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How the friends he made and the cases he tried along the roads of Illinois’ Eighth Judicial Circuit shaped one of our greatest presidents.
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A Message to Our Members Innovation from Adversity We have begun implementing changes over the past year to meet the funding challenges that affect WILL, particularly as a result of a two-year decline in funding from the state. Although budget and staffing cuts are never pleasant, they can result in fresh, innovative approaches. In the case of WILL, we have invested considerable time and effort evaluating our programs and services to identify what is essential, with an eye toward the rapidly changing role that media plays in our society. An example of the dramatic change in established media: The Detroit Free Press announced on December 16 that it will be reducing its home delivery of newspapers to three days a week, marking the first major daily newspaper to abandon full-week delivery to homes. The Christian Science Monitor plans to stop printing newspapers on a daily basis in April, relying exclusively on Web readership. Why does this matter to WILL? We must be equally mindful of the ever evolving competition for people’s time PATTERNS • FEBRUARY 2009
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from General Manager Mark Leonard and attention. A generation of young adults has no interest in radio. If they ever used a radio, which is doubtful, it has now been replaced by on-demand media players like iPods. They demand control over their media, something that traditional broadcasters (like us), find to be very threatening. As we ignore their expectations, they increasingly migrate to other media forms— YouTube, Hulu, Facebook, Pandora. Our challenge is to navigate the changes in user expectation, decreases in funding, and the incorporation of emerging technologies without offending or alienating our core of current listeners, viewers and supporters. No small feat! One example of meeting our challenges is the changes to our FM radio service that kick off this month. We are shifting our emphasis away from using our on-air talent exclusively to host daily programs. If we are to be truly local and unique, we need to be building a more robust connection to our local arts and cultural scene. It’s hard to do that when you are confined to a radio
studio for the majority of your working hours. So beginning this month, we are freeing up Kevin Kelly to join Roger Cooper in working more extensively outside the building, producing features about our local performance scene, as well as preparing a weekly arts calendar for use on air and on the Web. Vic Di Geronimo will move his show to 6-10 am, where the largest audience for FM 90.9 occurs, and where local live information is most valuable to listeners. By being challenged financially, WILL was forced to look for new work patterns, ones that hopefully will build upon our strength of being a local media organization. The music we play can be found many places—on CDs, off satellite or through the Internet. The connections to our local arts and performance communities are something that these other sources can never duplicate. Thank you for your continued support and interest in WILL. We look forward to an ongoing dialogue with you as we navigate these challenging times.
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Kevin Kelly Named WILL Community Music Producer; Vic Di Geronimo Moves to Mornings Changes on FM 90.9 to Provide Increased Morning Service and Community Involvement s Left to right: Roger Cooper, Vic Di Geronimo, and Kevin Kelly
FM 90.9 will devote more attention to
promoting regional music performances beginning this month. Kevin Kelly has been named WILL’s first community music and arts producer, and as such will host a new noontime program on FM featuring local music and artists, joining senior community events liaison Roger Cooper in giving listeners expanded access to information about music events and organizations in our communities. Meanwhile, Vic Di Geronimo takes over from Kevin on weekdays to host a new and expanded four-hour morning music program. Live and Local with Kevin Kelly, airing from noon to 1 pm weekdays beginning February 2, will feature music as well as interviews and features about music-making in central Illinois. These features and interviews will also be heard on Prairie Performances Sunday evenings as well as on AM 580 and on-demand on the WILL Web site. In addition, Kevin will produce Living Music Calendar modules that will air regularly on FM, covering music events throughout the listening area, and which will also be accessible at our Web site. Kevin, who serves as music director of The Prairie Ensemble and The East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra in addition to his work at WILL, said he’s looking forward to providing more information to listeners about local events
and musicians. “It’s a real opportunity for us to connect with the vast array of musical organizations throughout our listening area,” Kevin said. “And it’s a great opportunity for those organizations to broadcast what they’re doing to a wide audience.” Vic Di Geronimo will host The Morning Express from 6 to 10 am Monday through Friday. “We’re adding the 6 am hour because we believe we can better serve listeners at that hour with a local host,” said FM program director Jake Schumacher. “The Morning Express will combine Vic’s extensive knowledge of performances and repertoire with the things radio listeners need in the morning: frequent weather and time-checks, timely information about things like school closings and severe weather.” During the past year, WILL has been trying to realize savings in its day-to-day operations, while reallocating some increasingly scarce resources to a more active engagement with the communities served by the stations, Jake said. FM 90.9 took steps in that direction when Roger agreed to serve as Senior Community Events Liaison after retiring from his weekday program. Among other duties in that role, he produces and hosts Prairie Performances on Sunday nights (now from 7 to 10 pm), airing concerts
from communities served by FM 90.9 along with interviews, reviews and previews of local and touring performers. Budget cuts necessitated another change this month. Performance Today will be replaced Monday through Thursday with classical music suitable for the dinner hour hosted by Bob Christiansen, Valerie Kahler and Alison Young. Other changes include a move of the Friday afternoon repeat of NPR’s young musician showcase From the Top to 6 pm Sundays, and Jeff Esworthy taking over the 10 to noon weekday slot. Jake encouraged anyone in the FM 90.9 coverage area to contact Kevin or Roger if there is a musical event that needs promotion. “We’re excited to be able to increase our commitment to local arts as a primary component of our work,” he said. “Kevin and Roger both have deep ties to music in central Illinois, and they’ll be expanding and strengthening those ties. Expect to see them out and about in your hometown!”
To promote your music event, call Roger at 217-345-5083 or email him at rcooper@illinois.edu. Call Kevin at 217-244-2619 or email him at kmkelly1@illinois.edu. Write them c/o WILL-FM, 300 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana IL 61801. PATTERNS • FEBRUARY 2009
fending a slave holder trying to reclaim a slave named Jane Bryant and her children; brandishing a sword on the banks of the Mississippi River at dawn before being talked out of fighting a duel; and crossing the prairie reading a book atop his horse, Old Tom, on the way to his next stop on the circuit.
Prelude to the Presidency
Riding through prairie grass on trails
His experiences from 1837 to 1860 on muddy roads, in homes of friends and in courtrooms on the circuit in central Illinois shaped the views and honed the skills that guided him when he became president. Produced by WILL-TV, Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency airs at 8 pm Monday, February 9 (repeated at 7:30 pm Thursday, February 12), telling the story of the cases he tried and people he met during this critical period of his life.
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just barely wide enough for his horse, Abraham Lincoln traveled more than 500 miles each spring and fall as a lawyer on Illinois’ Eighth Judicial Circuit, then the fastest growing area of the country.
“That’s where he really got a sense of the various kinds of problems people faced,” said historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of the experts featured in the documentary. “He got a sense of the exuberance of their dreams and their hopes. In a certain sense, I think it was the root of his political education.”
