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WPBS-DT ANNOUNCES SECOND SCREENING IN CINEMA SIX SERIES

Watertown, NY- October 6, 2014
As a part of Cinema Six, a series of screenings featuring local productions along with national Public Broadcasting programs, WPBS DT is proud to announce the screening of  “Book Talk” on October 14, 2014 at 6pm at the Flower Memorial Library in Watertown, New York.   Authors will be available after the screening for book signings and book purchases.

This new local production is a three-part series, which features local authors discussing their stories and how they came to write about them.  Genres include fiction, children’s books, and local history.  The screening will highlight each of the eight authors featured in the series, which include: Ellen Wiseman, Hope Marston, Kris Fletcher, Juliane Flora, Holly Gaskin, Glenn Pearsall, Gayle Callen, and Dave Shampine.  Visit wpbstv.org/booktalk for author biographies and book titles.

“Book Talk”, hosted by Erika Flint, airs on WPBS-TV October 31st at 5:30pm.

Cinema Six will continue through February 2015, with one screening each month at varied locations, over the course of six months.   All screenings are free and open to the public.  Upcoming screenings:

November 21, 2014
“Painting with Wilson Bickford”, a WPBS 13-part local production
6pm      Painting Demo & Giveaways – WPBS Studio, Watertown, NY                     

December 12, 2014
Downton Abbey” Season 5, Episode One Premiere -Location TBD

January 16,  2015
Human Trafficking Awareness Month – Location to be determined

February 16, 2015
Sesame Street Cinema, celebrating Cookie Monster’s Birthday
WPBS Studio, Watertown, NY

WPBS-TV is a non-profit public television station serving approximately 650,000 households throughout Northern New York and Eastern Ontario. WPBS-TV’s mission is to educate, entertain and inform our two-nation audience through superior local and national content and media engagement in order to enhance the lives of those it serves.