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may 2013 Volume XL, Number 11 Finding the right mix By Danda Beard, Director of Development It’s May, already! It’s also the next-to-last month of our fiscal year, and we’ll soon know whether we’ve put together the right combination of mail, phone and on-air appeals to raise $2.1 million from you, the Friends of WILL. Our fiscal year ends June 30, and the money in the bank on that date is the amount we can devote to next fiscal year’s programs on WILL. That $2.1 million represents a hefty increase over last year’s $2.09 million result; but as I write, we are on track to meet our goal. When we put our plan together about a year ago, we added a few new items. First, we increased the number of WILL Learning Tours. Each one of those tours (to Cuba, to England, to Civil War sites and to New Orleans on the “Follow the Corn” trip) raised about $10,000 for the stations. We created Come and Get It! Family Dinner Favorites, a new local cooking show, and premiered it during our March WILL-TV pledge drive. We planned to raise $6,000 in individual support, which we very nearly achieved, and $7,000 in local corporate support, which we did accomplish. Also in March, PBS travel guru Rick Steves came to central Illinois for an in-person visit and fundraiser. The final figures aren’t in, but I’m certain we added more than $20,000 in net proceeds for WILL’s annual operating budget. By adding new trips, fundraising programs and events, we will continue to incrementally raise more funds for the programs that mean so much to you, and that support our community. As we plan for the coming fiscal year, we’re seeking out more ideas, improving our techniques and finding ways to save money. But no matter how many great ideas we have to increase local corporate support, or to sell more tickets to an event, Illinois Public Media will continue to rely on you for sustaining support. You watch our television programs, listen to great music and first-class news and information shows, and you keep our stations on the air with your gifts. Just as we are planning more trips, events and fun fundraising projects for the coming fiscal year, my colleagues all around the station are planning to create and broadcast some of the best TV and radio programs, all for you.
« NPR host gets
up close and personal with the Constitution Coinciding with the 225th anniversary of the ratification of a document that is all around us, Constitution USA with Peter Sagal sets out to illuminate this unique and remarkably misunderstood piece of our country’s heritage. For the four-part series, premiering at 8 pm Tuesday, May 7, Sagal—host of NPR’s Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!—travels cross-country to find out what the Constitution means in the 21st century, how it unites us as a nation and how it has nearly torn us apart. In 40 interviews Sagal talks with both legal experts and ordinary Americans who are struggling with issues of affirmative action, same-sex marriage, voting rights, the role of government and equal protection.
of speech, freedom of religion and the right to privacy. The third installment focuses on the 14th Amendment and how it established new notions of citizenship, equal protection, due process and personal liberty. The series concludes with Sagal traveling to Iceland, a country that turned to the U.S. Constitution for inspiration when drafting its own document. He examines the systems that have kept our Constitution healthy—amendments, judicial interpretation, checks and balances—along with the political forces that threaten to undermine the original framers’ vision.
Using an innovative visual approach that combines animation and graphics with archival footage from television and movies, Constitution USA brings to life both the history and the actual text of the Constitution— while featuring Sagal’s trademark humor. In part one, Sagal explores the delicate balance of power that still sparks controversy today over issues ranging from medical marijuana, gun control and Obamacare to consumer and environmental protection.
Photo: Courtesy of Peter Krogh
Then in part two, the host turns his attention to the liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights with conversations on topics involving freedom
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Intensely private comedy giant Mel Brooks—who’s never authorized a biography and also requested that his friends not talk about him to the media—has finally consented to let American Masters tell his story.
American Masters features
Mel Brooks
As a youngster, the scrawny Melvin Kaminsky developed his aggressively funny personality on the mean streets of Brooklyn to protect against bullies. After hitting success in the early 1960s with his 2000 Year Old Man albums, recorded with Carl Reiner, Brooks won the 1968 Oscar for best screenplay for The Producers. His next productions, a string of wacky movies that included Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Twelve Chairs, High Anxiety, To Be or Not to Be, Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights became cult classics. Mel Brooks: Make a Noise airs at 8 pm Monday, May 20, on WILL-TV.
Photo: Courtesy of Michael Grecco
WILL wins 2012 Associated Press awards
Photos: Michael Owen Thomas
WILL reporters and contributors won four awards in the downstate radio division of the 2012 Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association Journalism Excellence Contest, including best sports report and best hard news feature. Students at Urbana’s Urbana University Laboratory High School won 2nd place in the Best Series or Documentary category for their WILL-AM reports on the counter-culture era in Champaign-Urbana. Above, left: WILL reporters Jim Meadows (left) and Sean Powers. Below, left: Uni High students Shruti Vaidya (left), Sarah Joy Yockey (center) and Aishwarya Gautam (right). 2 PATTERNS • MAY 2013
Examining the military’s shameful secret
Now, the Sundance Film Festival’s audience award-winning film tackles this shameful secret of the U.S. military as Independent Lens presents The Invisible War at 9 pm Monday, May 13, on WILL-TV. The Academy Award-nominated documentary was also named one of the year’s 10 best films by Time magazine.
Vinyl and much more This year’s Vintage Vinyl Sale is Saturday, May 4, at 40 E. University Ave., in Champaign, just east of Seven Saints Restaurant and across the street from the Illinois Terminal. “We have a great selection of not only outstanding LPs, but CDs and music equipment this year,” said Deane Geiken, event organizer and director of Illinois Public Media’s Illinois Radio Reader program.
All proceeds from this annual sale support Illinois Radio Reader’s free services of providing news and information to blind and visually impaired residents of central Illinois. For more information or to volunteer at the sale, please contact Deane Geiken at dgeiken@illinois.edu or at 217-333-6503.