Dozens of local reenactors from New Salem State Park and the David Davis Mansion Illinois State Historic Site played extras in the documentary, filmed at rural sites near Bloomington and Decatur. Scores of others, including local theater actors and WILL-TV staff, played parts in the reenactment scenes. Joe Woodard of Hazel Dell portrayed Lincoln. Bloomington attorney Guy Fraker, an expert on Lincoln’s years on the circuit, was content adviser for the documentary. The WILL-TV documentary was produced and written by Alison Davis Wood, co-produced and directed by Tim Hartin, and edited by Colin Hartin. The one-hour documentary shows how Lincoln’s work on the circuit meshed neatly with his political career. In the
Reenactments of Lincoln on horseback on the dusty circuit, telling stories with friends and trying cases in court help viewers envision his formative experiences on the circuit. Viewers see Lincoln as they’ve never seen him before: de-
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PBS, WILL-TV and WILL-AM cel-
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ebrate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth this month by exploring the life, death and legacy of the man widely considered one of America’s best and most enigmatic presidents.
evenings after finishing his legal work, he would gather a crowd for a speech, enabling him to advance careers in both politics and law during his travels. As he made friends and visited in people’s homes, he was building the political base that supported him in the years ahead, experts say. The gangly, disheveled Lincoln made an impression when he came into town. “People noticed him. Here on the frontier, he didn’t drink, he didn’t smoke, he hardly ever used foul language. There was some special quality about him that people did notice,” said historian and University of Illinois history professor Orville Vernon Burton. Of the 5,000 cases Lincoln handled during his legal career, the documentary features his representation of slaveholder Robert Matson; his defense of Melissa Goings, who was accused of murdering her abusive husband; his successful defense of murder suspect Duff Armstrong by using the moon tables in the Farmer’s Almanac; and his representation of Rebecca Thomas, a Revolutionary War soldier’s widow whose pension was threatened by a pension agent. The documentary examines Lincoln’s attitudes toward race and slavery, which developed in discussions with people on the circuit. Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency was made possible by contributions from the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; Country Financial; the University of Illinois College of Law; the Monticello Chamber of Commerce; the Office of the Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; the Illinois State Bar Association and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum.
At 8 pm Tuesday, February 10, two days shy of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday, WILL-TV airs American Experience: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Barak Goodman. Interviews with the nation’s foremost Lincoln scholars recount a great American drama: two tumultuous months when the joy of peace was shattered by the heartache of Lincoln’s death. At the heart of the story are two figures who define the extremes of character: Lincoln, who had the strength to transform suffering into infinite compassion, and John Wilkes Booth, above, the assassin who allowed hatred to curdle into destruction. A. Lincoln, Attorney At Law, airing on WILL-TV at 9:30 pm Tuesday, February 10, examines the legal style of Abraham Lincoln. Central Illinois filmmaker Craig Lindvahl focuses on a critical period that shaped the way Lincoln would govern. Then at 8 pm Wednesday, February 11, Looking for Lincoln, hosted by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., addresses
many of the controversies surrounding Lincoln — race, equality, religion, politics, depression — by carefully interpreting evidence from those who knew him and those who study him today. Gates shows how the Lincoln legend grew out of controversy, greed, love, clashing political perspectives, power struggles and considerable disagreement over how the 16th president should be remembered. WILL-AM airs two programs about Lincoln produced by WUIS radio in Springfield. At 6 pm Saturday, February 14, Lincoln as a Lawmaker looks at how Lincoln’s time spent as a state lawmaker prepared him for his time as president. At 6 pm on Saturday, February 21, Lincoln and Campaign Politics examines the politics of the 1860 and 1864 presidential campaigns and compares them to contemporary campaigns.
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Tallying Your
Favorite BritComs
It’s time to vote again — this time, for
your favorite British comedy! Join us at 7 pm Saturday, February 7 as WILL-TV hosts the Great BritCom Vote X. Call in your selection and we’ll tally the votes. Once the results are final, WILL-TV program director David Thiel plans to purchase the winning program to air during the next fiscal year. Here are the choices, pictured in order at right: When we last checked in on To the Manor Born a quarter of a century ago, the indomitable Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith) was marrying the dashing, self-made businessman Richard DeVere (Peter Bowles) to continue a relationship centered on disagreement about pretty much everything. In its second chapter, Blackadder II transports us to Elizabethan England and to a particularly cunning Edmund, the illegitimate great-great-grandson of the Blackadder from series I. Miranda Richardson stars as the Queen, with Rowan Atkinson as Lord Edmund Blackadder. One Foot in the Grave follows the misfortunes of cantankerous old grouch Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) as he
Get in the Mood Y for Love on Valentine’s Evening! FM 90.9 brings you a
brand-new Music You Can Use special from 7 pm to midnight on Saturday, February14, as we present The Most Romantic Jazz of All Time. Enjoy five uninterrupted hours of sensuous, lush, soulful jazz, spiced with classic love songs from film and the Great American Songbook. No talk, just great music to create a romantic mood for your evening! PATTERNS • FEBRUARY 2009
rails against the injustices of the world around him. Gareth Blackstock (Lenny Henry) is an arrogant, bullish perfectionist more at ease dealing with profiteroles than people in Chef! Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington star as Margo and Jerry Leadbetter in The Good Neighbors. Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal are neighbors Tom and Barbara Good, whose living off the land antics put them at odds with the social-climbing Leadbetters. Can we surpass the all-time highest vote getter, To the Manor Born, which garnered 125 votes in 2000? How about the most total votes cast, which numbered 346 in 2001? “However it turns out, it’s about creating a night of fun in our pledge drive and, of course, raising the funds necessary to continue to afford these relatively expensive additions to our PBS national schedule,” David said.
Lincoln in Central Illinois: Learn More Visit WILL’s Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency Web site at will.illinois. edu/lincoln to read a producer’s notebook by Alison Davis Wood and articles by Guy Fraker, Bloomington-Normal attorney and an expert on Lincoln on the circuit, about Lincoln’s work as a lawyer in Champaign, Macon, Logan, Vermilion, Woodford and McLean counties. And you’ll find links to a map of the circuit, with information about all the places he stopped along the way; photos from the production of the documentary; old photos taken of Lincoln in central Illinois during his time on the circuit; and old photos of central Illinois courthouses where he practiced. Get bonus footage on a DVD, along with the complete documentary, by making a contribution to WILL on the nights that Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency airs. The bonus footage includes full-length interviews with Lincoln scholars Doris Kearns Goodwin, Edna Greene Medford and Orville Vernon Burton, favorite Lincoln stories from these and other experts, and a story from the archives of WILL-TV’s Prairie Fire about a convention for Lincoln reenactors.
Possible Analog Shut-Off Delay As Patterns went to press, the new administration requested a delay in the analog shut-off date, originally scheduled for February 17. If you still have questions about the transition, please give us a call at 217-333-7300. We don’t want anyone left behind in the transition.
WILL Create
WILL-TV
New Travel Show in February Internationally-acclaimed photographer Art Wolfe
Public Television How-To Programs Create™ programs provide expert advice on cooking, arts & crafts, gardening, home improvement and travel. Tune in and be inspired to taste, grow, imagine, explore and live more fully. See page 6 for additional scheduling information.
(right) guides us to experience remote, awe-inspiring locations across the planet in Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge. Explore spectacular glaciers, stunning deserts, colorful rainforests, remote mountain peaks, important tribal gatherings and untouched habitats. Revel in the beauty and wonder of locations including Patagonia, Peru, Bolivia, Alaska, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Madagascar, Nepal, India and South Georgia Island. Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge joins the Create schedule on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in February.
Sundays and Wednesdays 6:00/Noon Jacques Pepin 6:30/12:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00/1:00 Healthy Flavors 7:30/1:30 Perfect Day 8:00/2:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 8:30/2:30 Equitrekking/Art Wolfe (begins 2/8) 9:00/3:00 Garden Home 9:30/3:30 Ask This Old House 10:00/4:00 For Your Home 10:30/4:30 Cultivating Life 11:00/5:00 Knit & Crochet Today 11:30/5:30 Gary Spetz’s Painting Wild Places!
