Volume 7 Issue 3 March 2010 In This Issue • Enjoy musical blasts from the past throughout the month, including specials featuring Pat Boone, Chet Atkins and Roy Orbison • The History Circle Community Calendar features history-themed regional events • Check out this month’s complete history programming on Western Reserve PBS and Fusion • American Masters follows architect I.M. Pei on a personal and architectural journey Become a Member of Western Reserve PBS! Join Western Reserve PBS to support our high-quality educational and inspiring programming. Find out how to join online at westernreservepbs.org or by phone at 1-800-554-4549. New Channel Positions for Time Warner Effective March 8, Time Warner will change its digital channel positions. For more information, visit http:// twcguide.com or call Time Warner. Local funding for history programming is provided by The Ruth H. Beecher Charitable Trust. Western Reserve PBS • P.O. Box 5191 • Kent OH 44240-5191 • Call us at 1-800-554-4549 • Visit us online at www.WesternReservePBS.org Dolley Madison: American Experience Monday, March 1, at 9 PM Repeats Wednesday, March 3, and Monday, March 8, at 3 AM Dolley Madison lived through two wars, knew the first 12 presidents and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern democracy in the world. At a time when women could neither vote nor participate officially in politics, Madison, wife of the fourth president, James Madison, became one of the most influential and best-loved figures of her day. When she died in 1849 at the age of 81 — one of the last remaining members of the founding generation — Washington City honored her with the largest state funeral the capital had ever seen. Dolley Madison features interviews with NPR senior news analyst and best-selling author Cokie Roberts, historian Catherine Allgor, presidential historian Richard Norton Smith and more. The distinguished cast of actors includes Tony Award nominee Eve Best as Dolley Madison and Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays as James Madison. The film looks at both the first lady’s public achievements and at her often troubled private life — in particular, her relationship with her only son, a drinker and gambler who almost ruined her final years. Heart of a Nation: America’s First Ladies Monday, March 1, at 10:30 PM Enjoy this look at the important roles played by America’s first ladies. Using the National First Ladies’ Library in Canton as its primary resource, the program recalls important moments in first lady history. Mary Regula talks about the founding of the National First Ladies’ Library in this Western Reserve Public Media production.
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Volume 7 Issue 3 March 2010
In This Issue
• Enjoy musical blasts from the past throughout the month, including specials featuring Pat Boone, Chet Atkins and Roy Orbison
• The History Circle Community Calendar features history-themed regional events
• Check out this month’s complete history programming on Western Reserve PBS and Fusion
•AmericanMastersfollows architect I.M. Pei on a personal and architectural journey
BecomeaMemberofWesternReservePBS!Join Western Reserve PBS to support our high-quality educational and inspiring programming. Find out how to join online at westernreservepbs.org or by phone at 1-800-554-4549.
NewChannelPositionsforTimeWarnerEffective March 8, Time Warner will change its digital channel positions. For more information, visit http://twcguide.com or call Time Warner.
Local funding for history programming is provided by The Ruth H. Beecher Charitable Trust.
Western Reserve PBS • P.O. Box 5191 • Kent OH 44240-5191 • Call us at 1-800-554-4549 • Visit us online at www.WesternReservePBS.org
DolleyMadison:AmericanExperienceMonday,March1,at9pmRepeats Wednesday, March 3, and Monday, March 8, at 3 am
Dolley Madison lived through two wars, knew the first 12 presidents and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern democracy in the world. At a time when women could neither vote nor participate officially in politics, Madison, wife of the fourth president, James Madison, became one of the most influential and best-loved figures of her day. When she died in 1849 at the age of 81 — one of the last remaining members of the founding generation — Washington City honored her with the largest state funeral the capital had ever seen.
DolleyMadison features interviews with NPR senior news analyst and best-selling author Cokie Roberts, historian Catherine Allgor, presidential historian Richard Norton Smith and more. The distinguished cast of actors includes Tony Award nominee Eve Best as Dolley Madison and Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays as James Madison.
