January 16-30
 The NHPTV Kids Club is having a Valentine's Day Party with special guests Peg + Cat! It's a party to celebrate a love of math and one another!
Join us Saturday, February 14th from 10-11:30 AM at the NHPTV Broadcast Center in Durham for a special screening of Peg + Cat, music, crafts, and snacks!
We'd love to count you in on the fun! This event is free but space is limited, so RSVP today!
GET WRITING
NHPTV-PBS KIDS WRITERS CONTEST
Get out you pencils, crayons and markers! The NHPTV -PBS KIDS WRITERS CONTEST officially began on January 1, 2015. The contest is open to kids in grades K-3. All they need to do is write and illustrate an original story and submit it to NHPTV by March 31, 2015!
CALLING ON SCHOOLS!
Schools and classes are invited to submit stories! We would love to see more participation by New Hampshire schools! In fact, we would like to see New Hampshire have more school participation than any other state! The contest is a great way to promote writing and integrate the arts. It is aligned to New Hampshire reading, writing, and art standards. A writing guide and curriculum resources are available on the contest web site.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
A first, second, and third place story will be chosen at each grade level along with an honorable mention being awarded to up to 17 stories at each grade level. All NHPTV first-place winners will be sent to the national competition. Last year we had a national first place winner from New Hampshire. Every child who submits a story will receive a personalized letter of recognition and a certificate of achievement. More >>
EXPLORING SHAKESPEARE
SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED
Behind every Shakespeare play there is a story: for instance, how he and his company dismantled their theater and rowed it across the river Thames when their landlord cancelled their lease - then staged Henry V for the first time. There are echoes of the playwright's life - who named his twins Hamnet (a boy, who died at age 11) and Judith - in plays like Twelfth Night, where the plot turns on the adventures of separated twins; and Hamlet, where the drama begins with the grief of a son who has lost his father. The series shows Shakespeare as an impresario who, four centuries ago, defined early the tenets of show business - drawing on historical sources, stealing and adapting ideas, bringing back popular characters, writing prequels, and developing dramatic ideas from the politics of the day.
In a unique series of six films, Shakespeare Uncovered combines history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis, and the personal passions of its celebrated hosts - Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Trevor Nunn, Joely Richardson, and David Tennant - to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
1/30 A Midsummer Night's Dream With Hugh Bonneville
Hugh Bonneville started his career as an understudy for Ralph Fiennes in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Open Air Theatre in London's Regent's Park. Airs from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
1/30 King Lear With Christopher Plummer
Actor Christopher Plummer originally played the role of King Lear under the direction of Sir Jonathan Miller, who has directed the play six times. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
GENIUS INVENTOR
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE 
1/27 Edison
By the time he died in 1931, Thomas Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in history, Edison had amassed a fortune and achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and electric light. Airs from 9-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
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TEACHING CHANNEL PRESENTS
1/18 Reading Fundamentals
Reading Fundamentals: We'll spend the hour in two fifth classrooms where the emphasis is on building strong reading skills and meeting students at their level. Airs from 5-6 a.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >> |
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AMERICAN MASTERS
1/23 Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Journey through the mysterious world of sleight-of-hand with multi-talented conjurer Ricky Jay. Airs from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
1/18 Sam Smith/Future Islands
ACL features soulful pop from Sam Smith and Future Islands. Airs from 12-1 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
1/25 Ryan Adams/Jenny Lewis
Great American singer/songwriters Ryan Adams and Jenny Lewis return to the ACL stage. Airs from 12-1 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
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GREAT PERFORMANCES
1/17 Le Nozze Di Figaro
Met music director James Levine conducts a spirited new production of Mozart's masterpiece, directed by Richard Eyre, who sets the action of this classic domestic comedy in an 18th-century manor house in Seville during the 1930s. Airs from 1-4:30 a.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED
1/30 A Midsummer Night's Dream With Hugh Bonneville
Hugh Bonneville started his career as an understudy for Ralph Fiennes in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Open Air Theatre in London's Regent's Park. Airs from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
1/30 King Lear With Christopher Plummer