The sale opens with a $5 admission fee from 8 to 11 am. There’s no fee from 11 am to 3 pm, and doors close from 3-4 pm to prepare for the half-price sale from 4-6 pm. Awards to WILL were: Best Sports Report: “Labor Strife in Professional Sports,” a Focus program hosted by Craig Cohen with Michael LeRoy, professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations and College of Law, University of Illinois. Travis Stansel was the producer. Best Hard News Feature: “SCOTUS Health Care,” a story by Craig Cohen, Sean Powers and Jim Meadows about the impact in Illinois of the U.S. Supreme Court’s health care ruling. Best Newswriter, 2nd place: Sean Powers for a group of news stories on a variety of topics. Best series or documentary, 2nd place: “Beyond the Tie-Dye: Counterculture in
Champaign/Urbana 1965-1975”; WILL’s Dave Dickey, producer; University High School teacher Janet Morford, producer; and student producers Aishwarya Gautam, Shruti Vaidya and Sarah Joy Yockey. Students interviewed 16 Champaign-Urbana residents about their experiences during the period. WILL has worked with University High students to produce radio documentaries since 1995. The “Tie-Dye” series was made possible by a grant from U of I alumnus Robert O. Endres. The awards were presented April 20 at the Illinois News Broadcasters Association spring convention in Urbana. PATTERNS • MAY 2013 3
Photo: Courtesy of James Helmer
Statistics show that an American female soldier in a combat zone is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than be killed by enemy fire. An exising culture of privilege and impunity has resulted in few prosecutions, as well as the systematic isolation of women who dare to report the crimes.
weekdays 6 am
WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 106.5 in Danville
5/8
Distinguished composers from Venezuela, Mexico, Panama and Cuba; and Two Argentine composers living in the United States: CARRENO; ASENJO A Mexican Concert and Latin American Music Based on Literary Sources CHAVEZ; REVUELTAS Music for Percussion with guest composer Guillermo Gregorio; and The Spanish Guitar: GREGORIO; SOR
5/29
and The Civic Orchestra of Chicago STRAVINSKY; BEETHOVEN
NPR Morning Edition with Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep and Chris Berube
9 am Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo Join Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!
Noon Afternoon Classics Jeff Esworthy, 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.
4 pm Live and Local with Kevin Kelly Kevin’s get-together features music and a daily serving of news about, and interviews with, area music-makers, plus a calendar of regional music events.
5 pm NPR All Things Considered with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block and Michele Norris
7 pm The Evening Concert Great performances from the great concert venues. Listings are subject to change.
Monday: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and a Special 5/6 5/13 5/20
Manfred Honeck, cond; Lars Vogt, piano MOZART; BEETHOVEN Nikolaj Znaider, cond; Emanuel Ax, piano MOZART; ELGAR Manfred Honeck, cond; Yo-Yo Ma, cello MOZART; BEETHOVEN
5/27
Joyce Yang, piano; Arnold Steinhardt, violin MOZART; MENDELSSOHN
Special: Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 40th Anniversary
Tuesday: Chicago Symphony Orchestra 5/7 5/14
Edo de Waart, cond MOZART; BRAHMS Michael Tilson Thomas, cond; Jeremy Denk, piano BEETHOVEN; BRAHMS
5/21
Alan Gilbert, cond.; Emanuel Ax, piano MOZART; BRUCKNER
5/28
Sir Mark Elder, cond; Emanuel Ax, piano MENDELSSOHN; CHOPIN
The New York Philharmonic This Week Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari and a Special 5/1
Fiesta of the Guitar; and The Orchestral World of Astor Piazzolla BARRIOS; PIAZZOLLA
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5/15 5/22
Special: The Rite of Spring: The 100-Year Shockwave (See article page 6.)
Thursday: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 5/2 5/9 5/16 5/23 5/30
Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond BEETHOVEN; LUTOSLAWSKI Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond; David Fray, piano; Gerald Finley, baritone SCHUMANN; TCHAIKOVSKY Zubin Mehta, cond MOZART; DVORAK Charles Dutoit, cond; Gautier Capuçon, cello; Carrie Dennis, viola MENDELSSOHN; MOZART Gustavo Dudamel, cond DEBUSSY; STRAVINSKY
Friday: Prairie Performances Illinois Symphony Orchestra Russian Revolution (2/22-2/23/13) Joshua Roman, cello Alastair Willis, cond PÄRT; SHOSTAKOVICH; TCHAIKOSKY Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra Michael Luxner, cond Laurie Glencross, flute (4/20/12) TOMMASINI; GRIFFES; CHAMINADE; STRAVINSKY 5/17 Eastern Illinois University Symphony Orff: CARMINA BURANA (4/21/13) Eastern Symphony and Choral Ensembles Charleston High School Advanced Chorus Charleston Middle School Chorus Richard R. Rossi, cond 5/24 Illinois Chamber Orchestra Classically Connected (3/22-3/23/13) John Bruce Yeh, clarinet Alastair Willis, cond SCHNITTKE; MOZART; HAYDN 5/31 The Prairie Ensemble Kevin Kelly, music director A Windy Affair (2/24/13) Prairie Voices Laurie Matheson, cond HANDEL; PÄRT; STRAVINSKY; DURUFLÉ; BIRD 5/3 5/10
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.
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Joshua Roman (7 pm, 5/3)
Photo: Sim Cannety-Clarke
Photo: Tina Su
saturdays & sundays
s Matthew Polenzani (noon, 5/25)
saturdays 7 am
NPR Weekend Edition with Scott Simon
sundays
9 am
7 am
Classics By Request
John Frayne plays requests for two hours at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at classreq@illinois. edu or 217-300-4319. 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. *Note 10 am start on 5/11. 5/4 Vintage Vinyl: Collecting Records—Hobby, Obsession, Career? 5/11 *Pianists into Conductors: Daniel Barenboim, Vladimir Ashkenazy 5/18 Alexander Glazunov: The Late Romantic 5/25 The Right Touch: Sir Thomas Beecham and Schubert
Noon
Afternoon at the Opera
The Met Season ends and the Lyric Opera of Chicago season begins. *Note 11 am start on 5/11. 5/4 DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES (Poulenc). Langrée, cond, with Leonard, Racette, Morley, Bishop, Palmer, Appleby and Met Opera Ensemble. 5/11 *GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (Wagner). Luisi, cond, with Voigt, Harmer, Cargill, Cleveman, Paterson, Fink, König and Met Opera Ensemble. 5/18 SIMON BOCCANEGRA (Verdi). Davis, cond, with Hampson, Furlanetto, Stoyanova, Lopardo, Kelsey, Boyer and Lyric Opera Ensemble. 5/25 WERTHER (Massenet). Davis, cond, with Polenzani, Koch, Deonarine, Verm, Kraus, and Lyric Opera Ensemble.
