CITIES
TUESDAY, MAY 8 @ 10:00PM
View the birthplace of civilization: the Middle East, site of the world’s first villages, towns and cities, from the hills of Turkey to the plains of Iraq. They were crucibles of invention and innovation turbo-charging the pace of progress.
ENCOUNTERS
TUESDAY, MAY 8 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM
See how advances in seafaring and a thirst for trade and exploration sent human beings around the planet. Distant and disparate cultures met for the first time, and art became the great interface by which civilizations understood each other.
NO MAN’S LAND
MONDAY, MAY 7 @ 11:00PM
With unfettered access, filmmaker David Byars gives a detailed, on-the-ground account of the 2016 standoff between protesters occupying Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and federal authorities during a 41-day siege. No Man’s Land documents the occupation from inception to demise and tells the story of those on the inside of this movement, attempting to uncover what draws Americans — the ideologues, the disenfranchised, and the dangerously quixotic — to the edge of revolution.
ON MASTERPIECE
SEASON 2, EPISODE 2
SUNDAY, MAY 6 @ 10:00PM
The victim’s life comes into focus; it was a mess. Meanwhile, Sara’s scandalous past is revealed, and Colin is blackmailed. Marion, a pediatric cancer nurse, joins the list of suspects.
SEASON7, EPISODE 8
SUNDAY, MAY 6 @ 6:00PM & 10:30PM
The team rallies to prepare for Sister Monica Joan’s birthday. Meanwhile, the closing of a nearby maternity home brings an influx of expectant mothers to the Nonnatus midwives. Lucille meets Olive, whose father has a secret he can no longer keep.
BREAD
SATURDAY, MAY 5 @ 6:00PM & 8:00PM
See how the bakers tackle three of Paul’s toughest challenges ever: preparing a sweet dough with a twist; avoiding a burnt bottom and a soggy top; and using three different flours to create a huge showstopper centerpiece.
FRIDAY, MAY 4 @ 11:00PM
Discover how the Cold War and Civil Rights movement collided when America asked Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman to travel as cultural ambassadors and combat racially-charged Soviet propaganda through their music.
STEPHANIE J. BLOCK IN CONCERT
FRIDAY, MARCH 12 @ 11:00PM
Stephanie J. Block, a show-stopping Tony-nominated performer who was featured in Lincoln Center Theater’s Falsettos as well as in Wicked and The Boy from Oz, unleashes her immense voice and bold charisma for a special night of cabaret.
WHAT’S LIVING IN YOU?
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
Dive into the human microbiome, an ecosystem of bacteria, fungi and viruses living right beneath our noses. Discover how parasite larvae can grow in our skin, and how ingesting poop in a pill can save lives.
RELIGION
TUESDAY, MAY 1 @ 10:00PM
Discover the secret to the stability and cohesion of Ancient Egypt religion. When people share a core set of beliefs, they are more likely to identify as one. That was true for the first civilizations and it/s just as true today.