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PATTERNS • MAY 2010
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may 2010 Volume XXXVII, Number 11 Assessing member satisfaction By David Thiel, TV Program Director Traditionally, May has been an important month for U.S. television broadcasters. It’s one of four annual “sweeps” periods in which Nielsen Media Research samples audiences in all 210 markets. Commercial stations use this information to set their advertising rates. I’d be lying if I claimed that WILL-TV takes no interest in sweeps data. It’s helpful to know which of our programs are most popular. (For us, Antiques Roadshow, As Time Goes By and Keeping Up Appearances are consistently at the top. That’s why Hyacinth Bucket perseveres year after year.) However, it’s only one way in which we determine the importance and relevancy of programs to our audience. The response to our periodic pledge drives is another indicator. So are the phone calls and e-mails we receive. Even the anecdotal comments we hear when we’re out in the community inform our plans. We know that viewers value our programming. A recent Roper Poll found PBS’ news and public affairs shows the most trusted across all television networks, and its children’s programs the top among educational media. Nearly 80 percent of respondents felt that PBS was an “excellent” use of tax dollars. Yet our largest single funder isn’t the federal government or the state of Illinois. It’s you. You voluntarily contribute to the continued success of this endeavor. You do your part to increase the likelihood that we’ll be able to retain the programs that you’ve told us you depend upon. We know that we must continually earn your trust and support. We can’t do that merely by retransmitting the national PBS schedule. We curate our service, purchasing additional programs (those popular BritComs, for example) as we can afford them. We draw upon the vast output of more than 300 public television stations and countless independent producers to meet your needs. We’re more than just television. We’ve partnered with local organizations for projects such as our recent H1N1 initiative. We send book mentors into area classrooms to read to preschoolers and lead learning activities based on the PBS Kids shows they love. We’ll never get “sweeps” data on those efforts, but they’re important nonetheless. You make them possible.
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American Experience follows paths to MLK’s murder
Roads to Memphis is the story of an assassin and his target, set against the turbulent forces in American society that drove two men to their violent and tragic encounter on April 4, 1968. Following the converging paths of James Earl Ray and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Roads to Memphis is both a portrait of a country on edge in a crisis-laden year and a cautionary tale of how the course of history can be forever altered by the actions of one individual. King was at the height of his popularity when he decided to march in solidarity with striking Memphis sanitation workers, almost exclusively African American, who were seeking better pay and union recognition after two workers were killed in a malfunctioning compaction truck. Meanwhile, James Earl Ray was on the lam after escaping from the Missouri State Penitentiary a year earlier. Believing information he heard in his cell block that a bounty had been placed on King, Ray launched a plan to bring down the Nobel Prize-winning leader of the civil rights movement. Roads to Memphis airs at 8 pm Monday, May 3, in conjunction with the publication of Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin by Hampton Sides (Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder). The story is told through eyewitness testimony from King’s inner circle and the officials involved in Ray’s capture and prosecution following an intense two-month international manhunt. The first film to explore the mind of the elusive assassin, Roads to Memphis is produced and directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Stephen Ives (Seabiscuit, Kit Carson, Las Vegas). PATTERNS • MAY 2010
Inspector Christopher Foyle and Miss Marple return to Masterpiece Mystery! in all-new episodes.
Photo: ©ITV for MASTERPIECE
opens new season
Photo: WGBH Boston
Masterpiece Mystery!
At 8 pm Sunday, May 2, it’s Foyle’s War VI: The Russian House. In the aftermath of the jubilant celebration of V-E day, a wave of crime has swept across England. Inspector Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) stumbles upon an international cover-up that, if exposed, could reveal the darkest secrets of the War Office and bring down the British government.
First up at 8 pm Sunday, May 23 is The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side, starring Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous) and Lindsay Duncan (Alice in Wonderland). Hollywood glamour arrives in St. Mary Mead when a celebrated actress and her film director husband take up residence. But when seemingly unconnected people are found poisoned soon after, Miss Marple must track down the killer and discover the reason behind the murders. The series continues in June with Murder is Easy, The Secret of Chimneys and The Blue Geranium.
The following week, Foyle must go headto-head with the U.S. Army when a GI is suspected in the murder of a local girl. Foyle’s War VI: Killing Time airs at 8 pm. Then on May 16, the newly retired Foyle battles to save a young man accused of high treason from the executioner’s noose in Foyle’s War VI: The Hide. Acclaimed British actress Julia McKenzie (Cranford) stars as the beloved spinster sleuth Miss Marple in new episodes of the popular Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple series.
Photo: Dishoom Pictures
Independent Lens
programs focus on family
Next, The Horse Boy (May 11) explores one family’s unforgettable journey as they travel halfway across the world in search of a miracle to heal their autistic son (near right). The film blends footage from the family’s adventure through the Mongolian countryside with scenes from their life at home in Texas. Bolstered by testimony from autism experts, including Dr. Temple Grandin, this compelling film captures an astonishing physical and spiritual journey. PATTERNS • MAY 2010
Photo: O. Rufus Lovett
Four new documentaries on the meaning of family are coming to WILL-TV Tuesdays at 9 pm in May. The first program begins with a mayor’s daughter in rural Texas grappling with an unplanned pregnancy in 1975. She decides to have her baby in secret, then give her away in a hidden adoption. Twenty-three years later, the adopted child also has an unplanned baby (photos far right). Sunshine (May 4) tells the story of this second-generation single mother and her own struggle with the idea of family.
debuts May 7 Peabody Award-winning broadcast journalist Alison Stewart and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham will co-anchor Need to Know, a new weekly news and public affairs series slated to debut at 7:30 pm Friday, May 7, on WILL-TV. The program replaces NOW on PBS and Bill Moyers Journal, which ended Friday, April 30.
