March 29, 2012

In This Issue
Prairie Yard & Garden
Your Legislators
Postcards
Masterpiece Classic
Saving the Titanic
American Masters
American Experience
NOVA
This Old House
Pati's Mexican Table
Engineering Minnesota
First Speakers

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POSTCARDS: Fred Cogelow and Ron Adams
Postcards: Talents of Fred Cogelow and Ron Adams
 PIONEER LOCAL PROGRAMMING
PRAIRIE YARD & GARDEN: UMore Display Garden
Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m.

 

UMore Park is a public display garden south of the Twin Cities specializing in plant trials.

 

YOUR LEGISLATORS

Thursday, March 29 at 8:00 p.m.


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. With a different slate of guests every week, moderator Barry Anderson navigates through the topics of the day.  

 

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POSTCARDS: Dance in Fergus Falls

Sunday, April 1 at 7:00 p.m.


Get a front row seat to the James Sewell Ballet and the Fergus Falls School of Dance. 

 

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COMING UP ON PIONEER
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: "Great Expectations"

Sunday, April 1 at 9:00 p.m.


Meet Pip, the battered orphan boy who rises from blacksmith's apprentice to gentleman under the patronage of a mysterious benefactor, who assures him of "great expectations."

 

SAVING THE TITANIC

Sunday, April 1 at 10:00 p.m.


Follow a dramatic interpretation of the Titanic's final hours, told from the engineers' point of view. 

  

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AMERICAN MASTERS: Margaret Mitchell

Monday, April 2 at 8:00 p.m.


Examine the seminal events in the life of Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind. 

  

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: GRAND COULEE DAM

Tuesday, April 3 at 7:00 p.m.


Learn how the tension between technological achievement and environmental impact hangs over the legacy of Grand Coulee Dam. 

  

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NOVA: Hunting the Elements

Wednesday, April 4 at 8:00 p.m.


David Pogue spins viewers through the world of weird, extreme chemistry on a quest to unlock the secrets of the elements.  

  

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PIONEER CREATE
THIS OLD HOUSE: Barrington Project

Friday, March 30 at 9:30 p.m.

 

Glass tile is added to the kitchen; a garage storage system is installed; the cable railing system is completed and a gas stove is installed in the living room. The team explores how the lighting creates distinct spaces within the open floor plan.
PATI'S MEXICAN TABLE: Middle Eastern Influences

Saturday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m.


Chicken with tamarind, apricots and chipotle sauce; white rice with fideos; orange and almond flan and caf� de olla is prepared.
PIONEER MINNESOTA
Engineering Minnesota's Future: George Buckley

Thursday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m.


George Buckley, 3M CEO, delivers a speech outlining his ideas about what Minnesota needs to do to be a worldwide engineering leader.
First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language

Saturday, March 31 at 7:00 p.m.


Following scholars and educators as they try to preserve the Ojibwe language and culture. Narrated by Louise Erdrich.
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