Pizza - February 9

Friday, February 9, 2024

Today is  National Pizza Pie Day, National Bagels and Lox Day, Cut the Cord Day, and National Read in the Bathtub Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day: Negro Baseball Leagues

• Making Black America - The Negro Baseball Leagues
• Ken Burns in the Classroom - Bases Divided: Racial Segregation in Major League Baseball

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Pizza
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ON THIS DATE

• 1775 - The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 1825 - After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
• 1861 - Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America 
• 1964 - The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show,
• 1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1737 - Common Sense author Thomas Paine
• 1773 - 9th President William Henry Harrison
• 1874 - Poet Amy Lowell
• 1914 - Singer-songwriter Ernest Tubb
• 1942 - Singer-songwriter Carole King
• 1944 - Poet and writer Alice Walker
• 1945 - Actor Mia Farrow

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Ernest Tubb - I'm Walking the Floor Over You - LISTEN
• Carol King - So Far Away - LISTEN
• David Bowie - Starman - LISTEN
• Dean Martin - That's Amore - LISTEN

THEME:  Pizza

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - KidVision - Pizza Restaurant Field Trip (7:48) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Snack Hacks - Pizza Bagels (0:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Snack Hacks - Fruit and Nut Pizzas (0:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat - Pizza Place Game - DO
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Snack Hacks - Pizz Cracker Snakcers  (0:14) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Take the Stage - Gabby's Perfect Pizza Palace (5:13) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Think Gardens: Pizza Gardens (Available in Spanish) (3:11) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Rise and Shine Math Time - Turning Pizza Into Fractions (4:43) -VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Math Mess - THe Bellybuster Pizza Puzzle (1:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - Pizza Toppings as Venn Diagrams (3:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart  - A Slice of Pizza Science (3:32) - VIEW

WATCH

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GOSPEL LIVE PRESENTED BY HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
Friday, 2/09 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
GOSPEL Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a concert celebration honoring the legacy of Gospel music in America. As a companion to GOSPEL, hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., secular and gospel artists sing their favorite gospel classics. GOSPEL LIVE Streaming Video

SYMPHONY CELEBRATION: THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA WITH DR. HENRY PANION, III
Friday, 2/09 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
A one-of-a-kind performance and documentary with the Blind Boys of Alabama and orchestra. SYMPHONY CELEBRATION: THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA WITH DR. HENRY PANION, III Streaming Video

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AMERICAN MASTERS - James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Friday, 2/9 from 7-8:30 pm NH WORLD
An in-depth portrait of James Baldwin, one of the greatest American authors of the 20th century. Using archival material that reflects Baldwin's worldwide influence and appeal, the film includes interviews with family members, friends, and notable colleagues, including Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, William Styron, Amiri Baraka, Richard Avedon, and Bobby Short, among others. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

INDEPENDENT LENS - Coded Bias
Friday, 2/9 from 8:30-10 pm NH WORLD
When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers most facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces or women with accuracy, she joins the fight to expose the threats to civil liberties posed by an increasingly data-driven, automated world. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339