WHRO presents Call the Midwife Sunday, September 30

ORANGuTAN DiARy
Wednesday, September 12 • 8pm
Deep in the Borneo rainforest, veterinarians and caregivers have a massive and emotional
task ahead of them: rescuing and nursing the jungle’s most appealing — and most vulnerable
— animals back to health. There are approximately 600 orangutans being cared for day and
night at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation Centre. Most have had traumatic lives,
clinging to survival as rainforests are burned around them, while others are snatched from the
wild to be sold as pets. Every day is a challenge for the team as they care for the orphans and
deal with the human crises of life in a rainforest hospital.
CeLTiC THuNDeR VOyAGe
Saturday, September 15 • 8pm
Showcasing a full range of Irish and Celtic musical heritage and featuring ensemble and
solo performances by fan favorites Emmet Cahill, Keith Harkin, Ryan Kelly, Neil Byrne,
George Donaldson, this public television special also includes 13-year-old Daniel Furlong.
Enjoy sweet nostalgic tunes, upbeat fan favorites, and a foot-stomping ‘Clancy Brother’s
Medley.’ Emmet, Neil, Keith and George perform ‘Girls Girls Girls’ and Emmet gives a
lively solo performance of ‘My Irish Molly-O.’ Other highlights include George Donaldson
singing the much-loved ballad ‘Red Rose Café,’ Keith Harkin’s performance of ‘The
Dutchman,’ and Ryan Kelly’s version of the Jimmy McCarthy classic ‘Ride On.’
DeATH AND THe CiViL WAR: AMeRiCAN exPeRieNCe
Tuesday, September 18 • 8pm
Drawing heavily on This Republic of Suffering, historian and Harvard president Drew
Gilpin Faust’s acclaimed book, “Death and the Civil War” explores a critical but largely
overlooked aspect of the Civil War experience: the immense and varied implications of
the war’s staggering and unprecedented death toll. The war created a veritable “republic
of suffering,” as landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted described the wounded and
dying arriving at Union hospital ships on the Virginia Peninsula.
FROM DuST TO DReAMS: OPeNiNG NiGHT AT THe SMiTH
CeNTeR FOR THe PeRFORMiNG ARTS
Friday, September 21 • 9pm
Share the excitement of opening night at the new Smith Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Neil
Patrick Harris hosts FROM DUST TO DREAMS: OPENING NIGHT AT THE SMITH
CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, headlined by Jennifer Hudson, Carole King,
Martina McBride and many others from the worlds of music, television, stage and screen.
Michael Stevens directs.
LiVe FROM LiNCOLN CeNTeR: THe PHiLHARMONiC
OPeNiNG GALA WiTH iTZHAk PeRLMAN
Thursday, September 27 • 9pm
LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER makes the world’s greatest artists accessible to home
viewers in virtually every corner of the United States. It remains the only series of regularly
scheduled live broadcast performances on American television today. Fred Child, host of
NPR’s “Performance Today,” is the announcer.
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