Saturday 10/6/2012

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KET: WoodSongs; #709 "Exile and Carla Gover" [TV-G]; Kentucky's own supergroup give an intimate "unplugged" performance. Aspiring Appalachia diva, Carla Gover performs selections from her latest CD, Gypsy Ways.

KETKY: Reel Visions: Spotlight on Kentucky Filmmakers; #114 "Films by Natalie Baxter, J. Gray, and Kris Rommel"; Kingdom Come Stir Off by Natalie Baxter documents the traditional art of making sorghum, from the cutting of the sugarcane to the finished product. Also featured Cambodia by J. Gray, and Book Bindings Part Deux and Last Winter by Kris Rommel. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: From the Ground Up; #105 "Architecture of Industry"; Buildings and structures built for both large and small industries in Kentucky. A 1991 KET production. Watch Online

KETKY: Studio 89; #604 "Robin Lacy and DeZydeco"; This six-piece group has been set apart from the mainstream with their unique instrumentation. Taking the lessons learned from the roots of New Orleans and Louisiana music and culture, Robin Lacy and DeZydeco has added its own original songwriting and classic crowd pleasers. [High-Definition]

KET: Great Performances at the Met; #609 "La Traviata" [TV-PG]; Natalie Dessay, in her first Violetta at the Met, puts on the red dress in Willy Decker's production of La Traviata. [High-Definition]

KET2: Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders; [TV-PG]; A global musical adventure combines today's dynamic music scene with the power of social change. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #103 "Coalmining Women/In Ya Blood" [TV-G]; Interviewed at home and on the job, women coal miners tell of the conditions that led them to seek employment in this traditionally male-dominated industry and the problems they encountered once hired. And, the story of a typical young man from Appalachia in the summer after his senior year in high school. He must face the difficult decision faced by many Appalachian youth - whether to stay in the mountains or leave in search of a "better life."

KET2: Voces On PBS; #102 "Escaramuza: Riding from the Heart" [TV-PG]; A gutsy team of women rodeo riders vie to represent the U.S. at the National Charro Championships in Mexico. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Deep Down; Two eastern Kentucky neighbors are at odds in a contentious community battle over a proposed mountaintop removal coal mine. [High-Definition]

KET2: Lords of the Gourd: The Pursuit of Excellence; [TV-PG]; The extreme gardeners who compete at the annual Cooperstown Weigh Off have one obsessive goal: to raise the biggest pumpkin in the world. This program follows them through the final harrowing days of harvest and the journey across New York with the bulging behemoths strapped into the beds of their pickups. [High-Definition]

KETKY: A Decade of Difference; [TV-G]; The unlikely success story of the people in Eastern and Southern Kentucky, who made up their minds to change the natural environment and make it a cleaner and healthier place to live.Â Offered the resources and leadership of federal, state, and local governments, ultimately they had to change their attitudes about some traditions and culture.

KET: Kentucky's Greenside; #104 "Mammoth Cave"; Go behind the scenes to see how Mammoth Cave is leading the way in park sustainability so that future generations can enjoy one of the world's seven modern natural wonders. [High-Definition]

KET: Math Basics; #109 "Dimensions"; Basic concepts in geometry, including length, width, and area; using maps and grids; expressing locations in three dimensions.

KET2: The This Old House Hour; #1101 [TV-G]; Work begins turning an 1887 Victorian-era two family house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, into a one-family home. Also, transforming stock shelving into a custom built-in and installing a new washing machine valve. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Southern Fried Fitness; #210 [TV-G]; Get fit with high intensity interval training.

KET: Math Basics; #110 "Patterns and Statistics"; Pattern recognition; tessellations; number patterns; displaying numeric data with graphs; introduction to statistics; sampling and probability.

KETKY: Kentucky Afield; #2853 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

KET: Bob the Builder; #610 "Spud Hits the Airwaves" [TV-Y]; While DJ Mike Turntable is out running an errand, Spud runs the radio station. Mike tells him that in the world of radio, "bigger is better," but Spud takes the advice a little too literally and concocts a series of wild stories. [High-Definition]

KET2: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; #1482 "Competition" [TV-Y]; Mister Rogers visits the Carnegie Museum of Art. King Friday decides to hold a drawing contest for everyone in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, and X the Owl gets a letter from Big Bird saying that he'll be bringing an entry over from Sesame Street. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1803 "Woo Hoo Pedicab/The Purple Onion/The Chitlin' Circuit/Central Kentucky Community Theatre"; The 3-wheeled bike taxis of Woo Hoo Pedicab offers a social and environmentally friendly means of transportation around the northern Kentucky city of Newport and across the river into Cincinnati; Dave pulls up a chair for Today's Special at The Purple Onion, a popular Central City restaurant; the city of Hopkinsville was a main stop along The Chitlin' Circuit, a national string of clubs where black recording artists could perform during the days of segregation; and in Washington County, the Springfield Opera House is the home of the Central Kentucky Community Theatre which offers a variety of musicals and plays. A 2012 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. [High-Definition] Watch Online