HighlightsDecember 31, 2011
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Live from Lincoln Center
Bernstein and Gershwin. The New York Philharmonic, led by Alan Gilbert, ushers in 2012 with a program featuring 20th-century American composers Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. Alec Baldwin hosts.
Saturday at 8:00pm on KQED 9
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Toast of the Nation
NPR Music and WBGO present a live jazz broadcast from venues coast to coast. Wynton Marsalis, Julian Lage and Billy Childs are scheduled to perform.
Saturday at 8:00pm on KQED 88.5 FM
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This American Life: Nemesis
The program presents stories where a longtime standoff keeps both sides coming back for more.
Saturday at 12:00pm on KQED 88.5 FM
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Downton Abbey Bowl
Watch all four parts of Season One back-to-back on New Year's Day! Follow the lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them.
Sunday at 3:30pm on KQED 9
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Best of The Writers' Block 2011
2011 was a really great year for books and an even better one for KQED's book-lovin' podcast, The Writers' Block. Here's a rundown of a few encounters with authors that truly blew us away.
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Bill Owens: Ordinary Folks Photo Exhibition
Sat, December 31, 2011: The exhibition encludes forty photographs from Bill Owen's collection. Owens is a
photojournalist who took photos of 'ordinary folks doing ordinary things'. He is known ...
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Sun, January 1, 2012: Start the year off right with an inspiring visit to a monarch butterfly over-wintering
site. Discover the amazing migration of these tiny creatures and how ...
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Sun, January 1, 2012: Start the new year with a little Boogaloo Soul. UK funk guitarist Eddie Roberts teams
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