Owings Mills, MD—Ladies and gentleman, get your duct tape ready, and be sure to tune into Maryland Public Television on March 12 at 8p.m. for the MPT premiere of the feature film Red Green’s Duct Tape Forever, or as Red calls it, “a celebration of duct tape as the greatest invention since the insanity plea.” We’ll unveil some major announcements, including how you can score tickets for an exclusive MPT event featuring the one and only Red Green, live in Baltimore, MD.


Release Date: March 11, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD— Public Television viewers will have a new reason to tune in beginning in April as Maryland Public Television (MPT) today announced it begins distribution of the informative “issues and answers” talk show series Inside E Street on PBS stations across the nation.


Release Date: March 05, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD—Join Maryland Public Television, V-me and the Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for the annual "Latinas in Business" luncheon, March 24, at the Gaithersburg Hilton as award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa leads a panel discussion with Latina business leaders in the Greater Washington area.


Release Date: March 05, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD—Tune in to Maryland Public Television (MPT) on March 3 at 7:30 p.m. for a special presentation as Rhea Feikin announces the winners of the second annual 2010 Baker Artist Awards competition live from the MPT studios.


Release Date: February 25, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD—Maryland Public Television (MPT) has recently added the chance for one lucky winner and an accompanying guest to experience an exclusive insider’s only eight (8) day guided tour of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks generously donated by Tauck World Discovery. The winner will be announced May 27, 2010 during a special drawing one month before the Grand Prize drawing on June 26, 2010.


Release Date: February 23, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD—Join Maryland Public Television’s own Rhea Feikin, February 23 at 6 p.m. as MPT and Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Museum preview excerpts from the new PBS American Experience documentary on the life of Dolley Madison, followed by a conversation about the creation of the bio-pic with filmmakers Muffie Meyer and Ronald Blumer.


Release Date: February 18, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD— Join Maryland Public Television (MPT) February 22 and 23 at 9-11 p.m. as we pay tribute to the brave African Americans who serve our country's military by taking a look back at the long history of sacrifices and accomplishments of America's black patriots.


Release Date: February 16, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD— Students from Albert Einstein High School in Kensington, Maryland, are traveling to the nation’s capital this week to participate in a Civil Rights Movement educational program that includes an afternoon event at the White House on Wednesday, February 9. In conjunction with the PBS music special In Performance at the White House “A Celebration of the Civil Rights Movement,” First Lady Michelle Obama will host “Music that Inspired the Movement,” a workshop for 120 high school students from around the country that will examine the music from the Civil Rights Movement and its continuing relevance in American culture.


Release Date: February 09, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD-This week Emmy® Award-winning host, executive producer and creator of MotorWeek, John Davis, joins Your Money & Business host Jeff Salkin as they discuss how the recall of an estimated 8.1 million Toyota vehicles due to gas-pedal related issues will impact consumers as well as the company and auto industry as a whole.


Release Date: February 05, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD-Maryland Public Television (MPT) in conjunction with Selfridge Custom Home Builders is proud to offer community members across the region the chance to win a brand-new Solar/Green carbon-neutral custom home valued at nearly $2 million.


Release Date: January 22, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD-Due to the enthusiastic response from students, parents and educators across the state to MPT’s You Can Afford College segment, additional airdates of YCAC have been added to ensure that Maryland families across the region have the opportunity to utilize the many resources available to help students of all ages afford a college education.


Release Date: January 08, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD— Need help paying for college? Lost in a flurry of financial aid forms? Don’t fret: help is on the way from Maryland Public Television (MPT) with the highly anticipated and updated annual program You Can Afford College, airing Saturday, January 9, at 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on MPTHD.


Release Date: January 04, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD—With a shared mission of promoting, supporting and encouraging Maryland's thriving arts community, the MPT Foundation, Inc., of Maryland Public Television (MPT) and Frederick-based Weinberg Center for the Arts have entered into a media partnership. The joint venture cements a long-standing relationship between the two nonprofit organizations that emphasizes shared values and cross-promotion.


Release Date: January 04, 2010 full story

Owings Mills, MD-New Year's Day will take on a very literal meaning this year for MPT2, Maryland Public Television's second channel—at least as far as the programming is concerned. Beginning January 1, MPT will launch a brand-new schedule that will consistently feature blocks of programming that showcase the best in the arts, independent journalism, film, music and public affairs reporting.


