elledge uses her MemberCard at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Celebrity Series of Boston. Where do you use yours? Send us a picture.

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

’GBH MemberCard

Savings!

Williamstown Theatre Festival Enjoy Tony Award-winning regional theater in Berkshire County, MA. Season opens 7/2 and runs through 8/23. WGBH Members receive $5 off main stage performances on select evenings. Tickets can be purchased at box office or in-person (use code WGBH2009). Info: 413-597-3400; wtfestival.org

Members-Only Sale This month, save 20% on DVDs, books and more from your favorite PBS shows (including Masterpiece Mystery!’s Miss Marple series, see page 10) during the members-only sale at Shop.WGBH.org, 7/8 at 9am through 7/9 at 9am. That’s 5% extra savings on every item!

Use discount code MEM907 at checkout.

Woods Hole Film Festival

Roxbury Film Festival

Cambridge Eye Doctors

The 18th annual Woods Hole Film Festival is an eight-day showcase of independent films (see page 16), with screenings, readings, workshops and more, 7/25 through 8/1. WGBH members save 20% off tickets purchased at the box office or online. Info: 508-495-FILM; woodsholefilmfestival.org

Celebrate the vision and voices in films by and about people of color at the 11th Annual Roxbury Film Festival (see page 16).

7/30–8/2. WGBH members receive 10% off tickets and festival passes. Info: 617-541-3900x323; roxburyfilmfestival.org

Visit Cambridge Eye Doctors and present your WGBH MemberCard to receive special pricing on lenses, frames and eye examinations. Get a free lens cleaning cloth with purchase. Info: 800-845-8486; cambridge-eyedoctors.com

National Yiddish Book Center

Events

Find Yiddish and English books, film screenings, concerts, workshops and more at the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst. Members receive 10% off purchases in store and online. Info: 413-256-4900; yiddishbookcenter.org

Our way of saying thanks for your support

Boston Landmarks Orchestra

Hold Your Event at WGBH

The Boston Landmarks Orchestra performs a series of free concerts, including performances of a brand new piece for children based on the life of Frederick Law Olmsted. Concerts run throughout July and August in neighborhoods around Boston. Info: 617-520-2200; landmarksorchestra.org

Searching for a dynamic, stateof-the-art space for your next cocktail party, dinner or presentation? Rent WGBH’s studios, theater, atrium or boardrooms.

Interested? Contact the WGBH Special Events Team at 617-300-4200 or events@wgbh.org

Lowell Folk Festival Tower Hill Botanic Garden Discover trails, 132 acres of distinctive gardens, special events, youth and adult gardening classes and so much more.

Members receive 2-for-1 admission. Info: 508-869-6111; towerhillbg.org

Join radio hosts Brian O’Donovan, Brad Paul, Naomi Arenburg and others for the 2009 Lowell Folk Festival, with six performance stages throughout downtown Lowell.

7/24–26. Free. Info: 978-970-5200; lowellfolkfestival.org

Tour WGBH! Go behind the scenes for a free, 45-minute tour of WGBH’s all-digital studios at One Guest Street in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood, and get an up-close look at what makes WGBH “crackle with creativity,” to quote The New York Times. Info: wgbh.org/studiotours

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

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

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

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Are We There Yet? Weekdays on 44 6am 7am 7:30 8am 8:30 9am 9:30 10am 10:30 11am 11:30

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

Take a trip with your favorite loquacious heroine for a summertime rite of passage: the family vacation. WordGirl counts cars and fights crime with the help of her simian sidekick all month long. When she isn’t off saving the world, WordGirl enjoys a simple camping trip or ride at the amusement park, so let’s hit the road!

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.

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American Values: American Wilderness

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Red-Shoed Raconteur Lake Wobegon—where the women are strong, the men are good looking and all the children are above average—has become America’s collective hometown. With biting wit, a quirky perspective and an uncanny ability to home in on the pulse of America, Garrison Keillor is somehow familiar to us all. American Masters follows the creator of A Prairie Home Companion—and his motley crew of actors, musicians and technical staff—as he criss-crosses the country, broadcasting, recording and revealing himself.

American Masters Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes Premieres Wed, 7/1 at 8pm on 2

Tyson’s Take WGBH’s fast-paced science magazine series continues this month with new episodes full of fresh perspectives, fascinating scientists, cuttingedge innovations and provocative stories. Be sure to join Neil deGrasse Tyson for a look at artificial diamonds, Alzheimer’s and autism, the demise of dinosaurs, the science behind taste and much, much more.

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Comedy Gag With a young and brash stable of writers and performers, including Steve Martin and Rob Reiner, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour brought an edgy new brand of political comedy to the airwaves for three seasons. When they were fired in 1969, brothers Tom and Dick Smothers took their network, CBS, to court…and won. This is the fascinating, true story as told by its key players, including the Smothers Brothers, show writers Rob Reiner and Mason William, performers Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and Harry Belafonte, and former CBS executives.

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Premieres Thu, 7/2 at 9pm on 2

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Wednesday 1 Weekday schedule See pgs 6, 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 American Masters Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes See Red-Shoed Raconteur, this page

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 44 Nova Musical Minds.

Through case studies from neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks’s latest book, this encore investigates the extraordinary impact music can have on the human brain. (d) 9:30 2 American Masters John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend. Their friendship and professional collaboration spanned 50 years, changed each other’s lives, changed the movies and, in the process, changed how America saw itself.

10pm 44 Nova scienceNow See Tyson’s Take, this page 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

44 As Time Goes By

Go paperless! wgbh.org/paperlessguide 8pm 2 Keeping Score Beethoven’s Eroica. Filmed in and around Vienna, this encore explores Beethoven’s life story, his deafness, rivals and patrons and what makes his music so lasting and powerful.

44 Globe Trekker Morocco 9pm 2 Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers See Comedy Gag, this page

44 Nature Encountering Sea Monsters (d) 10pm 44 Soundstage One Republic 10:30 2 PBS Previews The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.

Enjoy a sneak peek at Ken Burns’s new documentary series, premiering in September. And help us choose that month’s magazine cover at wgbh.org/coverus. HD 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 HD 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

44 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Time and Terrain (Pt. I of IV). Sissy Spacek hosts this compelling look at how landscape shapes human cultures and, in turn, how humans shape the land.

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44 Curious George (d) 7am 2 Peep

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

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

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44 Rebels and Redcoats: view—that of the British losers.

4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a How Britain Lost Foodie 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals America The War Moves South/The

44 TBA 1pm 2 Julia and Jacques: World Turned Upside Down (Pt. II of II) 4:30 2 The New Yankee Cooking at Home See (See 7/4 at 12noon) Workshop C’est bien!, page 10 2:30 2 Simply Ming 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen HD 3:30 2 Cook’s Country

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Julia Child and Jacques Pépin team up in this classic series, preparing delicious meals ranging from the everyday to the elegant. The duo bring complementary styles to the table as they face each other across the printed recipe. It’s the perfect pairing for the upcoming movie Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep as the groundbreaking gourmet. Amy Adams (Enchanted) takes the role of the mastercook wannabe bent on learning all the recipes in Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking— the cookbook that led to her appearance on a WGBH book-review show, and then to her own series after series, including Cooking at Home.

Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home Returns Saturdays at 1pm on 2 beginning 7/4

Cue the Fireworks!

The star-studded cast of the 29th annual concert from the West Lawn of the US Capitol includes Aretha Franklin, Vanessa Williams, the cast of Jersey Boys, multi-Grammy Award nominee Michael Feinstein and acclaimed classical pianist Andrew von Oeyen with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Erich Kunzel. And, as a special treat for the entire family, Elmo, Big Bird and the rest of the Sesame Street gang will be on hand to celebrate America’s 233rd birthday.

A Capitol Fourth Premieres in HD Sat, 7/4 at 8pm on 2

Murder Most Foul Acclaimed British actress Julia McKenzie (left, with Joan Collins) takes over the iconic role of Miss Marple in four new episodes culled from the works of Agatha Christie.

