Gift-Giving Grief? Art & Artisan Auction Answers

Chanukah starts in three weeks on December 20. Christmas is only 5 days after that. And what about those December birthdays?

If you're facing a list long on names but short on ideas, you do have a chance to scoop up great - UNIQUE - gifts for everyone on your shopping list, quickly and easily, at the Rhode Island PBS Art & Artisan Auction.

But the gift shopping clock is ticking - literally.

Today is your last day to visit the Rhode Island PBS Art and Artisan Auction. Bidding ends tonight.
Zip over to www.ripbs.org or click this link.

Downton Abbey Thanksgiving Marathon (Whet Your Appetite for January's New Season)

On Friday after Thanksgiving, when dinner is over and savory leftovers are on the menu, relax with WSBE and delve into the intrigue on the estate...

Join us at 5 P.M. for a 6-hour marathon of Downton Abbey. We're airing all of the episodes back-to-back in anticipation of the brand new series of episodes premiering in January. (It's a golden DVR opportunity if ever there was one!)

The Downton Abbey estate stands a splendid example of confidence and mettle, its family enduring for generations and its staff a well-oiled machine of propriety. But change is afoot at Downton — change far surpassing the new electric lights and telephone. A crisis of inheritance threatens to displace the resident Crawley family, in spite of the best efforts of the noble and compassionate Earl, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville, Miss Austen Regrets); his American heiress wife, Cora (Elizabeth McGovern); his comically implacable, opinionated mother, Violet (Maggie Smith, David Copperfield); and his beautiful, eldest daughter, Mary, intent on charting her own course. Reluctantly, the family is forced to welcome its heir apparent, the self-made and proudly modern Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens), himself none too happy about the new arrangements. As Matthew's bristly relationship with Mary begins to crackle with electricity, hope for the future of Downton's dynasty takes shape. But when petty jealousies and ambitions grow among the family and the staff, scheming and secrets — both delicious and dangerous — threaten to derail the scramble to preserve Downton Abbey. Created and written by Oscar-winner Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), Downton Abbey offers a spot-on portrait of a vanishing way of life.

Here's a short preview of the new season of Downton Abbey from PBS.  (Please note: We will soon announce our premiere date, which may not be January 8. )




THIS is quite a preview!

Keep the Children Busy During Thanksgiving Dinner Preparation

Tomorrow morning, WSBE is the child-safe place for your children to be - where they will be entertained and out from under your feet while the adults prepare dinner.

Starting at 7 A.M., we'll air two back-to-back specials: Curious George: Follow That Monkey, and Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas. The marvelous multiple monkeyshines will be repeated Friday morning starting at 8:30 A.M.

Video Preview of Curious George: Follow That Monkey - George escorts Kayla, a blue elephant lonely for her family, from coast to coast. (Please disregard the date at the end of the video; we're airing the movie on Thanksgiving morning and Friday, too.)







Then, it's Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas at 8:30 A.M., the heartwarming story of George and the Man with the Yellow Hat as they celebrate the season together.

Search is on for the Oldest Charles Krug Wine Bottle

I received this message this morning and found the idea of the bottle search fascinating. (In terms of marketing, it's a great idea!) The Charles Krug Winery / Peter Mondavi Family has been generous with WSBE Rhode Island PBS during our annual wine event, donating delicious wines over the years to help us raise programming funds. In fact, in the 2011 silent auction of An Evening Uncorked just this past February, there was a 3 Litre Charles Krug Generations, signed by Marc Mondavi and Peter Mondavi, Sr. Were you the high bidder?

So, on two levels - because you might have THE bottle the winery seeks among your other wine bottles, and because the winery has been a friend to WSBE Rhode Island PBS - I share this message and news release with you. Happy Thanksgiving!

With people pulling special bottles out for the holidays, we think someone might stumble across the oldest Charles Krug wine bottle in the world in the next few weeks.  If it happens, we want to know about it!

