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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.

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

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july 2011 Volume XXXIX, Number 1

Social media and the public interest

By Jack Brighton Director of New Media & Innovation In the 12 years I’ve been building WILL’s websites, I’ve been enthusiastic about the Internet’s power to serve the mission of public broadcasting.

During this time we’ve seen accelerating change in technology, deeply affecting our culture, politics and economy.

While technology will continue to improve our lives in many ways, the pace of change seems overwhelming. Most importantly, we don’t have enough opportunity to consider the unintended consequences of the choices we are making. Take social media, for example.

Facebook now has more than 500 million active users. More video is uploaded to YouTube every 60 days than the three major TV networks created in 60 years. Twitter has been at the center of the social media storm as a reporting tool in natural disasters, and as an organizing tool for activists throughout the world. They are called “social media” for good reason: the one-to-many model of the broadcast age has been superseded by the many-to-many model of the network age.

This is both a threat and opportunity for traditional media. If we want to remain relevant in a world of social media, we must be included there, especially for younger audiences. So we ask you to “like” our WILL Radio-TV-Online Facebook page, and follow us on Twitter at willpublicmedia.

But by promoting our presence on these social media services, we are also promoting the services.

The more people who sign up for Facebook accounts, the more Facebook is worth. I would not argue against Facebook pursuing its corporate interests, but I think it’s important to point out that those interests overlap only partially with the public interest.

This is why I believe it’s more important than ever that public media continue to “own” its custom content and Web presence. We do this by maintaining a robust website and hosting our own online media library. We have tens of thousands of audio and video archives available on demand at will.illinois.edu, and we operate the service ourselves. This may lead to a few bumps compared to Facebook or Amazon, which have huge technical staffs. But in the emerging world of the corporate cloud and social media, someone has to keep public media truly public. We’re committed to that, and hope you appreciate and support it.

Photo: : Michael Owen Thomas

Mid-American Gardener debuts!

Gardener’s producer. “This change builds on the program’s Fall 2008 expansion to statewide syndication,” he added.

Same expert advice, new name and new digs at WILL-TV With a new moniker, Illinois Gardener is poised to share its weekly broadcasts of Hardiness Zone 5 plant expertise with gardening enthusiasts in neighboring states. After all, thanks to the live video stream and video archive on will.illinois.edu, Zone 5 residents outside of Illinois can already benefit from the program’s advice.

Now back to full-time production after a brief hiatus, Mid-American Gardener will debut at 7 pm Thursday, July 21, with a new set. Apart from these changes, everything remains the same. Host Dianne Noland (above) is back after her May retirement from a 31-year teaching career at the University of Illinois and is eager to re-join her fellow panelists.

“It’s a natural fit since the information Dianne and the panelists provide applies outside the state’s geographic border,” said David Thiel, WILL-TV program director and

Dianne agrees. “It’s a decision that came about over time and is a nice progression.

We hope it’s also an opportunity to share what we love with even more gardening friends,” she said.

Particularly rewarding to her is the fact that the new set was funded with a 2009 College of ACES Team Award for Excellence she and 10 ACES colleagues—all members of the Gardener team—earned. “Everyone voted to invest the monetary award back into the program,” Dianne added. “It was exciting to work with the show’s director, WILL video production manager Jeff Cunningham, on the set design. The timing of unveiling it along with the new program name seems like the perfect way to celebrate the program’s success.”

As the show’s budget permits, David is also planning to include occasional on-location segments for Mid-American Gardener in the future.

Panelists are blogging on the program website, which changes in July to midamericangardener.org where there’s also a live online chat during each show.

Name that program!

Longtime panelist Bill Erickson of Prairieview Landscaping submitted Mid-American Gardener as a program name in response to David Thiel’s request of WILL staff and Gardener panelists.

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Happy birthday, USA! This year’s presentation of A Capitol Fourth features Josh Groban, Jordin Sparks, Little Richard and the cast of the Broadway hit, Million Dollar Quartet. These award-winning musicians are accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jack Everly.

Justice has a new defender

Broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, the program also offers viewers the most spectacular fireworks display anywhere in the nation—thanks to 20 television cameras stationed around the city, including the White House, the Washington Monument and across the Potomac River.

In tribute to America’s birthday, the show is capped off with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, complete with live cannon fire provided by the United States Army Presidential Salute Battery.

What does an honest cop do when his bosses are on the side of the lawbreakers? Outwitting prosecutors, politicians, mobsters, kidnappers and killers, Detective Aurelio Zen (Rufus Sewell) brings justice to modernday Italy, whether the authorities want it or not.

Zen is a Roman police detective hailing from Venice, where Zen is a local shortening of the name Zeno. Separated from his wife and living with his mother, he is too frazzled by his job to think about romance—until he meets Tania Moretti (Caterina Murino), his chief’s new secretary.

