May 17, 2012

In This Issue
Your Legislators
Postcards
Independent Lens
Austin City Limits
Antiques Roadshow
Frontline
Nature
Independent Lens
NOVA
Equitrekking
Cooks Country

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Postcards: Bobby Vee and the Shadows:
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Postcards: Bobby Vee and the Shadows: Family and Friends
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Your Legislators
Thursday, May 17 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: The Culinary Arts of Western Minnesota
Sunday, May 20 at 7:00 p.m.

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Get a taste of the culinary arts, one of the sweetest styles of the arts. 

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Independent Lens: Precious Knowledge
Thursday, May 17 at 9:00 p.m.

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Watch as student leaders in Tucson High School's Mexican American studies program fight to save their classes.

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Austin City Limits: Avett Brothers / Heartless Bastards
Saturday, May 19 at 10:00 p.m.

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Rising roots rock kings the Avett Brothers perform songs from their latest album; Heartless Bastards follow.

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Antiques Roadshow: Minneapolis, Part 3
Monday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m.

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An 1863 Ulysses S. Grant letter; a circa 1950 Charles Shulz Li'l Folks original cartoon and two paintings - one by Victor Higgins, the other by Spencer - purchased together for $5, but valued considerably higher.

 
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Frontline: Cell Tower Deaths
Tuesday, May 22 at 9:00 p.m.

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Learn about the hidden cost of better and faster cell phone service.    

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Nature: Salmon
Wednesday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m.

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Examine a wildly creative, hopelessly complex and stunningly expensive approach to managing salmon.

 
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PIONEER WORLD
Independent Lens: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Monday, May 21 at 2:00 p.m.

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Beginning in the modern-day and working backward, "Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo" explores the history of Japan's love affair with bugs.  

NOVA: Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor
Thursday, May 24 at 6:00 p.m.

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NOVA joins an exclusive dive beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace new clues to the historic sinking of the USS Arizona when 1,177 crew members perished in the dramatic 1941 sinking of the storied battleship, the greatest loss of life in United States naval history. 

PIONEER CREATE
Equitrekking: Great National Parks
Sunday, May 20 at 2:30 p.m.

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Take a tour of U.S. national parks, including Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef in Utah; Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina; Kenai Fjords in Alaska; Haleakala National Park and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii and Yellowstone in Wyoming. 

Cooks Country: Icebox Desserts
Sunday, May 20 at 6:00 p.m.

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Learn how to make these icebox desserts: lemon icebox cheesecake, chocolate ice-cream taste-off and French silk chocolate pie.    

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