Friday, January 29, 2010

A Lively Experiment on Thurs., 1/28 at 7PM (Sun., 1/31 at noon) WSBE Rhode Island PBS


Panel

JIM HAGAN – Moderator
DAVE LAYMAN – Former TV news director /anchor
MAUREEN MOAKLEY, PhD – University of Rhode Island
ROBERT WALSH – National Education Association Rhode Island
MAYOR DAVID CICILLINE – (D) Providence


Topics

* Governor Carcieri’s State of the State Address
* President Obama’s State of the Union Address
* Regionalization of municipal services
* Cutting aid to cities and towns
* The Race to the Top federal education grant


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WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits over the air on digital 36.1; Cox/Verizon/Full Channel 08; DirecTV 36; Dish Network 7776; ComCast subscribers, please check local listings for the channel number in your area.

WSBE Learn transmits over the air on digital 36.2; Cox 808; Verizon 478; ComCast 294.

Viewers with high definition (HD) capability can receive WSBE Rhode Island PBS HD programming over the air on digital 36.1, Cox 708, Verizon 508, ComCast 819.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

"So, what's on the menu?" you ask...



I just received the preliminary menu for the upcoming  An Evening Uncorked. I am so glad I already bought my ticket! Read more here about this February 6th event, to be held in The Botanical Center at Roger Williams Park.

OK - it's lunch time as I write this; I shouldn't tantalize you with talk of delicious food from some of RI's finest restaurants, and not spill the beans (ouch, bad pun), so I'll announce the menu.

These are the dishes our guest restaurants will be preparing for you. Each will be paired with just the right wines, courtesy of MS Walker.

(I will not be held responsible for your stomach growling or your mouth watering as you read on! Consider yourself forewarned.)



Berbere Seared Scallops over Zaalouk
1149 Restaurant

 

Deconstructed Stuffed Exotic Mushrooms
with Spinach and Smoked Gouda
Blaze Restaurant

Kona Beef
Capital Grille

Foie Gras Profiterole with Fig Gastrique
Gracie's

Sushi
Haruki

Braised Short Rib Stew
New Rivers

Gourmet Grilled Cheeses
3 Steeple Street

Slow-Braised Leg of Lamb
with White Beans and Rosemary
Nick’s on Broadway

Dessert Crepes
Pot Au Feu

    Slow-Braised Short Rib Stew,
Roasted Garlic Sour Cream, Toasted Crostini
Trio

Foie Gras and Shiitake Dumpling
5-Spice Duck Breast with
Asian Vegetables and Coconut Broth
Deli On The Square

Mini French Pastries
Just Ellen


The collectible wines up for auction are also pretty amazing. The food editor at the statewide newspaper wrote a nice article about the wines, and includes a great photo of the bottles.
(Side note: where ever you see references to "Channel 36" in the story, don't worry, it means us - WSBE Rhode Island PBS. "Channel 36" was our old name before we changed it back in 2003.)

Join us on February 6th at 7 PM.

Friday, January 22, 2010

RI Stories presents On The Lake: Life and Love in a Distant Place



**This is an updated version of an earlier post about this documentary.** ON THE LAKE airs as part of RI Stories, the ongoing WSBE Rhode Island PBS series that features documentaries from the Ocean State. Catch RI Stories Saturday nights at 7 PM and Sundays at 11 PM on WSBE Rhode Island PBS, digital 36.1; Cox/Verizon/Full Channel 08; DirecTV 36; Dish Network 7776. (ComCast subscribers, please check local listings for the channel number in your area.)**




After more than a year of work, filmmakers David Bettencourt and G. Wayne Miller have released their feature-length documentary ON THE LAKE: Life and Love in a Distant Place, an emotionally powerful look at the tuberculosis epidemic in 1900s America and globally today.

ON THE LAKE tells its story with never-before-seen footage and stills, and the on-camera accounts of TB survivors – including Barbara Parkos of Newport; Emily Martineau and Sheila O'Brien, both of Harrisville; John Lynes of Pascoag; Russ Denham, who summers in the Ocean State winters in Florida; and 80-year-old Frank Beazley, who has been a patient at Zambarano for almost 42 years.

Much of ON THE LAKE is based at Zambarano Hospital on remote Wallum Lake in Pascoag, R.I., which opened in 1905 as a TB sanatorium. But what started as a local story about the institution unfolded into a much larger story about tuberculosis worldwide and that led the filmmakers to sanitoria around the country. Segments were filmed in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Maryland, Colorado, and Saranac Lake, N.Y. – a community actually built around the disease.

ON THE LAKE has been endorsed by prominent health care activist Dr. Paul Farmer, professor at Harvard Medical School and co-founder of Partners in Health in Boston. Farmer, one of the world’s foremost health care activists in the fight against global TB and AIDS, endorsed and applauded ON THE LAKE for its “human story of the tuberculosis epidemic.”

Even before it premiered on the big screen on February 13, 2009 the film had already become part of a worldwide initiative to stem the epidemic rise of TB and has been recognized by the Stop TB Partnership, a Geneva, Switzerland-based healthcare organization that includes members of the World Health Organization, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the US Agency for International Development.