Mondays and Fridays 6:00/Noon Jacques Pepin 6:30/12:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00/1:00 Spain...On the Road Again 8:00/2:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 8:30/2:30 Equitrekking/Art Wolfe (begins 2/13) 9:00/3:00 Garden Home 9:30/3:30 This Old House 10:00/4:00 American Woodshop 10:30/4:30 Cultivating Life 11:00/5:00 Sewing with Nancy 11:30/5:30 Donna Dewberry
Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00/Noon Chefs Story 6:30/12:30 Cook’s Country 7:00/1:00 Christina Cooks 7:30/1:30 Seasoned with Spirit/ Endless Feast (begins 2/19) 8:00/2:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 8:30/2:30 Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions 9:00/3:00 Victory Garden 9:30/3:30 New Yankee Workshop 10:00/4:00 Katie Brown Workshop 10:30/4:30 Moment of Luxury 11:00/5:00 Your Brush with Nature 11:30/5:30 Best of the Joy of Painting
Saturday Marathons on Create Saturdays are filled with a day of how-to programs focusing on a specific theme. Here’s what’s coming up in February. February 7 African Roots
February 21 Let the Good Times Roll
Join world travelers Rick Steves (above), Art Wolfe and Joseph Rosendo on a visit to the vast continent of Africa. You’ll scale to the top of the pyramids in Egypt, go wine tasting in South Africa and on safari in Kenya. You will then go into the kitchen with chef John Folse and cultural expert Burt Wolf to learn about the African influences in American recipes. African roots stretch far and wide!
In honor of the biggest party on the bayou, “Laissez Les Bons Temps Roule”- Let the Good Times Roll! We’re celebrating Mardi Gras with chefs Steve Raichlen, John Folse, Paul Prudhomme and John Shields. They will be preparing the finest seafood and Cajun dishes just in time for Fat Tuesday!
February 14 So in Love It’s Valentine’s Day! Lifestyle experts Katie Brown, Chris Fennimore, Dede Wilson and Emily Luche will show you how to take make heart-shaped cakes, prepare a quiet dinner for two, plan an engagement party or a wedding! February 14 will be an unforgettable day for you and your sweetie.
February 28 Rise and Shine What’s the most important meal of the day? Breakfast, of course! Start your day with wonderful waffles, excellent eggs and fabulous French toast prepared by chefs Julia Child, Jeff Nathan and Chris Kimball. With this caliber of cooks in the kitchen, you’ll never miss breakfast again!
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WILL World WILL-TV World Primetime Schedule
Analog Shut-Off Causes Schedule Changes
Monday-Friday
WILL Program Schedule
Nightly News Programming 9:00 NewsHour with Jim Lehrer 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Worldfocus
Sundays 7:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 10:00
NOW on PBS McLaughlin Group Bill Moyers Journal Global Voices Varies
Mondays 7:00 7:30 8:00
Ride of Our Lives (2/2, 2/9, 2/16) Wild Chronicles (2/23) Ride of Our Lives (2/2, 2/9, 2/16) Wild Chronicles (2/23) Nature Prince of the Alps (2/2) Drakensberg (2/9) Why We Love Cats and Dogs (2/16) In The Valley of the Wolves (2/23)
Tuesdays 7:00 7:30 8:00
Varies Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: American Experience (2/10) American Experience Polio Crusade: American Experience (2/3) TBA (2/10) The Lobotomist (2/17) Class Apart (2/24)
Wednesdays
The WILL-DT 1 and WILL-TV analog schedule are the same. While the analog channel will end on February 17, all your favorite PBS and WILL local programs will still be available on DT 1. Whenever available, programs airing on DT 1 will be in high definition. DT 1 is available on Comcast Channel 916 in Champaign-Urbana and Channel 917 in Springfield and Decatur; and on MediaCom Channel 712 in Charleston and Gibson City.
Create Schedule
From February 1-17, prior to the analog shut-off, Create will air on WILL-DT 3 and on Comcast Channel 219 in Champaign-Urbana and Channel 220 in Springfield and Decatur. Create airs in a six-hour block of programming that runs from 6 am to noon and repeats from noon to 6 pm. After February 18, Create will continue to air on WILL-DT 3, but increase to 24 hours a day. The program block will run from midnight to 6 am, repeat from 6 am to noon, noon to 6 pm and 6 pm to midnight. We’ve listed the morning and afternoon times on page 5.
World Schedule
From February 1-17, prior to the analog shut-off, World will air from 6 pm to 6 am on WILL-DT 3 and on Comcast Channel 219 in Champaign-Urbana and Channel 220 in Springfield and Decatur. After February 18, World will switch to WILL-DT 2 (which had been simulcasting the analog signal). As Patterns goes to press, WILL is discussing carriage of World with cable and satellite providers. We’ve listed the primetime World schedule on this page. You can find the full listings for all WILL digital channels online at will.illinois.edu.
7:00 Varies 8:00 Frontline (2/4, 2/18, 2/25) Afropop (2/11)
Thursdays 7:00 8:00
t Worldfocus host Martin Savidge
Fridays 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30
Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2/6) Flying The Secret Sky (2/13) Story of India (2/27) Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2/6) P.O.V.: Traces of the Trade (2/20) Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2/6) Linguists (2/27) Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2/6)
Saturdays 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00
Nature Prince of the Alps (2/7) Drakensberg (2/14) Why We Love Cats and Dogs (2/21) In The Valley of the Wolves (2/28) History Detectives History Detectives Scientific American Frontiers Repeated from 8 pm Thursday.
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Worldfocus, a nightly news
program and Web site, reports on events from around the world and covers the stories that don’t always make the headlines. By partnering with international news organizations, Worldfocus fills the void in international news coverage and informs American viewers about the relevance of international events.
Nova The Spy Factory (2/5) TBA (2/12, 2/26) The Four-Winged Dinosaur (2/19) Scientific American Frontiers Repeated Saturday at 10 pm. You Can Make It On Your Own (2/5) Worried Sick (2/12) Don’t Forget (2/19) Hot Times in Alaska (2/26)
Nightly International News
Using the diverse perspectives of journalists, bloggers and local citizens, Worldfocus extends its reach beyond that of the traditional newsroom, and offers a broad range of voices from around the world — from the European economics professor to the El Salvadoran shopkeeper blogging about his daily business. Worldfocus airs at 10:30 pm Monday-Friday on PBS World.
WILL-TV/DTDaytime Monday - Friday
David Thiel, program director Saturday
Sunday
Dragon Tales/ Maya & Miquel (begins 2/12)
5:00
Body Electric (M, W, F) Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches (T, Th)
5:30
Between the Lions
Curious George
French in Action
Martha Speaks
6:00 6:30
Sid the Science Kid
Make Way for Noddy
Curious George
7:00
Super WHY!
Sid the Science Kid
7:30
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood Mama Mirabelle
Super WHY!
Bob the Builder
Zula Patrol
Clifford the Big Red Dog
8:00 8:30
Thomas & Friends
Wunderkind Little Amadeus
Sesame Street
9:00
Design E2
Saddle Club
9:30
Make:
Biz Kid$
Guten Tag
Sesame Street
10:00 This Old House Hour
To the Contrary
WordWorld
10:30 11:00 Illinois Gardener
Wealthtrack
Great Performances at the Met “La Damnation De Faust” (2/28)
America’s Heartland/ Hometown Housecall (2/22)
Barney & Friends
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
Lidia's Italy
Foreign Exchange
1:30
Simply Ming
Motorweek
2:00
Jacques Pepin
New Yankee Workshop
Martha Speaks
2:30
Everyday Food
Hometime
Arthur
3:00
Diary of a Foodie
WordGirl
3:30
Burt Wolf
This Old House Hour
Fetch!/Electric Company (F)
4:00
Volvo Ocean Race
Parklands of the Midwest
Cyberchase/Design Squad (F)
4:30
Art Wolfe
Victory Garden
BBC World News
5:00
Wild Chronicles
Everyday Edisons/ Prairie Fire (2/22)
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How Tos
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Painting Programs
America’s Test Kitchen
Nightly Business Report
5:30
Rick Steves’ Europe
Red Green Show
The NewsHour
6:00
Lawrence Welk
Doctor Who
Daytime programming will vary during the following fund drive dates: February 1, 7 and 8. See listings. 1:00 pm Sewing M: Knit and Crochet Today Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: America Sews Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: Quilting Arts
All WILL-TV programs are close captioned for the hearing impaired.
Destinos
Dragon Tales Super WHY!
