WQED Multimedia: OnQ Schedule

Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 7:30pm
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Carnegie: Civil War Post - The Captain Thomas Espy Post was a meeting place for Civil War union soldiers that sat untouched for more than 50-years. This time capsule and American treasure tucked away on the top floor of the Carnegie Library and Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania has been painstakingly restored and now re-opened. OnQ's Tonia Caruso shows us the before and the after and learns about the historic significance of this amazing room.

Slave To Soldier - This exhibit at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in Oakland chronicles the epic struggle of enslaved Africans who fought for their freedom in the Civil War. OnQ's Chris Moore reports.

Drake Well Museum - OnQ visits the Drake Well Museum, where in 1859 Edwin L. Drake drilled the oil well that launched the modern petroleum industry. Viewers get a tour of this fascinating exhibition.

Friday, March 19, 2010 at 7:30pm
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Kids & Creativity - There's a new movement in Pittsburgh (a.k.a. "Kidsburgh") as today's tech pioneers find new ways to engage kids using the latest digital technology. It's a new spin on an old tradition; in the 1950s Fred Rogers used the newest technology to engage and educate children. Today the Kids & Creativity initiative hopes to follow in Fred's footsteps with robotics, smart phones, biomedical mystery solving, video, digital music composition and more.

Fred Forward Conference Preview - Experts across the country travel to Pittsburgh and to the Fred Rogers Center in Latrobe, Pennsylvania to brainstorm how to best serve children with all the new, high-tech learning devices. Just as Mr. Rogers used television as a high-tech learning tool 50 years ago, the Fred Forward Conference will implement best practices for innovation and education today.

Fred Forward Conference Discussion - The 2010 Fred Forward Conference brings national education and technology leaders together to focus on a theme - "Creative Curiosity, New Media, and Learning." OnQ's Michael Bartley discusses Pittsburgh's approach to using emerging technology in the classroom with guests Maxwell King,
Co-Director of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media and Audrey Russo, President & CEO of Pittsburgh Technology Council.

Monday, March 22, 2010 at 7:30pm
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Ravi Godse - He's a movie director who never runs out of "patients." That's because Ravi Godse is also a doctor at Shadyside Hospital. The native of India has produced three films in Pittsburgh. His most recent production, "If It Ain't Broke, Break It," opens March 26, 2010 at the Regent Square Theatre. OnQ contributor Dave Crawley has the story of the Remarkable Dr. Ravi.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 7:30pm
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Hat Tricks 4 Humanity - What happens to all those hats when there's a hat trick at Pittsburgh Penguins hockey games? Mike Behme of Boy Scout Troop 830 in Clinton, PA found out they were being thrown in the trash, so he created Hat Tricks 4 Humanity as his Eagle Scout community service project. The hats now go to local and international charities. Sidney Crosby congratulated Mike and gave OnQ a surprise interview for this story.

Mount Washington Clean-up - How do you remove litter and garbage from the dangerously steep slopes of Pittsburgh? By using experienced rock climbers! That's what a neighborhood organization did to beautify the city's most visible hillside: Mount Washington. OnQ follows the climbers to bring you the story.

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Explorers Club of Pittsburgh

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 7:30pm
ONQ SPECIAL EDITION
Quirky Collections - Their collections are fun, far-out and fascinating. OnQ contributor Dave Crawley showcases unusual museums and collectors in Western Pennsylvania, including the Bayernhof Museum in Pittsburgh's O'Hara Township suburb, the Simpler Times Museum and Hammer Museum in Forest County, Tyred Wheels Museum, Nifty Fifties Diner and the "Earing Lady" in Venango County.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 7:30pm
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Hand Transplant - After an explosive blew up in U.S. Marine and Iraq War Veteran Josh Maloney's hand, he went on living without a right hand. That was until a human donor offered a new hand and Pittsburgh doctors successfully transplanted it. OnQ's Michael Bartley talks with Maloney of Brentwood, Pennsylvania about the extraordinary transplant surgery and how it's brought normalcy to his life.

The Gift of Life - OnQ has the story of a Pittsburgh woman in desperate need of a kidney transplant, and her friend who stepped up to help. Tonia Caruso goes inside the operating room as she reports on the importance of living donors.

Friday, March 26, 2010 at 7:30pm
OffQ - Every Friday night, LIVE at 7:30 p.m., OnQ... is OffQ! It’s a spirited review of the week’s hottest topics and controversial headlines. Host Chris Moore is joined by regular panelists John McIntire, Heather Heidelbaugh, Valerie McDonald Roberts and Bill Green.

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