New from Masterpiece Mystery!, Zen brings a trio of spellbinding cases based on the bestselling novels by British crime writer Michael Dibdin to WILL-TV. In Vendetta (8 pm Sunday, July 17), a killer is on a vendetta-fueled rampage against those who wrongly imprisoned him, including a cop who had almost nothing to do with it: Zen. But Zen is too busy dealing with another crime—a politicallycharged murder—to notice that he’s on the psychopath’s hit list. Ordered by his boss to nail the chief suspect in the murder case whether he is guilty or not and by a justice official to get the guy off, Zen is in a no-win situation.

In the next installment, a disgraced aristocrat dies after falling from a bridge—or was he pushed?

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Photo: : Michael Owen Thomas

As usual, Zen gets mixed signals from his scheming bosses: he’s pressured from the Ministry of Justice to rule it a suicide while a powerful prosecutor wants him to find a murderer. The plot thickens when it appears that the victim was trying to inform on a previously unknown group with conspirators at the highest levels of Italian society. Meanwhile, Zen and Tania are having trouble closing the book on their failed marriages. Cabal airs at 8 pm Sunday, July 24.

In the final episode, Ratking (8 pm Sunday, July 31), a wealthy industrialist and political party funder is kidnapped. The Ministry of Justice wants Zen to get the hostage back alive at any cost, but the kidnappers kill the lawyer who brings a ransom payment from the family. In kidnapping-plagued Italy, it’s illegal to pay a ransom, and Zen must skirt this issue while dealing with the bickering relatives, who seem ready to forget about their captive kinsman.

Even worse, Zen has a tyrannical new boss who is a stickler for regulations, including the one against workplace romances, jeopardizing the detective’s burgeoning affair with Tania.

After one year at the helm...

Another conversation with U of I President Hogan WILL’s David Inge will talk with University of Illinois President Michael Hogan about some of the top issues on campus, and give listeners and viewers direct access to the president through phone calls during the show. You can also email your questions before the show to will-talk@ illinois.edu. Focus: A Conversation with U of I President Michael Hogan will air at 9 pm Wednesday, July 13, on WILL-TV and WILL-AM, with live audio and video streaming online at will.illinois.edu.

Issues likely to come up are reorganization of the university administration, state support for higher education, how colleges can improve retention of students and the movement for accountability in higher education.

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weekdays

WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 106.5 in Danville

6 am NPR Morning Edition with Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep and Jim Meadows

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9 am Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo Join Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!

Noon 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 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.

5 pm NPR All Things Considered with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block and Michele Norris

7 pm The Evening Concert Great orchestras from the great concert venues.

Listings are subject to change.

Monday: Specialsthe Concertgebouw

7/4 Leroy Anderson and the Boston Pops ANDERSON Civic Orchestra of Chicago BEETHOVEN

The Freeway Series: Music From The Pacific Coast 7/11

7/18

7/25

USC Thornton School of Music Pepe Romero, guitar; William Kanengiser, guitar TARREGA; ALBENIZ USC Thornton Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, cond BRAHMS; TCHAIKOVSKY Southwest Chamber Music: Ascending Dragon Festival DEBUSSY; TON THAT TIET

Tuesday: Chicago Symphony Orchestra 7/5

7/12

7/19

7/26

Gianandrea Noseda, cond; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; BRAHMS Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond; Leila Josefowicz, violin DEBUSSY; SALONEN (CSO cocommission; Chicago premiere) Charles Dutoit, cond; Lang Lang, piano SIBELIUS; CHOPIN Bernard Haitink, cond All BEETHOVEN program

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Leif Ove Andsnes (7 pm, 7/5)

Wednesday: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts: 7/6

7/13

7/20

7/27

Bach Festival in Leipzig Jan Willem de Vriend, cond BACH; GRAUPNER Summer Music Days in Hitzacker Hamburger Ratsmusik PURCELL; MOZART; et al Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Polish Radio Amadeus Chamber Orchestra CHOPIN; KILAR ARD International Music Competition Munich Chamber Orchestra MOZART; MENDELSSOHN

Thursday: Music Mountain 7/7

7/14

7/21

7/28

Arianna String Quartet; Amadi Azikiwe, viola BEETHOVEN; BRAHMS Amernet String Quartet; Chauncey Patterson, viola All MOZART program Amernet String Quartet; Chauncey Patterson, viola All MOZART program DaPonte String Quartet; Pamela Mia Paul, piano BRAHMS; MENDELSSOHN

Friday: Prairie Performances 7/1 7/8

7/15

7/22

7/29

Millikin-Decatur Symphony (4/16/11) Big Band Show — Piano Pops with Rich Ridenour Eastern Symphony Orchestra (4/10/11) Eastern Illinois University Mixed Chorus, Oratorio Society, Concert Choir U of I Symphony (4/13/11) Eduardo Diazmuñoz, guest conductor Diazmuñoz: Danza Concerto for Tenor Sax and Orchestra TBA Chip McNeil, tenor sax Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Debussy: La Mer Illinois Symphony Orchestra (4/8/11 & 4/9/11) Karen Lynne Deal, cond Janacek: Idyll for Strings Miaskovsky: Two Pieces for String Orchestra Bartok: Divertimento for Strings Eastern Symphony Orchestra (4/29/11) Eastern Illinois University Choral Ensembles, EIU Percussion Ensemble

9 pm Night Music

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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 Audie Cornish

9 am Classics By Request

9 am Sunday Baroque

John Frayne plays requests for two hours at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at classreq@illinois. edu or 217-265-5084. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.

Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.

11 am Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century.

7/2 William Schuman, All-American Composer 7/9 Unknown Mozart? The Serenades 7/16 Early Dvorak Symphonies 7/23 The Most Prolific Baroque Composer? Georg Philipp Telemann 7/30 Leopold Stokowski’s Transcriptions, Alive and Well

Noon Afternoon at the Opera The Lyric Opera of Chicago Season ends July 9. The Los Angeles Opera season begins July 16.

7/2 LOHENGRIN (Wagner). Sir Andrew Davis, cond, with Johan Botha, Emily Magee, Michaela Schuster, Greer Grimsley, Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

7/9 HERCULES (Handel). Harry Bicket, cond, with Alice Coote, Eric Owens, David Daniels, Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

7/16 IL POSTINO (in Spanish) (Daniel Catan).

Grant Gershon, cond, with Charles Castronovo, Placido Domingo, Amanda Squitieri, LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

7/23 LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Mozart). Placido Domingo, cond, with Daniel Okulitch, Marlis Petersen, Bo Skovhus, Martifna Serafin, Renata Pokupic, LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

7/30 RIGOLETTO (Verdi). James Conlon, cond, with George Gagnidze, Gianluca Terranova, Sarah Coburn, LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

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.

4 pm NPR All Things Considered 5 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon. [Also Sundays at 2 pm]

7 pm 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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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!

Noon-1 pm 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 plays requests at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at classreq@illinois.edu or 217-265-5084.

11 am-Noon Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. See page 5 for listings.

Noon-overnight Classical Music

sundays all day Classical Music

July 4 specials on WILL-AM We hear a lot of discussion about the concept of community—but it’s often easy to lose perspective on the real stories of the people who are working to create interwoven lives and neighborhoods. In State of the Re:Union, Public Radio Talent Quest winner Al Letson(above) travels our nation to find those stories, then tells them with grace.

Don’t miss two of these specials airing in place of WILL’s Focus on Monday, July 4. At 10 am, Letson explores the misguided portrayal of the rural Appalachian region as a place of people

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at the mercy of the region’s poverty or bigotry. Join him when he travels to southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky to examine how residents are balancing deep ties to their history while facing the future in a new way. Then at 11 am, Letson moves on to Austin, Texas—a city wrestling with its identity, not because of an economic meltdown, but rather as a result of its success. With a spike in population and economic advantages, many residents are concerned that this growth and development might jeopardize the city’s unique, countercultural feel.

FM 90.9 HD3

AM 580 Listener Comments: 217-333-0853 / willamfm@illinois.edu

Saturday

Sunday

5:00

BBC Overnight Continued

City Club Forum

6:00

Commodity Week

Inside Europe

6:30

Illinois Gardener

Monday–Friday NPR Morning Edition with Jim Meadows

7:00

NPR Weekend Edition

BBC World Briefing

9:00

Car Talk

Focus with David Inge NPR News 10:01/11:01 Specia­l–State of the Re:Union July 4, 10:00 (see page 6) Specia­l–State of the Re:Union July 4, 11:00

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

Fresh Air

1:00

This American Life

The Closing Market Report NPR News 2:01

2:00

The Midnight Special

BBC Business Daily

2:36

The World All Things Considered with Jeff Bossert

3:00

NPR Weekend Edition

On the Media

Media Matters with Bob McChesney The Tavis Smiley Show

Wait Wait ...

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

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

11:005 am

BBC World Service

On Point BBC World Service

Bold Listing = National/International News

11:07

10:07 am

Focus monthly guests 7/6 Cooking 7/12 Lawn & Garden Care 7/13 Eating Well Affordably 7/15 Personal Finance 7/18 Home Care 7/1 Dog Care 7/7 Computers 7/8 From the Archives 7/22 From the Archives 7/25 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

BBC World Service

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: 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 and public affairs 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.

