MUSIC MAKES A CITY

SATURDAY, MAY 7 @ 9:00 PM The documentary film Music Makes a City chronicles one of the most ambitious artistic projects ever mounted in the United States, demonstrating the transformative power the arts can have on a community. Narrated by Kentucky native Will Oldham a.k.a. “Bonnie Prince Billy”, Music Makes a City is a wonderful weave of archival footage and anecdotes from veteran...

NOVA

KILLER TYPHOON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 @ 10:00PM It was the strongest cyclone to hit land in recorded history. On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Philippines, whipping the low-lying and densely-populated islands with 200 mph winds and sending a two-story-high storm surge flooding into homes, schools, and hospitals. It wiped villages off the map and devastated cities, including...

NATURE

MEET THE COYWOLF WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is taking over territories once roamed by wolves and slipping unnoticed into our cities. Its appearance is very recent — within the last 90 years — in evolutionary terms, a blip in time. Beginning in Canada but by no means ending...

AMERICAN MASTERS

SALINGER TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 @ 9:00PM Featuring never-before-seen photographs, personal stories and moments from J.D. Salinger’s (Jan. 1, 1919 – Jan. 27, 2010) life and harrowing service in World War II, Salerno’s new director’s cut expands his intimate portrait of the enigmatic author of The Catcher in the Rye. American Masters was the first to close a deal with Salerno for Salinger,...

WAR LETTERS

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 @ 9:00PM In every American war from the Revolutionary War to the Persian Gulf War, American military men and women have captured the horror, pathos and intensity of warfare by writing letters home. Tens of thousands of these letters have been handed down from generation to generation. Using the most compelling and enlightening of these missives, War...