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National Award for PBS Hawaii

--Presentation at the national public media summit in Arlington, Va.: (left to right) CEO Patrick Butler of the Association of Public Television Stations, me, and PBS Hawaii's VP/Creative Services and HIKI NO Executive Producer Robert Pennybacker

Hmmm, if I were accustomed to accepting national awards, I wouldn't have held this one that way. I made the lovely glass piece look like it holds a severed  hand!

However, Robert and I were only thinking of how proud we are of the Staff and Board of PBS Hawaii for winning this Edge Award for innovation in the use of digital technology, groundbreaking partnerships and educational technology. It's for HIKI NO: The Nation's First Statewide Student News Network.

Our public media colleagues on the Continent don't get to see our television shows. But they could watch this student journalism program online at www.pbshawaii.org/hikino

Thanks to APTS for this national recognition! And mahalo to the 73 Hawaii schools who participate in using 21st-century learning skills! An excellent news report by teacher Luane Higuchi's students at Waianae Intermediate School was shown at the presentation.

Here's part of what public media summit leader Patrick Butler said in presenting the award: "HIKI NO serves as an example of a transformative school-community partnership, with media and education working together to create a better future for Hawaii's children."

Besides Robert, our main HIKI NO team consists of Managing Editor Sue Yim, editor/producer Lawrence Pacheco, and independent journalists who mentor teachers in storytelling and video production.

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The Week's Highlights on PBS Hawaii

     Here's a look at TV highlights this week on Hawaii's only public television station, starting with shows that have Hawaii connections:

INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII (Thurs., March 1, 2012, 8:00 pm; encore Sat., March 3, 2012, 1:00 pm) considers the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates. Local representatives of national candidates will discuss how each campaign is doing in the islands and how Hawaii's upcoming GOP primary compares to recent contests in other states. Join host Dan Boylan and guests: David Chang, State Chairman, Hawaii Republican Party; Cindy Sue Clark, finance director, Newt Gingrich Hawaii campaign; Mike Greco, representing the Ron Paul campaign; and Fritz Rohlfing, chair, Hawaii for Romney campaign.

We want to hear from you! Your questions and comments are welcome via phone, email, Twitter or live blogging. You may also email your questions ahead of time to insights@pbshawaii.org

HIKI NO's student journalists bring us updates on the relocation of nene, native Hawaiian geese, from Kauai to Maui (Kamehameha Schools Maui reporting) and Oahu's fireworks ban  (Mid-Pacific Institute reporting). This episode, airing Thursday, March 1,  2012, at 7:30 pm, is hosted by Nanakuli High and Intermediate School in West Oahu.

Two people with Hawaii ties will sing in different national programs. One singer happens to be the country's chief executive:

--President Obama hosts, and there's an impromptu Presidential jam, in this special program, IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE Red, White and Blues (Mon., Feb. 27, 2012, 9:00 pm). You'll hear an all-star line-up including Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., Shemekia Copeland, Buddy Guy, Warren Haynes, Mick Jagger, B.B. King (pictured) and Susan Tedeschi. Booker T. Jones is music director and band leader. The President sings a verse in the show's finale performance of "Sweet Home Chicago."

--Yvonne Elliman (Roosevelt High '70) is one of the performers in Superstars of Seventies Soul Live (Sat., March 3, 2012, 8:30 pm). This is a pledge-of-support program we last aired in 2004. Patti LaBelle hosts an historic reunion featuring Elliman, The Commodores, The Chi-Lites, The Stylistics, Heatwave, The Trammps, The Emotions and The Manhattans. Elliman, who has returned to Honolulu, is best known for her portrayal of Mary Magdalene in the first production of Jesus Christ Superstar and two hit songs, "I Don't Know How to Love You" and later, "If I Can't Have You."

Here are other interesting TV highlights of the week:

Nestled in the midst of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is The Grove (Sun., Feb. 26, 2012, 7:00 pm), site of the National AIDS Memorial. This documentary chronicles the transformation of a neglected garden into a landscaped sanctuary and, ultimately, a national memorial.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW (Mon., Feb. 27, 2012, 8:00 pm) goes to the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, PA, Part 3 of 3 to see colored vases, bottles and jars made by glass master Maurice Marinot. Highlights from the Roadshow floor include a collection of letters between Kennedy family members and JFK's former personal secretary, a 1946 oil painting by Rockwell Kent (pictured right) and a circa 1928 Art Deco jade sapphire ring.