The senior sleuth faces down a variety of murders with intriguing clues involving nursery rhymes, a chance encounter on a train, rehearsals for an amateur show and an elaborate conjuring trick. Explore more at wgbh.org/masterpiece.

Masterpiece Mystery!/Miss Marple Premieres Sun, 7/5 at 9pm on 2 10 Full schedules: wgbh.org; Go paperless: wgbh.org/paperlessguide

6pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Poirot: Mrs. McGinty’s Dead.

David Suchet (Henry VIII) reprises his signature role as the suave Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot. (d) 7:30 2 3,2,1 Fireworks Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Washington, DC Fourth of July celebration, featuring one of the largest and most colorful fireworks displays in the world.

8pm 2 A Capitol Fourth HD See Cue the Fireworks!, this page 9:30 2 As Time Goes By 10pm 2 MI-5 Francophile festival: Tune in WGBH Create for the Crème de la France marathon, featuring the best of France with Rudy Maxa, Hubert Keller, Jacques Pépin and more, starting at 6am Saturday, 7/11 and running all day.

11pm 2 Basic Black

44 Live from the Artists Den Josh Ritter 11:30 2 Ask This Old House

Sunday 5 6am 2 Clifford (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Tampa, Pt. III 6:30 2 Martha Speaks (d) 7am 2 Super Why!

44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly 7:30 2 Curious George (d)

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George (d)

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 Design Squad (d)

44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Neil deGrasse Tyson (See 7/4 at 11am)

44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Istanbul 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge The Southwest: Zion and Canyon de Chelly

44 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Time and Terrain (Pt. I of IV)(See 7/3 at 9pm) 12:30 2 Basic Black 1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–2009

44 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People New Green World (Pt. II of IV)(See 7/3 at 9pm) 2pm 2 Great Performances at the Met Madama Butterfly.

Patricia Racette sings the title role of a Japanese geisha betrayed by her American lover.

44 e2 (The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious) 2:30 44 Equitrekking Coastal Ireland 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 2 American Masters Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (See 7/1 at 8pm)

44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 44 Simply Ming 6pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Istanbul

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

44 Theater Talk 7pm 2 Simon Schama’s Power of Art Caravaggio. In this encore series, the internationally acclaimed scholar and writer tells the dramatic stories behind cutting-edge masterpieces.

44 PBS Previews The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (See 7/2 at 10:30pm) 7:30 44 American Masters John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend (See 7/1 at 9:30pm) 8pm 2 Nature The Vanishing Lions (d) 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

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44 The Call of the Wild In 2006, filmmaker Ron Lamothe traced Chris McCandless’s footsteps all the way to the abandoned bus where McCandless lived, and died of starvation.

10:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: Pocketful of Rye (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm)

44 Ask This Old House 11pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 7/5 at 3pm)

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 Philadelphia, Pt. I

44 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: Pocketful of Rye (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm) 9pm 2 History Detectives America’s top gumshoes are back to prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. HD

9:30 44 Waiting for God 10pm 2 Nature The Vanishing Lions (d)

44 As Time Goes By 10:30 44 Keeping Up Appearances 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Tuesday 7 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Alma Guillermoprieto.

Mexican-born journalist Guillermoprieto has written about Latin America for more than 25 years with her work appearing in Newsweek, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books and The Guardian.

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Nova Secrets of the Samurai Sword. Travel deep into Japan’s ancient foundries, follow the craft of the traditional swordsmiths

Science under Pressure Part extreme adventure, part hard science and part reality show, this new series takes viewers deep into the trenches of America’s most intriguing archaeological sites. In each episode, the show’s team of top scientists has just three days to uncover the buried secrets of their assigned dig. Through it all, peer over the shoulders of diggers at work, eavesdrop on intense conversations between experts and share the rush of discovery as artifacts emerge from the ground.

Time Team America Premieres in HD Wed, 7/8 at 8pm on 2 and attend samurai fighting school to discover the art and science behind making what many call the perfect sword. (d) HD

44 Antiques Roadshow Philadelphia, Pt. I 9pm 2 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1 at 10pm)

44 Waking the Dead Yahrzeit, Pt. I

10pm 2 The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict This encore purports to be the definitive documentary about the history of the American flag.

44 MI-5 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

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Follow the Money In this four-part series, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson delves deep into how the complex system of global finance evolved over the centuries.

Ferguson examines how money has shaped the course of human affairs and how the mechanics of this economic system work to create seemingly unlimited wealth—or catastrophic loss.

Ascent of Money Premieres in HD Wed, 7/8 at 9pm on 2

Classic Cash In this classic 1969 documentary, the Man in Black is captured at his peak. Fresh off the heels of his landmark Folsom Prison album, Cash displays the dark intensity and raw talent that made him a country music star and cultural icon. June Carter Cash and Bob Dylan are part of this snapshot of the late legend.

P.O.V./Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music Premieres Thu, 7/9 at 9pm on 2

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

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 Time Team America Fort Raleigh, North Carolina HD See Science under Pressure, page 11

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 Ascent of Money Pt. I of IV HD See Follow the Money, this page

44 Nova Secrets of the Samurai Sword (d)(See 7/7 at 8pm) 10pm 2 Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?

(Pt. I of VI). This six-part encore series, hosted by Billy Crystal, showcases the most hilarious men, women and moments in American entertainment and why they made us laugh. HD 44 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1

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44 NewsHour

Thursday 9 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black

44 As Time Goes By Makes good cents: MoneyTrack airs Sundays at 8am on 44.

8pm 2 Keeping Score Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Michael Tilson Thomas goes behind the scenes in St. Petersburg and Paris to discover the spirit in which this masterpiece was written.

44 Globe Trekker Spanish Islands 9pm 2 P.O.V. Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music See Classic Cash, this page

44 Nature The Vanishing Lions (d) 10pm 44 Soundstage Sugarland 10:30 2 Ask This Old House

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 HD 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

44 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Mountain Revolutions (Pt. III of IV)(See 7/3 at 9pm) 10pm 2 Wide Angle (See 7/3 at 10pm)

44 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Power and Place (Pt. IV of IV)(See 7/3 at 9pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Saturday 11 6am 2 Curious George (d)

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

44 Curious George (d) 7am 2 Peep

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

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

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George (d)

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 11am 2 The Victory Garden (d)

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Alma Guillermprieto (See 7/7 at 7:30pm) 11:30 2 Everyday Food

44 Ask This Old House 12n 2 Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen

44 Time Team America Fort Raleigh, North Carolina (See 7/8 at 8pm)

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5:30 44 P.O.V. Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music (See 7/9 at 9pm) 6pm 2 Ask This Old House 6:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: Pocketful of Rye (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm) 7pm 44 People Will Talk Cary Grant stars as a successful physician whose unorthodox medical views make him the victim of a witch-hunt in this 1951 Joseph Mankiewicz classic. (*) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 Waiting for God 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley 44 How I Won the War Richard Lester’s 1967 darkly comedic take on war stars Michael Crawford and John Lennon. (*) 9:30 2 As Time Goes By 10pm 2 MI-5 11pm 2 Basic Black 44 Live from the Artists Den Ben Harper 11:30 2 Ask This Old House

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Tragic Journey In 2004, Jason Crigler’s life was taking off. He was one of New York’s hottest young guitarists, his new CD was due for release and his wife, Monica, was pregnant with their first child. Then, at a gig in Manhattan, Jason suffered a near-fatal brain hemorrhage. His doctors doubted he could ever emerge from his near-vegetative state.

The astonishing journey that followed is a stirring family saga and a portrait of creative struggle in the face of overwhelming tragedy.

P.O.V. /Life. Support. Music.

