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Media/Arts Briefs

MADISON -- The "Lakeside Kids!" children's programs will return to Monona Terrace Community Convention Center on Wednesday mornings in June and July.

The first session on June 12 will feature Alliance Francaise with a variety of activities that promote fun and learning in French. The Trinity Irish Dancers will hold a dance performance workshop on June 19.

Held on Monona Terrace rooftop from 10 to 11 a.m., the programs are free and designed for children ages four to eight. In the event of inclement weather, the June 12 and 19 sessions will be cancelled.

Monona Terrace is located at One John Nolan Dr. Parking is available in the Monona Terrace parking ramp for a nominal fee. For further information, call 608-261-4000 or TTY 608-261-4150.

Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice
photo exhibit

MADISON -- Former Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice Lois Gottlieb will exhibit Kodachrome photographs documenting her experiences at Wright's Taleisin Fellowship in the Monona Terrace Gift Shop from June 12 to Aug. 4.

The California designer's photography captures the "learning by doing" lifestyle and the dramatic architecture and natural environment of both Taliesin and Taliesin West.

Gottlieb is the author of A Way of Life: An Apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright, a book that compiles images also used in the exhibition. The exhibition may be viewed during the normal Monona Terrace Gift Shop hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week.

Monona Terrace is located at One John Nolan Dr. Parking is available in the Monona Terrace parking ramp for a nominal fee. For further information, call 608-261-4000 or TTY 608-261-4150.

TV Programs of Note

Monday-Friday, 2:30 p.m., Inspiration Channel (cable) -- "Catholic Mass."

Monday-Sunday, 7 a.m., 11:10 a.m., 6 p.m., 11 p.m., EWTN (cable) - "Daily Mass." No 6 p.m. showing on Sunday.

Sunday, June 16, 7 a.m., WISC (CBS) - "Mass." Celebrated by Msgr. Thomas Campion, sponsored by Apostolate to the Handicapped.

Sunday, June 16, 5 p.m. Cinemax (cable) - "Papa." Documentarian Jon Alpert profiles his 80-year-old father, Bob, the patriarch of a loving, close-knit family, as, over the course of two years, he battles a crippling nerve disease.

Sunday, June 16, 6 p.m., WKOW (ABC) - "Toy Story" (1995). Toys come to life when humans aren't looking in this animated fantasy about the rivalry between a cowboy doll (voiced by Tom Hanks) and a flashy plastic spaceman (voiced by Tim Allen) whose subsequent misadventures teach them a lesson in friendship. Director John Lasseter makes good use of computer animation in a slim but imaginative tale featuring the frantic antics of mischievous playthings, though little ones may be frightened by some scenes of a nasty child who enjoys destroying toys. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification of the theatrical version was A-I - general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating was G - general audiences.

Sunday, June 16, 8 p.m., Travel (cable) - "American Icons: West Point." Special visiting America's first military academy on New York's Hudson River as it celebrates its bicentennial and looks back on illustrious graduates.

Monday, June 17, 8 p.m., A&E (cable) - "Married in America." Documentarian Michael Apted's first installment of a planned 10-year-long examination of nine marriages, starting with the couples' premarital plans, the weddings, and their views on marriage, sex, and divorce.

Monday, June 17, 9 p.m., Discovery (cable) - "Watergate: Legacy of Secrets." Features interviews with key Watergate figures including John Dean, G. Gordon Liddy, and journalists Ben Bradlee, Carl Bernstein, and Bob Woodward.

Friday, June 21, 7 p.m., WMSN (Fox) - "Arachnophobia" (1990). A young doctor (Jeff Daniels) with an avid fear of spiders (arachnophobia) is put to the ultimate test when he relocates his family to a small town unaware that a deadly new species is rapidly reproducing in his barn. Despite one glaring inconsistency in the plot, director Frank Marshall has crafted a deliciously menacing thriller whose moody cinematography and precise editing steadily build the suspense. Some graphic shots of dead bodies. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification of the theatrical version was A-II - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating was PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Saturday, June 22, 7 p.m., EWTN (cable) - "Wherever You Are." Discover God in your work as Blessed Josemaria Escriva gives instruction on the Christian meaning of work. Repeats 2 a.m. June 25; 9 p.m. June 26; noon June 27.

Radio Programs of Note

Monday, June 17-Sunday, June 23, 4 p.m., WHFA (1240 AM) - "Bishop William H. Bullock's Weekly Radio Broadcast."

Friday, June 14, 5 p.m., WHFA (1240 AM) - "Catholic Answers Live: ALL About Life." With Judie Brown, president of American Life League. Repeats 8 a.m. June 17.

Monday, June 17, 12:30 p.m., WHFA (1240 AM) - "Family Matters." Join Curtis and Michaelann Martin with their guests as they discuss the holy vocation of matrimony and raising a family. Repeats 3 p.m. June 19.

Wednesday, June 19, 7 p.m., WHFA (1240 AM) - "The Live Show with Fr. Mitch Pacwa." With guest Judie Brown, president of American Life League. Repeats 1 p.m. June 20.