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APR 2021 CONNECTIONS VOL. 9 NO. 4

A PASSION FOR WRITING “Wherever you don’t see yourself, As part of the NHWP, novice to experienced that is where you need to be.” — writers partake in writing labs where they share actor Moses Gunn their work, learn from their mistakes and hear positive feedback. “We are creating a literary This is the quote that guides the experience that is not just educational but New Hampshire Writers’ Project it is also from the soul, and most of all, it is Chair, Masheri Chappelle. affordable for everyone.”

Masheri was born in Harlem and grew up in The New Hampshire Writers’ Project has South Bronx, New York. Her ticket out of her partnered with New Hampshire PBS and New neighborhood was a chance to take a test for Hampshire Humanities to organize an online academically gifted students. A winter storm event to celebrate the new Ken Burns film had coated the entire city in ice, and as Masheri HEMINGWAY. “Being a part of the HEMINGWAY recalls, she did everything she could to get there screening and discussion has brought the on time. “I put on three layers of pants and my New Hampshire Writers’ Project to a place best boots, and I slid all the way down Longwood where we’ve always wanted to be — a place to Avenue to get to the train station. And then I educate our communities on what it is to be a crawled on my hands and knees to be able to writer and to explore what it took for this man take that test.” to create his work. This is so needed — to be able to have a dialogue about being creative, Masheri is an accomplished author and about literature and about humanity. I think playwright and is now heading up the New this is what NHPBS does best, and the New Hampshire Writers’ Project (NHWP) on a Hampshire Writers’ Project is there to add the volunteer basis. This means she works into the literary aspect to it,” says Masheri. wee hours of the night and on weekends. Her energy is boundless. She believes her chance to The NHWP not only will take part in the have attended the ABC program at Guilford High screening and discussion, they’ve added a School in Connecticut and her four years at Smith few chapters to this project by hosting the College have all combined to put her where she HEMINGWAY WRITERS CHALLENGE. Ken Burns needs to be right now — creating programming himself made a call to writers to pen an essay and helping to cultivate authors. for the challenge, and NHWP is also hosting a virtual literary salon with NH author Robert The NHWP started in Portsmouth 30 years Wheeler, who will lead a discussion about ago and has found a tireless leader in Masheri. Hemingway’s Paris. She attended the monthly Writers Night Out meetings at a tavern and then a coffee shop. “I As Masheri sums it up, “This opportunity to meet couldn’t hear the conversation over the coffee other people and to have literary conversations, machine.” When Masheri became a volunteer, particularly on HEMINGWAY, is exactly what we she found a more permanent and quieter place dreamed of. It can’t get any better than this.” to meet. “When I saw NHWP’s home base, The Ford House, on SNHU Campus in Manchester, HEMINGWAY will premiere on April 5-7 starting I wanted to learn more. I wanted college level at 8pm on NHPBS. To learn more about NHWP, experiences. I wanted to talk about writing and go to nhwritersproject.org. share our pieces.”

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Hemingway Windows to the Wild: Hiking Greta Thunberg: MON-WED April 5-7 | 8 & 10 PM Back in Time with Tom Ryan A Year to Change the World Hemingway, a three-part, six-hour WED April 14 | 7:30 PM THU April 22 | 8 PM documentary film by Ken Burns and Host Willem Lange is off to Cape This three-part documentary series Lynn Novick, examines the visionary Cod with Kiki for a hike with follows teen environmental work and the turbulent life of bestselling author Tom Ryan. Along activist Greta Thunberg as she Ernest Hemingway — one of the the way, Tom takes Willem back in seeks to raise awareness of the greatest and most influential time to learn what led Willem from accelerating climate change and asks everyone to help slow it down. writers America has ever produced. the city to a life in the outdoors.

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TOGETHER WE ENGAGE | CONNECT | CELEBRATE APRIL 2021 PROGRAM SCHEDULE

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PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' The Merrimack: River at Risk Mt. Washington Auto Unforgettable Beatrix Farrand's Thu. 4/1 Europe Road to the Sky Augustus Post American Landscapes** PBS NewsHour* Beat The Press Basic Black W1A Open Studio with American Masters Fri. 4/2 Jared Bowen Mt. Washington Auto Beatrix Farrand's American Great Performances Howards End On Masterpiece Howards End On Sat. 4/3 Road to the Sky Landscapes Masterpiece** American Experience* My Grandparents' War Atlantic Crossing On Masterpiece World On Fire On Sun. 4/4 Helena Bonham Carter Masterpiece** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Hemingway Hemingway Mon. 4/5 Europe PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Hemingway Hemingway Tue. 4/6 Europe PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Windows to the Hemingway Hemingway Wed. 4/7 Wild PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' I Danced for the Angel of Death - Inside The Tower of London Thu. 4/8 Europe The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story PBS NewsHour* Beat The Press Basic Black W1A Open Studio with American Masters** Fri. 4/9 Jared Bowen Coastal Railways with Coastal Railways with Julie My Grandparents' War Atlantic Crossing On Masterpiece World On Fire On Sat. 4/10 Julie Walters Walters Helena Bonham Carter Masterpiece** Finding Your When My Time Comes My Grandparents' War Atlantic Crossing On Masterpiece World On Fire On Sun. 4/11 Roots* Mark Rylance Masterpiece** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Independent Lens** Mon. 4/12 Europe Down A Dark Stairwell PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Finding Your Roots Ruby Ridge: American Experience Frontline** Tue. 4/13 Europe American Insurrection PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Windows to the Nature Nova** Wed. 4/14 Wild PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' The West Is Burning Inside The Tower of London Thu. 4/15 Europe PBS NewsHour* Beat The Press Basic Black W1A Open Studio with Great Performances Fri. 4/16 Jared Bowen Beethoven In Beijing Coastal Railways with Coastal Railways with Julie My Grandparents' War Atlantic Crossing On Masterpiece World On Fire On Sat. 4/17 Julie Walters Walters Mark Rylance Masterpiece** Nova* My Grandparents' War Atlantic Crossing On Masterpiece World On Fire On Sun. 4/18 Kristin Scott Thomas Masterpiece** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Antiques Roadshow American Experience** Mon. 4/19 Europe PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Finding Your Roots Philly D.A. Independent Lens** Tue. 4/20 Europe PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Windows to the Nature Nova Critical Care: America Wed. 4/21 Wild vs. the World - PBS NewsHour Presents** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World** Thu. 4/22 Europe PBS NewsHour* Beat The Press Basic Black W1A Open Studio with Great Performances** Fri. 4/23 Jared Bowen Romeo and Juliet Member Favorites My Grandparents' Sat. 4/24 War** Kristin Scott Thomas Member Favorites* My Grandparents' War Atlantic Crossing On Masterpiece World On Fire On Sun. 4/25 Carey Mulligan Masterpiece** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Antiques Roadshow Frontline** Mon. 4/26 Europe The Virus That Shook The World

PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Finding Your Roots Philly D.A. Frontline** Tue. 4/27 Europe The Virus That Shook Independent Lens The World PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Windows to the Greta Thunberg: A Year to Nova Human: The Wed. 4/28 Wild Change the World World Within** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Hearts of Glass Our Dementia Choir Our Dementia Thu. 4/29 Europe Choir** PBS NewsHour* Beat The Press Basic Black W1A Open Studio with International Jazz Day** Fri. 4/30 Jared Bowen

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Watch online anytime at nhpbs.org | video.nhpbs.org APRIL 2021 PROGRAM SCHEDULE

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America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Mansfield Park The Musketeers Poldark Season 3 On Thu. 4/1 From Cook's Illustrated Masterpiece**

Cook's Country PBS NewsHour Washington Open Mind Firing Line with Independent Lens** Fri. 4/2 Week Margaret Hoover The Lawrence American Experience American Masters Sat. 4/3 Welk Show* Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Baseball* Finding Your Roots Antiques Roadshow Antiques Sun. 4/4 Roadshow** America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Midsomer Murders Agatha Christie's: Poirot** Mon. 4/5 From Cook's Illustrated

America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour W1A My Grandparents' War Atlantic Crossing On Masterpiece Tue. 4/6 From Cook's Illustrated

America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Frankie Drake Mysteries Father Brown Thou Shalt Not Wed. 4/7 From Cook's Illustrated The Darkest Noon Kill** America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Mansfield Park The Musketeers Poldark Season 3 On Thu. 4/8 From Cook's Illustrated Masterpiece**

Cook's Country PBS NewsHour Washington Open Mind Firing Line with Fauci: The Virus Hunter Fri. 4/9 Week Margaret Hoover The Lawrence When My Time Comes American Masters Mount Washington Sat. 4/10 Welk Show* Oliver Sacks: His Own Life Cog Railway: Climbing to the Clouds Baseball* Hemingway Hemingway Sun. 4/11

Curious George PBS NewsHour Midsomer Murders Agatha Christie's: Poirot** Mon. 4/12 Swings Into Spring*

America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour W1A My Grandparents' War Atlantic Crossing On Masterpiece Tue. 4/13 From Cook's Illustrated

America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Frankie Drake Mysteries Father Brown Thou Shalt Not Wed. 4/14 From Cook's Illustrated The Sacrifice of Tantalus Kill** America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Mansfield Park The Musketeers Poldark Season 3 On Thu. 4/15 From Cook's Illustrated Masterpiece**

Curious George PBS NewsHour Washington Open Mind Firing Line with Frontline Fri. 4/16 Swings Into Spring* Week Margaret Hoover American Insurrection The Lawrence Nature Nova Mt. Washington Auto Sat. 4/17 Welk Show* Road to the Sky Baseball* Finding Your Roots Frontline Ruby Ridge: American Sun. 4/18 American Insurrection Experience** America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Midsomer Murders Agatha Christie's: Poirot** Mon. 4/19 From Cook's Illustrated

America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour W1A My Grandparents' War Atlantic Crossing On Masterpiece Tue. 4/20 From Cook's Illustrated

America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Frankie Drake Mysteries Father Brown Thou Shalt Not Wed. 4/21 From Cook's Illustrated The House of God Kill** America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Sense and Sensibility The Musketeers Frontline Thu. 4/22 From Cook's Illustrated American Insurrection

Cook's Country PBS NewsHour Washington Open Mind Firing Line with American Experience** Fri. 4/23 Week Margaret Hoover American Oz Member Favorites Sat. 4/24

Member Favorites* Sun. 4/25

America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Midsomer Murders Agatha Christie's: Poirot Mon. 4/26 From Cook's Illustrated

America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour W1A My Grandparents' War Atlantic Crossing On Masterpiece Tue. 4/27 From Cook's Illustrated

America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Frankie Drake Mysteries Father Brown Thou Shalt Not Wed. 4/28 From Cook's Illustrated The Blood of Anarchists Kill** America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Sense and Sensibility The Musketeers Poldark Season 3 On Thu. 4/29 From Cook's Illustrated Masterpiece**

Cook's Country PBS NewsHour Washington Open Mind Firing Line with Frontline** Fri. 4/30 Week Margaret Hoover The Virus That Shook The World

Please Note: Programs on NHPBS Explore begin before 6:30 PM when marked *. Programs end at 10:30 PM unless marked ** This program schedule is subject to change. Go to nhpbs.org/schedule for the most up-to-date listing of programs.

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