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Sunday 12 2 Clifford (d) 44 Antiques Roadshow Philadelphia, Pt. I 6:30 2 Martha Speaks (d) 7am 2 Super Why! 44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly 7:30 2 Curious George (d) 44 To the Contrary 6am

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2 Curious George (d) 44 MoneyTrack 2 Peep 44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 2 Peep 44 Foreign Exchange 2 The Saddle Club 44 Beat the Press 2 WordGirl (d) 44 Inside Washington

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Indie Goes Pop Indie rock favorites turned major label sensation, Death Cab for Cutie, presents an impeccable set on this episode of Soundstage. Lead vocalist Ben Gibbard’s cozy voice has an engaging quality that ropes the listener in on songs from the new EP, The Open Door, and the band’s 2008 studio album Narrow Stairs, featuring the breakout hit “I Will Possess Your Heart.”

Soundstage/Death Cab for Cutie Premieres Thu, 7/16 at 10pm on 44 Rock out! Live from the Artists Den airs Sundays at 12mid on 44.

This month, look for Ben Harper, Josh Ritter and Alanis Morrisette.

10:30 2 Design Squad (d)

44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Alma Guillermprieto (See 7/7 at 7:30pm)

44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Iran, Yesterday and Today, Pt. I

12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge India: Varanasi to Bandhavgarh

44 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Mountain Revolutions (Pt. III of IV)(See 7/3 at 9pm) 12:30 2 Basic Black 1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–2009

44 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Power and Place (Pt. IV of IV)(See 7/3 at 9pm)

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1:30 2 Keeping Score Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (See 7/9 at 8pm) 2pm 44 e2 (The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious) 2:30 2 Great Performances at the Met La Sonnambula.

Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez star in Mary Zimmerman’s innovative production that sets Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece in a contemporary rehearsal room.

44 Equitrekking Hawaii’s Big Island 3pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 7/5 at 3pm) 4pm 44 Made in Spain 4:30 44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 2 Time Team America Fort Raleigh, North Carolina HD (See 7/8 at 8pm)

44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 44 Simply Ming 6pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Iran, Yesterday and Today, Pt. I

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

44 Theater Talk 7pm 2 Simon Schama’s Power of Art Bernini (See 7/5 at 7pm)

44 Gigot Gene Kelly directed and Jackie Gleason co-wrote and stars in this poignant 1962 comedy about a mute who befriends the daughter of a prostitute. (*) 8pm 2 Nature Arctic Bears (d) 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: Murder is Easy (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm)

44 P.O.V. Life. Support. Music.

See Tragic Journey, page 13 10:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: Murder is Easy (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm)

44 PBS Previews The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (See 7/2 at 10:30pm) 11pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 7/5 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 Philadelphia, Pt. II

44 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: Murder is Easy (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm) 9pm 2 History Detectives HD (See 7/6 at 9pm) 9:30 44 Waiting for God 10pm 2 Nature Arctic Bears (d)

44 As Time Goes By 10:30 44 Keeping Up Appearances 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Tuesday 14 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Paul Cuadros.

The investigative journalist talks about borders, racism and what he terms “generation illegal.”

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Nova Secrets of the Parthenon. With unprecedented access, Nova presents the inside story of the Parthenon’s official restoration. (d) HD

44 Antiques Roadshow Philadelphia, Pt. II 9pm 2 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1 at 10pm)

44 Waking the Dead Missing Persons, Pt. I 10pm 2 The War of the World The Clash of Empires (Pt. I of III). In this encore series, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson challenges nearly all enduring assumptions about World War II.

44 MI-5 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 Time Team America Topper, South Carolina HD (See 7/8 at 8pm)

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44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 Ascent of Money Pt. II of IV HD (See 7/8 at 9pm)

44 Nova Secrets of the Parthenon (d)(See 7/14 at 8pm) 10pm 2 Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America Breadwinners and Homemakers: Honey, I’m Home! (Pt. II of VI) HD (See 7/8 at 10pm)

44 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Thursday 16 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 An Ice Cream Show The inimitable Rick Sebak takes a tour of America to see what makes us all scream.

44 Globe Trekker Pakistan 9pm 2 Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon This film, along with Apollo 17, tells the story of NASA’s tremendously successful and groundbreaking manned missions to the moon.

44 Nature Arctic Bears (d) 10pm 2 Apollo 17: Final Footprints on the Moon (See 7/16 at 9pm)

44 Soundstage Death Cab for Cutie See Indie Goes Pop, page 14 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 HD 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

44 Paving the Way: The National Park-toPark Highway See America First (Pt. I of II) This two-part film tells the little-known story of how most Americans first reached the national parks—via one of the longest motor routes of the day, the Park-to-Park Highway.

10pm 2 Wide Angle (See 7/3 at 10pm)

44 Paving the Way: The National Park-toPark Highway Welcome Home (Pt. II of II)(See 7/17 at 9pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Saturday 18 6am 2 Curious George (d)

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

44 Curious George (d) 7am 2 Peep

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

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

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George (d)

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 11am 2 The Victory Garden (d)

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

44 Ask This Old House 12n 2 Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen

44 Time Team America Topper, South Carolina (See 7/8 at 8pm) 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1pm 2 Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home (See 7/4 at 1pm)

44 Ascent of Money Pt. II of IV (See 7/8 at 9pm)

Seen in the Halls Grammy-nominated blues artist Marcia Ball visited the Fraser Performance Studio at WGBH recently to record “Deep in the Swamp,” a song accompanying an animated children’s book that will be featured on WGBH’s Emmy Award-winning series Between the Lions. In town to do a gig at Scullers Jazz Club, the blues diva took a swing at the song to be heard in the upcoming episode. Keep an eye on the Kids’ page for details!

1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy 2pm 2 Food Trip with Todd English

44 Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America Breadwinners and Homemakers: Honey, I’m Home! (Pt. II of VI) (See 7/8 at 10pm) 2:30 2 Simply Ming 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen

44 History Detectives (See 7/6 at 9pm) 3:30 2 Cook’s Country

4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie

44 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1 at 10pm) 4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour HD

44 The War of the World The Clash of Empires (Pt. I of III)(See 7/14 at 10pm) 6pm 2 Ask This Old House

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44 Fiddler on the Roof Tradition! Norman Jewison directed this 1971 film version of the hit musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, starring Topol. (*) 6:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: Murder is Easy (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 Waiting for God 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley 44 Gigot (*)(See 7/12 at 7pm) 9:30 2 As Time Goes By 10pm 2 MI-5 11pm 2 Basic Black 44 Live from the Artists Den Alanis Morissette 11:30 2 Ask This Old House

Sunday 19 2 Clifford (d) 44 Antiques Roadshow Philadelphia, Pt. II 6:30 2 Martha Speaks (d) 7am 2 Super Why! 44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly 7:30 2 Curious George (d) 44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George (d) 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 Design Squad (d) 44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Paul Cuadros (See 7/14 at 7:30pm) 44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Iran, Yesterday and Today, Pt. II 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge The Southern Ocean: South Georgia Island 44 Paving the Way: The National Park-toPark Highway See America First (Pt. I of II)(See 7/17 at 9pm) 12:30 2 Basic Black 6am

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Film Festivals This month, WGBH proudly airs two films featured in local film festivals. For more, including WGBH Member discounts, see the MemberCard page (page 2).

The 18th annual Woods Hole Film Festival is showing P.O.V.’s Rain in a Dry Land, the story of the fortunes of two Somali Bantu families, transported by relief agencies from years of civil war and refugee life to Atlanta, Georgia, and Springfield, Massachusetts.

The 11th annual Roxbury Film Festival runs July 30 through August 2 and features Nova’s A Walk to Beautiful, the story of three women in Ethiopia suffering from devastating childbirth injuries whose journey to a special hospital in Addis Ababa provides solace for the first time in years.

