
WCVE "Sesame Street" celebrates its 40th birthday November 10 on WCVE PBSand WCVW PBS, the exact day the series debuted on television fourdecades ago! What are your favorite "Sesame Street" memories? Do your children watch now? Who are your favorite characters?

WCVE TV: BILL COSBY: THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE salutes comedian Bill Cosby, the 12th recipient of the annual prize for American humor. The program airs tonight (11/4) at 8 pm on WCVE PBS. Taped at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on October 26, the special features tributes and comic testimonials from a star-studded cast of Cosby’s friends and colleagues.

WCVE RADIO: THANK YOU, THANK YOU! We have just met our goal for the WCVE Public Radio fall membership campaign. We couldn't do it without all of our wonderful members. A big thank you also goes to all the volunteers who have come out to answer phones and lend a helping hand.

WCVE
TV: More and more children are being presribed medication to treat behavioral issues.
As the debate over medicating children continues to grow, FRONTLINE
confronts psychiatrists, researchers and big pharma about the risks and
benefits of prescription drugs for troubled children. Tuesday (11/3) at 10 pm on WCVE PBS.

Wendy C Norman Just became an official member of WCVE ... I still watch the kids shows as well as the more "grown up" shows. :) I also enjoy NPR daily. Thanks for all you've put out there for us and sorry it took me so long to become a member. - I also signed up to volunteer when you need me. Have a great November!

WCVE RADIO: Looking for some spooky music today to get you in the Halloween spirit? The works of Edgar Allan Poe will be rapping and tapping at your chamber door today (10/30) from 11am-3pm on Classical Music with Bobbie Barajas as part of the 9th annual Creepy Classics! Only on WCVE Public Radio. Tell us what piece of music gets you in the Halloween mood.

WCVE
TV:
Plants are more than just something to water around your home and
office...people across the centuries used plants for beauty, food and
medicinal purposes. THE BOTANY OF DESIRE explores the human-plant
relationship. Frances McDormand narrates. Tonight (10/28) at 8 on WCVE
PBS and WCVE HD.

WCVE TV: Plants are more than just something to water around your home and office...people across the centuries used plants for beauty, food and medicinal purposes. THE BOTANY OF DESIRE explores the human-plant relationship. Frances McDormand narrates. Tonight (10/28) at 8 on WCVE PBS and WCVE HD.

WCVE TV: Can you believe it has been 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell? THE FALL OF THE WALL, is a three-part history of the Berlin Wall, from its construction in 1961 to its fall in 1989. Part 1 focuses on Cold War tensions that led to the wall being built. Produced in cooperation with the German news broadcaster Deutsche Welle and the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Tonight (10/26) at 8 pm on MHz Worldview.

WCVE RADIO: Be sure to listen to WCVE Public Radio tonight (10/22) between 7 - 9 for the live Richmond House of Delegates Forum.

WCVE RADIO: Be listening to WCVE Public Radio for the season's first OPERA TALK with Bobbie Barajas and Glenn Winters, Community Outreach Musical Director for Virginia Opera. This two-hour special program will focus on Puccini's much beloved "La Boheme". Wednesday (10/21) from 1 - 3 pm on WCVE Public Radio.

WCVE Be listening to WCVE Public Radio tonight (10/19) at 9pm for broadcast of the Richmond Symphony's inaugural concert in the Carpenter Theater at Richmond CenterStage. Conductor candidate Alastair Willis leads the Richmond Symphony and Chorus in St. Saens' Danse Bacchanale, Brahms' Variations on a Theme of Haydn and Orff's Carmina Burana.

Liz Thanks for giving away mugs at the Richmond Folk Festival that were made in the USA. I thought such a thing didn't exist anymore!

WCVE RADIO: On this week's special local-infused WORLD MUSIC SHOW, join Ian Stewart as he highlights local musicians and bands such as Bio Ritmo and the Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra. His special guest, Dr. Andrew McGraw, Assistant Professor of Music and Ethnomusicology, talks about Gameland music, which has nothing to do with video games. Saturday (10/17) at 1 pm on WCVE Public Radio.



















