 The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
How did an ancient civilization, with no known written language, arrange its buildings into a virtual celestial calendar, spanning an area roughly the size of Ireland? New discoveries have transformed scientific understanding of this site — one of the most elaborate and mysterious of ancient Native-American ruins — and are revolutionizing perceptions of the Chacoan civilization. Robert Redford narrates.
Tuesday, September 1 at 1 pm ET
 NOVA
“Is There Life on Mars?”
More than four years after they landed on Mars, NASA’s twin robot explorers, Spirit and Opportunity, have lasted 16 times longer and driven 20 times farther than expected. Along the way, they’ve endured the worst Martian storm ever recorded and survived near-fatal software glitches, a broken wheel and hair-raising climbs and descents on steep slopes. And since May 25, 2008, they’ve had new company on the Red Planet: NASA’s Phoenix probe, which dramatically “tasted” water ice on the planet in July. NOVA “Is There Life on Mars?” showcases the latest scientific results from the rovers and Phoenix , which are poised to reveal provocative new clues in the tantalizing search for water and life on the Red Planet.
Tuesday, September 1 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/2 at Noon ET
 NOVA scienceNOW
Using new data from cave stalagmites and the Mississippi riverbed to understand how and why earthquakes strike in the heartland; the crucial role sleep plays in strengthening memories and facilitating learning; a profile of marine geologist Sang-Mook Lee; paleontologist Jonathan Bloch, who thinks that tiny bones embedded in limestone may be the evolutionary evidence of the creatures that evolved into primates.
Tuesday, September 1 at 9 pm ET
Repeats 9/3 at 1 pm ET
 P.O.V.
“Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador)”
For Spaniards –– and for the world –– nothing has expressed their country’s traditionally rigid gender roles more powerfully than the image of the male matador. So sacred was the bullfighter’s masculinity to Spanish identity that a 1908 law barred women from the sport. “Ella Es el Matador” reveals the surprising history of the women who made such a law necessary and offers fascinating profiles of two female matadors currently in the arena: the acclaimed Mari Paz Vega and neophyte Eva Florencia.
Tuesday, September 1 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/2 at 2 pm ET
 Ask the Congressman
Congressman Bart Stupak will visit Public TV 13's studios to answer questions from viewers in this special 90-minute edition of our "Ask the" series. Questions can be phoned in at 800-227-9668 or emailed to this special email address: askbart@nmu.edu during the live broadcast (please, no advance questions). This program will also be streamed live on the web for computer users with broadband internet connections. Click this link just prior to the program to tune in with your computer, or listen live on Public Radio 90, WNMU-FM 90.1.
Wednesday, September 2 at 8 pm ET
 PBS Previews: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
PBS presents a preview of the new Ken Burns film NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA. The 12-hour, six-part documentary series, directed by Burns and co-produced with his longtime colleague, Dayton Duncan, who also wrote the script, is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.
Wednesday, September 2 at 9:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/8 at 9:30 pm ET
 Wide Angle
“Time for School 3, Part 1”
WIDE ANGLE concludes its season with “Time for School 3,” the third dramatic installment of its critically acclaimed series that spotlights the global crisis in access to basic education. Part 1 of 2. Part 2 airs next week.
Wednesday, September 2 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/3 at 2 pm ET
 Garden Smart
2009 marks the 11th season the team at Garden Smart has been producing this series. Each season is fresh, the energy level stays high because they are never behind a potting bench - the travel the country showing off beautiful, unusual locations and gardens. 2009 is the best yet. The Garden Smart team visits gardens from Hawaii to Georgia with stops at fantastic locations in Arizona, Ohio, Louisiana and Wyoming to name just a few.
Thursdays at 5 pm ET, begins September 3
 Ask the DNR
“Bird Hunting, Youth Hunt, Pre-Deer Season, Fall Fishing”
Personnel from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will visit the Public TV 13 studios to answer phoned-in questions from viewers on this live broadcast. Guests: Conservation officer Gerald Thayer from Chippewa County, along with wildlife biologist Terry McFadden and recreation specialist Ron Yesney, both from the DNR's Marquette Operations Service Center. The episode is underwritten in part by the U.P. Whitetails, Inc. of Marquette County. Call in your questions during the broadcast at 800-227-9668.
Thursday, September 3 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/4 at Noon ET
 America’s Ballroom Challenge
“International Latin”
Dancers compete in the International Latin division. Dazzling footwork and provocative moves define this sizzling style. The couples perform five dances — cha cha, samba, rumba, paso doble and jive. At the end of the episode, the judges will announce the winners in this category.
Thursday, September 3 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/6 at Midnight ET
 Ferrets: The Pursuit of Excellence
Ohio’s annual Ferret Buckeye Bash is the largest and most popular ferret show in the country. Hundreds of top breeders, seasoned experts and ferret enthusiasts pamper and parade their pets in a quest for prizes and prestige. Though these mischievous and often quirky creatures are unlikely show animals, the competition is intense. Tension is high as judges cast critical eyes over the bone structure, muscle mass and temperament of each furry critter. The tiny competitors, however, don’t understand what all the fuss is about: they’re too busy creating mayhem when no one’s watching.
