Friday, September 30, 2011

A Lively Experiment Friday, Sept 30 at 8:30 PM (Sunday at noon)


Panel
Dyana Koelsch – moderator
Dave Layman – communications consultant, former TV news director
Maureen Moakley – political science professor, URI
Tom Sgouros – GoLocalProv.com columnist
RI State Representative Joseph Trillo – (R) Warwick, House minority whip

Topics
  • State pension funding options 
  • Allowing illegal immigrants to apply for state driver licenses

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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Friday, September 16, 2011

Next A Lively Experiment: RI General Treasurer Gina Raimondo discusses pension reform


Panel
Dyana Koelsch – moderator
Dave Layman – communications consultant, former TV news director
Maureen Moakley – political science professor, URI
Gina Raimondo – R.I. General Treasurer (D)
John Hazen White – businessman, founder of LookOut RI

Topics
  • Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo joins the panel for a discussion on pension reform proposals her advisory board will submit to the General Assembly.
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 / 708HD, 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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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Small Village, Big Story: Carolina, RI

As part of its ongoing series, Rhode Island Stories, WSBE presents the two-part documentary, Carolina, RI: The Smallest of the Small, a film by Carla Ricci about the village of Carolina in Richmond, RI.


A hundred years ago, New England had 2,000 mill towns - and one of them was tiny: 75 houses clustered around one street less than a mile long. But, Carla Ricci says, "don't let looks deceive you: Carolina, Rhode Island, has a big story." As mill towns go, it may be the smallest of the small, but this film makes the case that it may be one of the best.

What started out for Ricci as casual conversation between neighbors turned into a seven-year long journey of research and discovery, poring over historical letters, photos, and documents, as well as hours of captured recollections and reminiscences. What resulted is the woven tapestry of the rich - and almost forgotten - history of remarkable Rhode Islanders from a remarkable Rhode Island village.


This link will take you to a video preview. Don't miss the "Cutting Room Floor" for more stories that didn't make it into the final film.


Carolina, RI: The Smallest of the Small will be shown in two parts. Part 1 airs on Saturday, September 24 at 7 p.m. (re-broadcast on Sunday, September 25 at 11 p.m.) on WSBE Rhode Island PBS. Part 2 airs Saturday, October 1 at 7 p.m. (rebroadcast on Sunday, October 2 at 11 p.m.)


Two Sides of Life... One Chance at Love... William and Mary

He's an undertaker. She is a midwife. He has two sons. She has two daughters. Two sides of life, one chance at love.

Beginning Saturday, September 17, at 10 p.m., WSBE Rhode Island PBS airs the romantic comedy drama, William and Mary. It stars Martin Clunes as William Shawcross, an undertaker, and Julie Graham as Mary Gilcrest, a midwife. Besides naming its two principal characters, the show's title is also a cultural reference to the reign of the English monarchs, William and Mary. In fact, when I first heard the series title, that's exactly what I thought the subject would be: British royals.

Instead, William and Mary is about two very average, very endearing folks, who become romantically involved after meeting through a dating service. With careers at opposite ends of the life cycle, and facing complicated situations involving their extended families, which intrude on the couple's fledgling relationship, William and Mary promises to surprise and engage you every Saturday night at 10.

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

A Lively Experiment, presented on September 11, 2011




Panel
Dyana Koelsch – moderator
Rob Horowitz – GoLocalProv.com columnist
Dave Layman – corporate communications consultant; former TV news director/anchor
Mackubin Owens – national security affairs professor, Newport Naval War College
Wendy Schiller – political science professor, Brown University

Topics
  • The changes in our society since the terrorist attacks 10 years ago: changes in public safety, personal freedoms, and politics 
  • The General Assembly's special session on pension reforms


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 / 708HD, 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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Friday, September 2, 2011

What's on "A Lively Experiment" Sat., 9/3 at 7 p.m. (LEARN) Sun., 9/4 at noon (RIPBS)


Please Note: The Friday night episode of A Lively Experiment will be preempted for special programming (tune in at 7:30 p.m. for Great Performances Jackie Evancho: Dream with Me in Concert). You can catch A Lively Experiment in its usual time slots of Saturday at 7 p.m. on WSBE Learn, and Sunday at noon on WSBE Rhode Island PBS.

Panel
Dyana Koelsch – moderator
Denise Aiken –  R.I. Legal Services attorney; former State Representative (D)
Dave Layman – corporate communications consultant; former TV news director/anchor
Donna Perry – GoLocalProv.com columnist, Rhode Island Statewide Coalition spokesperson
Arlene Violet – attorney; former R.I. Attorney General (R); former radio talk show host


Topics
  • Government’s response to Hurricane Irene 
  • Proposal merging Pawtucket and Central Falls 
  • R.I. Senate Oversight Committee probe into management of Central Falls School Department

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 / 708HD, 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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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Invitation to Artists and Artisans


WSBE Rhode Island PBS invites artists and artisans to participate in the 2011 Art & Artisan Auction. It's a great way to share your work, while supporting public television, too. The Web site explains the benefits to you (and to us) of your generosity, and this link makes donating your work so easy.

