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Trusted. Valued. Essential. AUGUST 2017 NOVA: Eclipse Over America Helping Our People Helping People It’s a guiding principle at Silver State Schools Credit Community Union. Since 1951, we have been fully-vested in the Southern Nevada community we serve. Whether it’s setting up your child’s first savings account, finding a Through Life’s great rate on a loan, buying your first home or finding the best investment, our employees are available to Financial Journey put your best interests first. Become a member today and experience the SSSCU difference. 800.357.9654 silverstatecu.com 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 Communications and Brand Management Director Shauna Lemieux Business Manager Brandon Merrill Engineering, IT & Emergency Response Director George Molnar From Sputnik to the Solar Eclipse Content Director ixty years ago, the Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satel- Cyndy Robbins lite, ushering in a new era of scientific discovery. Sputnik I was an impres- Workforce Training & Economic Development Director Debra Solt sive technological advancement that also triggered anxiety and fear over a Corporate Partnerships Director perceived technology gap between the United States and the Soviet Union. Bruce Spotleson SIn response, President Eisenhower convinced Congress to pass the National Defense Southern Nevada Public Television Board of Directors Education Act (NDEA) less than one year later, providing the funding that fueled the Executive Director space race and eventually landed the first human on the moon.The NDEA also includ- Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS ed funding to increase science and technology education, foreign language, and world President Bill Curran, Ballard Spahr, LLP history and culture courses as a vital component of our national security and econom- Vice President ic competitiveness. The act provided the first federal funding for the use of education- Nancy Brune, Guinn Center for Policy Priorities al television as an instructional medium. Treasurer and Chair, Planned Giving Council A decade later, in September 1968, Vegas PBS partnered with the Clark County Mark Dreschler, Premier Trust of Nevada School District’s Vocational Technical High School to produce and broadcast six hours Chair, Community Council Charlotte Hill, Carlisle Collection a day of live instruction in math, science and foreign languages.The national and local Chair, Desert Meadows AHEC Council educational television courses were a success, and led to the public-private partnership Loretta Moses, Clark County Medical Society of Nevada we now call public television. CCSD Liaison to SNPT Board Now in its 44th season, NOVA is the Now in its 44th season, Carolyn Edwards, Clark County School District Trustee most-watched primetime science series Board Members NOVA is the most-watched on American television.This month, NOVA “ Vince Alberta, UNLV primetime science series Linda Ammons, Community Volunteer will capture the extraordinary total solar Tracy Bower, National Security Technologies, LLC eclipse over North America. On Monday, on American television.” Cheri Colbus, US Bank August 21, Southern Nevada will be able Rachelle Crupi, Bank of Nevada to watch a partial solar eclipse during the morning hours, but can experience the com- Mo Denis, Nevada State Senator Thomas Gallagher, TreVista Group, LLC plete cosmic event in NOVA: Eclipse Over America at 9 p.m. on Vegas PBS Channel Dema Guinn, Community Volunteer 10. NOVA will incorporate immersive CGI animation and integrate stunning sequences Stephen Greathouse, Las Vegas Hotel & Gaming Industry, retired of the eclipse itself from iconic locations along its path. Sandi Herrera, “Got Core Values!” Also in August, viewers can travel to some of the planet’s most remote locations in Albert Z. Kovacs, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP Lori Lea, AECIndustryPro.com Flying to the Ends of the Earth, follow the Rosetta spacecraft as it attempts to land Nora Luna, Nathan Adelson Hospice on a comet in To Catch a Comet, retrace NASA’s epic Voyager missions in The Farthest Marydean Martin, Marydean & Associates Voyager in Space, and follow an astronaut’s life from pre-training to life on board the John Restrepo, RCG Economics, LLC space station in How to Build an Astronaut. We hope you’ll enjoy the tremendous sci- Geraldine Tomich, Marquis Aurbach Coffing Attorneys Irene Vogel, Community Volunteer ence exploration programs on Vegas PBS throughout the month. Thomas Warden, The Howard Hughes Corporation Eisenhower desired a universally accessible service that stimulated young people to Contact Vegas PBS with comments and suggestions: study science, math and technology and helped Americans understand the complex Vegas PBS & Southern Nevada Public Television world cultures we would encounter through both trade and competition.To a degree he 3050 