Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and WNET.ORG jointly announce that a street-level, glass-walled production facility and television studio will open spring 2009 on the Lincoln Center campus, at the corner of Broadway and 66th Street.
Citigroup Cuts More Jobs Across Businesses, Globe
U.K. Among Worst-Hit in Global Financial Crisis
Iraqi Lawmakers Evaluate U.S. Security Deal
Denis Belliveau and Francis O’Donnell took a wild idea – retrace Marco Polo’s entire 25,000-mile, land-and-sea route from Venice to China and back – and spent two incredible years of their lives filming the trip. Watch full documentary. (airs on Thirteen on Dec. 10, 2008 at 8:00 pm).
Nov. 23’s episode of Nature, “The Wolf that Changed America”, includes reenactment footage involving wolf actors. Read about Seus and how she works with the wolves for film, and see related clips and articles.
* Iraqi cabinet approves withdrawal date
* Negotiations on Israel ceasefire
* Whose Europe?: Muslims in Germany
* The final days of the polar bear
Watch.
Peruse the world’s largest collection of posters by French lithographer Jules Cheret, best known for his colorful advertisements for the Moulin Rouge, in Hour 2 of Antiques Roadshow, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Watch the appraisals. (Originally aired: 11/5/2007).
This week on Reel 13:
* The Last Butcher In Little Italy
* Bob’s Knee, about an inventor
* The Copper Cowboy
Watch now. Then vote for your favorite.
Mike Riley from The Denver Post found a “dangerously dysfunctional” system throughout many of the nation’s Indian reservations, where crimes are committed, investigations bungled, and prosecutions rare. Indian reservations — already some of the poorest and most crime-plagued communities in America — have become what one Navajo official calls “lawless lands.” Watch. (Originally aired: 11/14/2008).
This week, NOW looks at two “green” projects keeping furniture, paint, cabinets, and other building supplies out of landfills and getting them into the hands of those who need them most. Will they be devastated by the economic meltdown, or do they signal a possible way out? Watch. (Originally aired: 11/14/2008).
President George W. Bush addresses the Manhattan Institute, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, discussing the current economic climate and the upcoming G20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy.
