Highlights • May 25 – 31
Minnesota Experience Armed With Language Minnesota was home to a little-known military
American Experience Seabiscuit
Though he didn’t look the part, Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorses in history. In the 1930s, when Americans longed to escape the grim realities of Depression-era life, four men turned
intelligence school during WWII that trained Japanese Americans to be translators. These translators were primarily recruited from concentration camps on the West Coast. For their efforts it is said that they “shortened the Pacific War by two years and saved possibly a million American lives.” Twin Cities PBS Productions.
Seabiscuit into a national hero. TPT 2 • Tuesday, May 26 • 8 pm
TPT 2 • Monday, May 25 • 10:30 pm TPT LIFE • Thursday, May 28 • 8 pm
Finding Your Roots Dreamers One And All
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of actor Sharon Stone and model Chrissy Teigen, traveling across Europe and Thailand to reveal they aren’t the first in their
families who dared to dream big. TPT 2 • Thursday, May 26 • 7 pm
Secrets Of The Dead China’s Bronze Kingdom
The chance discovery of a jade artifact has led to the unearthing of an ancient city hidden in the mountains of Sichuan. With more than 10,000 items found so far, is this the capital of the ancient Shu kingdom? TPT 2 • Wednesday, May 27 • 9 pm
This Is Minnesota Orchestra Erich Rieppel Plays Andy Akiho
Nature Attenborough And The Jurassic Sea Monster Follow Sir David Attenborough and a team of forensic experts as they unearth the fossil of a giant Pliosaur, the
Principal Timpani Erich Rieppel performs the Minnesota Orchestra premiere of Andy Akiho’s “Timpani Concerto.” Domingo Hindoyan conducts this vivid and exciting program, also with Hailstork’s “An American Port of Call” and Franck’s “Symphony in D Minor.” TPT 2 • Friday, May 29 • 8 pm
largest Jurassic predator ever known. TPT 2 • Wednesday, May 27 • 7 pm
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