P.O.V./Rain in a Dry Land Airs Sun, 7/19 at 7:30pm on 44 Nova/A Walk to Beautiful Airs Sun, 7/26 at 8pm on 44 16 Full schedules: wgbh.org; Go paperless: wgbh.org/paperlessguide

2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–2009 44 Paving the Way: The National Park-toPark Highway Welcome Home (Pt. II of II)(See 7/17 at 9pm) 1:30 2 Ask This Old House 2pm 2 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1 at 10pm) 44 e2 (The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious) 2:30 44 Equitrekking Iceland 3pm 2 Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon (See 7/16 at 9pm) 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 7/5 at 3pm) 4pm 2 Apollo 17: Final Footprints on the Moon (See 7/16 at 9pm) 44 Made in Spain 4:30 44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 2 Time Team America Topper, South Carolina HD (See 7/8 at 8pm) 44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 44 How I Won the War (*) (See 7/11 at 9pm) 6pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Iran, Yesterday and Today, Pt. II 6:30 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 7pm 2 Simon Schama’s Power of Art Rembrandt (See 7/5 at 7pm) 7:30 44 P.O.V. Rain in a Dry Land See Film Festivals, this page 8pm 2 Nature Superfish (d) HD 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: The Do It with Mirrors (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm) 44 P.O.V. The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court.

This new documentary follows dynamic International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo and his team for three years. Pictured, Professor Pilo.

10:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: The Do It with Mirrors (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm) 44 Ask This Old House 11pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 7/5 at 3pm) 1pm

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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 Philadelphia, Pt. III

44 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: The Do It with Mirrors (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm) 9pm 2 History Detectives HD (See 7/6 at 9pm) 9:30 44 Waiting for God 10pm 2 Nature Superfish (d) HD

44 As Time Goes By 10:30 44 Keeping Up Appearances 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

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 María Elena Salinas. The anchor of Univision’s nightly newscast since 1981 discusses her professional and personal life.

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Nova Kings of Camouflage.

Cuttlefish are some of the strangest animals on the planet— shape-shifting creatures can hypnotize their prey, impersonate the opposite sex and even kill. (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Philadelphia, Pt. III 9pm 2 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1 at 10pm)

44 Waking the Dead Missing Persons, Pt. II 10pm 2 The War of the World A Tainted Victory (Pt. II of III) (See 7/14 at 10pm)

44 MI-5 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 Time Team America New Philadelphia, Illinois HD (See 7/8 at 8pm)

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 Ascent of Money Pt. III of IV HD (See 7/8 at 9pm)

44 Nova Kings of Camouflage (d)(See 7/21 at 8pm) 10pm 2 Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America The Knockabouts: Slip on a Banana Peel (Pt. III of VI) HD (See 7/8 at 10pm)

44 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

American Presidential China from Washington to Lincoln and Roosevelt to Reagan

Setting the President’s Table Over 100 pieces of White House porcelain used by American Presidents and First Ladies as they entertained heads of state, distinguished literati, business leaders and cultural luminaries On loan from the McNeil Americana Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art Through October 12, 2009

Thursday 23 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Keeping Score Copland and the American Sound.

Filmed in New York, Brooklyn and Prague, this encore visits the places and explores the ideas that shaped Aaron Copland’s life and music.

44 Globe Trekker Best American Water Treks 9pm 2 The Return of the Cuyahoga The Cuyahoga River is an example of an environmental success story and this encore examines how the dead river was brought back to life again.

44 Nature Superfish (d) 10pm 2 TBA

44 Soundstage 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 HD 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

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Seen in the Halls Legendary cellist and classical icon Yo-Yo Ma stopped by WGBH recently for a taping of Greater Boston. While here, the Silk Road Ensemble leader took the opportunity to tour WGBH’s Brighton studios.

Hanging with Yo-Yo Ma in WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio are (l to r) WGBH radio producer Alan McLellan and program director Jon Solins.

44 Great Lodges of the National Parks Pt. I of II. This two-part encore is a fascinating tour of America’s national parks and their charming historic lodges.

10pm 2 Wide Angle (See 7/3 at 10pm)

44 Great Lodges of the National Parks Pt. II of II (See 7/24 at 9pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Saturday 25 6am 2 Curious George (d)

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

44 Curious George (d) 7am 2 Peep

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

44 Barney and Friends (d)

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6:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm) 7:30 44 Fiddler on the Roof (*) (See 7/18 at 6pm) 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 11pm 2 Basic Black

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

44 Ask This Old House

Sunday 26

8:30 2 Clifford (d)

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George (d)

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 11am 2 The Victory Garden (d)

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

44 Ask This Old House 12n 2 Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen

44 Time Team America New Philadelphia, Illinois (See 7/8 at 8pm) 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1pm 2 Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home (See 7/4 at 1pm)

44 Ascent of Money Pt. III of IV (See 7/8 at 9pm) 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy

2pm 2 Food Trip with Todd English

44 Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America The Knockabouts: Slip on a Banana Peel (Pt. III of VI) (See 7/8 at 10pm) 2:30 2 Simply Ming 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen

44 History Detectives (See 7/6 at 9pm) 3:30 2 Cook’s Country 4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie

44 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1 at 10pm) 4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour HD

44 The War of the World A Tainted Victory (Pt. II of III) (See 7/14 at 10pm) 6pm 2 Ask This Old House

44 Waking Ned Devine This 1998 comedy about a town vying to collect on a lottery ticket stars David Kelly and Fionnula Flanagan. (*)

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6am 2 Clifford (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Philadelphia, Pt. III 6:30 2 Martha Speaks (d) 7am 2 Super Why!

44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly 7:30 2 Curious George (d)

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George (d)

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 Design Squad (d)

44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One María Elena Salinas (See 7/21 at 7:30pm) 44 Bill Moyers Journal

11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Burgundy: Profoundly French 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Ethiopia: The Omo Valley

44 Great Lodges of the National Parks Pt. I of II (See 7/24 at 9pm) 12:30 2 Basic Black 1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–2009

44 Great Lodges of the National Parks Pt. II of II (See 7/24 at 9pm) 1:30 2 Ask This Old House 2pm 2 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1 at 10pm)

44 e2 (The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious) 2:30 44 Equitrekking Virginia Hunt Country 3pm 2 Keeping Score Copland and the American Sound (See 7/23 at 8pm)

44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 7/5 at 3pm) 4pm 2 The Return of the Cuyahoga (See 7/23 at 9pm)

44 Made in Spain 4:30 44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 2 Time Team America New Philadelphia, Illinois HD (See 7/8 at 8pm)

44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 44 Simply Ming 6pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Burgundy: Profoundly French

44 This Old House 6pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Burgundy: Profoundly French

44 Waking Ned Devine (*) (See 7/25 at 6pm) 6:30 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 7pm 2 Simon Schama’s Power of Art David (See 7/5 at 7pm) 8pm 2 Nature Silence of the Bees (d) HD

44 Nova A Walk to Beautiful See Film Festivals, page 16 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm)

44 P.O.V. The Betrayal (Nerakhoon). This Academy Award-nominated film looks at Laotian Thavisouk Phrasavath’s harrowing escape to America and the life he and his family found here.

10:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm)

44 PBS Previews The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (See 7/2 at 10:30pm) 11pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (See 7/5 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

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8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Fame and Fortune. This special edition spotlights celebrities, big-shots and headliners through objects connected to their lives.

44 Masterpiece Mystery!

Miss Marple: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (d)(See 7/5 at 9pm) 9pm 2 History Detectives HD (See 7/6 at 9pm) 9:30 44 Waiting for God 10pm 2 Nature Silence of the Bees (d) HD

44 As Time Goes By 10:30 44 Keeping Up Appearances 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

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 Ray Suarez.

The senior correspondent for The NewsHour sit down with Hinojosa in this encore.