WILL-TV/DT Primetime WILL-TV
1:30 pm Painting M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Wyland’s Art Studio W: Your Brush with Nature Th: Painting with Paulson F: Best of Scheewe
Key to Primetime Listings
(DVS) Descriptive Video Service available for the visually impaired through the Illinois Radio Reader. (TV-G) Suitable for all ages. (TV-PG) May contain material unsuitable for younger children. (TV-14) May contain material unsuitable for children under 14 years of age. (TV-MA) Specifically designed to be viewed by adults; unsuitable for children under age 17. (V) Graphic violence. (S) Explicit sexual activity. (L) Crude and indecent language. (HD) Available in high definition on WILL-DT (WS) Wide-screen format available
Friday Night Public Affairs
7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Now on PBS 8:00 Bill Moyers Journal
BritCom Saturday Night 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:04 10:26 11:10
As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances Are You Being Served Ever Decreasing Circles YourWeather Red Green Show Doctor Who Doctor Who Confidential
Saturday
February 7
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Saturday Opera
Great Performances at the Met presents La Damnation De Faust at 11 am Saturday, February 28.
2:00 pm How Tos M: Piano Guy Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: Paint, Paper and Craft F: Katie Brown’s Workshop PATTERNS • FEBRUARY 2009
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Art in Conversation: Ingrid Fliter Ingrid Fliter, piano February Dance: White Out Krannert Uncorked Traffic Jam: The Boat Drunks Sinfonia da Camera: English Garden National Acrobats of China Necessary Targets Young Concert Artists Winner: Louis Schwizgebel-Wang, piano Know Your University Lecture: Rocky Maffit Prelude: Hugo Wolf Quartett Hugo Wolf Quartett Rappaccini’s Daughter Libretto: Rappaccini’s Daughter Day of the Drum: Interval: Liam Teague and Robert Chappell; Glen Velez and Lori Cotler Traffic Jam: Dahui Kodo Afterglow: Rocky Maffit Group Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra: The Irish Spectacular
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How America Beat
Polio
Photo: March of Dimes
Based in part on David Os-
American Experience The Polio Crusade 8 pm Monday, February 2 Repeated midnight; and 2 am Wednesday. PATTERNS • FEBRUARY 2009
hinsky’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Polio: An American Story, American Experience chronicles the decades-long crusade to eradicate one of the 20th century’s most dreaded diseases. The largest public health experiment in American history featured virologist Jonas Salk’s development of a novel vaccine and a 6-year-old who received the first vaccination at Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia. After uncertainties about whether the vaccine was safe or would provide effective protection against the disease, nearly 2 million children in 44 states received the shots—a dramatic culmination of research and a multimillion dollar investment, made in large part by public donations.
1Sunday
1:00 Dr. Wayne Dyer: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life (TV-G) 4:00 Masterpiece (TV-PG) (DVS) Sense and Sensibility. Part 1 of 2. Repeated 2 am Tuesday. 6:00 Masterpiece (TV-PG) (DVS) Sense and Sensibility. Part 2 of 2. 8:00 Andre Rieu: Radio City Music Hall: Live In New York (TV-G) In July 2006, Rieu brought together such outstanding talent as Akim, the Harlem Gospel Choir and the Strauss Orchestra for this wonderful music special. 9:50 American Masters (TV-PG) Pete Seeger: The Power of Song. The first authorized film to document Seeger’s inspiring story, from introducing America to its folk heritage to his often controversial views on peace, civil rights and ecology.
2Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Dallas, Texas. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 3 am Saturday. 8:00 The Polio Crusade: American Experience (DVS) See article left. Repeated midnight; and 2 am Wednesday. 9:00 Conversation with University of Illinois President B. Joseph White (2009) See article page 9. 9:58 Your Weather
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of Illinois? How does the university plan to maintain its tradition of excellence in the coming years? What role do state funding and the national economy play in its tactics? Tune in for a Conversation with B. Joseph White, the University’s president, to learn what the future holds for the 142-year-old institution. WILL-AM 580 will simulcast the program. Conversation with B. Joseph White 9 pm Monday, February 2
10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
3Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (DVS) Inside The Spy Factory. Based on the best-seller by journalist James Bamford, this gripping investigation exposes the hidden world of 21st-century eavesdropping carried out worldwide by the National Security Agency. Repeated 1 am Wednesday and 4 am Thursday. 8:10 Alone in the Wilderness (TV-G) (DVS) An account of the day-to-day explorations of Richard Proenneke, from living in a log cabin he built from trees he cut to roaming a wilderness through which few other humans have passed. 9:25 Roy Orbison in Dreams (TV-G) A look at the life and music of pop’s most enigmatic and often underappreciated pioneer, including songs the first generation Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee made famous over his 30-year career. 11:03 Charlie Rose
4Wednesday
7:00 Alison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More (TV-PG) See article left. 8:15 Johnny Mathis — Wonderful, Wonderful! A Gold 50th Anniversary Celebration (TV-G) Mathis celebrates his 50th anniversary in show business with a hit-filled concert recorded in Atlantic City in October 2006 and in new interviews taped at his home in the Hollywood Hills. 9:35 Celine Dion: A New Day (TV-PG) Dion brings her acclaimed stage show to public television in a live concert taped at the Caesars Palace Coliseum in Las Vegas. 11:00 Charlie Rose Photo: Russ Harrington
5Thursday
Spend an Evening with
Alison Krauss
The acclaim continues to roll in for Champaign-Urbana native Alison
Krauss’s A Hundred Miles or More album. A new hour-long special captures its material live, including Krauss’ pure and original vocal talent in harmony with her band, Union Station, as well as in duets with country superstar Brad Paisley, legendary singer/songwriter James Taylor and British rocker John Waite. She also performs “Sawing on the Strings” with her longtime idol Tony Rice and musicians Sam Bush and Stuart Duncan. Following this program, stay tuned for two additional music specials: Johnny Mathis — A Gold 50th Anniversary Celebration and Celine Dion: A New Day. Alison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More 7 pm Wednesday, February 4
7:00 Illinois Gardener 7:30 Victor Borge: 100 Years of Music & Laughter! (TV-G) This special, narrated by Rita Rudner, features Borge’s funniest and most memorable skits and includes rare archival footage from the Borge family vault. 8:50 Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert (TV-G) Integrating recorded performances with supporting musicians live on stage, Elvis Presley is reunited with his original TCB band and back-up singers 25 years after his death for a unique concert special staged at The Pyramid in Memphis. 10:05 Your Weather 10:10 Last of the Summer Wine 10:39 Are You Being Served? 11:10 Charlie Rose
6Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See page 7.
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Honoring the Humor of George
Carlin
9:00 George Carlin: The Mark Twain Prize See article left. Repeated 11:30 pm Saturday; 2 am Monday. 11:00 Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV-PG) The fascinating true story—as told by its key players—of the turmoil surrounding the 1960s variety show, including events that led to its cancellation and the brothers’ subsequent landmark censorship lawsuit against CBS.
7Saturday
9 am Dr. Wayne Dyer: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life (TV-G) Repeated from 1 pm Sunday. Noon America’s Test Kitchen Live! (TV-G) 1:00 Suze Orman: Women & Money (TV-G) 3:00 Rick Steves’ Insider’s Europe (TV-G) 5:00 Lawrence Welk’s TV Treasures (TV-G) 7:00 Great Britcom Vote X (2009) See article page 4. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Red Green Story: We’re All In This Together (TV-G)
s Lily Tomlin
8Sunday 2:00 5:00 7:00
C Is for Crockpot Doctor Who A 2-part Story: Daleks in Manhattan. Great Performances (TV-G) Pavarotti: A Life In Seven Arias. This performance documentary reviews Pavarotti’s legendary career, utilizing the arias with which he was most closely associated as a narrative framework. 9:00 Great Performances (TV-PG) Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing. Best remembered for his frenetic keyboard pounding, rock ‘n’ roll piano sensation Jerry Lee Lewis revolutionized the music of the late 1950s and 1960s. 11:00 Suze Orman: Women & Money (TV-G)
s Richard Belzer
9Monday s Lewis Black
George Carlin: The Mark Twain Prize 9 pm Friday, February 6 Repeated 11:30 pm Saturday; and 2 am Monday.