You may have seen the recent AP “Ghost Stories” article, which included Charles Krug Winery. [Editor's Note: I didn't see this story, but if you did and would like to tell us about it, please feel free to comment.] Old ghosts and old wine bottles are both part of the history of Charles Krug, which is Napa Valley’s oldest winery, founded in 1861. That was the year Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated and the Civil War began.

You’ll find details on our “oldest bottle” search, which goes through the end of the year, below. If you could share this with your audience, we would appreciate it.  We’re hoping for some great old finds.  Thanks much!

Christine

SEARCH FOR OLDEST CHARLES KRUG WINE BOTTLE ANNOUNCED
Bottle to be part of history exhibit at Napa Valley’s first winery

ST. HELENA, CA—In time for the 150th anniversary of Napa Valley’s first winery this year, the Peter Mondavi Sr. Family announces a search for the oldest Charles Krug Winery bottle in existence. Founded in 1861, Charles Krug Winery is the birthplace of the Napa Valley wine industry and has been in the Peter Mondavi Family for nearly 70 of its 150 years.

Peter Mondavi Jr. puts his family winery’s history in perspective: “Charles Krug was founded the year President Lincoln was inaugurated, and the year the Civil War began.” At the time, Napa Valley was essentially the Wild West. Charles Krug first planted Mission grapes on his St. Helena estate but he soon replanted to European varietals which he felt would make better wine. Wines made at the time would have likely included claret, sherry, Madeira, sweet tokay and riesling, the latter hugely popular with many of the German immigrant-winemakers in Napa Valley in the late 1800s.

Readers are encouraged to scour their wine cabinets, cellars, closets and caves for Charles Krug wine bottles, empty or full, dating either from pre-Prohibition or the Peter Mondavi Family era which began with the 1944 vintage.  Bottles deemed contenders will be authenticated by experts in the wine department of Sotheby’s auction house in New York. The Peter Mondavi Family may purchase the winning bottle for display at the winery.

Plans are for an exhibit of historic artifacts from Charles Krug Winery, which will include a towering 9000-gallon vintage redwood fermentation tank and Charles Krug’s original basket press, which he used to crush the first harvest at his fledgling winery. The estate’s Redwood Cellar will house the exhibit. The huge structure with its many-gabled roof and impressive belvedere was built by Charles Krug in 1873 after his original cellar burned to the ground. On the National Register of Historic Places and a California Historic Landmark, the Redwood Cellar was restored recently to hold the Peter Mondavi Family’s reserve barrel aging room. The Cellar will eventually house the winery’s new tasting room and visitor’s center with construction beginning in early 2012.

To submit an entry, please visit Charles Krug on Facebook and tell us about your bottle and post a photo, or email it to oldestbottle@charleskrug.com by December 31, 2011. Contenders for the oldest bottle will be contacted with next steps. 

Charles Krug Winery’s 150-year history traces the transformation of the Napa Valley from “Wild West” to Wine Country destination. With a legacy of nearly 70 years at Charles Krug, the Peter Mondavi Family is dedicated to ecological stewardship in order to preserve the land for their children and future generations. Those efforts to steward the land and preserve the winery's historical legacy are earning new respect for a family long identified with California wine. To learn more about Charles Krug Winery and the vision of the Peter Mondavi Family, visit Charles Krug Winery online.

Local Artists: It's the Heart of the Story

This year's Art & Artisan Auction has hundreds of beautiful works. Admittedly, that's not news - for more than two decades, WSBE Rhode Island PBS has been fortunate and sincerely grateful for the generous outpouring of support and donations from prominent and emerging artists from all over the country.

What makes this year's Art & Artisan Auction special is the surge of local artists sharing their works - and the types of works they are sharing. Many pieces are functional as well as beautiful. The collection this year includes many things you can actually use! It's not just art for your walls. The collection gives "Art" a rightfully broader definition. Just browse the collection for yourself!

As you do browse, remember that the holidays are around the corner. So many of these fine pieces make distinctive gifts. Plus, your winning bid supports WSBE Rhode Island PBS programming. Win-win-win.

