ADVANCE March 2023

MARCH SCHEDULE

NOON IowaPBS Blenko Glass: Behind the Scenes

7:00 p.m. IowaPBS

TUNE IN:

IGHSAU Girls State Basketball Championships: 1A Championship

Go into the heat and heart of the Blenko glassworks to see how the beautiful, all-handmade glassware is created. (R-3/12, 10 a.m., Iowa PBS)

7:30 p.m. WORLD This Land Is Your Land (My Music) The Smothers Brothers and Judy Collins host a look at the evolution of modern American folk music. 9:00 p.m. IowaPBS Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium

12:30 p.m. WORLD Reel South: Flat Town

An annual high school football game unites a historically segregated town in rural Louisiana. TV-PG

1:00 p.m. WORLD Awakening in Taos: The Mabel Dodge Luhan Story (See 3/4 at 7 a.m. on WORLD) 2:00 p.m. IowaPBS Iowa PBS Pregame Show WORLD Schille

Join the Piano Man for this iconic 1990 concert recorded live at the historic stadium in the Bronx. (R-3/6, 10 p.m., WORLD) Grab a front-row seat to this 1984 Tokyo concert, one of Nelson’s legendary live performances. (R-3/11, 10 p.m., Iowa PBS)

8:00 a.m. IowaPBS Lidia’s Kitchen: Tiny Kitchen, Big Flavor WORLD America ReFramed: Finding Kukan Sixty years after Quincy Jones first moved to Paris in his early 20s, he still thinks of the city as a second home. This special features nearly 100 world-class musicians, including a symphony orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley and a line-up of special guests. 8:45 a.m. IowaPBS America’s Test Kitchen: Pork Chops and Blondies 9:00 a.m. WORLD Massacre River: The Woman Without a Country 9:30 a.m. IowaPBS America’s Test Kitchen: Farmers’ Market Fare 10:00 a.m. WORLD The Chavis Chronicles TV-PG 10:15 a.m. IowaPBS Cook’s Country: Endless Dessert 10:30 a.m. WORLD Laura Flanders Show TV-PG The Dominican Republic reverses its birthright citizenship law, leaving 250,000 people stateless. TV-PG Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris Sunday, March 5 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 This landmark film showcases China’s resistance to Japanese occupation during World War II. (R-3/5, 4 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD Willie Nelson: Live at Budokan

The story of Alice Schille’s life is told through archival photos, journal entries and her paintings. TV-PG

10:30 p.m. WORLD Last of the Breed

2:30 p.m. IowaPBS

Celebrate the greatest hits of Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price in this 2007 concert.

IGHSAU Girls State Basketball Championships: 4A Championship Isabel and Roy Explore the pre-pop art days of legendary artist Roy Lichtenstein and the woman who supported him. (R-3/24, 10:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG 3:00 p.m. WORLD Ruth Stone’s Vast Library of the Female Mind (See 3/4 at 9 a.m. on WORLD) 4:00 p.m. WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe 4:30 p.m. WORLD Washington Week (R-3/5, 6 a.m., WORLD) 4:45 p.m. IowaPBS IGHSAU Girls State Basketball Championships: 2A Championship 5:00 p.m. WORLD DW Focus on Europe (R-3/5, 7 a.m., WORLD) 5:30 p.m. WORLD PBS News Weekend 6:00 p.m. WORLD Meredith Willson: America’s Music Man WORLD

11:00 p.m. IowaPBS Roy Orbison Forever

Roy Orbison’s career and relationships with other musicians are charted through interviews and archive performances. TV-PG

SUNDAY 5

6:00 a.m. IowaPBS Sit and Be Fit: Balance WORLD Washington Week 6:30 a.m. IowaPBS Gardening With Steil: Garden Tours (R-3/11, 1 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD The Open Mind:

How Gen Z Will Govern (R-3/5, 2 p.m., WORLD)

7:00 a.m. WORLD DW Focus on Europe 7:30 a.m. WORLD DW Global 3000 (R-3/5, 3 p.m., WORLD)

Follow the career of the musician, conductor, composer and Iowa’s champion on Broadway. (R-3/5, 12:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

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