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12.3

WILL-TV Cooking

(midnight-2 am; 6-8 am; noon-2 pm; 6-8 pm) Sun and Wed: America’s Test Kitchen; Lidia’s Italy; P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table; Barbecue University Mon and Fri: Simply Ming; Lidia’s Italy; Ciao Italia; Primal Grill Tue and Thur: Pati’s Mexican Table; Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home/Vine Talk (begins 7/12); Cooking Odyssey/Great American Seafood Cook-off (begins 7/21); Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef

Travel

(2-3 am; 8-9 am; 2-3 pm; 8-9 pm) Sun and Wed: Rick Steves’ Europe; Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Mon and Fri: Rick Steves’ Europe; Music Voyager Tue and Thu: Globetrekker; Globetrekker

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; Around the House with Matt and Shari/B Organic (begins 7/8) Tue and Thu: Victory Garden; Woodwright’s Shop; American Woodshop; Growing Bolder Wed and Sun: Garden Smart/Garden Home (S); Ask This Old House; For Your Home; Katie Brown Workshop

Primetime Schedule Monday-Friday

9:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Journal

Mondays

7:00 Liberty or Death (7/4) 8:00 Nature 11:00 Forgotten War: The Struggle for North America (7/4); Circus

Tuesdays

7:00 Southern Belle (7/19) 8:00 Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided 11:00 The Story of America’s Black Patriots (7/5, 7/12); Safe Harbor (7/19); Young Lincoln (7/26) 11:30 Long Shadows: The Legacy of the American Civil War (7/26)

Wednesdays

7:00 POV (7/20) 8:00 Frontline 11:00 Death of the Old West (7/6); Snap Judgment (7/13); Doha Debates (7/20); World Exclusive Short (7/27) 11:30 POV (7/6, 7/13, 7/27)

Thursdays

7:00 NOVA (7/7, 7/21, 7/28) 8:00 Ferrets: The Pursuit of Excellence (7/7); NOVA (7/14, 7/28); Secrets of Shangri-La (7/21) 11:00 NOVA ScienceNow (7/7); Botany of Desire (7/14); Lost Cave Temples (7/21); American Experience: Dinosaur Wars (7/28)

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Arts and Crafts

(5-6 am; 11-noon; 5-6 pm; 11-midnight) Sun and Wed: Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonsteel; Gary Spetz’s Painting Wild Places with Watercolor Mon and Fri: Martha’s Sewing Room; One Stroke Painting with Donna Dewberry Tue and Thu: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting; Best of the Joy of Painting

Saturday Marathons in July

A six-hour block of themed programming July 2: All American Barbecue Steven Raichlen takes us on a barbecue tour from sea to shining sea.

July 9: Sail Away Tour the world by boat with travel experts Rudy Maxa and Rick Steves.

July 16: A Stitch in Time Transform fabric into a fashion statement or create quilts.

July 23: Good Grapes Actor Stanley Tucci leads a celebrity panel of wine tasters.

July 30: I Love the Nightlife Travel guides Joseph Rosendo and Rudy Maxa showcase the best of nightlife around the globe.

See the full Create schedule at will.illinois.edu

12.2 Fridays

7:00 Fats Domino (7/1); Survival: Lives in the Balance (7/15, 7/22); Pidgin: The Voice of Hawaii (7/29) 8:00 Rock Prophecies (7/1); Dhamma Brothers (7/8); New Recruits (7/15); Ultimate Resource (7/22); Speaking in Tongues (7/29) 11:00 The Legacy of Sarg Records (7/1); Buddha (7/8); Survival: Lives in the Balance (7/15, 7/22); Linguists (7/29)

Saturdays

7:00 Washington Week 7:30 McLaughlin Group 8:00 Need to Know 9:00 God in America (7/2, 7/9, 7/16); Ground War (7/23, 7/30) 10:00 Ground War (7/23, 7/30) 11:00 Rock Prophecies (7/2); Dhamma Brothers (7/9); New Recruits (7/16); Doha Debates (7/23); Speaking in Tongues (7/30)

Sundays

7:30 POV (7/10, 7/17, 7/31) 8:00 Global Voices (7/3); Independent Lens (7/24) 9:00 Global Voices 10:00 POV (7/10); Global Voices (7/17); World Exclusive Short (7/24); Global Voices (7/31) 10:30 POV (7/3); Global Voices (7/24) 11:30 POV (7/10, 7/17, 7/31) See the full World schedule at will.illinois.edu

WILL-TV 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) Between the Lions

5:30

Angelina Ballerina

Destinos

Curious George

Curious George

The Cat in the Hat Super WHY!

The Cat in the Hat Super WHY!

Dinosaur Train Thomas & Friends

Dinosaur Train Cyberchase

Sid the Science Kid

6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00

Bob the Builder Sid the Science Kid A Place of Our Own P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

Fetch!

Electric Company Word Girl The Truth About Money

WordWorld

10:30 P. Allen Smith’s

Motorweek

Super Why!