"Hi de hi de hi de ho"... Harlem's Cotton Club was made famous by African American big band leader, dancer and singer Cab Calloway. AMERICAN MASTERS (Mon., Feb. 27, 2012, 10:00 pm) features this jazz legend in Cab Calloway: Sketches. Featured are Calloway singing his popular refrain in "Minnie the Moocher," his portrayal of Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess (1952) and his role in The Blues Brothers (1980).

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (Tues., Feb. 28, 2012, 8:00 pm) looks at a religious community whose 500-year-old traditions have made it one of the most private cultures in the U.S. The Amish presents an intimate portrait of their faith and communal life.

FRONTLINE (Tues., Feb. 28, 2012, 10:00 pm) investigates the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex following the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown presents exclusive eyewitness testimony as well as interviews with the Japanese prime minister, power company executives, soldiers, firefighters and families living near the nuclear plant.

Sushi lovers will enjoy watching Chef Ming Tsai and an Iron Chef on SIMPLY MING Masuhara Morimoto and Sushi (Sat., March 3, 5:30 pm). Find out how to make Ming's Omusubi with Alaskan Crab Salad and Morimoto's Sashimi Salad.

Worried about not having enough money in retirement? Ed Slott's Retirement Rescue! (Sat., March 3, 2012,7:00 pm) offers a step-by-step plan of action. Slott builds on his earlier programs with new information, using humor and personal stories.

Encore picks of the week:

PBS HAWAII PRESENTS (Thurs., March 1, 2012, 9:00 pm) an hour-long documentary/concert film featuring Ledward Kaapana, Mike Kaawa, Dennis and David Kamakahi, Richard and Kalae Ho'opi'i, Bobby Ingano, Sonny Lim, Aaron Mahi and Danny Carvalho. Waimea 'Ukulele & Slack Key Guitar goes national next month as part of the Pacific Heartbeat series, a new partnership of PBS Hawaii and Pacific Islanders in Communications.

The encore presentation of Peter, Paul and Mary: 25th Anniversary Concert (Fri., March 2, 2012, 9:00 pm) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the folk group. This program hasn't run on PBS in more than 10 years. It features classic songs including "Puff, the Magic Dragon," "If I Had a Hammer," "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and "Blowin' in the Wind."

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Multi-Media Writer Liberty Peralta

Last year, PBS Hawaii hired our first-ever dedicated multi-media writer. She's Liberty Peralta, who was first exposed to media work in high school as a star performer at Waianae Searider Productions.

A college graduate now with job experience in public relations and web software, she's a young poised professional who is unfazed with new challenges. If her first draft doesn't work, she keeps writing until the copy falls into place.

It's fun seeing her embrace her varied assignments. She writes TV shows (recently co-producing, with VP/Creative Services, Robert Pennybacker, the Long Story Short episodes featuring Pono Shim); :30 TV spots; scripts for live pledge presentations; online stories;  Cover It Live blog hosting; articles in our monthly magazine; Facebook and Twitter comments; and weekly newsletter blurbs for local shows. Broadcast, website, social media, print, she swivels to do the best job in each medium. To do so, she needs to understand the "audience," or community, for each type of writing.

It's already getting hard to remember back when this organization had writers who specialized in broadcast OR print. That was light years ago, when the conventional thinking was that we could just transfer existing verbiage from our broadcast platform to our web platform. Today Liberty gives a lot of thought to writing for the web with the idea of maximizing interaction and participation.

For Liberty, it's not confusing to move from medium to medium in writing; she takes a fluid approach and says it seems organic to her.

Humor using a "paraprosdokian"

Comedians often use a funny tactic that they may not know has a name. Well, they call it a punchline.

The dictionary term is paraprosdokian. A word buff shared it with me.

Paraprosdokian is a line that makes an abrupt turn into something surprising or unexpected. As in:

The evening news is where they begin with "Good evening," and then they proceed to tell you why it isn't.

Or:

Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Or:

I sleep 8 hours a day and at least 10 at night.

Come to think of it, paraprosdokian sounds like a word made up by a comedian.

4th Grader Makes it to State Spelling Bee

The district finals are over for this year's aio Hawaii State Spelling Bee--and the youngest finalist may be the youngest person you've ever seen in the state bee.