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 never imagined, PBS programming fulfills his vision for a great nation that has effec- 702.799.1010 • Fax 702.799.2806 VegasPBS.org • email: [email protected] tive national security, continuing technological advancement and cultural understand- Vegas PBS Source, Volume No. 8, 2017 ing. We thank you for your generous financial support that ensures public television is Vegas PBS Source Art Director available to everyone in Southern Nevada and educational television is in every classroom. Anton Tielemans Tom Axtell This magazine is printed on recycled paper AUGUST 2017 5 August 2017 Contents Cover Story 8 The Summer of Adventure Continues NOVA will capture the spectacular event in a special presentation to air hours after it takes place. Departments 5 Message to Our Members Letter from General Manager Tom Axtell 14 Upcoming Member Events 20 A Message from the Director of Educational Media Services Features 10 The Arts Music Specials with Ticket Opportunities! 11 How-To Family Ingredients 12 Arts Emmylou Harris at the Ryman, Magic Moments: The Best of 50’s Pop (My Music) and more 8 15 Special An Italian Escape 16 Spotlight Diana, Secrets of Althorp:The Spencers, Secrets of the Six Wives and more 17 Special Soothing Body & Soul 32 PBS NewsHour Weekend 33 Mindfulness Goes Mainstream 34 Cook’s Country with America’s Test Kitchen 35 A Place to Call Home 37 Vegas PBS Rewind/Worldview/Jackpot! 11 13 Program Menu 21 Weekdays/Children’s Lineup 22 Primetime Programming 32 Weekend Daytime Programming 36 Vegas PBS Create Programming Vegas PBS Channels 38 Vegas PBS Sponsors 2515 21 AUGUST 2017 7 COVER STORY NOVA: Eclipse Over America Monday, August 21 at 9 p.m. On August 21, 2017, people across the United States will see the sun disappear behind the moon, turning daylight into twilight, causing the temperature to drop rapidly and revealing mas- sive streamers of light streaking through the sky around the silhouette of the moon. On that day, America will fall under the path of a total solar eclipse, the first in the United States since 1979. NOVA will capture the spectacular event in a special presentation to air hours after it takes place. This extraordinary cosmic spectacle will pass through 13 states, and everyone in the continental U.S. will have the opportunity to see ...everyone in the at least a partial eclipse, making it the most widely viewable eclipse “continental U.S. will of all time. Commencing at 10:15 a.m. PDT,a lunar shadow 73 miles have the opportunity wide will take one hour and 33 minutes to travel from Oregon on to see at least a the west coast to South Carolina on the east, allowing continuous partial eclipse...” observation for 90 minutes. NOVA’s fastest turnaround film to date, the program will follow teams working on the fore- front of solar science and solar storm detection, use immersive CGI animation to reveal the sun’s secret mechanisms and integrate stunning sequences of the eclipse itself — including scenes filmed at iconic locations along the path of the eclipse — user-generated content, NASA footage and more. Don’t miss this ultimate companion to a spectacular celestial event. Repeats Wednesday, August 23 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, August 27 at 9 a.m. 8 VEGAS PBS SOURCE Since man first looked up into the sky, see- ing a man in the moon and giving names and stories to the constellations, space has held a long fascination for us.This month we have a spectacular lineup of specials that explore the history of our quest into space and the people who have taken us there. Flying to the Ends of the Earth: Monday, August 14 and Thursdays, August 17-24 at 10 p.m. Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams did not let the car crash that left him paralyzed deter his passion for flying and world travel. Despite his physical limitations, Williams uses a small prop plane to demonstrate how tiny aircraft are providing access to some of the planet's most remote places. In this fas- cinating travel series, he travels to Nepal, landing on Everest’s steep runway; then onto Papua to a desert island in the Coral Sea; ending in the Great Bear Rainforest of Canada. To Catch a Comet Arthur Williams in Flying to the Ends of the Earth Monday, August 21 at 10 p.m. history as the winner of the space race. But This compelling documentary details the Williams did not let the real space pioneers of the 20th century complexities and challenges of the ten-year, the car crash that left were the Soviets. Between 1961 and 1966, four-million-mile journey of the European “ they realized a number of spectacular histor- Space Agency’s (ESA) Spacecraft Rosetta him paralyzed deter his ical achievements and seemed unstoppable. as it chased down and landed on the Comet passion for flying...” Then a string of misfortunes struck, allowing 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in a history- the Americans to streak ahead and ultimate- making feat.