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july 2010 Volume XXXVIII, Number 1
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Radio 90.9 FM: A mix of classical music and NPR information programs, including local news. (Also heard at 106.5 in Danville.) See pages 4-5. 101.1 FM and 90.9 FM HD2: Locally produced music programs and classical music from C24. (101.1 is available in the Champaign-Urbana area.) See page 6. 580 AM: News and information, NPR, BBC, news, agriculture, talk shows. (Also heard on 90.9 FM HD3 with live streaming on will.illinois.edu.) See page 7.
Television WILL Create Cooking, travel, gardening and home improvement, arts and crafts. 12.3; also available on Comcast and Mediacom. See page 8. WILL World PBS documentaries, news and public affairs. 12.2; also available on Comcast and Mediacom. See page 8. 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. See pages 9-16.
Online will.illinois.edu PATTERNS • JULY 2010
Storytelling builds better communities By Kimberlie Kranich Director of Community Engagement Broadcasting is a great tradition at Illinois Public Media and we are proud of earning numerous industry awards for our storytelling. We’re also carving out new territory: local storytelling within a community context. We start this on-air process off-air in your community by convening conversations about your dreams and fears. Then as we tell your stories, we strive to connect you to resources through partnerships with local organizations and though relevant, localized content on our Web site. Our WILL Connect: Economy initiative is one example. We held six community conversations in Macon, Champaign and Vermilion Counties. An increased need to feed the hungry and retraining of workers were two of the needs you expressed. We shared the stories related to those needs and created programs to address them. We didn’t do it perfectly. But we learned a great deal and we’ll start a new series of community conversations this summer, perhaps in your neighborhood. We’re also teaching others to be storytellers. For example, using FLIP video cameras and free editing software, we’ve trained African-American school children in our Youth Media Workshop how to tell intergenerational stories about their community. In some cases, the impact has been life-changing. “A lot of the people we interviewed, they were told to take shop and cooking and stuff. They were told they weren’t college material,” said one participant. “So in hearing all those other people’s stories, I am going to make sure I am college material.” We’re now preparing teachers to implement the Youth Media Workshop in their schools. See page 17 for one of this year’s examples of success. C-U Fit Families, our anti-obesity initiative, tells the stories of innovation and achievement in Champaign-Urbana’s collective and individual efforts to increase active living, access to healthy food, nutritious school lunches and safe routes to school and work. We aren’t social workers, but we are public service media. And that means we have a role to play in helping the communities we serve by listening, building partnerships and telling stories that help connect people to the solutions they seek. We look forward to hearing from you.
The persnickety and perceptive Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is one of Agatha Christie’s most beloved creations. Never one to shy away from self praise, Poirot exercises his “little grey cells,” helping police investigate crimes and murders— whether or not they seek his help. Now the much-anticipated new adaptation of Christie’s most popular novel, Murder on the Orient Express, debuts at 8 pm Sunday, July 11. David Suchet (Henry VIII, The Way We Live Now) stars as Poirot, leading an all-star international cast that includes Dame Eileen Atkins (Cranford), Hugh Bonneville (Miss Austen Regrets) and David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility). Securing a last-minute ticket on the Orient Express from Istanbul to London, Poirot finds himself amongst a host of eclectic fellow passengers. When the train becomes caught in a snowdrift and a passenger is found brutally murdered mid-voyage, the famous super sleuth is called upon to investigate the crime and find the culprit.
Also new is The Third Girl (8 pm July 18) in which a demon-haunted heiress is convinced she has committed murder, but Poirot believes she is innocent. Eccentric crime novelist Ariadne Oliver (Zoe Wannamaker) helps crack the case. Rounding out the fresh adaptations is Appointment with Death (7 pm July 25) where an archeological dig is the scene for murder in the Middle East, leading Poirot to unravel a tragic tale of twisted family secrets. The cast of suspects includes Tim Curry (Spamalot) and Elizabeth McGovern (A Room with a View).
Don’t miss this train trip! Join David Suchet for a blissfully homicide-free excursion aboard the modern-day namesake train in Orient Express: A Masterpiece Special at 7 pm Wednesday, July 7. Combining beautiful videography with fascinating stories, Suchet leads an epic journey that showcases a series of romantic cities and stunning scenery. PATTERNS • JULY 2010 1
Photo: ©ITV for MASTERPIECE
Poirot returns on Masterpiece Mystery!
Photo: Mark Anderson
s Host Jimmy Smits
Celebrate America’s independence
Photo: Capital Concerts
The fun starts with this year’s A Capitol Fourth at 7 pm Sunday, July 4 (repeated at 8:30 pm) on WILL-TV. The program marks its 30th anniversary this year and will once again be broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Host Jimmy Smits welcomes a variety of musicians, including country music sensation Darius Rucker, classical pianist Lang Lang, the National Symphony Orchestra and the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets. In addition, Reba McEntire (right) will receive the National Artistic Achievement Award in recognition of her lifetime of music contributions, along with her dedication to the performing arts. Beyond the musical performances, A Capitol Fourth will capture extended coverage of the fireworks display with 18 cameras stationed around the city—from the White House to the Washington Monument to the banks of the Potomac River.
our democracy, and how that principle translates in today’s environment of electronic information. Retired Supreme Court justice O’Connor (above) is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon Wood and National Book Award winner Annette Gordon-Reed.
Then, tune to AM 580 at 11 am Monday, July 5, to catch a one-hour Humankind Special with Sandra Day O’Connor. The program explores how America’s founders viewed the importance of an informed citizenry in the functioning of
And at 12:30 pm (repeated at 6:30 pm) on AM 580, don’t miss Capitol Steps: Politics Takes a Holiday 4th of July Edition. With new material originating from Washington daily, this special is certain to entertain!
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Paul McCartney
plays the White House
Photo: MJ Kim/© 2010 MPL Communications Ltd.
The former Beatle is the newest winner of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, awarded last month by President Obama. McCartney is the third recipient of the prize, following Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.