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]
NPR Weekend Edition with Rachel Martin
9 am Sunday Baroque Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.
1 pm From the Top A live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians, hosted by pianist Christopher O’Riley.
2 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits and the latest news from Lake Wobegon.
4 pm NPR All Things Considered
5 pm Classical Music Mindy Ratner and Valerie Kahler are your hosts. NPR News Headlines at 7:01.
10 pm Harmonia Angela Mariani presents Baroque and early music. NPR News Headlines at 10:01.
11 pm The Romantic Hours Music, poetry and romance with Mona Golabek.
midnight Classical Music Scott Blankenship and John Zech are your hosts throughout the night and into the morning.
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 6-9 am Classical Music 9 am-noon Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo
s Students at the Care Center in Holyoke, Mass.
Join Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!
Specials on school drop-out crisis and veterans
Noon-overnight Classical Music; Fridays 7-9, Prairie Performances
State of the Re:Union with Al Letson offers a new five-part series—including three that address America’s high school drop-out epidemic—that will air on WILL-AM at 1 pm Sundays beginning May 5.
(see listings page 4)
Saturdays 7-9 am Classical Music 9-11 am Classics by Request John Frayne plays requests at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at classreq@illinois.edu or 217-3004319.
11 am-Noon Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. See page 5 for listings.
The first program chronicles Re:Union host Al Letson’s experiences teaching at a summer camp in an economically challenged neighborhood of Jacksonville, Fla. Told through monologue, poetry, song and reporting, it challenges perceptions about race, class and education to reveal the unseen challenges and complexities facing students in communities across the country. The next installment features the Care Center in Holyoke, Mass., an alternative school just for pregnant and parenting teens who have dropped out of high school. Then on May 19, the episode explores the dropout crisis in this country through personal stories of failure and success in school, plus reports from across the country on innovations in teaching and learning.
Sundays
The May 26 program features firsthand accounts of veterans making sense of war and starting over after physical and emotional injuries, plus stories of the support they receive from family, friends and even strangers.
all day Classical Music
Celebrating The Rite of Spring
Noon-overnight Classical Music
Photo: Courtesy of Houston Ballet by Amitava Sarkar
Wednesday, May 29, is the 100th anniversary of the first performance of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring, which caused one of the most sensational scandals in artistic history with its premiere in Paris. WILL-FM celebrates the work’s centennial with a new documentary, The Rite of Spring: The 100-Year Shockwave, on The Evening Concert at 7 pm Wednesday, May 29. The program features first-hand recollections of the famous first night from Dame Marie Rambert, one of the dancers, and Igor Stravinsky, who was in the audience. It also includes stories surrounding the Berlin premiere in 1923 and the 50th anniversary performance in London, as well comments on the work’s enduring power from major artists of today, including dancer Dame Monica Mason and conductors Sir Colin Davis and Valery Gergiev. 6 PATTERNS • MAY 2013
FM 90.9 HD3
AM 580 Listener Comments: 217-333-0853 / willamfm@illinois.edu
Saturday
Sunday
5:00 6:00 6:30 7:00 9:00
BBC Overnight Continued Commodity Week Mid-American Gardener NPR Weekend Edition Car Talk
BBC World Service Inside Europe
10:00
Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me
Says You
Fresh Air NPR News 11:01
11:00
State Week in Review
Car Talk
11:30
Commodity Week
The Afternoon Magazine with Chris Berube NPR News 12:01
Noon
Travel with Rick Steves
On the Media
Talk of the Nation
1:00
This American Life
State of the Re:Union
The Closing Market Report NPR News 2:01
2:00
The Midnight Special
The Tavis Smiley Show
BBC Business Daily
2:36
The World
3:00
All Things Considered with Jeff Bossert
4:00
NPR All Things Considered
All Things Considered
5:00
The People’s Pharmacy
Keepin’ the Faith
6:00 7:00
Commonwealth Club Living on Earth
Focus with Jim Meadows (repeat of 10 am program)
8:00
Latino USA
This American Life To the Best of Our Knowledge
8:30
Left, Right & Center
On Point
9:00
Alternative Radio
New Dimensions
10:00
Bookworm
Le Show
10:30
New Letters on the Air
11:006 am
BBC World Service
Monday–Friday NPR Morning Edition with Chris Berube
BBC World Briefing Focus with Jim Meadows NPR News 10:01
Fresh Air (repeat of 11 am program)
FOCUS BBC World Service
NPR Weekend Edition
Wait Wait ...
BBC World Service
Bold Listing = National/International News
Agriculture Catch our interactive talk show with host Jim Meadows live weekdays at 10 am, then continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Listen to archived programs anytime at will.illinois.edu/focus.