But the power of the film is its story. Through letters, postcards, and on-camera interviews with survivors, the moving stories - interwoven throughout - put a human face on the epidemic.

For additional insight, read The Providence Journal review by Michael Janusonis and the movie review for WJAR NBC10 by Jim Taricani

Thursday, January 21, 2010

A Lively Experiment - Tonight, 1/21 at 7 and Sunday, 1/24 at noon



Panel

JIM HAGAN – Moderator
DAVE LAYMAN – Former TV news director /anchor
WENDY SCHILLER, PhD – Brown University
REP. JON BRIEN – (D) Woonsocket, R.I. House of Representatives
REP. ROBERT WATSON – (R) East Greenwich, West Greenwich, R.I House minority leader


Topics

• Lessons learned from Scott Brown’s Senate victory in Massachusetts
• Rep. Jon Brien, (D) Woonsocket, considers running against Rep. Patrick Kennedy for Rhode Island’s First Congressional District seat


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WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits over the air on digital 36.1; Cox/Verizon/Full Channel 08; DirecTV 36; Dish Network 7776; ComCast subscribers, please check local listings for the channel number in your area.

WSBE Learn transmits over the air on digital 36.2; Cox 808; Verizon 478; ComCast 294.

Viewers with high definition (HD) capability can receive WSBE Rhode Island PBS HD programming over the air on digital 36.1, Cox 708, Verizon 508, ComCast 819.

"Hope for Haiti" telethon airs on WSBE Rhode Island PBS

Joining the other RI TV stations, WSBE Rhode Island PBS will air the "Hope for Haiti" telethon on Friday, January 22 at 8 PM. According to theatermania.com, the following stars will perform:

Beyonce, Madonna, Sting, Bono and the Edge, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Stevie Wonder, and Kid Rock.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Perfect Pairings: Great Food & Fine Wine in a Lush Tropical Garden


I don't know about you, but after this latest streak of snow, frigid temperatures, and biting cold wind, a tropical getaway to warmer surroundings sounds pretty inviting. On February 6, you can get away to the tropics – without ever leaving Rhode Island!

That's the bonus of attending this year's An Evening Uncorked, the annual food and wine event to benefit WSBE Rhode Island PBS. This year's gala will be held in New England's largest indoor garden, the Botanical Center at Roger Williams Park, on Saturday, February 6 at 7 P.M.


Amid lush exotic flowers and trees, chefs from 10 of Rhode Island’s top restaurants will prepare tasting-sized portions of dishes that will be paired with just the right wine to complement the flavors. Participating restaurants are 1149, 3 Steeple Street, Blaze, Capital Grille, Gracie's, Haruki, New Rivers, Nick’s on Broadway, Pot Au Feu, and Trio. MS Walker will provide the wines.


An Evening Uncorked will also feature live and silent auctions of highly collectible wines. The fundraiser is co-chaired by Aldo Cipriano, Gary Light, and Greg Mitrakas.

Tickets to An Evening Uncorked are $100 per person and must be purchased in advance. Call 401-222-3636, x327, or visit our Web site. The popular event has sold out in past years, so get your tickets early to avoid disappointment. Since alcohol is served, this event is open to adults 21 years of age or older only. Cocktail attire is appropriate. (I plan to wear pretty shoes - not practical snow boots. Hope the weather cooperates with my plan.)


An Evening Uncorked is underwritten by Gencorp Insurance Group, and Adler Pollock and Sheehan, PC. All proceeds benefit WSBE Rhode Island PBS.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Tonight (1/14) on A Lively Experiment



Panel

JIM HAGAN – Moderator
DAVE LAYMAN – Former TV news director /anchor
ARLENE VIOLET – Former R.I. attorney general (R)
JIM HUMMEL – Founder/editor, The Hummel Report
PATRICK C. LYNCH – R.I. attorney general, candidate for governor (D)



Topic

Attorney General Patrick Lynch discusses his bid for governor


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A Lively Experiment airs on WSBE Rhode Island PBS (36.1) Thursdays at 7 PM, with rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 7 PM on WSBE Learn (36.2) and Sundays at noon on WSBE Rhode Island PBS (36.1).

WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits over the air on digital 36.1; Cox/Verizon/Full Channel 08; DirecTV 36; Dish Network 7776; ComCast subscribers, please check local listings for the channel number in your area.

WSBE Learn transmits over the air on digital 36.2; Cox 808; Verizon 478; ComCast 294.

Viewers with high definition (HD) capability can receive WSBE Rhode Island PBS HD programming over the air on digital 36.1, Cox 708, Verizon 508, ComCast 819.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

A Lively Experiment Thursday, 1/7 and Sunday. 1/10

Panel

JIM HAGAN – Moderator
DAVE LAYMAN – Former TV news director /anchor
JOHN DEPETRO – Radio talk show host, WPRO 630 AM
DENISE AIKEN – Former state representative (D); attorney, RI Legal Services
WILLIAM LYNCH – Chairman, RI Democratic Party


Topics

Closing primaries to unaffiliated voters
The appointment of Keith Stokes as executive director of the Economic Development Corporation Gubernatorial candidate Lincoln Chafee’s proposed two-tier sales tax
Whether RI Democratic Party Chairman William Lynch will run for office