"Arts & Drama" press releases:

My Music: '50s Pop Parade

MY MUSIC debuts a star-studded sequel to 2004’s MAGIC MOMENTS – THE BEST OF 50s POP. MY MUSIC: 50s POP PARADE, featuring an illustrious line-up of yesteryear’s favorite melodies, airs as part of the August 2007 pledge drive (chec...

Anne of Green Gables

Precocious yet lovable Anne Shirley returns to public television during an encore presentation of Anne of Green Gables, a classic television series airing on KUED-Channel 7 Sunday, August 5, at 6 p.m. that chronicles the trials and tribulations of a...                   La precoz pero encantadora Anne Shirley regresa a televisión publica durante una reposición de Anne of Green Gables (Anna de los Ga...

Cinema Seven Presents: "Young Frankenstein"

 Young Frankenstein (1974) is one of writer-producer- director Mel Brooks' best films - a nostalgic, hilarious spoof-tribute to classic horror films (with its authentic black and white cinematography and production design/set decoration) and, in...

Cinema Seven Presents: "Around the World in 80 Days"

 With its all-star cast, Mike Todd’s version of the Jules Verne tale of “Around the World in 80 Days” is an Oscar-winning favorite that offers plenty of entertainment and more than 40 cameo appearances. This 1956 movie abo...

Second Family: First Family of Comedy

An article years ago in the New Yorker demeaned Chicago as "the second city" -- meaning second tier, second place, second-rate.  It gave the founders of the continent's improvisational holy grail -- Second City -- both a name and,...

Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool

            For a glittering five-year period Frank Sinatra and a group of Hollywood stars became the bad boys of fame - and the unofficial rulers of American society. They christened themselves...

Beginning Thursday, March 25, KUED will air the hilarious British comedy series, After You've Gone, weeknights at 10:00 p.m.  Created by Fred Barron and staring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson, After You've Gone was...

KUED Airs Secrets of the Manor House

What was really going on behind the stately walls of British manors?  With all the buzz over Masterpiece Classic's Downton Abbey, KUED is presenting Secrets of the Manor House, a new special that puts the hit series in proper historical context...

The Phenomenon Lives On!   Downton Abbey Season 3

The Great War is over and the long-awaited engagement of Lady Mary and Matthew is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate for a third...