January 31-February 14
GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE
Airs Saturdays from 6-6:30 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE is now in its 21th year. Hosted in its first year by Tom Bergeron, the series premiered on January 30th, 1984. This high school quiz show has seen some of the best and brightest New Hampshire has to offer go head-to-head in a competition that tests not only their academic knowledge, but their ability to think quickly and keep their composure under pressure! Over the 20 years of GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE, 4,416 kids have played in 858 games and answered over 102,060 questions.
54 New Hampshire high school teams competed to make the final roster of 16 teams by gathering at Plymouth State University in the fall and taking a written test as a team. The top 14 teams secured a spot, and two qulifying games were played between Goffston High and Mascoma High and Kennet High and Stevens High at NHPTV on January 8 for the last two spots.
Playing this season in the first round of games are:
2/7 - Bishop Guertin vs Goffstown
2/14 - Bow vs Portsmouth Christian
2/21 - Kingswood Regionmal vs Merrimack
2/28 - Concord vs John Stark
3/7 - Kennet vs Pinkerton
3/14 - Nashua South vs The Academy for Science and Design (Nashua)
3/21 - Hanover vs Plymouth Regional
3/28 - Dover vs Manchester Central
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG ELECTRONIC FIELDTRIPS
WHEN FREEDOM CAME
Airs Live on February 12, 2015 at 10 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE
Everyone knows that Abraham Lincoln freed all the slaves…or did he? Freedom came to enslaved people over the course of many months and years—and it arrived in different ways in different places. Discover how enslaved Americans made everyday choices during the Civil War that helped bring about their freedom.
Bring the Past Alive in your Classroom
Teach American history with the new Electronic Field Trip season. These live, interactive lessons explore the Bill of Rights, the three branches of government, 18th-century trades and the Continental Army, the complicated relationships between slaves and their masters, Civil War ironclads, and the War of 1812. Fieldtrips air monthly at 10 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE 2014-15 Schedule >>
GET WRITING
NHPTV-PBS KIDS WRITERS CONTEST
Get out you pencils, crayons and markers! The NHPTV -PBS KIDS WRITERS CONTEST officially began on January 1, 2015. The contest is open to kids in grades K-3. All they need to do is write and illustrate an original story and submit it to NHPTV by March 31, 2015!
CALLING ON SCHOOLS!
Schools and classes are invited to submit stories! We would love to see more participation by New Hampshire schools! In fact, we would like to see New Hampshire have more school participation than any other state! The contest is a great way to promote writing and integrate the arts. It is aligned to New Hampshire reading, writing, and art standards. A writing guide and curriculum resources are available on the contest web site.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
A first, second, and third place story will be chosen at each grade level along with an honorable mention being awarded to up to 17 stories at each grade level. All NHPTV first-place winners will be sent to the national competition. Last year we had a national first place winner from New Hampshire. Every child who submits a story will receive a personalized letter of recognition and a certificate of achievement. More >>
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AMERICAN MASTERS
1/24 Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Journey through the mysterious world of sleight-of-hand with multi-talented conjurer Ricky Jay. Airs from 12:30-1:30 a.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
AMERICA REFRAMED
2/3 Our Mockingbird
Our Mockingbird highlights the transformational experiences of teens from two extraordinarily different high schools in Birmingham, Alabama -- one all black and one all white -- who collaborate on a production of the play, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Airs from 8-10 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
1/25 Ryan Adams/Jenny Lewis
Great American singer/songwriters Ryan Adams and Jenny Lewis return to the ACL stage. Airs from 12-1 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
2/1 The Black Keys/J. Roddy Walston & The Business
The Black Keys play hits from their #1 album Turn Blue, while Walston and his trio highlight their record Essential Tremors. Airs from 12-1 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET 2/1 Macbeth
Star soprano Anna Netrebko delivers her searing portrayal of Lady Macbeth, the mad and murderous mate of Zeljko Lucic's doomed Macbeth, for the first time at the Met. Airs from 2-5 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >> |
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LANGUAGE MATTERS WITH BOB HOLMAN
There are more than 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks; hundreds will be lost within the next generation. Follow poet Bob Holman as he travels to a remote island off the coast of Australia to visit with aboriginal people who speak ten different languages, then follow him to Wales where Welsh is making a comeback, and on to Hawaii, where Hawaiians are fighting to save their native tongue. Airs from 9-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED
1/30 A Midsummer Night's Dream With Hugh Bonneville
Hugh Bonneville started his career as an understudy for Ralph Fiennes in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Open Air Theatre in London's Regent's Park. Airs from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
1/30 King Lear With Christopher Plummer
Actor Christopher Plummer originally played the role of King Lear under the direction of Sir Jonathan Miller, who has directed the play six times. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
2/6 The Taming Of The Shrew With Morgan Freeman
In 1990, Morgan Freeman famously starred in a Wild West version of The Taming of the Shrew for Shakespeare in the Park in New York. Airs from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
2/6 Othello With David Harewood
In 1997, David Harewood was the first black actor to play Othello on stage at the National Theatre in London. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >> |