Friday, September 4 at 1 pm ET
 American Masters
“Trumbo”
With credits for Kitty Foyle and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo to his name — and the anti-war novel Johnny Got His Gun — the young Dalton Trumbo was one of Hollywood’s highest-paid writers. Refusing to testify before HUAC in 1947, he was part of the group known as the Hollywood Ten; convicted for contempt, he spent 11 months in federal prison and lost all rights to ply his craft.
Friday, September 4 at 2 pm ET
 NOW on PBS
Closing Guantanamo Bay’s prison will do little to close the debate on what we should do with alleged terrorists. This week NOW, as part of a collaboration with the nonprofit investigative unit ProPublica, investigates the controversial tactic of “preventative detention,” a government plan that may detain suspects indefinitely without trial or even formal charges. Implementing such a plan may have far-reaching consequences on not just our fight against terrorism, but the integrity of the U.S. Constitution and the cause of human rights. Even with President Obama in office and Gitmo’s days numbered, we’re still asking: What price will we pay for peace on the ground and peace of mind?
Friday, September 4 at 8:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/6 at 11:30 am ET
 Bill Moyers Journal
“Campaign Finance and the Constitution”
Next week, the Supreme Court reconvenes early for a special hearing on the constitutionality of campaign finance limits for corporations and unions. To hear the arguments, Bill Moyers sits down with Trevor Potter, president and general counsel of The Campaign Legal Center and a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, and Floyd Abrams, a partner and member of the executive committee at Cahill, Gordon and Reindel. Potter has defended McCain-Feingold in the lower and Supreme Courts, and served as general counsel to Senator John McCain’s presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2008. Abrams is a liberal litigator who has defended the First Amendment in several high profile cases, and contends that corporations and unions have the same right to free speech as individuals.
Friday, September 4 at 9 pm ET
 Media Meet
“Governor Jennifer Granholm”
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm discusses the challenge of resolving a 2.7-billion dollar shortfall in the state budget, the use of innovative investment tools in attracting and growing businesses, prisons, renewable energy and the effectiveness of federal programs.
Saturday, September 5 at 6:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/6 at 1:30 pm ET
 Austin City Limits
“Foo Fighters”
Grammy Award-winners the Foo Fighters rock the ACL stage with songs from their latest album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.
Saturday, September 5 at 10 pm ET
 Nature
“Life in Death Valley”
It is a visual wonderland, where imposing mountains rise almost two vertical miles above sprawling salt flats, and canyons are painted in strokes of blue, pink, violet and green from sunrise to sunset. This is Death Valley — one of the most inhospitable places on the planet. Nowhere else is a landscape so exquisite yet brutal, stunning yet harsh. Here, temperatures spike into the 130s, the earth cracks like broken clay and when the hot wind blows, all anyone can taste is dust and salt. Ironically, it is water that has shaped this super-arid home of true survivors.
Sunday, September 6 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/10 at Noon ET
 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Inspector Lewis: Music to Die For”
The worlds of no-rules boxing, Oxford dons and Cold War intrigue surround the death of a prominent don. Consequences of the investigation hit Inspector Lewis surprisingly close to home, revealing a little more about the loss he suffered since the death of his wife.
Sunday, September 6 at 9 pm ET
Repeats 9/7 at 1 pm ET
 Crown of the Continent - Alaska's Wrangell - St. Elias
This is one man’s journey back to Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias — a remote alpine landscape of tremendous peaks and glaciers — which his family visited when he was a child. Enamored by the writings of Jack London and the expeditions of Israel Russell, the filmmaker’s father took his family to discover Alaska. The father’s dream soon became his son’s. The filmmaker’s beautiful images bring to light the transcendent power of nature, revealing both the interconnection between the environment and nature and the relationship between father and son.
Sunday, September 6 at 10:30 pm ET
 Dinosaur Train
Set in a whimsically realistic, prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanos and oceans, this new animated series for three- to six-year-olds features a curious T-rex named Buddy. Together with his adoptive Pteranodon family, Buddy takes the dinosaur train to meet, explore and have adventures with all kinds of dinosaurs, encouraging young viewers at home to make observations and comparisons about their own world and foster a lifelong interest in learning.
Monday-Friday at 9:30 am ET, and Saturday-Sunday at 8:30 am ET, begins Labor Day with a special 2-hour premiere at 8 am ET
 Wild River: The Colorado
This program follows the Colorado River from its headwaters in Rocky Mountain National Park through Utah’s Westwater Canyon, the national parks of Canyonlands, Arches, Capitol Reef and Zion, the rapids of Cataract Canyon and the Grand Canyon, and into Mexico’s Gulf of California. The stunning cinematography is set to music by some of the world’s greatest classical composers (Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak). Actor Joseph Campanella narrates.
Monday, September 7 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/10 at 1 pm ET
 Cinema XIII Classics
“Flame Over India”
(1959) Set in turn-of the century India, Lauren Bacall plays the governess of a young Hindu prince who must be escorted through hostile territory.
