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Educational Events Calendar
What’s going on this month? Browse the calendar below to find out about programming highlights and educational events.
February 1, 2009 8:00 pm
NATURE: “PRINCE OF THE ALPS”

High in the Austrian Alps, a female red deer, a leader in her herd, gives birth to a calf. Her status makes him a prince among the other calves, but hunters, skiers, hikers and pet dogs, as well as a harsh winter, threaten his survival.



February 8, 2009 8:00 pm
NATURE: “DRAKENSBERG: BARRIER OF SPEARS”

Beneath the beauty of southern Africa’s Drakensberg Mountains lies a hostile environment for the surprising number of creatures that manage to live there.



February 10, 2009 10:00 pm
INDEPENDENT LENS: “TULIA, TEXAS”

This program is the story of a small town’s search for justice and the price Americans pay for the nation’s war on drugs.



February 11, 2009 9:00 pm
LOOKING FOR LINCOLN

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. dissects the myths that have grown up around Abraham Lincoln.



February 15, 2009 2:00 am
JAZZ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: WHAT IS NEW ORLEANS JAZZ?

Famed trumpeter and “Jazz at Lincoln Center” director, Wynton Marsalis returns to his hometown of New Orleans for this entertaining lesson about New Orleans jazz.



February 15, 2009 8:00 pm
NATURE: “WHY WE LOVE CATS AND DOGS”

An in-depth investigation into the great divide between dog lovers and cat lovers. Animal behaviorists, psychologists, trainers and devoted owners all weigh in.



February 22, 2009 8:00 pm
NATURE: “IN THE VALLEY OF THE WOLVES”

Yellowstone’s remarkable Druid wolf pack, the most celebrated pack in North America, tries to restore an entire ecosystem.



February 24, 2009 10:00 pm
INDEPENDENT LENS: “THE ORDER OF MYTHS”

This program looks beneath the surface pageantry of America’s oldest Mardi Gras – celebrated each year in Mobile, Alabama – and reveals a complex story about race relations in America.



February 28, 2009 3:00 pm
BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE

“Broadway: The Golden Age” is an important, ambitious and immensely entertaining film about America’s most celebrated indigenous art form, the Broadway musical.



March 1, 2009 8:00 pm
NATURE: “AMERICAN EAGLE”

From the pristine wilderness of Alaska to the Upper Mississippi River Valley, “American Eagle” goes behind the scenes and into the nest to provide the ultimate bird’s eye view into the private life of an American icon.



March 7, 2009 6:00 pm
FRONTLINE: DREAMS OF OBAMA

An exploration of who President Obama is and what has brought him to this historic moment.



March 22, 2009 8:00 pm
NATURE: “PENGUINS OF THE ANTARCTIC”

NATURE braves the extreme conditions of Earth’s southernmost continent for a close-up look at the varied “Penguins of the Antarctic.”



March 29, 2009 8:00 pm
NATURE: “KILAUEA: MOUNTAIN OF FIRE”

Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, is an active volcano which has created 544 acres of new land and has consumed 200 homes.