11:00 Illinois Gardener/

America’s Heartland

Barney & Friends

11:30 Victory Garden

Market to Market

The Cat in the Hat

The McLaughlin Group

A Place of Our Own

Noon America’s Test Kitchen 12:30 Cook's Country

Sewing Programs

1:00

Clifford Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Sesame Street

Garden to Table Mid-American Gardener

eligion + Ethics R Newsweekly Simply Ming/Rachel’s Favorite Specials Food for Living (begins 7/23) 7/3

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1:30

Chef John Besh’s New Orleans

2:00

Nick Stellino’s Cooking with Friends

2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00

Sweet Life with Charles Xaver

Electric Company/ Fetch! (F)

4:30

This Old House Hour

BBC World News

5:00

Nightly Business Report

5:30

Rick Steves’ Europe

PBS NewsHour

6:00

Lawrence Welk

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How To Programs

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Painting and How To Programs

Martha Speaks Arthur WordGirl Wild Kratts Design Squad Nation (F)

1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: Quilting Arts Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: Sew It All

Illinois Adventure Heartland Highways Hometime

1:00, The Greenest Building 2:00, Up from Ashes 3:00, Keeping Score Mahler: Legacy 4:00, Keeping Score: A Mahler Journey 7/10 1:00, Class C: The Only Game in Town 2:30, From Cheyenne to Pendleton 4:00, Southern Belle 7/17 1:00, Great Performances: Rigoletto from Mantua 3:30, Long Shadows: The Legacy of the Amer. Civil War 7/24 1:00, Great Performances at the Met: Le Comte Ory 3:30, Great American Seafood Cookoff III 4:00, Augusta’s Master Plan 7/31 1:00, A Summer of Birds 2:00, Walden – The Ballad of Thoreau 3:00, Wilderness Plots 4:00, Journey of the BroadWinged Hawk

Hustle

1:30 pm Painting and How To M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Paint This with Jerry Yarnell W: Artist Toolbox Th: B Organic F: Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer

Doctor Who 2:00 pm How To M: The Piano Guy Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: Scrapbook Memories F: Woodwright’s Shop

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july tv features

s Kenny Wayne Shepherd at Leadbelly’s grave in Shreveport

Music Voyager debuts New Poirot and Marple on Masterpiece Mystery!

In Halloween Party (8 pm Sunday, July 3), Ariadne Oliver (Zoe Wanamaker) joins forces with Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) to investigate a drowning on All Hallows’ Eve as they also uncover a series of mysterious deaths that could be connected. Then at 8 pm Sunday, July 10, Miss Marple (Julia McKenzie) investigates the murder of a longtime friend in The Pale Horse.

Join ethnomusicologist and world music producer Jacob Edgar for Music Voyager, a music-based travel series coming to WILL-TV at 11:30 pm Sundays, beginning July 3. With local musicians as his guides, Edgar visits recording studio jam sessions, international festivals and trendy nightclubs, as well as off-thebeaten path attractions and restaurants. This month’s shows include ventures into the heart of Louisiana—Lafayette, Shreveport and New Orleans— and Colombia, South America.

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More historical intrigue The fascinating investigations keep coming from the History Detectives at 7 pm Tuesdays. In the July 5 show, Wes Cowan investigates a raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry. Eduardo

If you haven’t noticed the ever-changing variety of outstanding programs on Sunday afternoons, check out the daytime grid on page 9.

Program director David Thiel changes up the mix monthly, but it’s always a great selection, widely focused from music and adventure to nature and history. Great Performances’ Rigoletto from Mantua (1 pm Sunday, July 17) is just one of the numerous specials on tap this month.

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One special library Pagan wonders why U.S. troops were in Siberia during World War I and Elyse Luray sizes up a Ronald McDonald costume. On July 12, the detectives investigate a Civil War soldier’s letter, a 1950s comic book and fabric from an aircraft that could be linked to Charles Lindbergh. Then on July 19, the items include a propeller from a World War II drone, a wooden club that could be Teddy Roosevelt’s and a letter that Clara Barton might have written. For the July 26 program, investigations include Japanese characters carved into a cane, an unusual wooden telescope and drawings of huge gold nuggets from the Gold Rush era.

A decade ago, Colombian teacher Luis Soriano (above) was inspired to spend his weekends bringing a modest collection of precious books, via two hard-working donkeys, to the children of a poor and violence-ridden province. As Soriano braves armed bands, drug traffickers, snakes and heat, his library on hooves carries an inspirational message about education and a better future for Colombia. Now POV tells his story in Biblioburro: The Donkey Library at 9 pm Tuesday, July 19.

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BritCom Saturday Night 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:15

As Time Goes By The Old Guys Keeping Up Appearances Black Books Red Green Show Doctor Who Doctor Who Confidential

1Friday 7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See above.

8:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-PG) Repeated 9:30 pm Sunday.

9:00 Friday Night Mystery (TV-G) Sherlock Holmes: The Copper Beeches.

Holmes puzzles over one of the most sinister cases of his career when Violet Hunter seeks his advice on whether to accept a position as governess to Jethro Rucastle’s son, Edward.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

2Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Washington, D.C. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See above.

11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-PG) Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes. See article page 17.

3Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) The Gorilla King. Follow the life of Titus, a silverback gorilla leader, beginning with researcher Kelly Stewart’s first journal entry about him as a baby in 1974. Repeated 4 am and 7 pm Wednesday.

8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Poirot XI: Halloween Party. See article page 10. Repeated midnight Monday; 3 am Tuesday; and 1:30 am Saturday.

9:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-PG) Repeated from 8:30 pm Friday.

