June 9-15, 2024

Weekly Highlights

Simon & Garfunkle: The Concert in Central Park

Join the iconic duo and the more than 500,000 fans who came out for this once-in-a- lifetime 1981 benefit concert for the world’s most famous urban park. The unforgettable performance features the pair’s greatest hits, from “Mrs. Robinson” to “The Sound of Silence” to “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” as well as selections from their solo catalogs, newly arranged with an expanded 11-piece band.

Monday, June 9 at 9:00 PM

There was a schedule change, previously Elton John: Million Dollar Piano. This program can be streamed with PBS North Passport.


Darius Rucker: Live From Nashville

Grab a front-row seat as the three-time Grammy Award winner performs songs from his latest album, Carolyn’s Boys, along with Hootie & the Blowfish classics and his solo country hits, including a special performance of Diamond-certified “Wagon Wheel” with Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor.

Sunday, June 9 at 10:30 PM


Iron Opera

It’s not easy to stage an opera in the middle of northern Minnesota, but this is the Iron Range where the people are stubborn and the music of the Old World still runs deep in their veins. Watch as a renowned concert pianist teams up with an Ojibwe language teacher, a skateboarding accordionist, and talent imported from every corner of the Earth to pull off the impossible…

Monday, June 10 at 7:00 pm

Summer Fundraiser Gift – tickets to the Northern Lights Music Festival’s performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide in Chisholm on Sunday, July 14.


Straight No Chaser: The 25th Anniversary Celebration

A cappella group Straight No Chaser, formed 25 years ago at Indiana University, have sold more than three million albums, more than 1.5 million concert tickets, and garnered over a billion streams. They returned to Indiana to tape this concert at the Murat Theatre, performing classics like “Proud Mary” and “Lean on Me” as well as contemporary songs like “I’m Yours” and “All About That Bass.”

Monday, June 10 at 8:30 p.m.

Summer Fundraiser Gift – Tickets to see the a cappella group, Straight No Chaser, live at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on Wednesday, July 24.


My Music: This Land is Your Land

This Land Is Your Land” (MY MUSIC) takes a musical journey through the evolution of modern American folk music, from its roots in bluegrass to San Francisco coffee houses to clubs in Greenwich Village.

Monday, June 10 at 10:00 p.m.

There was a schedule change, previously Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert In Central Park. This program can be streamed with PBS North Passport.


Stories from the Stage

Into the Wild

On her second attempt to run clean across the continental United States, Jenny found herself leaning on her newfound community to get her across the finish line.

Available to stream starting on Tuesday, June 11


Frontline

Crisis on Campus

The inside story of the protests dividing college campuses over Israel and the war in Gaza. With Retro Report, investigating the polarizing debate over free speech, antisemitism, Israel and the Palestinians, and the political forces behind the crisis.

Tuesday, June 11 at 9:00 PM


Nature

Soul of the Ocean

Take a deep breath and experience the complex world of ocean waters. NATURE shows a never-before-seen look at how life underwater co-exists in a marriage of necessity.

Wednesday, June 12 at 7:00 pm


Almanac North

Housing and Home Ownership

Friday, June 14 at 8:00 pm

Summer Fundraiser Gifts – MN State Parks Pass and an exclusive Almanac North Yeti Mug.


Great Performances at the Met

Carmen

Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut with this classic story reset in the modern day. Told through today’s issues like gender violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries, mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads the cast in the title role alongside tenor Piotr Beczała as Carmen’s troubled lover, Don José. Daniele Rustioni conducts Bizet’s score and Matthew Polenzani hosts.

Friday, June 14 at 9:00 pm


America ReFramed

Como Vivimos (How We Live)

In California’s Central Valley, hundreds of Latinx youth miss months of school annually, because they live with their families in one of the state’s farmworker housing centers. These subsidized apartments require families to move out each winter and relocate at least 50 miles away before being allowed to return in the spring. These cycles of displacement come at a high cost to families’ futures.

Available to stream starting on Friday, June 14


Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo

Part comedy, part social commentary, host Jesus Trejo embarks on a journey across America meeting with six rising comedians who explore the mosaic of our nation through the lens of stand-up comedy.

Early streaming opportunity, the broadcast premiere is on June 21.


My Music with Rhiannon Giddens

Season 2

Grammy winner and MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient Rhiannon Giddens hosts a new half-hour series of musical performance and conversation with outstanding guest artists—innovative and accomplished musicians and storytellers who have forged unconventional paths to find their voices.


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