A program guide for members of Prairie Public Broadcasting December 2016
England in crisis. Bitter rivalries. The quest for the crown.
Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III
Tom Sturridge as Henry VI Hugh Bonneville as Gloucester Andrew Scott as King Louis
The epic saga of 2013’s The Hollow Crown continues with The Wars of the Roses–three more lavish Great Performances adaptations of Shakespeare’s history plays: Henry VI parts I and II, and Richard III. Tune in Sunday evenings in December.
Laura Frances-Morgan as Joan of Arc Sophie Okonedo as Margaret Keeley Hawes as Elizabeth Judi Dench as Cecily Phoebe Fox as Anne
December Prime Time Television Programs
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11:00 Charlie Rose
6 Tuesday 7:00 Celtic Thunder Christmas fi 8:30 The Three Tenors Christmas fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
1 Thursday
7 Wednesday
7:00 Andre Rieu: Waltzing Forever fi 8:30 Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: Let’s Do It fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
7:00 Nature Love in the Animal Kingdom · 8:00 NOVA Bombing Hitler’s Supergun ⁄ 9:00 Pearl Harbor—Into the Arizona ⁄ 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
2 Friday
8 Thursday
7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Rock Rhythm and Doo Wop fi 9:30 Get Down Tonight—The Disco Explosion (My Music) fi 11:30 Charlie Rose
7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 6 (part 1 of 9) ⁄ 9:30 Secrets of the Manor House ⁄ 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
3 Saturday 9:30 am America’s Home Cooking: Holiday Side Dishes fi 10:30 Sweet Revenge—Turning the Tables on Processed Food fi Noon Market to Market 12:30 Almanac 1:30 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge: Amazing Encounters fi 3:00 Rick Steves’ Guide to Cuba fi 4:00 Less Stress & More Energy with Qi Gong fi 5:30 The Bee Gees: One Night Only fi 7:00 Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session with Carl Perkins and Friends fi 8:30 Santana IV fi 10:00 Magic Moments—The Best of ’50s Pop (My Music) fi
4 Sunday 12:30 pm Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions For You fi 2:30 Qi Gong for Anxiety fi 3:30 More Trains Around North America: Great Scenic Railway Journeys fi 5:30 Rocktopia Live in Budapest: A Classical Revolution fi 7:00 Lawrence Welk’s TV Treasures fi 9:00 I Miss Downton Abbey! fi 10:30 Rick Steves’ Viva Espana! fi
5 Monday 7:00 Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas fi 8:30 Libera: Angels Sing Christmas in Ireland fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report
9 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse Mark Hagerott, ND University System Chancellor fi 8:00 First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb ⁄ 9:00 The Changing Face Of … The Queen fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
10 Saturday 7:00 My Hero ⁄ 7:30 To The Manor Born › 8:00 Fawlty Towers ⁄ 8:30 As Time Goes By › 9:00 Austin City Limits Ryan Adams/ Shakey Graves ⁄ 10:00 Infinity Hall Live Joss Stone fi 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
11 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Southtown, U.S.A. fi 8:00 The Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special ⁄ 9:00 Great Performances The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part I 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
12 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour One fi 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour Two fi
9:00 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour Three fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
9:00 Great Performances The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part II œ 11:30 EastEnders ›
19 Monday
7:00 Nature Legendary White Stallions · 8:00 NOVA Mystery of a Masterpiece ⁄ 9:00 Secrets of the Dead Van Gogh’s Ear ⁄ 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
7:00 Antiques Roadshow The Best of 20 fi 8:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Laura Osnes and Martin Jarvis fi 9:00 Prairie Mosaic The historic Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Rabideau, filmmaker Mike Scholtz, wood sculptor Paul Albright, and bluegrass music with Singleton Street fi 9:30 Prairie Mosaic Cake artist Darla Julin, Singer/Songwriter Keri Noble, Norwegian Tina boxes, and Dakota Air: the Radio Show fi 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
