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november 2011
Growing Hope Against Hunger Food for thought on ways to help
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november 2011 Volume XXXIX, Number 5
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Growing an awareness of hunger By Kimberlie Kranich Director of Community Engagement I met a man in his 20s at the Wesley Evening Food Pantry in Urbana this fall. He told me how he and his girlfriend had lived in their car for two weeks after he lost his construction job. He had sold plasma to supplement their income. His eyes were wide and clear blue as he explained they only come to the pantry when they need food. Illinois Public Media staff members have met dozens of working or part-time working people like this man who need emergency food assistance. In July, we heard testimony from migrant farm workers in Rantoul who came from Texas with their families to work in the cornfields of Illinois. Some arrive with little or no money. Outreach workers from the Illinois Migrant Council (IMC) help them enroll in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. But IMC funding is insufficient for the increasing demand for services. In Peoria, we heard from a woman whose church provided nutritious meals to 50 school children after cutbacks resulted in abandonment of summer feeding programs at schools with the poorest children. These are some of the stories that were told to Illinois Public Media staff, who have been listening regularly to the voices of our region. Hunger consistently emerged as a community problem. This month, the month of Thanksgiving, Illinois Public Media will highlight the public-private efforts to meet hunger needs in Illinois with a special night of TV programming on Tuesday, Nov. 15, called Growing Hope Against Hunger. The first hour (7 pm) features a national program from Sesame Workshop that looks at families and hunger. The second hour (8 pm) will be a live, locally produced program with the goal of raising awareness, looking at the response to the need and connecting people to resources. A live, online chat will follow at 9 pm. Please see the opposite page for full program details. If you know of anyone who needs food assistance or if you have resources to contribute to those who are involved in these long-term efforts to end hunger in Illinois, we hope you’ll tune in and participate in the conversation on Nov. 15.
People in line at mobile food pantry in Ramsey, Ill.
Raising awareness of hunger issues At least 79,000 people in east central Illinois don’t have enough to eat, according to a study by Feeding America. An increasing number of people are seeking help. WILL-TV and radio will feature programs on Nov. 15 about responses to the problem of hunger, both around the nation and in central Illinois. At 7 pm on WILL-TV, a new family program from Sesame Workshop features a story about Elmo as he learns how the struggle against hunger affects a friend and how people can work together to find solutions. Growing Hope Against Hunger also features documentary segments with four real families who have experienced the challenge of hunger and are finding helpful strategies and resources.
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Next at 8 pm on WILL-TV and online at will.illinois.edu, Illinois Public Media’s David Inge will host Growing Hope Against Hunger: An Illinois Response live in the studio. David is joined by a panel of central Illinois residents who are working to fight hunger, and a studio audience of others
Learn more about Illinois Public Media’s hunger-related initiatives in Kimberlie’s column on the opposite page. Plus, see page 6 for program information on WILL Radio’s news and feature reports about local hunger issues.
s Volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in Bloomington
involved in the effort through both faithbased organizations, non-profits, businesses or government programs. Interspersed within the live studio show will be video stories looking at the work of the Wesley Evening Food Pantry in Urbana; at the way the SNAP program (formerly known as food stamps) works in central Illinois and the stigma attached to SNAP that deters people from applying; and at efforts to combat rural hunger, including a mobile food pantry run by the Central Illinois Foodbank in Springfield. “We hope to raise awareness of hunger in Illinois, look at how the people in our region have responded to the need and connect people to resources in their community,” said Kimberlie Kranich, director of community engagement for Illinois Public Media. Panelists include Tracy Smith, state director of Feeding Illinois; Donna Camp, director of the Wesley Evening Food Pantry; Craig Gundersen, professor of agricultural and consumer economics at the University of Illinois; and Brittani Evans, outreach coordinator for McLean County SNAP. Following the television programs at 9 pm, you’re invited to participate in an hourlong, live, online interactive chat by going to willconnect.org. PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2011 1
Photo: Courtesy of WGBH
Challenging long-held views of space, time and universe Much of what we thought we knew about our universe—that the past has already happened and the future is yet to be, that space is just an empty void, that our universe is the only one that exists—just might be wrong.
