JULY 2020 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 Allison Monette Content Director Cyndy Robbins WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND DIVERSE Workforce Training & Economic Development Director Debra Solt PERSPECTIVES THROUGH PROGRAMMING Engineering, IT and Emergency Response Director John Turner ollowing last month’s all-mail-in primary election, our nation prepares to Development Director celebrate 100 years since the passage of the women’s suffrage amendment to Salvador Carrera the United States Constitution.This month also marks 106 years since Nevada helped lead the way to this equal rights reform. The national trailblazers who SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC TELEVISION BOARD OF DIRECTORS fought for this right will be highlighted in a documentary on the 19th Executive Director Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS FAmendment. The Vote: American Experience airs Monday and Tuesday, July 6 and 7 at President 9 p.m. It explores the final decade of the fight for women’s right to vote in the United Tom Warden, The Howard Hughes Corporation States. The program looks into the debate within the movement on how to best affect Vice President change, contrasting views including militant tactics versus hunger strikes and peaceful Clark Dumont, Dumont Communications, LLC protests. Our award-winning 2014 local documentary on the Nevada women’s suffrage Secretary movement is also available for on demand Nora Luna, UNR Cooperative Extension streaming at vegaspbs.org/shows. ...Vegas PBS has Treasurer and SNPT Planned Giving Council Chair As our nation has witnessed wide-spread Kim Walker, Kim Walker, Inc. debates about racism, Vegas PBS will offer “been working hard to historical insight and diverse perspectives adapt to the quickly BOARD MEMBERS on women’s rights beyond suffrage. On Vince Alberta, UNLV – University of Nevada, Las Vegas changing circumstances Daring Women Doctors: Physicians in the Linda Ammons, Community Volunteer in our community.” Tracy Bower, Desert Research Institute 19th Century airing Friday, July 10 at 11 Cheryl (Cheri) Rosenow, US Bank p.m., we highlight the pioneering women who Michael Cunningham, Bank of Nevada faced resistance in their pursuit of medical education. Then on POV: We Are The Radical Bill Curran, Ballard Spahr, LLP Monarchs, a group of young girls in Oakland, California, are on the frontlines of social jus- Mo Denis, Nevada State Senator tice, earning badges for completing units on preserving the environment, disability justice Jason Gastwirth, Caesars Entertainment and more.The documentary airs Monday, July 20 at 9 p.m. Stephen Greathouse, Community Volunteer As a member of Vegas PBS, you can always find these and other titles on Vegas PBS Marydean Martin, Marydean & Associates Passport — your on-demand library of local and national public television programming. Steve Seroka, Community Volunteer During this time of social distancing our Vegas PBS Passport streaming is at an all-time Dr. Linda E.Young, Clark County School District Trustee high, with more than 750,000 minutes of programming viewed last month. It is another FCC LICENSEES way we say thank you to our loyal members. Lola Brooks With the end of the school year, we’ve returned to our regular afternoon programming Linda P. Cavazos on weekdays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Our at-home learning efforts to reach educators and Chris Garvey families during school closures lead to more than 17 million instructional interactions Irene A. Cepeda with our broadcast and online content. We thank viewers for being patient while we Danielle Ford adjusted our programming to provide these resources for children, teachers and families Deanna L. Wright and are pleased to return to the shows you love. Dr. Linda E.Young The entire team at Vegas PBS has been working hard to adapt to the quickly changing Contact Vegas PBS with comments and suggestions: circumstances in our community. From at-home learning resources for students to career Vegas PBS & Southern Nevada Public Television courses for adults; from online health updates on the pandemic to recovery discussions on 3050 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 Nevada Week, Vegas PBS has leveraged your member contributions to serve Southern 702.799.1010 • Fax 702.799.2806 Nevadans in ways only Vegas PBS can. We are dedicated to continuing this work as vegaspbs.org • email: [email protected] our city returns from tough circumstances. Thank you for your continued support of Vegas PBS Source, Volume No. 7, 2020 these efforts. Anton Tielemans, Vegas PBS Source Art Director Tom Axtell This magazine is printed on recycled paper JULY 2020 3 July 2020 INSIDE Cover/Spotlight Series 6 Spotlight Series: Trailblazers This month, we are pleased to air a slate of special programming that tell the inspiring stories of trailblazing women who have changed the course of history. Departments 3 Message to Our Members Letter from General Manager Tom Axtell 14 Upcoming Vegas PBS Events Features 8 Drama Sizzling Summer Drama 6 10 Science & Nature Exploring our Magnificent World 12 Arts & Culture Bringing Broadway’s Best 13 History Stories and Secrets from the Past 24 Best of Vegas PBS Pledge Specials 25 The Vote: American Experience 26 Endeavour on Masterpiece Marathon 27 Simply Ming Program Menu 8 10 15 Weekdays/Children’s Lineup 16 Primetime Programming 24 Weekend Daytime Programming 28 Vegas PBS Create, Rewind, WORLD and Jackpot! 