A single fourth grader has qualified to compete in the championship competition, to be televised live on PBS Hawaii. The fourth grader is Ashley Membrere of Makakilo Elementary.

Also in the bee: 1 fifth grader, 3 sixth graders and nine eighth-graders. 14 in all, including one returnee from last year. With bee sponsor aio, a local business group, PBS Hawaii last week held a technical rehearsal for this year's bee. The real deal is set for Saturday, March 24, 2012.

Highlights This Week on PBS Hawaii

It happened during the holidays, when distractions abound. Now, the reality is setting in for a lot of people. What a blow for Hawaii to lose two hospitals on Oahu, with the closure of Hawaii Medical Center facilities. The shutdowns also affect Neighbor Islanders, whose cases sometimes require treatment on Oahu. How are the remaining hospitals handling the increased patient loads and emergencies? What's the outlook? INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII (Thurs., Feb. 16, 2012, 8:00 pm; encores Sat., Feb. 18, 2012,  1:00 pm) looks at The State of Hospitals: Emergency or Evolution? Host Dan Boylan's scheduled guests are: Josh Green, MD, Senate Health Committee Chair and ER physician; James Ireland, MD, Emergency Services Department Director, City & County of Honolulu; Virginia Pressler, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer, Hawaii Pacific Health; and Arthur Ushijima, President and CEO, The Queen's Health Systems.

We want to hear from you! Your questions and comments are welcome via phone, email, Twitter or live blogging. You may also email your questions ahead of time to insights@pbshawaii.org

A number of viewers who watched Pono Shim on the most recent episode of LONG STORY SHORT have told us they're eagerly awaiting the upcoming week's program, Part 2 of that conversation. That's because Pono will share the wisdom of the late cultural expert Pilahi Paki in interpreting the deeper meanings of aloha. Join us for LONG STORY SHORT Pono Shim: ALOHA Moments (Tues., Feb. 14, 2012, 7:30 pm)! The CEO of Enterprise Honolulu and son of visionaries Alvin and Marion Heen Shim, Pono explains aloha and other values from his kupuna that guide him today.

This program is available in high-definition and will be rebroadcast on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at 11:00 pm and Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, at 4:00 pm.

Student journalists from Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School on Kauai update their story on nene geese in this encore edition of HIKI NŌ (Thurs., Feb. 16, 2012, 7:30 pm). Students from Hana K-12 School host this episode featuring: Kea'au High and West Hawaii Explorations Academy (Hawaii Island); Lokelani Intermediate (Maui); Kalani High, Kapolei High, Saint Francis and Waialua High and Intermediate (Oahu).

This HIKI NŌ newscast encores Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012,  at 12:30 pm and Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012,  at 3:00 pm. You may also view this newscast and past episodes on our website, www.pbshawaii.org/hikino

Here are more highlights of the upcoming week on PBS Hawaii:

The Spanish flu strikes in Downton Abbey, Season 2, Part 6 of 7. With just one more episode left this season on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC (Sun., Feb. 12, 2012, 8:00 pm), we see how illness affects household relationships and fortunes. Mary, Sybil and Robert each confront a moment of truth, while Bates and Anna (pictured) experience a moment of happiness.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW (Mon., Feb. 13, 2012, 8:00 pm) makes a stop at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA, Part 1 of 3 to check out some of the Pittsburgh native's early illustrations. On the Roadshow floor, highlights include letters between Cole Porter and actor Monty Woolley, a circa 1920 silk Kashan rug, and a 17th-century rhinoceros horn cup (pictured), bought for a dollar that is worth up to $450,000!

Slavery By Another Name (Mon., Feb. 13, 2012, 9:00 pm) explores the labor practices and laws of the post-Emancipation era that, in effect, created a 20th century form of slavery in the South.

Not In Our Town: Class Actions (Mon., Feb. 13, 2012, 10:30 pm) studies the preventive actions of three communities in Mississippi, Indiana and California to protect their citizens from hate crimes and bullying.

A special two-hour edition of FRONTLINE (Tues., Feb. 14, 2012, 9:00 pm) looks at former gang leaders now protecting their communities from senseless violence. The Interrupters follows the inner workings of CeaseFire, an innovative program in Chicago designed to prevent shootings.