Weather Monday-Friday AM: 6:09, 6:20, 6:35, 6:50, 7:09, 7:20, 7:35, 7:50, 8:09, 8:20, 8:35, 8:50 PM: 12:37, 4:06, 4:35, 5:06, 5:35 Saturday and Sunday Occasional updates
Dave Dickey, agriculture director; Todd Gleason, host, Closing Market Report & Commodity Week
Pre-Opening Market Report: 8:49 am; Mid-Morning Market Report: 9:49 am; Market Update: 10:58 and 11:58 am; Midday Market Report: 12:55 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 The news from Illinois Public Media’s award-winning staff of reporters — 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—6-8 am; noon-2 pm Sun and Wed: Taste This!; Cooking Odyssey; Sara’s Weeknight Meals; Delicious TV’s Vegan Mashup/ Rachel’s Favorite Food for Living (begins 5/12) Mon and Fri: Mexico One Plate at a Time/Primal Grill (begins 5/17); Pati’s Mexican Table/Barbecue University (begins 5/31); Ciao Italia; Jazzy Vegetarian/ Nick Stellino Cooking with Friends (begins 5/31) Tue and Thur: Kimchi Chronicles; P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table; New Scandinavian Cooking/Perfect Day (begins 5/28); Christina Cooks Travel—8-9 am; 2-3 pm Sun and Wed: GrandView; The New Fly Fisher Mon and Fri: Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose) Tue and Thu: Smart Travels—Europe with Rudy Maxa; Music Voyager Gardening/Home Improvement—9-11 am; 3-5 pm Mon and Fri: This Old House; American Woodshop; P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home; Around the House with Matt and Shari
Tue and Thu: Hometime; Woodsmith Shop; Victory Garden; For Your Home Wed: Ask This Old House; Rough Cut with Tommy Mac; Garden Smart; Katie Brown Workshop Sun: Ask This Old House; Rough Cut with Tommy Mac; Growing a Greener World; Katie Brown Workshop Arts and Crafts—5-6 am; 11-noon Sun and Wed: It’s Sew Easy; Color World with Gary Spetz Mon and Fri: Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel/ Knit and Crochet Now (begins 5/13); Paint This with Jerry Yarnell Tue and Thu: Quilting Arts; Best of the Joy of Painting Saturday Marathons—5-11 am; 5-11 pm May 4/5: At the Mexican Table May 11/12: Rise and Shine May 18/19: Street Fare May 25/26: Red, White and BBQ
See the full Create schedule at will.illinois.edu/tv/schedule
Primetime Schedule Monday-Friday
9:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Journal
Mondays
7:00 Appalachians (5/20); Voces on PBS (5/27) 7:30 Inedible Latina (5/13) 8:00 Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words (5/6); Appalachians (5/20); War Zone/Comfort Zone (5/27) 11:00 Little Manila: Filipinos in California’s Heartland (5/6); Among B-Boys (5/13); Appalachians (5/20); Service: When Women Come Marching Home (5/27) 11:30 American Masters: Hollywood Chinese (5/6)
Tuesdays
7:00 Saving the Ocean (5/7, 5/14, 5/21); Nuclear Savage (5/28) 7:30 Saving the Ocean (5/7, 5/14, 5/21) 8:00 Nature 11:00 Pacific Heartbeat
Wednesdays
7:00 Independent Lens (5/8, 5/22) 8:00 Frontline; POV (5/8) 11:00 Brooks: The City of 100 Hellos (5/1); TED Talks Education (5/8); Key Ingredients (5/15); Stories of Undocumented Youth (5/22); Calling My Children (5/29) 11:30 Independent Lens (5/1, 5/15, 5/29)
Thursdays
12.2 Fridays
7:00 West Encounters East (5/3); Constitution USA with Peter Sagal 8:00 Every Day is a Holiday (5/3); Passing Poston: An American Story (5/10); Assassination: Idaho’s Trial of the Century (5/17); The Flintlock Disaster (5/24); Intelligence Squared U.S. (5/31) 11:00 Independent Lens (5/3); American Experience (5/10, 5/17); Ghost Army (5/24); Intelligence Squared U.S. (5/31)
Saturdays
7:00 Washington Week 7:30 McLaughlin Group 8:00 Need to Know 8:30 Inside Washington 9:00 The Dust Bowl (5/4); Eisenhower’s Secret War (5/11); 10 Buildings That Changed America (5/18); Into Harm’s Way (5/25) 10:00 Eisenhower’s Secret War (5/11); 1962 World’s Fair: Seattle (5/18) 10:30 T. Moffatt Burris and the Crossing (5/25) 11:00 Moyers & Company
Sundays
7:00 America Reframed 8:30 Calling My Children (5/26) 9:00 Global Voices 10:00 Pacific Heartbeat (5/5, 5/12) 10:30 Little Manila: Filipinos in California’s Heartland (5/19); Brooks: The City of 100 Hellos (5/26) 11:00 America Reframed
7:00 Secrets of the Dead; NOVA (5/30) 8:00 NOVA ScienceNow 11:00 NOVA See the full World schedule at will.illinois.edu/tv/schedule
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WILL-TV daytime
David Thiel, Content Director
Monday - Friday Market to Market (M) Nightly Business Report (T-F) Body Electric (M, W, F) Sit and Be Fit (T, Th) Clifford Martha Speaks Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Sesame Street
Saturday
Sunday
5:00
Angelina Ballerina
French in Action
5:30
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
Destinos
6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Cyberchase Wild Kratts Electric Company WordGirl Moyers & Company
Word World Barney & Friends
Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Thomas & Friends Bob the Builder Sid the Science Kid Motorweek Growing a Greener World P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home 11:00 Mid-American Gardener 11:30 Victory Garden
Super Why! Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
Noon America’s Test Kitchen 12:30 Cook's Country
T he McLaughlin Group Religion + Ethics Newsweekly
Sewing Programs
1:00
Martha Stewart’s Cooking School
1:30
Martha Bakes
How To Programs
2:00
Sara’s Weeknight Meals/ Cooking with Nick Stellino (begins 5/11)
The Cat in the Hat
2:30
Mind of a Chef/America’s Chefs on Tour (begins 5/25)
Arthur
3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30
Mexico: One Plate at a Time
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Sid the Science Kid
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Painting and How To Programs
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WordGirl Wild Kratts Electric Company
Heartland Highways Hometime This Old House Hour
America’s Heartland Market to Market
SPECIALS 5/5
1:00, Great Performances at the Met: Un Ballo in Maschera 3:30, Calling My Children 4:00, Sherlock Holmes 5:00, Hustle 6:00, Doctor Who
5/12
1:00, My Future Baby 2:00, Tea Lands of China 3:00, Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words 4:00, Sherlock Holmes 5:00, Hustle 6:00, Doctor Who
5/19
1:00, Coming Home 2:00, When Women Came Marching Home 3:00, War Zone/Comfort Zone 4:00, Sherlock Holmes 5:00, Hustle 6:00, Doctor Who
5/26
1:00, Company of Heroes 2:00, Flintlock Disaster 3:00, Maggie’s War 4:00, Sherlock Holmes 5:00, Hustle 6:00, Doctor Who
BBC World News Nightly Business Report PBS NewsHour 1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: Knit and Crochet Now Th: Sew It All F: Quilting Arts
5:00 5:30 6:00
Rick Steves’ Europe Lawrence Welk
1:30 pm Painting and How To M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Paint This with Jerry Yarnell W: Beauty of Oil Painting Th: Painting with Paulson F: Beads, Baubles and Jewels
See listings or above 2:00 pm How To M: Rough Cut-Woodworking with Tommy Mac Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: Super Simple F: American Woodshop
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Photo: Courtesy of Paul B. Goode
may tv features
art dance The
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Paul Taylor, the last living member of the pantheon that created America’s indigenous art of modern dance, continues to win acclaim for new works and his classics. Great Performances presents two of Taylor’s enduring masterworks from 2012 performances at the Theatre National de Chaillot in Paris—Brandenburgs, first performed in 1988 to music from Bach’s Brandenburg concertos #3 and #6; and his 2008 ballet Beloved Renegade set to the music of Francis Poulenc. Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris airs at 8 pm Friday, May 3.