The film looks at both the first lady’s public achievements and at her often troubled private life — in particular, her relationship with her only son, a drinker and gambler who almost ruined her final years.
HeartofaNation:America’sFirstLadiesMonday,March1,at10:30pmEnjoy this look at the important roles played by America’s first ladies. Using the National First Ladies’ Library in Canton as its primary resource, the program recalls important moments in first lady history.
Mary Regula talks about the founding of the National First Ladies’ Library in this Western Reserve Public Media production.
Musical Blasts From the PastPatBoone:LoveLettersintheSandsofTimeSunday,March7,at7pmRepeats Wednesday, March 10, at 10 pm
During the 1950s, one performer challenged Elvis Presley in chart-topping hits — Pat Boone.
Instantly recognizable for his silky, smooth singing voice, charming good looks and iconic white bucks, Boone had 38 top 40 hits, became a movie star and a best-selling author and, from 1957 to 1961, hosted a weekly network television musical variety show called “The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom.”
Boone’s guest stars were some of the best-known entertainers in the world, including Peggy Lee, Mel Torme, the Mills Brothers, Frankie Avalon, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis, Julie London, Count Basie, Fabian and Nat “King” Cole. In this special, Boone reintroduces an extraordinary vintage collection of guest solos and duets, along with a selection of his own classic hits.
ChetAtkins:CertifiedGuitarPlayerSunday,March7,at8:30pmRepeats Thursday, March 11, at 8 pm
On May 15, 1987, a group of A-list musicians gathered to celebrate the enormous influence that guitarist and producer Chet Atkins had on their lives and careers. Taped before a studio audience at Neeley Auditorium on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, the star-packed special includes performances by Atkins with Mark Knopfler, the Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald and a band of the Music City’s finest players.
The concert has been the talk of legend — the recording and video have long been sought after by guitar aficionados and music collectors. By the first notes of “Deep Thumb Blues,” it’s easy to see why. Recorded just blocks from the famed Music Row that he’s largely credited with creating, Atkins gives the audience a master class in playing and performing.
Atkins, who passed away on June 30, 2001, referred to himself as “Chet Atkins, CGP.” CGP stands for certified guitar player, an honorary degree that Atkins bestowed upon only the most worthy pickers. Just five were ever given the honor: Jerry Reed, Steve Wariner, Tommy Emmanuel, John Knowles — and Chet Atkins.
TheT.A.M.I.Show:Rock‘n’Roll’sFirstConcertFilmMonday,March8,at9pmRepeats Sunday, March 14, at 4:30 pm
One of the rarest rock events ever captured on film, the 1964 concert known as “The T.A.M.I. Show,” short for Teen Age Music International, featured performances by future Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Rolling Stones, James Brown, Chuck Berry, the Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Supremes and many others.
TheT.A.M.I.Show was filmed live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1964, a mere seven months after the Beatles appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and introduced the swinging ‘60s to America. This legendary film hasn’t been seen in its entirety since it originally appeared in theaters in 1964. This restored version features Beach Boys performances that were removed shortly after the film’s initial theatrical run.
TheT.A.M.I.Show is the first concert movie of the rock era, capturing such superstars as the Rolling Stones (with the late Brian Jones), James Brown, Chuck Berry, the Beach Boys, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Miracles (featuring Smokey Robinson) and many other Motown and British Invasion acts in their early prime.
RounderRecords40thAnniversaryConcertTuesday,March9,at10pm
Filmed in October 2009 at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, this concert is a celebration of Rounder Records’ 40 years in the music industry and features Grammy-winning Rounder artists.
They include Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Béla Fleck and Irma Thomas, along with musical host Minnie Driver and special guests Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas and jazz/R&B pianist Henry Butler.
