Programming News
Tavis Smiley revisits New Orleans five years after Katrina this Wednesday at 7. Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme produced the program called New Orleans: Been in the Storm Too Long. It also airs Sunday at 4PM. Special guests include Jazz musicians Ellis and Branford Marsalis, actor John Goodman, actor Wendell Pierce from HBO’s "Treme" series, and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
Also on Wednesday at 8, American Masters followed country music legend Merle Haggard for two years to do this intimate profile of a true American legend.
On Thursday at 8PM, Sherlock Holmes looks for a missing member of a royal family and MI-5 works with the CIA to do security for the U.S, President.
Legendary New Orleans producer and composer Allen Toussaint is on Austin City Limits on Saturday at 11PM.
On Sunday at 5, we have the premiere of a new LPB documentary Rosedown: A Link to the Past which tells the story of the West Feliciana plantation and its magnificent gardens. West Feliciana native Dorothy Kendrick was the producer. At 8, Poirot tries to solve a murder at an archaeological dig on Masterpiece Mystery!.
LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE IN CENLA
We are traveling to Alexandria on Thursday to tape July edition of Louisiana Public Square at 6:30 p.m. at the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center in Alexandria. The Center is located at 1203 3rd Street in downtown Alexandria.
Louisiana Grown: Agriculture Across the State is the topic for the program is in Louisiana. Up to 16 citizens selected by the LSU Public Policy Research will have a chance to voice their opinion on the issue and question the panel of experts. LPB President/CEO Beth Courtney and LSU Media Law Professor Craig Freeman are the hosts for the program.
If you would like to be in the studio audience for the program, RSVP to LPB at 1-800-272-8161, extension 4204 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for a special reception and the taping will be from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. The program will air Wednesday, July 28 at 7PM. on LPB. The sponsors for this program are The Louisiana Forestry Association and The Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center.
CHEF JOHN FOLSE: AFTER THE HUNT
We have had a great time taping LPB and Chef John Folse’s new 26-part After the Hunt series. If you would like to see John in action, we have a limited number of seats available to watch the taping of the show. The tapings are Monday through Thursday at 11AM and 2:30PM in the LPB studios and 11AM on Fridays through July 27. So contact Friends of LPB at 1-800-272-8161, ext. 4289 or 767-4289 in the Baton Rouge area, or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
COME SEE LIDIA BASTIANICH IN PERSON ON AUGUST 7TH
Famed PBS Chef Lidia Bastianich will be in Baton Rouge on Saturday, August 7 to appear live on LPB from 2:30 to 4:30PM during Lidia’s The Best of Italy.
In conjunction with National Farmers Market Week, Lidia will also make a special appearance at the Red Stick Farmers Market in Baton Rouge from 9 to 11AM, which will include a book signing for her latest book Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy from 9 to 10AM. Chef Peter Sclafani from Ruffino’s Italian Restaurant in Baton Rouge will also prepare some of Lidia’s favorite recipes from 10 to 11AM. The Red Stick Farmers Market event is free and open to the public.
LPB and Lidia will hold a wine tasting from 7 to 9PM. Catering will be provided by White Oak Plantation. We will let you know the location as soon as we determine where it will be. The cost is $75 per person. Call Friends of LPB at (225) 767-4214 or 1-800-272-8161, ext. 4214 for more information.
RALNA ENGLISH FROM THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW TO BE AT LPB ON AUGUST 14TH
Singer Ralna English, the longtime star of The Lawrence Welk Show, will be here in Baton Rouge on Saturday, August 14th. Friends will host a special meet and greet with Ralna from 6 to 7PM in the LPB Auditorium. Tickets for the meet and greet are only $20 each. Call Friends at 800-272-8161, ext. 4214 or 767-4214 in the Baton Rouge area to get your tickets. You can also email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Starting at 7, Ralna will be live in the LPB Studios during the airing of The Welk Stars - Through the Years, a look back at the five decades of Welk shows and specials featuring performances by the Champagne Music Makers.
LPB IS ONE OF THE PARTNERS FOR ONE BOOK ONE COMMUNITY
Neil White’s In the Company of Outcasts is the summer selection for East Baton Rouge Parish’s One Book One Community project. The program creates a citywide book club that aims to use a common reading experience as the motivation for the intellectual and cultural exchange of dialogue and ideas in order to raise awareness and visibility about a relevant community issue or issues. OBOC organizing sponsors include: LPB, Baton Rouge Community College, Barnes & Noble, East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Forum 35, LSU, Harper Perennial, Redstick Internet Services, The Greater Baton Rouge Literacy Coalition.
White’s compelling memoir recalls his 18-month prison sentence spent inside the last leper colony in the United States. In 1993, he was convicted of bank fraud and was sent to the minimum-security prison in Carville, Louisiana.. For more than a century, Carville served as the United States national leprosarium. Individuals who contracted the disease were quarantined within the prison’s walls. During White’s stay he finds friendship among, lepers and convicts, and undergoes a personal transformation.
Greater Baton Rouge area residents are encouraged to read “In the Sanctuary of Outcasts,” see the author speak when he comes to Baton Rouge on Thursday, July 29 at 7:00 pm, and discuss the book with friends, family and co-workers as well as participate in other discussion events. Copies of the book can be found at your local library, bookstore or purchased online. For more information visit the program’s website.
KIDS SOUP
These women are magicians. They may even convince your children to eat vegetables. Check out the new Kids Soup website. Sisters Stephanie Riegel and Tracey Koch have created an internet site that encourages kids to eat healthier, better balanced meal by getting them involved in the preparation of the food.
The website is an offshoot of their Kids Soup column in The Baton Rouge Advocate. The website features short video segments demonstrating how to make some of Kids Soup’s most popular recipes. The site will also include recipes that users can download, and tips on everything from nutritional information to food preparation tips to handy short cuts. The videos are fast-paced and fun to watch, but are also comprehensive and easy to understand.
Kids Soup is sponsored by Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center and Associated Food Stores.
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More than 250 items are available for a contribution to LPB. It’s an excellent way to support your public television network in these tough financial times.
Visit ShopLPB or call 1-800-973-7246. For a copy of our new color catalog with descriptions of most of our documentaries, music specials and educational series just email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 1-800-272-8161 or 767-4274.
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