Nature’s new episodes
Working with scientists, special camera equipment, and deer experts and devotees of every kind, Nature reveals the hidden world of white-tailed deer in a whole new light, allowing us to see them not as common backyard creatures, but as intelligent, affectionate family members. One of three new programs that air at 7 pm Wednesdays in May, The Private Life of Deer, is May 8.
Meet a world-touring
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ukelele artist
Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings (8 pm Friday, May 10) showcases an inspiring and inventive musician whose virtuoso skills on the ukulele have transformed all previous notions of the instrument’s potential. The film reveals the influences on this young performer’s career, as well as the wonder of newfound fame and the loneliness of separation from home and family while he’s on performance tours.
Pioneering buildings
Photo: CCourtesy of Chase Newhart
Photo: Courtesy of Arthur Shilstone
Learn the stories of 10 American architectural marvels—including Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House in Chicago, a state capitol building designed by Thomas Jefferson, the original indoor shopping mall, the first airport of the Jet Age (above) and a futuristic concert hall—that probably shaped the way you live, work, shop and play. Produced by WTTW in Chicago, 10 Buildings That Changed America airs at 9 pm Sunday, May 12.
A WWII triumph of
deceptive art
Audra McDonald in concert
Five-time Tony Award-winner, actress and Live From Lincoln Center series host Audra McDonald takes a turn as the featured performer at Avery Fisher Hall. In Audra McDonald: Go Back Home, she performs songs from her new album and other favorites in a special spring concert at Lincoln Center. The special airs at 8 pm Friday, May 24.
War, deception and art come together in this true story of American G.I.s who tricked the enemy with rubber tanks, sound effects and carefully crafted illusions during WWII. This tale of a top-secret mission that was at once absurd, deadly and amazingly effective is told through the stories of the veterans—including Bill Blass and Ellsworth Kelly—who would go on to have illustrious careers in art, design and fashion. The Ghost Army airs at 7 pm Tuesday, May 21.
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As Time Goes By Waiting for God Keeping Up Appearances After You’ve Gone Red Green Show Doctor Who Doctor Who Confidential
1Wednesday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) Legendary White Stallions. A look at the bond that develops between the horses and their caregivers, which culminates in the artistry of the horses’ carefully choreographed movements in harmony with their riders. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 3 am Friday. 8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures. Host and scientist Richard Smith introduces titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos, sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 4 am Friday. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) (DVS) Bugging Hitler’s Soldiers. Based on groundbreaking research conducted by leading German historians and scientists, the story of a WWII bugging operation of German POWs that let slip military secrets which helped the Allies win the war. Repeated 2 am Thursday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
2Thursday
7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Expeditions with Patrick McMillan (TV-G) California, An Ecological Island. McMillan examines the coasts, shrub lands, deserts and mountains of San Diego County. 8:00 Hustle Getting Even. The grifters come to the aid of their favorite barman, Eddie, whose father is in a nursing home that’s been taken over by a woman who’s conning the home’s residents. Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax. Lady Frances Carfax is caught between an old family quarrel with her brother and a sinister horseman who seems to haunt her life. Repeated 4 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
3Friday
7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See above.
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8:00 Great Performances (TV-PG) Paul Taylor Dance Company In Paris. See article page 10. Repeated 1 am Saturday; and 2 am Monday. 9:00 Still on the Road (TV-G) Follow the 12 actors of The Acting Company, now in its 37th season, on a seven-month journey to connect with students and bring classical theater to America. Also get insight from company alums Kevin Kline, Rainn Wilson and Harriet Harris. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:00 Charlie Rose
4Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Rapid City, S.D. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 Britcom Saturday Night See left. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Norah Jones/Kat Edmonson.
5Sunday
7:00 Call The Midwife (TV-14) Part 6 of 8. As Dr. Turner works to eradicate tuberculosis in Poplar, Jenny’s nursing rounds lead her to a family that has suffered devastating misfortune from the disease. Repeated 2 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Classic (TV-PG) Mr. Selfridge. Part 6 of 8. Two dead relatives show up at a store seance prompted by Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle; Agnes moves to fashion and develops a closer relationship with Henri. Repeated midnight Monday; and 4 am Tuesday. 9:00 The Bletchley Circle (TV-14) Part 3 of 3. Following the death of a former spy who had helped the women with their case, they resume pursuit of the killer who begins planting false clues to lead Susan into a trap. Repeated 1 am Monday; and 3 am Tuesday. 10:00 Jubilee (TV-G) Sam Bush Band. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Adam Cohen and Lac La Belle.
6Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Rapid City, S.D. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Vintage Secaucus. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 4 am Wednesday. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Seeking Asian Female. Two strangers—an elderly American man and a young Chinese woman—pursue a marriage brokered by the internet, but they get more than they bargained for when she moves across the Pacific to start a new life with him in America. Repeated 3 am Wednesday; and 2 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
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7:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Jesse James. An exploration of the myth of a Western outlaw who never went west, one who robbed the poor as well as the rich and whose life was steeped in violence and bloodshed. Repeated midnight Wednesday; 3 am Thursday; and 2 am Friday. 8:00 Constitution USA with Peter Sagal (TV-PG) A More Perfect Union. Part 1 of 4. See article page 1. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 9:00 TED Talks Education (TV-PG) Hear from leaders on the topic of learning, including Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth, Bill Gates, Rita F. Pierson, Sir Ken Robinson and Geoffrey Canada in the first TED project produced specifically for television. Repeated 2 am Wednesday; 1 am Friday; 3 am Saturday; and 3 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12. 8:00 Jake Shimabukuro: Life On Four Strings (TV-G) (DVS) See article page 10. Repeated 1 am Saturday; and 2 am Monday. 9:00 Hammer On Steel: The Concert (TV-G) The University of Akron captures its School of Music’s Steel Drum Bands 30th anniversary concert with calypso singer Relator and percussionist Andy Narell. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:00 Charlie Rose
8Wednesday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) The Private Life of Deer. See article page 10. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 3 am Friday. 8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Venom: Nature’s Killer. Follow scientists who are risking their lives to extract venom from some of the planet’s most deadly creatures in the hope of making new medicines. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 4 am Friday. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) (DVS) Death on the Railroad. The latest investigative forensics help uncover what happened to a group of Irish immigrants believed to have died in a cholera pandemic in 1832. Repeated 2 am Thursday; and 1 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
9Thursday
7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Expeditions with Patrick McMillan (TV-G) California: Hope, Survival and Resilience. McMillan explores compelling stories of survival on the California coast. 8:00 Hustle A Designer’s Paradise. The team sets up a con against fashionista Clarissa Bartwell, who holds pricey charity events, but secretly keeps most of the proceeds for herself. Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Problem of Thor Bridge. Maria Gibson, a dejected wife, arranges to meet her children’s governess Grace Dunbar at Thor Bridge but is gunned down in cold blood. Repeated 4 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
11Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Rapid City, S.D. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 Britcom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) The Shins/Dr. Dog.
12Sunday
7:00 Call The Midwife (TV-14) Part 7 of 8. Cynthia helps a woman gain confidence and start to change her life; Jenny looks after a black mother-to-be who is subjected to racial prejudice from neighbors; Fred teaches the midwives to ride a new scooter; Chummy and Peter return from Sierra Leone. Repeated 4 am Monday; and 2 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Classic (TV-PG) Mr. Selfridge. Part 7 of 8. F.W. Woolworth tries to undercut his old friend and competitor, Harry, who gives the discount king a run for his money; the situation with Agnes and Henri heats up. Repeated midnight Monday; and 3 am Tuesday. 9:00 10 Buildings That Changed America (TV-PG) See article page 11. Repeated 1 am Monday; and 4 am Tuesday. 10:00 Jubilee (TV-G) The Greencards. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Adrian Legg and the Dunwells.
13Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Seattle, Wash. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Vintage Houston. Repeated midnight Tuesday. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-14) The Invisible War. See article page 3. Repeated 3 am Wednesday; and 2 am Sunday. 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
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14Tuesday 7:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Annie Oakley. The real story of a female sharpshooter from Ohio who rose from the depths of poverty to star in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show as celebrated in the musical Annie Get Your Gun. Repeated 3 am Thursday; 1 am Friday; and 3 am Monday. 8:00 Constitution USA with Peter Sagal (TV-PG) It’s A Free Country. Part 2 of 4. See article page 1. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; 4 am Thursday; 2 am Friday; and 4 am Monday. 9:00 Frontline Cliffhanger. A look at the clash of politics and personalities that took the nation’s economy to the edge of the “fiscal cliff,” leading to repeated standoffs over the debt ceiling and sequestration. Repeated 2 am Wednesday; and 1 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
15Wednesday
7:00 Nature (TV-PG) Great Zebra Exodus. An annual migration of 20,000 zebras through the Kalahari’s Makgadikgadi Pans follows the experiences of zebra stallions, their mares and their young to reveal fascinating social bonds that hold zebra families together. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 3 am Friday. 8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) Decoding Neanderthals. Insight from the work of geneticist Svante Paabo and his team who reconstructed much of the Neanderthal genome, revealling that modern humans had interbred with Neanderthals. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 4 am Friday. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) Cavemen Cold Case. A tomb of Neanderthal bones discovered in a remote region of northern Spain leads to an investigation into how this group died and whether their fate could help explain Neanderthal extinction. Repeated 2 am Thursday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
16Thursday
7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Expeditions with Patrick McMillan (TV-G) Beringia, The Eternal Frontier. 8:00 Hustle Conning The Artists. As the team celebrates another successful con at Eddie’s bar, a man accuses them of dishonoring his family and makes threats against Eddie. Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place. Sir Robert Norebertson has gambled all on the success of a horse in the Champion Stakes, risking ruin if the horse loses. Repeated 4 pm Sunday.
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17Friday
7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12. 8:00 Great Performances at the Met (TV-PG) Rigoletto. Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Duke, Zeljko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda. Repeated 1 am Saturday. 10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:00 Charlie Rose
18Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Seattle, Wash. Part 1 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 Britcom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Arcade Fire.
19Sunday
7:00 Call The Midwife (TV-14) Part 8 of 8. Chummy and PC Noakes meet with new challenges; Fred’s pregnant daughter, Dolly, arrives to stay with him; Jenny has a love interest; old buildings are demolished to make new way for new flats, threatening the convent. Repeated 1:30 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Classic (TV-PG) Mr. Selfridge. Part 8 of 8. Tragedy strikes on the day polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton comes to the store. Meanwhile, an even greater celebrity plans a visit, and Harry and Rose attend a shocking play. Repeated 12:30 am Monday; and 2:30 am Tuesday. 10:00 Jubilee (TV-G) Curtis Burch Band. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Wanda Jackson and Shemekia Copeland.
20Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Seattle, Wash. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) Mel Brooks: Make a Noise. See article page 2. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 2 am 5/27. 9:30 Architect Michael Graves: A Grand Tour (TV-G) After a mysterious illness in 2003 left Graves partially paralyzed, the renowned architect is now designing hospital furniture and homes for wounded war veterans. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
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7:00 The Ghost Army (TV-PG) See article page 11. Repeated midnight Wednesday; 3 am Thursday; 1 am Friday; and 3 am Saturday. 8:00 Constitution USA with Peter Sagal (TV-PG) Created Equal. Part 3 of 4. See article page 1. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; 4 am Thursday; and 2 am Friday. 9:00 Frontline The Untouchables. A recap of the fallout at the Justice Department since this program first aired in January, plus details on why Wall Street’s leaders continue to escape prosecution for their role in the financial crisis. Repeated 2 am Wednesday; and 1 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Expeditions with Patrick McMillan (TV-G) Reshaping The Arctic. 8:00 Hustle Big Daddy Calling. The team goes to Las Vegas to get even with Mafia boss Johnny Maranzano after he beats up Albert. Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Boscombe Valley Mystery. After a son finds his father dying beside a lake, Holmes investigates to find blackmail and Australian gold mines are involved. Repeated 4 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
22Wednesday
7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) The White Lions. Follow two extremely rare white lion cubs born in South Africa’s Kruger Park as they overcome the additional survival challenges of their high visibility. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 3 am Friday. 8:00 NOVA (TV-G) Secrets of the Sun. New spacecraft and Earthbased telescopes are helping scientists better understand aspects of the sun, along with predicting and tracking potentially devastating solar storms. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 4 am Friday. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) (DVS) Airmen and the Headhunters. Go inside a fantastic WWII tale of jungle ambushes, extreme engineering, blow dart defenses and enemy headhunting in Borneo. Repeated 2 am Thursday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
24Friday
7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12. 8:00 Live from Lincoln Center (TV-G) Audra McDonald: Go Back Home. See article page 11. Repeated 1 am Saturday; 3:30 am Monday; and 2:30 am Tuesday. 9:00 Voces on PBS (TV-PG) Rebel. Explore the mysterious true story of Loreta Velasquez, a Cuban immigrant who was one of the estimated 1,000 women who secretly served as soldiers during the Civil War. Repeated 2 am Saturday; 3 am Sunday; and 3:30 am Tuesday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:00 Charlie Rose
25Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Seattle, Wash. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.
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26Sunday
7:00 National Memorial Day Concert (TV-G) On the eve of Memorial Day, this 24th annual broadcast airs live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, and to our troops around the world on the American Forces Network. Repeated 8:30 pm; 12:30 am Monday; and 1 am Tuesday. 8:30 National Memorial Day Concert (TV-G) Repeated from 7 pm. 10:00 Jubilee (TV-G) The Farewell Drifters. 11:00 Woodsongs (Tv-G) Caravan of Thieves and Molasses Creek.
27Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Seattle, Wash. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Vintage Atlanta. Repeated midnight Tuesday. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Detropia. Though it may appear to be a shell of its former self, Detroit might just be the ultimate incubator for fresh ideas coming from a dynamic cluster of innovators, entrepreneurs and self-proclaimed hustlers. Repeated 3 am Wednesday. 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
28Tuesday
7:00 In Performance at the White House TBA. 8:00 Constitution USA with Peter Sagal (TV-PG) Built to Last? See article page 1. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; 4 am Thursday; and 2 am Friday. 9:00 Frontline Outlawed in Pakistan. The story of Pakistani teenager Kainat Soomro and her journey through Pakistan’s broken justice system after she accused four men of gang rape. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
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29Wednesday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) (DVS) The Himalayas. A look at the diversity of wildlife, including the mysterious snow leopard, and their habitats in and among the planet’s highest peaks. Repeated midnight Thursday. 8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) Deadliest Tornadoes. The science behind the April 2011 tornado outbreak—the worst in decades—that left a trail of destruction across the U.S. and killed more than 340 people. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 3 am Friday. 9:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Deadliest Earthquakes. Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, a team of geologists looks for clues that could lead to a breakthrough in predicting quakes. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
30Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Expeditions with Patrick McMillan (TV-G) The Rice Kingdom. 8:00 Hustle Return of the Prodigal. When Mickey returns to London, he finds the crew has disbanded thanks to the credit crunch, but he devises a new con against a corrupt property developer. Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Adventure of the Illustrious Client. With intrigue and deception as the order of the day, will it prove too much for the great detective? Repeated 4 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Newsline 11:00 Charlie Rose
31Friday
7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12. 8:00 Ellen DeGeneres: The Mark Twain Prize (TV-14) Celebrate the work of the 15th recipient of The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. 9:30 Great American Seafood Cook-off V See highlights from the August 2012 competition as accomplished and up-and-coming chefs showcase their culinary talents in special recipes using seafood native to their home states. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:00 Charlie Rose
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Wait Wait … beamed live to the Savoy 16 screen You’ve heard it in 1D, now see it live in glorious ... 2D! NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! comes to the big screen—at the Savoy 16 in Champaign. Join host Peter Sagal (above, left), official judge and scorekeeper Carl Kasell (above, right), and panelists (top to bottom at right) Mo Rocca, Tom Bodett and Paula Poundstone, as well as special guests. See Carl reading limericks! Celebrity guests answering stupid questions! Faces made for radio! All that and an unapologetic focus on heckling the headlines and fawning over the week’s infamous foibles. Join Illinois Public Media at the Savoy 16 for the first ever Wait Wait… cinema event, beamed live from New York at 7 pm Thursday, May 2. The Savoy 16 is also offering a taped encore at 7:30 pm Tuesday, May 7. Tickets are $22 for the live May 2 show and $18 for the encore show on May 7. Buy them online at fathomevents.com or in person at the Savoy 16.