Celebrate
Mother’s Day
Photo: Mary Queen of Vietnam Church/ITVS
Don’t miss Songs My Mother Taught Me, a one-hour special of classical music on the theme of mothers and children, which will air at 5 pm Sunday, May 9, on WILL-FM. Join us in celebrating all things maternal with this great local program, produced by Roger Cooper and Jake Schumacher and sponsored by Kathy Munday of St. Joseph Apothecary.
Beginning Wednesday, May 3, visit www.pbs.org/needtoknow to learn more about the issues and stories being considered for the series’ premiere.
Photo: Picture People
Last, A Village Called Versailles (May 25), takes you to the eastern edge of New Orleans, where a community of Vietnamese refugees has thrived for 30 years in a neighborhood they call Versailles. This film recounts the residents’ successful fight against the opening of a toxic government-imposed landfill after Hurricane Katrina struck and transformed their neighborhood(above).
Each week’s story development will culminate in the one-hour broadcast, curated from the week’s reporting by the various beat teams and co-anchored by Stewart and Meacham. Need to Know will feature documentary-style field reports from domestic and international locations, as well as short features and studio-based interviews and conversation that complement and advance the produced reports.
Photo: Pat Skloss
Then, Project Kashmir (May 18) follows two young American women—one Muslim, the other Hindu (above left)—as they sneak their cameras into Kashmir, where conflicting faiths mean war. Their mission: to find out what makes their peers choose homeland over preserving their own lives. The project tests the limits of friendship and documents the costs of war in one of the most dangerous and beautiful places on earth.
Built around a community of journalists, with input from interested audience members, the program will cover the economy, the environment and energy, health, national security and culture. Stories, interviews, blogs, video and photo features will offer ongoing updates online, with the production teams inviting interaction and feedback from the audience.
PATTERNS • MAY 2010
weekdays WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1
101.1 in Champaign-Urbana and 106.5 in Danville
6 am NPR Morning Edition with Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep and Tom Rogers
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
s Joshua Bell (7 pm, 5/4)
Wednesday: German Festival Concerts: Beethovenfest
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.
5/5
1 pm Afternoon Classics
5/19
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
5/12
5/26
Thursday: Prairie Performances 5/6
7 pm The Evening Concert (M-Th) Great orchestras from the great concert halls!
Monday: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
5/13
5/10
5/20
5/3
5/17 5/24 5/31
Yan Pascal Tortelier, cond; Orion Weiss, piano SIBELIUS, GRIEG, RAVEL, DUKAS Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, cond; Andres Cardenas, violin BEETHOVEN, LALO, RAVEL Andres Cardenas, cond and violin MOZART, VIVALDI Manfred Honeck, cond; Jorge Frederico Osorio, piano BRAHMS, DVORAK Manfred Honeck, cond; Joshua Bell, violin SMITH, ADAMS, TCHAIKOVSKY, MAHLER
Tuesday: New York Philharmonic 5/4 5/11
Antonio Pappano, cond; Joshua Bell, violin MOZART, BRUCH, BRAHMS Riccardo Muti, cond; Carter Brey, cello MOZART, BOCCHERINI, SCHUBERT
5/18 5/25
Yan Pascal Tortelier, cond; Joshua Bell, violin FAURE, BRUCH, SAINT-SAENS, RAVEL Riccardo Muti, cond; Carter Brey, cello MOZART, BRUCKNER, RAVEL, FALLA
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
PATTERNS • MAY 2010
Paavo Jarvi, cond; German Chamber Philharmonic Orch. BEETHOVEN: Syms. 1, 2, 3; SIBELIUS Paavo Jarvi, cond; German Chamber Philharmonic Orch. BEETHOVEN: Syms. 4, 5; BRAHMS Paavo Jarvi, cond; German Chamber Philharmonic Orch. BEETHOVEN: Syms: 6, 7; PART Paavo Jarvi, cond; German Chamber Philharmonic Orch.; German Chamber Chorus; BEETHOVEN: Syms. 8, 9
5/27
Danville Symphony Orchestra (3/13/10) Jeremy Swerling, cond; Margaret Jones, piano Jeremy Swerling & Margaret Jones Perform the Classics TCHAIKOVSKY, RAVEL, SAINT-SAENS Illinois Chamber Orchestra (4/10/10 ) Karen Lynne Deal, cond; Julia Jamieson, harp Got the World on a String ROSSINI, JANACEK, DEBUSSY, ADAMS Illinois Symphony Orchestra (4/24/10) Karen Lynne Deal, cond; Leon Bates, piano BEETHOVEN Sinfonia da Camera (4/27/10) Ian Hobson, cond Sinfonia at Rush Hour GERSHWIN, BEETHOVEN
Friday: Classical Music
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
9 am Sunday Baroque
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.
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
11 am Classics of the Phonograph
A live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians, hosted by pianist Christopher O’Riley.