Here are three short spots that highlight some of the works of local artisans: Arts in RI, the Foundry Artists Association, and Rhode Island Etsy artists. Enjoy! There is much more on the auction site.

This piece is called Smashing Against Rocks. No, artist Deb Hall of Zur Designs didn't get angry! She just wanted to see what patterns would emerge if she hammered the copper against rocks. The results are stunning.

Deb finished the bracelet with softened square edges for a sleek and modern look. The cuff measures 6 1/4 inches and is meant to accommodate a size 7. It's beautifully wrapped, so it's ready for gift-giving. Feel the sensation of Smashing Against Rocks!

More Adventures in Untamed Alaska: Alone in the Wilderness Part 2

Dick Proenneke's simple, yet profound account of his 30-year adventure in the remote Alaska wilderness continues in a sequel to Alone In The Wilderness. The title of the documentary chronicling the second year of his experiences is as simple as the man himself: Alone in the Wilderness Part 2. WSBE Rhode Island PBS is proud to premiere the film on Monday, November 28 at 8:30 P.M., with rebroadcasts on Friday, December 2 at 4 A.M. and Saturday, December 3 at 1:30 P.M. The November 28 premiere will be followed by a rebroadcast of the original Alone in the Wilderness at 10 P.M.






In the late summer of 2010, Dick Proenneke's brother, Jake, discovered a closetful of 8mm and 16mm film shot during Dick's 30-year adventure living Alone In The Wilderness. The thousands of feet of film were turned over to Bob Swerer Senior and Junior, producers of the original Alone In The Wilderness and longtime friends of the Proenneke brothers, to see if it would be possible to create another documentary for public television.

The end result is Alone In The Wilderness Part 2. The Swerers carefully matched up footage with Dick's hand-written journals to recreate Dick's second year in the Alaskan wild.

Watch through Proenneke's eyes, as he continues to document his experiences with his 16mm wind-up Bolex camera, capturing his own amazing craftsmanship, the stunning Alaskan wildlife and scenery, and even a visit from his brother, Jake, who helped shoot some of the film used in this documentary. His epic journey takes viewers on a vacation far away from the hustle and bustle of today's fast paced society to a land of tranquility. It is truly a breath of fresh air.

From producer Bob Swerer:

Initially, the task of filming himself in the wilderness was a challenge for Dick. He began with a simple used wind-up Bolex camera that was given to him by his brother, Jake. Dick would give the exposed film to a passing bush pilot, who would mail it to his brother. Jake would have the film developed, review it through a projector, and send Dick letters reporting how the footage looked, whether it was over or underexposed, out-of-focus, too far away, etc. As it could take several months for these messages to reach Dick in Alaska, not all of the film he shot was of sufficient quality to be included in the documentaries.

Technical Challenges 

Because of the learning curve, many exciting scenes and stories had to be omitted from these documentaries. For example, Dick witnessed a sow grizzly run down a mother caribou and kill her. Dick rescued the caribou's orphaned calf, carried her back to the cabin on his back, and nursed her with powdered milk. Dick captured this entire incident on film but unfortunately it was a bit too shaky and out-of-focus to include.

There was a time Dick was unaware that he had developed a bad light leak into the back of his Bolex 16mm camera. Several months had gone by between the time the exposed film was sent to his brother Jake for review and when Dick finally received a letter telling him of the bad news. Thousands of feet of footage were lost due to a very large blue streak running down the center of each frame.

When problems like this happened, Dick always managed to get them fixed. More than once, he made replacement parts for the camera from materials at hand, such as a discarded tin can. His ingenuity is always obvious throughout the documentaries.

Unique Perspective

One spring, Dick discovered where a mother great-horned owl had built a nest to raise her young. For the next month, Dick paddled six miles down lake every other day to film the hatching and raising of the young owls. He built a ladder from spruce poles so he could film at the same level (30 feet in the air) as the nesting mother and her chicks. On more than one occasion the protective mother owl attacked Dick, leaving scratches on his face with her dagger sharp talons.

