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Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series II – Part Three

Airs Saturday, January 28 at 8:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

Isobel and Cora lock horns over control of Downton’s medical role. Mrs. Bird starts a soup kitchen.

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LennoNYC

Airs Saturday, January 28 at 9:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

The film examines the period of time John Lennon and his family spent living in New York City.

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Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series II – Part Three

Airs Sunday, January 29 at 8:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

Isobel and Cora lock horns over control of Downton’s medical role. Mrs. Bird starts a soup kitchen.

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Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series II – Part Four

Airs Sunday, January 29 at 9:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

In the climactic battle of the war, Matthew and William go over the top to an uncertain fate.

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Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: The Great Game

Airs Sunday, January 29 at 10:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

Sherlock must solve perplexing and dangerous puzzles specifically laid out for him

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Abortion Legislation in Ohio

The Sound of Ideas
Posted January 30, 2012

When does a person become a person? Abortion opponents who say personhood begins with the fertilization of a human egg are pushing to force a Novermber vote to amend the state constitution. Fertilized human eggs would get legal status. What effect would that have on abortion, contraception and in-vitro fertilization? And what are its chances of passage given that similar measures failed in Mississippi and Colorado? Join the discussion Monday at 9 on the Sound of Ideas.

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Project Mah Jongg, Cleveland Orchestra and Dan Folino

Around Noon
Posted January 30, 2012

Dee Perry sits down to a game of Mah Jongg as she explores the Chinese game's cultural connections in a new exhibit at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. Plus ideastream's Dave DeOreo takes his talents to South Beach to report on The Cleveland Orchestra's performance over the weekend at The Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. And local favorite Dan Folino returns to Northeast Ohio to star in Stephen Sondheim's 'Anyone Can Whistle' at Lakeland Community College.

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Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR – Hour Two

Airs Monday, January 30 at 8:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

An 1846 map of Western America and a Russian Imperial Officer’s sword.

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Antiques Roadshow: Houston, TX – Hour Two

Airs Monday, January 30 at 9:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

A collection of lithographed orange crate labels.

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Treasure Trackers

Airs Monday, January 30 at 10:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

Discover geocaching and visit some stunning sites where caches are hidden.

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Zack Bruell

Around Noon
Posted January 31, 2012

Dee Perry welcomes award-winning chef Zack Bruell who's getting ready to open his fifth restaurant in Cleveland - Cowell and Hubbard - in PlayhouseSquare.

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NPR NEWS FLORIDA PRIMARY SPECIAL

90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs January 31, 2012

NPR NEWS FLORIDA PRIMARY SPECIAL

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Annie Oakley: American Experience

Airs Tuesday, January 31 at 8:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

Learn why the legend of Annie Oakley had little to do with the real Annie.

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Jesse James: American Experience

Airs Tuesday, January 31 at 9:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

Less heroic than brutal, James was a product of the Civil War who helped invent his own legend.

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Paul Hillier: Theatre of Voices

Around Noon
Posted February 1, 2012

Dee Perry welcomes acclaimed choral master Paul Hillier who brings his Theatre of Voices to The Cleveland Museum of Art for a performance of Arvo Pärt compositions for The Viva and Gala Series. Photo: Magnus Skrede

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Nature: Wolverine – Chasing the Phantom

Airs Wednesday, February 1 at 8:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

Explore the secretive world of an efficient and resourceful carnivore as it roams the frozen north.

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NOVA: Ice Age Death Trap

Airs Wednesday, February 1 at 9:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

Preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons and other giant extinct beasts are uncovered in the Rockies.

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Inside Nature’s Giants: Great White Shark

Airs Wednesday, February 1 at 10:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

Travel with the experts to South Africa to dissect a great white shark.

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‘The Bluest Eye’, Sara Levine and Margaret Cogswell

Around Noon
Posted February 2, 2012

Dee Perry spotlights the new Karamu House production of Toni Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye' opening this week. Plus Shaker Heights native Sara Levine opens the pages of her acclaimed new novel - Treasure Island!!! - tomorrow at The Shaker Heights Library. And visual artist Margaret Cogswell returns to Northeast Ohio to revisit her work Cuyahoga Fugues at Spaces Gallery.

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Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR – Hour Two

Airs Thursday, February 2 at 8:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS

An 1846 map of Western America and a Russian Imperial Officer’s sword.

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