Tuesday, September 8 at 1 pm ET
 Untold Stories From America’s National Parks
“San Antonio Missions”
This “untold story” centers on San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. A thriving hub for the city's Latino community, the park hosts Spanish and English language masses throughout the week, celebrates traditional Hispanic festivals year-round, and educates more than 50,000 school children annually about our nation's Hispanic heritage.
Tuesday, September 8 at 3 pm ET
 NOVA
“Mystery of the Megavolcano”
A remote lake in Southeast Asia conceals evidence of Earth’s greatest volcanic cataclysm of the last 100,000 years. Miles beneath its placid surface lies a magma chamber that exploded so violently during the Ice Age that gases and ash may have encircled the globe and blotted out the sun for years on end. The Toba eruption may have helped kick the climate into an unprecedented freeze and perhaps even pushed ancestral human populations to the brink of extinction. In a classic science detective story, NOVA pieces together the clues about this great catastrophe and probes questions about human evolution and Earth’s fragile ecosystems.
Tuesday, September 8 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/9 at Noon ET
 Yellowstone: Land to Life
Filmmaker John Grabowska presents a lyrical interpretation of the sweeping geologic story of Yellowstone, the world’s first and most famous national park. Formation of glaciers, mountain ranges and the gigantic caldera of a supervolcano provide the saga of this special place. Filmed over two years through all seasons, the film delves deeply into the significance behind the scenery and illuminates the intimate bonds between the landscape and biology — how Yellowstone’s geology influences where life exists and how it evolves. A short concluding film, “Yellowstone’s Cascade Corner,” features the portion of Yellowstone extending across the southwestern border of Montana into Idaho.
Tuesday, September 8 at 9 pm ET
Repeats 9/10 at 3 pm ET
PBS Previews: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
PBS presents a preview of the new Ken Burns film NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA. The 12-hour, six-part documentary series, directed by Burns and co-produced with his longtime colleague, Dayton Duncan, who also wrote the script, is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.
Tuesday, September 8 at 9:30 pm ET
 P.O.V.
“The English Surgeon”
This is the story of acclaimed British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who has traveled to Ukraine for 15 years to treat patients who have been left to die; of his friend and medical colleague in Kyiv who carries on the fight despite official hostility and archaic surgical conditions; and of a young patient who hopes that Marsh can save his life. Tense, heartbreaking and humorous, “The English Surgeon” is a remarkable depiction of one doctor’s commitment to relieving suffering and of the emotional turmoil he undergoes in bringing hope to a desperate people.
Tuesday, September 8 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/9 at 2 pm ET
 Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen
Series features regional home cooking from across the country. The series, like the successful Cook’s Country magazine, approaches food in a practical, no-nonsense way. In a renovated 1806 farmhouse, the cast scientifically re-imagines family-friendly recipes for the modern home cook. In season two, chefs Bridget Lancaster and Erin McMurrer re-create blue-ribbon regional specialties, such as Creole fried chicken and Alabama BBQ chicken, from across the United States. They also bake up a few "lost" desserts, including tunnel of fudge cake and red velvet cake, and tackle classic American fare in need of makeovers. This week: An Old-Fashioned Roast Beef Dinner.
Wednesdays at 5:30 pm ET, begins September 9
 Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times
This special features brief documentaries about real-life families and the story of a Muppet family coping with the ups and downs of these uncertain economic times. Hosted by Al Roker, Deborah Roberts and Elmo and his friends, the special will offer help, hope and strategies for families and will encourage children to express their feelings and ideas as their families adjust to a new life.
Wednesday, September 9 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/11 at 1 pm ET
 Your Life, Your Money
Donald Faison (Scrubs) hosts this money-management special that provides vital, practical information for young adults to help them get their financial lives on track — even if they barely have finances at all. Covers everything from banking and credit to investments, budgeting, insurance and self-employment. Features insights from hip-hop icon Russell Simmons and R&B/pop singer D.Woods.
Wednesday, September 9 at 9 pm ET
Repeats 9/11 at 2 pm ET
Wide Angle
“Time for School 3, Part 2”
WIDE ANGLE concludes its season with “Time for School 3,” the third dramatic installment of its critically acclaimed series that spotlights the global crisis in access to basic education. This is the second of two parts.
Wednesday, September 9 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/10 at 2 pm ET
 Ask the Doctors
“General Health”
Area physicians will visit the Public TV 13 studios to answer phoned-in questions from viewers during this live broadcast. This week’s guests are: To be announced. Call in your questions during the broadcast at 800-227-9668.
Thursday, September 10 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/11 at Noon ET
 America’s Ballroom Challenge
“Grand Finale”
The winners of the American Smooth, American Rhythm, International Standard and International Latin competitions go head-to-head in the battle for the coveted title of America’s best ballroom couple.
Thursday, September 10 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/13 at Midnight ET
 Travelscope
Award-winning travel journalist Joseph Rosendo shares his perspective on cultural tourism from spots close to home as well as exotic worldwide locales. The third season of the series continues to enlighten and entertain viewers through a compelling mixture of adventure, beautiful scenery and Rosendo's thrilling encounters with diverse peoples. Destinations featured this season include the romantic private island of Matangi, Jean-Michel Cousteau’s resort on Fiji, the endless desert dunes and rich vineyards of Chile, Austria's Burgenland region and the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea. This week: Island hopping Fiji.
