MPTV Community Cinema, now in its third season, is a monthly (Sept through May) preview of local and national documentaries that will air on Milwaukee Public Television.

The screenings are followed by an open audience discussion with one or more guests knowledgeable about the topic of the featured documentary.

In 2009-2010, all MPTV Community Cinema sessions will be on the FIRST THURSDAY of each month at 6:30 pm.

Thursday, Sept. 3 | 6:30pm | Innovation Theater

FREE and open to the public.

The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (A 13- min. 30- second preview by Ken Burns?

National Parks: Wisconsin ( A 30-minute co-production of MPTV and WPT hosted by Dan Small and Patty Loew.)

Host for the evening:
Raul Galvan, MPTV Production Manager

Discussion Guests:
Dan Small, host/producer of MPTV’s Outdoor Wisconsin since 1984. He also produces and hosts a weekly radio show, Outdoors Radio With Dan Small which airs on ten broadcast stations and is a contributing editor of Wisconsin Outdoor News, a bi-weekly newspaper that covers outdoor activities, environmental concerns and other items of interest to Wisconsin’s sportsmen and women.

Michael Stafford, President of the Heritage Chapter of the North Country Trail Association. His chapter was formed to develop, maintain, and promote use of the North Country National Scenic Trail from Copper Falls State Park near Mellen, WI to the Wisconsin-Michigan border near Hurley, Wisconsin.

Documentary Information: National Parks: Wisconsin
Areas featured in the HD documentary are : The St. Croix National Scenic River area, the North Country National Scenic Trail, the Ice Age Trail and the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

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Tags: documentaries, national parks, wisconsin

MPTV Community Cinema, now in its third season, is a monthly (Sept through May) preview of local and national documentaries that will air on Milwaukee Public Television.

The screenings are followed by an open audience discussion with one or more guests knowledgeable about the topic of the featured documentary.

In 2009-2010, all MPTV Community Cinema sessions will be on the FIRST THURSDAY of each month at 6:30 pm.

Thursday, Sept. 3 | 6:30pm | Innovation Theater

FREE and open to the public.

The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (A 13- min. 30- second preview by Ken Burns?

National Parks: Wisconsin ( A 30-minute co-production of MPTV and WPT hosted by Dan Small and Patty Loew.)

Host for the evening:
Raul Galvan, MPTV Production Manager

Discussion Guests:
Dan Small, host/producer of MPTV’s Outdoor Wisconsin since 1984. He also produces and hosts a weekly radio show, Outdoors Radio With Dan Small which airs on ten broadcast stations and is a contributing editor of Wisconsin Outdoor News, a bi-weekly newspaper that covers outdoor activities, environmental concerns and other items of interest to Wisconsin’s sportsmen and women.

Michael Stafford, President of the Heritage Chapter of the North Country Trail Association. His chapter was formed to develop, maintain, and promote use of the North Country National Scenic Trail from Copper Falls State Park near Mellen, WI to the Wisconsin-Michigan border near Hurley, Wisconsin.

Documentary Information: National Parks: Wisconsin
Areas featured in the HD documentary are : The St. Croix National Scenic River area, the North Country National Scenic Trail, the Ice Age Trail and the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

Categories: Archives
Tags: documentaries, national parks, wisconsin