Actor Christopher Plummer originally played the role of King Lear under the direction of Sir Jonathan Miller, who has directed the play six times. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >> |
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AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS WITH MARIA HINOJOSA
1/18 Surviving Year One
The U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other nation, and the biggest portion goes towards pregnancy and childbirth. Airs from 10-10:30 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
1/21 The New Mad Men
With a collective purchasing power of $3 trillion, people of color are quickly becoming the nation's most sought-after consumers. Airs from 5-5:30 a.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/22 Mainstream, USA
Clarkston, Georgia, one of America's most diverse square miles, was designated as a refugee resettlement site in the 1980s and is now home to people from more than 40 different countries. Airs from 9-9:30 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/29 Island Of Warriors
Pacific Islanders serve in the U.S. military in disproportionately high numbers, and have suffered the highest casualty rates in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Airs from 9-9:30 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
AMERICA REFRAMED
1/18 Trash Dance
Choreographer Allison Orr finds beauty and grace in garbage trucks, and in the unseen men and women who pick up our trash. Airs from 3-4:10 a.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/20 American Heart
Seven years in the making, American Heart takes viewers on an intimate journey into the lives of three refugees who now call Minnesota home. Airs from 7-8:30 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/27 Gaucho Del Norte
Since the 1970's, shepherds from South America have been brought to work in the American west. Airs from 8-9:30 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
1/27 Edison
The holder of 1,093 patents, Thomas Alva Edison's name was nearly synonymous with invention. Airs from 9-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
FRONTLINE
1/18 Putin's Way
FRONTLINE investigates the accusations of criminality and corruption that have surrounded Vladimir Putin's reign in Russia. Airs from 2-3 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
1/21 The Retirement Gamble
Ten trillion dollars in Americans' retirement savings are invested in large and small accounts managed by banks, brokerages, mutual funds, and insurance companies. Airs from 6-7 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/23 Solitary Nation
An estimated 80,000 Americans are in solitary confinement - even people who haven't committed violent crimes - sometimes for years, or even decades. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
1/28 League Of Denial: The NFL'S Concussion Crisis, Part 1
With the NFL back in the news, FRONTLINE investigates how the league denied and worked to refute scientific evidence that violent collisions at the heart of the game are linked to long-term brain injuries. Airs from 8:30-10 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >> |
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GLOBAL VOICES
1/18 Casablanca Calling
In Morocco, women are being employed as religious leaders - called Morchidat - for the first time, offering advice and guidance in mosques, schools, prisons, and orphanages around the country. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/18 The Fighting Spirit
There aren't a lot of ways to leave Bukom. A poor village in Ghana, its main industry is fishing, with a paltry annual salary of $300. Airs from 11 p.m.- 12 A.M. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/22 Stealing Africa
How much profit is fair? Ruschlikon is a village in Switzerland with a very low tax rate and very wealthy residents. Airs from 5-6 a.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/22 Land Rush
How do you feed the world? 75% of Mali's population are farmers, but rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing Mali's land in order to turn large areas into agribusiness farms. Airs from 6-7 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/25 Oil & Water
Shot over six years, Oil & Water is the true story of two boys coming of age in the middle of one of the world's worst toxic disasters. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/25 74 Square Meters
Iselsa, Kathy, tribal leader Ivan, and 150 other marginalized families from Valparaiso, Chile, are chosen to participate in a social experiment that moves them into a middle-class neighborhood. Airs from 11 p.m.-12 a.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/29 Education Education
What does an education get you? In ancient times in China, education was the only way out of poverty, in recent times it has been the best way. Airs from 6-7 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/30 Poor Us: The Animated History Of Poverty
Do we know what poverty is? The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Airs from 6-7 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
INDEPENDENT LENS
1/18 Evolution Of A Criminal
Join filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe as he returns to the scene of the crime to explore what led him to rob a bank as a teenager in Texas, through interviews with family, friends and mentors. Airs from 3-4:30 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