Fridays at 3 pm ET, begins September 11
 The American Woodshop
Discover the world of antique masterpieces as the host Scott Phillips (pictured) takes a bold new look at period furniture design. Every skill-building episode explores the fine art of making antique reproductions and detailing architectural trim accents for your home. Learn how to become an antique detective and see the “tells” to look for when appraising antiques.
Fridays at 4:30 pm ET, begins September 11
NOW on PBS
“Health Care Innovation in Rwanda”
In rural Rwanda, the simple and time-tested idea of medical house calls is not only improving the health of the community, but stimulating its economy as well. This week NOW travels to the village of Rwinkwavu to meet the Rwandan doctors, nurses and villagers who are teaming up with Boston-based Partners in Health and the Rwandan government to deliver medicine and medical counseling door-to-door. Would such an innovation work in America? In the capital of Kigali, NOW’s David Brancaccio sits down with Rwandan President Paul Kagame to talk about international aid and Kagame’s ultimate vision for a healthy, financially-independent Rwanda.
Friday, September 11 at 8:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/13 at 11:30 am ET
Bill Moyers Journal
“Obama at the Crossroads”
With a landmark speech on health reform behind him and tensions rising in war-torn Afghanistan, the Journal looks at President Obama’s next big fights. Global health specialist and incoming president of Dartmouth College Dr. Jim Yong Kim shares his expertise in public health. And, the Journal takes a hard look at the state of affairs in ever-divided Afghanistan with McClatchy DC Pentagon correspondent Nancy Youssef.
Friday, September 11 at 9 pm ET
Media Meet
“Coast Guard Update”
An update on the Coast Guard Station in Marquette, including features and operations of its new facility, along with a discussion of current issues, including the Coast Guard's enhanced role in homeland security.
Saturday, September 12 at 6:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/13 at 1:30 pm ET
 High School Bowl Encore
“Marquette vs Gwinn; Ishpeming vs Ironwood”
Tune in for exciting quarter-final action in this encore program from last spring's 31st annual tournament. Join host GG Gordon as she presents the “best and brightest” from area high schools competing for scholarships and prestige in a battle of speed and knowledge.
Saturday, September 12 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/14 at Noon ET
 Austin City Limits
“Sarah McLachlan/Duffy”
Sarah McLachlan graces the ACL stage in support of her greatest hits set Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan. British rising star Duffy follows with grooving pop soul.
Saturday, September 12 at 10 pm ET
 Nature
“The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly”
Once on the edge of extinction, grizzlies have made a remarkable recovery. But this fierce predator is no longer content foraging in the back country. Today, bears are everywhere. This film tells the story of a great conservation success story — the rescue of the once all-but-extinguished grizzly population of Yellowstone — and how that success has spawned a complex web of new social and environmental problems for our most beloved national park and the people who live near it.
Sunday, September 13 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/17 at Noon ET
Masterpiece Mystery!
“Inspector Lewis: Life Born of Fire”
A serial killer seems to be targeting a religious group, “The Garden,” which claims to give guidance to lost souls. As he learns more about the group and their true purpose, Lewis begins to question his trust of Hathaway after discovering that his young sergeant has dangerous personal connections to the organization.
Sunday, September 13 at 9 pm ET
Repeats 9/14 at 1 pm ET
Yellowstone: Land to Life
Filmmaker John Grabowska presents a lyrical interpretation of the sweeping geologic story of Yellowstone, the world’s first and most famous national park. Formation of glaciers, mountain ranges and the gigantic caldera of a supervolcano provide the saga of this special place. Filmed over two years through all seasons, the film delves deeply into the significance behind the scenery and illuminates the intimate bonds between the landscape and biology — how Yellowstone’s geology influences where life exists and how it evolves. A short concluding film, “Yellowstone’s Cascade Corner,” features the portion of Yellowstone extending across the southwestern border of Montana into Idaho.
Sunday, September 13 at 10:30 pm ET
 Marriage Uncensored with Dave and Christie
This series examines family life and marriage in a whole new way, offering advise about relationships, love, kids, dating, and more. You name it, Dave and Christie talk about it. They start off a new series of thought-proviking programs this week with the topic of Secret Wounds: When Your Soul Needs Healing.
Sundays at 11:30 pm ET, new season begins September 13
 Public Eye News
Each fall, Northern Michigan University students gather at the WNMU-TV studios in a unique student organization—Public Eye News. Under the direction of student producers, they create a daily 15-minute newscast, broadcast on Public TV 13, which includes national and local news stories, weather and sports. During each semester, participants get to experience different crew positions like camera and audio, and learn about the technology of television and working on a deadline in a professional environment. From news-gathering, to writing, to anchoring the newscast, everything you see on Public Eye News is done by students.
Mondays at 4 pm ET, begins September 14
 Note by Note (The Making of Steinway L1037)
The most thoroughly handcrafted instruments in the world, Steinway pianos are as unique and full of personality as the world-class musicians who play them. However, their makers are a dying breed: skilled cabinet-makers, gifted tuners, thorough handcrafters. This program follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand, #L1037, from forest floor to concert hall, in a process spanning 12 months, 12,000 parts, 450 craftsmen and countless hours of fine-tuned labor.
