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August TV Highlights onMember FavoritesTune in August 1–9 and 15–31 for a wide range of programs, includingstunning music and dance programs. Member favorites are chosenand scheduled based on viewer feedback. Let us know what you wouldlike to see! Weigh in at wgbh.org/memberfavorites and checkwgbh.org/schedules to see when your favorites are airing.A Tribute to Julia Child: Bon AppétitWe celebrate our own Julia Child this month as shetakes center stage once again, with Meryl Streepplaying her in the movie Julie & Julia. Enjoy four ofthe best episodes of The French Chef, and rememberwhy Julia was a television personality like no other.Great Performances:Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday ConcertJoining pioneer of protest music Pete Seeger for aonce-in-a-lifetime concert event in celebration ofhis 90th birthday are Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, ArloGuthrie, Joan Baez, Dave Matthews, and many others.Happiness 101 with Tal Ben-ShaharBased on Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar’s Harvard University class, one of theinstitution’s most popular courses of all time, this one-hour programcombines scientific studies, scholarly research, self-help advice andspiritual enlightenment to teach people how to be happy.Leonard Cohen Live in LondonFor more than four decades,Leonard Cohen has beenone of the most importantand influential songwriters inAmerica, relentlessly examiningthe largest issues in humanlives—sex, spirituality, religion,and power.Levon Helm’s Ramble at the RymanLevon Helm takes his well-known “Midnight Rambles”—usuallyhosted at his home studio in Woodstock, NY—on the road to theRyman Auditorium in Nashville.Operatic Heat: Remember MeThis high-energy mix of American dance,opera and rock music combines theathleticism of The Parsons Dance Companywith the exhilarating live vocal performancesof the East Village Opera Company,all wrapped in a classic tragic love story.Motown MemoriesHosted by original Supreme Mary Wilson,this definitive collection includes archival hits and rare interviewsfrom five Motown legends: The Temptations, The Four Tops, SmokeyRobinson & The Miracles, Diana Ross & The Supremes and Marvin Gaye.Want convenient reminders? Sign up for our free @gbh e-newsletter atwgbh.org/newsletters, or call 617-300-3300.Super NovaNova and Nova scienceNow team up for a fascinating evening of backto-backscience, with Super Science Tuesday! At 8pm, Nova exploresthe deadliest plane crash, which killed more than 600 people in 1977.Then, astrophysicist, author, and host Neil deGrasse Tyson (shownwith Mark Siddall) has fun with leeches,checks in on our search for alien life, andends with his unique “Cosmic Perspective”(also available online at wgbh.org/nova/sciencenow/cosmic).Nova: The Deadliest Plane CrashTue, 8/11 at 8pm on 2Nova scienceNowTue, 8/11 at 9pm on 2History MysteryIn this special two-hour presentation from the United Kingdom’sgroundbreaking archaeology series, Time Team retrieves piles ofperfectly preserved 17th-centurypieces and learns why a third ofJamestown colonists died withinmonths of their arrival. In thesecond hour, Britain’s most famousarchaeologists discover the secretsburied beneath Windsor Castleand Buckingham Palace.Time Team Special EditionWed, 8/12 at 8pm on 2Mozart, Mendelssohnand MoreThis summer, the Mostly Mozart Festival marksthe 200th anniversaries of Haydn’s death andMendelssohn’s birth. Maestro Louis Langréeleads the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra andmaster violinist Joshua Bell in Mendelssohn’sstand-alone concert work, “The Hebrides”;Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 in D Major(“London”); and Mozart’s Rondo for Violin andOrchestra in C Major and Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E Major.Live from Lincoln CenterJoshua Bell and the Mostly Mozart Festival OrchestraThu, 8/13 at 8pm on 28 Full schedules: wgbh.org; Go paperless: wgbh.org/paperlessguide