"Soda Mountain Wilderness" submitted by SOPTV viewer Cora Aquino Yockers |
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Hi everyone, I hope you all are enjoying your summers! Here at the station, our summer means a whole batch of new content, much of it dealing with the true final frontier: SPACE! Our space-themed programming not only looks at the magnificence of the entire universe, but it also celebrates some of the greatest human achievements in history. I hope you are all as interested and entertained as I plan on being.
In other news, our members recently received their first copies of the SOPTV SPOTLIGHT. I hope you enjoy the magazine, and I would love to hear your feedback. Please, don't hesitate to contact me at 541-200-2866 or at hlanier@soptv.org.
Until next month!
Heidi Lanier Director of Marketing & Communications SOPTV |
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SOPTV and the SUMMER OF SPACE! |
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SOPTV and PBS stations around the country are using July to celebrate all things space! As we celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the Moon landing, learn more about the behind-the scenes that got us there, as well as where we are today. Some of SOPTV's Summer of Space Programs: - Nova: Black Hole Universe
- Wednesday, July 3 at 9 p.m.
- American Experience: Chasing the Moon
- July 8-10 at 9 p.m., with encores Tuesdays, July 16, 23, & 30 at 8 p.m.
- Nova: The Planets (Five Part Series)
- July 24 at 9 & 10 p.m., July 31 at 9 p.m., Aug. 7 at 9 p.m., Aug. 14 at 9 p.m.
- 8 Days: To the Moon and Back
- Wednesday, July 17 at 9 p.m.
Click the button below for the full Summer of Space line up!
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Streaming This Month on Passport |
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SOPTV Passport is an online streaming service benefit available to SOPTV members. For more information on passport, go to www.soptv.org/passport. Programs are also available on a limited basis for the general public. |
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On the edge of the untamed Virginian wilderness, sits the English colony.
| Conversations with global leaders and decision makers on the issues affecting the world today |
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| The longest-running music series in American television history.
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Questions? Email clericalassistant@soptv.org. |
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American Experience: Chasing the Moon |
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Three-part documentary premieres July 8-10 at 9 p.m.
Encore airing Tuedays, July 16, 23 & 30 at 8 p.m. |
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Years in the making, CHASING THE MOON thoroughly reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional mythology surrounding the effort. The series recasts the Space Age as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation and PR savvy, political calculation and media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama.
With no narration and using only archival footage — including a visual feast of previously lost or overlooked material culled from more than 90 different archives from around the world — the series features new interviews with a diverse cast of characters who played key roles in these historic events. Among those included are astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Frank Borman and Bill Anders; the renowned futurist Freeman Dyson; Sergei Khrushchev, the son of former Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, who played a prominent role in the Soviet space program as a rocket engineer; Poppy Northcutt, the 25-year-old “mathematics whiz” who gained worldwide attention as the first woman to serve in the all-male bastion of NASA’s Mission Control; and Ed Dwight, the Air Force pilot selected by the Kennedy administration to train as America’s first black astronaut. While other documentaries have largely painted a familiar narrative of goals set, obstacles overcome, disasters averted and missions accomplished, CHASING THE MOON tells a vastly more entertaining and surprising story. As the film reveals, the drive to land a man on the moon was fueled as much by politics as it was by technology and was a controversial undertaking during a volatile era. |
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Doobie Brothers Live at the Beacon Theatre |
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Airs Saturday, June 8 at 10 p.m. & Monday, June 10 at 11:30 p.m. |
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The Doobie Brothers have been delivering mind-blowing, roots-based, harmony-laden, guitar-driven rock and roll for over four decades, selling more than 48 million albums and winning four Grammy Awards. In November 2018, they returned to the Beacon Theatre in New York City for the first time in 25 years to perform two of their landmark albums, Toulouse Street and The Captain and Me. These historic concerts are showcased on SOPTV and provide an opportunity for Doobie fans to hear deep cuts and songs never before performed live by the band. |
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Airs Monday, July 22 at 10 p.m. |
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Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people. Away from the podium, she must navigate bureaucracy, fame and people's good intentions.
Official Selection, 2018 Sundance Film Festival, 2018 SXSW Film Festival. Shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature for the 91st Academy Awards.
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Grantchester Season 4 Premiere! |
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Premieres Sunday, July 14 at 9 p.m. |
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It’s 1956 in Grantchester, and the post-war rulebook is being torn up – it’s the birth of the teenager, the era of Elvis. There’s change at the vicarage, too.
There’s a new Vicar of Grantchester: firebrand Will Davenport. Idealistic and energetic, Will is a man of the people. He rides into the village on a motorbike, listens to rock ‘n roll and encourages the congregation to call him by his first name – all of which leaves Mrs. C. appalled.
Throughout all of this upheaval, one constant remains: there is injustice in this world, and whether it’s Sidney, Will, or even Leonard, Geordie knows that sometimes a vicar can be a detective’s best friend.
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Get involved with our SUMMER OF LEARNING! |
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This July, help families and educators support literacy skills. Learn how to interact with informational text, a foundational aspect of literacy education, in the newest PBS KIDS series, Molly of Denali. Explore how books, field guides, historical archives, maps, charts, posters, and more enhance each of Molly's everyday adventures.
Premieres July 15! |
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SOPTV has a new Education Facebook Page, full of resources for teachers and parents! |
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