Entertainers Jon Stewart, Bill Ma-
her, Garry Shandling, Lily Tomlin, Denis Leary, Joan Rivers, Lewis Black, Richard Belzer and Margaret Cho were among those who paid tribute to the late George Carlin as recipient of the 11th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the first such award presented posthumously. Carlin’s selection for the honor came just a week before his death in
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June 2008. The program, taped at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on November 10, recognizes the life and achievements of the Grammywinning stand-up comedian who released 22 solo albums and three New York Times best-selling books. He was also the first-ever host of Saturday Night Live, starred in 14 HBO Specials and appeared on The Tonight Show over 130 times.
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Dallas, Texas. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday. 8:00 Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency. See article page 2. Repeated 7:30 pm Thursday. 9:30 Young Lincoln (TV-G) A look at how the joys and trials of Abraham Lincoln’s boyhood years formed his personality, shaped his early political notions and molded his character. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
10Tuesday
7:00 Lincoln and Lee at Antietam Noted Civil War scholars discuss the historical significance of this battle in quelling General Lee’s first invasion of the north. 8:00 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: American Experience See article page 3. Repeated 2 am Wednesday.
WILL-TV 9:30 A. Lincoln, Attorney at Law (TV-G) See article page 3. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
11Wednesday
7:00 Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (TV-PG) The State Visit. Part 2. Go behind the scenes as American hosts entertain a monarch who has visited nearly every country on earth and dined with 10 U.S. presidents over the course of her 55-year reign. Repeated 4 am Friday; and 4 am Monday. 8:00 Looking for Lincoln (DVS) See article page 3. Repeated midnight; and 2 am Friday. 9:58 Your Weather
10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
12 Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency Repeated from 8 pm Monday. 9:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
13Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See page 7.
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The Bold and Brave
Oliver Twist
A young orphan is branded a
rebel for wanting more gruel, leading to a phantasmagoria of adventures in early 19thcentury London. William Miller stars as Oliver Twist in this new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ much-loved story, with Timothy Spall as Fagin, the cutpurse king, Adam Arnold as the Artful Dodger and a galaxy of other great actors creating the seedy, sentimental and colorful world that can only be called Dickensian. Masterpiece Classic Oliver Twist 8 pm Sunday, February 15 (Part 1) Repeated midnight; and 2 am Tuesday. 8 pm Sunday, February 22 (Part 2) Repeated midnight; and 2 am Tuesday.
9:00 Independent Lens Adjust Your Color: The Truth About Petey Greene. America’s original shock-jock, Greene overcame poverty, drug addiction and prison time to tell it like it is, whether entertaining in the ghetto or the White House. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
14Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 7. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Drive-By Truckers/Ryan Bingham.
15Sunday
7:00 Nature (DVS) Why Do We Love Cats and Dogs? Follow an in-depth investigation into what draws us to be a dog person or a cat person. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Classic (TV-PG) Oliver Twist. Part 1 of 2. See article above. Repeated midnight; and 2 am Tuesday.
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In Part 1 on February 15, Oliver is sold to an undertaker, where his mistreatment forces him to escape to London. There he is adopted by a criminal gang led by Fagin and soon falls afoul of the law. The story continues on February 22 when Oliver is wounded during a night burglary attempt with the psychopath Sikes (Tom Hardy), and nursed back to health by Nancy (Sophie Okenedo). Little does he know that a battle is raging between those who want to save him and kill him.
9:30 Digital TV, Antennas and You 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Northern France. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Sparrow Quartet.
16Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Wichita, Kan. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 The Lobotomist: American Experience (DVS) A gripping tale of what began as an operation of last resort, but is now regarded as one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine. Repeated 2 am Wednesday. 9:00 Simon Schama’s Rough Crossings (TV-PG) An exploration of the epic journey of African-American slaves who fought for the British in the American Revolution in exchange for a promise of freedom in Nova Scotia. Repeated 3 am Wednesday. 11:03 Charlie Rose
17Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) The Four-Winged Dinosaur. See article page 13. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday.
8:00 Frontline (TV-PG) Inside the Meltdown. An investigation into the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. 9:00 Frontline (TV-PG) My Father, My Brother and Me. Journalist Dave Iverson learned in 2004 that, like his father and older brother, he had Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative neurological disorder. Join his personal journey to explore the scientific, ethical, and political debate surrounding the disease. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
18Wednesday
7:00 Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (TV-PG) Headquarters. Part 3. Take a rare glimpse inside Buckingham Palace’s 650 rooms where the queen directs the business of the royal family, entertains heads of state and conducts her private life. Repeated 4 am Friday; and 4 am Monday. 8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About. Regarded as the pre-eminent director/choreographer of American musical theater, Jerome Robbins also inspired
controversy with his House Un-American Activities Committee testimony. Repeated midnight; 2 am Friday; and 2 am Monday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
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19Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Prairie Fire 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday. 9:00 Soundstage (TV-PG) B.B. King. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
20Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See page 7. 9:00 Independent Lens Tulia, Texas. This documentary examines the events of July 23, 1999, as undercover narcotics officer Thomas Coleman and his drug task force arrested 46 residents of this small farming town, and explores troubling evidence about the sting and Coleman’s past that surfaced later. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
21Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 7. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Sarah McLachlan/Duffy.
Exploring the
Origins of Winged Flight Volcanic eruptions that killed and buried victims quickly in China’s Liaon-
ing Province preserved primitive birds, bees, insects, early mammals and dinosaurs in fine-grained fossils. Now, examination of the soft, fragile features found in these fossils—such as feathers on animals never known to have them—is challenging old ideas about the origin of bird flight. The central character in this drama is a strange little dinosaur with wings on its legs as well as its arms. The pigeon-sized microraptor is the smallest adult dinosaur ever found, perhaps the first known tree dweller. But could it really fly? Is it the key to understanding the origin of flight or merely an evolutionary dead end unrelated to the ancestry of birds? To help solve the riddle, NOVA assembled a team of top paleontologists, aeronautical engineers and paleo-artists to reconstruct the microraptor and build a sophisticated model for a wind tunnel experiment. The NOVA results have surprising implicaThe Four-Winged Dinosaur tions for long-accepted ideas 7 pm Tuesday, February 17 about how winged flight began. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday.
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22Sunday
7:00 Nature (DVS) Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears. Beneath the shimmering beauty of the Drakensberg Mountains in Southern Africa lies a very hostile environment for the surprising number of creatures that live there. 8:00 Masterpiece Classic (TV-PG) Oliver Twist. Part 2 of 2. See article page 12. Repeated midnight; and 2 am Tuesday. 9:30 American Stamps U.S. Postal Service art directors share details of the stamp creation process, along with criteria for selecting subjects and how artwork is checked for authenticity. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Deep South U.S.A. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Blind Boys of Alabama.
23Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Wichita, Kan. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 Class Apart: American Experience (TV-PG) From a 1951 murder committed by field hand Pete Hernandez in Edna, Texas, emerged a landmark civil rights case that would forever change the lives and legal standing of tens of millions of Americans. Repeated midnight and 2 am Wednesday. 9:00 History Detectives (TV-G) In a special presentation of the sixth season, America’s top gumshoes focus on African-American artifacts and explore the birthplace of hip hop music. Repeated 3 am Wednesday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
24Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) Rats. The tale of human suffering that surrounds the botanical mystery of a bamboo species which blooms every 48 years in the remote Indian state of Mizoram, spurring an explosion in the rat population, which feeds off the bamboo’s fruit. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Frontline Ten Trillion and Counting. A look at how the new national debt incurred with the federal government’s bailout efforts will challenge the new Obama administration. 9:00 Forgotten Ellis Island (DVS) The abandoned immigrant hospital on Ellis Island serves as a reminder of America’s first line of defense against contagious disease during the great wave of immigration. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
25Wednesday
7:00 Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (TV-PG) Head of State. Part 4. This segment includes the dramatic ritual that opens Parliament and the queen’s weekly private audience with the British prime minister, as well as Her Majesty’s historic visit to the Republic of Estonia. Repeated 4 am Friday. 8:00 America’s Ballroom Challenge (TV-G) Join the sizzling action at the world’s largest ballroom dance competition as top champions from North America compete to determine who will emerge as America’s best. Repeated midnight; and 2 am Friday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine
10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
26Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Prairie Fire 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday. 9:00 Soundstage (TV-PG) Umphrey’s McGee. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
27Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See page 7. 9:00 Independent Lens The Order of Myths. At America’s oldest Mardi Gras—celebrated each year in Mobile, Alabama—events remain segregated between white and black residents. A look beyond the pageantry reveals a complex story about race relations and the ever-present racial divide that persists in America. 11:03 Charlie Rose
28Saturday
11 am Great Performances at the Met La Damnation De Faust. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 7. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) John Mayer.
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Rossini Overture: The Barber of Seville Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major Ian Hobson, music director
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s Mihaela Ursuleasa (8 pm, 2/19) 2/11
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6 am The Morning Express with Vic Di Geronimo
Monday: Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Vic invites you on board weekday mornings for a special new blend of classical music, weather, NPR news headlines, school closings and other timely information, and Garrison Keillor’s almanac. (Visit will.illinois.edu for a specific timetable.)
2/9
10 am Mid-Morning Classics with Jeff Esworthy Noon Live and Local with Kevin Kelly Kevin’s new lunchtime get-together features music and a daily serving of news about and interviews with area music-makers.
1 pm Afternoon Classics Julie Amacher, Valerie Kahler and others keep you company throughout the afternoon and early evening with music and occasional news updates, including NPR headlines at a minute past 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm.
8 pm (M-Th) The Evening Concert Great orchestras from the great concert halls!
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Leon Botstein, cond; Benjamin Hochman, piano BACH/WEINER, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS Leon Botstein, cond; Richard Assayas, viola ELGAR, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, WALTON Leon Botstein, cond; Miranda Cuckson, violin REVUELTAS, PONCE, CHAVEZ Leon Botstein, cond STRAVINSKY, ZEMLINSKY, TCHAIKOVSKY
Tuesday: Live @ The Concertgebouw! 2/3 2/10 2/17 2/24
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Mariss Jansons, cond; Gil Shaham, violin BRUCH, R. STRAUSS Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Andris Nelsons, cond; Rafal Blechacz, piano DEBUSSY, SAINT-SAENS, TCHAIKOVSKY New York Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel, cond; Pinchas Zukerman, violin KNUSSEN, MAHLER Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Zoltan Kocsis, cond; Nikolaj Znaider, violin DEBUSSY/ZENDER, SIBELIUS, DVORAK
Wednesday: German Festival Concerts 2/4
Heidelberg Spring
2/18 2/25
Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra Anu Tali, cond; Till Fellner, piano MENDELSSOHN, MOZART, RAVEL Mozart Festival Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Roger Norrington, cond; Lisa Batiashvili, violin; Lawrence Power, viola MOZART, PURCELL, HAYDN Regensburg Early Music Days The Baltimore Consort Music of John FORBES, Andrew BLACKHALL and others Accordone Guido Morini, cond; Marco Beasley, vocalist Music of BEASLEY, Guido MORINI, MONTEVERDI, Giovanni STEFANI and others Maulbronn Monastery Concerts Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestra Ruben Gazarian, cond; Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet Michael HAYDN, RESPIGHI, ELGAR, Leopold MOZART, IRELAND/DOWLAND
Thursday: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra 2/5 2/12 2/19 2/26
Neeme Jarvi, cond TCHAIKOVSKY, MARTINU, DVORAK Asher Fisch, cond; Emanuel Ax, piano PUCCINI, CHOPIN, WAGNER Neeme Jarvi, cond; Mihaela Ursuleasa, piano KODALY, LISZT, WEINER Neeme Jarvi, cond; Terrence Wilson, piano BEETHOVEN, DAUGHERTY, RESPIGHI
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4:01 pm NPR News Headlines 4:06 pm Broadway Revisited The American musical theater, explored by Art Hilgart. 2/6 Divorces Are Made in Heaven. Apparently not all marriages are made in heaven; this week’s seminar is on divorce. 2/13 Lee Wiley and Joe Mooney. For Valentine’s Day, mostly Broadway love songs performed by two fine underrated singers. 2/20 The Producers. The Broadway musical transformation of Mel Brooks’ classic Springtime for Hitler movie. 2/27 New Paper and Plastic. The season’s new compact discs, books, and videos.
5:06 pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm Michael Lasser examines the history of American popular song. 2/6 Love Songs about Love Songs. Popular songs have always had a habit of referring to themselves. What better time of year for love songs to sing about…love songs. 2/13 Details That Matter. The ways songwriters shape the quick, familiar references that define and distinguish attitude and point of view in a popular song. 2/20 Days Gone By. Songs are supposed to be about the present and the future so it’s surprising to find so many of them looking fondly back to other days. 2/27 Fashion Show. The show Roberta actually had a fashion show, and songs, too, have always had an interest in how people dress and what their clothing tells us about them.
6 pm The Song Is You Bonnie Grice talks with all sorts of people about the sorts of music that influenced them. 2/6 Brian Antoni. A descendant of the second oldest family in the Caribbean, for the past 20 years he’s lived, worked and partied in the tony section of Miami known as South Beach. 2/13 Amy Arbus. The daughter of photography legend Diane Arbus celebrates nearly three decades of her own photo-journalism this year. 2/20 Randy Brecker. The trumpeter grew up in Philadelphia alongside his famous brother, the late Michael Brecker, soaking up the sounds of Philly soul and straight-ahead jazz. 2/27 Malachy McCourt. Frank’s brother has penned a number of books of his own; he’s also an actor, playwright, NY radio legend, restaurateur, music scholar and all-around good guy.
s Randy Brecker (6 pm, 2/20)
7 pm Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz Great playing, great conversation! 2/6 Michel Camilo. The Dominican piano sensation is equally skilled as a classical player, but his true calling is jazz, with significant Latin influences. 2/13 Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes. Husband and wife, and two of the finest interpreters of American popular song on the scene today. 2/20 Remembering Gerald Wiggins. In this archive program he’s heard playing thought-provoking improvisations. 2/27 Billy Childs. His Ensemble’s 2005 chamber jazz album Lyric blended classical elements with jazz and was honored with multiple Grammy awards.
8 pm Riverwalk Jazz The Jim Cullum Jazz Band plays classic jazz. David Holt co-hosts with Jim. 2/6 Lester Leaps In: The President of Tenor Sax. From Lester Young’s childhood days on the tent show circuit to stardom on the swinging bandstands of Kansas City. 2/13 Love Songs in Ebony: Black Songwriters Celebrate Valentine’s Day. Including Eubie Blake, Waller & Razaf, Duke Ellington, Don Redman and Benny Carter. 2/20 James P. Johnson: The Supreme Tickler. Piano ace Shelly Berg joins the band to salute the “Dean of Stride Pianists.” 2/27 Talking Trumpet with Clark Terry. A veteran of the Basie, Ellington, and Tonight Show orchestras, octogenarian Terry shares his infectious humor in conversation and music.