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AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS WITH MARIA HINOJOSA
1/25 The New Mad Men
With a collective purchasing power of $3 trillion, people of color are quickly becoming the nation's most sought-after consumers. Airs from 10-10:30 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
1/28 Mainstream, USA
Clarkston, Georgia, one of America's most diverse square miles, was designated as a refugee resettlement site in the 1980s and is now home to people from more than 40 different countries. Airs from 5-5:30 a.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/29 Island Of Warriors
Pacific Islanders serve in the U.S. military in disproportionately high numbers, and have suffered the highest casualty rates in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Airs from 9-9:30 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
2/5 Our Private Idaho
American suburbs are becoming more diverse, but the "exurbs" that surround them remain overwhelmingly white. Airs from 9-9:30 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
AMERICA REFRAMED
1/24 American Heart
Seven years in the making, American Heart takes viewers on an intimate journey into the lives of three refugees who now call Minnesota home. Airs from 10-11:30 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/27 Gaucho Del Norte
Since the 1970's, shepherds from South America have been brought to work in the American west. Airs from 8-9:30 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
2/3 Our Mockingbird
Our Mockingbird highlights the transformational experiences of teens from two extraordinarily different high schools in Birmingham, Alabama -- one all black and one all white -- who collaborate on a production of the play, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Airs from 8-10 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
1/27 Edison
The holder of 1,093 patents, Thomas Alva Edison's name was nearly synonymous with invention. Airs from 9-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
2/3 Big Burn
In August 1910, a massive wildfire swept across the Northern Rockies, devouring more than three million acres in 36 hours. The catastrophe would define the fledgling U.S. Forest Service and the nation's fire policy for much of the 20th century. Airs from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
FRONTLINE
1/28 League Of Denial: The NFL'S Concussion Crisis, Part 1
With the NFL back in the news, FRONTLINE investigates how the league denied and worked to refute scientific evidence that violent collisions at the heart of the game are linked to long-term brain injuries. Airs from 8:30-10 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
2/3 Firestone And The Warlord
FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the relationship between Firestone and the infamous Liberian warlord Charles Taylor. Airs from 10-11:30 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >> |
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GLOBAL VOICES
1/25 Oil & Water
Shot over six years, Oil & Water is the true story of two boys coming of age in the middle of one of the world's worst toxic disasters. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/25 74 Square Meters
Iselsa, Kathy, tribal leader Ivan, and 150 other marginalized families from Valparaiso, Chile, are chosen to participate in a social experiment that moves them into a middle-class neighborhood. Airs from 11 p.m.-12 a.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/29 Education Education
What does an education get you? In ancient times in China, education was the only way out of poverty, in recent times it has been the best way. Airs from 6-7 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/30 Poor Us: The Animated History Of Poverty
Do we know what poverty is? The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Airs from 6-7 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
2/1 Last Train Home
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos, all at once, as a tidal wave of humanity attempts to return home by train. Airs from 10-11:30 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
INDEPENDENT LENS
1/24 Detropia
Detroit was the birthplace of the middle-class; a great city that came with the guarantee of the American dream. Airs from 12-1:30 a.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/25 The Kill Team/Confusion Through Sand
The story of a 21-year-old infantryman in Afghanistan who attempted to alert the military to war crimes being committed by his platoon. Airs from 10-11:30 p.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
2/2 The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight For Civil Rights
Whitney M. Young Jr. was one of the most celebrated -- and controversial -- leaders of the civil rights era. Airs from 7-8 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
2/7 Spies Of Mississippi
This film tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation during the 1950s and '60s. Airs from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
2/7 More Than A Month
Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African-American filmmaker, is on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. Through this tongue-in-cheek journey, "More Than a Month" investigates what the treatment of history tells us about race and equality in a "post-racial" America. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
LANGUAGE MATTERS WITH BOB HOLMAN
There are more than 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks; hundreds will be lost within the next generation. Follow poet Bob Holman as he travels to a remote island off the coast of Australia to visit with aboriginal people who speak ten different languages, then follow him to Wales where Welsh is making a comeback, and on to Hawaii, where Hawaiians are fighting to save their native tongue. Airs from 9-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
SECRETS OF THE DEAD
1/28 Ben Franklin's Bones
When skeletal remains of at least 10 people, including several infants, turned up in the basement of Benjamin Franklin's British residence, people wondered if the Founding Father might have had a much darker side, as the bones had been meticulously cut and drilled. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