15 Thursday
20 Tuesday
7:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 6 (part 2 of 9) ⁄ 8:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 6 (part 3 of 9) ⁄ 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 6 (part 4 of 9) ⁄ 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
7:00 The White House: Inside Story Œ 9:00 Frontline From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (part 2 of 2) ⁄ 11:00 Charlie Rose
13 Tuesday 7:00 Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience— The Spirit of the Season fi 8:00 Happy Holidays with the Boston Pops fi 9:00 Frontline From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (part 1 of 2) ⁄ 11:00 Charlie Rose
14 Wednesday
16 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse ND Governor Jack Dalrymple fi 8:00 Joshua Bell’s Seasons of Cuba fi 9:00 Lidia Celebrates America Holiday for Heroes fi 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
17 Saturday 7:00 My Hero › 7:30 To The Manor Born › 8:00 Fawlty Towers ⁄ 8:30 As Time Goes By › 9:00 Austin City Limits Sleater-Kinney/ Heartless Bastards ⁄ 10:00 Infinity Hall Live Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
18 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Pleasant Dreams fi 8:00 More Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special ⁄
21 Wednesday 7:00 Nature Snow Chick fi 8:00 NOVA Secrets of Noah’s Ark ⁄ 9:00 Secrets of the Dead The Lost Gardens of Babylon Œ 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
22 Thursday 7:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 6 (part 5 of 9) ⁄ 8:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 6 (part 6 of 9) ⁄ 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 6 (part 7 of 9) ⁄ 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
23 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation President David Borlaug fi 8:00 Shakespeare Live! From the RSC ⁄ 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
24 Saturday 9:00 am Heirloom Meals Christmas fi
10:00 Lidia Celebrates America Holiday for Heroes fi 11:00 A Chef’s Life Holiday Special fi Noon The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! æ 1:00 pm Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas æ 2:00 Christmas on the Danube fi 2:30 European Christmas Markets fi 3:00 Christmas at Concordia: Gather Us In, O Child of Peace fi 4:00 Joshua Bell Presents Musical Gifts fi 5:00 A Fire in the Forest: The Life and Legacy of the Ba’al Shem Tov fi 6:00 Rick Steves Special European Christmas fi 7:00 My Hero Christmas › 7:30 To The Manor Born Christmas › 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances Christmas Special › 8:30 Vicar of Dibley Christmas Lunch › 9:30 Christmastime in New Orleans fi 10:00 A Christmas Invitation from Pacific Lutheran University fi 11:00 Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers fi
25 Sunday Midnight Vicious Holiday Special ™ 12:30 Waiting For God Christmas at Bayview › 1:00 The Night Before Christmas Carol fi 2:00 Christmas with Wartburg fi 3:00 The First Silent Night fi 4:00 A Bucknell Candlelight Christmas fi 5:00 Tonic Sol-Fa Christmas fi 6:00 Christmas on the Trail fi 7:00 Peg + Cat + Holidays æ 8:00 Bob the Builder Trouble at Christmas æ 8:30 Thomas & Friends Christmas Time æ 9:00 WordWorld The Christmas Star/ A Christmas Present for Dog æ 9:30 Thomas & Friends ’Tis the Season to be Jolly æ 10:00 Getting to the Nutcracker fi 11:00 Pollyanna fi 1:00 pm Anne of Green Gables 2016 fi 2:30 We Need a Little Christmas: Angela Lansbury fi 3:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Santino Fontana and the Sesame Street Muppets fi 4:00 Rick Steves Special The Holy Land, Israelis and Palestinians Today fi 5:00 52nd Annual Wassail Concert at Chapman University fi 6:00 Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer fi 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Christmas fi 8:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special ™ 9:30 Great Performances The Hollow Crown:
Richard III œ
26 Monday 7:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 1 (episodes 1-3) ⁄
27 Tuesday 7:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 1 (episode 4), Season 2 (episodes 1-2) ⁄
28 Wednesday 7:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 2 (episodes 3-6) ⁄
