Magazine MAy 2009 Michelangelo Revealed Airing Wednesday, May 13, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Airing in three parts, Wednesdays, May 6, 13, and 20, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Arkansas Educational Television Network Contents AETN MAGAZINE Staff On The Cover.... Editor in Chief On the Cover........2 Allen Weatherly The perfect gift for Mother’s Day? Concert SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Editors MICHELANGELO REVEALED Mona Dixon Concert tickets from the AETN Information.........3 Kathy Atkinson From the Throughout his masterful career, Michelangelo glorified Foundation Box Office Editorial & Creative Directors Director...............4 the church, etching Catholic ideals into the sculptures Sara Willis Answers From and artwork that defined religion for the masses. Elizabeth duBignon Viewer Services....5 Now, 500 years after his death, art historian Antonio Violinist Mairead and vocalists Chloe and Lisa will be Forcellino has found evidence of Michelangelo’s Editorial Panel Celtic Woman ‘Isle of Education.............6 Rowena Parr, Pam Wilson, Dan Koops joined by new vocalists Lynn and Alex for a night involvement with a clandestine fellowship trying Tiffany Verkler Hope’ Concert Outreach.............7 to reform the Catholic Church from within. The of unforgettable performances. group’s radical ideas and accusations of corruption Copy Editors In Their Words.....8 Darbi Blencowe, Catherine Mays, Memorial Gift were considered heretical and punishable by death. Shirley Bowen, Pat Pearce The AETN Foundation welcomes Celtic Woman’s Information.........8 Michelangelo’s involvement put him at dangerous Isle of Hope Tour to Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Tickets are available by calling toll-free 1(800) odds with powerful officials who held his livelihood AETN Offices 662-2386 or by visiting the AETN Foundation Box Local Productions — and life — in their hands. “Michelangelo 350 S. Donaghey Ave. - Conway, AR - Saturday, June 27 at 8 p.m. 72034 Office at www.aetnfoundation.org/boxoffice. On AETN ............9 Revealed” paints a stunning new picture of brave 800/662-2386 PBS Ongoing religious expression, personal vendettas, careful [email protected] - www.aetn.org Series................10 cover-ups and a most gifted artist desperately trying to reconcile his loyalty to the church with his own AETN Mission Arkansas Ideas...12 personal belief about the road to salvation. Airs Statement Daytime 05/13/2009, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. The mission of the Arkansas Schedules..........13 Educational Television Network AETN Speaker WWII BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: (AETN) is to offer lifelong Information.......14 STALIN, THE NAZIS AND THE WEST learning opportunities to all AETN Arkansans; to supply instructional In confidential meetings held throughout the duration programs to Arkansas' schools; Primetime....14-25 of World War II, Joseph Stalin, Franklin Delano to provide programming and Roosevelt and Winston Churchill sparred and Loss of Coverage services to improve and enhance negotiated for the political and economic interests of Notice................15 the lives of Arkansas' citizens; Coming this their nations — making deals that sometimes had less to do with right or wrong than the expediency and to illuminate the culture and Summer.............24 of their individual wartime goals. Rare wartime heritage of Arkansas and the William Joseph in Groban’s “Closer Tour”, and during November and AETN documents made briefly available only after the world. To accomplish this mission, Concert December of 2005, Joseph was the opening act Weekends..........26 fall of the Soviet Union help reveal the real story. AETN, through the creative use of for Clay Aiken’s “Joyful Noise” tour. AETN Student Historian and filmmaker Laurence Rees (AUSCHWITZ: telecommunications, will present INSIDE THE NAZI STATE) tells the unknown story of a high-quality public television William Joseph is a Yamaha Artist pianist and Selects...............28 Stalin’s backroom dealings — first with the Nazis service designed to inform, Tickets are available by calling toll-free 1(800) Why I recording artist from Phoenix, Arizona. He will and then with Roosevelt and Churchill. Juxtaposing educate, motivate, entertain, 662-2386 or by visiting the AETN Foundation Box Support AETN.....29 conventional documentary elements with dramatic re- enlighten and inspire. perform Saturday, October 12 at the Reynolds Letter to creations, the series breaks through the myths of the Performance Hall in Conway. Office at www.aetnfoundation.org/boxoffice. Members............30 Allied powers, illuminating the hidden motivations of “The Big Three” and creating a dynamic reappraisal 1-800-662-2386 Underwriters......31 of one of the seminal events in world history. Three David Foster collaborated on 2004’s “Within”, Coming in June..32 part series airs 05/06/2009, 05/13/2009, and Your support Joseph’s major-label debut. In August and 05/20/2009 from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. makes a difference! September 