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Media/Arts Briefs

MADISON -- The three Democratic candidates for governor will meet for a live We the People/Wisconsin Forum with voters at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5.

Thomas Barrett, James Doyle, and Kathleen Falk will take part in the forum with citizens before their primary on Sept. 10. It will be aired live statewide on Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) and on Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network stations. In the Madison area, it will also be aired on tape at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, on WISC-TV.

The forum will not follow the standard question-and-answer format. Instead, the candidates will be asked to discuss with each other (and later with a group of citizens in the studio) their ideas and solutions for tackling the billion-dollar-plus state budget deficit.

The forum will not be moderated. Jerry Huffman, co-anchor of WPT's WeekEnd, will explain the premise. Then the candidates will be largely on their own.

While citizens have expressed concerns about many issues, such as taxes, health care, and education - all roads lead back to funding.

Approximately 60 of those citizens also will be present in the studio listening to the candidates. After the live, hour-long show, the candidates have been invited to stay for another half-hour and interact with the citizens.

These interactions between citizens and candidates will also be documented with hand-held cameras and by all the We the People partner organizations for further news coverage of the forum the next day, including on "WeekEnd."

Wisconsin Public Radio will follow the debate with a live call-in program for listener reaction.

We the People also will sponsor a general election gubernatorial forum, scheduled for Oct. 29.

Labor Day fest

MADISON -- The South Central Federation of Labor invites the public to celebrate Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2, from noon until 5 p.m. at the Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St., Madison.

This year's LaborFest will feature musical entertainment, kids' activities, and food, beer, and soft drinks served throughout the event.

Special events for children will include balloons, a juggler, face painters, and piñata and performances by Milwaukee magician Lynn Miner at 1 and 3 p.m.

There will also be a silent auction to benefit United Way of Dane County from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.

TV Programs of Note

Following are some theatrical movies and television programs of note. This information is being provided to assist people in making viewing choices.

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.

Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2 p.m., EWTN (cable) - "Installation of Bishop Timothy M. Dolan." Live coverage of the installation of Bishop Timothy M. Dolan as Archbishop of Milwaukee in St. John the Evangelist Cathedral. The installation will also be covered on EWTN radio and EWTN Web site (www.ewtn.com).

Saturday, Aug. 31, 7 p.m., EWTN (cable) - "Something Beautiful for God." See the most famous BBC documentary that propelled Mother Teresa to the world stage in 1968. Repeats 2 a.m. Sept. 3; 9 p.m. Sept. 4; noon Sept. 5.

Sunday, Sept. 1, 7 a.m., WISC (CBS) - "Mass." Celebrated by Msgr. Thomas Campion, sponsored by Apostolate to the Handicapped.

Wednesday, Sept. 4, 7 p.m., WHA (PBS) - "Ambassador: Under Fire Overseas." A "National Geographic" special going behind the scenes to look at those who strive to keep international relations strong in times of crisis, including interviews with ambassadors to Pakistan, Japan and Guatemala.

Wednesday, Sept. 4, 9 p.m., WHA (PBS) - "Caught in the Crossfire: Arab Americans in Wartime." Three diverse New Yorkers - a Lutheran minister, a beat cop, and a diplomat - explain why their Arab and American identities feel as if they are at war since last Sept. 11.

Thursday, Sept. 5, 5 p.m., EWTN (cable) - "Gilbert Schimmel: An Early Pioneer of Schoenstatt in the United States." Can America be a place of great saints? Gilbert Schimmel of Wisconsin thought so and the Schoenstatt Movement in the United States was founded on such a premise.

Thursday, Sept. 5, 3 p.m., EWTN (cable) - "Mother Teresa: Seeing the Face of Jesus." This story tells of the life of Mother Teresa from her birth in Albania through her childhood and how she heard God's call for her to become a nun.

Friday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m., WMSN (Fox) - "Starship Troopers" (1997). Mindless sci-fi fantasy about teen-age recruits (notably Casper Van Dien and Denise Richards) fighting to save Earth and their militaristic society from an invasion of giant bugs. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, the sophomoric story of teen romance and military bloodlust is a tiresome special-effects bore. Excessive violence, a sexual encounter, nudity, coarse language, and a sexual expletive. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification of the theatrical version was O - morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating was R - restricted.

Radio Programs of Note

Monday, Sept. 2-Sunday, Sept. 8, 4 p.m., WHFA (1240 AM) - "Bishop William H. Bullock's Weekly Radio Broadcast."

Thursday, Aug. 29, 7 p.m. - "Life On the Rock - Mary Our Mother," Guest Jessica Sherwood. Repeats Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 9 a.m.

Friday, Aug. 30, 2 p.m. - "Contraceptives and Breast Cancer." Host Margaret Hotze talks with guest, Chris Kahlenborn, M.D.

Wednesday, Sept. 4, 7 p.m. - "EWTN Live - Conversion." Guest is Alex Jones. Repeats Thursday, Sept. 5, at 1 p.m.