WKAR Support Campaign Runs September 12-27
WKAR asks for your financial support during 16 days of specials, September 12-27.
In addition to the various program thank you gifts, viewers watching Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey can also select to receive tickets to the group’s upcoming Wharton Center performance, prior to their going on-sale to the general public.
Additional specials will be featured on WKAR Create and WKAR World. For details on all program schedules, including repeat times, visit WKAR.org.
These are a few of the new program highlights.
Julia Child Memories: Bon Appetit!
Saturday, September 12, at 9:30 a.m.
With the recent theatrical release of the film comedy Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep as public television icon Julia Child, interest in public television’s “French Chef” has been revived. This special is a retrospective that includes some of the most memorable episodes from Julia’s classic cooking series, The French Chef: “Bouillabaisse à la Marseillaise,” “To Roast A Chicken” and “The Omelette Show.” In addition to testimonials from noted chefs, the program features commentary from Streep and author Julie Powell, who wrote the book on which the film is based
Visions of France: The Riviera
Saturday, September 12, at Noon
This program showcases the sun-splashed Mediterranean wonderland known as the Côte d’Azur. A helicopter-mounted camera offers unprecedented access to this playground of the rich and famous, from the sparkling cobalt waters of fashionable beach resorts to rugged Alpine retreats.
Following along scenic– and precarious - roads, or corniches, that curve sharply along the coast, the special pairs dramatic aerial views of Monaco, Cannes, Nice, St. Tropez and more with informative narration, set to regional music.
Great Performances: Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Celebration from Madison Square Garden
Sunday, September 13, at 9 p.m.
With a career spanning more than half a century, legendary folk artist, political activist and avid environmentalist Pete Seeger turned 90 in May 2009. In honor of the milestone birthday and in tribute to Seeger’s lifetime of achievement in music and activism, a multi-generational roster of artists, whose music has been shaped by Seeger’s vision, gathered at Madison Square Garden on May 3, 2009, to celebrate his lifetime achievement.
Joining Seeger for this once-in-a-lifetime concert event were more than 40 artists, including Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, Richie Havens, Roger McGuinn, Ani DiFranco, Taj Mahal, Ben Harper and Dave Matthews, and many others who performed songs inspired by Seeger’s music and activism. Concert highlights include Seeger’s leading the audience in a rousing sing-along of “Amazing Grace.” Other classic favorites compelling the enthusiastic audience to join in were “We Shall Overcome” and “This Land Is Your Land.”
Playing for Change: Peace Through Music
Monday, September 14, at 8 p.m.
A story of hope, struggle, perseverance and joy,Playing for Change: Peace Through Music is part of a global effort to inspire peace through music and to connect diverse musicians worldwide, especially those in regions of conflict.
Grammy-winning producer/engineer Mark Johnson and his Playing For Change team traveled the globe with a single-minded passion to connect the world though music. Their ambitious journey took them from post-apartheid South Africa, through the ancient sites of the Middle East, to the remote beauty of the Himalayas and beyond. Using innovative mobile technology, they filmed and recorded more than 100 musicians, largely outdoors, in parks, plazas and promenades, in doorways, on cobblestone streets and amid hilly pueblos. Each captured performance created a new mix in which the artists essentially are all performing together, albeit hundreds or thousands of miles apart. Playing for Change: Peace Through Music is the story of this unparalleled international musical collaboration and its remarkable power of redemption.
Carole King: Welcome to My Living Room
Monday, September 14, at 9:30 p.m.
The prolific singer/songwriter invites fans for an intimate concert of her greatest hits, including "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "It’s Too Late," "I Feel the Earth Move," "So Far Away" and "You’ve Got a Friend." The special was filmed during King’s sold-out, critically acclaimed 2005-2006 Living Room World Tour.
Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interview
Friday, September 18, at 8 p.m.
This historic media event is revisited shortly after the 35th anniversary of former U.S. President Richard Nixon’s resignation (August 9, 1974). FROST/NIXON: The Original Watergate Interviews is the entire 1977 Watergate broadcast. Never before — and never afterward — would Nixon confront the issue of Watergate, particularly in a forum where he had no advanced knowledge of the questions and no right even to see the edited program before it was broadcast.
British journalist Sir David Frost introduces this special 35th anniversary broadcast, discussing the historical impact of the Nixon interview and sharing his reactions of their famous encounter. The original broadcast of the Watergate interviews on May 4, 1977 was watched by more than 45 million Americans and remains the largest TV audience for a political interview to this day.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live in Barcelona
Friday, September 18, at 10 p.m.
On October 16, 2002, two months into “The Rising Tour,” Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band took the stage of the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain, to deliver a soul-stirring concert experience. The performance featured new songs “The Rising” and “Lonesome Day” – inspired by the September 11, 2001 attacks – alongside classic hits “Born to Run,” “Thunder Road” and a poignant solo version of “Spirit in the Night,” featuring The Boss on piano.
My Music: Get Down Tonight—The Disco Explosion
Saturday, September 19, at 3:30 p.m.
My Music brings back the disco years with live performances from the legends of the lighted dance floor. Hosted by KC and The Sunshine Band, Karen Lynn-Gorney (Saturday Night Fever co-star) and Dance Fever’s Denny Terrio - - this made for pledge program includes the hit-makers featured on the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever: KC & The Sunshine Band (That’s The Way I Like It, Get Down Tonight), The Trammps (Disco Inferno), Yvonne Elliman (If I Can’t Have You), Tavares (More Than A Woman) and more bring back the days of polyester suits, big hair, mirror balls and 8-track tapes.
Billy Joel: The Stranger Live
Tuesday, September 22, at 10 p.m.
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Hicksville, New York native's breakthrough album The Stranger, this is Billy Joel's 1978 British concert debut - a live television performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test . During the appearance, the legendary singer/songwriter plays a set of now-classic hits, including "Only the Good Die Young," "Movin' Out," "She's Always a Woman" and "Just the Way You Are," which earned 1978 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Joel and his band also perform "New York State of Mind" and "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" off 1976's Turnstiles as well as Piano Man stomper "Ain't No Crime."
In addition to the programs noted below, WKAR will offer a number of viewer favorites including: My Music: Motown Memories; My Music: Magic Moments—The Best of ‘50s Pop; Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey; John Denver: A Song’s Best Friend; Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black and White Night; The Priests in Concert at Armagh Cathedral; My Music: The Big Band Years; Rock, Rhythm & Doo-Wop; Andrew Rieu – Radio City Music Hall, Live in New York; Great Performances: Hitman—David Foster and Friends; Daniel O’Donnell: Hope and Praise; Great Performances: Pavorotti—A Life in Seven Arias, and several Dr. Wayne Dyer programs.
published: September 9, 2009
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