AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

THE AMISH SATURDAY, MARCH 3 @ 6:00PM Filmed over the course of a year, The Amish answers many questions Americans have about this insular religious community. Their intense faith and strict adherence to 300-year-old traditions have by turn captivated and repelled, awed and irritated, inspired and confused America for more than a century. An extraordinarily intimate portrait of contemporary Amish...

AMERICAN MASTERS

CAB CALLOWAY: SKETCHES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM   “Hi de hi de hi de ho!” Charismatic music and dance pioneer Cab Calloway (12-25-1907 – 11-18-94) is an exceptional figure in the history of jazz. As a singer, dancer and bandleader, he charmed audiences around the world with his boundless energy, bravado and elegant showmanship. Calloway was also an ambassador for his...

SCHEDULE 2/23 – 2/29

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MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 @ 7:00PM & 10:30PM Grandfather (Derek Jacobi, I, Claudius) adores young and innocent Nell (Sophie Vavasseur, Northanger Abbey), and is determined to provide her with a secure future — but at what cost? As Grandfather routinely dispatches her from the Old Curiosity Shop to secure funds, he meanwhile is gambling away the money under the cover of...

GREAT PERFORMANCES

MEMPHIS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 24 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM Memphis takes place in the smoky halls and underground clubs of the segregated 50’s, where a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun (Kimball) falls in love with everything he shouldn’t: rock and roll and an electrifying black singer Felicia Farrell (Glover). Memphisis an original story about the cultural revolution that erupted when his vision...