Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 10:00am
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 12:00pm
C is for Chocolate
Since the time of the ancient Aztecs chocolate has been the ultimate comfort food and guilty pleasure. Now we know that chocolate can actually be good for you! So we asked our viewers to send their favorite chocolate recipes for cakes, cookies, pies, soufflés or sauces, brownies, fudge, truffles or mousse. Some will demonstrate their recipes on air and you'll get a chance to own this new cookbook. support this program | more stories like this
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 10:00pm
Independent Lens: Objectified
How does the design of a cell phone, toothbrush or couch affect your life? Did you ever stop to think about it? Director Gary Hustwit ("Helvetica") looks at our complex relationship with manufactured objects, the people who design them and the creative process behind their work. Meet the world’s most influential product designers to see how these objects influence us, often without our realizing it. more info | more stories like this
Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 10:00am
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 12:00pm
C is for Chocolate
Since the time of the ancient Aztecs chocolate has been the ultimate comfort food and guilty pleasure. Now we know that chocolate can actually be good for you! So we asked our viewers to send their favorite chocolate recipes for cakes, cookies, pies, soufflés or sauces, brownies, fudge, truffles or mousse. Some will demonstrate their recipes on air and you'll get a chance to own this new cookbook. support this program | more stories like this
Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 8:00pm
Pittsburgh N'at with Dave & Dave... and Friends
"The Daves" and a wide array of local media celebrities (Sally Wiggin, Larry Richert, Julie Bologna, Anji Corley and Minette Seate to name just a few!) who call Pittsburgh home talk about the things that make this city unique. From the Terrible Towel to Mister Rogers, from Rick Sebak’s documentaries to PNC Park, and all the parking chairs in between! It's everything 'yinz' know about the 'Burgh! more info | more stories like this
Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:00pm
In the Life
This Emmy-nominated newsmagazine provides a non-sensational look at the realities of being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered. Hosted by an exciting array of celebrity guests, the program provides an in-depth look at several unfolding and often underreported issues relevant to LGBT community and its allies.
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Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:30pm
Memory of a Large Christmas
This special recounts the heartfelt and heartwarming memories of renown Southern writer Lillian Smith's turn of the century childhood and her family's celebrations of Christmas. Smith's friend and one of the great ladies of American theater, Eugenia Rawls, reads Smith's nostalgic account of simpler times. Miss Rawls affectionately captures the writer's recollections of a large and loving family. more stories like this
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 10:00pm
Independent Lens: Scenes from a Parish
When a young, irreverent priest arrives at Saint Patrick Parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts, he discovers the unexpected - boiling ethnic tensions in a changing working-class community. Filmed over four years, the program follows the wildly diverse personal stories of Father Paul O’Brien and his unruly flock as they struggle to hold on to faith in the face of desperate circumstances. more info | more stories like this
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 8:00pm
A Girl's Life
Girls entering adulthood in the next decade will see more opportunities than today’s women ever imagined. Will these girls stride confidently through newly opened doors or are they destined to be stunted by societal messages that tell them females should be constantly agreeable, impossibly thin and sexy above all else? Rachel Simmons examines the challenges facing young women in 21st-century adolescence. more stories like this
