On January 7, 1789, the first presidential election was held in America. George Washington won and was sworn into office on April 30, 1789 in New York City. He delivered his famous Inaugural Address and assisted Congress in adoption of amendments that become the Bill of Rights.
He’s played heroes, villains, saints, sinners, a ballet-dancing elephant, and a space alien, now actor and children’s author John Lithgow reveals a new side of himself… poetry lover. Watch.
This hour-long program examines what policy makers in Washington, including President-elect Obama, mean when they say that rebuilding our crumbling highways and bridges, leaky water systems and other vital lifelines will stimulate the economy and generates jobs. Watch now.
When Peter Friedman’s friends Tom Joslin and Mark Massi died, he accepted an extraordinary inheritance: 40 hours of tape documenting the couple’s bout with AIDS. His film, Silverlake Life: The View From Here will be watchable online through Feb. 22, 2009. Watch now.
The fall 2008 CINE awards have just been announced, and PBS and Thirteen/WNET won a few…and most are watchable online. See list and watch!
An infrastructure megaproject, Boston’s Big Dig carved out new highway tunnels/routes to ease downtown traffic congestion. The project was greenlit in 1982, but construction didn’t start until 1991. On December 31, 2007, and costing over 14.6 billion dollars, the Dig was finally done. Read/watch more…
After four decades of fly-by probes, orbiters, landers, and rovers, the quest for life on Mars is as tantalizing as ever. NOVA goes behind the scenes of the latest NASA missions to the Red Planet to reveal new clues about Mars. Watch now.
How is the star film composer of Hollywood’s Golden Years virtually unknown to moviegoers today? The name Franz Waxman doesn’t usually ring a bell, but the movies he worked on—“Philadelphia Story”, “Rebecca”, more…are classics. Read more about this composer’s life and work.
On December 30, 1924: Astronomer Edwin Hubble announced he believed he had confirmed the existence of other galaxies, through his research examining the Andromeda system. Read more about Hubble from WNET and WGBH:
Hubble’s Law
Hubble’s Work
Hubble’s Bio
Thirteen.org spoke to composer John Adams about audience reactions to his opera ‘Doctor Atomic’, the tension inherent to the creative process–whether in science or art, and opera’s role in contemporary culture. ‘Doctor Atomic’ airs Dec. 29 at 9:00 pm. Read interview…