1/19 The Kill Team/Confusion Through Sand
"Kill Team" Venture behind closed doors to learn the harrowing story of a 21-year-old U.S. infantryman in Afghanistan who - with the help of his father - attempted to alert the military to heinous war crimes being committed by his platoon. Airs from 10-11:30 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
1/23 Detropia
Detroit was the birthplace of the middle-class; a great city that came with the guarantee of the American dream. Airs from 7-8:30 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
SECRETS OF THE DEAD
1/28 Ben Franklin's Bones
When skeletal remains of at least 10 people, including several infants, turned up in the basement of Benjamin Franklin's British residence, people wondered if the Founding Father might have had a much darker side, as the bones had been meticulously cut and drilled. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >> |
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
1/27 Edison
The holder of 1,093 patents, Thomas Alva Edison's name was nearly synonymous with invention. Airs from 9-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
NOVA
1/17 Big Bang Machine
On July 4, 2012, scientists at the giant atom smashing facility at CERN announced the discovery of a subatomic particle that seems like a tantalizingly close match to the elusive Higgs Boson, thought to be responsible for giving all the stuff in the universe its mass. Airs from 12-1 p.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
1/21 Sunken Ship Rescue
NOVA follows the epic operation to secure, raise and salvage the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which ran aground and tragically capsized off the coast of Italy on January 13th 2012, killing 32 passengers. Airs from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
1/28 Sinkholes - Buried Alive
In Tampa, Florida, in February 2013, a giant hole in the ground opened up and swallowed half a house, killing 36 year-old Jeffrey Bush as he slept in his bedroom. Airs from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >> |
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NATURE
1/18 Dogs That Changed The World, Pt. 1 - The Rise Of The Dog
From the tiniest Chihuahua to the largest St. Bernard, all dogs claim the wolf as their ancestor. Airs from 4-5 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
1/21 Dogs That Changed The World, Pt. 2 - Dogs By Design
Some working dogs are able to use their skills to perform tasks they were bred for; there are still jobs today for herders, hunters and guard dogs. Airs from 8-9 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
1/28 Penguin Post Office
In the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula there's a post office surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery and 3,000 gentoo penguins. Airs from 8-9 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
RICKOVER: THE BIRTH OF NUCLEAR POWER
Airs 1/29 from 9-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick, a unique American hero. Additional Airdates >> |
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ARE YOU A DIGITAL INNOVATOR?
PBS LearningMedia is looking for tech-savvy K-12 educators with a passion for using digital media and technology in the classroom. Does this sound like you? More >>
New Hampshire PBS has partnered with Red River Theatres in Concord and Franklin Pierce University in Rindge to present a series of free screenings featuring films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series INDEPENDENT LENS. Community Cinema has over 65 participants nationwide in its groundbreaking public education and civic engagement initiative. It brings together organizations, community members and public television stations to learn, discuss and get involved in today's critical social issues.
Credit hour certificates of participation are available to educators. Register and see full 2014-15 schedule>>
COMMUNITY CINEMA: AMERICAN DENIAL
February 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Red River Theatres, Concord, NH
Using the story of Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 investigation of Jim Crow racism as a springboard, American Denial explores the power of unconscious biases and how the ideals of liberty, equality, and justice still impact notions of race and class today.
DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN THE CLASSROOM
Engaging educators and students through film, Community Classroom provides free lesson plans and film modules from award - winning documentaries and interactive features from Independent Lens. Topics covered include: immigration, civil rights, women's rights, religion, and the environment. Community Classroom
WHAT'S UP THIS WEEK
1/17 Kid Inventors' Day
1929 - Popeye the Sailor Man first appears in Thimble Theatre comic strip.
1949 -The Goldbergs, first sitcom on American television, airs for the first time.
1950 - The Great Brink's Robbery – 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
1991 - Operation Desert Storm begins
Birthdays
1706 - Benjamin Franklin
1899 - Al Capone
1922 - Betty White
1931 - James Earl Jones
1942 - Muhammad Ali
1962 - Jim Carrey
1/18 Thesaurus Day
1778 - James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands
1903 - President Theodore Roosevelt sends first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the US to King Edward VII
1993 - MLK Day is officially observed for first time in all 50 states.
