TV UNAM (also known as Teveunam, tvunam and tv•unam for its stylizations) is an educational television network owned and operated by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City.
Programming on TV UNAM generally consists of educational telecourse programs for UNAM students, plus public affairs, documentary and cultural programming. Some TV UNAM programming can also be seen on the nationwide Edusat service.
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Jim has always been raving about TV UNAM but it was hit and miss for knowing what was on. For years he has enjoyed just tuning in and getting some Spanish practice. Now, with a schedule, I can enjoy it too because there are a lot of interesting things in English with Spanish subtitles and also in French. Last night was a good example. There was a half hour special on the Monet painting "Impression, Sunrise" in French which was very interesting and also to know it had been stolen and recovered. In the program they estimated its value at at least 50 million Euros. The Vancouver Art Gallery recently had paintings from the Marmottan Museum where it hangs...obviously they didn't let this on out of their sight again!
And then we saw the movie, West Side Story, and realized we actually had never seen it. I guess we saw a stage production. Tonight a musical with Dustin Hoffman on Lenny Bruce. That looks to be interesting as well.
And then we saw the movie, West Side Story, and realized we actually had never seen it. I guess we saw a stage production. Tonight a musical with Dustin Hoffman on Lenny Bruce. That looks to be interesting as well.
From The NY Times:
PARIS, April 16,1991— The celebrated painting by Claude Monet that lent its name to the Impressionist movement went back on display today at the Paris museum from which it was stolen more than five years ago.
"Impression, Soleil Levant" ("Impression, Sunrise") suffered no damage "except that of being shut up in a cubbyhole for five years," said the curator of the Marmottan Museum, Arnaud d'Hauterives. The painting, featuring a rising red disk of sun over the French port of Le Havre, was recovered by the French police on Dec. 5 in Porto Vecchio, Corsica.
The 1873 painting, rehung along with eight others stolen at the same time, is in even better condition than it was before the theft, Mr. d'Haute rives said. Experts have removed yellowed varnish applied to it, and the colors have been restored to their original tones.
