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Music and performance: Classical music during the week and a mix of musical genres on the weekends. 90.9 FM and HD1 (101.1 in Champaign-Urbana and 106.5 in Danville). See pages 4-7.

Television WILL-HD All your favorite PBS and local programming, in high definition when available. 12.1; Contact your cable or satellite provider for channel information.

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WILL World PBS documentaries, news and public affairs. 12.2; also available on Comcast and Mediacom. See page 8.

WILL Create Cooking, travel, gardening and home improvement, arts and crafts. 12.3; also available on Comcast and Mediacom. See page 8.

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december 2009 Volume XXXVII, Number 6

Remaining thankful and hopeful in light of funding cuts

By George Hauenstein, Director of Development Your support is the backbone of Illinois Public Media and provides one in three dollars of our annual operating revenue.

Among your ranks are 13,500 individual annual contributors and more than 200 businesses.

This collective community support is what allows us to bring you the best in television and radio programs, as well as outreach efforts that benefit central Illinois residents on a large scale.

Your generosity helped us showcase our area’s history by producing two new local documentaries over the past year. It allowed us to add the Create and World channels to our television line-up and to air new local programming on both AM 580 and FM 90.9. Plus, it enabled us to teach media production skills through Youth Media Workshop projects, such as our recent Kickapoo initiative with the Boys & Girls Club of Danville.

You are an important partner in all of these efforts.

Now another of our longtime partners, the Illinois Arts Council, has made deep cuts to the funds it distributes. We were just notified that our share of those cuts will total $100,000 this fiscal year. Since 2006, our annual arts council funding has dropped by more than $280,000. As you can imagine, this latest cut could have a serious impact on the services we provide.

Despite this reduction in state funding, we’re optimistic about our future. You have our commitment that we will do everything we can to protect what, together, we have already achieved and will continue to accomplish. But all of this underscores the increased importance of support from loyal viewers and listeners like you. Please consider renewing your membership or making an additional gift before the year’s end. One opportunity will be during our Winterfest pledge drive for WILL-TV taking place Nov. 27–Dec. 13. We promise a great line-up of special programs and holiday favorites over the next few weeks.

Our best wishes to you for a healthy, happy holiday season and a bright, prosperous new year!

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Bringing you the year’s best!

It’s that magical time of year when we give thanks for friends and family. As all of us at Illinois Public Media do just that, we’re happy to bring you some of the year’s best programs in the hopes that you will enjoy them with your friends and family.

The choirs from two of the most prestigious historically black institutions in the nation come together at 10 pm Saturday, Dec. 5, to present Christmas with Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs, an encore presentation featuring the best works of the last several years, on FM 90.9.

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The perennial NPR favorite, Hanukkah Lights, airs at 6 pm Saturday, Dec. 12, on AM 580. Acclaimed authors Danit Brown, Michael Blementhal and Rachel Shukert have written brand new Hanukkah stories for the program.

“The Hit Man” David Foster joins superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli for a new concert of seasonal favorites at 8:20 pm Sunday, Dec. 13, on WILL-TV. Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli with David Foster features special guests Natalie Cole, Mary J. Blige, Reba McEntire, Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, the Muppets and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

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Then at 7 pm Wednesday, Dec. 16, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell joins the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square to perform some of the season’s most beloved songs.

This special program on WILL-TV also features a reading of “The Christmas Story”

by Tony and Emmy Award winning actor Ed Herrmann.

At 8 pm Dec. 16 on FM 90.9 (repeated at 6 pm Saturday, Dec. 19 on AM 580), Cantusone of America’s most accomplished male choirsteams with Theater Latte Da in All is Calm, an uplifting musical drama about the surprising 1914 World War I Christmas truce.

Photo: Giovanni De Sandre

Then at 8 pm Monday, Dec. 21, on FM 90.9, Paul Winter’s Winter Solstice Celebration fills New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine with music of the Winter Consort, featuring gospel singer Theresa Thomason, Brazilian singer/ guitarist Renato Braz and woodwind master Paul McCandless.

Christmas at Belmont features three-time Grammy Award winner and Belmont University alumna Trisha Yearwood as host of a holiday special at 7 pm Wednesday, Dec. 23, on WILL-TV, showcasing 400 Belmont student voices.

At 10 pm Saturday, Dec. 26, A Season’s Griot is a one-hour Kwanzaa celebration in story and song, featuring stories told to, for and about children. It airs on FM 90.9. s Andrea Bocelli

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Music specials abound!

The television debut of Sinatra at Carnegie Hall captures the essence of the Chairman of the Board’s six-decade career, showcasing the singer’s celebrated baritone at its best. The live performance from June 25, 1980, was part of a two-week Carnegie engagement that sold out in one day and is now a new PBS special. In the 7 pm program on Wednesday, Dec. 2, Sinatra performs his best-known standards.

A concert performance of the musical, A Tale of Two Cities, which played a brief Broadway run in 2008, was specially filmed at Theater Royal Brighton, England, for public television. The program debuts at 8:10 pm Sunday, Dec. 6.

Catch the a cappella phenomenon Straight No Chaser, whose quirky version of “The 12 Days of Christmas” was a YouTube sensation, in Straight No Chaser – Live in New York: Holiday Edition at 9 pm Monday, Dec. 7. The 10 members of Indiana University’s first a cappella group (reunited 12 years later) perform fan favorites.

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The concert special, Liza’s at the Palace, captures Liza Minnelli at her peak, performing her hits at the Hollywood Theatre in Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Hotel.

Coming to Las Vegas after a triumphant New York run (which played for five sold-out weeks and won a Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event), the show features material performed on Broadway.

It airs at 7 pm Wednesday, Dec. 9.

Live from Lincoln Center captures the New York Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve Gala, with new music director Alan Gilbert and baritone Thomas Hampson, celebrating all-American music from Gershwin, Copland and Broadway. It airs at 7 pm Thursday, Dec. 31.