John Frayne’s weekly exploration of classical music from the pre-digital recording era. 5/1 Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony 5/8 Bach on Harpsichord or Piano: Landowska or Tureck 5/15 Eugene Goussens, cond; Leon Goussens, oboist 5/22 Spring, Beautiful Spring! 5/29 The Carl Orff Explosion
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
Noon Afternoon at the Opera Host John Frayne follows up the complete broadcasts with more great recorded vocals. Metropolitan Opera Live 5/1 ARMIDA (Rossini). Ricardo Frizza, cond, with Renee Fleming and Lawrence Brownlee. 5/8 LULU (Berg). Fabio Luisi, cond, with Marlis Petersen and Anne Sofie von Otter. Lyric Opera of Chicago 5/15 FAUST (Gounod). Andrew Davis, cond, with Piotr Beczala, Ana Maria Martinez and Rene Pape. 5/22 KATYA KABANOVA (Janacek). Martus Stenz, cond, with Karita Mattila, Brandon Jovanovich and Jason Collins. 5/29 THE MERRY WIDOW (in English) (Lehar). Emmanuel Villaume, cond, with Elizabeth Futral and Roger Honeywell.
5 pm Classical Music Mindy Ratner and Valerie Kahler are your hosts. NPR News Headlines at 7:01. Special: Songs My Mother Taught Me, 5-6 pm, 5/9.
10 pm Harmonia Angela Mariani presents Baroque and early music. NPR News Headlines at 10:01.
11 pm The Romantic Hours
4 pm NPR All Things Considered
Music, poetry and romance with Mona Golabek.
midnight Classical Music
5 pm A Prairie Home Companion
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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Renee Fleming (noon, 5/1)
PATTERNS • MAY 2010
radio features Nutrition and computer experts move to Focus David Inge still hosts the regular Focus segments on cooking, lawn and garden care, home care, women’s health, personal finance, and family health. Celeste continues as host of The Afternoon Magazine, which is now a one-hour program from noon-1 pm with much the same line-up as the previous one for that hour: NPR news, sports, Europe Today, weather, local news, short features, The Writer’s Almanac and a market update.
s Celeste Quinn and David Inge
Listen in the morning from now on for your favorite regular expert guests on WILL-AM’s talk shows: they’re all appearing on Focus between 10 am-noon. Interviews with nutritionist Susan Kundrat and computer experts have moved from The Afternoon Magazine to Focus, but Celeste Quinn continues to host those segments as well as Focus interviews with a variety of guests, including dog behavior experts Carole Lindholm and Jim Kuehl.
“We’re exploring lots of ideas for Focus and The Afternoon Magazine,” said Celeste. “We’d like to do more segments incorporating what we’ve learned from Illinois Public Media’s community engagement projects. I’d encourage listeners with ideas to contact us at willtalk@illinois.edu. Both programs will be evolving over the coming months.” Fresh Air follows The Afternoon Magazine at 1 pm, in addition to airing at 7 pm. See page 7 for the AM schedule and schedule of regular experts on Focus in May.
On Point now part of AM line-up Hosted by award-winning journalist and Bloomington, Ill., native Tom Ashbrook, On Point joined our AM 580 schedule in early April, airing from 9-11 weeknights. The show’s lively conversation covers everything from breaking news to ancient poetry, with newsmakers, journalists, artists, scientists and ordinary citizens from around the world. “We liked the different mix of conversation that On Point offered,” said Kate Dobrovolny, WILL station manager. Ashbrook spent a decade as a foreign correspondent in India, Hong Kong and Tokyo before joining The Boston Globe. In 1996, he and a college friend created an Internet startup, which became www. homeportfolio.com, an experience he PATTERNS • MAY 2010
s Tom Ashbrook
documented in his book, The Leap. NPR asked him to join On Point as host and managing editor when it created the program shortly after the 9/11 attacks.
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 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 5/1)
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
Monday–Friday NPR Morning Edition
On Point
BBC World Service Bold Listing = National/International News
Focus monthly guests (10 am) 5/5 5/11 5/12 5/14 5/17 5/21 5/24
Cooking Lawn & Garden Care Nutrition Computers Home Care Personal Finance Women’s Health (11 am)
Weather Monday-Friday Weather Forecast: 5:33, 6:33, 7:33, 8:33, 9:33 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: 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 and Jeff Bossert—can be heard during Morning Edition, The Afternoon Magazine and All Things Considered. PATTERNS • MAY 2010
tv
12.3
Cooking
Arts and Crafts
(midnight-2 am; 6-8 am; noon-2 pm; 6-8 pm) Sun and Wed: Cook’s Country, Lidia’s Italy, Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie, Jacques Pepin More Fast Food My Way/Barbecue University (begins 5/30) Mon and Fri: Simply Ming, Lidia’s Italy, Daisy Cooks! With Daisy Martinez, Tommy Tang’s Easy Thai Solid Black Cooking Tue and Thur: Mexico: One Plate at a Time, Julia and Jacques/Baking with Julia (begins 5/11), Christina Cooks, Avec Eric/Primal Grill with Steve Raichlen (begins 5/27)
(5-6 am; 11-noon; 5-6 pm; 11-midnight) Sun and Wed: Knit and Crochet Now, Landscapes Through Time/Passport & Palette (begins 5/23) Mon and Fri: Sewing with Nancy, Donna Dewberry Tue and Thu: Scheewe Art Workshop, Best of the Joy of Painting
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: Europe with Rudy 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, Moment of Luxury Wed and Sun: Garden Smart/Garden Home (S), Ask This Old House, For Your Home, Katie Brown Workshop
Primetime Schedule
Saturday Marathons in May A six-hour block of themed programming May 1: Rick Bayless’ Mexican Fiesta Upscale dishes, just in time for your Cinco de Mayo celebration. May 8: Celebrate Mom Share special moments with master chefs Mary Ann Esposito, Daisy Martinez and Katie Brown. May 15: Simply Shrimp New recipes from Tommy Tang, Tina Nordstrom and Rick Bayless. May 22: European Adventure Tour the French Riviera, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Austria with our intrepid tour guides. May 29: Red, White and Barbecue Expert grill master Steven Raichlen shows you how to cook perfect steak and ribs! See will.illinois.edu for the full Create schedule on WILL-TV channel 12.3.
