Comets - July 23

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Today is Vanilla Ice Cream Day, Hot Enough For Ya Day, Sprinkle Day (in New England, Jimmie Day!), Yada Yada Yada Day, and Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Comets
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ON THIS DATE

• 1962 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 1967 - Rioting in Detroit begins, leading to 43 deaths.
• 1995 - The comet Hale–Bopp is discovered.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1888 - Author Raymond Chandler
• 1965 - Musician Slash

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Bill Halley and the Comets - Rock Around the Clock  - LISTEN
• B.B. King with Slash "The Thrill Is Gone" - LISTEN
• Guns and Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine - LISTEN

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Death Valley National Park - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

PBS Food - Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe - MAKE

THEME: COMETS

• Grades K-3- Ready Jet Go - Looking for Comets (1:09) - VIEW
• Grades K-3- Ready Jet Go - Making Comets (2:15) - VIEW
• Grades K-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Comets and Asteroids (5:17) - VIEW
• Grades3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA Planetary Sciences - Why Study Comets (Available in Spanish) (2:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Comet Encounter (54:41)- VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets… OH MY!!! (7:09) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Astronomy - Comets (11:53) - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

GODS OF TENNIS - Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe 
Tuesday, 7/23 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
In 1975, Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe are fighting to become Wimbledon champions, and in their own ways, they are also battling social change for equality on a global level. GODS OF TENNIS Streaming Video

FRONTLINE - Two American Families: 1991-2024 
Tuesday, 7/23 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Filmed over 34 years, two families struggle to survive in a changing American economy. Through hard times, falling wages, and loss of manufacturing jobs, the continuation of Bill Moyers’ chronicle of perseverance as the American dream slips away. FRONTLINE Streaming Video

NH EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (11/801) More Options

INDEPENDENT LENS - Space: The Longest Goodbye 
Monday, 7/22 from 12-1:30 pm NH EXPLORE
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission, as the crew grapples with the tension between their dream of reaching new frontiers and the basic human need to stay connected to home. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

AMERICAN MASTERS - The Incomparable Mr. Buckley
Tuesday, 7/23 from 3-5 pm NH WORLD
Discover the intellectual evolution and political legacy of William F. Buckley, Jr. See how the author and commentator, one of the foremost public intellectuals in American history, galvanized the modern conservative movement. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

CONFLUENCE - The Dance
Tuesday, 7/23 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Art and technology are forever engaged in a push/pull dialog that advances creative enterprise. Scientists and engineers learn from artists while artists use new technologies in unexpected ways. A choreographer/engineer teaches robots to dance. A robot enables neurologically challenged children to paint. A physicist uses jazz to understand the universe. CONFLUENCE Streaming Video

CONFLUENCE - The Material World
Tuesday, 7/23 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
It's not only what we make. It's the materials we make it with that turns stuff into art. Glass is forged into playable cymbals. An array of found objects become breathtaking sculpture. Banana leaves are transformed into fabric for the haute couture runway. Immunofluorescence turns microorganisms into artworks. Folded paper informs nanotechnology for space exploration. CONFLUENCE Streaming Video

CONFLUENCE - Everything Old Is New Again
Tuesday, 7/23 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
From the pencil to computer algorithms, early cartoons to video games, and a 350-year-old Stradivarius to AI-generated sounds, since the beginning technological innovation has advanced the story of art. We'll visit the Louvre and cutting-edge artists' ateliers, go behind the scenes with leading video game designers, and hear how ancient and modern music technologies equally lift the human spirit. CONFLUENCE Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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