JUNE 2014 TheTexasTenors and More Special Programming! The Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead GinoVannelli:Live in LA Smokey Robinson and the Miracles The Monthly Magazine for Members of Vegas PBS Contents LetterFROM THE GENERAL MANAGER Cover Story Special Programming This Month 6 Summer is in full swing and we are heating things up with some terrific new pledge programs during our June membership campaign. Departments Summer Learning Message to Our Members 5 eginning Monday, June 2, Vegas PBS will launch a new sum- mer kids’ lineup. As the school year ends, more kids ages 6- Letter from General Manager Tom Axtell 12 join our daytime audience. To address their program- School Media 9 ming and summer learning needs, we will “double the fun” Planned Giving 15 and air back-to-back episodes of Curious George, Daniel BTiger’s Neighborhood,Arthur and Wild Kratts. Vegas PBS will also premiere Space Racers, a new animated series that follows young spaceship cadets. Features Young viewers will learn about the power of scientific investigation and Death in Paradise 10 observation, the wonders of space exploration, and the importance of working together, all with fun and engaging characters. Vicious 11 Your child or grandchild’s favorite PBS KIDS shows are also available Drama: Murder Mystery Sundays 12 on demand online. Interactive educational games featuring PBS charac- ters are available at PBSKIDS.org, including the PBS KIDS video player Tiger: Spy in the Jungle 13 that now offers free streaming video. You can access the video player on Cooking: New Scandanavian Cooking 14 your computer or mobile device at PBSKIDS.org/video, download the PBS KIDS video app from the Apple App Store or the Amazon App Store, or Brazil with Michael Palin 16 subscribe to the PBS KIDS channel through your Roku player. (If you Think Wednesday 18 can’t do this – don’t worry – your child can help!) To help parents engage with their children as never before, PBS KIDS Great Performances at the Met: Prince Igor 19 has launched a new, free app: PBS KIDS Super Vision. Parents can The Men Who Made Us Fat 20 access this tool from their mobile phones to see what their kids are watching, playing and learning on PBSKIDS.org. The Super Vision app Freedom Summer: American Experience 21 enables parents to see remotely what their kids are learning in PBS KIDS Arts: Backstage Pass to the Arts 22 games and videos, to manage their kids’ time online, and to build on that learning away from the screen through real-time updates, educational A Capitol Fourth Coming in July: 23 tips and activity ideas. Vegas PBS Member Ticket Offers 40 Additional off-screen learning opportunities this summer include Ready To Learn literacy and math workshops at various libraries through- Program Menu out Southern Nevada. Literacy workshops will introduce and reinforce “special words” highlighted in Martha Speaks as the families share books, What’s On • Children’s Lineup 24 talk and enjoy hands-on activities together. Math workshops will use les- sons from Peg + Cat in conjunction with activities to enhance young chil- Vegas PBS Channel 10 Overnight 25 dren’s problem solving skills. Ready To Learn is also partnering with the Prime Time Programming 26 Andson Foundation to offer the Martha Speaks Reading Buddies literacy enrichment program to children participating in YMCA summer pro- Vegas PBS Sponsors 38 grams. Visit VegasPBS.org/RTL or call 702.799.1010 for more information. Thank you for investing in Vegas PBS programming that educates our Tom Axtell, General Manager; Kareem Hatcher, Production Services Manager; Kelly McCarthy, Individual children. Because of your support, we are able to offer all children the Gift & Philanthropy Development Director; Cyndy Robbins, Content Director; Lee Solonche, Educational Media Services Director; Debra Solt, Workforce & Economic Development Director; Bruce Spotleson, opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television, Corporate Partnerships Director; Jeff Yeagley, Engineering, IT & Emergency Response Director; online, mobile and community-based programs. Shauna Lemieux, Editor; Anton Tielemans, Art Director TOM AXTELL ADVERTISING INQUIRIES, contact Bruce Spotleson at 702.799.1010 x5332, [email protected] E-mail, call or write Vegas PBS with comments and suggestions: Vegas PBS & Southern Nevada Public Television 3050 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89121 This magazine is printed on 702.799.1010 • Fax 702.799.2806 recycled paper email: [email protected] Keep up with Vegas PBS on Facebook and Twitter VegasPBS.org Facebook.com/VegasPBS • Twitter.com/VegasPBS or TWITTER@VegasPBS Vegas PBS Source, Volume 2014 No. 6 JUNE 2014 5 Cover Story Anyone who has ever tried to make a com- mitment