In the early years, Dick was extremely conservative with the film, as it was both expensive and hard to have delivered to his remote wilderness location. During the later years at Twin Lakes, the Alaskan Park service took advantage of Dick's skills of filming and documenting wildlife in this remote part of Alaska, and supplied him with a good batch of 16 mm. film stock. This allowed Dick to use film a bit more liberally than he had at the start.

Often times, Dick would venture away from his cabin, hiking thousands of miles every year, and carrying just enough food with him to stay away three or four days at a time. On these journeys, Dick would observe and film the wildlife that he encountered, such as grizzlies, caribou, wolves, and moose. He would keep close tabs on the grizzlies that would hibernate on the mountain across from the cabin, watching them dig their dens in the fall and emerge from their long winter sleep in early spring, many times with cubs. Much of this was captured on film.

Two Most-Asked Questions

Why did he choose to live so many years all by himself?
Rumors have it that he was running from the law or that a woman had jilted him. In truth, Dick simply just had a very sincere passion for the wilderness. He loved sitting for hours observing wildlife, hiking mountains that had never been walked on before, and being totally independent and responsible for himself and his survival. He seemed to enjoy the simple things in life. No TV, radio, cell phone or computer. He did not even have a chain saw; all wood was cut with an ax. He used to say, "No chain saws here where the wolves howl!" It was important to him to blend in with his surroundings. There was no one who had more respect for the environment and the animals than Dick Proenneke.

Did Dick ever get sick or have accidents while living in the remote wilderness?
Dick wrote in his journals that there were times he got sick but he would usually drink vinegar which he seemed to think cured a lot of things and lay in his bunk until the sickness passed (sometimes it would take several days). He did sustain a few minor cuts while using his ax.

Dick took his share of falls while hiking. One of the worst was when he slipped on the lake ice and landed on the back of his head. He claimed this caused headaches and on-and-off blurred vision for several years after the fall.

The worst accident by far happened in 1976 when his brother, Jake, flew a small Piper J3 cub airplane up to Dicks cabin all the way from California to spend a few weeks. The two brothers spent a lot of their time flying the little airplane to remote places in the vast wilderness. They would take turns at the controls. Jake would leave the little plane with Dick so Dick could fly back to Iowa by himself in the fall. While Dick was flying back to Iowa, the fuel line froze up over Eastern Alaska and the plane crashed on a mountainside. Badly hurt, Dick was able to crawl to a road where he was picked up and taken to the hospital. It took many months for him to recover but Dick was able to return to his cabin the following spring. Dick gave up the controls after that.

Simple Daily Life 

Dick always kept very busy writing in his journals and filming. He had to fish for dinner and there was always firewood to cut. Dick did not vary his diet much. It consisted of a lot of fresh fish, beans, potatoes; and oatmeal or sourdough pancakes for breakfast. During the early years, Dick would kill a caribou or sheep for meat but, as time passed, he found it hard to hunt the very subjects that he filmed with his camera.

Dick would live for 32 years alone in the wilderness. At the age of 82, he suffered a series of strokes and found that cutting wood was too much of a chore. Dick reluctantly left the cabin to live with his brother Jake. Dick died of a massive stroke in 2003 at the age of 86 with Jake by his side.

WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) programming over the air on digital 36.1; on cable services: Cox 08 / 1008HD, Verizon 08 / 508HD, Full Channel 08, Comcast 819HD; on satellite: DirecTV 36, Dish Network 7776. WSBE Learn transmits over the air on digital 36.2; on cable: Cox 808, Verizon 478, Full Channel 109, Comcast 294 or 312.

Planning for the holidays? Plan for your taxes first!

When the calendar page flips to November, thoughts shift to planning the holiday season – menus and guests for Thanksgiving, followed by plans for festive holiday gatherings with family and friends through December.

