PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS:

(Opera returns to LPB Friday at 9PM.)

Twice the appraisals tonight with back-to-back episodes of Antiques Roadshow. In the first hour, the appraisers visit Seattle. Then see if the value of items discovered in Houston in 1998 have changed for the better or worse.

Tuesday night at 8, it's part two of Constitution USA with Peter Sagal. Take a closer look at the Bill of Rights. At 9, Frontline looks at a man's escape from the Holocaust by living in a Catholic monastery.

Witness 20,000 zebras on their annual migration across the Kalahari on Nature Wednesday at 7PM.

One of the highlights of Antiques Roadshow UK is a Lalique figurine that was found under a hotel bed by a chambermaid. See it Thursday night at 7 on LPB.

Get all the news from the State Capitol and around the state Friday night at 7 on Louisiana: The State We're In. At 9, opera fans will savor Verdi's masterwork, Rigoletto, on Great Performances at the Met.

Saturday night at 9, Poole and his team have a seemingly impossible case to solve when a sugar plantation owner is murdered on Death in Paradise.

Sunday night at 8 on Masterpiece, see the conclusion to Mr. Selfridge when a couple of celebrities visit the store.

CAPITOL BEAT - NEWS FROM THE STATE SEAT!

Capitol Beat, Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s daily legislative roundup, airs Monday through Thursday at 6:57 and 9:57PM and mornings at 5:57AM on LPB HD through the end of the Legislative Session on June 4. It also airs on LPB2 at 8:58 and 10:56PM and it airs on LPB3 at 7:57 and 11:57PM. The reports can also be streamed online after 5PM each weekday on LPB's website.

Capitol Beat can also be heard on KRVS-FM in Lafayette, Red River Radio in Shreveport and Alexandria, KEDM in Monroe, and WWNO-FM in New Orleans. Check the station’s websites for the times in your area.

LPB’s Charlie Whinham and Shauna Sanford will bring you the most important issues of the day at the State Capitol in these reports. For extended coverage and interviews during the session, watch Louisiana: The State We’re In on Fridays at 7PM and Sundays at 2PM.

AUDRA MCDONALD IS IN CONCERT THIS FRIDAY

The Baton Rouge Symphony presents Audra McDonald in concert at the Baton Rouge River Center on Friday, May 17th at 7PM. LPB has the best seats in the house! For a $100 donation to Friends of LPB, you will receive one orchestra ticket on the first four rows to see the Live from Lincoln Center host in concert! To get your tickets, call Friends of LPB at (225) 767-4214 or (800) 272-8161, ext. 4214 or go to the LPB Box Office.

(photo by Michael Wilson)

PBS KIDS GO! WRITERS CONTEST WINNERS

Congratulations to the first place winners of LPB's "PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest:"

Kindergarten: Emery Zeringue of Baton Rouge
First Grade: Hunter Payne of New Iberia
Second Grade: Caroline Moore of Pineville
Third Grade: Chloe Richardson of Baton Rouge

In addition to a gift card from Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, a PBS KIDS DVD, and some other PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest goodies, these four stories have been sent to the national competition! Good luck to our young Louisiana authors!

YOU COULD WIN THE GOLDEN TICKET!

Enter Antiques Roadshow's 2013 "Golden Ticket" Sweepstakes daily through July 31, 2013, for a chance to win a trip for two to the Roadshow this August in Richmond, Virginia. This 3-day, 2-night trip features a VIP tour of the production venue, appraisals of your items, lunch with ROADSHOW staff, and an Antiques Roadshow gift bag! Travel to Richmond must be from August 16-18, 2013. Enter at PBS.org/roadshowsweeps.

DON'T MISS CELTIC THUNDER IN NEW ORLEANS

You can catch Celtic Thunder's Mythology tour at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans on Sunday, November 17th. For a $150 donation, you will get one concert ticket - PLUS one meet-and-greet pass. A $100 contribution gets you one concert ticket. Show time is 7:30PM - the meet-and-greet will be at 5:45PM. Go to the LPB Box Office to order your tickets.

AS LONG AS YOU ARE ONLINE....

On LPB's Facebook page - we share programming highlights, information about upcoming events, breaking news, behind-the-scenes photos from our productions - plus, we just like to have fun with our "fans!"

We would love to have you join our Facebook family that numbers over 6,000 fans right now – go to LPB’s Facebook page and click “like!” You could become our next "Facebook Fan of the Week" and win a prize!

You can also follow LPB on Twitter and Pinterest.

KIDS HAVE APP-ETITES, TOO

Are you ready to go on an around the world, ABC adventure with the “SUPER WHY! ABC Adventures: Alphabet" app? Your child can do just that while playing a comprehensive collection of five interactive literacy games that help build strategies and skills to master the alphabet. With each game hosted by a different Super Reader, your child will be introduced to uppercase and lowercase letters, the order of the alphabet, common letter sounds and writing letters in fun and exciting ways! This is a Parents' Choice - Gold Award winner.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT SHOPLPB!

LPB has more than 250 informational, educational, inspirational and entertaining DVD's available on ShopLPB. Meet some of the people important to Louisiana history in programs such as Uncle Earl, Ernest J. Gaines: Louisiana Stories, and Lindy Boggs: Steel & Velvet.

If you are a member of Friends you can get a 15% discount on all ShopLPB purchases. Check Visions for the code for savings.

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May 13-19, 2013

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