TV - Channel 7.1, Comcast 8 & 440
Celtic Thunder - It’s Entertainment!
Wednesday, March 17, 9:30 pm
Celtic Thunder – It’s Entertainment! is the group’s most ambitious project to date. Filmed in front of a live studio audience in Toronto, Celtic Thunder has delivered a spectacular show that will enchant and amaze their PBS fans. Staged on a set” that measures 130 foot long by 47 foot wide, there is nothing small about this production. A grand piano sits on a bandstand, twinkling lights overlook a luscious green lawn with a white marble fountain and romantic park bench, and men in tuxedos, top hats and tails all reflect the romance and nostalgia of times gone by. “
Evening with Il Divo - Live In Barcelona
Tuesday, March 16, 10:00 pm
An Evening With Il Divo – Live in Barcelona showcases the ‘popera’ quartet’s sophisticated vocal stylings and cross-continental flair with a set list that features romantic, rich harmonies and heart-breaking ballads. Il Divo’s virtuoso operatic voices transforming these well-known hits into refined classical arrangements.
Kids - Channel 7.1, Comcast 8 & 440
Arthur: The Good Sport/Crushed
Tuesday, March 16, 7:00 am
When the Athlete of the Year Award doesn’t go to Francine, she makes no effort to hide her hurt feelings from Jenna, the recipient. Michelle Kwan, world champion figure skater and graduate of Lakewood Elementary (who knew?), guest stars to teach Francine about good sports(wo)manship. Arthur can’t believe his parents are hiring a babysitter-he’s 8-years-old! Besides, babysitters are b-o-r-i-n-g! But 16-year-old Sally MacGill’s favorite hobbies are eating ice cream and playing the Dark Bunny VI: Curse of the Moomy videogame, and now all Arthur can think is…WOW!
Clifford The Big Red Dog: To Catch A Bird/The Best Party Ever
Tuesday, March 16, 11:00 am
To Catch a Bird – When Jetta’s trophy and locket are missing, all fingers and paws point to Emily – all of them except for Clifford’s! The dogs, led by Clifford, finally prove Emily didn’t steal anything, and Clifford learns the value of having faith in a friend. The Best Party Ever – Jetta ridicules Emily for not planning enough exciting activities for her birthday party, so Charley convinces Emily not to invite her. But Emily realizes that Jetta’s feelings were hurt and invites her after all.
Sid The Science Kid: Sid The Weatherman
Friday, March 12, 8:30 am
Sid wants to be a weatherman so he can decide what the weather will be every day. Sid and friends investigate weather and learn that weathermen don’t control the weather, but they do have to know all about rain, sun, wind, and hot and cold temperatures!
Create - Channel 7.2, Comcast 210
Donna Dewberry Show
Saturday, March 20, 6:30 pm
Learn to paint Donna’s signature flowers, along with vines and ribbons. Then learn how to stitch-up a crazy quilt with decorative stitches.
Lidia’s Italy
Friday, March 19, 7:30 pm
The Caprai family has been making wine in Umbria for generations and are best known for the production of a varietal that is very particular for the region. Sagrantino di Montefalco has a long history in Umbria – beginning with the Franciscan friars that first made it.
Make: Music Machines
Monday, March 15, 11:00 pm
We enter the plugged-in world of Tim Kaiser, a maker who fashions experimental musical instruments from scavenged objects. In the Workshop John Park builds a portable trebuchet from plastic plumbing pipe. Circuit bender, Bianca Pettis demystifies the art of soldering and Maker Channel contributors present a Smash Bat that takes moment-of-impact photos, a drum synthesizer played with Skittles, a pedal-powered tennis ball launcher, and an evil mouse that causes the cursor to misbehave whenever touched.
Burt Wolf: What We Eat
Thursday, March 11, 8:30 pm
Sugar started out in Asia, traveled to the Middle East and then to Europe first as a medicine and then as a rare spice. During his second voyage in 1493, Columbus brought it to the Caribbean where it changed into a common necessity, became a key element in the Caribbean slave trade and an early example of capitalist manufacturing. We’ll find out why people who had a sweet tooth had a better chance of surviving than people who didn’t and how sugar became the basis for England’s international trade.