Great Performances, indeed!

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Then at 8 pm Wednesday, Dec. 23, Great Performances: LaBoheme is a lushly atmospheric movie adaptation directed by Robert Dornhelm. The operatic “dream couple”—sensational Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and dashing Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón—reunite as the doomed lovers Mimi and Rodolfo, joined by George von Bergen as Marcello, Adrian Eröd as Schaunard, Vitalij Kowaljow as Colline, and Nicole Cabell as Musetta.

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Photo: Hubert MICAN Fotoproduktion

Rock and pop superstar Sting welcomes the holidays with a musical celebration of solitude and reflection, as well as rebirth and festivity, at 9 pm Friday, Dec. 25. Recorded at the magnificent Durham Cathedral near his hometown of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in northern England, Great Performances: Sting, A Winter’s Tale conjures the moods of the season with a diverse collection of songs, carols and lullabies spanning the centuries.

Photo: Tony Molina

Opening its fourth PBS broadcast season at 8 pm Wednesday, Dec. 16, Great Performances at the Met presents a new production of Puccini’s Tosca, staged by Luc Bondy in his Met debut, and starring Karita Mattila in her first Met performance of the title role. The cast includes Joseph Colaneri, Marcelo Álvarez, George Gagnidze and Paul Plishka.

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Don’t miss the NEA concerts At 2:30 pm Saturday, Dec. 26, tune to FM 90.9 for the NEA Opera Honors Gala, featuring awards to composer John Adams, stage director and librettist Frank Corsaro, singer Marilyn Horne, general director Lofti Mansouri and conductor Julius Rudel.

That evening at 8 pm, the NEA National Heritage Awards Concert is part of Nick Spitzer’s American Routes program. This year’s annual broadcast features zydeco’s Queen Ida, gospel’s The Birmingham Sunlights and Puerto Rican cuatro genius Edwin Colon Zayas.

PATTERNS • DECEMBER 2009

weekdays

Jake Schumacher, Program Director

WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1

101.1 in Champaign-Urbana and 106.5 in Danville

6 am The Morning Express with Vic Di Geronimo Everything you need to start your day: music, some smiles and just enough news!

• Great classical music and companionship all morning long • A complete weather forecast at the top of each hour • NPR news headlines at 7:01, 8:01, 9:01 & 10:01 am • Frequent time and weather checks each hour • Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 7:45

10:06 am Mid-Morning Classics with Jeff Esworthy Noon Live and Local with Kevin Kelly Kevin’s lunchtime get-together features music from and news about area music-makers, plus a calendar of regional music events.

1:01 pm NPR News Headlines 1:06 pm Afternoon Classics

s John Pizzarelli (8 pm, 12/25; 7 pm 12/31; 10 pm-midnight Fridays, 4-6 pm Sundays)

Wednesday: San Francisco Symphony

Great orchestras from the great concert halls!

James Gaffigan, cond; Vadim Gluzman, violin TCHAIKOVSKY, SHOSTAKOVICH, RACHMANINOFF 12/9 SPECIAL: Echoes of Christmas.

12/16 SPECIAL: Cantus: All is Calm. See article page 1.

12/23 SPECIALS: A Chanticleer Christmas /

Christmas with the Philadelphia Singers.

12/30 Michael Tilson Thomas, cond; Lief Ove Andsnes, piano

An all-BRAHMS program

Monday: Holiday Specials

Thursday: Holiday Specials

Julie Amacher, Lynn Warfel, Mindy Ratner, Gillian Martin and Bob Christiansen keep you company throughout the afternoon, with NPR headlines at 4:01 pm and 7:01 pm.

8 pm (M-Th) The Evening Concert

12/7 12/14 12/21 12/28

Welcome Christmas!

A Harpist’s Christmas.

The Paul Winter Solstice Concert.

Berlin Without Walls: Inside the Berlin Philharmonic.

Tuesday: New York Philharmonic 12/1 12/8

12/15

12/22

SPECIAL: Christmas Around the Country.

Xian Zhang, cond; Garrick Ohlsson, piano HAYDN, MARTINU, SIBELIUS Riccardo Muti, cond LISZT, ELGAR, PROKOFIEV Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond; David Fray, piano BARTOK, RAVEL, DEBUSSY

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 12/29 An all-DVORAK program from the orchestra’s Dvorak Festival.

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(Roger Cooper’s Prairie Performances returns in January.)

12/3 Choirs and Carols.

12/10 Hanukkah in Story and Song.

12/17 A Jonathan Winters Christmas Carol / A Leroy Anderson Christmas Special.

12/24 Music of the Baroque Holiday Special.

12/31 Toast of the Nation! (LIVE from 7 pm to 4 am) Performers include John Pizzarelli (of Radio Deluxe) and Anat Cohen.

10:01 pm NPR News Headlines 10:06 pm (M-Th) Night Music Gillian Martin, Bob Christiansen, Ward Jacobson, Scott Blankenship or John Zech keep you company through the wee hours.

friday evenings 12/18 Eric Striffler. An internationally-famed photographer.

12/25 Caroline Doctorow. Singer/songwriter (and daughter of E.L.).

7 pm Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Great playing, great conversation!

12/4 Christian McBride.

12/11 Beegie Adair.

12/18 Piano Jazz Christmas Special.

12/25 Marian Petrescu with guest host Renee Rosnes.

8 pm Riverwalk Jazz The Jim Cullum Jazz Band plays classic jazz. David Holt co-hosts.

12/4 Showboat: An Original Jazz Transcription.

With William Warfield.

12/11 ‘Ride, Red, Ride’: New Orleans Trumpeter Henry ‘Red’ Allen Jr. 12/18 Home for the Holidays.

12/25 Sentimental Reasons: The Story of Nat King Cole. With Bucky and John Pizzarelli.

s Caroline Doctorow (6 pm, 12/25)

3:59 pm Living Music Weekend To guide your choices, a calendar of weekend musical events in our area, presented by Roger Cooper.

