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PROGRAM GUIDE AUGUST 2016 VOL. 46 NO. 8 Special programming made possible by viewers like you! Our Town: Cresson Magic Moments: The Ed Sullivan Show and My Music Present If you missed the premiere during the The Best of 50s Pop California Dreamin’: Stanley Cup Playoffs, now’s your chance to A cavalcade of 1950s pop music legends The Songs of the Mamas see residents tell stories about what makes reuniting and performing their biggest their hometown a great place to live. and the Papas hits live, hosted by Pat Boone, Debbie Thursday, August 25, at 8:00 p.m. Reynolds, and others. Celebrate 50 years of the harmonious pop-folk-rock group that defined an era. Saturday, August 27, at 7:00 p.m. Monday, August 29, at 8:00 p.m. Make your pledge of support by calling 1-800-245-9779, or go online to wpsu.org. WPSU Originals, All this Month Thursdays, August 4–25, at 8:00 p.m. Each Thursday night during the month of August, WPSU presents a different locally-produced program, featuring contemporary topics, live music, and regional history. August 4: You Can’t Say That changing the conversation about “things you can’t say” August 11: Music from Penn State: Pennsylvania BrassWorks features a faculty/student ensemble Odd Squad: The Movie August 18: Centre County Report: The Journey / In Greece Monday, August 1, at 6:30 a.m. explores the refugee crisis and economic turmoil and 4:30 p.m. August 25: The Grange Fair In this feature-length ODD SQUAD event, a rival chronicles a vanishing piece of Americana in Centre County group of adults called Weird Team arrive with a gadget that fixes any odd problem, running Odd Squad out of business and forcing the agents to Great Performances at The Met go back to their lives as regular kids. Using math Saturday afternoons, August 6 and 13 skills and teamwork, the kids discover Weird This 10th season of magnificent productions from The Metropolitan Team isn’t actually solving problems, but just Opera in New York City includes: covering them up. The Season 2 cast teams up with the Season 1 cast to stop Weird Team and Turandot, August 6, at 3:00 p.m. save the world from destruction. Madama Butterfly, August 13, at 2:30 p.m. wpsu.org follow us online PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS MONDAY–FRIDAY American Experience: Boys of ‘36 6:00 Arthur Tuesday, August 2, at 9:00 p.m. The thrilling true story of nine working-class young 6:30 Odd Squad men from the University of Washington who overcame 7:00 Wild Kratts tremendous hardships to beat their ivy league 7:30 Ready Jet Go! counterparts and Hitler’s elite rowers, taking the rowing world by storm and inspiring a nation, when they captured 8:00 Nature Cat the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Infinity Hall Live 9:30 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Saturdays, August 6–20, at 11:00 p.m. This concert series from Infinity Hall in Norfolk, 10:00 Sesame Street Connecticut gives fans a front-row view and backstage 10:30 Peg + Cat access to an eclectic mix of today’s most intriguing musical artists —from indie pop and blues to rock and 11:00 Dinosaur Train country— featuring performers Rhiannon Giddens on 11:30 Dinosaur Train August 6, Galactic on August 13, and Joss Stone on 12:00 Super Why! August 20. 12:30 Thomas and Friends Tales of the Greatest Generation 1:00 Sesame Street Sunday, August 7, at 7:00 p.m. The Cat in the Hat 1:30 Two half-hour documentaries about local heroes, “Our Knows a Lot About That! Flag Still Waves: The Michael Strank Story,” hosted by 2:00 Curious George Tom Ridge and “From Ashville to Pearl Harbor: John Lipple and the Traditions of the Ashville VFW,” honor a 2:30 Curious George soldier who raised the flag at Iwo Jima and a sailor aboard 3:00 Arthur the USS Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor. 3:30 Nature Cat 4:00 Ready Jet Go! News Episodes of Ready Jet Go! Monday–Friday, August 15–19, 4:30 Odd Squad at 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 5:00 Wild Kratts Blast off for the next season of adventure with new-kid- 5:30 Weather World (Re-airs at 5:45 p.m.) on-the-street, Jet Propulsion, and his neighborhood pals Sydney and Sean, to explore Earth science, astronomy, 6:00 BBC World News America and our solar system with a week of all-new episodes of 6:30 Nightly Business Report PBS Kids’ READY JET GO! 7:00 PBS NewsHour . American Experience: Reagan Tuesday, August 16, at 9:00 p.m. One of the most popular —and most controversial— presidents of the 20th century, Reagan’s legacy is still in dispute, but his impact on American life and politics is unmistakable. A failed actor, as president