10:00 Official Best of Fest (TV-G) Friendship. Two award-winning shorts: Teeth, a film about friendship, fishing and dentures; and Celamy, a film about a little girl who outgrows her imaginary friend.

10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) Sri Lanka & Maldives.

11:30 Music Voyager (TV-PG) Lafayette: Sounds from the Bayou. See article page 10.

4Monday 7:00 A Capitol Fourth (TV-G) See article page 2. Repeated 8:30 pm.

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8:30 A Capitol Fourth (TV-G) Repeated from 7 pm.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

5Tuesday 7:00 History Detectives (TV-PG) See article page 10. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; 1 am Friday; and 4 am Monday.

8:00 Frontline TBA. 9:00 POV (TV-PG) Sweetgrass. See article page 17. Repeated 3 am Thursday; 2 am Friday; and 2 am Sunday.

10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

6Wednesday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) The Gorilla King. Repeated from 7 pm Sunday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Ape Genius. Investigators reveal the secret mental lives of great apes to prove they are far smarter than most experts ever imagined. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 2 am Monday.

9:00 NOVA ScienceNow (TV-PG) (DVS) How Smart Are Animals? New research sheds lights on whether pets have the same feelings we do and just how smart they really are. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 3 am Monday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

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

7:30 Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions (TV-G) German Immigration to the U.S. 8:00 An American Family: Anniversary Edition Revisit the original reality show with this retrospective look at An American Family, the controversial 1973 program that chronicled the lives of Pat and Bill Loud and their five children in Santa Barbara, Calif.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

8Friday 7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12.

8:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-PG) Repeated 9:30 pm Sunday.

9:00 Friday Night Mystery (TV-G) Sherlock Holmes: The Greek Interpreter. A Greek interpreter risks his life in an extraordinary assignment to gain a signature which will confirm a marriage.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

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9Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Trash to Treasure.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12.

11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-PG) Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs. See article page 17.

10Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) Oceans In Glass: Behind The Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Discover how one of the world’s most significant aquariums presents virtual slices of ocean that include 30,000 animals and plants. Repeated 4 am Tuesday; 7 pm Wednesday; and 4 am Friday.

8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Miss Marple VI: The Pale Horse. See article page 10. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday.

9:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-PG) Repeated from 8:30 pm Friday.

10:00 Official Best of Fest (TV-G) Laughs. Dutch Bird, a comedy from Ireland about a lonely widower whose love of life is reignited by something “a wee bit illegal” and Our Wonderful Nature, a German film about the little-known love lives of some of earth’s tiniest creatures.

10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) Special: World War II In Europe.

11:30 Music Voyager (TV-PG) Shreveport: Road Through Northern Louisiana. See article page 10.

11Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Chattanooga, Tenn. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday.

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8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) San Antonio, Texas. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday.

9:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided: Shattered. Part 3 of 6. The Lincolns arrive in Washington and then tragedy strikes with the death of their son, Willie. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 2 am Wednesday; and 1 am Friday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

12Tuesday 7:00 History Detectives (TV-PG) See article page 10. Repeated 1 am Wednesday.

8:00 Frontline TBA. 9:00 POV (TV-14) Enemies of the People. Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, a journalist who lost his family to the Khmer Rouge, present the shocking firsthand testimony of soldiers who slaughtered nearly two million people in Cambodia in the late 1970s. Repeated 3 am Thursday; and 2 am Friday.

10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

13Wednesday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) Oceans In Glass: Behind the Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Repeated from 7 pm Sunday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Kings of Camouflage. Explore whether the shape-shifting cuttlefish are able to learn and remember complex tasks. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 3 am Monday.

9:00 Focus: A Conversation with U of I President Michael Hogan See article page 3.

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WILL-TV 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

14Thursday 7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday.

7:30 Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions (TV-G) What Are They Eating in the Photograph?

8:00 Hustle (TV-14) Confessions. After going AWOL, Albert has a new plan to finish a con in progress. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.

9:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

15Friday 7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12.

8:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-PG) Repeated 9:30 pm Sunday.

9:00 Friday Night Mystery (TV-G) Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal In Bohemia.

Holmes and Watson are asked by a masked nobleman to save one of the royal houses of Europe from ruin.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

16Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Chattanooga, Tenn. 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) Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. See article page 17.

17Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) In The Valley of the Wolves. Emmy Awardwinning filmmaker Bob Landis recorded the lives of the first wolves reintroduced into Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley. Repeated 4 am Tuesday.

8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Zen: Vendetta. See article page 2. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday.

9:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-PG) Repeated from 8:30 pm Friday.

10:00 Official Best of Fest (TV-G) Love I. Academy Award-nominated Tangi Agentini (Belgium), the story of an office worker who convinces his friend to teach him to Tango in hopes of wooing a girl he met on the Internet; also One Lonely Lost Umbrella Seeks Companion (Australia), a story about a boy, a girl and an umbrella.