12.2
Monday-Friday
Thursdays
Nightly News Programming 9:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Journal
7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 11:00 11:30
Mondays 7:00 8:00 11:00 11:30
Global Voices (5/3, 5/10); Balloon Fiesta (5/24); Let Freedom Ring (5/31) Nature Global Voices (5/3, 5/17); Earthshaker (5/10); Inside (5/24); Let Freedom Ring (5/31) Fiji Firewalkers (5/10)
Tuesdays 7:00 8:00 11:00 11:30
American Experience: Riding the Rails (5/25) Idaho’s Trial of the Century (5/4); Liberty Ships (5/11); A Sense of Wonder (5/18); Legend of Pancho Barnes (5/25) Forsaken Fields (5/4); American Experience: America, Whaling & the World (5/11); American Experience: Earth Days (5/18); Railroad Empire (5/25) American Experience: Roads to Memphis (5/4)
Wednesdays 7:00 7:30 8:00 11:00 11:30
Independent Lens (5/5, 5/12, 5/26) Frontline (5/19) Frontline (5/5, 5/12, 5/26) Voces (5/5); Roots of Health (5/12); Afghan Journey (5/19); Necessary Journey (5/26) Independent Lens
NOVA Krakatoa (5/27) The Making of a Scientist (5/6); Scientific American Frontiers (5/13); Anatomy of a Hurricane (5/20) Earthshaker (5/20) Scientific American Frontiers; Geocache (5/27) Krakatoa (5/27)
Fridays 7:00 7:30 8:00 11:00
Ground War (5/21, 5/28) American Masters (5/7); Fiji Firewalkers (5/14) Global Voices (5/14); D-Day (5/21); Most Honorable Son (5/28) Moment in Time (5/7); American Masters (5/14); Ground War (5/21, 5/28)
Saturdays 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00
Nature History Detectives (5/1); Secrets of the Dead History Detectives Scientific American Frontiers; The Making of a Scientist (5/8) Nature
Sundays 7:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 11:30
Washington Week McLaughlin Group; Bill Moyers Journal (5/2) Need to Know (begins 5/9) Global Voices Global Voices Washington Week McLaughlin Group
See will.illinois.edu for the full World schedule on WILL-TV channel 12.2.
8 PATTERNS • MAY 2010
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)
5:30
Angelina Ballerina
Destinos
Between the Lions
6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00
Curious George
Curious George
Sid the Science Kid
Sid the Science Kid
Super WHY!
Super WHY!
Dinosaur Train
Dinosaur Train
Thomas & Friends
Clifford the Big Red Dog
8:30 9:00
Bob the Builder
Word Girl
Martha Speaks
Electric Company
Cyberchase Curious George Sid the Science Kid Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Sesame Street
Biz Kid$
Barney & Friends
9:30 A Place of Our Own 10:00 This Old House Hour 10:30 11:00 Illinois Gardener
Dragon Tales
11:30 Victory Garden
Market to Market
Sid the Science Kid
Noon America’s Test Kitchen 12:30 Cook's Country
The McLaughlin Group
1:00 1:30 2:00
Simply Ming
European Journal
Tommy Tang’s Thai Cooking
Motorweek
Barbecue America
Woodwright’s Shop*/ Woodsmith Shop (begins 5/23)
2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00
Lidia’s Italy
Hometime
Illinois Adventure
This Old House Hour
Clifford WordWorld
A Place of Our Own
▲
Painting 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
Heartland Highways History Detectives
To the Contrary Wealthtrack America’s Heartland
eligion + Ethics R Newsweekly
Garden Home
Victory Garden Prairie Fire
My Generation
Rick Steves’ Europe
Red Green Show
Lawrence Welk
Doctor Who
*Great Performances at the Met: Carmen, 5/16.
1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: America Sews Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: Knitting Daily
1:30 pm Painting M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Jerry Yarnell’s School of Art W: Gary Spetz’s Watercolor Quest Th: Painting with Paulson F: Beauty of Oil Painting
2:00 pm How Tos M: Piano Guy Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: For Your Home/ Katie Brown Workshop (begins 5/13) F: Scrapbook Memories
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may tv features Photo: Capital Concerts
Honoring those in uniform The National Memorial Day Concert, featuring an all-star line-up in performance with the National Symphony Orchestra, will be broadcast live in HD from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol at 7 pm Sunday, May 30 (repeated at 8:30 pm). Emmy Awardwinner Gary Sinise (CSI: New York) and Tony Awardwinner Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds), left, are cohosts and are joined by retired general Colin Powell, country superstar Brad Paisley, along with numerous other artists and musicians.
Woodsmith Shop joins schedule
Tripping back in time with The Doors The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists—drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison—made The Doors one of America’s most iconic and influential, theatrical and mysterious, thrilling and sometimes frightening rock bands. Now American Masters has created the first feature documentary to tell their story. When You’re Strange (8 pm Wednesday, May 12) uses only original footage—much of it previously unseen—shot between the group’s formation in 1965 and Morrison’s death in 1971 to chronicle the songs and performances from their six studio albums.
