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VEGAS PBS SOURCE SEPTEMBER 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 31 Non-Profit Organization U.S SEPTEMBER 2020 SOURCE SEPTEMBER 2020 1 #VegasStrong: Connecting During COVID-19 Tuesday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m. Celebrating Community Heroes: The Education Hero Award Gala October 1, 2020, is the third anniversary of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest country music Friday, September 11 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. festival in Las Vegas, where 58 people were killed. For the past 23 years, The Public Education During this global health pandemic that limits Foundation has held an Education Hero Award Gala in-person interaction, we examine resources to celebrate public education advocates who have available for those impacted, honor the lives lost, and discuss the importance of staying connected to demonstrated courage, leadership, and service. achieve long-term healing and resiliency. This year, we witnessed the power of communities pulling together. Untold numbers of people in the Las Vegas community acted heroically to support our students and families as we all have tried to cope with this global pandemic. The Foundation will present a virtual Gala to be broadcast online and on Vegas PBS on Friday, September 11, 2020. Join us for a night of entertainment and fun to recognize and celebrate some of these local unsung heroes. 3... 2... 1... LIVE! You can now watch a 24/7 livestream of Vegas PBS online at vegaspbs.org or on the PBS Video App. More ways to watch means more ways to entertain, inspire and learn! 2 VEGAS PBS SOURCE 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 Communications and Brand Management Director Hyper-Local Allison Monette Content Director n 2020, the pandemic, business and school closures, and an emotional election campaign Cyndy Robbins are reshaping what we consider normal in Southern Nevada. Despite these seismic shifts, we still expect our children to be educated, public health to be preserved, jobs to be created Workforce Training & Economic Development Director and to enjoy some downtime. Throughout this tumultuous time, Vegas PBS is using the Debra Solt resources members provide to create new services to respond to the crisis. Engineering, IT and Emergency Response Director John Turner IThis fall, a statewide teacher education resource will support distance education. OnePlaceNV Development Director now houses over 300,000 online digital assets for at home learning and teacher assignments. Salvador Carrera Indexed by subject and grade level, this collection of videos, lesson plans, worksheets and sample tests are drawn from PBS and other resources SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC TELEVISION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Executive Director Our Nevada Week and Community Calendar programs have combined on air programming Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS and online referral resources to provide personal health education about the evolving COVID-19 and links to our fellow nonprofits who are helping those in need. Over 150 messages a week on President our channels achieve over 2.3 million views a week! Tom Warden, The Howard Hughes Corporation Vice President ...there has rarely been a more important time to Clark Dumont, Dumont Communications, LLC “celebrate our legacy of constant reinvention.” Secretary While Las Vegas looks quite different — with fewer tourists, silent entertainment venues and Nora Luna, UNR Cooperative Extension postponed conventions — there has rarely been a more important time to celebrate our legacy Treasurer and SNPT Planned Giving Council Chair of constant reinvention. We do exactly that with this month’s world premiere of The Showgirl: A Kim Walker, Kim Walker, Inc. Las Vegas Icon. The newest Vegas PBS documentary celebrates the entertainers whose image became synonymous with the glitz and glamour of our home. See the premiere on Monday, BOARD MEMBERS September 14 at 8 p.m., then join us as we reinvent fundraising with a virtual event including Vince Alberta, UNLV - University of Nevada, Las Vegas exclusive bonus scenes from the documentary on Friday, September 25. Reserve your spot at Linda Ammons, Community Volunteer vegaspbs.org/showgirl. Tracy Bower, Desert Research Institute October 1, 2020 is the third anniversary of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest country Cheryl (Cheri) Rosenow, US Bank music festival in Las Vegas, where 58 people were killed. With in-person interaction limited, Michael Cunningham, Bank of Nevada #VegasStrong: Connecting During COVID-19 examines the resources available for those Bill Curran, Ballard Spahr, LLP affected, honors the lives lost and discusses the importance of staying connected to achieve Mo Denis, Nevada State Senator long-term healing and resiliency. This local special airs on Thursday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m. Jason Gastwirth, Caesars Entertainment Stephen Greathouse, Community