November 24, 2011

In This Issue
Austin City Limits
Masterpiece Contemporary
Unforgettable
Secrets of the Dead
Herbert Hoover
NOVA
Wild Photo Adventures
Best of the Joy of Painting
Venture North

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COMING UP ON PIONEER
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: Monsters of Folk

Saturday, November 26 at 10:00 p.m.


ACL presents alternative rock supergroup Monsters of Folk. The group performs songs from its debut album.

 

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MASTERPIECE: CONTEMPORARY "Framed"

Sunday, November 27 at 9:00 p.m.


An eccentric Welsh village learns that London's National Gallery is storing its entire art collection in a nearby mine during the museum's renovations, leading to curious encounters between the village locals and the gallery's urbane, lovelorn curator.

 

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UNFORGETTABLE: THE KOREAN WAR

Monday, November 28 at 9:00 p.m.


Korean War veterans recount their memories of America in the late 1940s and early 1950s when young men from all over the country were being shipped off to defend South Korea against the advancing Red Army in the north. 

 

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SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Slave Ship Mutiny

Tuesday, November 29 at 7:00 p.m.


When the Meermin set sail from Madagascar for South Africa on a hot summer's day in 1766, the Dutch crew had no idea they were about to make history.


HERBERT HOOVER: LANDSLIDE

Tuesday, November 29 at 9:00 p.m.


Herbert Hoover was a politician and a humanitarian whose legacy has been largely defined by the Great Depression. 

  

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NOVA: The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

Wednesday, November 30 at 8:00 p.m.


Every year, 100 million Monarch butterflies set off on an incredible journey across North America. 

  

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PIONEER-CREATE
WILD PHOTO ADVENTURES: Florida Everglades

Sunday, November 27 at 8:30 p.m.


BEST OF THE JOY OF PAINTING: Mountain Seclusion

Thursday, December 1 at 5:30 p.m.


Bob Ross paints another beautiful masterpiece on black canvas: a lonely secluded cabin in frozen mountain country. 
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VENTURE NORTH

Wednesday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m.

 

Ice-based adventures are featured on this Venture North, including ice angling on Fish Lake, ice sliding and bocce at Palo's Laskiainen Festival, ice carving and riding on a zamboni.
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