Photo: Courtesy of Elektra Records
In response to your requests, we’ve added Woodsmith Shop at 2 pm Sundays, beginning May 23. Whether you’re just starting out or have been woodworking for years, this program offers something of interest.
Antiques Roadshow moves to San Jose, Calif., for three episodes beginning Monday, May 10 at 7 pm. In addition to the valuable finds, host Mark Walberg and expert appraisers visit Winchester Mystery 10 PATTERNS • MAY 2010
Photo: ©Jeffrey Dunn
Valuable finds and history, too
Travel without leaving home!
House, a Victorian mansion built by Winchester Rifle heiress Sarah Winchester; the historic Fallon House to examine works by Western painter Astley David Middleton Cooper; and Stanford University’s Hoover Institution to see its collection of political posters.
The giant re-awakens When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, every living thing in the blast zone was buried beneath 300 feet of avalanche debris, covered with steaming mud and, finally, topped with a superheated layer of frothy rock from deep within the earth. Over the course of 30 years, biologist Charlie Crisafulli has been documenting the dramatic return of plant and animal life to the barren landscape. But he has also found a new threat. Now, using GPS, magnetic mapping and more, Crisafulli and geologists are tracking the movement of magma deep within the volcano. In Mount St. Helens Back from the Dead, NOVA presents a pioneering look at the interplay between biology and geology that may help scientists predict future volcanic eruptions. The program airs at 7 pm Tuesday, May 4.
In his latest Adventures with Purpose special (9 pm May 13), renowned adventurer Richard Bangs treks through the remote state of Assam in India—a region of rushing rivers, strapping monsoons, vast expanses of unspoiled land and a staggering array of wildlife, including the one-horned rhinoceros. Join Bangs in discovering what this elusive rhino represents to the people of Assam—and to the world. And at 9 pm the following Thursday, Bangs embarks on another adventure, this time with author Agapi Stassinopolous and Greece native Arianna Huffington. The group visits Athens, Olympia, the island of Ithaca and Mt. Olympus in search of the meaning and relevance of Greek mythology today. Then at 9 pm Thursday, May 27, experience the mass ascensions, thrilling competitions and interesting characters of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
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s Orangutan and cheetah at the Smithsonian National Zoo (above); Richard Bangs and one-horned rhinoceros.
American Public Television’s Great Museums series brings you an opportunity to learn about the valuable work going on at the Smithsonian National Zoo (9 pm Thursday, May 6), home to one of the most diverse collections of wild animals in the nation. Worldwide conservation efforts shot in HD blend with interviews of scientists, curators, volunteers and others to reveal the zoo’s mission of preserving endangered species on the edge of extinction.
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WILL-TV Friday Night Public Affairs 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Need to Know 8:30 BBC Newsnight
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
1Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Phoenix, Ariz. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See above. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Drive-By Truckers/Ryan Bingham.
2Sunday
7:00 Nature (TV-G) Kilauea: Mountain of Fire. Experience filmmaker Paul Atkins’ shot of 2,000-degree lava meeting 75-degree ocean water and other aspects of the world’s most active volcano. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) Foyle’s War, Series VI: The Russian House. See article page 2. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Indonesia: Java & Sumatra. 11:00 Song of the Mountains (TV-G) Steep Canyon Rangers/Curly Seckler.
3Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Phoenix, Ariz. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday; 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 American Experience (TV-PG) Roads to Memphis. See article page 1. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 2 am Wednesday.
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9:30 Illinois Pioneers The founding and early history of Champaign after the arrival of the Illinois Central Railroad. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
4Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Mount St. Helens Back from the Dead. See article page 11. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Frontline (TV-PG) (DVS) College, Inc. A new breed of for-profit universities are transforming the way we think about college in America. Repeated midnight Wednesday; 3 am Thursday; and 1 am Sunday. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Sunshine. See article page 2. Repeated 2 am Thursday; and 2 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
5Wednesday
7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) Japanese Super Sub. The story of how Japan created an aircraft carrier submarine in 1946 that could reach the U.S. mainland undetected and how America’s own top-secret weapon put an end to the Japanese threat. Repeated 4 am Friday; and 4 am Monday. 8:00 Live from Lincoln Center (TV-G) Perlman, Ax and Ma @ The Penthouse. Three masters of the concert stage play Mendelssohn and more in the Kaplan Penthouse of Lincoln Center. Repeated 12:30 am Thursday; 2 am Friday; and 2 am Monday. 9:30 Music Voyager 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:30 Charlie Rose
6Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Heartland Highways
WILL-TV 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday; and 3 pm Sunday. 9:00 Great Museums Specials: The Smithsonian National Zoo. See article page 11. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
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7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Global Voices (TV-PG) Teacher. A once homeless drug addict now dedicates his life to helping street children survive AIDS in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
8Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Phoenix, Ariz. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Manu Chao.
9Sunday
7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) Born Wild: The First Days of Life. Experience the intense bond as baby animals in the wild learn from their parents whom to trust, what to fear and when to act, often mirroring human interactions. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) Foyle’s War, Series VI: Killing Time. See article page 2. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday. 9:30 TBA 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Pacific Islands: Fiji, Vanuatu & Solomon. 11:00 Song of the Mountains (TV-G) Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers.
10Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) San Jose, Calif. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday; 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World. An in-depth look at America’s first global industry and its potential implications for today’s volatile energy and consumer markets. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 2 am Wednesday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
11Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Hunt for the Supertwister. From storm chasers to scientists developing new forecasting techniques, a look at twisters from a variety of perspectives and featuring 3-D graphics generated by C-U’s own National Center for
Supercomputing Applications. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Frontline/World (TV-PG) (DVS) A follow-up to the 2005 Frontline story, The Play Pump, about an idea to pump drinking water throughout remote areas of southern Africa. Repeated midnight Wednesday; 3 am Thursday; and 1 am Sunday. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) The Horse Boy. See article page 2. Repeated 2 am Thursday; and 2 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
12Wednesday
7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) Churchill’s Deadly Decision. Was Winston Churchill’s decision to sink the French Fleet in the summer of 1940 a turning point in the war or a crime? Repeated 2 am Friday; and 2 am Monday. 8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) The Doors: When You’re Strange. See article page 10. Repeated 12:30 am Thursday; 3 am Friday; and 3 am Monday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:30 Charlie Rose
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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 Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose (TV-G) Assam India: Quest for the One-Horned Rhinoceros. See article page 11. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
14Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Global Voices (TV-PG) Sentenced Home. Rash decisions made by three Cambodian refugees as teens bring about their deportation years later. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
15Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) San Jose, Calif. Part 1 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Pearl Jam.
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WILL-TV 7:00 Nature (TV-G) Crash: A Tale of Two Species. A story of the interconnection of life, seen through the horseshoe crab, which provides an indispensable testing agent for human burn treatments and vaccines. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) Foyle’s War, Series VI: The Hide. See article page 2. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Nepal. 11:00 Jubilee (TV-G) Rhonda Vincent & The Rage.
17Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) San Jose, Calif. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Hurricane of 1938. A look at the storm that ripped into New England with such fury that it set off seismographs in Alaska, killing 600 people and destroying 8,000 homes and 6,000 boats. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 2 am Wednesday. 9:00 Rare Bird (TV-G) Shot on location in nature reserves in Bermuda, the story of teenager David Wingate, who, in 1951, helped solve the mystery of the Cahow, a bird considered extinct for more than four centuries. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
18Tuesday 7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Storm That Drowned A City. An eyewitness account of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, exploring why the flood defenses and disaster relief planning failed to match Katrina’s fury. 8:00 Frontline (TV-PG) (DVS) The Wounded Platoon. A look at the dark
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side of the U.S. Army Third Platoon, Charlie Company, First Battalion of the 506th Infantry based at Fort Carson, Colo., since coming home from Iraq. Repeated midnight Wednesday; 3 am Thursday; and 1 am Sunday. Independent Lens (TV-PG) Project Kashmir. See article page 3. Repeated 2 am Thursday. Last of the Summer Wine Are You Being Served? Charlie Rose
19Wednesday 7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) Deadliest Battle. Newly uncovered documents, survivor accounts and archival footage are revealing a different picture of the Battle of Stalingrad as a forced retreat, not a tactical one. Repeated 3 am Friday; and 3:30 am Monday. 8:00 Ground War (TV-PG) Warrior Weapons. Trace the development of soldiers’ weaponry through the crucible of key technology breakthroughs from the Greeks to modern times. Repeated 12:30 am Thursday; 1 am Friday; and 1:30 am Monday. 9:00 Ground War (TV-PG) Battlefield Mobility. From the tank to the Humvee, a look at the inventions that move the military. Repeated 1 am Thursday; 2 am Friday; 2:30 am Monday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:30 Charlie Rose
20Thursday
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 Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose (TV-G) Greece: Quest for the Gods. See article page 11.
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WILL-TV 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
21Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Global Voices (TV-PG) China Blue. Meet teenage workers at a blue jean factory in southern China in this look at complex issues of globalization from the human perspective. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
22Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) San Jose, Calif. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Dave Matthews Band.
23Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) (DVS) Why We Love Cats and Dogs. Follow an in-depth investigation into the great divide between dogs and cats and just what draws us to these two polarizing pets. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Miss Marple, Series V: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side. See article page 2. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Mongolia. 11:00 Jubilee (TV-G) Grasstowne.
24Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) San Jose, Calif. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 American Experience (TV-PG) Riding The Rails. Firsthand accounts recall the stories of teenagers in the 1930s who hopped freight trains in search of a better life, experiencing adventure, camaraderie, hardship and loneliness. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 2 am Wednesday. 9:00 Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (TV-G) Insight into the Bordentown School, an incubator for black pride and intellect, as revealed by its alumni, historians and archival footage, along with a discussion of three centuries of black education in America. Repeated 3 am Wednesday; 4 am Friday; and 4 am Monday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
25Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) Mystery of the Megavolcano. NOVA examines the eruption of a magma chamber in Southeast Asia that may have changed the climate during the Ice Age. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Frontline (TV-PG) Flying Cheap. An investigation of the 2009 crash of Continental 3407 in Buffalo, N.Y., and how the increase in regional carriers has changed the airline industry. Repeated midnight Wednesday; 3 am Thursday; and 1 am Sunday. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) (DVS) A Village Called Versailles. See article page 3. Repeated 2 am Thursday; and 2 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
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26Wednesday 7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) (DVS) Airmen and the Headhunters. The story of the crew of an American B24 bomber shot down over Japanese-controlled Borneo who were taken in by a long-feared tribe and delivered safely. 8:00 Ground War (TV-PG) Firepower. Take a journey through the evolutionary story of artillery weapon systems. Repeated 12:30 am Thursday; 2 am Friday; and 2 am Monday. 9:00 Ground War (TV-PG) Command and Control. Explore the evolution of military fortifications and battlefield engineering, and examine events where these technologies have played a vital role. Repeated 1 am Thursday; 3 am Friday; and 3 am Monday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:30 Charlie Rose
27Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Illinois Pioneers The history of Champaign theaters, from vaudeville to movie houses. See article pages 18-19. 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 10 am Saturday; and 3 pm Sunday. 9:00 Balloon Fiesta (TV-G) See article page 11. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:30 Charlie Rose
28Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Global Voices (TV-PG) Vietnam: The Next Generation. Meet eight young Vietnamese whose stories offer a look at modern-day Vietnam, where a blend of communism and capitalism is providing opportunity unimagined in their parents’ time.