29 Thursday 7:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 2 (episode 7), Season 3 (episodes 1-2) ⁄
30 Friday 7:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 3 (episodes 3-6) ⁄
31 Saturday 9:00 am Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 3 (episode 7), Season 4 (episodes 1-8), Season 5 (episodes 1-2) ⁄
Overnight Schedule Programs are listed in Central Time. American Forum Sundays, Midnight Andre Rieu: Waltzing Forever 12/3, 1 am Antiques Roadshow 12/14, 12/21, 12/28, 1 am; 12/14, 2 am, 3 am Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge: Amazing Encounters 12/4, 5:30 am Arts in Context Tuesdays, 4:30 am, except 12/13 As Time Goes By 12/12, 12/19, 2:30 am Asia Insight Wednesdays, 12:30 am Austin City Limits Mondays, 3 am, except 12/5 The Bee Gees: One Night Only 12/5, 3:30 am Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session with Carl Perkins and Friends 12/5, 12:30 am Celtic Thunder Christmas 12/8, 1 am Celtic Thunder Heritage 12/2, 1 am Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas 12/7, 1 am The Changing Face Of…The Queen 12/11, 3 am Charlie Rose-The Week 12/11, 12/18, 6:30 am Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 12/21, 2 am Eero Saarinen: American Masters 12/29,
1 am Egypt’s Treasure Guardians 12/30, 3 am Fawlty Towers 12/12, 12/19, 2 am First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb 12/11, 2 am Focus on Europe Thursdays, 12:30 am Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time 12/2, 2:30 am Frontline 12/15, 12/22, 3 am; 12/29, 2 am Get Down Tonight—The Disco Explosion (My Music) 12/4, 3:30 am Globe Trekker 12/11, 12/18, 4 am Great Performances The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part I 12/13, 2 am Great Performances The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part II 12/20, 2 am Great Performances The Hollow Crown: Richard III 12/27, 2 am Happy Holidays with The Boston Pops 12/15, 2 am I Miss Downton Abbey! 12/6, 3 am Il Divo: Amor & Pasion Live 12/1, 2:30 am Il Volo Notte Magica 12/1, 1 am In Their Own Words 12/26, 1 am, 2 am Infinity Hall Live Mondays, 4 am, except 12/5 Joshua Bell’s Seasons of Cuba 12/18, 2 am Lawrence Welk Show Tuesdays, 1 am, except 12/6 Lawrence Welk’s TV Treasures 12/6, 1 am Libera: Angels Sing Christmas in Ireland 12/7, 2:30 am Lidia Celebrates America Holiday for Heroes 12/18, 3 am Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, 12/10, 2 am; 12/17, 12/24, 1-4 am; Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: Let’s Do It 12/3, 2:30 am More Manners of Downton Abbey 12/28, 3 am My Hero 12/12, 12/19, 1 am Nature Fridays, 1 am, except 12/2 Nightly Business Report Saturdays, 5 am, except 12/10
NOVA Fridays, 2 am, except 12/2 The Open Mind Mondays, Midnight, except 12/5 Overheard with Evan Smith Mondays, 12:30 am, except 12/5 PBS NewsHour Tuesday through Saturday, 4 am, except 4:30 am 12/10 ; no broadcast 12/6, 12/15, 12/20, 12/22, 12/27 PBS NewsHour Weekend 12/11, 12/18, 6 am Pearl Harbor—Into the Arizona 12/9, 3 am Prairie Mosaic 12/21, 3 am, 3:30 am Prairie Pulse 12/11, 12/18, 1:30 am, 5 am Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Tuesdays, 12:30 am Rock Rhythm and Doo Wop 12/4, 1:30 am Santana IV 12/5, 2 am Scully/The World Show Fridays, 12:30 am; 12/11, 12/18, 5:30 am Secrets of Highclere Castle 12/28, 2 am Secrets of the Dead 12/16, 12/23, 3 am Secrets of the Manor House 12/10, 3:30 am Secrets of the Tower of London 12/31, 2 am Secrets of Underground London 12/31, 3 am Secrets of Westminster 12/31, 1 am Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience— The Spirit of The Season 12/15, 1 am Tavis Smiley Tuesday through Saturday, Midnight, except 12/3, 12/29, 12/31; Saturdays, 5:30 am This Old House Hour 12/10, 1 am The Three Tenors Christmas 12/8, 2:30 am To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Saturdays, 12:30 am To the Manor Born 12/12, 12/19, 1:30 am Washington Week with Gwen Ifill Sundays, 1 am Well Read Sundays, 12:30 am The White House: Inside Story 12/22, 1 am
Wear your tiara or top hat! Coming in January to Masterpiece is Victoria, a beautiful eight-hour drama with grand sets, lush countryside, castle intrigue, and a study of lives that shaped a 63-year reign. Join us for one of these premiere screenings on January 8 North Dakota Heritage Center, Bismarck • 2 pm Fargo Theatre, Fargo • 2 pm These events are free and open to the public. No reservations are required.