2004, Joseph opened for Josh www.aetn.org 2 Arkansas Educational Television Network Arkansas Educational Television Network 3 Answers from Viewer Services... Dear Members, Contact AETN Dear Viewers, Each day AETN provides proof positive that we AETN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Thank you for all your calls, e-mails and letters concerning the loss of KETS/Channel 2. We are "more than a television station." Programs of Allen Weatherly Vice Chair Sammie Benjamin of Glenwood appreciate your encouragement and understanding. Because of this unique situation, many of our quality, including AETN-produced programming, Programming originates at the remain central to our mission, but our expanding R. Lee Reaves Center Secretary/Treasurer viewers in Central Arkansas are still confused about the loss of AETN programming. Simply put, community engagement, educational and profes- for Educational Mary Beth Green of Van Buren we cannot legally broadcast on KETS digital until June 13, 2009. This is due to the fact that the Telecommunications at KETS digital signal will broadcast on the same frequency that is currently used by a commercial station’s analog signal. sional development services are essential to help Donaghey Avenue & Dr. William Downs, Jr. of our state meet educational goals. Sesame Street, Arkadelphia There are several groups of viewers this is affecting: Our community outreach endeavors – from our annual Family Day in Springdale Conway, AR 72034. Jane Krutz of Little Rock Questions and comments are Sandy Landers of Little Rock at the Jones Center to our "We Shall Remain" exhibit highlighting Arkansas’s first encouraged. Billie Sue Hoggard of Jonesboro DirecTV subscribers- DirecTV is providing subscribers with a national PBS programming feed while people, from program screenings to lecture series – are a key part of what AETN Viewers may reach AETN at: Ronnie Williams of Menifee KETS is off the air. This means you will see some of the same programs aired on AETN, but at different times. This also has become. These continuing community efforts also include AETN's kids camps, 1-800-662-AETN 501-682-AETN AETN Foundation Board means you are unable to watch the Saturday morning how-to programs, British comedies and local AETN programs. On teacher training weeks and our massive undertaking to showcase Arkansas’s 501-450-1-PBS June 13, 2009, DirecTV will resume using the KETS digital signal, and you will once again be able to view AETN. state and national park sites in conjunction with the upcoming Ken Burns' docu- 1-800-662-2386 Chair mentary series, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” this fall. Fax: 501-852-2280 Dan Farley of Little Rock E-mail: [email protected] Cable subscribers- To receive AETN programming while KETS is off the air, some cable systems are All of these initiatives make up AETN and our commitment to you. With the Public Affairs e-mail: Vice Chair using a fiber connection to AETN. This required them to invest in additional, expensive equipment. Some cable systems [email protected] Sandra Richardson of economy and our resources very lean already and facing current challenges, we Outdoor Programs e-mail: Mountain Home were able to make adjustments to their antennas to receive a signal from other AETN transmitters. For either technical or promise to do all we can to keep serving you every day. [email protected] financial reasons, some cable systems are still unable to receive a signal from AETN. This includes cable systems in the Secretary/Treasurer It is not news to anyone that we live in difficult economic times. This is true Membership hotline: Philip Hathcock of Maumelle Maumelle, Benton and Bryant areas. around the world, in our nation and in our homes. The downturn has also af- 501-682-4120 Viewer response line: Dr. Linda Beene Ballard of fected public broadcasting across the country and, yes, at AETN. 501-682-4198 Bismarck Antenna users- We realize many viewers who rely on an indoor antenna or “rabbit ears” have been Education: Kay Bland of Paragould unable to watch AETN since the tower holding the KETS analog antenna collapsed back in January 2008. On June 13, The AETN Foundation, which exists to raise the funds necessary to support AETN's 1-800-488-6689 Irma Hunter Brown of 2009, you will need to perform a channel scan on your converter box or digital TV to receive the KETS digital signal. If mission, provides Arkansans opportunities to connect with the network by becom- e-mail address: Little Rock Lavenia Craig of El Dorado you have recently purchased a new antenna, make sure it is capable of receiving channels that broadcast on both VHF and ing financial donors, corporate or foundation partners, volunteers or by other [email protected] AETN online: Dr. Andrew Fulkerson of UHF. Only the KTEJ/Channel 19 transmitter out of Jonesboro broadcasts on UHF. All other transmitters around the state means of giving. The AETN Foundation builds relationships between AETN, donors www.aetn.org Paragould and viewers, and is committed to being a transparent and accountable steward of Don Hale of El Dorado will continue to broadcast on VHF.