Exploring the George Schultz years A new three-part series chronicles the career and contributions of Secretary of State George Shultz, the key shaper of foreign policy in President Ronald Reagan’s administration. It airs at 9 pm Mondays, beginning July 12. The first installment, A Call to Service, (July 12) introduces Shultz through the details of his early life: his service as a U.S. Marine, his academic career as a freemarket economist at MIT and as dean of the business school at the University of Chicago and his early cabinet posts as secretary of labor and secretary of the treasury under President Nixon.
Secretary of State George Shultz (left), President Reagan (center) and Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger.
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Photo: Reagan Library
PBS captured the postaward concert as part of its In Performance at the White House series, and it airs at 7 pm Wednesday, July 28. McCartney shares the stage with the Jonas Brothers, Faith Hill, Stevie Wonder, Jack White, Jerry Seinfeld and others.
In part two, To Start the World Again (July 19), Schultz works to set up a summit meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev while continuing to deal with the Nicaraguan Contras, the release of hostages in Iran and the election of Corazon Aquino over Ferdinand Marcos as president of the Philippines. Swords to Plowshares (July 26) details Shultz’s preparations for the summit meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev, leading to the most significant nuclear arms reduction pact of the Cold War. Following this pinnacle of his government service career, Schultz leaves the State Department in January 1989 to join the Hoover Institution at Stanford University while continuing to serve as a passionate advocate for nuclear disarmament. PATTERNS • JULY 2010 3
weekdays WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 106.5 in Danville
6 am NPR Morning Edition with Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep, Tom Rogers and Sean Powers
s Gabriela Montero (7 pm 7/22)
9 am Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo
7/20 7/27
Join Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!
Noon Live and Local with Kevin Kelly
Wednesday: Chicago Symphony Orchestra 7/7 7/14 7/21 7/28
Kevin’s get-together features music and a daily serving of news about, and interviews with, area musicmakers, plus a calendar of regional music events.
1 pm Afternoon Classics
Julie Amacher, Lynn Warfel and Mindy Ratner keep you company throughout the afternoon. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac is at 1:01. NPR News Headlines at 3:01.
with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block and Michele Norris
7 pm The Evening Concert Great orchestras from the great concert halls!
Monday:
Chamber Music
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and Concerts from the Library of Congress Ida Kavafian, violin: BACH; DVORAK Aron Quartet: KORNGOLD; MILHAUD Anne-Marie McDermott, piano: MENDELSSOHN; STRAVINSKY; MOZART Budapest Quartet: DVORAK; MOZART; BRAHMS Orion String Quartet: HAYDN: NIELSEN Lynn Harrell, Cello: SCHUBERT; SAINT- SAENS Marji Danilow, double bass: VIVALDI; SCHUBERT John Holloway, violin: BOISMORTIER; VIVALDI; MARCELLO
Tuesday: The New York Philharmonic This Week 7/6 7/13
Alan Gilbert, cond; Lisa Batiashvili, violin BRAHMS; SIBELIUS; LINDBERG Alan Gilbert, Profile No. 1 Alan Gilbert, cond; BERNSTEIN; MAHLER; R. STRAUSS
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Charles Dutoit, cond; RACHMANINOFF; SHOSTAKOVICH Bernard Haitink, cond; WEBER; BEETHOVEN; BRAHMS, etc. Mitsuko Uchida, cond and piano; Mainly MOZART Bernard Haitink, cond; RAVEL; MENDELSSOHN; MOZART
Thursday: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
5 pm NPR All Things Considered
7/5 7/12 7/19 7/26
Mahler 150th Anniversary – NYP Performing at the 1960 Mahler Centenary; Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond An all-MAHLER program New York Philharmonic Soloists Lorin Maazel, cond, and others MOZART; SIBELIUS; DEBUSSY; KORNGOLD
7/1 7/8 7/15 7/22 7/29
Beethoven Festival in Bonn Manfred Honeck, cond; Pittsburgh Symphony Orch.; Bamberg Symphony Orch. WEBER; BEETHOVEN; BACH; JOSEF STRAUSS; etc. Beethoven Festival in Bonn Kent Nagano, cond; Mahler Chamber Orchestra BEETHOVEN; R. STRAUSS; BRAHMS Beethoven Festival in Bonn Richard Brautigam, fortepiano An all-BEETHOVEN program Rhapsody for Cello and Piano Gautier Capucon, cello; Gabriela Montero, piano PROKOFIEV; MENDELSSOHN; RACH- MANINOFF Early Music Days in Herne Michi Gaigg, cond; L’Orfeo Baroque Orch. BEETHOVEN; SCHUBERT; LANNER; etc.
Friday: Prairie Performances
Join us this summer for performances by a variety of groups not usually heard on our program, such as University of Illinois ensembles, along with student and faculty recitals and recordings of other Illinois artists. From time to time, we’ll also feature postperformance interviews. It’s a laid-back July on the prairie!
9 pm Night Music Gillian Martin, Bob Christiansen, Ward Jacobson, Scott Blankenship or John Zech keep you company through the night and into the morning. NPR News Headlines at 9:01.
saturdays & sundays saturdays
sundays
7 am NPR Weekend Edition
7 am NPR Weekend Edition
with Scott Simon
with Liane Hansen
9 am Classics By Request John Frayne plays requests for two hours at this time each Saturday morning. Submit requests at classreq@illinois.edu or 217-265-5084. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.