Questions? Give our Auction Director Jeff Hartley a call at 222-3636 extension 327.

Jackie Evancho: Dream with Me in Concert

Great Performances presents Jackie Evancho in a solo concert that fully reveals the complete range and depth of this spectacular young talent. Watch highlights from the solo concert debut of the 11-year-old girl with the extraordinary soprano voice. WSBE Rhode Island PBS airs Jackie Evancho: Dream with Me in Concert on Friday, September 2 at 7:30 p.m., with rebroadcasts on Sunday, September 4 at 8:30 p.m., and Friday, September 9 at 12:30 p.m.


Already familiar to national audiences from her debut appearances on America’s Got Talent, Jackie is the youngest star in Great Performances’ recent Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends concert, performing virtuoso interpretations of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Pie Jesu” and Puccini’s “O Mio Babbino Caro.”  Foster will co-host the special, and serve as music director.
Jackie Evancho’s concert will celebrate the release of her first full-length SYCO/Columbia CD Dream with Me, which covers classical crossover material, and will be taped at the spectacular grounds of the magnificent The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida.
Jackie’s musical selection on the program is scheduled to include “When You Wish Upon A Star,” “Nella Fantasia,” “A Mother’s Prayer,” “Nessun Dorma,” “Angel,” “O Mio Babbino Caro,” “Somewhere,” “All I Ask Of You,” “Ombra Mai Fu,” “Lovers,” “Imaginer,” “The Lord’s Prayer,” “To Believe,” and “Dream With Me.”


Then at 9 p.m., Roy Clark, Glenn Campbell and MY MUSIC bring back the most memorable songs to cross over the country and pop charts from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in Country Pop Legends. The program features new live performances, and classic clips from Tammy Wynette, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and many more.

"Straight No Chaser: Live in New York" tonight (and live in Prov on 11/16)!

If the phrase "male a cappella group" conjures up an image of students in blue blazers, ties, and khakis singing traditional college songs on ivied campuses, then think again. Straight No Chaser (SNC) are neither strait-laced nor straight-faced, but neither are they vaudeville-style kitsch. As original member Randy Stine comments, "We take the music very seriously; we just don't take ourselves too seriously." In the process, they are reinventing the idea of a cappella on the modern pop landscape.

Don't miss Straight No Chaser tonight at 8:30 p.m. on WSBE in advance of their stop in Providence on November 16 during their Fall 2011 Tour. The a cappella group promises bigger and better this year. They will have brand-new songs, a brand-new stage, and the biggest production they have ever carried around. But of course, you can still expect the same ten fun-loving Straight No Chaser guys in suits.

WSBE has your tickets for the upcoming Straight No Chaser concert on November 16 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence.

Josh Groban Command Performance: 10 Years with Public TV

Internationally renowned singer and performer Josh Groban has had a special partnership with Public Television for more than a decade. Together, they have created some of the network's most successful and
dynamic live concert performances that have become staples in Public Television programming. This exciting compilation celebrates that partnership, showcasing the highlights of their exceptional collaborations over the years -- chosen by the artist himself.

Josh Groban Command Performance: 10 Years with Public Television airs on WSBE Rhode Island PBS on Thursday, September 1 at 7 p.m. Here is the songlist:

  • Oceano (from Live At The Greek, 2004)
  • To Where You Are (from In Concert, 2002)
  • Broken Vow w/ Chris Botti (from Soundstage/An Evening In New York City, 2009)
  • Mi Morena (Live At The Greek)
  • Machine w/ Herbie Hancock (Soundstage)
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water w/ Brian McKnight (from Hitman: David Foster & Friends, 2008)
  • Vincent (In Concert)
  • Alla Luce (from Awake Live, 2008)
  • Anthem (from Chess In Concert, 2008)
  • Canto (Awake Live)
  • Lullaby (Soundstage)
  • You Raise Me Up (Awake Live)

In late 1998, 17-year-old Josh Groban was introduced by his vocal coach to Grammy-winning producer/arranger David Foster and future manager Brian Avnet. At the time, Groban had no recording experience and was preparing to begin studying at Carnegie Institute of Technology. Groban worked for
David Foster as a rehearsal singer on a series of high-profile events, including the January 1999 inauguration of Gray Davis as Governor of California and the 1999 Grammy Awards where -- as a stand-in for Andrea
Bocelli -- he rehearsed Foster's "The Prayer" with Celine Dion. He was soon offered a recording contract with Warner Brothers Records and has remained with the label ever since.

His four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number one best-selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records sold. To date, he has sold over 25 million
albums worldwide.

Groban teamed with super-producer Rick Rubin for his fifth album "Illuminations," which was released in November 2010 and has been certified platinum. Three years in the making, the results both defy and
exceed any possible expectations. Each of the collaborators stepped out of his zone, and together they created an entirely new zone: one where folk meets classical; where art meets intimacy; where immediacy meets timelessness; and where, most importantly, Groban was free to express himself more fully, and more truly than ever before.

"These are my stories," says Groban, who co-wrote 11 of the 13 songs in the collection, complemented by songwriter Dan Wilson, as well as contributions from Nick Cave and Kate McGarrigle and Rufus Wainwright.