December Daytime Television Programs Saturdays 6:00 am Charlie Rose 7:00 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 7:30 Focus On Europe 8:00 Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack 8:30 Drexel Interview 9:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated fi 9:30 Mexico–One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless fi 10:00 Ellie’s Real Good Food fi 10:30 Lidia’s Kitchen fi New Scandinavian Cooking begins 12/17 11:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals fi 11:30 Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking fi Noon Market to Market 12:30 Almanac 1:30 Scrapbook Soup fi 2:00 Sewing with Nancy fi 2:30 Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting fi 3:00 America’s Heartland fi 3:30 Painting with Paulson fi 4:00 Rough Cut–Woodworking with Tommy Mac fi 4:30 This Old House fi (12/10) Ask This Old House fi (12/17) 5:00 Prairie Pulse fi 5:30 Scully/The World Show fi 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Charlie Rose-The Week Sundays 7:00 am Sesame Street æ 7:30 1001 Nights Æ 8:00 Bob the Builder æ 8:30 Curiosity Quest fi 9:00 WordGirl Æ 9:30 Thomas & Friends æ 10:00 Martha Speaksæ 10:30 DragonflyTV fi 11:00 Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab fi 11:30 Mack & Moxy æ Noon Odd Squad æ 12:30 Second Opinion fi 1:00 POV Thank You for Playing ⁄ (12/11) (1½ hrs) 1:00 POV What Tomorrow Brings ⁄ (12/18) (1 hr) 2:00 POV Storycorps Special ⁄ (12/18) (½ hr) 2:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope fi 3:00 Globe Trekker ⁄ 4:00 Doc Martin › (12/11) (1 hr) 4:00 Antiques Roadshow fi (12/18) (1 hr) 5:00 Antiques Roadshow fi 6:00 Antiques Roadshow fi Weekdays 5:00 am Prairie Public Instructional Resources 6:30 Maya & Miguel æ 7:00 WordWorld æ except 12/26, 12/30 7:00 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Space! æ (12/26, 12/30) (1 hr) 7:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! æ except 12/26, 12/30
8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood æ 8:30 Peep and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo æ 9:00 Splash and Bubbles æ 9:30 Sesame Street æ 10:00 Dinosaur Train æ 10:30 Peg + Cat æ except 12/13 10:30 Peg + Cat + Holidays æ (12/13) (1 hr) 11:00 Super WHY! æ except 12/13 11:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog æ Noon Splash and Bubbles æ 12:30 Martha Speaks æ 1:00 Curious George æ except 12/16 1:00 Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas æ (12/16) (1 hr) 1:30 WordGirl Æ except 12/16 2:00 Sid the Science Kid æ 2:30 Nature Cat æ 3:00 Ready Jet Go! æ 3:30 Arthur æ 4:00 Wild Kratts æ except 12/5 4:00 Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas æ (12/5) (1 hr) 4:30 Odd Squad æ except 12/5 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 PBS NewsHour 6:30 As Time Goes By › Keeping Up Appearances begins 12/13 Symbol Key fi General audience æ Suitable for all children Æ Directed to children age 7 and older ⁄ Parental guidance suggested due to moderate violence (V), some sexual situations (S), infrequent coarse language (L), or some suggestive dialogue (D).
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Listen throughout the month for special holiday-themed programming to celebrate all of December’s festivals. Here are some highlights. December 20, 9 pm CT On the darkest night of the year, we head back to New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine to hear The Paul Winter Consort and the glorious Cathedral Pipe Organ in Paul Winter’s Annual Winter Solstice Celebration. December 24, 7 pm CT Prairie Public’s own classical music host Scott Prebys will play two hours of soothing jazz to celebrate the season in his annual holiday special. Tune in to Prebys on Jazz on your radio in the western part of the state and online anywhere in the world.
