April 26, 2012

In This Issue
Your Legislators
Postcards
Masterpiece Classic
American Experience
Nature
NOVA
Independent Lens
Nature
Independent Lens
For Your Home
Travelscope
Making a Scene

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Your Legislators
Thursday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m.

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Your Legislators, live from St. Paul, Minn., gives viewers the opportunity to ask questions of their state representatives on issues that matter most to Minnesotans.

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Postcards: Art of Western Minnesota
Sunday, April 29 at 7:00 p.m.

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Art takes many forms from old-fashioned letter press printing to photography and beyond.

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Masterpiece Classic: Birdsong, Part 2
Sunday, April 29 at 9:00 p.m.

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Stephen and his men go over the top in one of the bloodiest battles ever recorded, the Battle of the Somme.

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Jesse Owens: American Experience
Tuesday, May 1 at 7:00 p.m.

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Trace the story of Jesse Owens' remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism during the 1936 Olympics.

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Nature: Born Wild
Wednesday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m.

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Follow the birth and first day of several species, from marmoset to moose to elephant and gorilla.

 
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NOVA: Smartest Machine on Earth
Wednesday, May 2 at 8:00 p.m.

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Investigate the world of artificial intelligence and the IBM supercomputer named "Watson."      

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Independent Lens: Circo
Thursday, May 3 at 9:00 p.m.

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Accompany the Ponce family circus as it struggles to make a living in Mexico's collapsing rural economy.

 
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PIONEER WORLD
Nature: Revealing the Leopard
Monday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m.

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Leopards are the ultimate cat. They are the most feline, the most intelligent, the most dangerous and, until recently, one of the least understood. 

Independent Lens: Facing the Storm
Wednesday, May 2 at 6:00 p.m.

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Bison have had a rich and complex relationship with the people of North America since the first Americans who relied on bison for food.  

PIONEER CREATE
For Your Home: Kitchen Modernization
Saturday, April 28 at 7:00 p.m.

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Delight in a kitchen makeover from how to design a kitchen, establish a budget and test for lead paint and asbestos. In this episode, a wall will be removed to enlarge the kitchen space.

Travelscope: Rwanda
Sunday, April 29 at 8:30 p.m.

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Visit Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda, which is home to chimpanzees, olive baboons and colobus monkeys. We'll also visit a Banda (thatched-hut) community; the Batwa people and the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre.

PIONEER MINNESOTA
Making a Scene: Twin Cities Youth Media
Saturday, April 28 at 7:00 p.m.

Area youth discuss the challenges they face in everyday life.  
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