Not so fast! Before you baste your turkey or trim your tree, take some time to plan for the inevitable tax filing deadline of April 15th. It will be here before you know it, and there are certain steps you can take now – before year's end – to ease the pain next spring.

The Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants (RISCPA) presents its annual Tax Planning Forum 2011 on Sunday, November 20 at 2 P.M. on WSBE Rhode Island PBS. This informative discussion outlines changes to the tax code and offers tax planning strategies and advice about what to do before December 31 to make filing income taxes easier and less… taxing in April.

Tax Planning Forum 2011 will be re-broadcast in WSBE Learn on Thursday, December 8 at 9 P.M., Friday, December 9 at 4 A.M., and Saturday, December 10 at 1 A.M. and 4 P.M.

WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) programming over the air on digital 36.1; on cable services: Cox 08 / 1008HD, Verizon 08 / 508HD, Full Channel 08, Comcast 819HD; on satellite: DirecTV 36, Dish Network 7776. WSBE Learn transmits over the air on digital 36.2; on cable: Cox 808, Verizon 478, Full Channel 109, Comcast 294 or 312.

Lawrence Welk Turns 25: See the Premiere Episode

A major television milestone was marked earlier this fall when The Lawrence Welk Show celebrated the beginning of 25 years of Champagne Music on public television. Viewers of WSBE Rhode Island PBS will have the opportunity to watch the rarely seen 1955 premiere episode of The Lawrence Welk Show in a special presentation on Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 6:30 P.M.

Since 1987, more than 2.5 million fans of the longest-running, weekly-syndicated music/variety series have been tuning in each week to their local PBS station to watch Lawrence Welk and their favorite “Musical Family” members sing and dance.

The Lawrence Welk Show was first broadcast in 1951 on KTLA in Los Angeles. In 1955, the ABC network picked it up for national broadcast. When ABC dropped the series in 1971 after running successfully for 16 years, Welk persevered by forming his own production company and began syndicating it directly to commercial stations individually. It stayed on the air in weekly national syndication until 1982, often reappearing each December with new Christmas specials until 1985.

In 1987, after PBS funded and aired a very successful fund-raising special, “Lawrence Welk: Television’s Music Man,” Robert L. “Bob” Allen, then the executive director of the statewide PBS affiliate OETA-The Oklahoma Network, formed a partnership with Welk Syndication and began offering the weekly series to public television stations.

At first, Allen said, some station executives were unsure. “Some thought Lawrence Welk’s accent was corny,” recalling Welk’s Russian-German-inflected speech. “But, when their station raised record pledges and dollars from the Welk special, they realized there were a wealth of loyal fans and viewers in their audience that were underserved and signed up for the weekly series.”

Welk’s mature audience, Allen said, was suited for non-commercial public television. “Commercial stations weren’t interested in the older demographic because that group is set in their purchasing preferences. They’re not likely to change even their toothpaste. But on the other hand, they’re more likely to donate money to support their interests, he said. “And once they make a pledge to public television, they fulfill it…and they’ve been fiercely loyal to The Lawrence Welk Show for a record 25 years.”

“My father was very successful with his ideas and vision,” his son Larry Welk said. “He had wonderful gut feelings for certain things and he knew what viewers wanted to hear and he made sure they played and sang that kind of music each week. He hired fabulous musicians and wonderful singers and dancers. I think that’s why the show is still on the air and still so popular with the fans.”

Encores of the weekly TV show, garnered from more than 1,000 episodes taped between 1955 and 1982, are now hosted by Welk Stars Mary Lou Metzger and Bobby Burgess and are broadcast on more than 270 public television stations.

The Lawrence Welk Show airs weekly on WSBE Rhode Island PBS on Sundays at 7 P.M. and Saturdays at 6 P.M.

Wonder how much that "attic heirloom" of yours is worth?

Have you ever wondered how much that "attic heirloom" of yours might be worth? You know... that curio that's been in your family for generations? Or maybe it's a yard sale bargain that caught your eye and you just had to have.

