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September Programming
Tune in to MPT for coverage of the Republican National Convention on September 1 through September 4 from 8:00-10:30 pm.
Beginning the week of Sunday, September 7 get ready for some fabulous music! On September 7 at 7:00 pm tune in for Great Performances: Great Moments at the Met, truly a Viewer's Choice winner. This will be followed by Great Performances: Pavarotti-A Life in Seven Arias.
Monday, September 8 at 8:00 pm, brings John Denver: A Song's Best Friend followed by My Music: My Generation - The 60's. Tuesday, September 9 at 8:00 pm, be sure to tune in for Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black & White Night. This is followed by Australian Pink Floyd Live at the Royal Albert Hall. We've seen this act and this group is amazing!
Great Performances: South Pacific in Concert is brought to you on Wednesday, September 10 at 8:00 pm. Rounding out the concerts on Thursday, September 11 at 8:30 pm is American Soundtrack: Doo Wops Greatest Hits.
Music continues on Sunday, September 14 at 6:00 pm with Backstage with A Chorus Line followed by My Music: Doo Wop Love Songs. Monday, September 15, tune in for Carole King: Welcome to My Living Room followed by Billy Joel: The Stranger. Fast forward to Wednesday, September 17 at 8:00 pm for Live From Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala with Sir James Galway. Stay glued to your set because this is followed up by Los Lonely Boys Cottonfields. We bring you two Keeping Scores on Friday, September 19 at 10 pm. First is Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and then Beethoven's Eroica.
And to end the month, MPT celebrates Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA's 50th Anniversary in 2008 with PBS' most acclaimed science, technology and news programming. As we begin Space Week on Sunday, September 28, please join us at 6:00 pm for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center followed by Minds Behind the Station. On Wednesday, September 30 be sure to watch NOVA: Sputnik Declassified. This programming will continue into October. Be sure to read about it in the October Tea Times.
The Brit Coms will not be aired on Saturday, September 6, Saturday, September 13, or Saturday, September 20 due to Pledge, nor will they be aired during the weekdays of September 8 thru September 12. All your favorites return beginning Monday, September 15 for weekday broadcast and Saturday, September 27 for Saturday broadcast.
Do you have clutter stranger than a pickled monkey?
A pickled monkey and a stuffed crocodile are just some of the strange items a Richmond clutter consultant has come across in her work.
Rachael Hymas of Church Walk helps clear clutter from homes across Surrey and the south west and is challenging readers to surprise her with the weird and wonderful unwanted goods they have in their home.
"My training consultation involved helping someone clear the clutter after their friend had died. We found a pickled monkey in a glass jar on his dining room table and a stuffed crocodile in the bedroom," she said.
Rachel added: "The owner had been a great traveller when he was alive and had accumulated lots of weird and wonderful artifacts over the years. I have to admit that I doubt I'll come across anything quite as unusual as that as a consultant."
Rachel, who finished a clutter clearing training course in April, says the business has been particularly popular in America - but its appeal is now spreading across the Atlantic.
Married Rachel said: "I practice what I preach and have regular clutter clearing sessions in my own home. I know how frustrating, overwhelming and challenging clutter can be and how scared some people are of letting go of things, which is great for my clients because they know I can relate to what they're experiencing with their clutter. Working for The Clutter Clearing Consultancy enables me to help others learn the skill of clearing clutter.
"Clutter clearing is not about doing it for people, it's about enabling them to make the decisions and have a process to follow - after all, it's not my place to make judgements on other people's belongings. If it was as simple as that I'd save money and tell them to get a skip."
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