Then in The Illusion of Time (Nov. 9), Greene poses a new way of thinking about time in which moments past, present and future—from the reign of T. Rex to the birth of your great-great grandchildren— exist all at once.
Acclaimed physicist and author Brian Greene, pictured above, hosts a new fourpart NOVA series exploring the frontiers of physics as scientists piece together our most complete picture yet of space, time and the universe. The Fabric of the Cosmos airs at 8 pm Wednesdays, Nov. 2 to 23, on WILL-TV.
Quantum Leap (Nov. 16) examines how quantum mechanics—one of the most successful theories in the history of science— has made amazingly accurate predictions while also launching technological advances such as computers and cell phones.
Based on Greene’s best-selling book of the same title, this new program offers the most visually compelling and entertaining presentation of modern physics ever seen on television—interweaving provocative theories, experiments and stories with clear explanations and imaginative metaphors, as well as state-of-the-art computer graphics. In part one, What Is Space? (Nov. 2), Greene reveals space as a dynamic fabric that can stretch, twist, warp and ripple under the influence of gravity. He also explores dark energy and black holes, highlighting some of the deepest mysteries of our time. 2 PATTERNS • NOVEMBER SEPTEMBER2011 2011
Last in the series, Universe or Multiverse? (Nov. 23) pursues a brave new theory at the frontier of physics that points to our universe as one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the multiverse. Some universes may be almost indistinguishable from our own; others may contain variations of all of us, where we exist but with different lives. In still others, reality may be so radically different from ours as to be unrecognizable.
Join WILL-FM on Thanksgiving American Public Media’s classic Giving Thanks: A Celebration of Fall, Food and Gratitude airs at 7 pm Thursday, Nov. 24, on WILL-FM. New this year, writer and film director Nora Ephron, along with Roy Blount Jr., writer and regular on NPR’s Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me, share Thanksgiving stories in addition to the program’s traditions of classical music and a spellbinding tale—this time from actor Charles Laughton, who gives thanks for “art that connects us all to the creative spirit.”
Illinois Radio Reader begins online streaming Michael Busboom, a visually impaired Illinoisan living in Austria, still considers central Illinois home. He likes to keep up with what’s happening in Champaign, where he went to high school, and at the U of I, where he went to college. Now he has another way to do that. Illinois Radio Reader (IRR), Illinois Public Media’s free service for blind and visually impaired people, has just begun streaming its programming over the Internet. “It’s great the Internet service is being offered,” said Michael, a longtime WILL-AM online listener who supports the station financially. He hasn’t previously listened to IRR because he’s too far away to access t IRR volunteer Rohn Koester
Photo: Stephen Haas, Decatur Herald & Review
Illinois Radio Reader the traditional way, through special radio receivers. IRR programming is provided by volunteers who read the Wall Street Journal, Decatur Herald & Review, Bloomington-Normal Pantagraph, Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, Christian Science Monitor, and local and area advertisements. “The new Web stream won’t replace the radio receivers,” said Deane Geiken, director of IRR. Users of the Internet service will apply to IRR to receive a password to log in for the stream, just as radio receiver users apply to get a free receiver. Deane said he’s heard from several people, like Busboom, who have been eagerly anticipating the IRR Internet stream. Another is 29-year-old Anthony Stauder, pictured above, of Champaign. “I have one radio receiver that can access Illinois Radio Reader. But I don’t spend all of my time in one place,” said Anthony, who works full-time for the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory and also travels. He’ll be able to listen to the stream on his smart phone and computer when away from his radio receiver. PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2011 3
weekdays
WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 106.5 in Danville
6 am NPR Morning Edition
Wednesday:
with Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep and Jim Meadows
11/2 David Finckel, cello; Yura Lee, violin SCHUBERT 11/9 Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Ida Kavafian, viola POULENC; FRANCAIX 11/16 Ida Kavafian, Mark Holloway, viola; MOZART 11/23 Anthony Newman, harpsichord; Paul O’Dette, lute BACH 11/30 Emanuel Ax, piano; Carter Brey, cello SCHUBERT; BRAHMS
9 am Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo Join Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!
Noon Live and Local with Kevin Kelly Kevin’s get-together features music and a daily serving of news about, and interviews with, area musicmakers, plus a calendar of regional music events.