11 am Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of classical music from the pre-digital recording era. This month, John features archival programs. 7/3 Frederick Stock and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 7/10 Spanish Revival: Joachim Rodrigo 7/17 William Kapell in Australia 7/24 Casals and Bach: Cello Suites 7/31 Great Recordings: Beecham’s Mozart
Noon Afternoon at the Opera The Lyric Opera on-air season ends with the July 3 broadcast. For the rest of the month, broadcasts will originate from the Los Angeles Opera. 7/3 THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Mozart). Sir Andrew Davis, cond, with Joyce DiDonato and Kyle Ketelsen. 7/10 TAMERLANO (Handel). William Lacey, cond, with Bejun Mehta and Placido Domingo. 7/17 THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Rossini). Michele Mariotti, cond, with Nathan Gunn, Juan Diego Florez, and Joyce DiDonato. 7/24 DAS RHEINGOLD (Wagner). James Conlon cond, with Vitalij Kowaljow, Gordon Hawkins, and Michelle DeYoung. 7/31 DIE WALKUERE (Wagner). James Conlon, cond, with Placido Domingo, Linda Watson, and Eric Halfvarson.
4 pm NPR All Things Considered 5 pm A Prairie Home Companion
9 am Sunday Baroque Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac at 9:01.
1 pm From the Top A live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians, hosted by pianist Christopher O’Riley.
2 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits and the latest news from Lake Wobegon.
4 pm NPR All Things Considered 5 pm Classical Music Mindy Ratner and Valerie Kahler are your hosts. NPR News Headlines at 7:01.
10 pm Harmonia Angela Mariani presents Baroque and early music. NPR News Headlines at 10:01.
11 pm The Romantic Hours Music, poetry and romance with Mona Golabek.
midnight Classical Music Scott Blankenship and John Zech are your hosts throughout the night and into the morning.
Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon. [Also Sundays at 2 pm]
7 pm Classics All Night Bob Christiansen and Scott Blankenship keep you company Saturday night and into Sunday morning. NPR News Headlines at 7:01 and 10:01.
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Kyle Ketelsen (noon 7/3) PATTERNS • JULY 2010 5
101.1 and 90.9 HD2
weekdays
saturdays
6-9 am Classical Music
7-9 am Classical Music
9 am-noon Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo
9-11 am Classics by Request
Join Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!
John Frayne plays requests at this time each Saturday morning. Submit requests at classreq@illinois. edu or 217-265-5084.
11 am-Noon Classics of the Phonograph
Noon-1 Live and Local with Kevin Kelly Kevin’s get-together features music and a daily serving of news about, and interviews with, area musicmakers, plus a calendar of regional music events.
1 pm - overnight Classical Music/Friday: Prairie Performances 7-9 pm
John Frayne’s weekly exploration of classical music from the pre-digital recording era. See page 5 for listings.
Noon-overnight Classical Music
sundays all day Classical Music
new WILL Radio Morning Edition host
meet Sean Powers Our new Morning Edition host is here to help you start each weekday with news, information and more. Here’s a chance to learn more about Sean Powers and why he’s looking forward to connecting with WILL Radio listeners. Tell us about your background and what sparked your interest in journalism. I grew up just south of Chicago and graduated from the University of Missouri's school of journalism. I knew it was my calling after I produced a documentary on teenage pregnancy for WHFH, my high school’s 1500-watt, studentrun radio station. Shortly after the documentary aired, I launched a website with my research, links and the documentary itself. Over the course of several years, I heard from people all over the world who told me how this story touched them. How have your previous experiences in public radio built the foundation for your new role? I’ve been fortunate to have great opportunities, working as a producer for the Public Radio Exchange, as a political reporter for Illinois Public Radio based in Springfield,Ill., and as a producer, reporter and NPR All Things Consid6 PATTERNS • JULY 2010
ered weekend host for KBIA in Columbia, Mo. As public radio changes, I applaud Illinois Public Media for making great strides with a careful approach to integrate its news and information programs across radio, TV and the Web. I feel that my experiences can help shape this approach, based on some of the ideas and practices that have worked well for other public broadcasters. It’s important to take a bold stance on being innovative, but also critical to be responsive to the communities we serve. What do you find most intriguing about hosting Morning Edition? Being able to reach out to listeners, not just while on air, but with a variety of technology and social media tools that create an ongoing conversation on issues they care about. I’m looking forward to involving area residents in comment and discussion about news stories. That’s what being a multimedia journalist is all about and this is a great opportunity to do it.
FM 90.9 HD2 and HD3
Saturday
Sunday
5:00
BBC Overnight Continued
City Club Forum
6:00
Commodity Week
Inside Europe
6:30
Illinois Gardener
7:00
NPR Weekend Edition
BBC World Briefing
9:00
Car Talk
Focus with David Inge NPR News 10:01/11:01
10:00
Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me
Says You
11:00
State Week in Review
Car Talk
11:30
Commodity Week
The Afternoon Magazine with Celeste Quinn NPR News 12:01
Noon
Travel with Rick Steves
On the Media
Fresh Air
1:00
This American Life
Media Matters with Bob McChesney
The Closing Market Report/ The Farming World NPR News 2:01
2:00
The Midnight Special
The Tavis Smiley Show
The World
3:00
All Things Considered
4:00
NPR All Things Considered
All Things Considered
5:00
The People’s Pharmacy
Keepin’ the Faith with Steve Shoemaker
6:00
Commonwealth Club (Sidetrack 7/3)
This American Life
Fresh Air
7:00
Living on Earth
BBC World Service
8:00
Latino USA
To the Best of Our Knowledge
8:30
World Vision Report
9:00
Alternative Radio
New Dimensions
10:00
Bookworm
Le Show
10:30
New Letters on the Air
11:00-
BBC World Service
Monday–Friday NPR Morning Edition with Sean Powers
On Point
BBC World Service Bold Listing = National/International News
11 am
10 am
Focus monthly guests 7/7 7/13 7/16 7/19 7/8 7/26
Cooking Lawn and Garden Care Personal Finance Home Care Computers Women’s Health
Weather Monday-Friday Weather Forecast: 5:33, 6:33, 7:33, 8:33 am; 12:35, 4:33, 5:33 pm Saturday and Sunday Occasional Updates
NPR Weekend Edition
Wait Wait ...
