The Outback/The Kimberley Comes Alive | 9 JFK: The Last Speech | 13 Frontline/Our Man in Tehran | 15 ON AIR, ONLINE, ON THE GO MEMBER GUIDE | AUGUST 2018 Tune in to Tanglewood ADVERTISEMENT From the President Where to Tune in The Sounds TV of Summer What is more magical than an evening of music under the stars? Add a picnic Digital broadcast FiOS RCN Cox Charter (Canada) Bell ExpressVu blanket, some tasty summer fare and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Comcast you have the perfect Tanglewood experience. WGBH 2 2.1 2 2 2 2 2 284 If you can’t get to the Berkshires to visit the BSO’s summer home, 99.5 WGBH 2 HD 2.1 802 502 602 1002 782 819 WCRB will take you there for 22 symphony performances. Come along with us WGBX 44 44.1 16 44 14 804 21 n/a this month as we head to Western Massachusetts, where you can indulge in the calm and contentment of Tanglewood even if you’re at home, in the car or WGBX 44 HD 44.1 801 544 n/a n/a n/a n/a on the beach. 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Tune in for John Williams’ Film Night on Saturday, Aug. 11, and Radio listen to the magnificent 89.7 WGBH, Boston’s Local NPR® maestro himself at wgbhnews.org Tanglewood as he joins 89.7 HD1 this year’s celebration of the music of Hollywood and beyond, featuring the wgbh.org/jazz Boston Pops and BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons. Jazz 24/7 On Saturday, Aug. 25, the BSO presents The Bernstein Centennial Cele- 99.5 WCRB bration at Tanglewood, with highlights from Leonard Bernstein as a composer classicalwcrb.org and conductor, including selections from West Side Story, Candide and Mass. 99.5 Boston-NH, 89.7 HD2 Boston, 96.3 Beacon Hill, 88.7 Providence, You won’t want to miss 99.5 WCRB’s broadcast of this grand event dedicated 90.1 HD2 Cape and Islands to our native son from Lawrence, Massachusetts, held on the 100th anniversary WCAI Cape and Islands NPR® Station of his birth. You can enjoy even more original material celebrating Bernstein capeandislands.org at our new site on Classical.org. 90.1 Martha’s Vineyard, 91.1 Nantucket, 94.3 Brewster, 89.7 HD3 Our broadcasts from the Shed at Tanglewood are another way that All stations are available for streaming on wgbh.org/radio. WGBH connects us across the Commonwealth. Between the summer concerts there and our live broadcasts from Symphony Hall throughout the rest of the year, WCRB airs more performances by our hometown orchestra than any other radio station in the country—54 in 2017 alone. Stay Connected Providing such extensive access to the arts is central to our public media WGBH Member Hotline 617-300-3300 mission. Thank you for helping make it possible—and please join us Fridays weekdays 9am–5pm, [email protected] and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 7pm, wherever you happen to be this 24-Hour Program Feedback Line 617-300-5200 month, to enjoy the sounds of summer. Leadership Circle Member Line 617-300-3505 [email protected] Ralph Lowell Society Hotline 617-300-3900 [email protected] Local Corporate Sponsorship and Advertising 617-300-3783 Jon Abbott [email protected], wgbh.org/sponsorship Mailing address for gifts and correspondence WGBH Membership, PO Box 55875, Boston, MA 02205-8264 Full schedules: wgbh.org/schedule | Now get Explore! anytime on any device: explore.wgbh.org 1 Member Discounts and Events WGBH PerksConnect: Thanking you every day! Now your member benefits are better than ever. Register today at wgbhperksconnect.com, and start saving with your favorite local and national retailers. deCordova Sculpture Park Brainiacs and Brews Redcoats and Rebels and Museum Join WGBH at at Old Sturbridge Village Experience Down the Road See New England’s largest military deCordova! Beer Co. in re-enactment at Old Sturbridge Village’s The museum Everett, Mass., Redcoats and Rebels Weekend, when more fosters the for an evening of than 1,000 costumed soldiers, representing creation sipping brews British and American forces, engage in and explora- with friends and solving a variety of brain mock battles and street tion of con- teasers, puzzles and challenges scattered skirmishes. Learn what it temporary throughout the brewery. Teams with the was like to live as a sol- art through its exhibitions and learning most points will compete in a head-to- dier and a citizen during opportunities in a unique park setting. head showdown to win a WGBH prize pack. the American Revolution. WGBH PerksConnect members receive free Wed, 8/15, doors open at 6:30pm. Game WGBH PerksConnect admission and 10% off purchases at the play starts at 7pm. It’s free to play, but you members save $2 on adult admission of deCordova Store on the last Thursday of must sign up to reserve your spot. Must be $28. Sat–Sun, 8/4–8/5, 9:30am–5pm every month, excluding special events. Not 21 or older with a valid ID to attend. This is (until 8pm on 8/4) at 1 Old Sturbridge valid with other offers. Info: 781-259- not a seated event. Info: WGBH.org/ Village Road, Sturbridge, Mass. Info: 8355, decordova.org. events. 800-733-1830, osv.org. Life, Death & Revelry Stories from the Stage WGBH Food and Visit the Isabella Getting a new haircut, cleaning out your Wine Festival Stewart Gardner closet or moving to a new city? Whatever it Considered the largest Museum in takes to start over new—hear from this food and wine festival in Boston for a dar- month’s Stories New England, this event ing new exhibi- from the Stage offers a multitude of tion that takes a storytellers about activities over four days. close look at the Farnese Sarcophagus— how to get a The festival features edu- one of the museum’s most treasured works fresh start! Thu, cational seminars offering insight into the from ancient Rome. The exhibition runs 9/6, 7–9pm in minds of chefs, live music from some of through Mon, 9/3. WGBH PerksConnect WGBH Studios in today’s best artists, and the most refreshing members get $2 off adult and senior tickets Brighton. Tickets are $15. You must be at adult beverages from around the globe. with promo code WGBH2018. Info: least 21 with a valid ID to attend this event. Tickets to festival events are all-inclusive. 617-566-1401, gardnermuseum.org. Info: wgbh.org/events. Each ticket price also includes a wine glass for sampling and as a souvenir of the event. Photo credits: Cover: Photographer: Stu Rosner. Page 1: © 2018 Scott Indermaur, all rights reserved; Photographer: Hilary Scott. Page 2: Photo credit: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/ Thu-Sat, 10/11–10/13 at 7pm and Sun, Singapore/Shanghai and Victoria Miro, London/Venice; Photo credit: Marc Rosenbaum; Courtesy of John Collins Photography; Roman, Severan, Farnese Sarcophagus with Revelers Gathering Grapes: Front (detail), about 225 AD. Marble, 163.2 x 62.23 x 26.67 cm. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (S12e3); Photo credit: Patricia Alvarado; 11/14 at 7:30pm. Prices range from $50 to Joshua Israelsohn/WGBH. Page 3: © 2018 WGBH from Pinkalicious & Peterrific®. Underlying © Victoria Kann; ® Victoria Kann; Photo credit: Zach Hyman, Sesame Workshop, $300. VIP ticket holders receive early entry, 2018. Page 8: Photo Credit: Christos Kalohoridis/CBC; Courtesy of Ozy Media; Courtesy of Herman Landshoff; Photography: Michael Weintrob. 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