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 Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 8:00pm
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 8:00pm
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 8:00pm
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 9:30pm
WQED Oldies Spectacular
Join WQED as it celebrates the tenth anniversary of Doo Wop 50 and other great oldies music shows that have been seen on the Western Pennsylvania public television broadcaster. This all new concert will feature many Doo Wop favorites as well as other great vocal groups and bands from the Doo Wop and 60s folk/pop era. support this program | more stories like this
 Friday, March 19, 2010 at 10:00pm
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body
Award-winning psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr. Daniel Amen gives you 10 very simple steps that will help you: live longer, look younger, be thinner, and decrease your risk for Alzheimer’s disease, depression, heart disease, cancer and diabetes. If you want a better body the first place to start is by having a better brain. The first secret is that most weight problems occur between your ears. support this program | more stories like this
 Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 3:00pm
Great Performances at the Met: La Sonnambula
Sleep and wakefulness are the dominant themes in Mary Zimmerman’s innovative production that sets Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece in a contemporary rehearsal room. Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez, back from their sensational success in last season’s La Fille du Régiment, re-unite for this production, which is conducted by Evelino Pidò. more info | more stories like this
World Religions Friday, April 2, 2010 at 10:30pm
Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 5:30pm
OnQ: Viewers Request: Unique Places of Catholic Worship in Pittsburgh
The theme is "Unique Places of Catholic Worship in Pittsburgh" and we've chosen three stories from our archives: 1. Maxo Vanka Murals at St. Nicholas Church in Millvale 2. Parkway Shrine (it's an outdoor "grotto" on a hillside near Bates St. in Oakland) 3. St. Anthony's Chapel in Troy Hill (Experts believe this church houses more catholic relics than anywhere in the world except the Vatican). more stories like this
 Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 4:00pm
Gefilte-Fish Chronicles
The story of how a family embraces the Passover holiday: not only to celebrate a religious event, but to stay spiritually and physically connected through traditional meal preparations. Although this is a tale about one family, it crosses cultural and religious lines, to remind us of how many families develop rituals as they celebrate holidays. A celebration of spring and Jewish freedom. more info | more stories like this
 Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 5:00pm
Celebrating Rodef Shalom: An OnQ Special
This historic Reform Jewish Temple in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh is celebrating two major milestones - the 100th anniversary of its building on Fifth Avenue and the 150th birthday of the Congregation. OnQ's Michael Bartley takes you inside Rodef Shalom for a firsthand look at the architectural details of the sanctuary. more info | more stories like this
 Monday, April 5, 2010 at 9:00pm
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 9:00pm
The Mormons
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of America's fastest-growing religions and, relative to its size, one of the richest. Church membership is 12 million people worldwide, a credit to late LDS President Gordon Hinckley, who died on January 27, 2008. This four-hour documentary provides a searching portrait of this fascinating but often misunderstood religion. more info | more stories like this
 Monday, March 22, 2010 at 8:00pm
Pat Boone: Love Letters in the Sands of Time
During the 1950s, one performer challenged Elvis Presley in chart-topping hits - Pat Boone. Instantly recognizable for his silky, smooth singing voice, charming good looks and iconic white bucks, Boone had 38 top 40 hits. Boone stars in his first PBS special, featuring performances by Mel Torme, the Mills Brothers, Frankie Avalon, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis, Count Basie and Nat "King" Cole. support this program | more stories like this
 Monday, March 22, 2010 at 9:30pm
Rounder Records 40th Anniversary Concert
Filmed in October 2009 at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, this concert is a celebration of Rounder Records’ 40 years in the music industry and features Grammy winning Rounder artists Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bela Fleck and Irma Thomas along with musical host Minnie Driver and special guests Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas and jazz/R&B pianist Henry Butler. support this program | more stories like this
 Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 8:00pm
Great Scenic Railway Journeys: Celebrating North America's Steam Railways
This program visits 17 of North America’s most historic and scenic tourist steam railroads. It is a journey steeped in the history of a great land where steam trains provided raw power to blaze new trails and build the United States and Canada. The special also chronicles the efforts to preserve and restore the relics of the era of steam. Grammy award-winning musician and storyteller David Holt hosts. support this program | more stories like this
Holocaust Remembrance Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 3:00pm
From Pittsburgh to Poland: Lessons of the Holocaust
This multiple award-winning, one-hour documentary, produced by WQED-TV's OnQ staff, chronicles a journey by Holocaust survivors and educators from Pittsburgh to Poland where they took part in the annual March of the Living.