Everest climber Pete Athans takes Dr. Mark Aldenderfer on a search for the Cave People of the Himalaya (Wed., Feb. 15, 2012,  10:00 pm) to discover clues about a lost civilization, including evidence of a previously unknown 1,500-year-old death ritual.


INDEPENDENT LENS More Than a Month (Thurs., Feb. 16, 2012, 10:00 pm) tells the story of Shukree Hassan Tilghman (pictured), a 29-year-old African American filmmaker who is on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month.

Musical nightlife is featured in MICHAEL FEINSTEIN'S AMERICAN SONGBOOK Saloon Singers (Fri. Feb. 17,  2012, 9:00 pm). On a private tour, Feinstein visits the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas, playing one of its rhinestone-encrusted pianos. Feinstein also explores nightclub entertainment, from the Cotton Club in Harlem to the Vegas of Sinatra's Rat Pack. He also speaks with poet and author Maya Angelou, once a San Francisco calypso club performer.

We're pleased to welcome back host Ming Tsai for a ninth season of SIMPLY MING (Sat., Feb. 18,2012,  5:30 pm), with each episode featuring a new guest chef and cooking technique. In Jacques Pepin and Paner, each chef uses the breading technique: Chef Ming makes panko-crusted butterfish with mango and wasabi-avocado cream, while world-renown chef Jacques creates paner au beurre turkey with mushroom ratatouille.

BURT WOLF: TRAVELS & TRADITIONS (Sat., Feb. 18, 2012, 7:00 pm) takes us along The Great Rivers of Europe: Nuremberg to Linz. Burt visits the Imperial Castle, an open farmers' market and a cookie shop. In Regensburg, Burt sees ruins of an ancient Roman fort and sails on the Danube to a brewery at Weltenburg Abbey run by Benedictine monks.

Correspondent T.R. Reid files a special report on U.S. Health Care: The Good News (Sat., Feb. 18, 2012, 8:00 pm) from a small community in Colorado and from other places in the U.S. where doctors and hospitals are providing affordable health care to nearly everyone in town.

Original Minds (Sat., Feb. 18, 2012, 9:00 pm) tells the story of five teenagers stigmatized by being in Special Ed. who struggle to articulate how their brains work and discover that they are smarter than they thought.

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS (Sat., Feb. 18, 2012, 11:00 pm) presents modern rock band Wilco (pictured) performing songs from its latest LP The Whole Love.

Encore pick of the week:

Before disposable containers, people stored their leftovers in "bowls that burped." In this offbeat documentary, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (Tues., Feb. 14. 2012,, 8:00 pm) takes a look at Tupperware, the plastics product of the 50s driven to success by a marketing strategy that turned housewives into entrepreneurs.

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Hey! That's my name on the billboard!

Talk about surprise. Driving by this sign, I nearly broke my neck with a double-take.  My name on a billboard--wow--and also the name of my co-worker, HIKI NO producer/editor extraordinaire Lawrence Pacheco.  Thank you, Waialua High, for the fancy-dancy treatment!

Lawrence and I were guests at a potluck dinner and discussion at the North Shore school, as Waialua High's  team student journalists prepared for an assignment as a "home base" school on one of PBS Hawaii's HIKI NO weekly newscasts. That means they're going to serve as anchors and generally host the half-hour program. Teacher Andrew Cole, with a ready laugh that approaches glee,  is the team advisor and a 30-year veteran of the school.

I was introduced to special-ed teacher Albert Grande's pizza, incorporating ingredients grown on campus. Can't be topped!  And the students' homemade manicotti and adobo...so ono!

The Waialua students range from a freshman to seniors, quite  a few of them in AP (Advanced Placement) courses. Not one of them plans a career as a journalist. However,  they all love digital media and believe it'll help them no matter what they do. Careers being entertained: Pacific archaeologist, engineer,  Army officer, nurse...

Lawrence and I gave some advice to the students, but mostly we all just got to know each other. Even though this was an evening gathering, principal Randi Ann Porras-Tang stopped by and so did student activities coordinator Gwen Lavarias and the teacher behind the excellent pizza, Mr. Grande. (His Twitter tag is @pizzatherapy).

We  have no doubt that the Waialua High students are going to do a fine job hosting the newscast.   And they host a fine potluck! Lawrence and I send many thanks and best wishes.

Best Gift Ever for Mom

I received a priceless gift from my daughter Kai of the sort a mother never expects to receive. I don't think it can be topped! If you're searching for the perfect present for your own mom, this is it.

