C-SPAN to put Tacoma in national spotlight

C-SPAN is visiting Tacoma June 4 to 8 to feature the history and non-fiction literary life of the city on the cable network’s non-fiction book channel BookTV (on C-SPAN2) and history channel American History TV (on C-SPAN3).

In conjunction with its partners at the local Comcast offices in Pierce County, the C-SPAN Cities Tour producers will visit various literary and historic sites, interview local historians, non-fiction authors and conduct education and community outreach in the area.

Local segments recorded during June 4 to 8 will air on BookTV (on C-SPAN2, Comcast channel 25) and American History TV (C-SPAN3, Comcast channel 150) throughout C-SPAN’s special Tacoma weekend August 5-6.

Tacoma programming highlights include:

American History TV (on C-SPAN3) programming highlights:

• Great Hall of Washington History Exhibit with Gwen Whiting, Washington State History Museum. Topics include: History of Lumber, Maritime History, Native Americans and International shipping and trade
• Story of the Prairie Line Trail– The Northern Pacific Railway with historian, Michael Sullivan
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) – Engineering history – with historian, Michael Sullivan
• Women’s History Consortium Collections – Washington State Women’s Suffrage – Emma Smith DeVoe with Susan Roher, Washington State History Museum
• Tacoma Method: Chinese Expulsion & Reconciliation with history professor, Andrew Gomez

…and more

Book TV (on C-SPAN2) programming highlights:

• Fighting for Dreams that Mattered: An Autobiographyby author Harold Moss
• Emerging from Turbulence: Boeing and Stories of the American Workplace Todayby authors Leon Grunberg and Sarah Moore – University of Puget Sound
• Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare– by author Marian Harris Ph.D. – University of Washington Tacoma
• Rails to Paradise a History of the Tacoma Eastern Railroad 1890-1919 (2005) by author Russell Holter, Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation
• God in Captivity: The Rise of Faith-Based Prison Ministries in the Age of Mass Incarcerationby author Tanya Erzen – University of Puget Sound
• Trapped in Mediocrity: Why Our Schools Aren’t World-Class and What We Can Do About It  by author Katherine Baird, University of Washington Tacoma
• Trying Home: The Rise and Fall of an Anarchist Utopia on Puget Soundby authors Justin Wadland, University of Washington Tacoma

…and more

BACKGROUND:

C-SPAN’s 2017 Cities Tour takes Book TV and American History TV on the road. C-SPAN2 (BookTV) and C-SPAN3 (American History TV) are featuring the literary life and history of each of these selected cities during special weekends on the public affairs network.

AIR DATES:

The programs C-SPAN produces in Tacoma will air throughout a special Tacoma feature weekend August 5 to 6.  Literary programming will air on Book TV (on C-SPAN2, Comcast channel 25) and history programming will air on American History TV (on C-SPAN3, Comcast channel 150). C-SPAN is available in Tacoma on Comcast channel 24 & 645.

For more information, visit the C-SPAN Cities Tour website and follow the program on Twitter @CSPANCities.