Release Date: December 22, 2009 full story

Owings Mills, MD—Join Maryland Public Television for an all-new episode of Impressions Of as host Rhea Feikin sits down for a revealing and informative conversation with author and scholar Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Dr. Hrabowski is renowned for his research and publications, which focus on science and math education with emphasis on minority participation and performance. The interview airs at 8pm, Dec. 9 on MPTHD and Dec.10 on MPT2.


Release Date: December 08, 2009 full story

OWINGS MILLS, MD—The American Flag Foundation, Inc., will host a fund-raising event to honor legendary documentarian Ken Burns in recognition of nearly 30 years of highly informative and profoundly moving filmmaking that have revealed the character of our country and what it means to be an American. The American Flag Foundation's Annual Patriotism Award honors a citizen who exemplifies patriotism, respect for the flag, and the ideals of our founding fathers.


Release Date: December 04, 2009 full story

Owings Mills, MD— On Monday, December 7, 2009, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer will relaunch as the PBS NewsHour, signaling its pivotal role among the news and public affairs content provided on public media. Jim Lehrer is leading the NewsHour transformation in fulfilling the need for high-quality fact-based electronic journalism -- whenever, wherever and however audiences choose to look for it.


Release Date: December 03, 2009 full story

Owings Mills, MD-Maryland Public Television (MPT) today announced it begins syndication in 2010 of AARP's original lifestyle and public affairs programs, My Generation and Inside E Street. The Emmy Award-winning team at AARP produces these 26-week series specifically geared for the 50+ audience.


Release Date: November 18, 2009 full story

Owings Mills, MD--Are you a fan of Maryland Public Television (MPT)? Would you like to tell MPT about what matters where you live?


Release Date: November 12, 2009 full story

Owings Mills, MD-Maryland Public Television (MPT) showcases the first installment of its latest full-length documentary series, Our Town, with the premiere of Our Town: Chestertown on December 12 at 7pm on MPTHD.


Release Date: November 10, 2009 full story

Owings Mills, MD-Tune in to Maryland Public Television (MPT) on November 3, 10 and 17 at 8pm for a forensic journey that explores the rise and fall of some of mankind's earliest known relatives in a comprehensive three-part, three-hour special investigating groundbreaking new discoveries that are transforming the picture of mankind's evolution.


Release Date: November 03, 2009 full story

Owings Mills, MD - Join Maryland Public Television (MPT) on November 24 at 8pm for a special encore presentation of this revealing documentary that chronicles the lives and struggles of foster children in the state of Maryland.


Release Date: October 29, 2009 full story

Owings Mills, MD— During the month of October MPT and its partners will pay tribute to the life and times of one of America’s most fascinating and prolific authors—Baltimore’s own Edgar Allan Poe—with a series of public events that will provide an intimate look inside the mind of one of the most misunderstood and influential literary figures of the last two centuries.


Release Date: October 01, 2009 full story

Owings Mills, MD-Filmmaker Adriana Bosch will join MPT for a free preview screening of Latin Music USA followed by an audience Q&A and reception at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, MD, on September 27 at 5:30pm.


Release Date: September 25, 2009 full story

Owings Mills, MD—Following a summer of heated sound-bites from Capitol Hill and across the country, Maryland Public Television’s (MPT) State Circle will devote a special edition of the program this week to take a look at the real issues surrounding the current health-care reform debate and what those proposals mean for Marylanders.


Release Date: September 23, 2009 full story

Owings Mills, MD—Maryland Public Television (MPT) and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will present free, one-hour preview screenings of Ken Burns's newest documentary film, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, at several Maryland state park locations beginning Monday, September 14 through Wednesday, September 23.


Release Date: September 11, 2009 full story

MPT spotlights Baltimore City’s hotly contested Red Line Friday, August 14 at 7:30 p.m. on State Circle, as two Canton residents with opposing viewpoints speak out on the issue.


Release Date: August 14, 2009 full story

The founder and artistic director of the nation’s premiere African American orchestra will host a free screening of MPT's Song in a Strange Land at Baltimore’s Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History Thursday, July 30 at 5 p.m.


Release Date: July 28, 2009 full story

As the nation prepares to celebrate the 40th anniversary (July 20, 1969) of the first manned moon landing, former NASA astronaut Alan Bean joins MPT for State Circle, Friday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m.


Release Date: July 16, 2009 full story

MPT's original documentary On the Trail of Captain John Smith: Rediscovering the Chesapeake Bay, was recently awarded a prestigious 2008 CINE Golden Eagle Award in the organization’s history category.


Release Date: July 15, 2009 full story