This Week on EXTRA
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March 11, 2010 @ 8:30 p.m.
HOMECOMING CELEBRATION: Thousands turn out for a parade and celebration to welcome home the region's athletes returning from the Winter Games in Vancouver including Vermontville's Billy Demong who talks to us about winning a gold medal and making U-S Olympic history.
- Watch the video: Bill Demong Bares Soul, Tattoo
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This Week's 'Spotlight': Paul Larson shines the "Spotlight" on
Hudson River photography. Photographer Croswell Bowen of upstate New
York captured the people, architecture, and way of life along the
Hudson River in pictures during the 1940s. Now his daughter Lucey Bowen
replicates his journeys, taking photos in the very same places her
father stood 70 years ago. SECRETS OF THE NORTHERN FOREST: We welcome our newest contributor Mark Fraser, a naturalist, who gives us a preview of his new documentary airing next week on Mountain Lake PBS. Secrets of the Northern Forest reveals the many creatures and critters that live in the Adirondack wilderness and forests.
March 4, 2010
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OLYMPIC PRIDE: The Olympic Village welcomes home one of its heroes. Lake Placid holds a parade and celebration for native son Andrew Weibrecht who won the bronze medal in the super G men's downhill at the Winter Games in Vancouver.
OSCAR BUZZ: We'll get picks and predictions on who's taking home the Oscars from our movie critic Rick Kisonak.
CLASS PROJECT: We'll talk to some up and coming filmmakers behind a first-of-its-kind movie project based on a book by Adirondack novelist Russell Banks.
What is Mountain Lake Journal EXTRA?
Mountain Lake Journal EXTRA is the new half-hour program with stories about local and national business issues and our region's rich cultural offerings. The program follows Mountain Lake Journal, our award-winning regional news, public affairs and business program every Thursday at 8:30 p.m., with rebroadcasts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
With EXTRA you get:
- The latest on lifestyles, parenting, health, cultural events and the arts in the Adirondacks, Champlain Valley and Quebec with Mountain Lake PBS producers and hosts.
More About EXTRA
Spotlight will be a monthly segment that illuminates the arts, culture and literature in our viewing region. Award-winning Producer Paul Larson will introduce us to people who brighten our lives with their talent, insight and creativity.
Aubrey Bresett, award-winning producer and host of Rustic Living will contribute regular features called Made In the Adirondacks to showcase specialty craftsmen, artisans and other businesses that create distinctly Adirondack products. Made in the Adirondacks will also highlight success stories of small businesses in Northern New York and Quebec. And through partnerships with regional child advocacy organizations, Aubrey will report on the latest educational initiatives, child healthcare concerns and parental advice with Parents Staying Connected.
Award-winning Producer Derek Muirden will be back on the road again, traveling the Adirondacks, Quebec and Vermont looking for fascinating stories about people, places and things. New segments of his Roadside Adventures will be a regular feature on EXTRA.
Headline issues about health and healthy living will also be explored with stories ranging from technology and disease management to cooking, gardening and exploring the natural history of the region.