Calendar: Week of August 12
Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar:
Monday is World Elephant Day, aimed at protecting elephants from ivory poaching and illegal trafficking.
- World Elephant Day (August 12) | Take action to aid elephants
- Elephants (World Wildlife Fund)
- Elephants (African Wildlife Foundations)
- African elephants are evolving without tusks because of poaching (CBS News, 3/27/19)
- Nature up close: Decisions, decisions … lions or elephants? ("Sunday Morning," 8/27/18)
- Gallery: Blood & ivory - Elephant poaching in Kenya
- Trump lifts ban on import of elephant trophies (CBS News, 3/7/18)
Tuesday sees the opening of the World's Fair of Money in Rosemont, Ill., featuring a display of some $100 million worth of rare coins and currency.
- Chicago World's Fair of Money, Aug. 13-17, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Ill.
- American Numismatic Society, a non-profit museum and research institute (which does not do valuations of coins)
- Face value: Portraits of money ("Sunday Morning," 7/28/19)
- Making sense of pennies ("Sunday Morning," 04/12/15)
- 2,000-year-old coin collection unearthed in Israel (CBS News, 06/10/16)
On Wednesday, comedian, actor and writer Steve Martin turns 74.
- Steve Martin and Martin Short: Two amigos on tour ("Sunday Morning," 5/27/18)
- Steve Martin on objects of beauty ("Sunday Morning," 12/05/10)
- Steve Martin, slightly less wild and crazy ("Sunday Morning," 11/21/07)
- David Edelstein: "Steve Martin, where are you?" ("Sunday Morning, 2/19/06)
- Gallery: Oscar honors Steve Martin
- stevemartin.com
Clip: Steve Martin is possessed by the spirit of Lilly Tomlin in the comedy "All of Me."
Thursday is the 50th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock music festival.
- Woodstock at 50, in the words, and music, of those who were there ("Sunday Morning," 8/04/19)
- By The Numbers: Woodstock ("Sunday Morning," 8/04/19)
- Bill Flanagan on Woodstock: Sign of the times ("Sunday Morning," 8/04/19)
- The sounds of Woodstock reborn ("Sunday Morning," 8/03/19)
- A Woodstock icon recreated: The VW "Light Bus" ("Sunday Morning," 8/03/19)
Friday sees the start of the National "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" Enforcement Mobilization, an anti-drunk driving campaign running through Labor Day weekend.
- "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" (Traffic Safety Marketing)
- The ABCs of BAC: A Guide to Understanding Blood Alcohol Concentration and Alcohol Impairment (pdf file)
- Study: One-fifth of designated drivers impaired behind wheel (CBS News, 6/10/13)
- Gallery: 14 "facts" about drinking: Are you misinformed? (CBS News)
And Saturday's the day for the Festival for Life AIDS Walk and Run in Denver.
- Festival for Life 5K Walk and Run, Aug. 17, at Cheesman Park, Denver
Story produced by Robert Marston.
