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FEBRUARY 2019 Victoria Season 3 ON MASTERPIECE Vegas PBS A Message from the Management Team General Manager General Manager Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS Educational Media Services Director Niki Bates Production Services Director Kareem Hatcher Business Manager Brandon Merrill Content Director Cyndy Robbins Workforce Training & Economic Development Director African-American Debra Solt Corporate Partnerships Director History Month Bruce Spotleson Engineering, IT and Emergency Response Director n his declaration of February as African-American History Month, our President John Turner called on all Americans to reflect on the African-Americans who “through toil Southern Nevada Public Television Board of Directors and struggle with courageous actions have broken barriers and made America a Executive Director better place to live.”This month our schedule includes specials that explore local Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS and national African-American experiences that have required political toil and President Istruggle, inspired artistic expression and made America a better place. Vegas PBS is Nancy Brune, Guinn Center for Policy Priorities pleased to highlight these impactful stories and hope you will find them engaging and Vice President inspiring. Thomas Warden, The Howard Hughes Corporation Three episodes of American Masters plus several documentaries and performances Secretary review the ability of entertainers, film makers and artists to overcome racial divides. Clark Dumont, M.S., APR, Dumont Communications, LLC We lead with the story of a Las Vegas legend in Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me. Treasurer The complicated history of the Geraldine Tomich, Marquis Aurbach Coffing American South is revealed through ...our schedule includes Chair, Community Council its music in the life of a famous coun- Thomas Gallagher, TreVista Group, LLC try music star in Charlie Pride: I’m specials that explore local Chair, Planned Giving Council “ Just Me Geraldine Tomich, Marquis Aurbach Coffing . We also explore the life and and national African- work of “A Raisin in the Sun” play- Board Members wright in Lorraine Hansberry. Live American experiences...” Vince Alberta, University Nevada Las Vegas from Lincoln Center: Pipeline fea- Linda Ammons, Community Volunteer tures Dominique Morisseau’s riveting new play that follows an inner-city teacher who Tracy Bower, Desert Research Institute is desperate to give her son opportunities her students may never experience. A popu- Cheryl (Cheri) Colbus, US Bank lar blues artist and hip-hop supergroup entertain us on Austin City Limits: Buddy Bill Curran, Ballard Spahr, LLP Guy/August Greene. Mo Denis, Nevada State Senator The documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening offers a lyrical take on Jason Gastwirth, Caesars Entertainment portraiture and questions the frameworks that have characterized the presentation of Stephen Greathouse, Las Vegas Hotel & Gaming Industry, retired African-Americans in film. Independent Lens: Black Memorabilia investigates the Dema Guinn, Community Volunteer market and collectors of racist antiques and a Black artist working to reclaim these Nora Luna, Nathan Adelson Hospice Marydean Martin, Marydean & Associates depictions. Steve Seroka, Las Vegas City Councilman Locally, we explore the momentous events that defined African-American history in Southern Nevada with Vegas PBS’ documentary African Americans: The Las Vegas Contact Vegas PBS with comments and suggestions: Experience. The documentary tells the rich history of African-Americans in the city. Vegas PBS & Southern Nevada Public Television Firsthand accounts, archival footage and detailed recreations put Las Vegas’ Civil 3050 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 702.799.1010 • Fax 702.799.2806 Rights era in context, letting viewers in on this fundamental piece of our local identity. VegasPBS.org • email: [email protected] Broadway in the Hood: An artScene Special explores the role of performance art to Vegas PBS Source, Volume No. 2, 2019 motivate and inspire a community in performance at the West Las Vegas Library. Vegas PBS seeks to serve all viewers in our region with programming that educates Anton Tielemans, Vegas PBS Source Art Director and entertains. Victoria on Masterpiece, the life of Roman Emperor Nero, secrets of Egyptian pyramids, living volcanoes, arctic wolves, Vikings, a new Pinkalicious and Peterrific series for kids and some great cooking recipes add to the spice and diversi- ty of the February programming your membership makes possible. Tom Axtell This magazine is printed on recycled paper FEBRUARY 2019 5 February 2019 Contents Cover Story 8 The Royal Treatment This month we have a fabulous regal lineup of royal programming featuring stories of the British monarchy. Departments 5 Message to Our Members Letter from General Manager Tom Axtell 14 Upcoming Member Events 20 A Message from the Educational Media Services Director Features 10 History History, Modern and Ancient 12 Science & Nature Think Wednesday 15 Locals Vegas PBS Productions 17 How-To Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street 8 18 Arts The Finest in the Arts 23 Biographies Biographies of Legendary Americans 32 Best of Vegas PBS 33 Nazi Mega Weapons Season 1 Marathon 34 Celebrating President’s Day 35 Celebrating Black History Month 37 Vegas PBS Rewind/Worldview/Jackpot! Program Menu 10 12 21 Weekdays/Children’s Lineup 24 Primetime Programming 32 Weekend Daytime Programming 36 Vegas PBS Create Programming 36 Vegas PBS Channels 38 Vegas PBS Sponsors 18 35 FEBRUARY 2019 7 COVER STORY The Royal Treatment Sundays in February This month we have a fabulous regal lineup of royal programming featuring stories of the British monarchy. Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Victoria Season 3 tures of the Royal family are made public. Sponsored by: on Masterpiece Janice Allen February 24 Albert and Palmerston put Sundays at 9 p.m. their reputations on the line, and Victoria must The new season of this captivating drama fight against her better judgement to decide continues with the story of Victoria’s rule over where to place her allegiance. the largest empire the world has ever known. March 3 (season finale) The world’s eyes are The young Queen is facing a crisis that threat- on the Great Exhibition and the Royal couple. ens to end her reign, chiefly the Revolutions Does triumph or failure beckon? Each week’s of 1848, when the downtrodden throughout new episode will encore the following Sunday Europe begin agitating for the overthrow of at 8 p.m. aristocratic rule. Victoria & Albert: In England, this discontent leads to The Wedding Chartism, a set of demands for universal male Victoria & Albert:The Wedding suffrage, the secret ballot, equal representa- Sunday, February 3 from tion for voters and other reforms that were Passion is also an issue in the bedroom at 10 p.m. - Midnight considered radical by leading political figures Buckingham Palace, where Victoria is reluc- This entertaining two-part series provides an during Victoria’s reign. As with many cru- tant to risk more pregnancies. Parents now of insider’s look into the elaborate planning that sades, passions are aroused on both sides — six, Victoria and Albert find themselves at went into one of the most famous weddings of sometimes violently. At the time, who knew if odds about their offspring, especially the trou- all time: the romantic 1840 union of Queen events might turn out like the French bled Bertie, the role of the monarchy and Victoria and her consort Prince Albert. With Revolution, which resorted to widespread use increasingly with each other. the help of a team of experts, popular Royal of the guillotine? historian Lucy Worsley oversees the meticulous EPISODES: recreation of the most important elements of ...who knew if events February 3 As Albert leaves for Cambridge, the wedding celebration, scouring history Victoria faces the impact of a cholera epidem- might turn out like the books, archives, newspapers and even Victoria’s “ ic in London. own diaries for details. French Revolution, which February 10 The Royals visit Ireland, where Lucy is joined by food historian Annie Gray, resorted to widespread intrigue, conflict and romance all blossom dur- clothing expert Harriet Waterhouse, military ing their stay. historian Jasdeep Singh and more. From the use of the guillotine?” February 17 A Georgian ball at the Palace bouquet and the beautifully tiered cake to the could not come at a worse time as private pic- music for the ceremony and the wedding gown 8 VEGAS PBS SOURCE — Victoria’s game-changing white dress start- ed a tradition that still lives on — each ele- ment has been carefully researched, remade by hand, and finally put to use in a joyous recre- ation of the big day itself. Throughout, Lucy and her team unpack and explore the hidden iconography and symbolism of this hugely significant wedding. They uncov- er new insights into Victoria and Albert’s rela- tionship, both public and private, and shed fas- cinating new light on the broader implications of the wedding. Margaret: The Rebel Princess Sundays, February 10 and 17 at 10 p.m. This special is an insightful new two-part biography of Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth’s beautiful and rebellious younger sister. Featuring rare footage and interviews with those who knew her best, the series offers unparalleled insight into Margaret’s turbulent life and times. Her unique position as the Queen’s younger sister in a changing Britain left her free to experiment and push bound- aries, yet she was forever judged by a public and press beginning to question the very idea of a monarchy. While Margaret often followed the rigid rules under which she was raised, she also stepped outside those rules and into scan- Margaret: The Rebel Princess dal. A complicated and contradictory princess, her story parallels her era, when the rules of always wise, from Peter Townsend, a married It’s now 1962 and it is evident how times social norms were being rewritten and a freer, aide to her father,to her dashing yet philander- are changing, from increased liberation for more egalitarian society was emerging.