9 pm Rhythm, Sweet & Hot Rare and wonderful recordings from the ’20s through the ’50s, primarily from 78s.

10 pm Radio Deluxe

4:01 pm NPR News Headlines

Jazz singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli and his vocalist wife, Jessica Molaskey, host a two-hour weekly music party: snappy patter, classics from the American Popular Songbook, and a lot of fun!

[Also Sundays from 4 to 6 pm]

4:06 pm Broadway Revisited

Midnight Bluegrass Breakdown

The American musical theater, explored by Art Hilgart.

12/4 New Releases.

12/11 Jo Stafford and Bing Crosby.

12/18 “A Little Night Music.”

12/25 An Audio Christmas Card.

5:06 pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm Michael Lasser examines the history of American popular song.

12/4 Harold Arlen and the Weather.

12/11 Herman Hupfeld and the Competition. He wrote one great song and tried the rest of his life for another hit.

12/18 Home for Christmas.

12/25 Let’s Begin. Songs for starting anew.

6 pm The Song Is You Bonnie Grice talks with all sorts of people about the sorts of music that influenced them.

12/4 John Alexander. One of the top “neo-expressionist” painters working today.

12/11 Ted Rall. Cartoonist and writer.

Nashville’s Dave Higgs presents bluegrass music, often with live performances in the mix.

1 am The Bluegrass Review More bluegrass music, interviews and features, with host Phil Nusbaum.

2 am The Folk Sampler Mike Flynn presents folk, traditional, bluegrass and blues.

3 am The Art of the Song Exploring creativity in songwriting and other arts.

4 am Celtic Connections From Carbondale, Brian Crow plays music of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany.

PATTERNS • DECEMBER 2009

saturdays 5 am Classical Music Ward Jacobson and Lynn Warfel help you wake up, or go to sleep, depending.

7 am Weekend Blend Vincent Trauth puts on the coffee, along with classical music, weather, NPR news headlines at 7:01 and Garrison Keillor’s almanac at 8:01 am.

9:01 am NPR News Headlines 9:06 am Classics By Request John Frayne plays requests at this time each Saturday morning. Submit requests at classreq@ illinois.edu or 217-265-5084.

10 am Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of classical music from the pre-digital recording era.

12/5 Incidental Music: Grieg and Sibelius.

12/12 Spanish Revival: Joaquin Rodrigo.

12/19 The Nativity Drama.

12/26 Respighi the Arranger.

11 am From the Top A live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians, with pianist Chris O’Riley.

[Also Sundays at 6 pm; look there for program listings.]

Noon Afternoon at the Opera An exciting world premiere closes the Houston Grand Opera season, and the Met’s new season opens the following week! John Frayne is your host.

12/5 BRIEF ENCOUNTER: Previn. (World Premiere) Patrick Summers, cond, with Elizabeth Futral and Nathan Gunn.

12/12 IL TRITTICO: Puccini. Stefano Ranzani, cond, with Patricia Racette and Heidi Grant Murphy.

12/19 TALES OF HOFFMAN: Offenbach. James Levine, cond, with Kathleen Kim and Anna Netrebko.

12/26 ELEKTRA: R. Strauss. Fabio Luisi, cond, with Susan Bullock and Deborah Voigt

s Mike Seeger (8 pm, 12/26) 12/19 1954 on Stage. “The Pajama Game” and “The Threepenny Opera.”

12/26 I Resolve: New Year’s Resolutions.

5 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon.

[Also Sundays at 2 pm]

7 pm etown A live variety show featuring top bluegrass, folk and country artists and conversation about our communities and our world.

12/5 Steve Earle / Meshelle Ndegeocello.

12/12 Moby / Nellie McKay. 12/19 Bob Schneider / Flatlanders.

12/26 Martin Sexton / Ozomatli.

8 pm American Routes All the roots and branches of American music, with host Nick Spitzer.

12/5 Earl Scruggs / Tom Rush.

12/12 Radio Days Gone By... and Ahead. Ken Nordine, Kinky Friedman et al.

12/19 Tom Waits / Dave Brubeck.

12/26 National Heritage Fellowship Concert.

See article page 3.

10 pm Holiday Specials (Aaron Henkin’s Tapestry of the Times returns next month.)

12/5 Christmas with the Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs.

12/12 Happy Joyous Hanukkah!

12/19 A Carolina Christmas.

12/26 Season’s Griot!

4:01 pm NPR News Headlines

11 pm The World Music Hour

4:06 pm Footlight Parade

Dan Storper and Rosalie Howarth take you through music of many different cultures.

12/26 SPECIAL: The Promised Land: Wyclef Jean.

Bill Rudman presents musical theater from Broadway to Hollywood.

12/5 Unrequitedly Yours. Lost or never-found love.

12/12 Last Words (and Music). Final songs by the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter and more.

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Midnight Blues Before Sunrise Steve Cushing explores the highways and byways of African-American music on the best blues show on the radio!

sundays

s Reconstruction (10 pm, 12/13)

5 am Classical Music

6 pm From the Top

Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. You’ll also hear NPR news headlines at 9:01 am and 12:01 pm.

A rebroadcast of NPR’s young musician showcase.

Listings are for yesterday’s 11 am broadcast and today’s repeat.

12/6 16-year-old guitarist Chaconne Klaverenga from Lafayette, Indiana.

12/13 Alumna Melissa White talks about life in a professional string quartet.

12/20 15-year-old violinist Jenny Lee from Bloomington, Indiana, and the CSO Percussion Scholarship Group.

12/27 15-year-old violinist Clayton Penrose-Whitmore from Evanston, Illinois.

1 pm The Thistle and Shamrock

7 pm Classical Music

Scott Blankenship and Lynn Warfel select classical music for your Sunday morning, with NPR news headlines at 7:01 am and Garrison Keillor’s daily almanac at 8:01 am.

