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Elevating The Everyday (#306) Duration: 25:29 CC Stereo TVG

* Furniture maker Garry Knox Bennett - Bennett crafts outlandish and often humorous furniture designs. For more than thirty years, he has pushed the boundaries of furniture with his unconventional tables, desks, chairs, and lamps. Rebelling against the purists of the woodworking field, Garry was one of the first furniture makers to use formica, plastic and aluminum in his pieces. Spark visits Bennett's Oakland workshop to watch him produce the last in a series of 50 chairs for an upcoming exhibit.
* Ceramic Artist Richard Shaw - the internationally recognized ceramic artist is known for his pioneering technical virtuosity and his witty investigation of everyday objects. Spark joins him as he finishes teaching a semester at UC Berkeley and begins to work feverishly on a new set of work destined for unveiling at the Braunstein/Quay Gallery in San Francisco.
* Mosaic artist Laurel True - True transforms the humblest of surfaces with her brilliantly colored designs. She has been creating mosaics for twelve years, and her works can now be found on buildings and installations throughout the US. Among her 50 architectural projects she counts commission for major corporations and municipalities, as well as community art projects that include residents and school children in design and execution. Spark follows her process as Laurel transforms one small corner of her West Oakland neighborhood.

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KQED 9HD
Sat, Nov 21, 2009 -- 5:30 am


Percussion (#310) Duration: 25:18 CC Stereo TVG

Spark gets into the rhythm as it follows the beat of a different drum.
* Taiko master Seiichi Tanaka trains his pupils in the ancient form of Japanese drumming at the San Francisco Taiko Dojo.
* Then, meet Zakir Hussain, who brings the Indian art of tabla drumming to western audiences by maintaining a balance of classical music and traditional Indian percussion.
* And beatbox artist Kid Beyond pushes the limits of rhythm music by creating rich soundscapes using his mouth as his only instrument.

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KQED 9HD
Wed, Nov 25, 2009 -- 7:30 pm email reminder
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Seyed Alavi and Alonzo King (#511H) Duration: 28:22 CC Stereo TVG

* Follow conceptual artist Seyed Alavi as he installs a temporary piece at San Francisco's Exploratorium.
* Travel with Alonzo King to New York City as he mounts new ballets with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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KQED 9HD
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KQED Life
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Shailja Patel, and Ronn Guidi (#501H) Duration: 28:15 CC Stereo TVG

* Meet the Lawrence Ferlinghetti you didn't know - you might already know him as a poet, but did you also know that he's a painter, too?
* Then visit Kenyan-born Indian American Shailja Patel as she performs her spoken word piece about migration and personal history.
* See how Oakland Ballet artistic director Ronn Guidi comes out of retirement to save the dance company he loves.
* And finally see how Rene Garcia Jr.'s glitter portraits shine.

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KQED 9HD
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