9 pm Rhythm, Sweet & Hot Rare and wonderful recordings from the ’20s through the ’50s, primarily from 78s.
10 pm Radio Deluxe Jazz singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli and his vocalist wife, Jessica Molaskey, host a two-hour weekly music party from their “deluxe living room!” Snappy patter, classics from the American Popular Songbook, and a lot of fun! Catch it Sundays from 4 to 6 pm as well!
Midnight Bluegrass Breakdown 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 providing an historical perspective.
2 am The Folk Sampler From the foothills of the Ozarks, 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 • FEBRUARY 2009 17
Saturdays
WILL-FM 90.9
5 am Classical Music Gillian Martin helps you wake up, or go to sleep, depending.
7 am The Morning Show Vincent Trauth is your Saturday morning companion, offering classical music, weather, the occasional interview, 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. 2/7 Don Quixote. Great cellists tilt at windmills. 2/14 Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Cortot and Arrau. 2/21 Composers Conduct and Play Their Own Works. Hindemith, Prokofiev and others. 2/28 Leonard Bernstein: The Final Phase. The DG years.
11 am From the Top A live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians! Pianist Chris O’Riley hosts. Each show repeated Sunday at 6 pm. 2/7 The Buffalo Philharmonic, with director JoAnn Falletta, joins us at its summer home on the Niagara River. 2/14 Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops join us at the Cincinnati Music Hall. 2/21 Musicians studying at the Heifetz International Music Institute in New Hampshire. 2/28 From the Mesa (Arizona) Arts Center, a sibling cello and violin duo playing Kodaly.
Noon Afternoon at the Opera: Live from the Met! Margaret Juntwaite hosts, John Frayne provides the extras. 2/7 LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti). Marco Armiliato, cond, with Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Mariusz Kwiecien and Ildar Abdrazakov. 2/14 EUGENE ONEGIN (Tchaikovsky). Jiri Belohlavek, cond, with Karita Mattila, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Piotr Beczala, Thomas Hampson and James Morris. 2/21 ADRIANA LECOUVREUR (Cilea). Marco Armiliato, cond, with Maria Guleghina,
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s Feufollet (8 pm, 2/21)
2/28
Olga Borodina, Placido Domingo and Roberto Frontali. IL TROVATORE [THE TROUBADOUR] (Verdi). Gianandrea Noseda, cond, with Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Alvarez and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
4:01 pm NPR News Headlines 4:06 pm Footlight Parade Bill Rudman presents musical theater from Broadway to Hollywood. 2/7 They’re Still Here. Eleven sensational performers who began their careers as early as the 1940s, but are still very much with us. 2/14 Funny Valentines. Seventeen witty cards in words and music, including such classics as A Fine Romance and Sue Me. 2/21 A Tribute to Harold Rome. His contributions include the socially conscious Pins and Needles, along with I Can Get It for You Wholesale. 2/28 1953 on Stage. The best of the year including Cole Porter’s Can-Can and the Bernstein-Comden-Green Wonderful Town.
5 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon. Each week’s program airs again at 2 pm Sunday on FM 90.9.
7 pm E-Town A variety show recorded live in front of an audience, featuring top bluegrass, folk and country artists, as well as conversation about our communities and our world. For this month’s schedule of performers visit will.illinois.edu and click on Schedules, WILL-FM, Saturday and E-Town. 2/14 u SPECIAL: The Most Romantic Jazz of All Time! Our annual “Music You Can Use” Valentine’s Day special presents five uninterrupted hours of lush, romantic
music from the worlds of jazz, film, and the Great American Songbook. Enjoy!
8 pm American Routes A program of and about all the roots and branches of American music, with host Nick Spitzer. 2/7 Small Town Hipsters: Nancy Wilson & Dickie Landry. This week we’ll hear from folks that started in small towns and made it big in jazz, blues, country and more. 2/14 u SPECIAL: The Most Romantic Jazz of All Time! (continued) 2/21 10th Anniversary Concert. Live from the House of Blues: the Liberty Jazz Band, Cajun band Feufollet, New Orleans legend Deacon John and special guests. 2/28 American Routes Goes to the Movies. Directors John Sayles and Andre Gladu take us behind the scenes.
10 pm The Saturday Special 2/7
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2/28
Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival. His transformation from acoustic newcomer to electric rebel SPECIAL: The Most Romantic Jazz of All Time! (continued) Carole King: Tapestry. Her classic album explored through interviews with King, producer Lou Adler, friend Graham Nash and others. Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue. The first solo album to be released by a Beach Boy shocked everyone with a sound and style unlike any other.
11 pm The World Music Hour Dan Storper and Rosalie Howarth take you through music of many different cultures. 2/14 u SPECIAL: The Most Romantic Jazz of All Time! (continued)
Midnight Blues Before Sunrise Where every month is Black History Month! Steve Cushing explores African-American music on the best blues show on the radio!
Sundays
WILL-FM 90.9
5 am Classical Music Gillian Martin selects 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 Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, at this new time. You’ll also hear NPR news headlines at 9:01 am and 12:01 pm.
s Robert Burns (1 pm, 2/1)
1 pm The Thistle and Shamrock Fiona Ritchie hosts this program from Scotland, featuring traditional and contemporary music from Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere. 2/1 Burns Homecoming. 2009 marks the 250th birthday of Robert Burns. 2/8 Classically Celtic. Music from traditional roots in classical style. 2/15 Celtic Romance. Songs of loving, leaving, and loneliness. 2/22 Underneath the Stars. Music that looks to the Northern and Western skies for inspiration, meaning, guidance and solace.
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 from their “deluxe living room!” Snappy patter, classics from the American Popular Songbook, interesting guests, and a lot of fun!
6 pm From the Top A rebroadcast of NPR’s young classical musician showcase. (See Saturdays 11am listings.)
7 pm The Evening Concert: Prairie Performances Roger Cooper hosts this newly-expanded weekly program of regional concert broadcasts, interviews, reviews and previews. 2/1 Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra (10/25/08) Michael Luxner, cond; Gabriel Cabezas, cello ELGAR, HOLST 2/8 Sinfonia da Camera (11/8/08) The Brandenburg Concertos Ian Hobson, cond BACH: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
s Gabriel Cabezas (7 pm, 2/1)
2/15 2/22
Illinois Symphony Orchestra (11/15, 16/08) Karen Lynne Deal, cond; Xiang Gao, violin RAVEL, CHEN & HE, HINDEMITH Illinois Chamber Orchestra (1/23, 24/09) Beautiful Classics Karen Lynne Deal, cond; Julieta Mihai, violin MOZART, SCHUBERT, BEETHOVEN
11:06 pm The Romantic Hours Music, poetry and romance, seamlessly woven by Mona Golabek.
Midnight Classical Music Scott Blankenship eases you into the new week.
10:01 pm NPR News Headlines 10:06 pm Harmonia Angela Mariani presents an hour of Baroque and early music. For this month’s program listings, visit will.illinois.edu and click on Schedules, WILL-FM, Sunday and Harmonia. PATTERNS • FEBRUARY 2009 19
Inside WILL
Include our WILL Tour in Your 2009 Travel Plans! Who better to tour with on a memo-
rable journey through New England, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick than your fellow Friends of WILL? Plan now to join us September 23 to October 3 for this special, fun-filled trip designed exclusively for you! Boston is one of our stops, where we’ll experience firsthand its reputation as a center of history, art and education. You’ll enjoy a stay at what was once home to the Boston Police Department, now known as the Back Bay Hotel, as well as a private tour of the Boston Athenaeum and a behind-the-scenes visit with staffers in the WGBH newsroom where The World is produced. Once we leave Beantown, we’ll settle in to deluxe accommodations aboard ship for a cruise up New England’s coast, including stops at Portland and Bar Harbor, Maine, and Saint John, New Brunswick. What’s more, we’ll experi-
ence the 170-mile long Bay of Fundy that stretches between the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on Canada’s east coast. We’ll see for ourselves why it’s known for the world’s
highest tides. Each day, 100 billion tons of seawater flow in and out of this bay during one tide cycle—more than the combined flow of the world’s freshwater rivers! Then it’s on to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for a tour of the fishing village of Peggy’s Cove, where you can mail greetings to friends at home from the only post office located in a lighthouse! This outstanding tour package includes local departure from Champaign, Decatur or Springfield, round trip airfare, three nights in hotels, seven nights on the cruise, transportation and sightseeing during the pre-cruise portion and 28 meals. Based on double occupancy, the price per person ranges from $2,582 for an interior stateroom to $3,532 for a suite, plus taxes and fees of $298 and insurance of $84 to $233 per person. For more information, call Danda Beard at 217-333-1070 or go to www.tourgrouppro.com/will.