9 am Sunday Baroque

Fiona Ritchie hosts this program from Scotland, featuring traditional and contemporary music from Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere.

12/6 Muir of Gormack. The area of wilderness noted for its prehistoric remains of hut circles, cairns and decorated stones.

12/13 New Anthems.

12/20 Nollaig. The traditional Irish and Scottish Christmastide.

12/27 Raise a Glass. Celebrate the company, lament the parting, toast what lies ahead.

2 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends with skits, music, comedy and the news from Lake Wobegon!

4 pm Radio Deluxe Singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli and his singing wife, Jessica Molaskey, host a two-hour weekly music party featuring snappy patter, great records from the American Popular Songbook, interesting guests, and a lot of fun!

Valerie Kahler is your Sunday evening host; NPR news headlines are heard at 7:01 pm.

10:00 pm Harmonia Angela Mariani presents an hour of Baroque and early music, including new releases, plus NPR headlines at 10:01.

12/6 The Countertenor, Part One. 12/13 The 2009 Indianapolis Early Music Festival.

Ex Umbris, Reconstruction, Harmonious Blacksmith and the Peabody Consort.

12/20 SPECIAL: The Christmas Revels— In Celebration of the Winter Solstice 2009.

12/27 Handel in Italy.

11:06 pm The Romantic Hours Music, poetry and romance, seamlessly woven by Mona Golabek.

12/20 SPECIAL: The Christmas Revels—In Celebration of the Winter Solstice 2009 (cont).

Midnight Classical Music Scott Blankenship eases you into the new week.

PATTERNS • DECEMBER 2009

tv

Primetime Schedule

WILL-TV

Monday-Friday Nightly News Programming 9:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Worldfocus

Sundays Solid Black

Cooking (midnight-2 am; 6-8am; noon-2pm, 6-8pm) Sun and Wed: Simply Ming, Lidia’s Italy, Secrets of a Chef, Barbeque University Mon and Fri: Simply Ming, Lidia’s Italy, Daisy Cooks, Joanne Weir Tue and Thu: Mexico-One Plate at a Time, Baking with Julie, Christina Cooks, Primal Grill

Travel (2-3am, 8-9am, 2-3pm, 8-9pm) Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri: Rick Steves, Travelscope Tue and Thu: Rick Steves, Burt Wolf

Gardening/Home Improvement (3-5am, 9-11am, 3-5pm, 9-11pm) Sun and Wed: Garden Smart, Ask This Old House, For Your Home, Cultivating Life Mon and Fri: Garden Smart, This Old House, American Woodshop, Cultivating Life Tue and Thu: Victory Garden, New Yankee Workshop, Katie Brown Workshop, Glass with Vicki Payne

7:00 NOW on PBS 7:30 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 11:30

McLaughlin Group Bill Moyers Journal Global Voices Afropop NOW on PBS McLaughlin Group

Mondays

7:00 The Civil War: The Universe of Battle (12/7)

8:00 11:00

At Close Range with National Geographic (12/14) Nature (12/14, 12/21, 12/28) Citizen Tanouye (12/7) Jerusalem: Center of the World (12/14) Adirondacks (12/21) Documenting The Face of America (12/28)

Tuesdays

7:00 Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution

8:00

11:00

11:30

(12/7), Battle of Hood and Bismarck (12/22) Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century (12/1) The Struggle for North America (12/8) What Would Jesus Do? (12/15) Odyssey of Captain Healy (12/22) Virginia Lee Burton (12/29) Jews & Christians (12/1) Andrew Jackson (12/8) Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution (12/15), Battle of Hood and Bismarck (12/22) Storied Life of Millie Benson (12/29) American Masters (12/29)

Wednesdays 7:00

8:00

11:00

11:30

s Steven Raichlen, Barbeque University

s Joanne Weir, Party Perfect

Arts and Crafts (5-6am, 11-noon, 5-6pm, 11-midnight) Sun and Wed: Knit and Crochet, Beauty of Oil Painting Mon and Fri: Sewing with Nancy, Donna Dewberry Tue and Thu: Your Brush with Nature, Best of Joy of Painting

Saturday Marathons in December Six-hour block of themed programming December 5: Party Perfect Menus from the kitchens of Joanne Weir, Rick Bayless, Daisy Martinez and Hubert Keller plus decorating ideas from Bill Stubbs and Vicki Payne.

December 12: Gift of Love Ideas to show love to family and friends during your Hanukkah celebration.

December 19: Deck the Halls Explore holiday traditions around the world, plus fresh ideas on how to have a merry Christmas.

December 26: Countdown to the New Year Learn how to ring in the new year with style and how Kwanzaa can be practiced all year.

Afropop (12/2) Independent Lens (12/9, 12/16, 12/23) Afropop (12/2, 12/16, 12/23), Frontline (12/9, 12/30) Afropop (12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23), Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque (12/30) Independent Lens (12/30)

Thursdays 7:00 8:00 11:00

NOVA (12/3, 12/10, 12/17, 12/24) Scientific American Frontiers Scientific American Frontiers NOVA (12/31)

Fridays

7:00 The Civil War: The Universe of Battle (12/11)

8:00

11:00

Anatomy of a Pandemic (12/18) The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (12/4) Hold Your Breath (12/18) American Masters (12/25) American Experience (12/4) The Spartans (12/11) Secrets of the Dead(12/18) American Masters (12/25)

Saturdays

7:00 Nature 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00

History Detectives History Detectives Scientific American Frontiers Nature

See full schedules online at will.illinois.edu.

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WILL-TV Monday - Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Market to Market (M) World Focus (T-F)

5:00

Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

French in Action

Body Electric (M, W, F) Sit and Be Fit (T, Th)

5:30

Angelina Ballerina

Destinos

Between the Lions

6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00

Curious George

Curious George

Sid the Science Kid

Sid the Science Kid

Super WHY!

Super WHY!

