Jazz - April 30

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Today is Bugs Bunny Day, Bubble Tea Day, Mr. Potato Head Day, Oatmeal Cookie Day, Raisin Day, and International Jazz Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Jazz
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ON THIS DATE

• 1598 - Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots.
• 1789 -  George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
• 1803 - The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
• 1812 - Louisiana becomes the 18th  state.
• 1859 - "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens is published
• 1900 - Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States
• 1938 - The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt featuring Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny, premieres in movie theaters.
• 1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide.
• 1975 - The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon falls to Communist forces.
• 1997 - ABC airs the "coming out" episode of the sitcom "Ellen,"

BIRTHDAYS

• 1662 - Queen Mary II of England
• 1877 - Writer Alice B. Toklas
• 1926 - Actor Cloris Leachman
• 1954 - Director Jane Campion
• 1957 - Rapper Wonder Mike
• 1985 - Actor Gal Gadot

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World - LISTEN
• Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' - LISTEN
  

POEM OF THE DAY 
Jayne Cortez - Jazz Fan Looks Back

THEME:  Jazz

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Hoots and Wynton Marsalis (2:57) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Art and Math and Jazz (1:03) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Wynton Marsalis plays "No Matter Your Language." (4:08) - VIEW
• Grades: 4-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Introduction to Jazz Style (8:54) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Ken Burns in the Classroom - Jazz Images  - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - The Jazz Ambassadors Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Jazz: A Metaphor for America (6:04) - VIEW and DO

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

THE EXPRESS WAY WITH DULE HILL - Appalachia
Tuesday, 4/30 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
In Appalachia, Dule Hill explores how music can provide solace and healing. He meets a master luthier rehabilitating opioid addicts, a black folk musician, and the creator of "Latin-grass," a fusion of Latin-American folk and bluegrass music. THE EXPRESS WAY WITH DULE HILL Streaming Video

FRONTLINE - Documenting Police Use of Force
Tuesday, 4/30 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Investigating deaths after police used tactics like prone restraint and other "less lethal" force. With The Associated Press, drawing on police records, autopsy reports, and body cam footage, the most expansive tally of such deaths nationwide. FRONTLINE Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Birds of East Africa
Tuesday, 4/30 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Professional wildlife photographer Todd Gustafson captures stories of competition, courtship, family, hunting, and flight to illustrate the hidden life of East African birds. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH Streaming Video

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Oceans
Tuesday, 4/30 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
From the smallest sea shell to the immense whale shark, award-winning international wildlife photographer and filmmaker Todd Gustafson introduces viewers to the creatures that inhabit the sand flats, tidepools, lagoons, and ocean depths. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH Streaming Video

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Pushing Boundaries
Tuesday, 4/30 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Photographer and filmmaker Todd Gustafson explores expanded horizons, traveling from the driest deserts in Africa all the way to the mountainous Himalayas. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH Streaming Video

OUR GORONGOSA
Tuesday, 4/30 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
Dominique Goncalves, a vibrant Mozambican ecologist who runs the Gorongosa elephant ecology project, shares the myriad ways Gorongosa is redefining the identity and purpose of an African national park, including lifting up the 200,000 people - and in particular the girls and women - who live near the park.

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