Monday, September 14 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/15 at 2:30 pm ET
Cinema XIII Classics
“Twist of Fate”
(1954) An actress (Ginger Rogers) living on the Riviera discovers her husband-to-be is a dangerous criminal.
Tuesday, September 15 at 1 pm ET
 NOVA
“Arctic Dinosaurs”
How is it that dinosaurs managed to survive and even thrive in the gloom of the dark and frigid polar regions? This is one of today’s most intriguing, little-known enigmas in paleontology. Now, a unique field expedition, covered exclusively by NOVA, sets out for Alaska’s North Slope to defrost a jackpot of new fossil clues. With the help of stunning CGI, NOVA breathes life into the polar dinosaurs’ lives and environment in vivid detail. The team of researchers combine extreme engineering and perilous fossil hunting, including digging a tunnel into the permafrost in order to collect the dinosaur bones. With Alaska’s spectacular wilderness as a backdrop, this program reveals a prehistoric lost world for the first time on television.
Tuesday, September 15 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/16 at Noon ET
 Retirement Revolution: The New Reality
From light-hearted stories about self-defense and second careers to solid advice about money, health and Medicare, this program features experts who analyze the financial problems of retirement and demonstrate ways to richer, healthier retirement years. Paula Zahn hosts.
Tuesday, September 15 at 9 pm ET
Repeats 9/16 at 2 pm ET
 P.O.V.
“The Principal Story”
Two stories paint a dramatic portrait of the challenges facing America’s public schools –– and of the great difference a dedicated principal can make. Tresa Dunbar is a second-year principal at Chicago’s Nash Elementary, where 98 percent of students come from low-income families; in Springfield, Illinois, Kerry Purcell has led Harvard Park Elementary, with similar demographics, for six years. Tod Lending (P.O.V. “Omar & Pete,” 2005) and David Mrazek followed both women over the course of a school year, discovering each one’s unique style yet similar passions. “The Principal Story” takes the viewer along for an emotional ride that reveals what effective educational leadership looks like in the 21st century.
Tuesday, September 15 at 10:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/17 at 1 pm ET
 Live from Lincoln Center
“New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala Concert”
Live from Avery Fisher Hall, this concert launches the New York Philharmonic’s 168th season and Alan Gilbert’s (pictured) first as the orchestra’s music director. The program will open with an overture written especially for the occasion by composer-in-residence Magnus Lindberg and will feature Berlioz’ Symphony fantastique and Messiaen’s Pomes pour mi with renowned soprano Renée Fleming. Alec Baldwin hosts.
Wednesday, September 16 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/18 at 1 pm ET
 Great Performances
“Vienna Philharmonic Summer Concert 2009”
The renowned Vienna Philharmonic presents an open-air concert in the magnificent gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schnbrunn Palace. Daniel Barenboim leads the ensemble in a rousing evening of works inspired by the night. Highlights include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s hallmark “A Little Night Music,” Manuel de Falla’s “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” (featuring Maestro Barenboim as pianist) and the characteristically Viennese “1001 Nights Waltz” by the Waltz King himself, Johann Strauss.
Wednesday, September 16 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/17 at 2 pm ET
 Ask the Lawyers
Area attorneys will visit the Public TV 13 studios to answer phoned-in questions from viewers during this live broadcast. This week’s guests are: To be announced. Call in your questions during the broadcast at 800-227-9668.
Thursday, September 17 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/18 at Noon ET
 Jazz for Young People: What is New Orleans Jazz?
Hosted by New Orleans native and Jazz at Lincoln Center director Wynton Marsalis, this concert at the Ernest G. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans explains the history of New Orleans Jazz through a combination of lecture and performance by Marsalis and his band.
Thursday, September 17 at 10 pm ET
NOW on PBS
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly newsmagazine engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. Hosted by veteran journalist David Brancaccio, NOW on PBS pursues the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on the important public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans. Details on this week's program will be available closer to air date.
Friday, September 18 at 8:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/20 at 11:30 am ET
Bill Moyers Journal
“Is American Conservatism Dead?”
In the first days of President Obama’s administration, an essay from Sam Tanenhaus entitled “Conservatism is Dead” sparked debate over contemporary conservatism and its place in modern American politics. Digging deep into the roots and evolution of the American conservative movement, Sam Tanenhaus talks with Bill Moyers about why he believes that conservatism is dead and how it might yet come back to life. Tanenhaus is the editor of both The New York Times Book Review and the Week in Review section of the Times. And, with public support for labor unions at its lowest point in 70 years, Bill Moyers talks with experts Michael Zweig, director of the Center for the Study of Working Class Life at SUNY Stony Brook, and Bill Fletcher, director of organizing and education at the American Federation of Government Employees, about the state of organized labor.
Friday, September 18 at 9 pm ET
 Martha’s Sewing Room
Martha Pullen returns for the 29th season of this popular series featuring a wide variety of sewing, craft, and decorating activities that are easy and fun to do. This week, Martha and guests Missy Billingsley and Beverley Sheldrick cover creating cover stitch pintucks on a serger; Sew Quick, Sew Easy baby booties and "baby bootie" pincushion; hand embroidered field roses and cross on a Christening gown; Circus Babies pillow home dec project.
