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Tonight at 9:30pm on TV 26 and WETA HD

Peter, Paul and Mary at Newport 1963-65

These never-before-seen performances by Peter, Paul and Mary at Newport ’63-’65 convey the joy, optimism and turbulence of that extraordinary era of change.

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Cyberchase

Three kids and their bird friend must save Cyberspace from the evil villian Hacker using their brain power and math skills.

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Washington Week

Join moderator Robert Costa and award-winning journalists for discussion and analysis of the week's major stories.

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Tonight at 8:30pm on TV 26 and WETA HD

Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Esmonde-White

Former ballerina Miranda Esmonde-White uses science to explain that the fountain of youth is within each of us.

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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Patricia Routledge stars as a 60-something detective armed with little more than her pocketbook and her prodigious common sense.

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Victoria, Season 3

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Bassoonist Sandra Bailey, 18, from Atlanta, GA, performs "I. Allegro con moto" from Sonatine by Alexandre Tansman

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Florence F. Noyes dressed as Liberty in 1913 Women's Suffrage march in Washington, D.C. | Credit: Library of Congress

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Call the Midwife, Season 8

Premieres Sunday, March 31 at 8:00pm on TV 26 and WETA HD

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Ercole sul Termodonte (Hercules on the Thermodon): Act III, Scenes 1-6

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Jeremy Denk's Musical Odyssey Through 7 Centuries Of Music

March 16, 2019

On his new album titled c.1300-c.2000, the pianist begins with a medieval song by Machaut and ends with an étude by Philip Glass.

At 92, The Man Who Wrote The Book On Berlioz Resumes His Case

March 8, 2019

To mark the sesquicentennial of the composer's death — and a new box set of recordings — Berlioz biographer David Cairns celebrates the one-time musical misfit from France.

Dominick Argento, Literature-Loving And Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer, Dead At 91

February 22, 2019

Argento began his career in earnest in the '60s, before rising to international prominence in the '70s for works that often mined the written word for inspiration.

Top Flutist Settles Gender Pay-Gap Suit With Boston Symphony Orchestra

February 21, 2019

Elizabeth Rowe, the symphony's principal flutist, filed suit against the orchestra last July. It was among the first lawsuits regarding gender pay gaps filed under a new Massachusetts law.

How Pianist Kris Bowers Found His Inner Virtuoso For Oscar-Nominated 'Green Book'

February 21, 2019

The 29-year-old pianist and composer who performs all the on-screen music in the Oscar-nominated movie, Green Book, explains how it was done.

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Boundary Stones

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James Barron kills Stephen Decatur in a duel at the Bladensburg Dueling Grounds. Some say Decatur’s D.C. home has been haunted ever since.

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