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Finding Your Roots: Final Episode
 

Written by Admin, on 18-05-2012 16:08  

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The season finale of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the PBS television series that explores issues of race and identity through the genealogy of some of America’s best-known personalities, seeks to answer that question.

Through the family histories of actors Michelle Rodriguez and Adrian Grenier, and Linda Chavez – an author, syndicated newspaper columnist and political analyst for FOX News — host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates American identities that took shape long before the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth Rock. The three subjects of Sunday’s episode all share Spanish colonial roots, yet each views him or herself very differently: as Native American, Puerto Rican, Dominican, or simply Latino. Crisscrossing Mexico, Spain, the Caribbean, and the American Southwest, Professor Gates reveals underlying connections that show how Hispanic identity has emerged from the tangled histories of European, Native-American, and African peoples.

Such connections drive home the point that Gates makes in this series, as well as in his previous television productions: despite our diverse backgrounds and racial differences, Americans are much more deeply related than we commonly acknowledge.

In the past nine weeks of the series, viewers learned that married couple and award-winning actors Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon are distant relatives.Saw how CNN anchor Dr. Sanjay Gupta, comedian Margaret Cho and media mogul Martha Stewart had similar ancestral stories, though their roots led to completely different parts of the globe.

The series also showed how Harry Connick, Jr., and Branford Marsalis, musicians and best friends from New Orleans, both had European ancestors who immigrated to the slave-era South in 1850. Viewers discovered that musician John Legend and comedian Wanda Sykes shared dramatic, long-lost stories of freed black slaves in their respective family histories.

This Sunday’s episode, the Finding Your Roots research teams trace the families of Chavez, Grenier, and Rodriguez back in time to uncover parallel stories about the interactions between Spaniards, Native Americans, and Africans in the New World. Chavez’s roots lead from bootleggers in Depression-era New Mexico all the way back to Spain in the 1500s — by way of the Pueblo Indians who the Spanish sought to suppress. Grenier’s ancestry also has a strong connection to Native American tribes in the Southwest.

His 11th great-grandfather, Hernan Martin Serrano, arrived in New Mexico in 1598 with the territory’s controversial “founder,” Don Juan de Onate — and found himself marrying into the Indians he came to fight. Similarly, Rodriguez’s family is steeped in the racial politics in the Caribbean, where generations of her ancestors interbred — with cousins marrying cousins — to keep out African and Native American blood. In the end, Gates reveals that none of these families were as racially “pure” as they pretended to be — and that Hispanic identity is far more complex than we imagine. Perhaps most surprising of all, Chavez’s ancestry links her to “Crypto-Jews” — Spanish Jews who converted to Catholicism to survive the Inquisition, yet continued to practice their religion in secret.

Previously aired episodes of the series, which were filmed on location across the United States, are available online at PBS Video. The season finale will air nationally Sunday, May 20 at 8 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). Additional information about the series, Professor Gates and the entire production team is available at PBS PressRoom.

Last update : 18-05-2012 16:12

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Doors Open Ontario: Halton Hills Readys for Fall
 

Written by newswire.ca, on 01-05-2012 01:52

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Ontario Your Treasure Island for Six Months?

The theme for Doors Open Ontario 2012, "Defending a nation," commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the locations, events and persons connected to the defence of our province and country. Doors Open participants will uncover the stories of early inhabitants who faced invasion during the War of 1812 and learn about other heroic war efforts from the past 200 years. A diverse range of defence-related sites will be open to visitors, such as battlefields, military fortifications, armouries, armament manufacturing facilities, legion halls, commemorative monuments and peace gardens.

"For 11 years, Doors Open Ontario has allowed people to uncover the stories of the province's heritage," said Dr. Thomas H.B. Symons, Chairman of the Ontario Heritage Trust. "This year, the event commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812, encouraging communities to unveil their stories behind the war and the defence of our fledgling nation. It provides an opportunity for Ontarians to learn more about the strength and determination of those in our past. Doors Open Ontario highlights the importance of keeping Ontario's stories alive by protecting our heritage sites into the future."

"The McGuinty government is proud to celebrate our shared history through Doors Open Ontario, a program that draws visitors and residents alike to explore communities across the province while helping to stimulate local economies," said Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.  "As we commemorate the War of 1812 this summer, I encourage Ontarians to engage in our rich heritage and educate themselves on this historic event that has shaped who we are as Ontarians and as Canadians."

Every year, Doors Open Ontario opens the doors to hundreds of historic buildings, places of worship, private homes, industrial areas and heritage gardens, some of which are rarely accessible to the public. Image Many of the participating sites offer special activities and exhibitions. 

Five new communities have joined Doors Open Ontario this year: Georgian Bay, Quinte West, Algonquin Highlands, Halton Hills and Lambton County.

Trails Open Ontario, part of the Doors Open Ontario program, encourages visitors to explore Ontario's beautiful, natural heritage.

The free Doors Open Ontario 2012 Guide lists each participating community and highlights many of the participating sites and trails. The guide is available by calling 1-800-ONTARIO (1-800-668-2746).

Doors Open Ontario offers a variety of sites across the province to suit all interests.

 Some of the sites to explore this year include: the British Methodist Episcopalian Church, built in the 1880s as the Underground Railroad Church of Guelph and one of the few surviving terminals for slaves in southern Ontario (Guelph); Coniaurum-Goldcorp Reclamation Site, a reclamation project that has converted a gold mine into pristine meadows (Timmins); Research Casting International, a 45,000-square-foot facility dedicated to preserving the world's rarest and most valuable paleontological specimens (Quinte West).

Ontario's last remaining log chute, originally built in 1861 and restored in 2005 (Algonquin Highlands); Hungry Hollow Trail, which winds through a provincially significant wetland providing habitat for 454 plant and 134 fauna species (Halton Hills); and, Nemo Hall, an 1870s mansion complete with floor-to-ceiling windows, five fireplaces and gargoyles (Lambton County). Several events, including those in Brant and Middlesex, will offer War of 1812 battle re-enactments to commemorate the war's bicentennial.

Attached is the Doors Open Ontario 2012 calendar of events. For more information on Doors Open Ontario and Trails Open Ontario and for a complete list of participating sites, visit www.doorsopenontario.on.ca.

Doors Open Ontario 2012 sponsors include: The Globe and Mail, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation, the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund and the participating communities.

Doors Open Ontario is a program of the Ontario Heritage Trust, an agency of the Government of Ontario dedicated to identifying, preserving, protecting and promoting Ontario's heritage for present and future generations.

Quick Facts:

The Doors Open Ontario 2012 season kicks off in Guelph on April 28.

  • Doors Open Ontario 2012 features hundreds of communities participating in a record 57 events across the province.
  • 90 per cent of Ontarians live in a community that has hosted a Doors Open Ontario event.
  • By the end of the 2012 season, more than 4.5 million visits will have been made to Doors Open Ontario sites since the program's launch in 2002.
  • Spending by out-of-town visitors to Doors Open Ontario events will reach almost $23 million by the end of 2012.
  • The 34,500sq-ft Halton Hills Cultural Centre and Library grand opening is in January 2013 and  misses out.  Cost $13.5 million.
  •  From April until October, heritage buildings, cultural sites and other interesting venues will be open - free of charge - for public viewing.

Last update : 02-05-2012 13:35

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