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December 23, 3 and 7 pm CT In keeping with a well-loved NPR holiday tradition, hear the third collection of extraordinary stories that will transport you to unexpected places with Tinsel Tales 3: Even More NPR Christmas Favorites. Voices from NPR’s past and present will tell funny, touching, insightful, irreverent, and nostalgic stories of the season. December 24, 1 pm CT For more than 15 years, NPR has celebrated Hanukkah with original stories inspired by the Jewish festival of lights. Hanukkah Lights 2016 is a perennial NPR favorite, but with all new stories each year. The special is hosted by Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz.
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December Television Highlights Our gift to you: holiday programs all month! Look for documentaries about Ba’al Shem Tov and The First Christians, cooking programs, children’s shows, and a multitude of holiday concerts. PLUS more than 36 hours of holiday programming, around the clock, beginning at 9 am CT on December 24 and continuing through to Sunday, December 25, at 9:30 pm CT. Check the prime time schedule for details This month on POV: Thank You for Playing (December 11) follows a family as they create “That Dragon, Cancer,” which evolved from a cathartic exercise into a work of art that set the gaming industry abuzz. What Tomorrow Brings (December 18) goes inside the very first girls’ school in a small Afghan village, where students discover the difference between the lives they were born into and the ones they’re leading. New! Sundays at 1 pm CT This month on Nature: Get a delightful, provocative look at animal love life (Love in the Animal Kingdom, December 7); hear the story of the Lipizzaner stallions, from their ancient origins to their rescue in 1945 (Legendary White Stallions, December 14); and enjoy the intimate life journey of a tiny Emperor penguin chick in the world’s most extreme nursery (Snow Chick, December 21). Wednesdays at 7 pm CT Filmed in March 2016 at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Café, Santana IV captures original members of Santana on stage together for the first time since 1973. They play an energy-packed show that features their classic Santana hits, including “Black Magic Woman,” “Oye Como Va,” “Evil Ways,” and “Soul Sacrifice,” plus new material from their new album, “Santana IV.” New! Saturday, December 3, 8:30 pm CT He’s back! Sherlock Season 4 on Masterpiece begins with the nation’s favorite detective, the mercurial Sherlock Holmes, back once more on British soil. Ghosts of the past are rising, and in three brandnew episodes Sherlock’s story will culminate with laughter, tears, shocks, and surprises. New! Sunday, January 1
December Television Highlights For six decades, the face of Queen Elizabeth II has been the most familiar symbol of the United Kingdom, appearing on British currency and at all major national events. The documentary The Changing Face Of ... The Queen tells the story of the royal family—and Great Britain itself—by examining the way the Queen’s royal image and wardrobe have changed over the course of her life. New! Friday, December 9, 9 pm CT The nurses of the Call The Midwife Holiday Special aren’t in Nonnatus House at all ... our bicycle-riding, cardigan-wearing midwives will be in South Africa! They’ve received an SOS from a tiny mission hospital that’s understaffed, underfunded, and faced with closure. Can our much-loved medics and midwives make a difference to the people whose lives depend upon its work? New! Sunday, December 25, 8 pm CT The moment when Vincent van Gogh looked into a mirror, held up a blade, and cut into his own ear defines his turbulent life and art. But what really happened on that fateful night in 1888? Secrets of the Dead Van Gogh’s Ear pieces together a timeline of events, explaining the driving force behind the story that dominates art history. New! Wednesday, December 14, 9 pm CT Watch Joshua Bell lead a Live From Lincoln Center event with musicians from America and Cuba. In Joshua Bell’s Seasons of Cuba, the violinist performs with the Chamber Orchestra of Havana, composed of some of Cuba’s most accomplished classical musicians and building a bridge between Cubans eager to engage with American artists in a new landscape of cultural diplomacy. New! Friday, December 16, 8 pm CT On this month’s new episode of Prairie Mosaic, we’ll visit the historic Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Rabideau near Blackduck, Minnesota; meet filmmaker Mike Scholtz from Wrenshall, Minnesota; see the beautiful work of wood sculptor Paul Albright from Akeley, Minnesota; and listen to some bluegrass music with Singleton Street, a band from Delano, Minnesota. New! Monday, December 19, 9 pm CT Many Prairie Public local television productions are funded in part by the following: Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the voters on November 4, 2008, North Dakota Council on the Arts, North Dakota Humanities Council, and by the members of Prairie Public. Thank you!
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