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Virginia Home Grown: Hellebores, Alleyway Oasis, Tree Peony

Amy finds out about how to grow and care for Hellebores. Peggy visits an alleyway transformed into a garden oasis complete with flowers, fruit trees and vegetables. Peggy also explains the difference between herbs and spices and gives advice on how to grow an herb garden. The Tree Peony is the Plant of the Month, presented by Grace Chapman of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
Virginia Currents: Harry Stilson; Wounded Wheels; Virginia Aquarium

Go behind the lens of Harry Stilson, a Richmond streetcar operator and photographer who captured thousands of famous and not so famous landmarks and people around Richmond in the first half of the 1900's. See how Wounded Wheels restores and modifies classic sport cars for disabled war veterans. The VA Aquarium & Marine Science Center gives us a behind the scenes look at what it takes to keep its thousands of residents healthy and happy. Get a glimpse of some transportation museums across the state. Enjoy inspiring music from VA Beach ecording artists Rooted Deep.
Tune in April 30th for Virginia Home Grown

Amy finds out about how to grow and care for Hellebores. Peggy visits an alleyway transformed into a garden oasis complete with flowers, fruit trees and vegetables. Peggy also explains the difference between herbs and spices and gives advice on how to grow an herb garden. Join us April 30 at 8:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS / WHTJ PBS.
Virginia Currents: Christian Youth Theater; The Muse Writers Center; Stuart Blackwell

Find out what makes Christian Youth Theater so unique and how parental involvement helps step up the caliber of these Broadway classic productions. Also, find out how The Muse Writers Center helps the inner author shine. Meet the longest running employee at Virginia's State Capitol. Find out what keeps Stuart Blackwell on the job for half a century. Get some tips on which hiking trails offer some of the most breathtaking views of Virginia's mountains. Check out the sweet sounds of Lynchburg's band, Mercutio.

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The Ghost Army: One of the Strangest Stories of WWII

War, deception and art come together in this astonishing true story of American G.I.s who tricked the enemy with rubber tanks, sound effects and carefully crafted illusions during WWII. This remarkable tale of a top-secret mission that was at once absurd, deadly and amazingly effective is told through the stories of the veterans, many of whom — like Bill Blass and Ellsworth Kelly — would go on to have illustrious careers in art, design and fashion.

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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Laugh along as comedy giant Mel Brooks shares stories about his personal life and career. After 60 years in show business, Mel Brooks has earned more major awards than any other living entertainer; he is one of 14 EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winners. Yet, the comedy giant has energetically avoided a documentary profile being made, even issuing an informal gag order on his friends … until now.

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Science Wednesdays: Cavemen Cold Case

A tomb of 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered in El Sidron, a remote, mountainous region of northern Spain, leads to a compelling investigation to solve a double mystery: How did this group of Neanderthals die? And could the fate of this group help explain Neanderthal extinction?

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Science Wednesdays: Decoding Neanderthals

What happened when the first modern humans encountered Neanderthals 60,000 years ago? In 2010, a team led by geneticist Svante Paabo announced that they had reconstructed much of the Neanderthal genome and the analysis showed that modern humans and Neanderthals had interbred, leaving a small signature of Neanderthal genes in everyone outside Africa today.

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Flying Squirrels Insider Episode 203

Catcher Andrew Susac visits the FSI in-studio field to talk about how he communicates Flying Squirrels pitching staff. Jon, Jay and Wes discuss the Squirrels’ struggles away from Richmond. Then get an exclusive look at how the Squirrels stay in game-shape during the season.

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Flying Squirrels Insider: Episode 202

Infielder Mark Minicozzi joins Jon on the in-studio field to talk about his journey back to the Giants organization and demo how to “turn two.” Jon, Jay and Wes will discuss the first few weeks of the season. Then get a behind-the scenes glimpse at the FSI Broadcaster Auditions.

Virginia Home Grown

Virginia Home Grown: April 2013

by WCVE PBS/WHTJ PBS

Tue, May 7, 2013

In the first segment, Amy talks with author and landscape designer C. Colston Burrell about how to grow and care for Hellebores. Watch Now

In the second segment, Peggy visits an alleyway transformed by Rick Bridgforth into a garden oasis complete with flowers, fruit trees and vegetables. Watch Now

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10 Buildings That Changed America

Designed by Thomas Jefferson to resemble a Roman temple, the Virginia State Capitol marked the beginning of the American tradition of modeling government buildings on Roman and Greek temples.

Our State Capitol is among the buildings surveyed in 10 Buildings That Changed America, a cross-country journey to ten influential works of American architecture that changed the way we live, work and play, premiering Sunday, May 12 at 10:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS/WHTJ PBS.