One of my favorite books growing up was “Little Women”.  I’m sure I’m not alone in that regard.  However I was fortunate enough to spend a few years living in New England, which meant I was able to visit the house and town that was familiar to my favorite character “Jo”.  I specifically remember one [...]

I define the Underground Railroad as a beginning of new life.  We hear names, like Harriet Tubman or William Still, and immediately associate the Underground Railroad.  But that may be all we remember about them.  On Monday night, February 6,  WOSU TV will present an in-depth profile on William Still.   An African-American man, who [...]

“Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook” is back for a second season with three new episodes. Feinstein continues on his quest to celebrate and preserve classic 20th century popular song. “I don’t know if it’s some sort of karmic thing that I am supposed to be given all of these recordings and pieces of music to preserve,” [...]

My family spent just about every summer vacation in Michigan’s upper peninsula.  I remember one summer in particular collecting pieces of rocks covered in fossils.  I thought I’d discovered something really special and kept those rocks for years.  I think there are some wonders of childhood that stay with us.  I would dare to say [...]

Sunday afternoon is “theme day” on WOSU TV and we, of course,  air programs that fit the selected theme of the day.   Most of the time I take a look at the calendar to help determine what the theme of the day should be.  For example, it might be Grammy awards time so an afternoon [...]

Tony Bennett has once again worked his magic and brought together some of music’s most talented performers to give us a new version of Duets.  The new Duets II teams Bennett with a diverse roster of contemporary stars, including Queen Latifah, Aretha Franklin, Lady Gaga, Sheryl Crow, Andrea Bocelli and Michael Buble, performing more great [...]

When I first glanced at the subject of Monday’s “American Masters” program, I didn’t have a clue about the person they were profiling.  A little research revealed the subject was a successful singer-songwriter during  the 1960′s.  I was a bit younger in those days, if the song didn’t come from a Disney movie it wasn’t [...]

Did you know that every year thousands of dancers come here to Columbus, to compete in the world’s biggest ballroom dancing competition?   The event is called the Ohio Star Ball Championships and this year it takes place in November at the Convention Center.  For several years PBS would package the week long event into a [...]

There is such a wide variety of programs to choose from, personally I don’t know what I would do without my DVR.  Honestly, given the price of cable TV with DVR these days I have contemplated dropping the DVR, but then I would have missed either “Hawaii Five-O” or “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” [...]