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 April 4  - April 10, 2014            
Inside Animal Minds: Bird Genius
NOVA tests the limits of some of the planet's brainiest animals as they search for the secrets of problem-solving birds.
Wednesday at 9 p.m. on PBS 6
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Friday, April 4th
Arizona Spotlight 
8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Repeats at 5 p.m. Saturday) 

This week, Arizona Spotlight visits a Beat Cancer Boot Camp, where cancer survivors and their supporters have been getting physical and emotional support for a decade.


Saturday, April 5th 
This American Life: Tribes       
Noon (Repeats at 7 p.m. on Sunday)
A Native American tribe is doing exactly the opposite of what you'd think they'd do: they're kicking people out of the tribe. And, the story of a white guy who only wants to date Asian women, who then has to adjust to the reality of an Asian woman in his life.  

 

The Treatment

5:30 p.m. 

On today's program, New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff discusses Paddy Chayefsky's 'wandering in the desert,' and the making of his 1976 classic, "Network."

 

Sunday, April 6th 

Radiolab: The Soul Patch  

1 p.m. 

In this episode, stories of unlikely (and surprisingly simple) answers to seemingly unsolvable problems.



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Saturday, April 5th
La Boh�me by Giacomo Puccini

10 a.m. (runs approximately three hours and twenty-five minutes)

In Paris's Latin Quarter, young artists struggle to make ends meet in icy cold garrets. But passions run hot because everyone's in love. The fragile seamstress Mim� and her ardent poet Rodolfo find true bliss but, alas, tragedy strikes and he loses her in the end.  

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A Prairie Home Companion

4 p.m. (airs Sundays at 10 a.m. on NPR 89.1) 
This week
A Prairie Home Companion features a live broadcast from The Town Hall on West 43rd Street in New York City. Special guests include Nickel Creek, folksinging duo Pharis and Jason Romero, and vocalist Heather Masse.
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Sunday, April 6th
Community Concerts 
3 p.m. (Repeats Thursday at 9 p.m.) 
Faculty artist and cellist Mark Votapek joins the Arizona Symphony Orchestra for performances of works by Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Manuel de Falla and Antonin

Dvoř�k.

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From the Top 
Noon 

This week, From the Top broadcasts from Eastman School of Music, where special guest Sir James Galway joins us to lead an ensemble of young wind players and to tell us why he's devoting so much of his time to teaching the next several generations of flutists.

From the Top 
 

Weeknights

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: 
7 p.m.  
Bill McGlaughlin takes the listener deep into the world of classical music, giving historical context,and providing a special insight that only a top-notch musician, conductor, broadcaster, and composer could.

 

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AZ Illustrated Arts
Announces New Host, Debi Chess Mabie

Mabie has over 20 years of experience in the non-profits sector as a community organizer and program and development specialist. She currently works for the Tucson Pima Arts Council.

 

Friday, April 4th
AZ Illustrated Politics
6:30 p.m.
Join Arizona Illustrated Politics for an in-depth debate and analysis of the week's local, state and national political news.

Arizona Week  
8:30 p.m. (Repeats Sunday at 10:30 a.m.) 

This week's program looks into how the National Park Service and US Forest Service prepare against wildfire threats in Arizona. 

Saturday, April 5th 
Hollywood at Home: The Picture of Dorian Gray
9 p.m.   
A young Victorian gentleman, obsessed with the fleeting transience of his own beauty, makes a dark pact: he will remain forever young, while the age and decay that should affect his body ravage "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

Hollywood at Home 

 
Sunday, April 6th
Call the Midwife, Season 3: Episode Two
7 p.m. 
Learn why Jenny's promotion causes problems and how Cynthia helps a patient experience a calm birth.

 

  

 

 

Sunday, April 6th

Masterpiece Classic: Mr Selfridge Season 2, Part Two    

8 p.m. 

Miss Mardle gets a lucky break. Leclair resurfaces. Loxley seeks Harry's help. All await Churchill's appearance at the store.

Masterpiece  

 

 

Tuesday, April 8th  

A Great Perfromances Special: Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 
8 p.m.  
Take a look at the British invasion 50 years after both the Dark Cave Five and the Beatles hit our shores. 
 




Wednesday, April 9th
Nova: Inside Animal Minds: Bird Genius  

9 p.m 

Search for the secrets of problem-solving bird brains.







Thursday, April 10th

Miss Fisher's Mysteries
: King Memses' Curse

10 p.m.
Murdoch Foyle is at large and has been connected with the mysterious death of an antique dealer. While investigating the murder, Phryne discovers Foyle's involvement in a bizarre reincarnation cult, inspired by Ancient Egypt.

 


Weekdays at 6:30 p.m. on PBS 6 
Monday -Nature looks at environmental news and issues unique to the Sonoran Desert landscape.

Tuesday - Science looks at issues and advances in health care, scientific research and technology.

Wednesday - Metro looks at the news and public policies affecting your daily life, including government, business and education.

Thursday - Arts looks at the vibrant arts and culture community that is distinctly Southern Arizona.

 

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PBS 6     

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Channels 6.1/27.1 

Cox 1006/Comcast 220

 

Vme Ch 6.2

Cox 81/Comcast 202 

 

ReadyTV Ch 6.3 

Cox 82/Comcast 201  

 

PBS Kids Ch 27.2
Cox 80/Comcast 200  

 

World Ch 27.3
Cox 83/Comcast 203  

 

UA Channel
Cox 116/Comcast 76  

 

Radio

NPR 89.1  

Tucson 89.1FM /AM 1550

Sierra Vista: 91.7 FM

 

Classical 90.5

Tucson: 90.5/89.7

Sierra Vista: 89.7

Bisbee: 88.9

Nogales: 91.7

 

BBC World Service 

Tucson: 89.1 HD-2

 

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