Rick Steves Explores European Festivals!

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December 3 - 9, 2018

A Rick Steves travel special spotlights party time in Europe, exploring how Europe celebrates with gusto. He drops in on the Continent's top 10 festivals. Stops include Pamplona, Venice, Siena, Munich and more; also join European families for their traditional Easter and Christmas celebrations.

Rick Steves: European Festivals airs Tuesday, December 4 at 8pm on TV 26 and WETA HD.

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Sarah Brightman: Hymn

Thrill to the exquisite voice of the world's best-selling soprano in this concert filmed in a magical setting at the foot of the Bavarian Alps. The special features favorites from Brightman's career and songs from her much-anticipated new album.

Sarah Brightman: Hymn airs Thursday, December 6 at 9:30pm on TV 26 and WETA HD.

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Arthur & George Begins on WETA UK

Doc Martin's Martin Clunes stars as famous author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, in a real-life case that inspired the great author to put down his pen and turn detective. The three-part series begins with Doyle asked to clear a man convicted of animal mutilation. In short order, he realizes that there's more to the case than meets the eye.

Arthur & George airs Friday, December 7 at 10pm on WETA UK.

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Now Streaming on WETA Passport

Our newest member benefit allows you to watch your favorite WETA shows whenever and wherever you want. This week, enjoy these programs among many others:

Victoria: Season 2
Catch up on the second season of this popular period drama before Season 3 premieres in January!
Jamestown: Season 2
New episodes of Season 2 stream each Monday!
NOVA: At the Edge of Space
Can scientists unravel the mysterious phenomena that lurk between Earth and space?

WETA Passport is a benefit for members that provides you with extended access to an on-demand library of quality public television programming. Featuring both PBS and select local programming, WETA Passport allows you to watch even more of your favorite shows, including full seasons of many current and past series. Click here to learn more or activate now!

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NSO Showcase Presents Handel's Messiah

The National Symphony Orchestra maintains a December tradition: each year, a new conductor leads the ensemble in Handel's Messiah, offering a personal interpretation of the beloved masterpiece. Last year's performance — recorded in December 2017 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — featured the NSO debut of Baroque specialist Jeannette Sorrell, the renowned founder and music director of Apollo's Fire, one of the country's premier early-music ensembles.

NSO Showcase airs Wednesday, December 5 at 9pm on Classical WETA 90.9 FM.

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Join WETA Kids at EdFest 2018!

Come and join us at EdFEST, D.C.'s annual public school fair on Saturday, December 8 from 11am to 3pm at the D.C. Armory. Meet staff from 200+ DCPS and public charter schools, learn about the school lottery application for 2019-2020, meet children's character Princess Presto from the television show Super Why!, and much more!

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Watch the Latest Episode of Jamestown with WETA Passport!

The new season of Jamestown is now streaming for WETA Passport members! New episodes of Season 2 stream weekly, with new installments arriving every Monday. This week, a challenge from the Pamunkey leads to heartache for the Sharrows and tests Yeardley's ability to defuse the conflict. Elsewhere, Maria's behavior comes under scrutiny by Temperance, while Christopher joins in the town's political games to impress Jocelyn.

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PBS NewsHour: How Technological Innovation Could Amplify Income Inequality

In its new series, "The Future of Work," airing this week, PBS NewsHour explores online and on air how technological advancement is changing the workforce. In the first installment, PBS NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the concept of "creative destruction" and how innovation is poised to affect jobs, income inequality, mental health and more.

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Don't Let Your IRA Benefit Expire!

Planning to make a charitable IRA rollover gift to WETA in 2018? Don't delay! If you are writing the check from your IRA account, the gift must be received and deposited by WETA before the end of the year. To ensure you fulfill the IRA RMD requirements for 2018, send your qualified distribution from your IRA early in December to: WETA, Attn: Debbie Eliason, 3939 Campbell Ave, Arlington, VA 22206.

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Running Down the Ghost Burglar

On the evening of December 5, 1980, Dr. Michael Halberstam and his wife, Elliott, left a cocktail party and decided to make a quick stop at home before catching a movie. Michael parked the car and went inside the couple's Palisades, D.C., home to let out their two dogs. Moments later, the doctor was staring down the barrel of snub-nosed revolver in his own kitchen. The odd chain of events that came next would uncover one of the largest — and strangest — crime operations in Washington-area history.

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Crime scene tape photo by Flickr user anoushdehkordi. Used via Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) license.

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