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 Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 4:00pm
How Much to Remember: One Family's Conversation with History
Celia and Morris Elbaum, now an elderly couple, are Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. Fifty years after leaving Poland, they make a return trip to their homeland bringing their children and grandchildren with them. The film accompanies this family on their journey and explores the legacy of the Holocaust from the vantage point of three distinct generations. more info | more stories like this
 Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 5:00pm
Remembering the Holocaust: Seven Survivors Tell Their Stories
Between 1945 and 1952 more than 80,000 Holocaust survivors immigrated to the United States. Nearly 350 survivors live in the Las Vegas area. Though they survived the Holocaust, most have not escaped the pain. These are the recollections of seven who wanted to share their stories. more stories like this
 Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 9:00pm
Masterpiece Classic: The Diary of Anne Frank
The most accurate-ever adaptation of Anne Frank's moving account of life hiding from the Nazis stars newcomer Ellie Kendrick as a maturing teenager who undergoes an extraordinary ordeal. Iain Glen stars as Anne's father, Tamsin Greig as her mother and Felicity Jones as her sister. They hide for two years in the back rooms of an Amsterdam business, while Anne records one of history’s most remarkable memoirs. more info | more stories like this
 Monday, April 12, 2010 at 10:00pm
Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust in Arab Lands
Did any Arabs save Jews during the Holocaust? Seeking a response to the plague of Holocaust denial in the Arab world, Robert Satloff set off in the wake of 9/11 on what would become an eight-year journey to find an Arab hero whose story would change the way Arabs view Jews, themselves and their own history. Along the way, Satloff found not only the Arab heroes whom he sought, but a vast, lost history. more stories like this
 Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 8:00pm
The Great American Songbook
Throughout a long golden era, the American movie musical transformed Hollywood into a Mecca for the biggest singing stars and leading songwriters of the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s. Hosted by Michael Feinstein, this treasure trove overflows with the very best of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, and many more artists. support this program | more stories like this
 Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 10:00pm
Michael Bolton at Royal Albert Hall
He’s sold more than 53 million records and sung and composed with everyone from Luciano Pavarotti and B.B. King to Lady Gaga and Kanye West. Now Michael Bolton takes viewers on a spectacular grand tour of his music at London’s Royal Albert Hall. He performs his Lady Gaga collaboration "Murder My Heart," hits "How Can We Be Lovers" and "Soul Provider," and the emotionally charged "Georgia on my Mind." support this program | more stories like this
 Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 8:00pm
John Gray's Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice
John Gray, Ph.D., the bestselling relationship author of all time, returns. Acting out humorous relationship situations everybody can identify with, Gray demonstrates how the often frustrating differences between men and women can be used to stimulate healthy hormones that help control the unhealthy hormone cortisol to manage stress levels and body weight, stabilize blood sugar, and inspire desire. support this program | more stories like this
 Friday, March 26, 2010 at 10:00pm
Stay Rich Forever & Ever with Ed Slott
For over 20 years, tax advisor Ed Slott, CPA, has been on a mission to educate Americans about protecting their retirement savings. With an estimated $16 trillion in tax-deferred savings, Americans need to have a plan in place to avoid being taxed as much as 90% on their investments. Ed shares strategies viewers can implement right now to safeguard more of their retirement savings. support this program | more stories like this
 Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 9:00pm
Masterpiece Classic: Sharpe's Challenge
Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings) returns as the swashbuckling hero of this legendary long-running series based on the best-selling novels of Bernard Cornwell, with Daragh O'Malley as Harper. more info | more stories like this
 Monday, March 29, 2010 at 9:00pm
Victory in the Pacific: American Experience
"Take no prisoners. Fight to the bitter end." Those were everyday words to combat troops on both sides at the end of World War II in the Pacific. And they led to an unprecedented orgy of slaughter. This provocative, thorough examination of the final months of the war looks at the escalation of bloodletting from both Japanese and American vantage points. more info | more stories like this
 Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 8:00pm
NOVA: Rat Attack
Every 48 years, the inhabitants of the remote Indian state of Mizoram suffer a horrendous ordeal known locally as mautam. An indigenous species of bamboo, blanketing 30 percent of Mizoram’s 8,100 square miles, blooms once every half-century, spurring an explosion in the rat population that feeds off the bamboo’s fruit. The rats run amok, destroying crops and precipitating a crippling famine in Mizoram. more info | more stories like this
 Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 9:00pm
Frontline: The Quake
On January 12, 2010, Haiti was leveled by one of the most devastating earthquakes in recorded history. Those responsible for handling the catastrophe, including the Haitian state and the United Nations, were crippled by the magnitude of the disaster and struggled to respond. In the confused aftermath, survivors were left without food, water or shelter. This powerful report bears witness to the disaster. more info | more stories like this
 Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 10:00pm
Independent Lens: Whatever It Takes
This film chronicles the struggles and triumphs of the first year of the Bronx Center for Science & Mathematics, an innovative public high school in New York City’s South Bronx. This deeply emotional, character-driven documentary focuses on the school’s dynamic rookie principal and a spunky ninth-grade girl with big dreams but even bigger obstacles. Grittily realistic, yet ultimately triumphant. more info | more stories like this
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