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Nova Astrospies. This encore probes the untold story of the elite corps of clandestine astronauts who were never told of the true purpose of their training program. (d) HD

44 Antiques Roadshow Tampa, Pt.III 9pm 2 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1 at 10pm)

44 Waking the Dead Sins, Pt. I 10pm 2 The War of the World The Icebox (Pt. III of III)(See 7/14 at 10pm)

44 MI-5 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 Time Team America Range Creek, Utah HD (See 7/8 at 8pm)

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 Ascent of Money Pt. IV of IV HD (See 7/8 at 9pm)

44 Nova Astrospies (d)(See 7/28 at 8pm) 10pm 2 Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America The Groundbreakers: When I’m Bad, I’m Better (Pt. IV of VI) HD (See 7/8 at 10pm)

44 Nova scienceNow (See 7/1 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Thursday 30 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 A Hot Dog Program Rick Sebak takes viewers on a cross-country journey in search of the perfect pup in this classic encore.

44 Globe Trekker Ice Trekking the Alps 9pm 2 SS United States: Lady in Waiting This encore details the triumphant and poignant saga of the nation’s flagship, the ocean liner SS United States.

44 Nature Silence of the Bees (d) 10pm 2 The Living Weapon: American Experience This encore look at the international race to develop biological weapons in the 1940s and 1950s reveals the scientific and technical challenges scientists faced—and the moral dilemmas posed by their eventual success. (d)

44 Soundstage Fall Out Boy 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Friday 31 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 HD

9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

44 PBS Previews The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (See 7/2 at 10:30pm) 9:30 44 American Horizons: The Photographs of Art Sinsabaugh Sinsabaugh made his artistic breakthrough in the early 1960s with panoramic landscapes of the Midwest that were unprecedented in both form and subject matter.

10pm 2 Wide Angle (See 7/3 at 10pm) 44 American Values:

American Wilderness This profile of a variety of citizens who share a deep love of nature was filmed during the 40th-anniversary celebration of The Wilderness Act and marks

one of host Christopher Reeve’s last on-screen appearances.

11pm 2 Charlie Rose

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

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Heat • Operatic Mystery!/ • Masterpiece New Inspector Lewis from Lincoln • Live Center /Joshua Bell

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Programs, Repeats and Overnights Arts & Music 3,2,1 Fireworks Sat (7/4) 7:30pm on 2 American Horizons: The Photographs of Art Sinsabau Fri (7/31) 9:30pm on 44 American Masters John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend Wed (7/1) 9:30pm on 2, Sun (7/5) 7:30pm on 44 Garrison Keillor: the Man on the Radio In the Red Shoes Wed (7/1) 8pm on 2, Thu (7/2) 1am and 1:30pm on 44, Fri (7/3) 3am on 44, Sun (7/5) 4:30pm on 2, Mon (7/6) 4am on 44 Austin City Limits The Decemberists/Explosions In the Sky Sun 12mid on 44 Billy Joel: The Stranger Live Sat (7/4) 2:30am on 2, Wed (7/8) 1am on 2, Fri (7/17) 1am on 2, Thu (7/23) 1am on 2 Bob Dylan: Live In Newport 1963–1965 Thu (7/2) 2:30am on 2, Sun (7/5, 12) 4:30am on 2, Fri (7/10) 4am on 2, Tue (7/14) 4am on 2, Sat (7/25) 4am on 2, Mon (7/27) 3am on 2 A Capitol Fourth Sat (7/4) 8pm on 2, Sun (7/5) 1am on 44 Great Performances at the Met Madama Butterfly Sun (7/5) 2pm on 2 La Sonnambula Sun (7/12) 2:30pm on 2 John Denver: A Song’s Best Friend Sun (7/5) 3am on 2, Wed (7/8) 2:30am on 2, Fri (7/10, 17) 2:30am on 2, Tue (7/14) 2:30am on 2, Thu (7/23) 2:30am on 2, Sat (7/25) 2:30am on 2, Mon (7/27) 1:30am on 2 Keeping Score Beethoven’s Eroica Thu (7/2) 8pm on 2 Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring Thu (7/9) 8pm on 2, Sun (7/12) 1:30pm on 2 Copland and the American Sound Thu (7/23) 8pm on 2, Fri (7/24) 1:30pm on 44, Sun (7/26) 3pm on 2 Live from the Artists Den Josh Ritter Sat (7/4) 11pm on 44 Ben Harper Sat (7/11) 11pm on 44 Alanis Morissette Sat (7/18) 11pm on 44 Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses? (Pt. I of VI) Wed (7/8) 10pm on 2, Sat (7/11) 2pm on 44 Breadwinners and Homemakers: Honey, I’m Home!

(Pt. II of VI) Wed (7/15) 10pm on 2, Sat (7/18) 2pm on 44 The Knockabouts: Slip on a Banana Peel (Pt. III of VI) Wed (7/8) 4am on 44, Wed (7/22) 10pm on 2, Sat (7/25) 2pm on 44 The Groundbreakers: When I’m Bad, I’m Better (Pt. IV of VI) Wed (7/15) 4am on 44, Wed (7/29) 10pm on 2 The Wiseguys: Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (Pt. V of VI) Wed (7/22) 4am on 44 Satire and Parody: Sock It to ME? (Pt. VI of VI) Wed (7/29) 4am on 44 Roy Orbison & Friends—A Black and White Night Thu (7/2) 4am on 2, Fri (7/3, 10) 5:30am on 2, Mon (7/6) 5:30am on 2, Tue (7/7) 1am on 2, Mon (7/13) 12mid on 2, Tue (7/14) 5:30am on 2, Thu (7/16) 1am on 2, Wed (7/22) 1am on 2, Sat (7/25) 5:30am on 2, Sun (7/26) 12mid on 2, Mon (7/27) 4:30am on 2, Thu (7/30) 3:30am on 2 Simon Schama’s Power of Art Caravaggio Sun (7/5) 7pm on 2 Bernini Sun (7/12) 7pm on 2 Rembrandt Sun (7/19) 7pm on 2 David Sun (7/26) 7pm on 2 Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Thu (7/2) 9pm on 2, Fri (7/3) 1:30pm on 44 Soundstage One Republic Thu (7/2) 10pm on 44 Sugarland Fri (7/3) 2am on 44, Sat (7/4) 3am on 44, Thu (7/9) 10pm on 44 Death Cab for Cutie Fri (7/10) 2am on 44, Sat (7/11) 3am on 44, Thu (7/16) 10pm on 44 TBA Fri (7/17)

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Music. Thu (7/9) 3am on 44, Sun (7/12) 9pm on 44 Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music Thu (7/9) 9pm on 2, Fri (7/10) 2pm on 44, Sat (7/11) 5:30pm on 44 The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court Thu (7/16) 3am on 44, Sun (7/19) 9pm on 44 Rain in a Dry Land Sun (7/19) 7:30pm on 44 The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Thu (7/23) 3am on 44, Sun (7/26) 9pm on 44 Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go Thu (7/30) 3am on 44 People Will Talk Sat (7/11) 7pm on 44 Theater Talk Sun (7/5, 12) 6:30pm on 44 Waking Ned Devine Sat (7/25) 6pm on 44, Sun (7/26) 6pm on 44

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History Explore more programs like this on WGBH World (to find on your cable system, see page 1) American Experience The Living Weapon Thu (7/30) 10pm on 2, Fri (7/31) 2:30pm on 44 The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord & Conflict Tue (7/7) 10pm on 2