Dinosaur Train

Dinosaur Train

Thomas & Friends

Clifford the Big Red Dog

8:30 9:00

Bob the Builder

Word Girl

Martha Speaks

Electric Company

Cyberchase Curious George Sid the Science Kid Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Sesame Street

Biz Kid$

WordWorld Barney & Friends

9:30 A Place of Our Own 10:00 This Old House Hour 10:30 11:00 Illinois Gardener

Dragon Tales

11:30 Victory Garden

Market to Market

It's a Big Big World

Noon

The McLaughlin Group

A Place of Our Own

12:30 Cook's Country

eligion + Ethics R Newsweekly

Sewing Programs

1:00 1:30

Chefs A’ Field

European Journal

2:00 2:30

Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class

Martha Speaks Arthur

3:00

Africa Trek

WordGirl

3:30 4:00 4:30

Travelscope

5:00 5:30 6:00

Prairie Fire

Open Road

Rick Steves’ Europe

Red Green Show

Lawrence Welk

Doctor Who

Clifford

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How Tos

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Painting Programs

Electric Company Fetch/Design Squad (F) BBC World News Nightly Business Report PBS NewsHour

1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: America Sews Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: Knitting Daily

To the Contrary Wealthtrack America’s Heartland

America’s Test Kitchen

Secrets of a Chef/Tommy Tang Motorweek (begins 12/19) Woodwright’s Shop

Hometime Avec Eric/Gourmet’s Adventures with Ruth (begins 12/19)

History Detectives

This Old House Hour Garden Home

Victory Garden

1:30 pm Painting M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Love to Paint with Mimi W: Gary Spetz’s Watercolor Quest Th: Painting with Paulson F: Passport & Palette

2:00 pm How Tos M: Piano Guy Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: For Your Home F: Donna Dewberry Show

Note: On Christmas Day and during Winterfest (12/1-13), daytime programming may vary.

Please check listings.

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WILL-TV

december tv features You’re invited to a wedding!

An inside look at bold science

Recorded at Dresden’s Semper Opera House in 2008, André Rieu Live in Dresden: Wedding at the Opera, below, is both a concert and a wedding party in one of the world’s most beautiful venues. The charming bride and groom, part of the famous “Vienna Debutantes,” are joined by 40 pairs of dancers from the Elmayer Dance School in Vienna, as well as sopranos Mirusia Louwerse and Carmen Monarcha, the Platinum Tenors, baritone Morschi Franz and the Johann Strauss Orchestra and Choir. Among the selections are music by Strauss, Mendelssohn, Puccini and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Don’t be late for the 7:30 pm performance Thursday, Dec. 3.

Science Trek, an out-of-this-world program hosted by LeVar Burton, explores the intersection of science fiction and science fact at 7 pm Tuesday, Dec. 8.

Combining clips from Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation with interviews with some of the leading scientists and researchers from around the country, the program is an entertaining guide to the astonishing scientific advances being made in laboratories and universities around the country.

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Flexing your brain muscle In the third of this series, Brain Fitness: Frontiers (7 pm Tuesday, Dec. 1) takes you into the world of neuroscience research, which is proving that neuroplasticity holds the key to previously unimaginable and amazing cognitive transformations. Meet ordinary people who are using their brain plasticity to create lasting and astonishing changes, along with the dedicated scientists who are pioneering new hope and inspiration for all.

Sculpting beauty

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A new documentary, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture, traces the 30-year career of America’s premier sculptor of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Debuting at 9 pm Sunday, Dec. 27, the story of his personal life is woven around in-depth studies of five of his major works of art, including the contemplative Standing Lincoln in Lincoln Park, Chicago; the moving Shaw Memorial on Boston Common; the powerful Sherman Monument in Central Park; the serene Diana in the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and the stirring Adams Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Leading a literary double life American Masters’ Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women (8 pm Monday, Dec. 28) sheds new light on the famous author, including her literary double life under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, undiscovered until the 1940s. As Barnard, Alcott penned scandalous, sensational works with characters running the gamut from murderers and revolutionaries to cross-dressers and opium addicts—a far cry from her familiar fatherly mentors, courageous mothers and appropriately impish children.

P.O.V. looks at the “godmother of punk” Filmed over 11 years by acclaimed fashion photographer Steven Sebring, Patti Smith: Dream of Life (8 pm Wednesday, Dec. 30) is a remarkable plunge into the life, art, memories and philosophical reflections of the legendary rocker, poet and artist. Following her 1975 debut album, Horses, Smith befriended and collaborated with some of the brightest lights of the American counterculture, an often testosterone-driven scene to which she brought a swagger and fierceness all her own.

More December TV features on inside back cover

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BritCom Saturday Night

8:00 As Time Goes By 8:30 Keeping Up Appearances 9:00 Are You Being Served?

9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Your Weather 10:04 Red Green Show 10:30 Doctor Who 11:15 Doctor Who Confidential

1Tuesday 1:00 Sewing with Nancy: 12 Easy Sew Bags 7:00 Brain Fitness Frontiers (TV-G) See article page 10. Repeated 1 pm Thursday; 11:30 am Saturday; 2:30 pm Sunday; 9:30 pm 12/10; and 1 pm 12/11.

8:30 My Music: Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics - The 60s (TV-G) Many of The Ed Sullivan Show’s full-length music performances from 1963-1968, including the Beatles, the Doors, the Rolling Stones and the Mamas and the Papas. Repeated 9 pm 12/11; and 5 pm 12/13.

10:29 Your Weather 10:32 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

2Wednesday 1:00 Lidia’s The Best of Italy 7:00 Sinatra at Carnegie Hall See article page 2. Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday.

8:20 My Music: Big Band Years (TV-G) The original hit makers and biggest songs of the World War II years, along with vintage live, rare and unreleased footage from the era.

Repeated 7:50 pm 12/12.

9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

3Thursday 1:00 Brain Fitness Frontiers 7:00 Illinois Gardener 7:35 Andre Rieu Live In Dresden: Wedding at the Opera (TV-G) See article page 10. Repeated 6 pm 12/12.