BBC World Service
AM 580 Listener Comments: 217-333-0853 / willamfm@illinois.edu
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: 1:58 pm; Closing Market Report/The Farming World: 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 217-333-3434 for market analysis, updated at 9:15 am and 3:15 pm daily.
Illinois Public Media News Tom Rogers, news director
The news from Illinois Public Media’s award-winning staff of reporters — Tom Rogers, Jim Meadows, Jeff Bossert and Sean Powers—can be heard during Morning Edition, The Afternoon Magazine and All Things Considered. PATTERNS • JULY 2010 7
12.3 Cooking
(midnight-2 am; 6-8 am; noon-2 pm; 6-8 pm) Sun and Wed: Cook’s Country/Cook’s Illustrated (begins 7/18), Lidia’s Italy, Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie, Barbecue University Mon and Fri: Simply Ming, Lidia’s Italy, Daisy Cooks! With Daisy Martinez, Tommy Tang’s Easy Thai Cooking Tue and Thur: Endless Feast, Baking with Julia, Christina Cooks, Primal Grill with Steve Raichlen
Travel
(2-3 am; 8-9 am; 2-3 pm; 8-9 pm) Sun and Wed: Rick Steves Europe, Travelscope Mon and Fri: Rick Steves Europe, Smart Travels: Pacific Rim with Rudy/Smart Travels: Europe with Rudy (begins 7/23) Tue and Thu: Rick Steves Europe, Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge
Gardening/Home Improvement
(3-5 am; 9-11 am; 3-5 pm; 9-11 pm) Mon and Fri: Garden Smart/Garden Home (F), This Old House, Hometime, Garden Story Tue and Thu: Victory Garden, New Yankee Workshop, Woodsmith Shop/Woodturning Shop (begins 7/15), Moment of Luxury Wed and Sun: Garden Smart/Garden Home (S), Ask This Old House, For Your Home, Katie Brown Workshop
Arts and Crafts
(5-6 am; 11-noon; 5-6 pm; 11-midnight) Sun and Wed: Knit and Crochet Now, Passport & Palette Mon and Fri: Sewing with Nancy, One Stroke Painting Tue and Thu: Scheewe Art Workshop, Best of the Joy of Painting
Saturday Marathons in July
A six-hour block of themed programming July 3: Living in America Take a tour of America’s most patriotic destinations, along with recipes and tips! July 10: Passport & Palette Pack your beret and paintbrush and get ready to see the world through the eyes of an artist. July 17: Down Under Explore the unique places and culture of Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. July 24: Stalk & Vine Join Burt Wolf, Chrisina Pirello, Katie Brown and Ming Tsai as they show new ways to enjoy treats from the garden. July 31: Kitchen Makeover Find out how to give that old kitchen a new look.
See full schedules for WILL-TV channels 12.2 and 12.3 online at will.illinois.edu.
Primetime Schedule
Monday-Friday Nightly News Programming 9:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Journal
Mondays
7:00 7:30
8:00 11:00
Rare Bird (7/12); National Park to Park Highway (7/19); Nature (7/26) America’s Religious Environmental Movement (7/5) Nature (7/12, 7/19, 7/26) Independent Lens (7/5); Broad-Winged Hawk (7/12); National Park to Park Highway (7/19); NOVA (7/26)
Tuesdays
7:00
8:00 11:00
Flight to Freedom (7/6); Conquistadors (7/13, 7/20); Magic of the White City (7/27) History Detectives Flight to Freedom (7/6); Conquistadors (7/13, 7/20); Magic of the White City (7/27)
Wednesdays 7:00 7:30 8:00
11:00 11:30
P.O.V. (7/28) Independent Lens (7/7) Independent Lens (7/14); Global Voices (7/21, 7/28) P.O.V. (7/7); New Metropolis (7/14, 7/21); By Invitation Only (7/28) P.O.V. (7/14, 7/21)
Thursdays 7:00 8:00
NOVA Scientific American Frontiers; NOVA (7/15); Flying the Secret Sky (7/22);
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12.2 11:00
Secrets of the Dead (7/29) Scientific American Frontiers (7/1); NOVA (7/8); Independent Lens (7/15); Western Pennsylvania’s Tuskegee Airmen (7/22); Legend of Pancho Barnes (7/29)
Fridays 7:00
8:00
8:30 11:00
Tavis Smiley Reports (7/23); Kalb Report (7/30) American Experience (7/2); Baseball in Sacramento (7/16); Frontline (7/23); Kalb Report (7/30) Quick Feet, Soft Hands (7/9) Baseball; Afropop (7/23); Kalb Report (7/30)
Saturdays
7:00 8:00
9:00 10:00 11:00
Rebels and Redcoats (7/3); Faces of America (7/10, 7/17); NOVA (7/24); Afropop (7/31) Faces of America; Skin Stories (7/24); Afropop (7/31) Faces of America; Liberty or Death (7/3); History Detectives (7/10); NOVA (7/31) Scientific American Frontiers; Faces of America (7/17, 7/24); Skin Stories (7/31) Faces of America; Rebels and Redcoats (7/3); NOVA (7/24); Afropop (7/31)
Sundays 7:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30
Washington Week McLaughlin Group Need to Know Global Voices Global Voices (7/4, 7/11); P.O.V. (7/25) New Metropolis (7/18) Washington Week McLaughlin Group
daytime
David Thiel, Program Director
Monday - Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Market to Market (M) Nightly Business Report (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
Bob the Builder
Word Girl
Martha Speaks
Electric Company
A Place of Our Own
Biz Kid$
This Old House Hour
To the Contrary
Barney & Friends
8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00
Dragon Tales
11:30 Victory Garden
Market to Market
Sid the Science Kid
Noon America’s Test Kitchen 12:30 Cook's Country
The McLaughlin Group
1:00 1:30
Simply Ming
European Journal
Tommy Tang’s Thai Cooking/ Rachel’s Favorite Food at Home (begins 7/24)
Motorweek
2:00
Barbecue America/ Primal Grill (begins 7/24)
Woodsmith Shop*
2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00
Lidia’s Italy
Hometime
Illinois Adventure
This Old House Hour
Cyberchase Curious George Sid the Science Kid Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Sesame Street Clifford WordWorld
A Place of Our Own
▲
Painting and How To Programs
▲
How Tos
▲
Sewing Programs
Martha Speaks Arthur WordGirl Electric Company/ Sci Girls (F) Fetch/Design Squad (F) BBC World News Nightly Business Report PBS NewsHour
4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00
*Great Performances at the Met: Hamlet, 7/18.