The special also features select performances from Steve Martin’s show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, from Alison Krauss and Robert Plant’s 2008 CMT “Crossroads” special and from Madeleine Peyroux’s 2009 concert in Los Angeles.
History Circle Community CalendarTeaWiththeCurator—HearthandHome—McKinleyPresidentialLibraryandMuseumMonday, March 8, from 10 am to noon McKinley Presidential Library and Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Dr. NW, Canton. For reservations or more information, call 330-455-7043.
IrishCeiliBandPerformsTraditionalIrishMusic—HudsonLibraryandHistoricalSocietyThursday, March 11, at 7 pm 96 Library St., Hudson. For more information, call 330-653-6658, ext. 1010, or visit hudsonlibrary.org.
TheVoiceoftheAmericanSoul:MarianAnderson—NationalFirstLadies’LibrarySaturday, March 13, from 10 am to noon 205 Market Ave. S, Canton. For more information, call Vicki or Noelle at 330-452-0876.
UsingWorldCatforGenealogyResearch—MedinaCountyPublicLibrarySunday, March 14, at 1:30 pm Medina County Public Library, 210 S. Broadway, Medina. For more information, call 330-725-0588.
SoupatSix—OntheMove:TheEarlyAutoIndustryinStarkCounty—McKinleyPresidentialLibraryandMuseumThursday, March 18, from 6-8 pm McKinley Presidential Library and Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Dr. NW, Canton. For more information or reservations, call 330-455-7043.Mr.Vickers’Butterbur—MillCreekMetroParksSunday, March 28, at 2 pm Walter Scholl Recreation Area, near the intersection of Bears Den Road and Normandy Dr., Youngstown. One of the legacies of Mill Creek Park’s first naturalist is a still-thriving colony of butterbur. For more information, call the MetroParks Office at 330-702-3000.
AllAboutKentSpeakerSeries—KentHistoricalSociety,Wednesday, March 31, at 6:30 pm Unitarian Universalist Church, 229 Gougler Ave., Kent. Wayne Enders is guest speaker. For more information, call 330-678-2712.
RoyOrbison:InDreamsSunday,March22,at10pm
The inspiring life and times — and music — of first-generation Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Roy Orbison are the heart of this music documentary.
For Orbison, whose rock ’n’ roll career spanned the 1950s through the 1980s, ambition and stardom always took a back seat to the purity and essence of his art. Even without formal training, he was a brilliant songwriter whose simplest tunes, “Only the Lonely,” “Crying,” “Oh, Pretty Woman,” “Blue Bayou” and “You Got It” — all heard in RoyOrbison:InDreams — defied conventional rules of songwriting and structure.
Orbison also was one of pop’s most gifted and colorfully distinctive vocal stylists. His many fans include artists such as Willie Nelson, Chet Atkins, Jeff Lynne, Robert Plant, Bruce Springsteen, Bill Wyman and Bono, all of whom pay homage onscreen to their idol.
The special includes footage of Bruce Springsteen’s speech at Orbison’s 1987 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This event was the prelude to the 1988 all-star tribute concert, “Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night,” which aired on PBS. Segments of that concert are interspersed throughout InDreams.
Musical Blasts From the PastWhenIrishEyesAreSmiling:Sunday,March14,at2pmRepeats Tuesday, March 16, at 8 pm; Thursday, March 18, at 9:30 pm; and Saturday, March 20, at 6:30 pm
In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day and the green month of March, take a nostalgic journey back to the 1950s and 1960s with long-unseen footage of beloved performers singing some of the greatest songs from and inspired by Ireland.
The program appropriately opens on the streets of Dublin with the legendary crooner Bing Crosby offering a pair of Irish folk standards, “Molly Malone” and “McNamara’s Band.” Tough-guy actor Robert Mitchum, generally not known for his singing, teams up with the Ames Brothers for a rare rendition of the tender “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra.”