9:25 Alison Krauss: A Hundred Miles Or More (TV-PG) See C-U native Krauss performing with her band, Union Station, and special guest musicians Brad Paisley, James Taylor, John Waite, Tony Rice and others.

11:03 Charlie Rose

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4Friday 12:30 Julia Child Memories: Bon Appetit!

7:00 Public Affairs See left.

9:00 Peter, Paul and Mary: Carry It On: A Musical Legacy (TV-G) Featuring rare archival performances and tributes from fellow musicians, a look at the 40-year career of Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers.

10:50 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live One-of-a-kind performances from the induction ceremonies of the Rock Hall of Fame over the last 24 years, featuring behind-the-scenes footage.

5Saturday am 10:00 Sewing with Nancy: 12 Easy Sew Bags 11:30 Brain Fitness Frontiers pm 1:00 Special: Ken Burns’ The Civil War The Universe of Battle. See article on inside back cover.

3:00 Christmas with the King Family 4:30 Sinatra at Carnegie Hall 6:00 Lawrence Welk Musical Memories 7:10 Doo Wop 50 (TV-G) This program reunited more than 100 original performers, including the Platters, the Chantels and Gene Chandler, to sing their megahits of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

9:00 As Time Goes By Reunion Special (TV-PG) Dame Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer reprise their roles as Jean Pargetter and Lionel Hardcastle for this look into new developments since the original series ended.

11:00 Red Green Story: We’re All In This Together (TV-G) A new retrospective special and behind-the-scenes celebration.

6Sunday 2:30 Brain Fitness Frontiers 4:00 The National Parks: America’s Best Idea The Morning of Creation (1946-1980).

7:00 Nature (TV-PG) Born Wild: The First Days of Life. A look at several species, from marmoset and moose to elephant and gorilla, as they interact with their young, revealing surprising parental instincts.

8:10 A Tale of Two Cities See article page 2.

9:58 Your Weather 10:02 War of the Worlds Live Musician Jeff Wayne brought his composition to the stage in 2006, where it was captured in Londay’s Wembley Stadium using over 20 high definition cameras.

11:32 Roadtrip Nation

7Monday 12:30 Daring Kids with Miriam Peskowitz 1:30 Sit and Be Fit Special 7:00 Red Grange Remembers (TV-G) This newest documentary from WILL-TV offers highlights and reflections from Grange’s

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last interview, including the football star’s experiences as a U of I and Chicago Bears player.

Illinois Legacy A documentary about the four directors of the U of I bands whose innovations transformed bands around the world.

Straight No Chaser - Live In New York: Holiday Edition (TV-G) See article page 2. Repeated 9:40 pm Sunday.

Your Weather Are You Being Served?

Charlie Rose

8Tuesday 1:00 Jillian Michaels Master Your Metabolism 7:00 Science Trek (TV-G) See article page 10.

8:20 Weathered Secrets: Barns of the American Midwest The Schumacher family barn built by German immigrants near Sigel, Ill., is one of three structures featured in this documentary.

9:30 PBS Previews: The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (TV-G) An overview of the acclaimed Ken Burns film which debuted in September.

9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

9Wednesday 1:00 Unstuck with Dr. James Gordon 7:00 Liza’s at the Palace (TV-PG) See article page 2.

8:20 Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart (TV-G) Filmed in HD at the historic Powerscout House and Gardens in County Wicklow, Ireland.

9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

10Thursday 1:00 Sewing with Nancy: 12 Easy Sew Bags

7:00 Illinois Gardener 7:30 Special: Ken Burns’ The Civil War The Universe of Battle. See article on inside back cover.

9:30 Brain Fitness Frontiers (TV-G) Repeated from 7 pm 12/1.

11:03 Charlie Rose

11Friday 1:00 Brain Fitness Frontiers 7:00 Public Affairs See page 12.

9:00 My Music: Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics - The 60s (TV-G) Many of The Ed Sullivan Show’s full-length music performances from 1963-1968, including the Beatles, the Doors, the Rolling Stones and the Mamas and the Papas.

11:03 Charlie Rose

12Saturday am 10:00 11:00 pm 1:00 3:00 6:00

7:50

9:30

11:30

Sit and Be Fit Special Julia Child Memories: Bon Appetit!

Rick Steves’ European Christmas The National Parks: America’s Best Idea The Morning of Creation (1946-1980).

Andre Rieu Live in Dresden: Wedding at the Opera Repeated from 7:35 pm 12/3.

My Music: Big Band Years (TV-G) The original hit makers and biggest songs of the World War II years, along with vintage live, rare and unreleased footage from the era.

Christmas with the Annie Moses Band (TV-G) Drawing on the Moses family’s fourgeneration musical journey, this all-sibling band performs in its PBS debut.

Austin City Limits (TV-PG) The Decemberists/Explosions in the Sky.

13Sunday 1:30 Jillian Michaels Master Your Metabolism 3:00 Special: Ken Burns’ The Civil War The Universe of Battle. See article on inside back cover.

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5:00 My Music: Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics - The 60s (TV-G) 7:00 Three Tenors Christmas Taped at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, this special features Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti accompanied by The Vienna Symphony.

8:20 Great Performances (TV-G) Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas In Concert. See article page 1.

9:40 Straight No Chaser - Live In New York: Holiday Edition (TV-G) Repeated from 9 pm Monday.

11:00 Woodsongs Jen Chapin.

14Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Roadshow Remembers. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; 3 am and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Anatomy of a Pandemic See article on inside back cover. Repeated midnight; and 2 am Wednesday.

9:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) The Killer Flu. Follow the scientists who have been seeking to learn the origins of the 1918 flu virus and what made it so deadly. This encore program includes their new findings.

Repeated 3 am Wednesday.

9:58 Your Weather 10:03 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

15Tuesday 7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) The Spy Factory. A suspenseful investigation of the National Security Agency and the hidden world of high-tech, 21st-century surveillance in the age of terrorism.

