NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green
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08/2019 Nostalgic NC Documentaries • Block Party Live in Chapel Hill • East Coast Excursions NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green See how our past informs our future, through stories of families and communities, as North Carolina kicks off the new PBS series Family Pictures USA, Monday, August 12, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV PBS & More. aboutUNC-TV CenterPiece is the monthly program guide of UNC-TV, North Carolina’s public media network and broadcast service licensed to the University Support the 2019 Annual Fund! of North Carolina. Contributions are tax deduct- ible to the extent permitted by law. 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(weekends, until 10 AM) 11:00 Wild Kratts 6:30 Wild Kratts 7:30 Molly of Denali 7:30 Peep & the 11:30 Odd Squad Big Wide World Noon Arthur DV 8:00 Odd Squad 8:30 Arthur DV 9:00 Ready Jet Go! HAVE BIG FUN IN CHAPEL HILL 9:30 WordGirl 10:00 Sesame Street DV Saturday, August 24, at University Place 10:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV Meet Read-a-roo and the rest of your favorite 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific PBS KIDS friends for a fun and free day full 12 M The Cat in the Hat of concerts, hands-on activities and much Knows a Lot About That more, Saturday, August 24, from 10 AM-2 PM, 12:30 Dinosaur Train DV at University Place in Chapel Hill. Check out 1:00 Let’s Go Luna unctv.org/rootle for the scoop! 1:30 Nature Cat 2:30 Wild Kratts 3:30 Molly of Denali 4:00 Odd Squad DV A PINKAPERFECT BIRTHDAY 4:30 Arthur DV Premieres Monday, August 5 5:00 Ready Jet Go! 5:30 WordGirl In her new hour-long special, Pinkalicious gets LISTINGS KEY: her birthday wish to TV UNC-TV PBS & More NC North Carolina Channel turn all of Pinkville pink! Stories with a Local Accent Partying with colorful arts, EX UNC-EX Pinkalicious & Peterrific: The Explorer Channel A Pinkaperfect Birthday DV Descriptive Video Service put learning and coping up front in all the fun! COLOR UNC-TV productions & local interest Shaded programs indicate PLAY & LEARN WITH PEG + CAT August Fundraiser specials. PLEASE NOTE: While every Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM effort is made to ensure the accuracy of CenterPiece, Peg + Cat is back— on-air announcements, and just in time for updates at unctv.org and Read-a-roo’s Block posts to social media Party! Watch as Peg provide the latest scheduling information. Some program and her sidekick, Cat, start and end times can vary use preschool level knowledge to solve slightly from our listings. Add unique and unexpected problems, at least five minutes when weekends at 7 AM and 1 PM, on Rootle. recording your favorite shows. August | 3 evening&weekendLISTINGS 1 THURSDAY 6:00 TV PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events. NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives. EX New Scandinavian Cooking Packed School Lunch 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Dream of Italy Rome 7:00 TV Nightly Explore the late feminist’s remarkable life and legacy as Ursula K. Le Guin: Business Report American Masters premieres Friday, August 2, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV. Seasoned reporters review financial news. EX Travel Detective NC PBS NewsHour NC PBS NewsHour with Peter Greenberg EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX Rick Steves’ Europe Crossing Border for Central Turkey European Travel Skills, Cheaper Airfare 7:30 TV NC SPIN Part 3 1 0 : 0 0 TV High Point University Join Tom Campbell & his 7:30 TV Exploring Presents: Anders Ericsson guests for informative, North Carolina The psychologist and balanced debate for the Water in NC: Yesterday, scholar speaks with HPU Old North State. Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 President Nido Qubein. EX Travelscope EX Travelscope NC North Carolina Germany’s Winter Carnival New Brunswick’s Acadian Weekend DV Festival DV EX Beyond 8:00 TV Washington Week 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Your Backyard Leading journalists analyze Rural Health Transportation Boone major news and events. NC Flavor, NC 1 0 : 2 0 NC Sci NC—Shorts NC North Carolina From the Vineyard Special Lessons from Weekend EX Reconnecting Roots Hurricane Florence EX Poldark Season 3 National Parks: 1 0 : 3 0 NC Muse on Masterpiece Progress & Preservation What’s Old Is New: Episode 2 Ross goes to 8:20 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Art-o-mat/Quilla/A/V Geeks revolutionary France to Hot Dog World EX Born To Explore search for information. 8:30 TV Muse with Richard Wiese 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts What’s Old Is New: Canada: Spirit Land Metal Foam Art-o-mat/Quilla/A/V Geeks 1 0 : 5 0 NC My Home, NC—Shorts 8:30 TV FRONT ROW NC Moveable Feast Mitchell’s Hardware with Marc Rotterman with Fine Cooking 1 1 : 0 0 TV Amanpour & Company The political analyst and Davidson: The acclaimed journalist his guests discuss public Joe & Katy Kindred and top peers explore affairs and policy issues. EX Today’s Wild West today’s topics. NC ncIMPACT Deep Canyon Ranch/ NC PBS NewsHour Rural Health Transportation Cowboy Music Festival EX Travelscope 8:50 NC North Carolina 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Hong Kong: A City of Weekend—Shorts Kudzu Goat Brigade, Festivals DV Lansing Profile Horse Shoe 1 1 : 3 0 EX In the Americas 9:00 TV Ursula K. Le Guin: 9:00 TV North Carolina with David Yetman American Masters Weekend Galapagos: Volcanoes & PREMIERE! The late feminist Deborah Holt Noel shows Nature on the Islands author’s transformative what’s up this weekend.