Birthdays
1782 - Daniel Webster
1882 - A. A. Milne
 1/19 Popcorn Day
1861 - Georgia secedes from Union
1953 - Close to 72% of all televisions in US tuned into I Love Lucy for birth of Lucy's baby
1977 - Snow falls in Miami and the Bahamas
Birthdays
1736 - Scottish steam engine inventor James Watt
1839 - French artist Paul Cezanne
1807 - Confederate general Robert E. Lee
1809 - Author Edgar Allan Poe
1943 - Musician Janis Joplin
1/20 Penguin Awareness Day
1801 - John Marshall appointed chief justice
1885 - L.A. Thompson patents roller coaster
1920 - American Civil Liberties Union founded
1981 - Iran releases 52 American hostages
1986 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrated as federal holiday for first time
Birthdays
1775 - French physicist Andre Marie Ampere
1878 - American dancer Ruth St. Denis
1896 - Comedian George Burns
1920 - Italian director Federico Fellini
1/21 Squirrel Appreciation Day
1954-First atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, launched
1977-President Carter pardons Vietnam War draft evaders
Birthdates
1831 - Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen
1901 - French fashion designer Christian Dior
1951 - Attorney General Eric Holder
 1/22 Answer Your Cat's Questions Day
1938 - Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town" premieres
1973 - Supreme Court hands down Roe vs. Wade decision
Birthdates
1788- Poet Lord Byron
1875 - Director D. W. Griffith
1904 - Choreographer George Balanchine
 1/23 National Handwriting Day
1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell becomes first woman in US to receive medical degree
1977 - TV mini-series "Roots," begins airing on ABC
Birthdates
1793 - Founding Father John Hancock
1832 - French Artist Edouard Manet
1/24 Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day
1908 - Boy Scout troop organized in England
1986 - Voyager 2 space probe sweeps past Uranus
Birthdates
1862- Edith Wharton
1/25 Robert Burns Day
1533 - King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn
Birthdates
1759 - Scottish poet Robert Burns
1882 -Writer Virginia Woolf
1/26 Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
1837 - Michigan becomes 26th state
1861 - Louisiana secedes from Union
1870 - Virginia rejoins Union
1950 - India proclaims itself a republic
Birthdates
1880 - Douglas MacArthur
1925 - Actor Paul Newman
1958 - Ellen DeGeneres
1961 - Wayne Gretzky
1/27 Holocaust Memorial Day
1967 - Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee killed in fire during a test of Apollo 1
1973 - Paris Peace Accords end Vietnam War
Birthdates
1756 - Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1832 - Author and mathematician Lewis Carroll
1885 - Composer Jerome Kern
1948 - Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov
1955 - Chief Justice John Roberts
1/28 National Kazoo Day
1813 - Pride and Prejudice first published
1915 - Coast Guard created
1956 - Elvis Presley makes first US television appearance on Stage Show, co-hosted by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey
1958 - Lego company patents design of Lego bricks
1986 - Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral
Birthdates
1457 - King Henry VII
1873 - French author Colette
1912 - Artist Jackson Pollock
1947 - NH Senator Jeanne Shaheen
1981 - Elijah Wood
 1/29 National Puzzle Day
1845 - Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" first published
1850 - Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850
1861- Kansas admitted as 34th state
1900 - American League organized in Philadelphia
Birthdates
1737 - Thomas Paine
1843 - William McKinley
1860 - Anton Chekhov
1923 - Paddy Chayefsky
1954 - Oprah Winfrey
1/30 National Croissant Day
1649 - Charles I of England beheaded
1948 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist
1968 - Tet offensive begins
1969 - Beatles' last public performance happens on roof of Apple Records in London.
1972 - Bloody Sunday: British Paratroopers open fire on and kill fourteen unarmed marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland.
2005 - Iraqis vote in country's first free election in 50 years
Birthdates
1882 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
1924 - Author Lloyd Alexander
1941 - Dick Cheney
 1/31 Chinese New Year
1606 - Guy Fawkes executed for plotting against Parliament and King James
1865 - United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution abolishing slavery
1950 - President Truman announces he has ordered development of hydrogen bomb
Birthdates
1797 - Austrian composer Franz Schubert
1881 - Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova
1919 - Baseball player Jackie Robinson
1923 - Author Norman Mailer
1937 - Composer Philip Glass
1981 - Musician Justin Timberlake
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