The arts on TV
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A weekly look at arts and music programming on television:
“Rick Steves’ Europe,” 6 p.m. Saturday, KLCS: A trip to Basque country includes the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
“Chris Botti in Boston, Part II,” 11 p.m. Saturday, KVCR: A continuation of the trumpeter’s performance with the Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart includes guests Sting, Steven Tyler, Josh Groban and Yo-Yo Ma.
“Great Performances,” 5 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Monday, KOCE: The Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends -- Grammy-winning composer David Foster performs with guests at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
“Movie: Who the ... Is Jackson Pollock?” (2006, PG-13) 9:10 a.m., 1:30 and 5:45 p.m. Monday, Sundance: Teri Horton, a 73-year-old former trucker, battles the art establishment to have a painting she bought at a thrift shop declared an authentic Jackson Pollock.
“Movie: Wild Man Blues” (1997, PG) 11:15 a.m. Monday, IFC: Woody Allen, Letty Aronson. Filmmaker Barbara Kopple profiles Woody Allen on a 1996 European tour with his jazz band.
“Great Performances,” 10 p.m. Monday, KVCR: Harry Connick Jr. in Concert on Broadway -- The Grammy-winner performs a mix of standards, show tunes and jazz classics, backed by a 20-piece swing band and 10-piece string section, at the Neil Simon Theater in New York City.
-- Compiled by Ed Stockly