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Susan Kundrat MS, RD, LD

Listen to Susan the first Monday of every month at 1 p.m. on AM 580’s Afternoon Magazine with Celeste Quinn or visit her from 11-1 every Wednesday at Strawberry Fields.

Frontline (TV-PG) (DVS) From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians.

Part 1 of 2. The epic story of the rise of Christianity, drawn from new historical evidence.

9:58 Your Weather 10:03 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose 8:00

16Wednesday 7:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Edward Herrman See article page 1. Repeated 8 pm 12/24; 2 am and noon 12/25.

8:00 Great Performances at the Met: Tosca (TV-G) See article page 3. Repeated midnight Thursday; 2 am Friday; and 2 am Monday.

10:28 Your Weather 10:33 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

17Thursday 7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday.

7:30 Life (Part 2) (TV-PG) The Science of Happiness. Answers from Americans of every age on what makes them happy.

8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday; and 3 pm Sunday.

9:00 Independent Lens Between the Folds. (TV-G) Meet a group of theoretical scientists and fine artists who pursue the art and science of origami.

9:58 Your Weather 10:03 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

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The Devil: Gary Ambler Narrator: Stephen Fiol

6:30 pm Jordan Kaye and The Prairie Dogs 7:00 pm Concert Begins The Canopy Club 708 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana Tickets purchased at the door: $20 Adult; $18 Senior; $8 Student.

Tickets can also be purchased online at www.canopyclub.com.

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18Friday

21Monday

7:00 Public Affairs See page 12.

9:00 2009 Lincoln Academy Bicentennial Special The presentation of the Order of Lincoln Medal to 30 people from around the world who have perpetuated the memory of Abraham Lincoln.

10:28 Your Weather 10:33 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Big & Little. Repeated 4 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Great Performances (TV-G) Dance In America: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker. In this production, one of the most popular and enduring ballets is set in San Francisco’s 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition.

Repeated midnight Tuesday; 2 am Wednesday; and 9 am Friday.

9:58 Your Weather 10:03 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

19Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Roadshow Remembers. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12.

11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Kings of Leon/Roky Erickson.

20Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) Christmas In Yellowstone. Following in the footsteps of those who first explored the park, this journey of discovery examines beauty and the quest for survival in nature’s challenging season. Repeated 4 am Tuesday.

8:00 Masterpiece Classic (TV-PG) Cranford - Part 1. Based on three serialized Elizabeth Gaskell novels, an 1840s chronicle of lives of Cranford residents during one extraordinary year. In this episode, Mary Smith flees a crisis at home to stay with two spinster sisters, Deborah and Matty Jenkyns. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday.

9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Urban Nutcracker: Anatomy of a Ballet This performance documentary goes behind the scenes of Anthony Williams’ adaptation of the holiday classic, including the challenges of uniting a multi-ethnic team.

11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Mandolin master Chris Thile and bassist Edgar Meyer.

22Tuesday 7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) The Last Great Ape. Researchers return to the Congo to resume studies of the gentle bonobo apes they had to abandon as civil war broke out in 1997. Repeated 4 am Thursday.

8:00 Frontline (TV-PG) (DVS) From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians.

Part 2 of 2.

9:58 Your Weather 10:03 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

23Wednesday 7:00 Christmas at Belmont 2009 (TV-G) See article page 1. Repeated 3 am and 1 pm Friday.

8:00 Great Performances (TV-PG) La Boheme. See article page 3. Repeated midnight Thursday; 2 am Saturday; and 2 am Monday.

9:58 Your Weather 10:03 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

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24Thursday 7:00 Michael McDonald – This Christmas: A Soundstage Special Event Old favorites and new pieces, performed with the singer’s signature baritone.

8:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Edward Herrman See article page 1. Repeated from 7 pm 12/16.

9:00 Christmas at St. Olaf: Where Peace and Love and Hope Abide (TV-G) More than 500 St. Olaf College students in five choirs will celebrate the Christmas season, continuing a tradition begun in 1912.

Repeated 1 am Friday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Faith Hill, Joy to the World: A Soundstage Special Event (TV-G) Backed by an orchestra, Faith Hill sings favorites from her 2008 holiday album, Joy to the World, featuring both standards and more light-hearted tunes. Repeated 4 am; and 2 pm Friday.

25Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See page 12.

9:00 Great Performances (TV-G) Sting, A Winter’s Tale. See article page 3.

Repeated 11 pm 12/31.

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11:03 Charlie Rose

26Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Big & Little. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12.

11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) The Arcade Fire.

27Sunday

7:00 Nature (TV-PG) Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears. Follow creatures as they climb Africa’s Drakensberg Mountains, through storms and snow, to reach the only available food on the plateau.

Repeated 4 am Tuesday.

8:00 Masterpiece Classic (TV-PG) Cranford - Part 2. As winter approaches, Cranford is beset by sorrows, struggles and what some believe is a crime wave. Repeated midnight Sunday; and 2 am Tuesday.

9:00 Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture (TV-G) See article page 11. Repeated 1 and 4 am Monday; 3 am Tuesday; and 4 am Thursday.

9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Ethiopia.

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11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) The Grascals.

28Monday

7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Jackpot! Repeated 4 am Wednesday and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women. See article page 11. Repeated midnight; and 2 am Wednesday.

9:30 Losing Their Voices? A Look at Local Radio (TV-G) Through the experiences of stations in South Carolina, this documentary examines the role that radio played for small communities, as well as why some stations fail while others survive.

9:58 Your Weather 10:03 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

29Tuesday

7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) What Darwin Never Knew. On the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species,” NOVA reveals answers to the riddles that Darwin couldn’t explain, including nature’s secrets at the genetic level. Repeated midnight.

9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Scenes from a Parish. When a young priest arrives at Saint Patrick Parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts, he discovers ethnic tensions in a changing working-class community.