2/5 The World's Biggest Bomb
US and Soviet scientists began a dangerous race to build the world's biggest bomb in the 1950s. Airs from 6-7 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >> |
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
1/27 Edison
The holder of 1,093 patents, Thomas Alva Edison's name was nearly synonymous with invention. Airs from 9-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
EARTH A NEW WILD
2/4 Home
Travel deep into the wild to take a fresh look at humankind's relationship to the big animals that live alongside us. Airs from 9-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
NOVA
1/24 Sunken Ship Rescue
NOVA follows the epic operation to secure, raise and salvage the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which ran aground and tragically capsized off the coast of Italy on January 13th 2012, killing 32 passengers. Airs from 12-1 p.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>
1/28 Sinkholes - Buried Alive
In Tampa, Florida, in February 2013, a giant hole in the ground opened up and swallowed half a house, killing 36 year-old Jeffrey Bush as he slept in his bedroom. Airs from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
2/5 Vaccines - Calling The Shots
Diseases that were largely eradicated 40 years ago are returning. Airs from 3-4 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >> |
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NATURE
1/25 Dogs That Changed The World, Pt. 2 - Dogs By Design
Some working dogs are able to use their skills to perform tasks they were bred for; there are still jobs today for herders, hunters and guard dogs. Airs from 8-9 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>
1/28 Penguin Post Office
In the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula there's a post office surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery and 3,000 gentoo penguins. Airs from 8-9 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
2/4 Legendary White Stallions
This story of the world-famous Lipizzaner stallions focuses on the bond that develops between the horses and their caregivers, beginning at the moment of their birth and culminating in the perfect harmony between horse and rider demonstrated at the famous Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria. Airs from 8-9 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
RICKOVER: THE BIRTH OF NUCLEAR POWER
Airs 1/29 from 9-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick, a unique American hero. Additional Airdates >> |
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ARE YOU A DIGITAL INNOVATOR?
PBS LearningMedia is looking for tech-savvy K-12 educators with a passion for using digital media and technology in the classroom. Does this sound like you? More >>
New Hampshire PBS has partnered with Red River Theatres in Concord and Franklin Pierce University in Rindge to present a series of free screenings featuring films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series INDEPENDENT LENS. Community Cinema has over 65 participants nationwide in its groundbreaking public education and civic engagement initiative. It brings together organizations, community members and public television stations to learn, discuss and get involved in today's critical social issues.
Credit hour certificates of participation are available to educators. Register and see full 2014-15 schedule>>
COMMUNITY CINEMA: AMERICAN DENIAL
February 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Red River Theatres, Concord, NH
Using the story of Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 investigation of Jim Crow racism as a springboard, American Denial explores the power of unconscious biases and how the ideals of liberty, equality, and justice still impact notions of race and class today.
DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN THE CLASSROOM
Engaging educators and students through film, Community Classroom provides free lesson plans and film modules from award - winning documentaries and interactive features from Independent Lens. Topics covered include: immigration, civil rights, women's rights, religion, and the environment. Community Classroom
WHAT'S UP THIS WEEK
1/24 Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day
1908 - Boy Scout troop organized in England
1986 - Voyager 2 space probe sweeps past Uranus
Birthdates
1862- Edith Wharton
1/25 Robert Burns Day
1533 - King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn
Birthdates
1759 - Scottish poet Robert Burns
1882 -Writer Virginia Woolf
1/26 Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
1837 - Michigan becomes 26th state
1861 - Louisiana secedes from Union
1870 - Virginia rejoins Union
1950 - India proclaims itself a republic
Birthdates
1880 - Douglas MacArthur
1925 - Actor Paul Newman
1958 - Ellen DeGeneres
1961 - Wayne Gretzky
1/27 Holocaust Memorial Day
1967 - Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee killed in fire during a test of Apollo 1
1973 - Paris Peace Accords end Vietnam War
Birthdates
1756 - Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1832 - Author and mathematician Lewis Carroll
1885 - Composer Jerome Kern
1948 - Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov
1955 - Chief Justice John Roberts
1/28 National Kazoo Day
1813 - Pride and Prejudice first published
1915 - Coast Guard created
1956 - Elvis Presley makes first US television appearance on Stage Show, co-hosted by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey
1958 - Lego company patents design of Lego bricks
1986 - Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral
Birthdates
1457 - King Henry VII
1873 - French author Colette
1912 - Artist Jackson Pollock
1947 - NH Senator Jeanne Shaheen
1981 - Elijah Wood
 1/29 National Puzzle Day
1845 - Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" first published
1850 - Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850
1861- Kansas admitted as 34th state
1900 - American League organized in Philadelphia
Birthdates
1737 - Thomas Paine
1843 - William McKinley
1860 - Anton Chekhov
1923 - Paddy Chayefsky
1954 - Oprah Winfrey
1/30 National Croissant Day
1649 - Charles I of England beheaded
1948 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist
1968 - Tet offensive begins
1969 - Beatles' last public performance happens on roof of Apple Records in London.
