Swans and Swan Lake - February 20

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Today is National Cherry Pie Day, Clean Out Your Bookcase Day, and National Muffin Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day: Barack Obama

• Barack Obama - 60 Second Presidents
• Law Student Barack Obama 1991

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

• 1792 - President George Washington signs an act creating the U.S. Post Office.
• 1816 -  Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres in Rome.
• 1872 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City
• 1877 - Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake  premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
• 1962 - John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth.
• 2003 -  A fire breaks out at a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, killing 100 and injuring over 200.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1902 - Photographer Ansel Adams
• 1927 - Actor Sidney Poitier
• 1967 - Singer-songwriter Kurt Cobain
• 1984 - Comedian Trevor Noah
• 1988 - Singer-songwriter Rihanna

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Bugs Bunny at the Symphony - Rabbit of Seville - LISTEN
• Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit - LISTEN
  
• Rihanna - Umbrella - LISTEN

THEME: Swans

• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Super Why - The Ugly Duckling Becoming a Swan (23:55) - VIEW and DO
• GRades K-3 - NHPBS Video - Camp TV - Swans (0:59) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit - The Romantic Period: Swan Lake Ballet (4:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal, Jr. - Mute Swan - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal, Jr. - Tundra Swan - READ
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia -Nature - Sitara the Swan (4:41) - VIEW, READ, DO

WATCH

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Fly With Me
Tuesday, 2/20 from 9-11 pm NHPBS
A look at how the first female flight attendants of the 1960s were at the forefront of women's rights, asserting gender equality and transforming the workplace. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Streaming Video

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INDEPENDENT LENS - Writing with Fire
Tuesday, 2/20 from 1:30-3 pm NH EXPLORE
Meet the women journalists of India's only all-female news network, who risk everything in a male-dominated world to uncover their country's political inequities. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

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BLACK BALLERINA
Tuesday, 2/20 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Sixty years ago, while pursuing their dreams of careers in classical dance, three ballerinas confronted racism, exclusion, and unequal opportunity in segregated mid-century America. In 2015, three young black women pursued careers as ballerinas, facing many of the same obstacles their predecessors. Explore larger issues of exclusion, equal opportunity, and change in the ethereal world of ballet. BLACK BALLERINA Streaming Video

AMERICAN MASTERS - Marian Anderson: The Whole World In Her Hands
Tuesday, 2/20 from 3-5 pm NH WORLD
Discover an international singer who captivated royalty in Europe and defied the conscience of 1939 America. Watch rare archival footage and hear audio recordings exploring her life and career from the Metropolitan Opera to the State Department. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

NOVA - Lee and Liza's Family Tree
Tuesday, 2/20 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
With the help of scientists and genealogists, filmmaker Byron Hurt and his family members search for their ancestors. Follow their journey as they hunt for new details of a history long obscured by the enduring legacy of slavery. NOVA Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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