1 pm Afternoon Classics Julie Amacher, Lynn Warfel and Mindy Ratner keep you company throughout the afternoon. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac is at 1:01. NPR News Headlines at 3:01.
5 pm NPR All Things Considered with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block and Michele Norris
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
The Keeping Score Series: 13 Days When Music Changed Forever
Premiere of ballet, The Rite of Spring: STRAVINSKY 11/9 Premiere of Tapiola: SIBELIUS 11/16 Debut of Three Places in New England: IVES 11/23 Publication in Pravda of the Article Chaos Instead of Music: SHOSTAKOVICH 11/30 Premiere of In C: RILEY 11/2
Thursday:
Cleveland Orchestra 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24
Ton Koopman, cond HANDEL; MOZART Franz Welser-Most, cond HAYDN; DEBUSSY Franz Welser-Most, cond DEBUSSY; HAYDN SPECIAL Giving Thanks: A Celebration of Fall, Food and Gratitude BACH; COPLAND (See article page 3.)
7 pm The Evening Concert
Great orchestras from the great concert venues. Listings are subject to change.
Prairie Performances
Monday: Live! At the Concertgebouw
11/7 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Ivan Fischer, cond; Maria Joao Pires, piano MOZART 11/14 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Fabian Gabel, cond; Antoine Tamestit, viola BERLIOZ; FRANCK 11/21 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Jaap van Zweden, cond BEETHOVEN 11/28 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Daniel Harding, cond JANACEK; MAHLER
Tuesday:
The New York Philharmonic This Week 11/1
Alan Gilbert, cond; Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin BACH; BRAHMS 11/8 Lorin Maazel, cond; Nancy Allen, harp MOZART; DEBUSSY 11/15 Lorin Maazel, cond; Philip Myers, horn All-RICHARD STRAUSS
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11/22 Bernard Haitink, cond HAYDN; MAHLER 11/29 Jukka-Pekka Saraste, cond; Evgeny Kissin, piano GRIEG; SIBELIUS
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Friday:
Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra (10/1/11) Michael Luxner, cond; Thomas Pandolfi, piano GLIERE; LISZT; WAGNER; GINASTERA 11/11 Eastern Illinois University Symphony (10/16/11) Cathedrals, Castles & Colonies Featuring the EIU Choral Ensembles and Collegium Musicum (Early Music Ensembles) 11/18 Sinfonia da Camera (10/22/11) Ian Hobson, music director & piano UI Women’s Chorus Andrea Solya, choir conductor LISZT 11/25 Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra (10/29/11) Georgia Hornbacker, violin Sharon Chung, viola HAYDN; MOZART; BEETHOVEN 11/4
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 7 am NPR Weekend Edition Photo: Rober Miller
with Scott Simon
9 am Classics By Request John Frayne plays requests for two hours at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at classreq@illinois. edu or 217-265-5084. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.
11 am Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. 11/5 The Conductor Kurt Sanderling, 1912-2011 11/12 Chamber Music for Piano and Winds 11/19 The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, from Stock to Reiner: Troubled Waters 11/26 Ferruccio Busoni: Famous Transcriber of J.S. Bach
Noon Afternoon at the Opera 11/5
sFrederica von Stade (noon 11/5)
sundays 7 am NPR Weekend Edition with Audie Cornish
9 am Sunday Baroque Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the
FPO likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Garrison Keillor’s DEAD MAN WALKING (in English) (Jake
Heggie). Patrick Summers, cond, with Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade and the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Children’s Chorus. 11/12 LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (G. Donizetti). Antonino Fogliani, cond, with Albina Shagimuratova, Dimitri Pittas, and the Houston Grand Opera Ensemble. 11/19 PETER GRIMES (in English) (B. Britten). Patrick Summers, cond, with Anthony Dean Griffey, Katie Van Kooten and the Houston Grand Opera Ensemble. 11/26 TOSCA (G. Puccini). Patrick Summers, cond, with Patricia Racette, Alexey Dolgov and Raymond Aceto and the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Children’s Chorus.
4 pm NPR All Things Considered 5 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon. [Also Sundays at 2 pm]
7 pm Classics All Night Bob Christiansen and Scott Blankenship keep you company Saturday night and into Sunday morning. NPR News Headlines at 7:01 and 10:01.