Kids, Make a Slam Dunk with Your Writing! Clearing Out Closets or Basements? Don’t Forget Vintage Vinyl! De-cluttering your home can turn
into a win-win situation when you donate used records, CDs, DVDs and all types of audio equipment in working order to our 2009 Vintage Vinyl sale, scheduled for Saturday, May 16 at Urbana’s Lincoln Square Village. You win the battle over too much stuff and WILL’s Illinois Radio Reader triumphs in providing news and information to blind and print-handicapped audiences in east central Illinois. We’re also looking for volunteers to sort all of the wonderful donations prior to the sale. Please contact Deane Geiken, event organizer and director of the Illinois Radio Reader, at 217333-6503 to donate items or to volunteer. 20 PATTERNS • february 2009
Festival Writing Contest has a new spokesperson—University of Illinois women's basketball coach Jolette Law. Coach Law encourages students in grades K-5 to "Make a slam dunk with your writing!" by entering an original story in the contest which is sponsored by WILL Public Media, the College of Education and the University Library at the University of Illinois. Entries must be postmarked by March 9, 2009. Everyone who participates will be invited to a young authors’ celebration in May. For entry forms and rules, please visit the YLF Web site at youthlitfest.ed.uiuc. edu/contest or call 217-244-0708.
Photo: Michael Owen Thomas
The Youth Literature
s Members of the Fighting Illini women's basketball team and head coach Jolette Law
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to these Program Underwriters
WILL thanks these businesses for providing valuable underwriting on WILL AM-FM-TV.
For more information about how your business can benefit from underwriting, please call at (217) 333-1070.
This month’s featured underwriter is one of WILL’s
longest and most loyal, Archer Daniels Midland Company. ADM, with international headquarters based in Decatur, has been underwriting programs on WILL TV and radio for over 25 years. ADM is now partnering with WILL to help support and advance our current and new services in agricultural reporting such as podcasting and our agricultural e-newsletter. Archer Daniels Midland Company is one of the largest agricultural processors in the world. For over 100 years, ADM has served as a vital link between farmers and and the world. ADM turns crops into food ingredients, animal feed ingredients, renewable fuels and naturally derived alternatives to industrial chemicals. ADM’s partnership with farmers is built on a common fundamental resourcefulness. Farmers have been resourceful in adapting to new challenges and demands of the global market and ADM uses its resourcefulness to increase the value of farmers’ harvests by finding new uses and creating new markets for their crops. ADM understands that farmers don’t just feed us; they sustain us—growing crops and growing jobs across the world. They’re essential to the global economy. Throughout the year, ADM sponsors a number of efforts to celebrate their partners in the agriculture industry and their hometowns. From the Farm Progress Show to National Agriculture Day and FFA Scholarships, they are proud to invest in the people and communities of American agriculture. WILL thanks ADM for their continuing support of our agricultural services and the use of our new media technologies.
AAA Storage Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum ADM Investor Services— Tabor Grain AG Edwards AgriGold Hybrids Allerton Park ALTO Vineyards Ameren The Andersons Archer Daniels Midland art mart Associated Antique Dealers Auditory Care Center Bah Humbug Productions Baroque Artists of Champaign- Urbana (BACH) The Beef House Bevande Coffee Shop Bevier Café and Spice Box The Blindman Bloomington Auction Gallery Bodywork Associates Brown Bag Deli Busey Bank C-U Craft League Carle Cancer Center Carle Spine Institute The Center for Advanced Study Central Illinois Antique Dealers Central Illinois Regional Airport Champaign Cycle Champaign-Danville Overhead Doors Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District Champaign-Urbana Symphony Chevy’s Fresh Mex Restaurant The Chorale Christie Clinic City of Urbana Farmer’s Market Clark Lindsey Village College of Education College Illinois Columbia Street Roastery Commerce Bank Common Ground Food Co-op Community Blood Services of Illinois Community Shares Illinois Corkscrew Wine Emporium Corley Photography Country Arbors Nursery Country Financial Crossroad Global Handcrafts Danville Symphony Decatur Earthmover Credit Union East Central Illinois Building & Construction Trades Council Eastern Rug Gallery Eberhardt Village Eco Water Treatments English Hedgerow Esquire Lounge Farm Credit Services of Illinois The Finn Group First Midwest Flooring Surfaces Friar Tuck’s Furniture Lounge Grainfield Marketing The Great Impasta Hendrick House Hickory Point Bank & Trust IBEW Local 601 IGA Supermarkets
Illinois Farm Bureau Illinois State Bar Association Illinois State University School of Music Illinois Symphony Orchestra Infant-Parent Institute Jane Addams Book Shop Kennedy’s at Stone Creek Kirkland Fine Arts Center Kraft Foods Krannert Art Museum Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Landscape Recycling Center LeRoy Veterinary Clinic Lincoln Square Village The Meredith Foundation Mervis Family Foundation Mid-Central Illinois Regional Council of Carpenters Minneci’s Ristorante Monticello Chamber of Commerce The Music Shoppe Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Owen’s Funeral Home Pages for All Ages Bookstore Parkland College Theatre Patterson Office Supplies John T. Phipps Law Offices, P.C Prairie Ensemble Prairie Village Private Client Group at National City Bank Prospect Bank Provena Medical Group Radio Maria Ramada Hotel Ratio Architects RE/MAX Realty Associates Rental City Risk Management Commodities St. John’s Catholic Newman Center St. Joseph Apothecary Sangamon Auditorium Schnuck’s Supermarkets The Sea Boat Sew Sassy Silver Creek/Courier Cafe SIU School of Law Sinfonia da Camera State Farm Insurance Steamatic of C-U Stewart-Peterson Strategic Farm Marketing Strawberry Fields Supervalu Sweeney Brothers Rug Gallery Target Tate & Lyle Techline Ten Thousand Villages That’s Rentertainment Thrifty Nickel TK Service Center Trophy Time U of I College of Law U of I Employees Credit Union University of Illinois Mike Weaver Ballroom Dance Worden-Martin Subaru World Gourmet Foods World Harvest International & Gourmet Foods The Yoga Institute
“I believe powerful healing impacts the Mind, Body & Soul.” Provena Medical Group physician, Dr. Lenley Jackson, combines the skilled care of an experienced physician with the holistic needs of today’s society. He treats each patient as an individual and realizes that the mind, body, and soul must complement each other for optimal health. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Dr. Jackson is pleased to offer campus-area residents a primary care option just steps from Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. To schedule an appointment, please call his office at 217.328.2323. Located at 700 South Gregory (Gregory Place East, across from Krannert).
www.provena.org/pmg powerful healing. Catholic faith-based healthcare
u On AM, America Abroad explores mountains and caves of Afghanistan and Pakistan
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u On WILL-TV, visit the Lawrence Welk stars Through the Years. Take a front row seat at Ian McKellen’s performance as King Lear and The Police’s final, sold-out tour.
u The Italian Baroque meets traditional Irish music in our St. Pat's special, Carolan’s Dream.
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