Many of us have acquired objects that carry with them a long history. Sometimes we know what that history is, and sometimes we can only speculate. Often, an object has high sentimental value, even if we're not sure of its true dollar value.

How would you react if an appraiser told you that item really is a treasure?

Fans of public television's British and American traveling antiques shows agree that some of the best, most exciting moments are when valuable treasures are unexpectedly discovered. Rhode Island PBS invites you to experience one of those moments for yourself at our own upcoming Antiques Discovery and Appraisal Show in February. And if your item really is a treasure, you could see your story told on television.

This first event of its kind for Rhode Island PBS will be introduced and previewed on Sunday, November 27 at 8 P.M. during the station's broadcast of Antiques Roadshow. Appraisers Richard Conti of Conti Estates in Attleboro and Steven Fusco of Estates Unlimited in Cranston, and television producer Brian Scott-Smith, will describe what you can expect to see and experience at the appraisal event. Richard and Steven will also demonstrate on-the-spot appraisals on the air.

The Antiques Discovery and Appraisal Show itself will be held at Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick Airport Hotel in Warwick, Rhode Island, on Saturday, February 18, 2012, from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. It is designed to provide a special opportunity for the public to bring their objects of unknown or uncertain value to accredited appraisers for written appraisal. Those two features – a written appraisal by an accredited appraiser – distinguish the Antiques Discovery and Appraisal Show from any similar events in the region.

During the event, accredited appraiser Richard Conti and the team of accredited appraisers will mingle with the crowd, searching for hidden treasures. Television producer and show host Brian Scott-Smith will be there with the camera crew to film the discoveries as they are made. Those stories will be edited together to create a television special that will air exclusively on WSBE's two channels: Rhode Island PBS and Learn.

So, your "attic heirloom" may not only enrich you - it could make you famous, too!

We have lots of information about the event already online, with more to come as the date approaches. Visit www.ripbs.org/antiques.

In the meantime, tune in on Sunday, November 27 at 8 P.M.- you can buy your ticket early to lock-in the arrival time of your choice: 9 A.M., 11 A.M. or 2 P.M.

The Antiques Discovery and Appraisal Show is made possible in part by Estates Unlimited, Inc.

NetWorks 2011 Debuts 13 New Profiles of Exceptional RI Artists

Four years ago, a unique Rhode Island arts project launched through collaboration between Joseph Chazan, M.D. and Umberto Crenca, Artistic Director of AS220. "NetWorks" was created to document, celebrate, and foster the richly creative and diverse Rhode Island artistic community. Each year since its launch in 2008, the project has created an archive of video and photographic profiles that are enriched by museum and gallery exhibits, catalogs, and panel discussions.

This November, NetWorks 2011 debuts thirteen new video portraits of exceptional Rhode Island artists. Each portrait in the NetWorks project introduces the viewer to an artist’s work, process, and sources of inspiration, in fewer than ten minutes.

WSBE Rhode Island PBS is pleased to present the two-part NetWorks 2011 as part of its ongoing WSBE series, Rhode Island Stories. Part one of NetWorks 2011 airs on Saturday, November 12 at 7 P.M. The one-hour program profiles Andrew Moon Bain, Nilton Cardenas, Barnaby Evans, Nancy Friese, Philip Jameson, and Shawn Kenney.

Part two of NetWorks 2011 airs on Saturday, November 19 at 7 P.M., and profiles Scott Lapham, Janet Prip, Andrew Raftery, Duane Slick, Esther Solondz, Mark Taber, and Laura Travis.

For those who might like to see the NetWorks 2011 artists' work close up after seeing them on television, a complementary mixed media exhibit opens at Candita Clayton Studio, Hope Artiste Village, 999 Main Street, Unit 105, Pawtucket, RI, on Friday, November 11, and continues through Sunday, December 11. Media represented will range from large format photography and oil painting to metal and stone sculpture. Photographic portraits of the artists by Scott Lapham, himself a member of the NetWorks 2011 group, will also be presented.

