Dr. Terry Allen teaches the fundamentals of art while you draw along. In episode 1 of this new series from KVPT, Allen uses a work from Kandinsky to illustrate line and shape. Students then create their own work in a step-by-step process that emphasizes the importance of line, shape and color.
Click to learn more
Monday, May 5, 7:30 pm

Antiques Roadshow Louisville, KY (pt 3 of 3)

A colorful assortment of finds includes a rare Dirk Van Erp lamp and an 1876 portrait Jumeau doll.
Monday, May 5, 8 pm

"George H.W. Bush" examines Bush's service in World War II, and his early career in Texas, to his days in the Oval Office, first as Vice President to Ronald Reagan, then as the leader who presided over the first Gulf War. Drawing upon Bush's personal diaries and interviews with his closest advisors and most prominent critics, the film also explores Bush's role as the patriarch of a political family whose influence is unequaled in modern American life.
Monday, May 5, 9 pm

Art of Gardening

John Pape hosts KVPT’s weekly gardening program.
Tuesday, May 6, 7:30 pm

Nova
The Four Winged Dinosaur

Fossil finds of feathered microraptors are challenging old ideas about the origin of bird flight. NOVA assembles a team of top paleontologists, aeronautical engineers and paleo-artists to reconstruct microraptor and build a sophisticated model for a wind tunnel experiment. The results have surprising implications for long-accepted ideas about how winged flight began.
Tuesday, May 6, 8 pm

Bush's role as leader of the first Gulf War and his final days as President are examined.
Tuesday, May 6, 9 pm

This program captures the journey of legendary master teacher Robert Cazimero and the only all-male hula school in Hawai'i as they prepare to compete at the world's largest hula festival. Beyond deep-rooted stereotypes of "grass-skirt girls," the film tells a story of Hawaiian pride as the men celebrate their 30th anniversary in continuing the revival of men dancing hula.
Tuesday, May 6, 11 pm

Secrets of the Dead
Doping for Gold

"Doping for Gold" digs deep into the secretive Cold War world of East German athletes, examining what drugs were used, how they were distributed and what damage they did to many of the athletes who were forced to take them.
Wednesday, May 7, 8 pm

American Masters
Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On

His standing among the most enduring 20th-century American musical artists is without question, yet his story is rarely told beyond the tragic circumstances of his death. Enormously talented and equally complicated, Gaye created an intimate style - full of honesty, integrity, vulnerability - and, essentially, gave the world his autobiography in lyrics and melody.
Wednesday, May 7, 9 pm

Dean Martin: The One and Only

He was a beloved American icon. Dean Martin - the coolest, the most debonair, the smoothest entertainer of the 1960s and 70s.
Wednesday, May 7, 10 pm

0 to 5 in 30 Minutes!

Learn what’s being done to ensure children have access to medical care. Also, the importance of immunizations; safety around animals; play dates.
Thursday, May 8, 7:30 pm

Road Trip with Huell Howser
Eureka

Join Huell in Eureka where he enjoys natural beauty, a colorful history and lavish Victorian architecture.
Thursday, May 8, 8 pm

A Hot Dog Program

This documentary is an all-American celebration of what may be the country's most popular food. From Fairfield, Connecticut, to Los Angeles, California, the program visits some of the nation's coolest hot dog places, taking viewers inside a giant hot dog-shaped building, stopping at some crazy late-night stands and looking at how hot dogs are made.
Thursday, May 8, 10 pm

Valley Press

Jim Tucker hosts KVPT’s long-running public affairs program
Friday, May 9, 7:30 pm

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy, An American Masters Special

Revisit the life of the first female TV superstar and first solo female head of a major studio.
Friday, May 9, 10:30 pm

Lawrence Welk
Easy Listening

This show opens with the band playing "Sweet and Lovely," and that sets the mood for the following hour. Guest: Clay & Sally Hart
Saturday, May 10, 7 pm

Austin City Limits
Alejanodro Escovedo

Few contemporary artists inspire the degree of rapturous critical praise as Alejandro Escovedo, without the accompanying fame and fortune. Back in form after a near-death battle with Hepatitis C, Escovedo performs songs from The Boxing Mirror.
Saturday, May 10, 12 am

Nature
Superfish

They slice through the water's surface with explosive power, sail, spear and a half ton of muscle flashing in the sun. Dive into secret undersea canyons to observe powerful Marlin, sailfish, spearfish and swordfish.
Sunday, May 10, 7 pm

Nature
Prince of the Alps

This wilderness story centers on a majestic red deer, a leader in her herd, and her young calf.
Sunday, May 10, 8 pm

Masterpiece Classics
Cranford (Pt 2 of 3)

In episode two, as winter approaches, Cranford is beset by sorrows and struggles to re-gain its confidence. When Dr. Harrison's housekeeper discovers a leg of mutton has been stolen on the very same night that store owner Mr. Johnson is mugged, the ladies decide that a crime wave has hit Cranford.
Sunday, May 10, 9 pm