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Antiques Roadshow Tampa, Pt. III Sat (7/4) 4am on 44, Sun (7/5) 6am on 44, Tue (7/28) 8pm on 44 Philadelphia, Pt. I Mon (7/6) 8pm on 2, Tue (7/7) 2am, 1:30pm and 8pm on 44, Wed (7/8) 5am on 44, Sat (7/11) 4am on 44, Sun (7/12) 6am on 44 Philadelphia, Pt. II Mon (7/13) 8pm on 2, Tue (7/14) 2am, 1:30pm and 8pm on 44, Wed (7/15) 5am on 44, Sat (7/18) 4am on 44, Sun (7/19) 6am on 44 Philadelphia, Pt. III Mon (7/20) 8pm on 2, Tue (7/21) 2am, 1:30pm and 8pm on 44, Wed (7/22) 5am on 44, Sat (7/25) 4am on 44, Sun (7/26) 6am on 44 Fame and Fortune Mon (7/27) 8pm on 2, Tue (7/28) 2am and 1:30pm on 44, Wed (7/29) 5am on 44 Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon Thu (7/16) 9pm on 2, Fri (7/17) 1:30pm on 44, Sun (7/19) 3pm on 2 Apollo 17: Final Footprints on the Moon Thu (7/16) 10pm on 2, Fri (7/17) 2:30pm on 44, Sun (7/19) 4pm on 2 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Time and Terrain (Pt. I of IV) Fri (7/3) 9pm on 44, Sun (7/5) 12noon on 44 New Green World (Pt. II of IV) Fri (7/3) 10pm on 44, Sun (7/5) 1pm on 44 Mountain Revolutions (Pt. III of IV) Fri (7/10) 9pm on 44, Sun (7/12) 12noon on 44 Power and Place (Pt. IV of IV) Fri (7/10) 10pm on 44, Sun (7/12) 1pm on 44 Ascent of Money Pt. I Wed (7/8) 9pm on 2, Thu (7/9) 1am and 2:30pm on 44, Fri (7/10) 3am on 44, Sat (7/11) 1pm on 44, Mon (7/13) 3am on 44 Pt. II Wed (7/15) 9pm on 2, Thu (7/16) 1am and 2:30pm on 44, Fri (7/17) 3am on 44, Sat (7/18) 1pm on 44, Mon (7/20) 3am on 44 Pt. III Wed (7/22) 9pm on 2, Thu (7/23) 1am and 2:30pm on 44, Fri (7/24) 3am on 44, Sat (7/25) 1pm on 44, Mon (7/27) 3am on 44 Pt. IV Wed (7/29) 9pm on 2, Thu (7/30) 1am and 2:30pm on 44, Fri (7/31) 3am on 44 Fort Niagara: The Struggle for a Continent Thu (7/2, 9) 4:30am on 44 Freedom Songs: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement Fri (7/3) 1am on 2, Sun (7/12) 12mid on 2 History Detectives Mon 9pm on 2, Tue 1am and 2:30pm on 44, Wed 3am on 44, Sat (7/11, 18, 25) 3pm on 44 Paving the Way: The National Park-to-Park Highway See America First (Pt. I of II) Fri (7/17) 9pm on 44, Sun (7/19) 12noon on 44 Welcome Home (Pt. II of II) Fri (7/17) 10pm on 44, Sun (7/19) 1pm on 44 PBS Previews The National Parks: America’s Best Idea Thu (7/2) 2:30am and 3pm on 44, Thu (7/2) 10:30pm on 2, Fri (7/3) 4:30am on 44, Sun (7/5) 2:30am on 44, Sun (7/5) 7pm on 44, Mon (7/6, 27) 2:30am on 44, Mon (7/6) 5:30am on 44, Tue (7/7, 28) 4:30am on 44, Fri (7/10) 1:30pm on 44, Sat (7/11) 5pm on 44, Sun (7/12) 10:30pm on 44, Sun (7/26) 10:30pm on 44, Thu (7/30) 4:30am on 44, Fri (7/31) 9pm on 44 Rebels and Redcoats: How Britain Lost America The Shot Heard Around The World Sat (7/4) 12noon on 44 The War Moves South Sat (7/4) 2pm on 44 SS United States: Lady In Waiting Thu (7/30) 9pm on 2, Fri (7/31) 1:30pm on 44 Time Team America Fort Raleigh, North Carolina Wed (7/8) 8pm on 2, Thu (7/9) 1:30pm on 44, Sat (7/11) 12noon on 44, Sun (7/12) 5pm on 2, Mon (7/13) 5am on 44 Topper, South Carolina Wed (7/15) 8pm on 2, Thu (7/16) 1:30pm on 44, Sat (7/18) 12noon on 44, Sun (7/19) 5pm on 2, Mon (7/20) 5am on 44 New Philadelphia, Illinois Wed (7/22) 8pm on 2, Thu (7/23) 1:30pm on 44, Sat (7/25) 12noon on 44, Sun (7/26) 5pm on 2, Mon (7/27) 5am on 44 Range Creek, Utah Wed (7/29) 8pm on 2, Thu (7/30) 1:30pm on 44 The War of the World The Clash of Empires (Pt. I of III) Tue (7/14) 10pm on 2, Sat (7/18) 5pm on 44 A Tainted Victory (Pt. II of III) Tue (7/21) 10pm on 2, Sat (7/25) 5pm on 44 The Icebox (Pt. III of III) Tue (7/28) 10pm on 2

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News & Public Affairs Explore more programs like this on WGBH World (to find on your cable system, see page 1) Basic Black Thu 7:30pm on 2, Sat 11pm on 2, Sun 12:30pm on 2 BBC World News Mon–Fri 5pm on 44 Bill Moyers Journal Fri 9pm on 2, Sat 2am on 44, Sun 5am and 11am on 44 Charlie Rose Mon–Fri 11pm on 2, Mon–Fri 12noon and 6pm on 44 Foreign Exchange Sun (7/5, 12) 9am on 44 Greater Boston Mon–Fri 7pm on 2, Tue–Sat 12mid on 2, Sun 9:30am on 44 In the Life Sat (7/25) 11pm on 44 Inside Washington Sun 10am on 44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Neil deGrasse Tyson Sun (7/5) 11am on 2 Alma Guillermoprieto Tue (7/7) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (7/11) 11am on 44, Sun (7/12) 11am on 2 Paul Cuadros Tue (7/14) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (7/18) 11am on 44, Sun (7/19) 11am on 2 María Elena Salinas Tue (7/21) 7:30pm on 2, Sun (7/26) 11am on 2 Ray Suarez Sat (7/25) 11am on 44, Tue (7/28) 7:30pm on 2 McLaughlin Group Fri 7:30pm on 2 MoneyTrack Sun 8am on 44 The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Mon–Fri 6pm on 2, Mon– Fri 11pm on 44 Nightly Business Report Mon–Fri 7pm on 44 Now Fri 8:30pm on 2, Sat 1:30am on 44, Sun 4:30am and 10:30am on 44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Sun 7am on 44 Tavis Smiley Mon–Fri 12mid on 44, Tue–Sat 12:30am on 2 To the Contrary Sun 7:30am on 44 Washington Week Fri 8pm on 2, Sat 1am on 44, Sun 4am on 44 Wide Angle Fri 10pm on 2, Mon (7/6) 3am on 44, Thu (7/9, 16, 23, 20) 2am on 44, Fri (7/10, 17, 24, 31) 4am on 44, Sun (7/12, 19, 26) 2am on 44, Mon (7/13, 20, 27) 4am on 44 Worldfocus Mon–Fri 5:30pm on 44

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Tanglewood’s Roots Run Deep

By Jennifer Goebel Tanglewood, known the world over for its summer music festival, has two unlikely sources to thank for its existence: the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Great Depression.

Henry Hadley, associate conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, had a dream: He wanted to launch a summer music festival in the Berkshires. Hadley teamed up with fellow Berkshire summer resident, New York City socialite and determined organizer Gertrude RobinsonSmith to raise money and recruit musicians to perform classical music excerpts. Starting an ambitious project in the midst of the Depression may seem strange, but Robinson-Smith saw the potential of jobs for local laborers and business for Berkshire inns and restaurants.

On August 23, 1934, musicians from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed the first concert of the Berkshire Symphonic Festival at the Hanna Horse Farm in Stockbridge. More outdoor concerts followed in 1935 and 1936, before Hadley and Robinson-Smith parted ways due to Hadley’s failing health and “artistic differences”—Robinson-Smith was pushing for complete musical works, while Hadley preferred excerpts. Robinson-Smith invited the BSO to perform in 1936 and 1937.