Volunteer For the past 23 years, The Public Education Foundation has held an Education Hero Award Gala to celebrate public education advocates who have demonstrated courage, leadership and service. Marydean Martin, Marydean & Associates The Foundation will dedicate this year’s gala to local community heroes who stepped up to the Steve Seroka, Community Volunteer plate during the pandemic. Join us for the first ever broadcast ofCelebrating Community Dr. Linda E. Young, Clark County School District Trustee Heroes: The Education Hero Award Gala, on Friday, September 11 at 7 p.m. to recognize and celebrate some of these unsung individuals. FCC LICENSEES Lola Brooks Harbor from the Holocaust is the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Linda P. Cavazos Europe during World War II to the Chinese port city of Shanghai. The documentary airs on Chris Garvey September 8 at 8:00 p.m. Then don’t miss the opportunity for a virtual panel discussion to Irene A. Cepeda hear stories from a Shanghailander and other local community members on on Wednesday, September 16 at 2 p.m. Danielle Ford Deanna L. Wright While our great stages remain closed, you can still enjoy musical performances recorded right Dr. Linda E. Young here. On Ryan Ahern Live in Las Vegas on Friday, September 11 at 9 p.m., the celebrated piano master dazzles with a genre-spanning set with music from Ray Charles to Billy Joel to Contact Vegas PBS with comments and suggestions: Queen. Then on Frankie Moreno Songs at Home with Special Guest Joshua Bell on Friday, Vegas PBS & Southern Nevada Public Television September 18 at 8:30 p.m., enjoy a special at-home performance in Frankie’s living room with 3050 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 the extraordinary violinist, Joshua Bell. 702.799.1010 • Fax 702.799.2806 vegaspbs.org • email: [email protected] Locally produced programs from Vegas PBS allow our community to celebrate our history, Vegas PBS Source, Volume No. 8, 2020 access resources and dedicate ourselves to helping Las Vegas, once again, reinvent itself by focusing on what’s important: our community. Through you, we are pleased to provide education, civic engagement and public health program services during this crisis, plus local entertainment This magazine to remind us what the future will offer when we overcome the virus and once again reinvent this is printed on unique desert oasis. recycled paper Tom Axtell SEPTEMBER 2020 3 PRIORITIZING PEOPLE OVER PROFIT silverstatecu.com AMERICAN SHARE INSURANCE Your savings insured to $250,000 per account. This institution is not federally insured. September 2020 INSIDE Cover Story 6 By Locals, For Locals PRIORITIZING We are delighted to celebrate the uniqueness, diversity and strength of Southern Nevada with an incredible lineup of Vegas PBS productions — made for locals by locals. Departments 3 Message to Our Members Letter from General Manager Tom Axtell PEOPLE 9 Upcoming Vegas PBS Events 6 Features 8 Drama Acclaimed Drama and Mystery 10 Spotlight Vote 2020 OVER 11 Science & Nature Think Wednesdays 12 Arts See the World in New Ways 13 How-To Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Season 4 17 Harbor from the Holocaust 24 Deepak Chopra:Becoming Metahuman PROFIT 8 10 25 Ken Burns Mini-marathon 26 Poldark on Masterpiece Mini-marathons Program Menu 13 Weekdays/Children’s Lineup 14 Primetime Programming 24 Weekend Daytime Programming 28 Vegas PBS Create, Rewind, WORLD and Jackpot! silverstatecu.com 11 12 30 Vegas PBS Sponsors Your savings insured to $250,000 per account. This institution is not federally insured. AMERICAN SHARE INSURANCE SEPTEMBER 2020 5 COVER The Showgirl: A Las Vegas Icon African Americans: FOR LOCALS, BY LOCALS The Las Vegas Experience Throughout the Month Monday, September 7 at 11 p.m. Discover the momentous events that defined As a truly local service focused on the common good of all in our community, we are delighted the African American experience in Las Vegas to celebrate the uniqueness, diversity and strength of Southern Nevada with an incredible throughout the civil rights era. These events lineup of Vegas PBS productions — made for locals by locals. Join us to honor our heroes, altered the city’s history and changed thousands of experience the showgirl’s dramatic true story, examine the history of atomic bombing in lives. For example, the Moulin Rouge Agreement Nevada, discover the events that defined the African American experience in Las Vegas of 1960 affected day-to-day interactions as it throughout the civil rights era, enjoy the work of local musicians and artists, and more. desegregated the city, while the Westside Riot of The Showgirl: The Test 1969 rocked the entire community to its core. A Las Vegas Icon Monday, September 7 at 10 p.m. Monday, September 14 at 8 p.m. Examine the history of atomic testing in She’s a captivating character, a creative Nevada, atomic tourism and the consequences of vision. She can stand 10 feet tall and stretch being in Nevada’s “atomic backyard.” We also to 10 feet wide.
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