Saturdays at 11 am ET, begins September 19
Media Meet
“Small Business Advocacy and Current Issues”
A discussion of current issues and concerns for small business in the Upper Peninsula, including the effectiveness of state programs and possible effects of healthcare reform, financial restructuring, and stimulus spending.
Saturday, September 19 at 6:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/20 at 1:30 pm ET
High School Bowl Encore
“Gwinn vs Houghton; Ironwood vs Iron Mountain”
Tune in for exciting semi-final action in this encore program from last spring's 31st annual tournament. Join host GG Gordon as she presents the “best and brightest” from area high schools competing for scholarships and prestige in a battle of speed and knowledge.
Saturday, September 19 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/21 at Noon ET
 Austin City Limits
“John Mayer”
John Mayer makes his triumphant return to AUSTIN CITY LIMITS on the heels of his tour for his Grammy-winning album, Continuum.
Saturday, September 19 at 10 pm ET
 Nature
“Violent Hawaii”
Hawaii’s breathtaking beauty was forged in fire, created by the awesome power of volcanoes on land and in the sea, by earthquakes and tsunamis, natural wonders that continue to shape the islands today. Shot in high definition by a team of award-winning filmmakers who live on the islands, this spectacular film features volcanic eruptions, rivers of molten lava, monster waves, humpback whales and perhaps most surprising of all, snow.
Sunday, September 20 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/24 at Noon ET
Masterpiece Mystery!
“Inspector Lewis: The Great and the Good”
Lewis and Hathaway track down the prime suspect in the assault of a teenage girl, but he has a seemingly watertight alibi from three pillars of the Oxford community. When the suspect is suddenly murdered, Lewis reveals a web of intrigue and sordid secrets that exposes the Oxford elite.
Sunday, September 20 at 9 pm ET
Repeats 9/21 at 1 pm ET
 The Wizard’s Laboratory: Edison’s Quest for Rubber
In 1927, Thomas Edison, the "wizard" of electricity, began searching for a domestic source of rubber to protect Americans from foreign control of this vital commodity. The eighty-year-old inventor experimented with thousands of plants on his Fort Myers estate, eventually selecting goldenrod as the most promising source of rubber. Edison died in 1931, but his research continued until the development of synthetic rubber.
Sunday, September 20 at 10:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/23 at 3 pm ET
 4 Shades of Blues: Motor City Blues & Boogie Woogie Festival
The blues come in many shades, from electric to indigo. In this program four brilliant artists create four “shades” of blues on stage. Grammy winner and Blues Hall of Fame inductee Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine perform the gritty electric Chicago blues. Texan Ruthie Foster plays acoustic and gospel-tinged blues. The Tommy Castro Band brings the funky side of blues from the San Francisco Bay area. Belgrade’s Ana Popovic is an electrifying guitarist who is “too bluesy for jazz and too jazzy for blues.”
Sunday, September 20 at Midnight ET
 Independent Lens
“Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai”
Documentary follows Nobel Peace prize laureate Wangari Maathai in her quest to reclaim her land and her culture through the disarmingly simple act of planting trees. This direct action has fostered community solidarity, environmental literacy and political resolve that helped to bring down Kenya’s 24-year dictatorship.
Monday, September 21 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/22 at 2:30 pm ET
Cinema XIII Classics
“The Private Life of Don Juan”
(1934) Douglas Fairbanks is again Don Juan, the legendary lover, who is tiring as his role as the world's most famous romancer.
Tuesday, September 22 at 1 pm ET
 NOVA
“The Ghost in Your Genes”
In a provocative report from the frontiers of biology, NOVA explores new findings that call into question the long-held belief that all inherited traits are passed on by our genes. The fast-growing field of epigenetics investigates hidden influences that could affect not only our health today but that of our descendants far into the future. It now seems that our environment makes small chemical changes to our DNA without affecting the gene’s overall makeup. To put it another way, epigenetics adds to our DNA another layer that acts as a control system of “switches.” Experiential factors such as nutrition or stress may trigger these switches and turn genes on or off. These subtle changes can then be “remembered” and passed on from generation to generation, altering inherited traits. This means the lives of our grandparents — the air they breathed, the food they ate, even the things they saw — could have directly affected us, and that what we do could, in turn, affect our grandchildren.
Tuesday, September 22 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/23 at Noon ET
 Teens Behind the Wheel
This documentary explores the issues on the teenage mind — from independence, distraction and peer pressure to overconfidence and alcohol. Cameras mounted in the vehicles of six inexperienced teen drivers reveal some of their more risky behaviors in this examination of the problems the U.S. faces keeping teen drivers safe.
Tuesday, September 22 at 9 pm ET
Repeats 9/23 at 2 pm ET
 Red Terror on the Amber Coast: Soviet Occupation Lithuanian Resistance 1939-1993
Documents the fifty-year-long struggle between the people of Lithuania and the Soviet KGB and their predecessors to impose Soviet control on a free and democratic, Western republic. Using filmed interviews, archival photos and newsreel footage, it describes Stalin’s use of state-sponsored terror to destroy opposition, collectivize agriculture and industry, and create a single social class all under party control.