A heartfelt letter of detailed thanks for all of the years. We moms will treasure it for life. Almost immediately, I had to put mine in a plastic sleeve to protect it from my happy tears! I'm having it framed.

Kai was what my parents' generation called "a handful." She wasn't one to follow advice or rules and usually chose to learn the hard way. For many years she cast me in the role of bad guy since I enforced many of the family rules. I tried to be consistent and to keep things even and calm, but there were many tense and emotional moments between us.

Now an adult who's a very good person with achievements under her belt, Kai gave me her letter shortly before she boarded a plane for a new life in a new state with her husband Paul.

"Despite the difficulties I had growing up, every time I was a pain in your butt and all the grey hair that I have given you over the years, you never gave up on me and loved me no matter what...I know how difficult I made it for you but you just brush if off and say that we were both learning," she wrote.

She mentions incidents that I thought she had probably forgotten along the way. Sad, touching, funny, joyful, generous, it's a wonderful letter. She concludes:

"Your endless and often thankless support throughout my life touches me more than I can express. I am so thankful that you are as strong as you are. I don't think anyone else could have given me the love, attention, and support that I needed to be the person I am today. I am proud to say that you're my mother. I love you more than I can ever express to you."

That's my daughter! And she wrote an equally precious letter to her father, who agrees with me: We've already had The Best Gift Ever.

What's Shaking on PBS Hawaii This Week

Here's how TV viewing is shaping up this week on PBS Hawaii. Lots of good stuff!

Ever struggle with a complex question, and then hear a story that illuminates the issues and brings an elusive solution into focus? Pono Shim, President and CEO of Enterprise Honolulu, is known for story-telling that does just that. Son of the late political strategists and visionaries Alvin and Marion Heen Shim of Honolulu, Pono draws upon a childhood populated with wise kupuna and people pivotal to life in Hawaii at that time. Content to stick particularly close to the side of his father, a labor attorney and community power broker, Pono read and played quiet games in the room as rich conversations took place with influential visitors. Pono also learned from his grand-aunt, cultural icon Pilahi Paki, and practiced what he was taught. Now in his 40s, he shares some of what he absorbed in the first of a two-part LONG STORY SHORT (Tues., Feb. 7, 2012, 7:30 pm), Pono Shim: Through A Child's Eyes.

This program is available in high-definition and will be rebroadcast on Wed., Feb. 8 at 11:00 pm and Sun. Feb. 12, at 4:00 pm. It'll also be posted online.

Students from Maui's H.P. Baldwin High School file an updated report on the hive beetle's threat to local honey bees in this encore presentation of HIKI NŌ (Thurs., Feb. 9, 2012, 7:30 pm). Hosted by students from Konawaena High School in West Hawaii, this episode also features an update from Waianae High School students in Leeward Oahu about how pay cuts have affected the lives of husband-and-wife teachers and their three sons. Other schools contributing to this episode are: Kea'au High and Waiakea High on Hawaii Island, Lahaina Intermediate (Maui), Molokai High (Molokai), and Roosevelt High and Wheeler Middle on Oahu.

This HIKI NŌ newscast encores Saturday, Feb. 11 at 12:30 pm and Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, at 3:00 pm. You may also view this newscast and past episodes on our website, www.pbshawaii.org/hikino

Here we go again, with another push to legalize gambling in Hawaii. Proponents say it will bring in much-needed revenue to the state, while opponents believe it would lead to a rise in crime. On the next INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII (Thurs., Feb. 9, 2912, 8:00 pm; encores Sat., Feb. 11, 1:00 pm), host Dan Boylan moderates a Legalized Gambling discussion with scheduled guests: Sue Dursin, Hawaii County Director, Hawaii Coalition Against Legalized Gambling; John Warren Kindt, Professor of Business and Legal Policy, University of Illinois; John Radcliffe, Principal, Radcliffe and Associates; and Malama Solomon, Senator, District 1, East Hawaii Island.

We want to hear from you! Your questions and comments are welcome via phone, email, Twitter or live blogging. You may also email your questions ahead of time to insights@pbshawaii.org

Here are more highlights of the upcoming week on PBS Hawaii:

With World War I nearing its end, the aristocrats and servants begin to put their lives back together on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC Downton Abbey, Season 2, Part 5 of 7 (Sun., Feb. 5, 2012, 8:00 pm). Mary (pictured) and Sir Richard go estate hunting, while a mysterious wounded officer makes a shocking revelation.