1972 - Bloody Sunday: British Paratroopers open fire on and kill fourteen unarmed marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland.
2005 - Iraqis vote in country's first free election in 50 years
Birthdates
1882 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
1924 - Author Lloyd Alexander
1941 - Dick Cheney
 1/31 Chinese New Year
1606 - Guy Fawkes executed for plotting against Parliament and King James
1865 - United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution abolishing slavery
1950 - President Truman announces he has ordered development of hydrogen bomb
Birthdates
1797 - Austrian composer Franz Schubert
1881 - Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova
1919 - Baseball player Jackie Robinson
1923 - Author Norman Mailer
1937 - Composer Philip Glass
1981 - Musician Justin Timberlake
2/1 Robinson Crusoe Day
1790 - Supreme Court convenes for first time
1865 - Lincoln signs 13th amendment
1960 - Students stage first sit-in at lunch counter in Greensboro, NC
Birthdays
1901 - Actor Clark Gable
1902 - Poet Langston Hughes
1941 - Author Jerry Spinelli
1967 - Author Meg Cabot
2/2 Groundhog Day
1887 - First Groundhog Day observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
1922 - Ulysses by James Joyce is published
Birthdays
1882- Author James Joyce
1905 - Author Ayn Rand
1931 - Author Judith Viorst
2/3 The Day The Music Died
1870 - 15th Amendment ratified
1913- 16th Amendment ratified
1959 - Plane crash in Iowa kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper
Birthdays
1809 - Composer Felix Mendelssohn
1811 - Amherst, NH native journalist and publisher Horace Greeley
1821 - American physician Elizabeth Blackwell
1874 - Gertrude Stein
1894 - Artist Norman Rockwell
1898 - Finnish architect lvar Aalto
1927 - Author Joan Lowery Nixon
2/4 Liberace Day
1936 - Radium becomes first radioactive element to be made synthetically
1938- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is released in U.S.
1938 - Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town" opens on Broadway
2004 - Facebook is founded
Birthdays
1902 - Charles A. Lindbergh
1913 - Civil rights activist Rosa Parks
2/5 Digital Learning Day
1924 - Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals
1937 - FDR proposes a plan to enlarge Supreme Court
Birthdays
1900 - Politician Adlai Stevenson
1934 - Hank Aaron
 2/6 Canadian Maple Syrup Day
1918 - British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote
1959- Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files first patent for integrated circuit.
1978-Blizzard of 1978 hits New England
Birthdays
1756 - Aaron Burr
1895 - Babe Ruth
1911- Ronald Reagan
1945 - Reggae musician Bob Marley
 2/7 Ballet Day
1935 - Monopoly invented
1962 - United States bans all Cuban imports and exports
1964 - Beatles arrive in U.S.
Birthdays
1812 - Charles Dickens
1817 - Frederick Douglass
1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder
1885 - Sinclair Lewis
2/8 Opera Day
1587 - Mary, Queen of Scots executed
1910 - Boy Scouts of America incorporated
1922 - President Warren G. Harding has radio installed in White House
1968 - Three college students die in a confrontation with highway patrolmen in Orangeburg, S.C., during civil rights protest against whites-only bowling alley
Birthdays
1828 - French author Jules Verne
1834 - Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev
1850 - Author Kate Chopin
1911 - Poet Elizabeth Bishop
1931 - Actor James Dean
1932 - Composer/conductor John Williams
2/9 National Stop Bullying Day
1942 - Daylight-saving "war time" goes into effect
1964 - Beatles play on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Birthdays
1773 - President William Henry Harrison
1874 - Poet Amy Lowell
1942 - Musician Carole King
 2/10 Clean Out Your Computer Day
1763 - France cedes Canada to England under Treaty of Paris
2004 - Kanye West's debut CD, "The College Dropout," released
Birthdays
1890 - Boris Pasternak
1961 - George Stephanopoulos
 2/11 Extraterrestrial Culture Day
1942 - First Gold Record awarded to Glenn Miller for Chattanooga Choo Choo
1990 - Nelson Mandela is released from prison
Birthdays
1802 - Author and Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child
1964 - Sarah Palin
2/12 Darwin Day
1914 - First stone of Lincoln Memorial put into place
Birthdays
1809 - Charles Darwin
1809 - Abraham Lincoln
1881 - Russian dancer Anna Pavlova
1934 - Former Celtics great Bill Russell
1938 - Author Judy Blume
 2/13 World Radio Day
2000 - Last original Peanuts cartoon is published in newspapers
Birthdays
1891 - Artist Grant Wood
1923 - Test pilot Chuck Yeager
 2/14 Ferris Wheel Day
1920 - League of Woman Voters is founded
1929 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Birthdays
1818 - Frederick Douglas
1947 - Judd Gregg
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