Tuesday, September 22 at 10 pm ET
 Great Lodges of the National Parks
“Death Valley, the Northwest and Hawaii’s Volcanoes”
This episode takes viewers to the surreal desert landscape of Death Valley and the Furnace Creek Inn, a historic four-diamond hotel that rises from the red rock like a shimmering oasis. In the lush Pacific Northwest, Lake Quinault Lodge nestles in the heart of the Olympic National Forest, delighting guests with such old-fashioned pleasures as a hike in the woods or a game of chess by the fire. It’s a step back in time at Wallowa Lake Lodge, where every item has been lovingly restored to its original 1920s condition. Finally, visitors can pay their respects to Pele, the goddess of fire, at the historic Volcano House in Hawaii’s thrilling Volcanoes National Park.
Wednesday, September 23 at 8 pm ET
 Great Lodges of the National Parks
“Alaska and the Rockies”
Rocky Mountain National Park is just outside the back door of the grand and graceful Stanley Hotel, which may look familiar to fans of Stephen King’s The Shining. At Jackson Lake Lodge, the magnificent views were personally selected by John D. and Laurence Rockefeller when they built this modern masterpiece at the foot of Grand Teton. Visitors can breakfast like a cowboy on an early morning mountain trail ride. Then it’s on to Alaska, where rivers of ice march into the ocean and bears fish from the water’s edge at Glacier Bay Lodge; North America’s highest peak greets visitors each day in their cozy cabin at the wild and remote Camp Denali.
Wednesday, September 23 at 9 pm ET
 Wallace Stegner
This biographical film portrait of the acclaimed writer, conservationist and teacher, celebrates the 2009 centennial of his birth. Stegner, who became one of America’s most notable writers with books like the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angle of Repose and Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, mentored a generation’s great writers, including Ken Kesey, Edward Abbey and Larry McMurtry. Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor also was a student. Stegner’s The Wilderness Letter became the conscience of the conservation movement. This one-hour documentary paints a portrait of the West that Stegner so loved and reveals insights into his life through interviews with his famous students, contemporaries and family. Peter Coyote narrates.
Wednesday, September 23 at 10 pm ET
Ask the Doctors
“Sports Medicine”
Area physicians will visit the Public TV 13 studios to answer phoned-in questions from viewers during this live broadcast. This week’s guests are: To be announced. Call in your questions during the broadcast at 800-227-9668.
Thursday, September 24 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/25 at Noon ET
 PBS Special Report on Health Care Reform
THE NEWSHOUR, NOW ON PBS and TAVIS SMILEY collaborate to examine the urgent topic of health care reform. As Congress weighs legislation to provide universal health care in the U.S., correspondents will provide analysis, discussion, insight and engagement. THE NEWSHOUR team will look at the economics of health care reform. NOW ON PBS correspondents will consider how reform may change the way we live. Tavis Smiley will investigate the issue of childhood obesity, particularly within communities of color.
Thursday, September 24 at 9 pm ET
Repeats 9/25 at 1 pm ET
 Living Green
“Living with Sea Turtles”
Sea turtles face many challenges. Join Dr. Mark Hostetler, a University of Florida Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, as he explores the challenges and solutions for sea turtle survival. Topics discussed include: effects of coastal lighting, beach nourishment, near shore and off shore pollution, and human behavior on beaches.
Friday, September 25 at 2:30 pm ET
NOW on PBS
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly newsmagazine engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. Hosted by veteran journalist David Brancaccio, NOW on PBS pursues the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on the important public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans. Details on this week's program will be available closer to air date.
Friday, September 25 at 8:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/27 at 11:30 am ET
Bill Moyers Journal
Features interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy. Detailed program information will be available just prior to broadcast.
Friday, September 25 at 9 pm ET
 Knitting Daily
The new season of Knitting Daily sparkles with creativity as yarn and fiber steal the spotlight with knitting, crocheting, spinning, and weaving. Hosts Eunny Jang, Kim Werker, Liz Gipson, and Shay Pendray along with guest designers share valuable tips and easy to learn techniques. Show themes include: traditional cables, babies and children, reversible garments, charity projects, spinning, blankets and afghans, stripes, gifts for every season, and more. This week: Traditional cables.
Saturdays at 10:30 am ET, new season begins September 26
Media Meet
“Volunteerism”
As Michigan and the nation cope with the ongoing recession, volunteers are likely to take on a more critical role in providing services to citizens. Guests will discuss programs, trends and opportunities in volunteerism.
Saturday, September 26 at 6:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/27 at 1:30 pm ET
High School Bowl Encore
“2008-09 Championship”
Tune in for an encore presentation of the exciting championship game from last spring's 31st annual tournament, followed by a recap of the 2008-09 season. Join host GG Gordon as she presents the “best and brightest” from area high schools competing for scholarships and prestige in a battle of speed and knowledge.
Saturday, September 26 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/28 at Noon ET
 Austin City Limits Presents: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
This special features highlights from the seventh annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival — one of the most unusual public music festivals in America. Staged every year in the sprawling meadows of Golden Gate Park with dozens of bands on many different stages, the festival attracts more than 300,000 music fans. This year’s line-up includes performances by Emmylou Harris (pictured), the legendary Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby, to name a few.