The King Estate Winery provides a comfortable setting to peruse collections of wineglasses and decanters on ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Eugene, OR, Part 3 of 3 (Mon., Feb. 6, 2012, 8:00 pm) Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Kathleen Bailey also inspect tin toys, including a circa 1938 Marx car and a battery powered dump truck; a circa 1861 Civil War cavalry flag; and a 1960 jeweled gold figure known as the guardian of Venice.

The story of a free black man who helped fugitive slaves escape is told in Underground Railroad: The William Still Story (Mon., Feb. 6, 2012, 10:00 pm). This documentary reveals some of the dramatic, lesser-known stories about the humanitarian effort in 1872.

Is our urban jungle making some animals smarter? NATURE (Wed., Feb. 8, 2012, 8:00 pm) attempts to answer this question in Raccoon Nation, as scientists follow big-city raccoons to test a theory that dealing with the obstacles of a fast-paced urban world promotes the creatures' brain development.

Conjoined twins abandoned at birth embark on a life-changing journey from Bangladesh to Australia in this NOVA (Wed., Feb. 8, 2012, 9:00 pm) documentary that was two years in the making. Separating Twins follows Trishna and Krishna through a series of operations, including a marathon surgery to separate their heads.

We know what a lion's roar sounds like. But how does the lion produce that mighty rumble? On INSIDE NATURE'S GIANTS Big Cats (Wed., Feb. 8, 2012, 10:00 pm), scientists dissect a lion's voice box. A biologist also meets a liger - a cross between a lion and a tiger.

Using archival 16mm footage and interviews with contemporary African American artists, activists, musicians and scholars, INDEPENDENT LENS (Thurs., Feb. 9, 2012, 10:00 pm) takes us on a cinematic and musical journey into black communities of America in The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975.

Dreamer's Theatre (Thurs., Feb. 9, 2012, 11:30 pm) follows a group of teens and young adults who have developmental disabilities as they rehearse and stage an original musical dramatizing their challenges.

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN'S AMERICAN SONGBOOK Lost and Found (Fri., Feb. 10,2012, 9:00 pm) is the second of three new episodes in this miniseries. Our host seeks to verify the ties between an undocumented song and a pop music giant. Then, Broadway composer and lyricist Jerry Herman teaches Feinstein an unpublished, never-before-heard song from Herman's repertoire.

Stolen art is the subject of BURT WOLF: TRAVELS & TRADITIONS Artcops (Sat., Feb. 11, 2012, 7:00 pm). Burt tells us about some of the great art pieces in the world that have gone missing and how people can help to find them.

I just learned a new term: "nature deficit disorder." It refers to the vanishing role of outdoor play in today's digital world. Mother Nature's Child: Growing Outdoors in the Media Age (Sat., Feb. 11, 2012, 8:00 pm) explores nature deficit disorder as it relates to greater childhood obesity, attention disorders and depression.

The Game Changers (Sat., Feb. 11, 2012, 9:00 pm) follows a diverse group of 60 people who excel in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. They're making use of university fellowships to create new teacher-preparation programs in rural and urban Indiana schools.

Get ready for experimental modern rock on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS (Sat., Feb. 11, 2012, 11:00 pm) when Florence + The Machine (frontwoman Florence Welch, pictured) showcases their album, Lungs. Then, Swedish singer Lykke Li shares highlights from her Wounded Rhymes album.

Encore pick of the week:

The rediscovery of traditional navigation is featured in this encore presentation of PBS HAWAII PRESENTS Papa Mau: The Wayfinder (Thurs., Feb. 9, 2012, 9:00 pm). The late Micronesian master navigator Mau Piailug (pictured) helped to reawaken the art of non-instrument navigation in Hawaii when he guided Hōkūle'a to Tahiti in 1976. Filmmaker and Hōkūle'a crewmember Nā'ālehu Anthony of Oahu produced and directed this documentary, which will debut this spring on public television stations across the country as part of Pacific Heartbeat. This is a new brand of programs dedicated to authenticity and context in presentations about the Pacific. We at PBS Hawaii are excited to partner on this nationwide project with Pacific Islanders in Communications.

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Ā hui hou kākou-- until next time,

Leslie