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10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
29Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) San Jose, Calif. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Foo Fighters.
30Sunday
7:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2010 (TV-G) See article page 10. Repeated 12:30 am Monday. 8:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2010 (TV-G) 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) Hong Kong & Taiwan. 11:00 Jubilee (TV-G) Dale Ann Bradley.
31Monday
4:00 2010 National Geographic Bee Alex Trebek hosts the 22nd consecutive geographic contest, featuring fourth- to eightgraders vying for a $25,000 college scholarship. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Orlando, Florida. Part 1 of 3. 8:00 American Experience (TV-G) (DVS) Civilian Conservation Corps. The story of one of the boldest and most popular New Deal experiments that put three million young men to work in the nation’s forests and parks. 9:00 Hallowed Grounds (TV-PG) A rare look at 22 of America’s overseas military cemeteries, including historical sequences about the wars and battles that created them. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
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Chai-Town wins A Cappella BEATdown with “total package” Chai-Town, an all-male Hindi-English group from the University of Illinois, triumphed in the first ever A Cappella BEATdown—Live!, winning over seven other groups during WILL-TV’s March pledge drive. “It was an amazing experience,” said the group’s Jaison Alexander, a U of I junior. “We expected to have a good time and meet different a cappella groups. Winning was definitely surprising.” The 11-member group performed “Kiss from a Rose” and the Hindi song “Dhadke Jiya.” WILL-FM’s Kevin Kelly, who was one of three judges offering critiques of the performances during the show, said Chai-Town had the total package—solid harmony and an entertaining visual performance on the stage. Chai-Town won both the phone and online votes in the competition, as well as the judges’ decision. Tone Rangers, a male Millikin University group that placed second, was “vocally quite fine, but we were swayed by Chai-Town’s vocal and visual energy,” said Kevin. All the groups seemed to take to heart what the judges told them after each group’s first song, he said. “We really valued what the judges told us,” said Jaison of Chai-Town. “They said the soloists had to be louder, so in our break between songs, we focused more
on framing the soloists.” You can watch their winning performances online at will. illinois.edu/beatdown/. Thanks to each of the fantastic groups that appeared on the show and to our judges, who also included Robin Kearton, director of Urbana’s Community Center for the Arts and director of the Bow-Dacious String Band; and Ryan Groff, lead singer of the band Elsinore.
Prairie Fire earns 2010 Telly Award The episode which explores New Philadelphia, Ill., the first town founded by a free African American in U.S. history, won a bronze Telly in the television documentary category. Also included in this Prairie Fire episode is an introduction to a photographer who travels across America documenting monuments dedicated to Abraham Lincoln and a look at how the time Abraham Lincoln spent as a traveling lawyer in Illinois impacted his thoughts on slavery. To watch this episode or any other online, visit will.illinois.edu/prairiefire. Catch Prairie Fire at 5 pm Saturdays on WILL-TV. PATTERNS • MAY 2010 17
Photo: Champaign County Archives, Urbana Free Library
Photo: Champaign County Archives, Urbana Free Library
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Remembering the Grand Dames of Champaign Theater District On Illinois Pioneers, airing at 7:30 pm Thursday, May 27, theater historian Perry Morris joins WILL-TV’s John Paul to look back at the days when downtown Champaign was filled with theaters. “We’ll be talking about the grand dames of the Champaign theater district and looking at old photos showing the bright neon marquees lighting up downtown streets,” John said.
One theater still remaining is the Art, which opened as the Park Theatre in downtown Champaign in 1913; it joined the Crescent Theatre, the Crystal Theatre, the Lyric Theatre, the Varsity Theatre, and the Walker Opera House. Over the next few years, the Neil Theatre, the Orpheum Theatre, Theatre Belvoir (later known as The Rialto), and the Virginia Theatre opened.
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Donate video games and players to Vintage Vinyl You already know this annual sale has great selections of recorded music on vinyl, compact disc and DVD, along with stereo equipment, speakers, CD and DVD players. Now you can help us broaden our inventory by donating your video games and players. Although the sale is coming on Saturday, May 8, to Lincoln Square Village in Urbana, you can still donate items. Just bring them in sturdy containers or boxes to the former Dr. John’s School of Cosmetology space between 9 am and 4 pm weekdays through Monday, May 3. “Adding video games and players to our mix of Vintage Vinyl Sale items means there’s something for everyone and all ages in WILL’s service area,” said Deane
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Geiken, director of Illinois Radio Reader and the sale’s coordinator. “As always, we have a great selection of classical and opera recordings. We’ll have to see if the rock, jazz and blues donations will match them!” he added. Vintage Vinyl opens with a $5 admission fee for the premium sale from 8 to11 am. There’s no fee from 11 am to 3 pm. Doors close from 3 to 4 pm to prepare for the half-price sale from 4 to 6 pm. All proceeds from the May 8 sale directly support Illinois Public Media’s Illinois Radio Reader Service, which brings news and information to central Illinois residents who are blind or visually impaired. If you have questions or would like to volunteer your help at the sale, please contact Deane Geiken at dgeiken@illinois.edu or at 217-333-6503.