10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) Special: Best American Hikes 11:30 Music Voyager (TV-PG) New Orleans: The Perfect Musical Storm. See article page 10.

18Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Chattanooga, Tenn. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) San Antonio, Texas. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday.

9:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided.

The Dearest of All Things. Part 4 of 6. While Mary Lincoln struggles with her grief, Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.

Repeated midnight Tuesday; 2 am Wednesday; and 1 am Friday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

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19Tuesday 7:00 History Detectives (TV-PG) See article page 10. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday.

8:00 Frontline TBA. 9:00 POV (TV-PG) Biblioburro, The Donkey Library. See article page 11. Repeated 3 am Thursday; 2 am Friday; and 2 am Sunday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

20Wednesday 7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) (DVS) Lost in the Amazon. Follow the quest to discover what happened to adventurer Col. Percy Fawcett, who went looking for a city of gold in the Amazon in 1925 and disappeared in the jungles of Brazil. Repeated 4 am Friday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) The Great Inca Rebellion. With the help of new evidence, NOVA reveals the untold final chapter of the Spanish conquest of Peru, a protracted, complex and brutal war. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 4 am Monday.

9:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) (DVS) Aztec Massacre. Explore the archeology of a site outside Mexico City to discover the violent relations between the Aztecs and the Conquistadors—rewriting much of what we thought we knew about the Aztec civilization. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 3 am Friday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

21Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) See article page 1.

7:30 Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions (TV-G) Taiwan — A Sense of Place. Part 3.

8:00 Hustle (TV-14) The Lesson. Danny finds a potential new member for the gang, a short con artist who’s good at what he does—but who also targets the elderly and the poor. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.

9:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

22Friday 7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12.

8:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-G) Repeated 9:30 pm Sunday.

9:00 Friday Night Mystery (TV-G) Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Builder. The police suspect John McFarlane in the death of Jonas Oldacre. Even though McFarlane was set to inherit everything in Oldacre’s will, Holmes believes in his client’s innocence.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine

10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

23Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Chattanooga, Tenn. 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) Robert Plant and the Band of Joy. See article page 17.

24Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) The Cheetah Orphans. Veteran filmmaker Simon King takes on the role of mother to two cheetah cubs, orphaned when their mother was killed by a lion. Repeated 4 am Tuesday.

8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Zen: Cabal. See article page 2. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday.

9:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-G) Repeated from 8:30 pm Friday.

10:00 Official Best of Fest (TV-G) Love II. Featured films include No Parking (United States), Love on Track (Australia) and Mr. Thornton’s Change of Heart (England).

10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) (DVS) Arab Gulf States.

11:30 Music Voyager (TV-PG) Colombia Rocks! Bogota, Colombia. See article page 10.

25Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Chattanooga, Tenn. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Spokane, Wash. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday.

9:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided.

The Frightful War. Part 5 of 6. The Civil War consumes the nation and criticism of Abraham Lincoln increases, while Mary Lincoln plunges into debt. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 2 am Wednesday; and 1 am Friday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

26Tuesday 7:00 History Detectives (TV-PG) See article page 10. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; 4 am Friday; and 3 am Saturday.

8:00 Frontline TBA. 9:00 POV (TV-PG) Mugabe and the White African. See article page 17. Repeated 3 am Thursday; and 2 am Sunday.

10:30 Are You Being Served? Again!

11:00 Charlie Rose

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7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Lizard Kings. Armed with sharp teeth, tearing claws and a whip-like tail, monitor lizards are the largest of their species on the planet—top predators who learn as they hunt. Repeated 2 am Friday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Arctic Dinosaurs. A field expedition to Alaska’s North Slope uncovers new fossil clues into the lives and environment of polar dinosaurs.

Repeated midnight Thursday.

9:00 American Experience (TV-G) (DVS) Dinosaur Wars. The rivalry between paleontologists Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope over thousands of dinosaur specimens found in the American West leads to their personal and professional downfall.

Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 3 am Friday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again!

11:00 Charlie Rose

7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12.

8:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-G) Repeated 9:30 pm Sunday.

9:00 Friday Night Mystery (TV-G) Sherlock Holmes: The Resident Patient. All seems well for Dr. Trevelyan’s practice in London’s West End until his resident is terrified by a number of strange occurrences relating to his criminal past life.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again!

11:00 Charlie Rose

28Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) See article page 1. Repeated 11 am Saturday.

7:30 Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions (TV-G) Taiwan — A Sense of Place. Part 4.

8:00 Hustle (TV-14) Missions. The team’s plan to con an auction house with a comic book forgery goes awry when a corrupt copper decides she wants in on the play. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.

9:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again!

11:00 Charlie Rose

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30Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Chattanooga, Tenn. 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) Squeeze. See article page 17.

31Sunday

7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) Black Mamba. A team of herpetologists in the tiny southern African country of Swaziland are hoping their study will change public perception of what they feel is the world’s most misunderstood snake.

8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Zen: Ratking. See article page 2.

9:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-G) Repeated from 8:30 pm Friday.

