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Program Archives
"3 Cups of Fun!" is a cooking show from 2014, featuring Chef Nancy Bain and her 2 children, Zach Bain (age 13) and Veronica Bain (age 11). At that time, there were very few cooking shows that included children. The first episode showed how to make delicious bagels at home and a fruit smoothie with…
Meet host Purple Fox, the perfect accompaniment to an actual afternoon snack. Geared toward 3-7 year olds, but also entertaining for adults. Kid guests, jokes, animation, and featuring the house band Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies, live and in music video.
“Alive and Free” Stories East Palo Alto is a tough town to grow up in. There’s a lot of love and community, but also a lot of gang activity centered around turf and drug sales. A lot of young people have died before their time. Others have wasted many years in prison. In 2009, two…
Art For Well Beings is a delightful art variety show, visual art, human art, art, art and more art. Judy Gittlesohn hosts. The show is presented with 3 main sections peppered with artistic interludes: About a Painting, A Very Well Being and Paint and Response. You'll see painting demonstrations, artists and more.
Telling documentary co-produced by the Media Center and the Day Worker Center of Mountain View - looks at the lives and work of undocumented migrants who came to Mountain View, CA to provide for their families. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADTAlokjUjM
An interview show, featuring local people with interesting stories to tell. The producer/host is Gopi Kallayil, who has twice been a semi-finalist at the Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking.
The Palo Alto Apps Challenge, part of the 2nd National Day of Civic Hacking, was a competition to help launch awesome civic innovation apps. During the call for entries period we received 74high-quality app ideas. 30% of the entrants were younger than 18. More info & videos on the event website. The Grand Finale video was produced by the Media Center's Pro…
A fun and unique TV show for for kids and their parents. We introduce healthy and easy to make foods from all over the world. Watch as we teach international cooking techniques to kids along with you at home!
A TV Talk Show dedicated to paranormal subjects such as UFO Sightings, Alien Encounters, Crop Circles, Pyramids, Ancient Culture, and more!
A talk show, hosted by San Francisco filmmaker and Documentary photographer Audrey Ray Daniel, based on cultivating peoples understanding of each other locally and globally through the discussion of ideas, performance, art, literature, music, dance, language and experience.
In the Sisterhood explores what is on women's minds and in their hearts with a variety of topics designed to empower women. The show is intriguing, intelligent, engaging, informative, at times irreverent, spiced with some levity, but never boring!
Just Picture It is produced monthly, featuring interesting new ways of doing things that we've discovered in the Silicon Valley. New science and technology is changing how humans work, live, play and think - so much that we sometimes have to go beyond text and words to describe what is happening. On the show we…
February 25, 2015 Co-sponsored by the Palo Alto Unified School District, City of Palo Alto and Project Safety Net [video_lightbox_youtube video_id="VsEckcTtB48" start="1" width="420" height="315" auto_thumb="1"] Goals: Increase awareness of community resources and efforts by partners to promote well being. Increase awareness of risk and resilience factors. Provide information on what schools/parents/friends/community members can do to…
Local Focus is a series of short (10 minute) videos which profiles an event, person or organization in the Media Center's service area. This series is distributed on our website and on the Media Center TV channels.
The Make the Call television show – co-produced by the East Palo Alto Police Dept. and the Media Center – profiles unsolved homicide cases (“cold cases”). It features the friends and families of murder victims and local law enforcement, to humanize the victims, encourage witnesses to get involved, and elicit information that will help solve…
Michael Uhila Presents has been on the air since 2011. This show has everything: local music videos, yoga reporting, acting like actors, artsy stuff, a fashion show, interviewing former WWE wrestling champion Chyna, and dancing. The aesthetics are valuable and the show goes on with the curiosity of a cat beyond nine lives. It's stupid, crazy-fun and…
Blues master Kenny Neal hosts this half hour series of amazing blues performances with a different guest each week. http://youtu.be/gDzzbv5r6yk
Peninsulators Improv features online shows from the improv troupe The Peninsulators. We make up short scenes, songs, and long-form stories on the spot, based on suggestions from our online audience. Our shows are webcast live at cityofif.com/improv.
Come enjoy the make-believe world of puppetry! Laugh with Reggie (the smarty pants dog) and Critter (the shy brainy cat) as they explore fun adventures, humorous skits, and sing favorite children's songs on this fun filled show. Elaine Womack, the ventriloquist, brings these two magical puppets to life. Find out how Critter and Reggie learn…
Terrain Vague is a show filled with variety, led by two brothers who force their guests to sit through their bickering. Filled with regular goofy bits and whatever other content the crew can scrape together.
"The Next Step: Showcasing the art, music, literature, spirituality and politics of the evolving new consciousness" The Next Step is hosted by Daniel Kottke, and features an hour-long panel discussion on a topic of the day.
The 200 clubs of Toastmasters' District 4 spans the San Francisco peninsula down to Monterey. Toastmasters Bay to Bay is produced by District 4 Toastmasters as a platform for local Toastmasters to practice their public speaking skills on TV, and also lets non-Toastmaster members know what's involved in a Toastmasters meeting. Are you a Toastmaster?…
Personality researchers David and Katherine Fauvre guide viewers in a monthly exploration of the Enneagram, a psycho-spiritual personality system. Discover your type!! http://youtu.be/xpfvV02eswI
A business show where Neal Gulati speaks with business leaders, VPs, and CEOs on how to Excel in Sportsmanship, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership.
