Latest New York: A Documentary Film Stories
Newly restored and with a remixed soundtrack, the surreal film makes its national American TV debut NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour -- the controversial surreal film made by The Beatles and broadcast by the BBC in 1967 and unavailable for decades - comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, December 14 at 10 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.) The film will follow the new documentary Magical Mystery Tour Revisited airing at 9...
THIRTEEN Week begins a year-long celebration to mark the station's golden milestone including mini-concerts by The Knights, American Graduate Day and an encore presentation of Pioneers of THIRTEEN NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has issued a proclamation designating September 17-23, 2012 as "THIRTEEN Week" in commemoration of the September 16 start of the year-long celebration of THIRTEEN's 50(th) anniversary. The proclamation delivered...
The benchmark series returns October 10, 2012 with programs on Siberian tigers, snowy owls and Attenborough's 60-year career. Visit pbs.org/nature for more info. NEW YORK, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This fall, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Nature presents 13 new hours of programming featuring the wonders and fragility of our natural world. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120619/DC27198LOGO )(Logo:...
The 12-year-old classical crossover prodigy follows her "Dream With Me In Concert" with a program of some of the most beautiful songs to come out of Hollywood NEW YORK, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- THIRTEEN's Great Performances will present 12-year-old classical crossover prodigy Jackie Evancho's second television special Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies, in August on PBS (check local listings). (In New York, THIRTEEN will premiere the special on Saturday, August...
Film adaptation of acclaimed stage drama returns on 20th anniversary of Los Angeles riots in aftermath of Rodney King verdict NEW YORK, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When Anna Deavere Smith's drama Twilight: Los Angeles premiered in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum, it made national news for its unique and unflinching look at the fallout from the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Not only did Smith capture the tumultuous aftermath of the Rodney King trial verdict, she created a...
Outstanding tradition continues in 2013 with Shakespeare marathon, Sir David Attenborough mini-series, profiles of Mel Brooks and Joseph Papp, and new series from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. NEW YORK, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New York's THIRTEEN, the flagship station of PBS, celebrates 50 years of setting the gold standard for television and providing exceptional community and educational services to the New York metropolitan area. (Logo:...
Veteran newsman looks at the traditions and institutions surrounding the monarchy as England fetes its second longest-reigning monarch NEW YORK, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 2012, all eyes are on Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's second longest-reigning monarch, as England marks her Diamond Jubilee. In the wake of the celebration of her 60 years as British monarch, Trevor McDonald's Queen & Country, a new four-part series premiering nationally on Sundays, July 1, 8,...
A Panel Discussion with Host Ray Suarez and New York City School Teachers From Five Boroughs Explores the Problems and Solutions to the American Dropout Crisis Public Media to Tackle Dropout Crisis with New Programming and Public Engagement Initiatives NEW YORK, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Every year, 1 million kids drop out of high school nationwide. According to a recent Civic Enterprises study, more than 1 in 4 students in New York state fails to graduate on time. If...
Ferguson visits 11 countries to examine six attributes that he argues led to world dominance by Western Civilization: Competition, Science, Modern Medicine, Democracy, Consumerism, and the Work Ethic NEW YORK, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the past five centuries, Western civilizations have prevailed around the world. More people have been influenced by Western food, clothing, medicine, government and religion worldwide than by any other civilization. How did that...
NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What does it mean to be Hispanic? This Sunday, May 20 at 8 p.m. ET, the season finale of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the PBS television series that explores issues of race and identity through the genealogy of some of America's best-known personalities, seeks to answer that question. Through the family histories of actors Michelle Rodriguez and Adrian Grenier, and Linda Chavez -- an author, syndicated...
