June 2021 Membership Drive

Follow the six-decade journey of the extraordinary performer as her sublime voice transforms the tragedies and troubles of her life into joy. Interviews include Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson and Fitzgerald’s son, Ray Brown, Jr.
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An all-star concert celebration is a once-in-a-lifetime music event recorded at Chicago’s famous Auditorium. The historic night brought some of the biggest names in music together to honor the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and American icon. Throughout an unparalleled career spanning more than six decades, Staples’ soulful songs of justice and equality have become a soundtrack for the civil rights movement and inspired countless other artists and activists.
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The story of Baseball is the story of America. It is an epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels, and screwballs. It is a saga spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the transformation of popular culture and the unfolding of the national pastime.
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In Livingston Taylor Live from Sellersville Theater: Songs And Stories, singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor performs a cross-section of songs from his 50-year career. Taped at Pennsylvania’s historic, 300-seat Sellersville Theater, the musician brings to life songs and stories from his early days, popular staples and recent recordings.
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A WTVP production written and produced by Will and Luz Schick, Boxcar People tells the story of Mexican workers recruited in the early 1900s to work the railroads in Galesburg, Illinois. At a time when their own country was torn by a bloody civil war, American industry came to Mexico looking for workers to replace the men gone off to fight in WWI. To a culture centered on family, the railroads were particularly attractive to Mexicans displaced by chaos and war. The rail companies provided not just a job, but a place to raise a family. Each worker was offered home in the form of a boxcar.
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Join one of the best-loved recording artists of the 20th century at a concert filmed in 1986 in the UK. The concert showcases Denver’s fine voice and easygoing manner on fan favorites including Sunshine On My Shoulders and Rocky Mountain High.
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Relive the Swinging Sixties with the iconic UK rock and pop music TV series. Ready, Steady, Go! featured the biggest acts of the decade, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Lulu, Otis Redding, The Who, Dusty Springfield, Marvin Gaye and more.
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Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim ... Why has the Broadway musical proven to be such fertile territory for Jewish artists of all kinds? The documentary combines interviews with performance footage, including many of the rousing anthems and timeless ballads America has loved for more than a century.
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