he unleashed dramatic economic and political initiatives, and preferred to see America as a "shining city on a hill." weeknights at 5:30 p.m. Great Old Amusement Parks Monday, August 22, at 9:00 p.m. Weather World provides This one-hour special hosted by WGBH’s Rick Sebak takes you on old wooden roller coasters, vintage bumper weather education cars, and other classic rides as it looks at the history of as well as the charming and beautiful pre-Disney family amusement a comprehensive forecast. parks that used to dot towns across the U.S., including Altoona and Pittsburgh. AUGUSTFEATURES2 AUGUST LISTINGS MONDAY, AUG 1 THURSDAY, AUG 4 1:00 Pati’s Mexican Table Taco Night 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 You Can’t Say That 1:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul Vintage New Orleans Experience a class where people Fete Des Boules A second look at items from a say the things you aren’t supposed 2:00 Victory Garden’s Ediblefeast 2002 visit. to say and the philosophy is simple: Vancouver 9:00 Antiques Roadshow conversation can change the world. 2:30 Garden Smart Vintage Atlanta 8:30 Legends of Flyfishing 3:00 Great Performances at The Met Documents related to golf legend Cast your line with central Turandot Bobby Jones and an 1841 letter by Pennsylvania native, Penn State 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend Abraham Lincoln are appraised. grad, and renowned angler, Joe 6:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 POV Humphries. Vintage New Orleans Iris 9:00 Doc Martin 7:30 Keeping Up Appearances Iris Apfel is a quick-witted, Other People’s Children Violet’s Country Cottage flamboyantly-dressed 93-year-old Martin and Louisa are not having 8:00 Waiting For God style maven who’s had a presence success with therapy. Dr. Timoney 8:30 As Time Goes By on the New York fashion scene for advises them to plan a date. 9:00 Doc Martin decades. 10:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Facta Non Verba 11:30 Charlie Rose Inspector Lewis, Season 7 - Dr. Timoney questions Martin and Beyond Good and Evil Louisa’s ultimate compatibility. Thirteen years after Detective Lewis’ Martin has new neighbors. TUESDAY, AUG 2 first successful arrest, the case is 10:00 Austin City Limits re-opened for appeal. 8:00 Nazi Games - Berlin 1936 Ms. Lauryn Hill This is the story of how the Nazis 11:30 Charlie Rose Hip-hop/R&B icon Ms. Lauryn Hill and the International Olympic takes the stage for her debut on Committee (IOC) turned a relatively ACL, in a rare television appearance. small sports event into the epic FRIDAY, AUG 5 11:00 Infinity Hall Live Rhiannon Giddens global and mass media spectacle 8:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill Rhiannon Giddens showcases her that continues to this day. 8:30 Charlie Rose - The Week banjo and fiddle playing and her 9:00 American Experience: 9:00 The Great British Baking Show vocal prowess. Boys of ‘36 Chocolate The true story of the young men The semi-finalists work on a who overcame tremendous chocolate tart, chocolate soufflé, hardships to capture the gold medal and chocolate centerpieces. SUNDAY, AUG 7 in rowing at the 1936 Berlin Olympic 10:00 POV 9:00 Classic Gospel Games. My Way to Olympia All Day Singin’ at the Dome 10:00 Independent Lens Niko von Glasow, the world’s best- 10:00 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold known disabled filmmaker, covers 10:30 Closer to Truth How Claressa "T-Rex" Shields rose the London Paralympics. Can Dualism Explain from the streets of Flint, Michigan 11:00 Charlie Rose Consciousness? to the gold medal podium at 11:00 To the Contrary London 2012 as an Olympic boxing with Bonnie Erbe champion. SATURDAY, AUG 6 11:30 American Health Journal 11:30 Charlie Rose 9:00 This Old House 12:00 Innovations in Medicine True Colors 12:30 Healing Quest WEDNESDAY, AUG 3 9:30 American Woodshop Inner World with Michele Band Sawn Box Bernhardt: Trauma Overview 8:00 Koko - The Gorilla Who Talks 10:00 Woodwright’s Shop 1:00 Healthy Body Healthy Mind More than 40 years ago, Penny Welsh Stick Chair Onychomycosis: Patterson began teaching sign 10:30 Woodsmith Shop Learning About Nail Fungus language to a gorilla named Koko. Fundamentals of Woodworking 1:30 Simply Ming 9:00 NOVA 11:00 New Fly Fisher Mario Batali Bombing Hitler’s Dams Brennan Harbour 2:00 Joanne Weir Gets Fresh In 1943 a squad of Lancaster 11:30 Kevin Dundon’s Back to Basics Spring Vegetables bombers destroyed dams in Chocolate 2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals Germany with a revolutionary 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen Five Ingredient Cookout bouncing bomb.