to healthy eating knows the obstacles: The crazy, on-the-go schedules of every member of the family; the relent- Special Programming less hype and marketing surrounding fatty and sugary snack foods; and the powerful appetites fueled by habits, traditions, and This Month humongous portion sizes. This informative special explains these serious health issues in a fun and friendly format – all with a step-by-step action plan. Joy Bauer motivates people to take the first steps towards better health through what they eat. Repeats Sunday, June 8 at noon. The Australian Pink Floyd Show: Eclipsed by the Moon Sunday, June 1 at 8 p.m. This worldwide-touring tribute band recreates the musical and visual concert experience of one of rock music’s most iconic groups. The concert features every- thing a true “APF” fan expects: an aston- ishing note-for-note rendering of Pink Floyd’s music, evocative atmosphere, a The Texas Tenors million-dollar light show with lasers and ummer is in full swing and we are heating things up with some terrific new pledge even Skippy the Kangaroo (the band’s programs during our June membership campaign. We have music ranging from mascot). Repeats Wednesday, June 4 at soul to country and specials for a healthier and happier you. We are also airing 9:30 p.m., Saturday, June 7 at 11 p.m. and encore broadcasts of some viewer favorites, such as Great Performances: Andrea Sunday, June 8 at 4 p.m. SBocelli: Love in Portofino, Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You and Ed Sullivan’s Top Performers 1966-1969 (My Music). GinoVannelli: Live in LA Our mission at Vegas PBS is to bring the highest-quality programming to your home, Monday, June 2 at 10 p.m. with diverse series and specials of drama, art, history, music, nature and much more. These Performing for fans all over the globe, programs are only made possible through viewer contributions. During your favorite pro- with music ranging from soul to soft rock, gram, please phone in your show of support or make your contribution online, and pick up singer and songwriter Gino Vannelli has some fabulous thank-you gifts in the process! We value your membership and thank you for returned to Los Angeles to perform at the being a part of Vegas PBS. historic Saban Theater. The concert shows Vannelli performing his memorable hit The Grateful Dead: Joy Bauer’s Food songs, including “I Just Wanna Stop,” “Living Inside Myself” and “Black Cars,” Dead Ahead Remedies and other great songs such as Saturday, May 31 at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31 at 12:30 p.m. “Nightwalker” and “Wild Horses.” With a These luminous performances, filmed For many people, knowing what to eat, special guest appearance by Yankees all- in October, 1980, captured the Dead at a when to eat, and how much to eat is a puz- time great and Grammy nominated gui- moment of transformation, when the band zle they've lost all hope of ever solving. tarist Bernie Williams, this is Vannelli per- took a reckoning of their history through Joy Bauer forming at his best. Repeats Sunday, June the lens of a marathon run of shows. 8 at 4 p.m. Recorded in one of the wonders of the modern world – Radio City Music Hall – Happy the performances marked the culmination Tuesday, June 3 at 9:30 p.m. of a month-long musical odyssey in San What are the building blocks of a life Francisco and New York City during which that’s not just free of illness, but one that the band stretched the boundaries of more flourishes with a deep and genuine happi- than 100 songs, from the new “Lost Sailor” ness? Everyone wants to be happy, yet to jug-band tunes they played in coffee- many of the common pursuits of happiness houses like “Monkey and the Engineer.” – money, fame, status – don’t lead to the 6 VEGAS PBS SOURCE Lent at Ephesus Saturday, June 7 at 4 p.m. The Benedictines of Mary are not only a monastic order of nuns – they are also chart-topping sisters crowned Billboard’s Top Traditional Classical Album Artist for two years straight. Take a behind-the- scenes look inside the monastery in rural Missouri that captures their way of life, and learn the fascinating story of how the sisters made their album. 50s & 60s Party Songs (My Music) Saturday, June 7 at 9 p.m. As the Master of the “The Twist,” along with other dance hits including “Let’s Twist Again,” and “Limbo Rock,” Chubby Checker comes to the stage to present “The Twist,” the number one dance of all time. This show includes archival performances from the ’50s and ’60s that had American teens dancing, featuring dance and party tunes from pioneers including Aretha Franklin, Bill Haley and Little Richard, frat rock bands The Kingsmen and Tommy James and The Shondells, with Motown masters and more. Repeats Sunday, June 8 at 7 p.m.