August 3 - 16, 2009

E-news Monday, August 3, 2009 As we near the end of the fiscal year, your support is more important than ever. Please help us finish the year strong and stand behind the programs you rely on by making a gift now. There are many ways to give , so don't wait. Thank you! Program Highlights Celtic Thunder – Take Me Home This new special features new songs and audience favorites and showcases a more mature, dynamic group. Saturday, August 8, 9pm Sunday, August 16, 7pm More Arts Programs »       Get Down Tonight – The Disco Explosion Hosted by KC and The Sunshine Band, this program brings back the disco years with hit makers featured on the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever. Saturday, August 8, 8:40pm Sunday, August 9, 9pm More Arts Programs »   back to top   Closing the Opportunity Gap Katie Haycock & Rudy Crew discuss critical steps to ensuring every student has great teachers and a great school. Co-produced with The Minneapolis Foundation. Sunday, August 9, 11am   back to top   Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews This program is culled from over 28 hours of interview footage between Sir David Frost and U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. Never before, nor since, has a U.S. President been so candid on camera. Sunday, August 9, 6pm Watch the Trailer »   back to top   Our Future Prosperity Dr. Mae Jemison, the first woman of color to travel into space, speaks about women and minorities in science & engineering. Co-produced with The Minneapolis Foundation. Sunday, August 9, 7pm More Science Programs »   back to top   Live from Lincoln Center: Joshua Bell and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Maestro Louis Langrée leads the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and master violinist Joshua Bell in two works by Mendelssohn. Wednesday, August 12, 7pm More Arts Programs »   back to top   Chris Botti: Live in Boston Join contemporary jazz star and pop favorite Chris Botti and special featured guests as they celebrate an incredible night of music. And don't miss Chris live in our tpt Studios and his performance at Orchestra Hall. Wednesday, August 12, 9pm More Arts Programs »   back to top   Leonard Cohen Live in London Enjoy this remarkable concert with one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time. Sunday, August 16, 8pm Monday, August 17, 7pm Watch a clip »   back to top   Rate our new website! The MN Video Vault is a new, web-based, on-demand video service that contains hundreds of hours of tpt shows, from documentaries to performances. Tell us what you think, log on at www.mnvideovault.org and click on the "Rate this Site" button. 50 years of Minnesota Arts, History and Politics. For Kids and Parents Jim Henson's Dinosaur Train Pulls in to PBS Kids Dinosaur Train, a new kids series from the Jim Henson Company will debut this fall on tpt! The series celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains while encouraging basic scientific thinking and skills. In addition to the series, Dinosaur Train has a great website including games, learning tools and more, as well as parent and teacher resources on PBS Parents and PBS Teachers. Raising Readers Inspire a love of reading in your child with help from children's book experts on Booklights. This collaborative blog seeks to help kids develop a life-long love of books and provides parents with recommendations for books, games and activities.   back to top   In This Issue Frost/Nixon Chris Botti Dinosaur Train Join tpt's Program Club Make new friends and share your love for tpt shows by joining the tpt Program Club. It's like a book club, but for public television! tpt Magazine Twin Cities Public Television has been reviewed by the Charities Review Council and is proud to have met its Accountability Standards. To read our charity review report, visit the Charities Review Council at www.SmartGivers.org. Forward Know someone who might be interested in this newsletter? Forward this email to a friend. Comment Have something to tell us? Please send us your comments. Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive this email please unsubscribe. Twin Cities Public Television 172 East Fourth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101 · 651-222-1717 © 2009 Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. · viewerservices@tpt.org · An EEO/AA Employer