1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: Quilting Arts Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: Knit and Crochet Now!
Wealthtrack America’s Heartland
Illinois Gardener
Heartland Highways History Detectives
eligion + Ethics R Newsweekly
Garden Home/Growing a Greener World (begins 7/11)
Victory Garden Rare Visions
My Generation
Rick Steves’ Europe
Red Green Show
Lawrence Welk
Doctor Who
1:30 pm Painting and How To M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Jerry Yarnell’s School of Art W: Wild Gardens Th: Painting with Paulson/ B Organic (starts 7/8) F: Beauty of Oil Painting
2:00 pm How Tos M: Piano Guy Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: Katie Brown Workshop F: Scrapbook Memories
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WILL-TV
july tv features Explore the world with Global Voices
Don’t miss the best in international independent documentaries at 9 pm each Friday in July. Meet Shadya Zoabi, a charismatic 17-year-old karate world champion who strives to succeed on her own terms within her traditional Muslim village in northern Israel. Despite her father’s support, she faces the challenge of balancing her dreams with her religious commitments and others’ expectations. Shadya airs July 30. On July 2, Promises offers a look at the Middle East conflict through the eyes of seven children growing up in Jerusalem, living only 20 minutes apart but locked in separate worlds. The program explores the boundaries that lie between Palestinian and Israeli children, and a few who dared to cross the lines to meet their neighbors.
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What’s for breakfast? In this celebration of going out for a morning meal in America, Rick Sebak visits interesting and unusual breakfast spots—from a Cuban cafe in downtown St. Augustine to a Midwestern eatery in a shopping center outside Columbus, Ohio. Breakfast Special (7 pm Wednesday, July 14) lets you fill up on pancakes in rural New York state, try loco moco in Hilo, Hawaii, and see what’s cooking at the Tin Shed in Portland, Oregon. 10 PATTERNS • JULY 2010
In The Beetle, (July 9), director Yishai Orian, the owner of an old Volkswagen Beetle, goes on a journey that begins with the previous owners of the car, continues to Jordan to renovate the vehicle and ends with the birth of his first child. The exciting, funny, sad and intimate memories of the Beetle’s previous owners blend with the director’s personal story. Motherland Afghanistan (July 16), by Afghan-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi, examines her father’s work as an obstetrician/gynecologist in Afghanistan, where one in seven women dies in childbirth. We first meet him at Kabul’s recently renamed Laura Bush Maternity Ward and then in an isolated provincial hospital, to which patients often travel for several days to get treatment. Black Gold (July 23) looks at the second most valuable trading commodity in the world— coffee. As westerners revel in designer lattes, impoverished Ethiopian coffee growers suffer the bitter taste of injustice. Tracing one man’s fight for fair trade, this film is an eye-opening exposé of the $80 billion coffee industry. The short film Calicot is also included.
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P.O.V. focuses on personal challenges Imagine being arrested on the street, told you have committed a murder you know nothing about and then finding yourself sentenced to 20 years in jail. In December 2005, this happened to Antonio Zúñiga in Mexico City and, like thousands of other innocent people, he was wrongfully imprisoned. P.O.V. presents the story of two young lawyers and their struggle to free Zúñiga in the award-winning Presumed Guilty at 9 pm Tuesday, July 27. Other P.O.V. episodes coming at 9 pm Tuesdays in July: Promised Land – July 6 Though apartheid ended in South Africa in 1994, economic injustices between blacks and whites remain unresolved. As this documentary reveals, the most potentially explosive issue is land redistribution. The film follows two black communities as they struggle to reclaim land from white owners. Good Fortune – July 13 In Kenya’s rural countryside, Jackson’s farm is being flooded by an American investor who hopes to alleviate poverty by creating a multimillion-dollar rice farm. Across the country in Nairobi, Silva’s home and business in Africa’s largest shantytown are being demolished as part of a U.N. slum-upgrading project. The gripping stories of two Kenyans battling to save their homes from large-scale development present a unique opportunity see foreign aid through eyes of the people it is intended to help.
El General – July 20 Past and present collide as award-winning filmmaker Natalia Almada brings to life audio recordings she inherited from her grandmother, daughter of Plutarco Elias Calles, a revolutionary general who became Mexico’s president in 1924.
American Masters turns its lens on Merle Haggard He hopped his first freight train at the age of 10, became a chronic truant and was locked up some 17 times as a youngster. Haggard was an inmate in the audience when Johnny Cash gave his 1959 New Year’s Day concert in San Quentin—and, as he’s said repeatedly, “my life changed forever.” In Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself, American Masters followed the legendary musician on camera for the past two years—at home on his ranch and on tour, in addition to interviewing Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss and others close to Haggard. At 72, he recently survived major lung surgery and is now in good health as he hits new artistic and commercial highs. Don’t miss the program at 8 pm Wednesday, July 21. PATTERNS •• JULY JULY 2010 2010 11 11 PATTERNS
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New Orleans five years after Katrina This special is the result of an ongoing collaboration between Tavis Smiley and Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme that began in 2006 when Smiley aired Demme’s documentary, Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward, as a week-long series on PBS. Since 2005, Demme has chronicled the people of New Orleans as they struggle to recover and rebuild their city. Smiley now returns to interview some of the city’s most resilient residents who share their rich cultural heritage as they rebuild schools, churches and homes against enormous odds. Photo: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
For his third Tavis Smiley Reports special, Smiley travels to New Orleans to capture the mood and spirit of the city’s courageous residents five years after the levees failed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The episode, Been in the Storm Too Long, premiers at 7 pm Wednesday, July 21, on WILL-TV.