Repeated 2 am Thursday.

10:33 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

30Wednesday 7:00 Girl’s Life (TV-PG) Researcher and author Rachel Simmons examines the challenges facing young women as they surf the waves of 21st century adolescence.

8:00 P.O.V. Patti Smith: Dream of Life. See article page 11.

Repeated midnight; and 2 am Friday.

10:03 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served?

11:03 Charlie Rose

31Thursday

7:00 Live from Lincoln Center (TV-G) New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve: Hampson, Gershwin, Copland & Broadway.

See article page 2.

9:00 Live from Lincoln Center (TV-G) New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve: Hampson, Gershwin, Copland & Broadway.

Repeated from 7 pm.

11:00 Great Performances (TV-G) Sting, A Winter’s Tale. Repeated from 9 pm 12/25.

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news Teachers now implementing Youth Media Workshop program

Connecting young people to their communities using media as the hook is a process the Youth Media Workshop (YMW) is now exporting to Champaign public schools.

Since 2003, the YMW has mentored African-American youth and equipped them with audio and video equipment to gather and create authentic stories about their community through interviews with older members of their community.

After five years of teaching AfricanAmerican students directly, the YMW is now investing in teacher training so that educators can implement this after-school program during the school year. In this way, teachers work directly with students while the YMW team guides and supports the teachers throughout the year.

Photo: Kimberlie Kranich

“We’re able to reach more youth by training teachers to do this work,” said Kimberlie Kranich, co-director of the Youth Media Workshop, “and in doing so, we are inspiring and supporting teachers’ use of media tools to engage students in the classroom.”

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YMW projects are being led by Amos Lee and Kim Anderson at Jefferson Middle School; Michelle Bahr and Laurie Jacobson at Edison Middle School; and Whitney Stewart and Josh Wiechert at Franklin Middle School.

The YMW is a collaboration between WILL and William Patterson, associate director of the African American Cultural Center at the University of Illinois, and is supported in part by the Adobe Youth Voices Fund and the Unit 4 Champaign School District.

For more information, please visit will.illinois.edu/youthmediaworkshop. t Mecca Muhammad and Anna Carty practice using a Flip video camera at Jefferson Middle School.

Photo: University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics

Red Grange DVD makes the perfect gift

Simplify your holiday shopping while you support Illinois Public Media! With a pledge of $60 or more, you can receive Red Grange Remembers as your thank-you gift. The newest documentary from WILL-TV, which debuted in September, captured highlights and reflections of football’s first superstar, mixing photos and film of his career with never-before-broadcast portions from Harold “Red” Grange’s last video interview.

After starring for the University of Illinois, he went on to help launch professional football as a player for the Chicago Bears.

ESPN named him the greatest college football player of all time. So any U of I or Chicago Bears football fan would be proud to add this piece of Illinois history to his or her video library! Plus, your pledge of financial support—during the re-broadcast of Red Grange Remembers at 7 pm Monday, Dec. 7, or anytime at will.illinois.edu/ support—will help make production of more great documentaries like this one possible for WILL-TV.

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for lighting up our radio fund drive!

Your generous support of AM 580 and FM 90.9 during our October fund drive totaled $147,729. This amount will go a long way in helping us bring you more of the best in music, news, weather, talk shows and agriculture in the coming months. If you missed the opportunity to pledge your support during the drive, you can always contribute online at will.illinois.edu/support.

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Agriculture Dave Dickey, agriculture director; Todd Gleason, host, Closing Market Report & Commodity Week

Pre-Opening Market Report: 8:49 am; Opening Market Report: 9:49 am; Market Update: 10:58 and 11:58 am; Ag and Stock Market Report: 12:55 pm; Settlements: 1:50 pm; Closing Market Report: 2:06 pm. To listen to archived ag reports, sign up for the Illinois Public Media Ag E-newsletter, or download our agricultural podcasts, visit www.willag.org. Call 217-3333434 for market analysis, updated at 9:15 am and 3:15 pm daily.

Weather Ed Kieser, chief meteorologist; Mike Sola, weather producer

Talk to Ed & Talk to Mike Fridays 7:50 am & 12:40 pm Call 217-333-9455 or 800-222-9455 with your weather-related questions. Watch WILL-TV for nightly YourWeather.

Monday-Friday Weather Forecast: 5:35, 6:35, 7:35, 8:35, 9:35 am; 12:35, 4:33, 5:33 pm Saturday and Sunday Occasional Updates

AM 580 News Tom Rogers, news director

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more december tv features Take a new look at Ken Burns’

The Civil War With the success of his The National Parks: America’s Best Idea this year, Ken Burns has once again captured the attention of Americans across the country. Now, nearly 20 years after the debut of his PBS blockbuster, The Civil War, we bring back episode five of the five-part film, The Universe of Battle, to introduce a new generation to the highest-rated series in PBS history.

At the time, The Washington Post called The Civil War, “heroic television,” and the series went on to win more than 40 major awards, including a Peabody and two Emmys. Using new technology, the entire series has been completely remastered to produce a steadier, sharper and cleaner film. Burns and his crew have also improved the sound, re-mixing the soundtrack in a two-track stereo version. Catch the selected episode as part of Winterfest programming at 1 pm Saturday, Dec. 5; 7:30 pm Thursday, Dec. 10; and 3 pm Sunday, Dec. 13.

Assessing the impact of a

pandemic

Come along with Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for PBS NewsHour, as he reports from the front lines of the effort to combat this year’s H1N1 influenza virus outbreak, along with the science and history of these health crises.

Anatomy of a Pandemic will carefully explore best practices for the U.S. and other world governments when faced with any widespread health emergency, including the quest to create a potential universal vaccine.

The program also examines the impact of pandemics on modern society, contextualizing the current outbreak with those of the past, including the 1918 influenza pandemic, which caused between 50 and 100 million deaths worldwide. This special airs at 8 pm Monday, Dec. 14.

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