Meanwhile, the Tappan Family, which owned one of the parcels of land that now make up Tanglewood, was struggling with the financial

downturn, and was unable to rent out their property to summer tenants (previous tenants included Nathaniel Hawthorne, from whose Tanglewood Tales the venue takes its name). Robinson-Smith approached the Tappan family, who agreed to give the buildings and 210 acres of lawns and meadows to the BSO. Thus, in 1937, the BSO was given a permanent summer home.

Serge Koussevitzky, the BSO’s conductor at the time, gratefully received the donation.

Koussevitzky wrote of the gift:“Little did I think that my own early dream of a Music and Art Center in Moscow, in the heart of Russia, would find its realization in the heart of New England a quarter of a century later. Indeed, miracles cannot be accounted for.”

An enormous tent was set up to improve the outdoor acoustics and provide shelter for the orchestra and audience. The heat proved to be a real problem, leading to some of the first performances in shirt-sleeves rather than formal jackets.

And, the tent was not waterproof.

On the evening of August 12, during a program of Wagner, a sudden thunderstorm drenched the tent and its

inhabitants. An eyewitness account in M. A. DeWolfe Howe’s A Tale of Tanglewood says, “the floods descended on the tent top with such a roar that all the brasses of Wagner could not prevail against it, and the music had to come to a full stop.” The case for a waterproof and airy performance space had been made.

Koussevitzky and Robinson-Smith worked with Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen to design a graceful music pavilion, but they were unable to raise the funds to build it. The idea for a simple and functional shed came from Berkshire resident Joseph Franz, and it was built in time for the 1938 summer season. Renamed the Koussevitzky Music Shed in 1988, it resembles a large piano from the air, seats 5,200 people, and is a masterpiece of acoustic design. The rest, as they say, is musical history!

Summer Sundays at Tanglewood Live broadcasts begin Sundays at 2pm, with host Ron Della Chiesa’s special “pre-game” show. Concerts are broadcast from 2:30pm–5pm.

7/5: BSO with violinist Christian Tetzlaff 7/12: Conductor Herbert Blomstedt with American violinist Joshua Bell 7/19: BSO performs Mozart symphonies 7/26: (Koussevitzky’s birthday) Conductor David Robertson and baritone Thomas Hampson 8/2: Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes 8/9: BSO assistant conductor Julian Kuerti and cellist Yo-Yo Ma 8/16: Pianist Garrick Ohlsson 8/23: Michael Tilson Thomas conducts BSO in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony 8/30: James Taylor with the Boston Pops, conducted by John Williams Catch the sounds of the Berkshires on WGBH 89.7, or online on 89.7’s live stream at wgbh.org/classical all summer long!

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

July Radio Highlights Classics in the Morning

Janácek’s 155th Czech composer and conductor Leos Janácek was born on this date in 1854. Host Cathy Fuller marks the occasion by featuring Janácek’s Sinfonietta and his Sonata “From the Street,” recorded in the WGBH studios in April with pianist Yaron Kohlberg.

Fri, 7/3 at 9am

Online Beat the Press Blog

Classical Weekend

Follow Greater Boston host Emily Rooney’s thoughtful and thought-provoking team of media critics anytime on the new Beat the Press blog. Read insights from—and interact with—regular Beat the Press contributors Rooney, Callie Crossley, Dan Kennedy and Ralph Ranalli. You can even suggest and rate topics for the weekly segments on Greater Boston.

Composing America

The Beat the Press blog can be found at beatthepress.org

Host Brian McCreath celebrates the Fourth with works by great American composers including John Harbison’s Songs America Loves to Sing on Saturday and George Antheil’s String Quartet No. 3 on Sunday.

Saturday and Sunday, 7/4 and 5 at 7am

Live from Tanglewood

Levine and Tetzlaff Live from the Koussevitzky Music Shed in Lenox, James Levine leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra with violinist Christian Tetzlaff in Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Brahms’s Violin Concerto.

Sun, 7/5 at 2pm

Folk on WGBH

Song of America

On Demand The Boston Sessions You can listen to our archive of A Celtic Sojourn’s Boston Sessions online, anytime at wgbh.org/celtic.

One-of-a-kind performances by Robbie O’Connell, Hay Brigade and Annalivia—all recorded during relaxed, spontaneous Celtic music sessions in our studios—are only a click away.

Hear A Celtic Sojourn’s Boston Sessions on-demand at wgbh.org/celtic

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Classical Performances

Haydn’s The Creation Over four days, host Richard Knisely presents Haydn’s stunning oratorio The Creation in its entirety, recorded in concert at Germany’s Dresden Music Festival.

Tue–Fri, 7/7–10 at 12noon Live from Tanglewood

Joshua Bell Herbert Blomstedt leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra with violinist Joshua Bell in a program of Beethoven, Bruch and Dvorák, live from the Koussevitzky Music Shed in Lenox.

Sun, 7/12 at 2pm ˆ

Host Brad Paul celebrates America’s birthday with a look at the 3-CD box set Song of America. This extensive collection features American songs from throughout our history, recorded by the likes of The Blind Boys of Alabama, John Mellencamp and others.

Sat, 7/4 at 3pm

All Things Considered

Sound & Spirit

Evenings with NPR®

Santería

Tune in NPR’s award-winning newsmagazine as hosts Robert Siegel, Michele Norris, Melissa Block and Andrea Smardon present a mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews and offbeat features.

Weekdays at 5pm

Host Ellen Kushner looks at the Afro-Cuban religion, Santería, and the powerful music tied to its history and practice, from ancient Africa to modern Cuba and beyond.

Sun, 7/19 at 5pm

A Celtic Sojourn

Classical Performances

Boston Session IV

Martha Argerich Project

Hear the fourth in a series of live “sessions” recorded with an audience in WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio. This session features fiddler/pianist Kimberly Fraser, Gypsy Reel with ex-Touchstone Claudine Langille, flute player Skip McKinley and others.

Sat, 7/18 at 12noon

All week, host Richard Knisely features performances from the Lugano Festival’s Martha Argerich Project, including performances by Argerich herself on Thursday and Friday.

Mon–Fri, 7/20–27 at 12noon Jazz with Eric in the Evening

Blues on WGBH

A Chick from Chelsea!

Mississippi John Hurt

Host Eric Jackson features a special two-part Monday Night Spotlight on legendary pianist/ keyboard player Chick Corea, who was born in Chelsea, MA. Part One looks at his music from the mid-60s through the mid-80s and Part Two from the late-80s through today.

Mondays, 7/20 and 27 at 8pm

Tonight, host Brendan Hogan features the music of Mississippi John Hurt, the finger-picking guitarist who first recorded in 1928 only to fall into obscurity and then be “rediscovered” in the early 1960s.

Sat, 7/18 at 9pm Live from Tanglewood

All-Mozart Live from the Koussevitzky Music Shed in Lenox, James Levine conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s final three Symphonies: No. 39, No. 40 and No. 41, Jupiter.

Sun, 7/19 at 2pm

WCAI, WGBH’S Cape and Islands NPR® Station

Morning Edition

Get Your Day Started with NPR® Start your weekday morning with NPR’s Morning Edition as Steve Inskeep, Renee Montagne and Jordan Weinstein bring you two hours of up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, commentary and coverage of arts and sports.

Weekdays at 7am

Cape League All-Star Game WCAI broadcasts the Cape Cod Baseball League’s All-Star Game live from Fenway Park on Thursday, July 23 at 7pm. Calling the game is NPR’s Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan (see page 27), with color interviews by WCAI’s own Mindy Todd.

WCAI can be heard throughout the Cape, Islands, and South Coast on 90.1, 91.1 and 94.3; throughout the Boston area on WGBH 89.7 HD3; and online at capeandislands.org.