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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 Chef! 10:00 Red Green Show 10:30 Doctor Who 11:15 Doctor Who Confidential
1Thursday 7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Heartland Highways 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 Saturday and 3 pm Sunday. 9:00 Soundstage (TV-PG) Norah Jones. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
2Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See above. 9:00 Global Voices (TV-PG) (DVS) Promises. See article page 10. 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
3Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Providence, R.I. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See above. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Gnarls Barkley/Thievery Corporation.
4Sunday
7:00 A Capitol Fourth (TV-G) See article page 2. Repeated 12:30 am Monday; and 2 am Tuesday. 8:30 A Capitol Fourth (TV-G) 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Queensland & The Great Barrier Reef. 11:00 Jubilee (TV-G) Ronnie Reno & The Reno Tradition.
5Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Salt Lake City, Utah. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 History Detectives (TV-PG) A clip of what might be the first talking picture; sketches of five- and eight-pound gold nuggets and what could be a section of the first Transatlantic Cable. Repeated
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midnight Tuesday; 2 am Wednesday; and 4 pm Saturday. Lost and Found: The Legacy of the USS Lagarto (TV-G) This Navy submarine and her crew of 86 men vanished in 1945. After the sub was found more than 60 years later, this documentary explores the stories of the crew and their families, the sub and the townspeople who built it in the tiny shipyard of Manitowoc, Wis. Last of the Summer Wine Are You Being Served? Charlie Rose
6Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) Missing In MiG Alley. In the world’s first jet war, Russian and American fighters clashed over Korea, often never to return. NOVA follows the poignant and sometimes harrowing efforts of family members to trace what happened to pilots who went missing over half a century ago. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Carrier (TV-14) (DVS) All Hands. Meet some of the young men and women aboard the USS Nimitz as it pulls out of Coronado, Calif. Repeated midnight Wednesday; 3 am Friday; and 1 am Sunday. 9:00 P.O.V. (TV-PG) Promised Land. See article page 11. Repeated 3 am Thursday; and 2 am Friday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
7Wednesday
7:00 David Suchet on the Orient Express: A Masterpiece Special (TV-G) See article page 1. Repeated 1 am Friday; 2 am Saturday; 9:30 pm Sunday; 1:30 am Monday; and 3:30 am Tuesday. 8:00 Baseball (TV-G) (DVS) The National Pastime. The sixth inning of Ken Burns’ series looks at the baseball season of 1941 when Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams are stars and the Brooklyn Dodgers win their first pennant in 20 years. Repeated 12:03 Thursday. 10:34 Are You Being Served? 11:05 Charlie Rose
8Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Heartland Highways 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday; and 3 pm Sunday. 9:00 Pioneers of Television (TV-G) Sitcoms. The most entertaining clips from I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show, along with comments from Andy Griffith, Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose PATTERNS • JULY 2010 13
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9Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Global Voices (TV-PG) The Beetle. See article page 10. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
10Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Salt Lake City, Utah. Part 1 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-PG) Ringo Starr with Ben Harper and Relentless 7.
11Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) (DVS) Eagles of Mull. The island of Mull, off the coast of western Scotland, offers an amazing diversity of life, including golden eagles, rare white tailed eagle gulls, minke whales, bottlenose dolphins, grey seals and sharks. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Poirot X: Murder on the Orient Express. See article page 1. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday. 9:30 David Suchet on the Orient Express: A Masterpiece Special (TV-G) Repeated from 7 pm Wednesday. 10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Food Hour: Lebanon. 11:30 Jammin at Hippie Jack’s (TV-PG) The John Cowan Band.
12Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Salt Lake City, Utah. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 3 am and 7 pm Saturday.
8:00 History Detectives (TV-PG) A vandalized sculpture of President Andrew Jackson; a letter from Red Cross founder Clara Barton and an anarchist’s notebook. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 2 am Wednesday; and 4 pm Saturday. 9:00 Turmoil and Triumph: The George Shultz Years (TV-G) A Call to Service. Part 1 of 3. See article page 3. Repeated 3 am Wednesday; and 3 am Monday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
13Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) The Deadliest Plane Crash. An investigation of the collision of two Boeing 747 airliners on the runway of a tiny airport in the Canary Islands, killing 583 passengers and crew. Repeated 1 am Wednesday. 8:00 Carrier (TV-14) (DVS) Controlled Chaos. Discover the bonds that take place among the men and women aboard the perilous environment of the USS Nimitz. Repeated midnight Wednesday; 1 am Sunday; and 2 am Monday. 9:00 P.O.V. (TV-PG) Good Fortune. See article page 11. Repeated 3 am Thursday; and 2 am Friday. 10:29 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
14Wednesday
7:00 Breakfast Special (TV-G) See article page 10. Repeated 1 am and 4 am Friday; 2 am Saturday; and 4 am Monday. 8:00 Baseball (TV-G) (DVS) The Capital of Baseball. Rare newsreel film and interviews in the seventh inning celebrate the glorious heyday of New York City baseball. Repeated 12:15 am Thursday. 10:16 Last of the Summer Wine
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15Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Heartland Highways 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday. 9:00 Pioneers of Television (TV-G) Late Night. The stories of Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin (in his last interview) headline this episode about the formative years of late-night television. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
16Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Global Voices (TV-PG) Motherland Afghanistan. See article page 10. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:29 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
17Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Salt Lake City, Utah. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-PG) Tori Amos.
18Sunday
2:00 Great Performances at the Met Hamlet. Simon Keenlyside and Marlis Petersen headline the Ambroise Thomas opera, based on Shakespeare’s play, in a new production directed by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser. 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) Andes: The Dragon’s Back. When this mountain range rose from the sea, it created a bridge that joined North and South America, allowing flora and fauna from each to mix and diversify. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Poirot X: The Third Girl. See article page 1. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Caribbean Islands: St. Lucia, Martinique & Montserrat. 11:00 Jubilee (TV-G) The Grascals.
19Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Salt Lake City, Utah. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 3 am and 7 pm Saturday.
8:00 History Detectives (TV-PG) Repeated 2 am Wednesday; and 4 pm Saturday.
9:00 Turmoil and Triumph: The George Shultz Years (TV-G) To Start The World Again. Part 2 of 3. See article page 3. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; and 2 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
20Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) B-29 Frozen In Time. Come along on an Arctic expedition to refurbish a B-29 that made an emergency landing in 1947. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Carrier (TV-14) (DVS) Super Secrets. All details about the USS Nimitz, from its location and itinerary to the interactions of those aboard and the inner workings of the ship’s equipment, are classified. Repeated midnight Wednesday; and 1 am Sunday. 9:00 P.O.V. (TV-PG) El General. See article page 11. Repeated 2 am Thursday; and 3 am Monday. 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
21Wednesday
7:00 Tavis Smiley Reports New Orleans: Been in the Storm Too Long. This third primetime special takes an intimate look at the lives of a handful of the city’s most resilient residents, five years after Katrina. See article page 16. 8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself. See article page 11. Repeated midnight Thursday; 2 am Friday; and 1:30 am Monday. 9:30 Outlaw Lewis Redmond (TV-G) The most famous outlaw of his day, Redmond managed a bootleg network that ranged through three states, fought and eluded the lawmen sent to capture him, and helped poor mountain people pay their taxes and save their family land. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
22Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Illinois Pioneers 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday; and 3 pm Sunday. 9:00 Pioneers of Television (TV-G) Variety. From Ed Sullivan’s “Toast of the Town” and Milton Berle’s “Texaco Star Theater” to Pat Boone, The Carol Burnett Show and Laugh-In, this episode captures the best of variety shows. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine PATTERNS • JULY 2010 15
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23Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Global Voices (TV-PG) Black Gold/Calicot. See article page 10. 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
24Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Salt Lake City, Utah. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-PG) David Gray.
25Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) Oceans In Glass: Behind The Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Recognized as one of the world’s most significant aquariums, Monterey Bay presents entire habitats, virtual slices of ocean that include 30,000 animals and plants. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Poirot X: Appointment with Death. See article page 1. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Midwest U.S.A. 11:00 Jubilee (TV-G) Best of Renfro Valley Bluegrass Festival.
26Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Las Vegas, Nev. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 History Detectives (TV-PG) TBA. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 2 am Wednesday; and 4 pm Saturday. 9:00 Turmoil and Triumph: The George Shultz Years (TV-G) Swords Into Plowshares. Part 3 of 3. See article page 3. Repeated 3 am Wednesday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
27Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) Who Killed The Red Baron? An exciting new investigation of the death of Germany’s most feared fighter ace, Manfred von Richthofen, overturns the conventional theory of his demise. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Carrier (TV-14) (DVS) Squared Away. As the Nimitz sails toward the Persian Gulf, unfolding events highlight the
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friction between enlisted personnel and their superiors. Repeated midnight Wednesday; and 3 am Thursday. P.O.V. (TV-PG) Presumed Guilty. See article page 11. Repeated 2 am Thursday. Last of the Summer Wine Are You Being Served? Charlie Rose
28Wednesday
7:00 In Performance at the White House (TV-G) Paul McCartney: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. See article page 3. Repeated midnight Thursday; 1 am and 3:30 am Friday. 8:30 In Performance at the White House (TV-G) Paul McCartney: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Repeated from 7 pm. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
29Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Heartland Highways 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday. 9:00 Pioneers of Television (TV-G) Game Shows. From its beginnings on radio to Groucho Marx’s “You Bet Your Life” and its heyday in the 1960s, a look at one of broadcasting’s strongest genres. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
30Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Global Voices (TV-PG) Shadya. See article page 10. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
31Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Las Vegas, Nev. Part 1 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-PG) Corinne Bailey Rae.
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Youth Media student connects with “Poet on the Mound” Ernie Westfield is a Champaign businessman and a former player in baseball’s Negro Leagues. So when Champaign 8th grader Jay Miles sat down to interview him for a Youth Media Workshop (YMW) video story, Jay expected the conversation to revolve around sports and business. But as the questions and answers progressed, Jay discovered something that took the interchange to a whole new level. Westfield is also a poet. As it happens, young Jay is a budding poet himself. Their shared love of writing poetry, along with Westfield’s passion for letting young people know it’s okay to express their feelings through poetry, turned his interviews into a different kind of learning experience for Jay. He went back and interviewed Westfield again, and focused his questions solely on Westfield’s poetry. Jay was shy about telling Westfield directly that he wrote poetry, too. “But during the second interview, he asked me, and I told him I did,” Jay said. “A lot of people who love poetry are afraid to come out with it, but he’s not.” Students participating in the 7th year of YMW, which teaches media production and life skills to African American teens, interviewed older people in their community. “Many of the students found something that took their interview 180 degrees from what they had planned,” said Henry Radcliffe, out-
reach producer at Illinois Public Media, who served as mentor and videography instructor to some of the students. Another student, 6th grader Corbin Phillips, interviewed former Champaign school administrator Alvin Griggs, who mentioned a race riot at Centennial High School in 1971. “That sparked Corbin’s interest so he went to the archives and educated himself about the riot and then went back and interviewed Mr. Griggs again,” Henry said. The after-school program is a collaboration between Illinois Public Media 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. YMW projects were led by teachers Amos Lee and Kim Anderson at Champaign Jefferson Middle School; Michelle Bahr and Laurie Jacob at Champaign Edison Middle School; and Whitney Stewart and Josh Wiechert at Champaign Franklin Middle School. Henry and U of I broadcast journalism student Erica McKinney were mentors to the students. See Jay’s story, “Poet on the Mound,” along with other students’ video stories, blogs, photos and more at illinoisyouthmedia.org. Click on the projects link and look for “Jefferson, Edison & Franklin 2010.” PATTERNS • JULY 2010 17
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Illinois Pioneers: Where Champaign children went to learn The first school in Champaign County was a log cabin near Mahomet where children from five pioneer families gathered to learn reading, writing and arithmetic.