Saturday, September 26 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/27 at Midnight ET
 The National Parks: America's Best Idea
“The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890)”
This 12-hour, six-part documentary series by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan tells the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. From Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska, the series explores the stories of people, from every conceivable background, who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so, reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.
Sunday, September 27 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/28 at 1 pm ET
 Living in the Big Empty
The forbidding and austere landscape of Nevada's Great Basin region attracts people as eclectic as the place they call home. In this documentary, veteran writers and photographers Richard Menzies, William Fox and Bruce Van Dyke relate compelling stories about the region and some of its most colorful residents. Profiles include: Frank Van Zandt, creator of Thunder Mountain, a roadside mishmash of cement, rock and sculpture; drifter Floyd Eaton, the self-appointed lawman of small-town garbage dump; footless hitchhiker and hobo Stanley Gurcze; and artist Dewayne "Dooby" Williams, who lined a dirt road in Black Rock Desert with work inspired by the Big Empty.
Sunday, September 27 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 10/2 at Noon ET
 Fifteen Legs
The film explores the efforts by activists around the country to create no-kill animal shelters and develop volunteer transportation networks intended to place sheltered animals into new homes. The film follows Walker, a 10-month-old puppy, on a journey from an animal control center to a new home and family made possible by several volunteer animal transporters.
Monday, September 28 at 3 pm ET
 The National Parks: America's Best Idea
“The Last Refuge (1890-1915)”
By the end of the 19th century, widespread industrialization has left many Americans worried about whether the country — once a vast wilderness — will have any pristine land left. At the same time, poachers in the parks are rampant, and visitors think nothing of littering or carving their names near iconic sites like Old Faithful. Congress has yet to establish clear judicial authority or appropriations for the protection of the parks. This sparks a conservation movement by organizations such as the Sierra Club, led by John Muir; the Audubon Society, led by George Bird Grinnell; and the Boone and Crockett Club, led by Theodore Roosevelt. The movement fails, however, to stop San Francisco from building the Hetch Hetchy dam at Yosemite, flooding Muir’s “mountain temple” and leaving him broken-hearted before he dies.
Monday, September 28 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/29 at 1 pm ET
 Historic Railway Lodges of the West
This program describes the history and accommodations of four historic railway lodges, as well as their past and present relationship to passenger trains. These four lodges (built between 1910 & 1939) have the distinction of still having direct Amtrak passenger train service to within 500 yards of their front door. They are the Belton Chalet, Izaak Walton Inn, Glacier Park Lodge and La Posada Hotel.
Monday, September 28 at 10:30 pm ET
Repeats 9/30 at 3 pm ET
 The National Parks: America's Best Idea
“The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919)”
In the early 20th century, America has a dozen national parks, but they are a haphazard patchwork of special places under the supervision of different federal agencies. The conservation movement, after failing to stop the Hetch Hetchy dam, pushes the government to establish one unified agency to oversee all the parks, leading to the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916. Its first director, Stephen Mather, a wealthy businessman and passionate park advocate who fought vigorously to establish the NPS, launches an energetic campaign to expand the national park system and bring more visitors to the parks. Among his efforts is to protect the Grand Canyon from encroaching commercial interests and establish it as a national park, rather than a national monument.
Tuesday, September 29 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 9/30 at 1 pm ET
 NOVA
“Sputnik Declassified”
The world changed on October 4, 1957, when the U.S. public heard the shocking news that the Soviet Union had successfully launched the first satellite, Sputnik I. Why didn’t the U.S. beat the Soviets in this first crucial round of the space race? NOVA reveals an astonishing behind-the-scenes story of the politics and personalities that collided over the earliest efforts to get America into space long before the founding of NASA.
Tuesday, September 29 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 9/30 at Noon ET
 The National Parks: America's Best Idea
“Going Home (1920-1933)”
While visiting the parks was once predominantly the domain of Americans wealthy enough to afford the high-priced train tours, the advent of the automobile allows more people than ever before to visit the parks. Mather embraces this opportunity and works to build more roads in the parks. Some park enthusiasts, such as Margaret and Edward Gehrke of Nebraska, begin “collecting” parks, making a point to visit as many as they can. In North Carolina, Horace Kephart, a reclusive writer, and George Masa, a Japanese immigrant, launch a campaign to protect the last strands of virgin forest in the Smoky Mountains by establishing it as a park. In Wyoming, John D. Rockefeller Jr. begins quietly buying up land in the Teton Mountain Range and valley in a secret plan to donate it to the government as a park.
Wednesday, September 30 at 8 pm ET
 Window to the Sea
With an exhilarating blend of animal demonstrations, interactive displays and educational exhibits, aquariums offer a rare view of marine life to a curious public. Every day, scientists, veterinarians, trainers and educators dedicate their skills and resources to promote oceanic preservation and understanding. Using stunning high-definition video, this program reveals how four leading facilities provide fascinating gateways to the science, natural history and adventure of the undersea world.
Wednesday, September 30 at 10 pm ET
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