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.
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101.1 and 90.9 HD2
weekdays
saturdays
6-9 am Classical Music
7-9 am Classical Music
9 am-noon Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo
9-11 am Classics by Request
Join Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!
Noon-1 pm Live and Local with Kevin Kelly Kevin’s get-together features music and a daily serving of news about, and interviews with, area musicmakers, plus a calendar of regional music events.
1 pm - overnight Classical Music/Friday: Prairie Performances 7-9 pm
John Frayne plays requests at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at classreq@illinois.edu or 217-265-5084.
11 am-Noon Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. See page 5 for listings.
Noon-overnight Classical Music
sundays all day Classical Music
Hunger Symposium to air on Thanksgiving Eastern Illinois Foodbank director Jim Hires speaks at the symposium
Tune in to WILL-AM 580 at 2 pm Thursday, Nov. 24 (repeated 10 am Friday, Nov. 25), to hear an hourlong broadcast of highlights from the symposium. You can also listen to the entire symposium online at willconnect.org. With more than 15 percent of people in the 14-county region served by the Eastern Illinois Foodbank classified as “food insecure,” or unlikely to get enough food on a regular basis, hunger is a significant problem in central Illinois. Connecting hungry people with the services they need is crucial, says University of Illinois professor of agricultural and consumer economics Craig Gunderson, who spoke at the 5th Annual Hunger Symposium in Champaign on Sept. 26. He was joined by others working to address the issue of hunger, including Melissa Cundari, program specialist with the SNAP Policy Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Tracy Smith, state director of Feeding Illinois; and Jason Wetzel, director of government relations for Walmart.
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The need for resources to educate and mobilize those at risk is substantial and growing, speakers told the audience. In central Illinois, federal programs, non-profits and food pantries, faith-based groups and businesses are all working to help people who don’t have enough to eat. In related programming, nutritionist Susan Kundrat will talk about nutrition on a budget during WILL-AM’s Focus at 10 am Wednesday, Nov. 9. Check will.illinois.edu for updates on other hunger-themed radio programming this month. See page 1 and the inside front cover for more information about Illinois Public Media’s ongoing hunger initiatives.
FM 90.9 HD3
AM 580 Listener Comments: 217-333-0853 / willamfm@illinois.edu
Saturday
Sunday
5:00
BBC Overnight Continued
City Club Forum
6:00
Commodity Week
Inside Europe
6:30
Mid-American Gardener
Monday–Friday NPR Morning Edition with Jim Meadows
7:00
NPR Weekend Edition
BBC World Briefing
9:00
Car Talk
Focus with David Inge NPR News 10:01/11:01
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
The Closing Market Report
2:00
The Midnight Special
The Tavis Smiley Show
10:00 Special – Breaking Down Disability Barriers (see page 6) 11/24; also 11 am 11/25
NPR Weekend Edition
10:00 Special – Hunger Symposium, 11/25
2:00 Special – Hunger Symposium,11/24
NPR News 2:01 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
Examining Education
This American Life To the Best of Our Knowledge
Wait Wait ...
Nov. 26: Commonwealth Club
Fresh Air
7:00
Living on Earth
BBC World Service
8:00
Latino USA
8:30
Left, Right & Center
9:00
Alternative Radio
New Dimensions
10:00
Bookworm
Le Show
10:30
New Letters on the Air
11:005 am
BBC World Service
On Point BBC World Service
BBC World Service
Bold Listing = National/International News
10:07 am
11/2 Cooking 11/8 Lawn & Garden Care 11/9 Nutrition 11/18 Personal Finance 11/21 Home Care
11:07
Focus monthly guests
11/3 Computers 11/4 Dog Care 11/11 From the Archives 11/14 Family Medicine 11/24 From the Archives 11/28 Women's Health
Weather Monday-Friday Weather Forecast: 5:33, 6:33, 7:33, 8:33 am; 12:35, 4:33, 5:33 pm Saturday and Sunday Occasional updates
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 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. PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2011 7
12.3
WILL-TV Cooking
(midnight-2 am; 6-8 am; noon-2 pm; 6-8 pm) Sun and Wed: America’s Test Kitchen; Lidia’s Italy; Chef John Besh’s New Orleans; Nick Stellino Cooking with Friends Mon and Fri: Simply Ming; Lidia’s Italy; Ciao Italia; Primal Grill/New Scandinavian Cooking (begins 11/4) Tue and Thur: Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food; Food Trip with Todd English; Kimchi Chronicles; Taste This!
