Friday, February 22nd
Arizona Spotlight
8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Repeats at 5 p.m. Saturday) Southwest Indian Art Fair - Hear how this weekend's fair connects people of different cultures. Russian Movie Director - The story of a Russian movie director who tried and failed to make a movie about Mexico. The World of Hank Topless - Go inside the world of musician Hank Topless, whose life is similar to a long honky-tonk song. More about Arizona Spotlight
Saturday, February 23rd
This American Life "Harper High School,
Part II"
Noon
(Repeats at 7 p.m. on Sunday)
 This American Life picks up where it left off last week in its second hour of stories from Harper High School in Chicago. Find out if a shooting in the neighborhood will derail the school's Homecoming game and dance.
Sunday, February 24th
A Prairie Home Companion
10 a.m.
(Airs at 4 p.m. Saturdays on Classical 90.5 FM)
 Coming to you this week from Saint Paul, Minnesota, A Prairie Home Companion, with Garrison Keillor, welcomes five-string masters Noam Pikelny, Joe Newberry, and Bill Evans, singer Suzy Bogguss, and country music historian Bill C. Malone
More PHC info here
NPR 89.1 FM/1550AM schedule
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James Reel's Cue Sheet
Dudamel Detained: Copy Editor Absent
Getting legitimate foreign artists into the United States and Great Britain has been ridiculously difficult during the past decade of paranoia, and now even Israel is getting into the act of impeding the travel of well-known musicians.
Saturday, February 23rd
Carmen by George Bizet
10:30 a.m (runs three hours and fifteen minutes)
 Thrilling but dangerous, the captivating, capricious Carmen is one of the most vivid characters in all of opera. She's the gypsy seductress who loves them and leaves them, tossing egos and hearts in the dust.
Sunday, February 24th
From the Top with Christopher O'Riley
Noon
This week from Boston, Massachusetts a 16-year-old flutist performs the music of Paul Taffanel, a young violinist delivers a performance of the music of Frederick Delius, and two teens who have struggled with learning disabilities and yet have become extraordinary young musicians.
Learn about performers and repertoire here
Weeknights
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
"Portraits in Black, Brown and Beige, Part II"
7 p.m.
McGlaughlin's celebration of African-American composers and performers continues with the second in a two-week series
Visit Exploring Music here
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Friday, February 22nd
Arizona Week
8:30 p.m.
Topic: State budget update, including a look at prospects for passage of the Medicaid expansion and funding for education. Perspectives from legislators and Capitol journalists.
Visit Arizona Week here
Moyer's & Company "Taming Capitalism Run Wild"
9 p.m.
The truth behind modern American capitalism is a story of continued inequality and hardship.
More Moyers and Company
Saturday, February 23rd
Hollywood at Home "Once"
9 p.m.
 An Irish street musician and a Czech immigrant collaborate on songs that reflect the story of their blossoming love.
Sunday, February 24th
American Masters "Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll"
1 p.m.
 Rosetta Tharpe may not be a household name today, but the flamboyant superstar, with her spectacular playing on the newly electrified guitar, played a pivotal role in the creation of rock 'n' roll. American Masters
Tuesday, February 26th
Makers: Women Who Make America
8 p.m.
 The story of how women have helped shape America over the last 50 years through one of the most sweeping social revolutions in our country's history, in pursuit of their rights to a full and fair share of political power, economic opportunity and personal autonomy.
Wednesday, February 27th
 This special goes undercover to expose the criminal network behind ivory's supply and demand. It also demonstrates how the elephant, with its highly evolved society and keen intelligence, is far more complex than ever imagined.
Thursday, February 28th
Extraordinary Women: Agatha Christie
8 p.m.
 A profile of mystery writer Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime Fiction. In a career that spanned more than half a century and two world wars, Agatha wrote 80 novels and short stories, creating such unforgettable characters as Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple.
PBS 6 schedule
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