The NetWorks project is produced by Joseph A. Chazan, M.D.

A Lively Experiment November 4

Panel
Dyana Koelsch – moderator
John Hazen White, Jr. – businessman founder, LookOut RI
Dave Layman – communications consultant, former TV news director
Maureen Moakley – political science professor, URI
Michael Downey – President AFSCME, Council 94
 
Topics

• State pension reform legislation, including COLAs and the proposed hybrid plan

A Lively Experiment airs on WSBE Rhode Island PBS (36.1) Fridays at 8:30 p.m., with rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 7 p.m. on WSBE Learn (36.2), and Sundays at noon on WSBE Rhode Island PBS (36.1).

WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) programming over the air on digital 36.1; on Rhode Island cable: Cox 08 / 1008HD, Verizon 08 / 508HD, and Full Channel 08; in Massachusetts: Comcast 819HD; on satellite: DirecTV 36, Dish Network 7776.

WSBE Learn transmits over the air on digital 36.2; on Cox 808; Verizon 478; Full Channel 109; and Comcast 294 or 312.

Can't get to the TV? Watch the episode online anytime and anywhere on our YouTube channel. Episodes of A Lively Experiment are generally available to watch on the next business day. Subscribe to our YouTube channel, and YouTube will notify you when a new episode is uploaded.

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A Lively Experiment October 28

Panel
Dyana Koelsch – moderator
Dave Layman – communications consultant, former TV news director
Maureen Moakley – political science professor, URI
Scott MacKay – executive director, The Hummel Report
Donna Perry – GoLocalProv.com columnist

Topics

• City officials ask the Occupy Providence protesters to leave Burnside Park 
• The joint finance committee’s pension hearings 
• General Treasurer Raimondo’s political future

A Lively Experiment airs on WSBE Rhode Island PBS (36.1) Fridays at 8:30 p.m., with rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 7 p.m. on WSBE Learn (36.2), and Sundays at noon on WSBE Rhode Island PBS (36.1).

WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) programming over the air on digital 36.1; on Rhode Island cable: Cox 08 / 1008HD, Verizon 08 / 508HD, and Full Channel 08; in Massachusetts: Comcast 819HD; on satellite: DirecTV 36, Dish Network 7776.

WSBE Learn transmits over the air on digital 36.2; on Cox 808; Verizon 478; Full Channel 109; and Comcast 294 or 312.

Can't get to the TV? Watch the episode online anytime and anywhere on our YouTube channel. Episodes of A Lively Experiment are generally available to watch on the next business day. Subscribe to our YouTube channel, and YouTube will notify you when a new episode is uploaded.

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A Lively Experiment October 21

Panel
Dyana Koelsch – moderator
Dave Layman – communications consultant, former TV news director
Maureen Moakley – political science professor, URI
Jim Hummel – executive director, The Hummel Report
Arlene Violet - former RI Attorney General
Rob Horowitz – GoLocalProv.com columnist


Topics

• The Chafee-Raimondo pension reform bill 
• President Obama’s proposed jobs act and how it would affect 
  

  Rhode Island 
• The Occupy Providence demonstrations

A Lively Experiment airs on WSBE Rhode Island PBS (36.1) Fridays at 8:30 p.m., with rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 7 p.m. on WSBE Learn (36.2), and Sundays at noon on WSBE Rhode Island PBS (36.1).

WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) programming over the air on digital 36.1; on Rhode Island cable: Cox 08 / 1008HD, Verizon 08 / 508HD, and Full Channel 08; in Massachusetts: Comcast 819HD; on satellite: DirecTV 36, Dish Network 7776.

WSBE Learn transmits over the air on digital 36.2; on Cox 808; Verizon 478; Full Channel 109; and Comcast 294 or 312.

Can't get to the TV? Watch the episode online anytime and anywhere on our YouTube channel. Episodes of A Lively Experiment are generally available to watch on the next business day. Subscribe to our YouTube channel, and YouTube will notify you when a new episode is uploaded.

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