Chesapeake Bay Week 2008
Television Programs
Sunday, April 20
10:30 a.m.
Wild Chronicles: Anacostia Clean Up
Explores recent findings from 12 years of archaeological work in historic Jamestown, Virginia.
6:00 p.m.
Jamestown: The Buried Truth
Explores recent findings from 12 years of archaeological work in historic Jamestown, Virginia.
6:30 p.m.
Discovering the New American Farmer
Southern Maryland farmers, watermen and policy-makers describe the changing face of farming, decline of the family farm, and how to preserve agriculture and aquaculture resources.
7:00 p.m.
Global Warming: The Signs & The Science
Presents the reality of climate and ways to make a difference. Alanis Morissette hosts this look at the grave consequences and inventive new approaches to changing climate.
11:00 p.m.
Artists of the Chesapeake: Quill, Brush & Shutter
Explores the Chesapeake through the eyes and ears of painters, writers, photographers and musicians. Hosts: Rhea Feikin, Nate Howard
Monday, April 21
11:00 a.m.
Bob the Vid Tech: Water, Water Everywhere
Come along on Bob the Vid Tech's "fantastic voyage" as he traces water from his own home, through a water reclamation facility, past a wetland and finally out to the Chesapeake Bay.
9:00 p.m.
Eatin' Crabs
Maryland Public Television has roamed the state in search of the greatest stories of the blue crab - and tells all in Eatin' Crabs Chesapeake Style, MPT's rollicking foray into the world of the blue crab from dockside to table. From Baltimore's busiest harborside districts and most famed crab shacks to beloved and isolated locales from Ocean City to Oakland, Eatin' Crabs Chesapeake Style captures the world of crab-loving, a uniquely Maryland slice of life, and cracks it open for all to see.
9:30 p.m.
Iron John Cruising
Takes to the bay by boat in a tongue-in-cheek tour of some of the more interesting history and port-of-calls the bay has to offer.
10:00 p.m.
Outdoors Maryland: Chesapeake Beacons
From Point Lookout in the south to Concord Point in Havre de Grace, nine lighthouses tell the story of these lifesaving beacons on the Chesapeake.
10:30 p.m.
Island Out of Time
D.C.-area filmmaker Hugh Drescher's intimate portrayal of the people of Smith Island who have made their living from the water for more than two centuries. Now the island and its culture are under assault by sea-level rise and erosion, population loss and a decline in oysters and crabs.
11:00 p.m.
Sturgeon: Eggs to Die For
Fish's population decline after 1920s caviar craze; efforts to restore sturgeon to Chesapeake.
Tuesday, April 22
3:00 a.m.
Chesapeake: A Bay Trippers Adventure
Explores past, present, and future of Chesapeake Bay; people, creatures and vegetation of estuary's vast watershed.
7:30 p.m.
Outdoors Maryland: Hidden Rivers
Explores impact of storm water runoff on the Chesapeake Bay watershed and possible solutions.
8:00 p.m.
NOVA: Car of the Future
Finds out how we'll keep moving in the future with NPR's Car Talk brothers, Tom and Ray Magliozzi. Will future vehicles run on hydrogen, batteries, ethanol or some as-yet undiscovered technology?
9:00 p.m.
FRONTLINE: Hot Politics
Reflects on key legislative moments that have shaped the politics of global warming.
10:00 p.m.
Expedition Susquehanna
Follows 444-mile river journey from New York to Chesapeake Bay.
11:00 p.m.
Outdoors Maryland: Blind Spots
Explores three little-known, but ominous, environmental threats to the Chesapeake Bay.
11:30 p.m.
Kingdom By the Sea: Fortress Monroe
Explores the history, reviews the debate and considers the future of Fort Monroe as the U.S. Army plans to vacate by 2011.
Wednesday, April 23
7:00 p.m.
EcoViews: The Chesapeake Bay
American University graduate students' short films about Chesapeake Bay; Prof. Chris Palmer hosts.
9:00 p.m.
National Geographic's Strange Days on Planet Earth
"Most Dangerous Catch" and "Dirty Secrets"
Seemingly unrelated events and issues are bubbling up from the depths of the world's water supply, forcing scientists and investigators to sleuth out solutions to some catastrophic environmental events around the world. Host Edward Norton shines the spotlight on both fresh and salt water concerns, while inspiring us all to learn more and take action.
11:00 p.m.
Save Our Land, Save Our Town
Pulitzer-winner Tom Hylton explores concerns about, solutions for overdevelopment.
Thursday, April 24
7:30 p.m.
Your Money & Business: Chesapeake Bay Week: Biofuel
Steven Hutcheson, Ph.D., of Zymetis discusses biofuel.
8:00 p.m.
MotorWeek 2008 Chesapeake Bay Week Special
Road tests: Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell car; hybrid car roundup. Pat Goss shows how to properly recycle automotive fluids. Get a look at BioTown USA and the "greenest & meanest" cars for 2008.
8:30 p.m.
Between Heaven & Earth: Plight of the Chesapeake Bay Watermen
Chronicles the battle and peacemaking between Tangier Island watermen and environmentalists.
9:00 p.m.
Weary Shoreline: The Chesapeake's Death By A Thousand Cuts
MPT explores how failure to enforce one of the state's most important environmental laws is contributing to the decline of the Chesapeake Bay's health.
Friday, April 25
11:30 a.m.
Bob the Vid Tech: Water, Water Everywhere
Come along on Bob the Vid Tech's "fantastic voyage" as he traces water from his own home, through a water reclamation facility, past a wetland and finally out to the Chesapeake Bay.
9:00 p.m.
On The Trail Of Captain John Smith: Rediscovering Chesapeake Bay
Re-creates Captain John Smith's expedition and sees the differences 400 years make.
10 p.m.
Independent Lens: Muskrat Lovely
Follows a close-knit Chesapeake Bay community and the events of the 50th crowning of Miss Outdoors at annual National Outdoor Show.
11:00 p.m.
EcoViews: The Chesapeake Bay
American University graduate students' short films about Chesapeake Bay; Prof. Chris Palmer hosts.
11:30 p.m.
Outdoors Maryland: Chesapeake Crossroads
Story of Chesapeake told through crabbers, oystermen and pound-net fishermen whose way of life is diminishing.
Saturday, April 26
4:30 p.m.
Iron John Cruising
Takes to the bay by boat in a tongue-in-cheek tour of some of the more interesting history and port-of-calls the bay has to offer.
Sunday, April 27
6:00 p.m.
Chesapeake Bay Week Volunteer-a-thon
Live telethon to gather volunteers to help organizations dedicated to helping to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Makes it easy to do your part to help the bay. Tom Chapin performs his "Chesapeake Bay Song."
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