30 Vegas PBS Sponsors 13 27 JULY 2020 5 COVER tics. In 2017, a team of Swedish archaeolo- gists astonished everyone by proving, through a DNA study, that the great warrior wasn’t a man, but a woman. These DNA results com- pleted a long field investigation to discover the truth behind the only female warrior and Viking battle strategist known to date. Repeats Wednesday, July 8 at 11 p.m. and Friday, July 10 at 4:30 p.m. The Queen Mother Friday, July 10 at 8:30 p.m. Wife, monarch and much-loved public fig- ure — Queen Elizabeth was one of the most respected members of the British Royal fam- ily. This moving profile reveals the dramatic The Vote: American Experience inside story of the Queen Mother’s life, high- lighting the moments of pain and upheaval that ultimately defined her legacy. Find out Spotlight Series: how she and King George VI steered the coun- try through the darkness of World War II and how she later forged a new role for herself as Trailblazers the senior matriarch of the Royal Family.With testimonies from royal experts and insiders, Throughout July as well as extensive archive materials, the spe- cial forensically examines the life of a woman The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote and with a will of iron, determined to protect the was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest. Celebrating 100 years British monarchy. Repeats Sunday, July 12 since the passage, Vegas PBS honors and commemorates those who fought for women’s suf- at 4 p.m. frage, the feminist movement throughout the 20th century and the stories of modern women Unladylike2020: who continue to shatter the glass ceiling and transform history. This month, we are pleased to air a slate of special programming that tell the inspiring stories of trailblazing women who have American Masters Friday, July 10 at 10 p.m. changed the course of history. This illuminating new special features the The Vote: Secrets of the Dead: stories of extraordinary American heroines American Experience Viking Warrior Queen from the early years of feminism. Discover the Monday and Tuesday, July 6 Tuesday, July 7 at 8 p.m. rich biographies of 26 trailblazing American women who broke barriers in male-dominated and 7 at 9 p.m. In 1878 the body of a great Viking warrior fields at the turn of the 20th century, such as Learn the dramatic story of the hard- was found in Birka, Sweden. For a century, science, business, politics, journalism, sports, fought campaign waged by American women people assumed the body was that of a man and the arts — including the first woman to for the right to vote, a transformative cultural until the 1970s when a young researcher found a hospital on a Native American reser- and political movement that resulted in the observed the bones had female characteris- largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. his- vation, serve in the U.S. Congress, become a tory. In its final decade, movement leaders Secrets of the Dead: bank president, earn an international pilot’s Viking Warrior Queen wrestled with contentious questions about the license, lead scientific expeditions in the most effective methods for affecting social Arctic, sing opera at Carnegie Hall or direct a change, debating the use of militant and even feature-length movie. Presenting history in a violent tactics. Exploring how and why mil- bold new way, the film brings extraordinary lions of 20th century Americans mobilized for stories of daring and persistence back to life — and against — women’s suffrage, the film through rare archival imagery, captivating brings to life the unsung leaders of the move- original artwork and animation, and inter- ment and the controversies over gender roles views with historians, descendants and and race that divided Americans then — and accomplished women of today who reflect continue to dominate political discourse today. upon the influence of these pioneers. Repeats Sunday, July 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Daring Women Doctors: Learn the dramatic Physicians in the 19th Century “story of the hard-fought Friday, July 10 at 11 p.m. campaign waged by Hidden in American history, all-women's American women...” medical schools began to appear in the mid- 19th century, long before women had the right 6 VEGAS PBS SOURCE Unladylike2020: American Masters POV: We Are The Radical Monarchs ...their work is anchored In Their Own Words: nization, conflicts in South Africa, Northern Queen Elizabeth II Ireland and The Falklands, and the emotional- “in the belief that adoles- Sunday, July 26 at 10 a.m.