Van Ness attended Bondville grade school, which was closed by the district in 1971. She was in the first graduating class from Centennial High School.
The first Champaign public school, known as “The Little Brick,” stood on the corner of Randolph and Hill streets. Champaign was then divided into two school districts, one west of First Street and one east of First.
“It will be a chance to look at how the school district has evolved over the years,” John said. “We’ll talk about what high school was like when my two guests attended Champaign and Centennial.” The program will also look at some of the schools that are no longer there, cover some of the sports teams that won state championships, and examine periods when enrollment soared, resulting in the building of schools to keep up with the numbers of children, he said.
On the July episode of Illinois Pioneers, airing at 7:30 pm Thursday, July 22, host John Paul talks to his guests, Erma Bridgewater and Cheryl Van Ness, about their recollections of Champaign schools, and looks at historic photos of schools, classrooms and leaders such as Dr. Hartwell C. Howard. Bridgewater helped integrate Lincoln School, now an apartment building at the corner of Healey and State streets, in 1917. She graduated from Champaign High School in 1931.
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Illinois Pioneers is made possible, in part, by The Noel Foundation, by donors to the Champaign 150th Anniversary Celebration Fund and by the Office of Corporate Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Champaign high school students, above; Class of 1886, Champaign High School, right; children in Avenue School, one of the first schools in Champaign, below.
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One million thanks While we’re at it, here are some other numbers from this year’s May 8 sale:
100,000 vinyl recordings donated 16,075 dollars raised for Illinois Radio Reader 2,500 CDs donated 295 miles traveled by a shopper from Columbus, Ohio 100 pieces of audio/visual equipment donated 80 people in line when doors opened at 8 am 60 DVDs donated 36 dedicated volunteers who worked from collection to set up to day of sale
“Special thanks to Lincoln Square Village, Busey Bank, Rick Law of Rick Law Roofing, Derrick Goen, Don Boskey, Pat Shepard, Jim and Judy Vandeventer, Scott Dobbins, George Carlisle, Eric Dahlheim, Jim Scholer and Rick Schoell for all of their help in setting up the event,” said Deane Geiken, director of Illinois Radio Reader. “I also appreciate all of John Frayne’s outstanding work with the collectibles and, of course, everyone who purchased items at the sale!”
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Ag program for urbanites: In My Backyard WILL-AM’s Ag Hour, the Closing Market Report and The Farming World, has a new segment devoted to stories about smaller farms and about the passion of those who grow and eat food. In My Backyard airs at 2:52 pm on Fridays and features five minutes of commentary and stories by Lisa Bralts (right), director of Market at the Square farmers’ market in Urbana. In her debut commentary on June 4, Lisa looked at small-scale agricultural activities that live in Big Ag’s shadow—the parts we don’t see from the interstate. Closer proximity and relationships between growers and eaters encourage conversation not just about growing food, but also about food preparation and preservation, arts that are slowly becoming lost, she said. “I keep thinking about the immediate impact of what each of us does at home, and in our neighborhoods and towns,” Lisa said. “I know from experience and seeing it happen again and again that watching someone build a garden or plant a seed or make yogurt or bake bread can get a person thinking, “Hey—maybe I can do that.” 20 PATTERNS • JULY 2010
Lisa, who has a background in community radio and has written for the ChampaignUrbana Smile Politely online magazine, said she’s excited about the opportunity to let people know about places and activities that are hidden in plain sight and that could inspire people. Dave Dickey, Illinois Public Media director of agricultural programming, said he hopes the segment will make WILL’s agriculture programs more accessible for urban listeners. “Lisa is a wonderful writer who is passionate about food—and as a city dweller herself, she will bring that perspective to her stories,” he said. “Everyone eats—and therefore has a stake in our food infrastructure,” Dave said. “We hope that In My Backyard gives listeners a greater appreciation and understanding of the foods they eat—from seed to table.”
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Urbana and Champaign Farmers’ Markets The Urbana and Champaign Farmers’ Markets and WILL have a common goal: enriching the community. That’s one reason both markets underwrite programs on WILL. They have been doing so for nearly as long as they’ve been around. Lisa Bralts, director of the Urbana Market at the Square, says the Urbana Market is a place where people discover parts of the community they didn’t know about before. “Someone will come looking for peaches, then while walking around they might see eggs or cheese or an unusual vegetable and think: I didn’t know you can get that locally.” Even better, market shoppers can meet the people who grow the food they are buying and learn about how it was raised and might be prepared. Just as WILL provides perspectives that aren’t found on commercial stations, the Urbana Market at the Square offers consumers alternative views on food, agriculture and the local economy. “The Market isn’t just for foodies,” says Bralts, “it’s about the whole community.” The Historic First Street Farmers Market in downtown Champaign opened just last year, but its goals are equally ambitious. Liaison Valerie McWilliams said the North First Street Association was concerned about a “food desert” north of downtown Champaign, where fresh produce was not readily available. Now thanks to the efforts of market manager Wendy Langacker, local produce, entertainment and education about
gardening and agriculture are offered there every week over the summer. Both farmers’ markets run programs for children and donate produce to area food banks. In the future they hope to extend such outreach while continuing to underwrite WILL. In supporting Illinois Public Media, the farmers’ markets reach diverse and receptive parts of the community while pursuing their own goal of enriching it.
s Chris Shroyer, right, regional president of Busey Bank, presents a donation from Busey to Cheryl Middaugh, director of marketing & development with the Eastern Illinois Foodbank as WILL’s Les Schulte stands by. Busey and the local IGA stores contributed one dollar, the cost of three meals, to the food bank for every call WILL received during the spring TV pledge drive.
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