Local Flavor

Return to your roots when WHYY TV12 presents three programs with local ties on Tuesday, August 10 beginning at 8 p.m.

Al Martino in Concert

In this vintage 1976 concert, one of Philadelphia's most accomplished and well-recognized entertainers performs the songs that continue to define his career -- including his breakthrough 1952 hit "Here in My Heart" and 1965's "Spanish Eyes" -- with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in Alberta, Canada's Jubilee Auditorium. Martino entertains the audience with such romantic standards as "Quando, Quando, Quando," "I Gotta Be Me" and "Strangers in the Night" and concludes the concert with "Speak Softly Love," the theme from the Academy Award-winning film The Godfather, in which he played Johnny Fontane. 8 p.m.

Wildwood Days

Miami-based filmmaker Carolyn Travis takes a nostalgic look at the New Jersey beach town where she spent her childhood summers, celebrating the neon-lit, 1950s motels, pizza parlors and boardwalk amusements that won a place in the hearts of countless visitors. Dismayed to discover that many of her favorite places were slowly disappearing, Travis spent the summer of 2003 documenting the last vestiges of Wildwood's heyday. Helping to tell the story of Wildwood's rise, fall and revival are some famous fans -- including Jerry Blavat, Bobby Rydell, Bruce Willis and Chubby Checker, who "twisted" for the first time in Wildwood -- and the regular folks who frequented the beach and boardwalk scenes. Photo courtesy of the Wildwood Historical Society 9 p.m.

WHYY Online Exclusive: Filmmaker Carolyn Travis talks about the joys of making this retrospective documentary and shares some of her favorite Wildwood memories.

In Search of Atlantic City

This vintage WHYY production visits with lifelong residents of Atlantic City, who share their memories of growing up amidst the excitement of this famous New Jersey resort town, once the premier getaway for wealthy vacationers. The program blends archival photographs and film footage with fond memories of frolicking along the boardwalk and boogying to the sounds of jazz greats Duke Ellington and Louie Armstrong at Steel Pier. The residents also discuss the periods of depression and attempts to revive this once-elegant community and speculate on its future, which now seems to depend on casino traffic and performances by big-named entertainers. 10:30 p.m.