10:00 Official Best of Fest (TV-G) Love VII. Full Disclosure (United States) and Lucky Escape (Ireland).

10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) Venice City Guide.

11:30 Music Voyager (TV-PG) The Capital of Salsa. See article page 10.

All-new shows from

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Shot amidst the grandeur of Montana’s Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Sweetgrass (9 pm Tuesday, July 5) follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into the breathtaking and often dangerous mountains for summer pasture.

Then, Mugabe and the White African (9 pm Tuesday, July 26) explores the “land reform” program of Zimbabwe’s de facto dictator, Robert Mugabe, aimed at driving whites from the country through violence and intimidation.

Follow the inspiring and harrowing experiences of Michael Campbell (right), a courageous “white African,” and his family as they defend their farm in court and on the ground.

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music line-up!

Live from the Artists Den returns beginning Saturday, July 2, at 11:30 pm with shows featuring Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes (July 2), Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs (July 9), Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (July 16), Robert Plant and the Band of Joy (July 23), shown at right, and Squeeze (July 30).

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Children wave to the audience with Illinois Public Media’s educational outreach director Molly Delaney and PNC regional president Doug Stewart before the announcement of a threeyear, $90,000 grant from the PNC Foundation.

The grant will expand lllinois Public Media’s Book Mentor Project to every Champaign County Head Start pre-school classroom.

Making it fun to read

Curious George and Princess Presto from Super Why! were guests at WILL/PBS Kids Raising Readers events in Rantoul and Decatur.

These special characters introduced kids to the Raising Readers Library Corners at the libraries, plus encouraged them to get a jump on summer reading!

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PBS LearningMedia up and running Illinois Public Media has joined other PBS member stations as partners in PBS LearningMedia, a new public media education platform available to every teacher and student here and across the country beginning with the coming 20112012 school year.

Bringing together the best available highquality media from 1,500 public media producers and more than 350 local PBS stations, PBS LearningMedia is a next-generation digital media platform for Pre-K to college and university classrooms to help re-imagine classroom learning, transform teaching and more creatively engage students.

courses, a robust content delivery system and a flexible infrastructure designed for customization and seamless integration into existing services.

As part of this and our other educational outreach initiatives, Illinois Public Media has already launched a new website focused on the resources and events currently in place. Visit will.illinois.edu/education and be watching for additional details on PBS LearningMedia in upcoming issues of Patterns.

PBS stations, including Illinois Public Media, are the number one source of educational media for students and teachers, at home and in schools, from coast to coast. The new program will deliver classroom-ready, highquality content tied to curriculum standards, professional development PATTERNS • JULY 2011 19

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Illinois Public Media names new development director Debbie Hamlett has been named director of development at Illinois Public Media (IPM), which includes the WILL radio and television stations.

Debbie worked for more than 15 years at South Carolina ETV, a statewide public radio and television service, where she was most recently the director of development and programming.

“Illinois Public Media has an outstanding reputation for serving the community,” she said. “I’m thrilled to join such a great team to build on the station’s remarkable legacy. I was immediately drawn to the warmth and generosity of the IPM staff and everyone I met.”

Debbie, who began work at IPM on May 31, manages the membership, marketing, corporate support and major giving activities at IPM, and also serves as a member of the organization’s senior management team.

Illinois Public Media General Manager Mark Leonard said Debbie’s successful track record in development at South Carolina ETV is one of reasons she is an outstanding choice to lead Illinois Public Media’s fundraising and marketing efforts.

“Her extensive industry experience and enthusiasm will be great assets to IPM and to the central Illinois community,” he said.

Debbie has served on the board of the Public Radio Association of Development Officers and served for four years as chair of the National Educational Telecommunications Association Development Council.

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Any way you measure it, Red Green event was a success!

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Ask any of the 520 Red Green fans who attended the May 15 final stop on his Wit and Wisdom Tour, and they will tell you the event was aptly named. Norm Murdent (left) posed after the show with comedian Steve Smith, who summoned his betterknown alter ego to help raise nearly $32,500 for WILL. In addition to ticket sales, this amount also included generous sponsorships from four business friends (see the inside back cover of this issue for more information) and the proceeds from sales of Steve’s books.

To everyone who braved the cold and drizzling rain that day, thanks for helping support WILL!

We’re tickled plaid

Sponsors made Red Green event possible The partnership of ticket buyers and four generous WILL business friends created a laugh-packed May 15 event with Red Green at the Virginia Theatre. For their role in making the event possible and helping us raise nearly $32,500 for WILL, we salute these businesses.

Thanks for helping Gardener grow!

From the first show in 1992, Illinois Gardener has been all about helping an ever-growing community of plant lovers learn how to make their hobby more successful. That kind of education and information is one of the things public media does best, so we’re pleased that the program keeps getting better and continues to reach more people. We’re looking forward to even more growth as MidAmerican Gardener!

We know we couldn’t do it without the support of these longtime Gardener sponsors.

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