WJCT PBS World - Channel 7.3, Comcast 211
Shipping Out: The Story of America’s Seafaring Women
Tuesday, March 16, 7:30 pm
This program celebrates the modern-day women who work in commercial shipping – on the container ships, bulk cargo carriers and tankers, coastal tugs, barges and ferry boats that traverse America’s waterways. The program explores the little-known history, mythologies and traditional attitudes which, until recently, limited women’s participation in seafaring.
Anatomy of a Hurricane
Monday, March 15, 8:30 pm
This program goes inside the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, during the 2004 hurricane season. With satellite images courtesy of NOAA and NASA, the program takes a revealing look at the stressful work of the dedicated staff who deal with unique and unexpected challenges, and struggle to make the most accurate predictions.
Krakatoa
Monday, March 15, 7:00 pm
Using dramatic recreations and CGI, the program brings the May 20, 1883, eruption to life. The eruption reduced the island of Krakatoa to a third of its former size and sent waves that reportedly topped 100 feet high crashing onto Asian shores, killing 36,000. Portions of the program tie the resulting tsunami destruction to the December 26, 2004, tsunami.
American Creole: New Orleans Reunion
Friday, March 12, 9:00 pm
A rising star of New Orleans jazz finds his sidemen Scattered by Katrina, his flooded-out mom sleeping on his couch and his eight-year-old grandson clamoring to join the band. This program tours the front lines of a devastated city’s cultural rebirth: offstage, where race is infinitely more nuanced than black or white; backstage, where which instrument you play can be a political statement; and joyously onstage, where the only thing that matters is music — and local legends make it cook.
WJCT More! - Channel 7.4, Comcast 212
Visions of Ireland
Wednesday, March 17, 9:30 pm
It is the Emerald Isle as only birds might truly see it, filmed in High Definition from a camera mounted on a helicopter. Take the thrilling ride of a lifetime and tour the unforgettable hills, cities, and coastline of Ireland in this beautiful documentary, from the Cliffs of Moher to monastery ruins at Clonmacnoise. And what would an Irish tour be without stops over Belfast and Dublin?
Nova: Master of the Killer Ants
Monday, March 15, 8:00 pm
In the Mandaras Mountains of northern Cameroon live the Mofu — an ancient tribe that shares its homes and crops with insects in a mutual balance of survival. But this year, a terrible drought has hit the region and the termites, usually a precious ally to the Mofu, have left the fields and invaded the huts and granaries. To fight back, the Mofu shaman calls for Jaglavak, a ferocious army ant with the body of a dragon. Using high-tech macro shooting techniques, the film goes underground and gives us a terrifying up-close look at a termite’s fortress and the war that rages between termites and Jaglavak.
Sister Aimee: American Experience
Tuesday, March 16, 8:30 pm
“Sister Aimee” tells the dramatic life story Aimee Semple McPherson, the controversial, charismatic, wildly popular evangelist who was instrumental in bringing conservative Protestantism into mainstream culture and American politics.
Chris Botti In Boston, Part II
Friday, March 12, 7:00 pm
Chris Botti In Boston finds the chart-topping Jazz trumpeter and special guests performing live at the historic Boston Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops. Includes guest appearances from Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, John Mayer, Katharine McPhee, Sting, Lucia Micarelli and Steven Tyler.
Masterpiece Classic: Little Dorrit
Thursday, March 11, 8:00 pm
“Little Dorrit” tells the story of the Dorrit family and the rich array of characters they encounter on their way from rags to riches and back again. Amy is mysteriously summoned from the Marshalsea debtor’s prison, where she is caring for her father, to work for the shut-in Mrs. Clennam. Arthur Clennam suspects a long-buried family secret behind his mother’s unaccustomed act of charity.