Jazz from Studio Four

Only on 89.7 Tonight, it’s music that you can only hear on 89.7, recorded in our studios and in New England clubs. Tune in for sets by pianists Ran Blake and Kevin Harris, drummer Ralph Peterson, and saxophonist Leonard Brown among others.

Fri, 7/24 at 8pm

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July Radio Highlights Folk on WGBH

Jazz from Studio Four

Live from the Lowell Folk Festival

Hank and Kenny

Join us for six hours of live music from the Lowell Folk Festival, where Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys and Frank London’s Klezmer All-Stars are this year’s headliners.

Sat, 7/25 12noon–6pm Live from Tanglewood

All-American Program It’s an all-American program with conductor David Robertson and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, live from the Koussevitzky Music Shed in Lenox. Hear Roy Harris’s 3rd Symphony, Samuel Barber’s Songs with Orchestra and Virgil Thomson’s Songs from William Blake with baritone Thomas Hampson, and the Bernstein Second Symphony with pianist Orli Shaham.

Sun, 7/26 at 2pm

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Host Steve Schwartz celebrates two jazz greats born on this date. Pianist Hank Jones turns 91 and guitarist Kenny Burrell is 78 years young. Hear tracks from both artists tonight!

Fri, 7/31 at 8pm

Forum Network Classical Profile Series The Forum Network invites you to listen to a series of in-studio conversations with renowned artists featured on WGBH Classical, including Marcello Giordani as well as other interviews from our radio archives at forum-network.org.

Visit the newly relaunched Forum Network at forum-network.org

Events…Join Us!

’GBH Live Series Enjoy the magic of live performance, broadcast from our intimate, state-of-the-art Fraser Performance Studio, open to members of the WGBH Classical, Celtic & Folk, and Jazz Clubs.

Seating is limited, so reserve your place today by emailing wgbhclubs@wgbh.org or calling 617-300-3505.

’GBH Jazz Live: Paul Combs Pocket Big Band Wed, 7/1, 9pm, Fraser Performance Studio WGBH Jazz Club, Ralph Lowell Society, and Leadership Circle members are invited to join Eric Jackson as he welcomes jazz musician and educator Paul Coombs and his band for a live performance in our studios.

Called a “nine-piece powerhouse,” by Quarter Notes magazine, the Pocket Big Band has the orchestral sound of a big band but maintains the intimacy of a small combo.

26 Schedules, program info, playlists: wgbh.org/radio

The Arts of Summer Monadnock Music Festival July and August The Monadnock Festival kicks off its summer series of ticketed and free concerts on Thursday, 7/9. This year’s highlights include the Unequaled Music series, four Sundays of beloved chamber masterpieces at the Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse (7/12 and 19, and 8/9 and 16). A “trail” of Beethoven string quartets will be presented in concerts across the region throughout the summer, culminating in an 8/14 concert with narrative by the Borromeo Quartet. Concerts are in and around Peterborough and Jaffrey, New Hampshire. WGBH members receive 2-for-1 admission, or 50% off single admission, once per season. For tickets and information: 800-868-9613; monadnockmusic.org.

Cape Playhouse July and August Celebrating more than 80 seasons, the Cape Playhouse is America’s oldest professional summer theater. Producing Artistic Director Evans Haile has arranged for some of the best of Broadway to grace the Cape Playhouse stage this summer.

WGBH members receive $2 off regularly priced main show tickets, limit two per membercard.

More details at capeplayhouse.com

Roxbury Film Festival Thur, 7/30–Sun, 8/2 Produced by ACT Roxbury and The Color of Film Collaborative, the Roxbury Film Festival is the largest festival in New England dedicated to screening films by, for, and about people of color (see page 16). WGBH members receive 10% off tickets and festival passes. More details at roxburyfilmfestival.org

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Inside Live Radio and Baseball with Neal Conan Q A Award-winning journalist Neal Conan hosts Talk of the Nation, the national news-talk call-in show from NPR® News. Conan brings an agile and insightful mind (along with three decades of news and radio experience) to the show, which reaches nearly 3.4 million listeners a week on more than 300 NPR member stations, including WGBH’s sister station on the Cape, WCAI. Like so many, Conan also is a baseball fan.

During the 2001 baseball season, Conan took a year off from NPR to call baseball games, an experience he recounts in his book, Play By Play: Baseball, Radio and Life in the Last Chance League.

WGBH’s Jen Goebel chatted with Conan recently about baseball and live radio, which have more in common than you might think.

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How did you get started in radio?

I was sitting alone in my New York City apartment and was fiddling with the FM dial, when I came across these voices talking on the air.

I’d never heard voices like these before—it was back in the ’60s—and most of the voices you heard were incredibly artificial and stylized. What I stumbled across was people telling bad jokes and laughing, women’s voices, which were very unusual at the time, and people talking like people. In fact, I had discovered the very first public radio fundraising marathon. I ended up going in to answer telephone calls for the station.

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What was your first paying job in radio?

I was the recording engineer on Harry McGuirk’s Irish Hour, for which I got paid $5 and a bottle of Guinness—and they were unwise enough to give me the Guinness before the show started.

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What do you like best about hosting Talk of the Nation?

I like that the distance between the idea and the air is very short. And I am constantly amazed by the resources that listeners are willing to bring to the program. They’ve written poetry and commencement addresses, for example. I also really love going in at 2 o’clock and doing the show. It’s extremely difficult because it’s always

What do you like about calling baseball games?

It gives you a chance to tell incredible stories within the structure of the game. The story is always told pitch by pitch, but you’re allowed to weave stories in and around the narrative. I love that you don’t know what’s going to happen, you’re stepping off a cliff every single day. That’s the best part about baseball, and it’s also the best part about live radio.

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Are you looking forward to this year’s Cape Cod League All-Star game?

I called the game last summer in Chatham, which is a lovely place to visit and a charming field, but this is Fenway Park—it’s the chance of a lifetime. live and there’s a million ways to mess it up. You have to keep three clocks in your head at once— you have to know where you are in the show, where you are with the delay, and how long this cut of tape is.

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How did you get interested in calling baseball games?

I was in Chicago preparing to anchor the live coverage of the national convention for President Clinton’s second term. I had this giant briefing book and I was cramming for the night’s broadcast. As I was reading up on the issues, I had the ball game on the radio—and I realized I was doing the same thing that the announcers were doing. You start the broadcast with a brief summary of what’s at stake, in my case the foreign policy night at the Democratic National Convention, or in theirs that the Cubs hope to take the “rubber” game of the three game series. Then, you introduce your play-by-play partners, in their case an old relief pitcher, and in my case E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post. Then you run through the batting order or the schedule for that night’s events, and then you take it down to the convention floor or down to the field and do the best you can to describe things as they happen.

I’ve adored baseball on the radio since I was a kid, and it had never occurred to me that maybe my skills were transferable.

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What’s the future of public radio?

Public radio has a very recognizable and trusted brand. We have an incredible news gathering organization not just at NPR, with national and international news, but also at stations like WGBH and around the country. We have to leverage the trust and comfort people have in us onto other platforms.

Batter Up! Neal Conan will call the Cape Cod Baseball League’s All-Star Game live from Fenway Park on Thursday, 7/23 at 7pm. Listen online at capeandislands.org, or come on down to the ballpark!

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, July 2009: Volume 19, Number 7, (ISSN 1066-8586) (USPS 0008 -188).

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Monday–Friday 5am BBC World Update with Dan Damon 6am The Takeaway with John Hockenberry 7am Morning Edition

with Steve Inskeep, Renée Montagne and Dan Tritle 9:30am The Point with Mindy Todd 10am Diane Rehm 12noon Day to Day with Alex Chadwick 1pm Fresh Air with Terry Gross 2pm Talk of the Nation 4pm All Things Considered with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block,

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