Flame-haired film beauty Maureen O’Hara delivers a touching version of “Look to the Rainbow” from the Broadway musical “Finian’s Rainbow.” She and singer Rosemary Clooney unite for a rousing declaration called “It’s a Great Day for the Irish”; they’re joined by variety show host Ed Sullivan and Pat Rooney, who also dances to the spirited “The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady.”
Other popular performers on the program include Carmel Quinn, Morton Downey, Dennis Day, Pat O’Brien, Paul O’Keefe and the Irish Rovers (with their hit recording of “The Unicorn”).
MARCH2010•HISTORyPROGRAMMING
AmericanExperienceMonday, March 1, at 9 pm
Wednesdays, March 3, March 24 and March 31, at 3 am
Monday, March 8, at 3 am
HeartofaNation:America’sFirstLadies
Monday, March 1, at 10:30 pm
Morristown:WhereAmericaSurvived
Wednesday, March 3, at 4:30 am
Monday, March 8, at 4:30 am
FacesofAmericaWithHenryLouisGates,Jr.
Wednesday, March 3, at 10:30 pm
PrideandPassion:TheItaliansinAmerica
Thursday, March 4, at 9:30 pm
The8thWonder:WaterlooWonders
Monday, March 8, at 1 am
Sunday, March 28, at noonTuesday, March 30, at 9 pm
TimeTeamAmericaWednesdays, March 10
and March 17, at 3 am and 4 am
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Digital channels: 45.2 (WNEO) and 49.2 (WEAO)Armstrong Cable: Channel 416
Clear Picture: Channel 84Massillon Cable: Channel 84
Time Warner Cable: Channel 368; changes to Channel 993 beginning March 8
FloatingonAirThursday, March 4, at 9 pm
Saturday, March 6, at 7 pm
AfricanAmericanLives2Sundays, March 7 and March 14, at noon
and 1 pm
NortheastOhio:TheWarSunday, March 7, at 2 pm
Sunday, March 14, at 4:30 pm
TheWarSundays, March 7 to March 21, at 2:30 pm
LastingImpressions:TheWendellAugustForgeStory
Wednesday, March 10, at 8 pm and 10 pm
Saturday, March 13, at 8 pm
ClydeSinger:AnAmericanArtistThursday, March 11, at 8 pm and 10 pm
Saturday, March 13, at 6 pm
Inventive,Industrious,Inspired:AHistoryofAkron
Wednesday, March 17, at 8 pm and 10 pm
Saturday, March 20, at 8 pm
TheFrontPorchPresidentThursday, March 18, at 8:30 pm and
10:30 pm
Saturday, March 20, at 6:30 pm
TheBlitz:London’sLongestNightSunday, March 21, at noon
BombingofGermany:AmericanExperienceSunday, March 21, at 1:30 pm
ObjectsandMemoriesThursday, March 11, at
4 am
CrossCanadaCenturyFlightMonday, March 15, at
1 am
TheBlitz:London’sLongestNight
Monday, March 15, at 3 am
GermansinAmericaWednesdays, March 17 to
April 7, at 2 pm
SmallTown,BigDreamsMonday, March 22, at
1 am
Jerusalem:CenteroftheWorld
Monday, March 22, at 3 am
RoyOrbison:InDreamsMonday, March 22, at
10 pm
AmericanMasters,JohnJamesAudobon
Wednesday, March 24, at 4 am
SecretsoftheDeadSunday, March 28, at 4 pm
American MastersI.M.PeiWednesday,March31,at9pm
Noted architect I.M. Pei, who left his native China in the 1930s, was invited to design a modern museum to house the antiquities of Suzhou, where he grew up.
This film follows his seven-and-a-half-year personal and architectural journey from west to east, a literal coming home — a realization of Pei’s lifelong dream, but also his biggest challenge and a work that he defines as “my biography.”
The program includes commentary from local residents, design specialists, Suzhou officials and a stellar array of architects, designers and scholars commenting on Pei’s life and work.
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