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Photo: Champaign County Archives, Urbana Free Library
A few remain, with the Art still operating as a movie theater, the Virginia housing live performances and movies, and the Orpheum providing a home for a children’s science museum. “But most of the 22 theatres have disappeared,” John said. “The Walker Opera House, a popular spot for traveling speakers like James Whitcomb Riley, burned in 1913, and the former Eichberg Opera House (right) burned in 1972.”
All of our loyal British comedy viewers once again showed support for their Saturday night line-up by contributing more than $11,000 in pledges during the Great BritCom Vote XI on March 6. Thank you! You’ve also overwhelmingly indicated that WILL-TV program director David Thiel should consider adding The Old Guys to your other favorites.
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New comedy program gets top votes
“Over the past 11 years, it’s been rare that one show has so decisively broken away from the pack, but it’s clear that many of you found The Old Guys as funny as I do,” David said. “With 68 votes, it captured more than the other four candidates combined,” he added. The sitcom from BBC One stars Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen Newitt, Vicar of Dibley) as Tom, Clive Swift (Richard Bucket, Keeping Up Appearances) as Roy, movie and television actress Jane Asher as their
neighbor, Sally, and Katherine Parkinson as Tom’s daughter, Amber. Each of the episodes in the 2009 series centers on the relationship between Tom, a baby boomer who has never done much with his life, and Roy, a suburban pensioner who harbors the illusion that he may be one of the country’s leading intellectuals. The British Comedy Guide called the banter between Tom and Roy “very enjoyable.” Clearly, audiences agreed: a second series has been commissioned, so new episodes will soon be in the works. PATTERNS • MAY 2010 19
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Experience Commencement AM 580 will broadcast the 10:30 am session of the 139th University of Illinois Commencement ceremonies live on Sunday, May 16. Featured speaker is Timothy P. Shriver, chairman and chief executive officer of Special Olympics International, which serves 3.1 million Special Olympics athletes and their families in 175 countries. He has worked with world leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, Hosni Mubarak and Shimon Peres to help transform the Special Olympics into a movement that focuses on respect, acceptance and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities.
Before joining Special Olympics, Shriver was an educator who worked in programs on substance abuse, violence, school dropouts and teen pregnancy. He created the New Haven Public Schools’ Social Development Project, now considered a leading U.S. school-based prevention effort, and co-founded the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning. Shriver earned his bachelor’s degree from Yale University, a master’s degree in religion and religious education from Catholic University and a doctorate in education from the University of Connecticut.
NPR News is live on your mobile phone NPR recently released a new version of its NPR News application, giving you access to more than 1,000 on-air, HD and ondemand streams including your favorite NPR programs, such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Car Talk and Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!
20th All-Day Ag Outlook biggest yet More than 430 people attended WILLAM’s 20th All-Day Ag Outlook meeting at the Beef House on March 9, making it the largest ever. “This year’s meeting turned out to be one of our most successful,” said agricultural director Dave Dickey. “I heard that from numerous long-time attendees. We put together one of our most ambitious schedules, packed with information, and producers said it was extremely helpful for their marketing.” Dave said those in attendance particularly liked the big producer panel that discussed how large-acre farmers run their farms and market their crops. “Given the great attendance we had this year, we’ll make every effort to be sure that more seats are available next year,” he said.
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In addition to phones, the application works on any Web-enabled device, including the new Apple iPad. Download a free app at NPR’s information page: www.npr.org/services/mobile/index. php?ps=mbl. Other features include: • an easy-to-use bookmark feature for more than 600 favorite NPR stations and ondemand program streams • a news section that showcases NPR’s top 10-20 topics of the day, ranging from science to books to world news • the ability to listen to programs and read news at the same time
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WILL-AM and FM Our January radio fund drive showed once again the good things we can achieve for our community when people who love public radio come together to support classical music, award-winning s Les Schulte, WILL director of corporate support, (right) and Cheryl NPR and WILL news and Middaugh, Eastern Illinois Foodbank director of marketing & devellocally-produced information opment, (left) accept a check from Jacqueline Hannah, Common Grounds Food Co-op general manager. programs. Knowing that all of us wanted to do something for hungry families in central Illinois, together we did! Huge thanks to Common Ground Food Co-op in Urbana for donating the cost of three meals for every pledge made to WILL radio. The results: 300 donors contributed $34,000 to WILL radio which translated to Common Ground’s donation of the cost of 918 meals to the Eastern Illinois Foodbank. WILL-TV Your pledges of support during our March fund drive raised nearly $120,000 for great programs on WILL-TV and 3,315 meals for the Eastern Illinois Foodbank, thanks to our partnership with Busey Bank and your local IGA stores. As always, the pledge drive was truly a team effort with support from outstanding volunteers, including employees from Busey Bank (top right), County Market (center right) and Schnuck’s (bottom right). A special thank-you to Great Impasta, IGA and Seaboat for donating meals and snacks for all of the volunteers and WILL staff working during the March 4-21 Festival pledge drive.
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