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Mountain Lake PBS in northern New York says it will not go dark in the wake of federal cutbacks.

The new concert documentary, “The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience” showcases a 28-piece hip-hop orchestra led by JooWan Kim, a Korean-born composer blending the worlds of hip-hop and classical masters like Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach. “The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience” will premiere on PBS All Arts tomorrow, March 19. It is directed by Josh Nesmith and he joins us along with aforementioned composer JooWan Kim.

In an acclaimed career spanning over half a century, husband and wife Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme represented the very best in popular music, starting with youthful pop hits in the 1950s and 1960s and followed by their Grammy® and Emmy®-winning triumphs focusing on the Great American Songbook.Their son, Emmy nominated composer David Lawrence hosts "Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme: Memories of My Mom & Dad," an all-new My Music special to premiere Saturday evening, December 2 on PBS, with encore broadcasts to follow.We are joined by Executive Producer and Director T.J. Lubinsky.

"The U.S. and the Holocaust" – a new documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein - is a three-part, six-hour PBS series that examines America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century.

We Remember: Songs of Survivors is a one-hour special celebrating the lives of Holocaust survivors through storytelling and music. The PBS documentary will premiere the week of Holocaust Remembrance Day, on Tuesday, April 26, at 8:00 PM on PBS.We Remember: Songs of Survivors follows four talented singer- songwriters in New York’s Hudson Valley tasked with creating original songs about the experiences of local Holocaust survivors. We’ll get a preview.The film documents the relationships that develop and the songwriting process over many months, culminating in an emotional live concert where the survivors and songwriters are celebrated by friends, family and the community. We welcome the film’s Co-Producers Tim Miller and Ilene Cutler, along with Film subject and Holocaust survivor Tibor Spitz, and singer/songwriter Elizabeth Clark.

There is a new exhibit at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown - Believe in Yourself: What We Learned from Arthur - an inside look at Marc Brown’s artwork and stories.

Beginning tomorrow, PBS will premiere the first of a four-part series, co-hosted by Steven Johnson titled Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer.…

Jim Lehrer, the co-founder of "NewsHour" on PBS, a journalism giant and frequent presidential debate moderator, has died at age 85. The network announced…

The Greenwich Free Library and community co-sponsors will be having a special film screening of the PBS documentary "American Creed" in which former US…