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Join us for Community Cinema This month’s film, The Revolutionary Optimists, features the work of Amlan Ganguly in empowering India’s poorest children to become activists and educators. Ganguly hopes to replicate his earlier work that encouraged children in Calcutta’s slums to cut their neighborhoods’ malaria and diarrhea rates in half, and turn former garbage dumps into playing fields. Now Ganguly is attempting the same success in the brickfields outside Calcutta where children make and carry bricks using methods unchanged for centuries. Proposing a workable solution to intractable problems associated with poverty, Ganguly’s story suggests that education and child empowerment are crucial keys to lifting entire societies out of hopelessness.
Get to know Jim Meadows A veteran of public radio broadcasting, senior reporter Jim Meadows says since becoming Focus’ new interim program host, he’s learned a lot. “It’s fun to talk with interesting people who really want to talk to me,” he says. “But it’s different from reporting, and you put a different kind of thought into what questions to ask. I want to ask questions that are relevant to Focus listeners.”
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Jim has moderated debates with newsmakers and legislators for both TV and radio, and has more than three decades of experience in public
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s Kajol, 11-year old child laborer and budding activist, running.
Join us for a free screening of The Revolutionary Optimists and a follow-up discussion at 6 pm Tuesday, May 14, at the Champaign Public Library. U of I law professor Suja Thomas, whose interest in raising awareness of personal responsibility and charitable giving is reflected in her blog, The Give Blog, is a confirmed panelist. We’re still confirming additional panelists, so check for updates at will.illinois.edu.
broadcasting, doing everything from spinning jazz records to covering city council meetings. Since Craig Cohen’s departure in February, Jim has been working closely with producer Lindsey Moon to create Focus programs that venture beyond the headlines and, among other things, examine how new policy decisions affect the WILL community. The duo has also been examining health issues, arts, culture and environmental topics on the show. Jim’s favorite program since he’s been Focus host was about white nose syndrome and Illinois’ bat population. “We got a lot of calls, and all our callers had wonderful questions and comments,” he said. “It’s most enjoyable to host programs with lots of audience feedback. During the bat show, for example, we got questions I wouldn’t have thought to ask.” In the coming months, Jim says he hopes to delve into some issues that specifically affect residents in east central Illinois. In his free time, you can find Jim watching films from the 1930s and 40s, exploring the countryside (while making stops to pick up copies of local newspapers) or reading books for future Focus interviews.
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WILL-TV Book Mentor Profile:
George Willhite
After a career as news editor of The Courier and an editor at the American Oil Chemists Society, George Willhite has found enjoyment in retirement by volunteering for Illinois Public Media’s Book Mentor Project for the past six years. This year, he’s reading and doing activities with very young children in the toddler classroom in Champaign Early Childhood Center’s Head Start program. He also volunteers to read to older pre-schoolers at the center.
What was your favorite book you read as a child?
How did you become a book mentor?
The pre-kindergarten kids always like to read What Color is Your Underwear?. All the animals have on different colors and then you get to the elephant and it’s “Oops, he forgot to put his on!” It’s just fun and they think it’s hilarious.
Why do you like it? After I go in and read to the kids, I always leave more energetic than when I went in. The kids just absorb everything. They’re adorable. If I had to spend all day in the classroom with them, though, I’d be exhausted!
What is your favorite book to read to the children at the CECC?
Co-teachers Amanda Herzog and Omesha Redding say George uses simple words and really knows how to communicate with very young children. One of their favorite memories of George in their classroom is when he had kids following him “around the world.” “They lined up behind him and he led them all around the room. He let every single kid have a turn at being the leader,” Herzog said.
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I joined Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis and some of my fellow Kiwanians suggested it. I used to read to my kids when they were little, but I didn’t know how I would do going into a classroom. I’ve found that the kids are very accepting.
Bob and the Baby Pony. My mother had checked it out from the library. I liked it so much that I stuffed it in back of the radio so she couldn’t find it to return it. Later I loved reading about King Arthur and that led to my interest in English history. Now I have shelves of books about English history.
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Girl Scouts honor IPM educational outreach leader Illinois Public Media’s educational outreach director, Molly Delaney, received a Women of Distinction award from the Girl Scouts of Central Illinois on April 11. She was recognized for outstanding commitment to her profession, to the community and to inspiring and mentoring young girls. David Leake, director of Parkland College’s William M. Staerkel Planetarium, has worked closely with Molly on several education projects. “Molly has a unique set of skills when it comes to outreach programming,” Leake said. “Not only is she the most organized person I know, she is very in tune with early childhood learning—plus her love of science and teaching kids about science is contagious.”
who to get involved and when. Projects become finely oiled machines when Molly leads them.” Since its launch in 2011, the PNC project has served hundreds of children in Champaign County with a highly impactful STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) initiative. In addition, Molly created a hands-on STEM program for preschoolers and was instrumental in launching new PBS digital media tools for PreK-12 educators. A leader in the field of education for more than 25 years, Molly has been at Illinois Public Media since November 2003.
“I knew the program PNC wanted to create was beyond what I could offer to the initiative,” Leake added. “Of course Molly jumped at the opportunity, knowing just 20 PATTERNS • MAY 2013
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So when PNC Bank contacted Leake about a potential project as part of the PNC Foundation’s Grow Up Great grant program, Molly’s skills immediately came to mind.
Catching up on thanks….
…to Common Ground Food Co-op We appreciate Common Ground as one of our valuable community partners. During our February fund drive, Common Ground made a commitment to contribute the cost of eight meals to Eastern Illinois Foodbank (EIF) for each of the first 300 pledges in support of WILL Radio. The results? Common Ground contributed $378 to WILL and to EIF, resulting in 1,512 meals for the Foodbank. Thanks to everyone who pledged and to Common Ground for coming together to make this a triple win situation for WILL, EIF and residents of Champaign County.
…to the sponsors who helped bring Rick Steves to C-U More than 600 people from across central Illinois packed the I Hotel to get travel tips and insight from Rick Steves at our event on March 14. The author and travel show host then dropped in at the WILL-TV studio later to ask for support during our fundraising drive that evening. It wouldn’t have been possible without our event sponsors: • Clark-Lindsey Village • Champaign Cycle • Monticello Chamber of Commerce • I Hotel
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