Aloha mai kakou from Leslie Wilcox, President and CEO... 
When retired State Circuit Judge Marie Nakanishi Milks was
just three years old, she boarded a bus on the heels of an adult stranger and
went on her own to her auntie’s house across town. Meanwhile, her frightened
parents had called police, thinking she’d been kidnapped – and an island-wide
hunt was underway. That was just the beginning of a life of discovery and
travel. In a conversation on
LONG STORY SHORT
(Tues., Sept. 8, 7:30 pm), Milks recalls humble beginnings as the daughter of
a waiter and a house cleaner in a modest rental home in Honolulu. She would
take a job in Washington D.C. with Congresswoman Patsy Mink, go to law school,
and become a respected judge who presided over major criminal cases in Hawaii.
Today, in retirement, she travels the world.
For many of the estimated 800 homeless families in Hawaii, child-rearing takes
extra effort, sacrifice and resourcefulness. The next edition of
INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII
(Thurs., Sept. 10, 8:00 pm) asks: What Unique Challenges Face People Raising
Children in a Homeless Environment?
INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII is a live public affairs show that is also live streamed on PBSHawaii.org. Your questions and comments are welcome via phone, email, or Twitter. You may also email your questions ahead of time to insights@pbshawaii.org or post them to our Facebook page www.facebook.com/PBSHawaii. This week, we’re proud to present a 25th-anniversary encore of filmmaker Ken Burns’ landmark series, THE CIVIL WAR. Narrated by David McCullough, the series includes the voices of Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Pamela Reed, Kurt Vonnegut and many others. The series will be rebroadcast over five consecutive nights, and will be televised for the first time in high definition. 
-- Mon., Sept. 7, 9:00 pm The Cause – 1861 Slavery, the causes of the war and the burning questions of union and states' rights are examined. --Tues., Sept. 8, 9:00 pm A Very Bloody Affair – 1862/ Forever Free – 1862 Political infighting in President Lincoln's administration and the bloody Battle of Shiloh are chronicled. --Wed., Sept. 9, 9:00 pm Simply Murder - 1863/ The Universe of Battle – 1863 The Union disaster at Fredericksburg and opposition to the Emancipation Proclamation are detailed. --Thurs., Sept. 10, 9:00 pm Valley of the Shadow of Death - 1864/Most Hallowed Ground – 1864 A biographical comparison of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee also chronicles battles the two generals fought. --Fri., Sept. 11, 9:00 pm War Is All Hell - 1865/The Better Angels of Our Nature – 1865 William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea spells the end of the Confederacy. Three diverse series premiere this Sunday: 
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW is back for a second season, but this time around
it will be aired on Sunday afternoons. Watch each week as 13 passionate amateur
bakers tackle a different challenge, the difficulty of which increases as the
competition unfolds. The goal: to be named the U.K.’s best amateur baker. On
the first episode, Cakes (Sun., Sept. 6, 1:00 pm), the bakers are
tasked with making sandwich cakes, an angel food cake and a cake featuring “all
things chocolate.”
THE OPEN MIND (Sun., Sept. 6, 6:00 pm) is a weekly public affairs program exploring issues of national and public interest in conversations with guests in a civil, one-to-one format. The program is hosted by journalist Alexander Heffner. This week, Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng, Honolulu resident and sister of President Obama, founding board member of his Presidential Library and Foundation and instructor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, discusses how we might build a more peaceful society. 
ARTHUR & GEORGE ON MASTERPIECE (Sun., Sept. 6, 7:00 pm) is a new miniseries
starring Martin Clunes (pictured) as world-famous author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This
three-part adaptation of Julian Barnes’ acclaimed novel Arthur & George
follows the intersecting lives of two men: a son of a vicar who is framed for a
crime he may not have committed; and Doyle, who investigates the case.
The next biographical profile on IN THEIR OWN WORDS (Tues., Sept. 8, 8:00 pm)
features Muhammad Ali, told through some of his most memorable quotes. We
follow Ali’s path from his birth as Cassius Clay, through his boxing successes,
his conversion to Islam, his opposition to the draft, his exile from the ring, his
comeback fights, his battle with Parkinson’s disease and his re-emergence at
the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
THE MIND OF A CHEF (Sat., Sept. 12, 7:00 pm) returns, with the first half of
this season devoted to Chef Gabrielle Hamilton, winner of the James Beard Foundation’s
Best Chef NYC in 2011 and author of a New York Times best-selling memoir,
Blood, Bones and Butter.
On this episode, we spend a day at Prune, Chef Gabrielle’s tiny, 30-seat restaurant in New York City’s East Village, where her culinary mission is to serve what she likes to eat in an environment in which she wants to eat. She prepares three Prune classics: smoky eggplant, celery salad and sweetbreads. 
Music for Life: The Story of New Horizons (Sat., Sept. 12, 8:00 pm) is a
documentary about an organization for senior musicians, whose skills range from
novice to seasoned. What started as a 30-member band in Rochester, New York more
than 20 years ago has grown to include 10,000 musicians in 215 New Horizons bands
across the US, as well as Canada, Australia and several other countries.
Pulling Out All the Stops (Sat., Sept. 12, 9:00 pm) chronicles the competition
on stage and behind the scenes as 10 extraordinary young organists from the United
States and Europe vie for first place in the first International Longwood Gardens
Organ Competition. None of Longwood’s 10 finalists has a chance to practice on the
Aeolian Organ (pictured) before arriving at the competition. One of the world’s
most complex instruments, the organ has 10,010 pipes, 237 stops and four keyboards.
For more program listings by genre, click here. Mahalo for supporting Hawaii’s sole member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). We’re the island home of Downton Abbey, NOVA, Independent Lens, Na Mele and HIKI NŌ: The Nation’s First Statewide Student News Network. Click here to visit our Support page now! A hui hou kakou — until next time, Leslie Leslie Wilcox President and CEO PBS Hawaii 2350 Dole St. Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Ph. 808.372.6055 Like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/PBSHawaii Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/PBSHawaii Visit us online at http://www.PBSHawaii.org If you’d like to opt out of this weekly email, just hit "reply" and let us know. |