Arts and Crafts
(5-6 am; 11-noon; 5-6 pm; 11-midnight) Sun and Wed: Knit & Crochet Today; Gary Spetz’s Painting Wild Places with Watercolor Mon and Fri: Martha’s Sewing Room/Sewing with Nancy (begins 11/14); Grand View Tue and Thu: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting; Best of the Joy of Painting
Saturday Marathons in November
Travel
(2-3 am; 8-9 am; 2-3 pm; 8-9 pm) Sun and Wed: Rick Steves’ Europe; Wild Photo Adventures Mon and Fri: Rick Steves’ Europe; Rudy Maxa’s World Tue and Thu: Globetrekker; Globetrekker
Gardening/Home Improvement
(3-5 am; 9-11 am; 3-5 pm; 9-11 pm) Mon and Fri: Garden Smart/Garden Home (F); This Old House; Hometime/Rough Cut with Tommy Mac (begins 11/11); B Organic Tue and Thu: Victory Garden; Woodwright’s Shop; American Woodshop; Growing Bolder/Glass with Vicki Payne (begins 11/8) Wed and Sun: Mid-American Gardener; Ask This Old House; For Your Home; Katie Brown Workshop
Primetime Schedule Monday-Friday
9:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Journal
Mondays
7:00 Making Sense of Place: Cleveland (11/7); Nature 8:00 Nature 11:00 Making Sense of Place: Phoenix (11/7); Nature (11/14, 11/28); Ferrets: Pursuit of Excellence (11/21)
Tuesdays
7:00 America in Primetime; Choctaw Code Talkers (11/29) 8:00 History Detectives 11:00 Pioneers of Television; Tears of the Navajo (11/29)
Wednesdays
7:00 Independent Lens (11/2, 11/9, 11/23, 11/30) 8:00 Frontline 11:00 Video Letters from Prison (11/2); Independent Lens (11/9); New Environmentalists (11/16); Smokin’ Fish (11/23); Adam Fortunate Eagle (11/30) 11:30 POV (11/16)
Thursdays
7:00 NOVA: Fabric of the Cosmos 8:00 Secrets of the Dead 11:00 NOVA (11/3, 11/10, 11/17); Secrets of the Dead (11/24)
A six-hour block of themed programming November 5: Rise and Shine Start your day with creative crepes, perfect pancakes and excellent eggs. November 12: Down Under Explore Australia’s unique places, cultures, foods and wines with the Create experts! November 19: Turkey Time Juicy turkey, flavorful side dishes and decorative touches for your table. November 26: Take the Cake Bake up extraordinary confections and create designs for special occasions. See the full Create schedule at will.illinois.edu
12.2 Fridays
7:00 Global Voices (11/4) 7:30 American Experience: We Shall Remain (11/18, 11/25) 8:00 Women, War & Peace (11/4, 11/11) 11:00 Global Voices (11/4); Untold Stories: Mina Miller Edison (11/11); American Experience: We Shall Remain (11/18, 11/25) 11:30 Independent Lens (11/11)
Saturdays
7:00 Washington Week 7:30 McLaughlin Group 8:00 Need to Know 8:30 Inside Washington; Illinois Lawmakers (11/12) 9:00 American Experience: America, Whaling & the World (11/5); Angle of Attack, Part 1 (11/12); Nazi Hunt: Elusive Justice (11/19); Aleut Story (11/26) 10:00 Angle of Attack, Part 2 (11/12) 10:30 Unconquered Seminoles (11/26) 11:00 Pioneers of Television
Sundays
7:00 Global Voices 8:00 Adama (11/6); Global Voices 9:00 Global Voices 10:00 Video Letters from Prison (11/6); Summer Sun, Winter Moon (11/13); Smokin’ Fish (11/27) 10:30 Yellowstone and Glacier Through Native Eyes (11/20) 11:00 Global Voices See the full World schedule at will.illinois.edu
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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) Clifford Wild Kratts Curious George/Curious George Movie Marathon 7-11, 11/23 The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Sesame Street
5:30
Angelina Ballerina
Destinos
6:00 6:30 7:00
Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY!
Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY!
7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
Dinosaur Train Thomas & Friends Bob the Builder Sid the Science Kid A Place of Our Own Growing a Greener World P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table
Dinosaur Train Cyberchase Fetch! Electric Company Word Girl Biz Kid$ Motorweek
Sid the Science Kid WordWorld
America’s Heartland
The Cat in the Hat
11:00 Mid-American Gardener 11:30 Victory Garden Noon America’s Test Kitchen
A Place of Our Own
12:30 Cook's Country
eligion + Ethics R Newsweekly
Sewing Programs
1:00
Essential Pepin
1:30
Chef John Besh’s New Orleans
2:00 2:30
Cuisine Culture
3:00 3:30 4:00
Ebert Presents at the Movies
Electric Company/ Fetch! (F)
4:30
This Old House Hour
BBC World News
5:00
Super Why! Barney & Friends
▲ ▲
How To Programs
▲
Painting and How To Programs
Martha Speaks Arthur WordGirl Wild Kratts Design Squad Nation (F)
Nightly Business Report PBS NewsHour
5:30 6:00
Kimchi Chronicles Heartland Highways Hometime
Market to Market The McLaughlin Group
Specials 11/6 1:00, America’s Veterans: A Musical Tribute 2:00, For Those Who Follow 3:00, National Veterans Creative Arts Festival 4:00, Agatha Christie’s Poirot 11/13 1:00, Marching Once More 2:00, Vietnam War Stories 3:00, Street Vets 4:00, Agatha Christie’s Poirot 11/20 1:00, Smokin’ Fish 2:00, Apache 8 3:00, The Struggle for North America 4:00, Agatha Christie’s Poirot 11/27 1:00, Easy Yoga for Arthritis 2:00, Trial & Heirs: Protect Your Family 3:30, Suze Orman’s Money Class
Hustle Rick Steves’ Europe Lawrence Welk
Doctor Who
Daytime schedules and programs will vary during the pledge drive Nov. 26-30. Please see listings.
1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: Quilting Arts Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: It’s Sew Easy/ Knitting Daily (begins 11/18)
1:30 pm Painting and How To M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Paint This with Jerry Yarnell W: Painting with Paulson Th: Around the House F: Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer
2:00 pm How To M: The Piano Guy/ Rough Cut (begins 11/14) Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: Scrapbook Soup/For Your Home (begins 11/10) F: Woodsmith Shop
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november tv features
Strumming American music PBS Arts Festival from the Blue Ridge Mountains: Give Me the Banjo (8 pm Friday, Nov. 4) traces the history of the banjo, beginning with its arrival in the United States from Africa to the 21st century, and explores the roots of American music—the minstrel show, ragtime and early jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass and country. Narrated by actor, comedian and musician Steve Martin, the show features performances and commentary from Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, Taj Mahal, Béla Fleck and the Carolina Chocolate Drops, as well as from leading music historians, instrument builders and collectors.
New season of Nature premieres
Masterpiece Contemporary offers spy thriller An aging spy stumbles on an international scandal that could bring down the British government, but it might bring down his own career first. Bill Nighy (Love Actually) headlines Page Eight, written and directed by Sir David Hare, and the cast includes Michael Gambon (Harry Potter), Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener). It airs at 8 pm Sunday, Nov. 6.
t Jeff Palmer and his turkeys take a walk in central Florida in My Life as a Turkey.
The Animal House (7 pm Wednesday, Nov. 2), the first of this season’s new episodes, is a global look at the homes of wildlife, from master builders like termites and beavers, to master decorators like the bowerbird. In Jungle Eagles (Nov. 9), wildlife filmmaker Fergus Beeley and his team capture rare video of the world’s most powerful raptors as they follow a family of monkey-eating harpy eagles in Venezuela’s Orinoco River jungle. Then on Nov. 16, My Life as a Turkey is based on naturalist Joe Hutto’s book, Illumination in the Flatlands, chronicling his experience of imprinting wild turkey eggs and raising the hatchlings to adulthood in the wilds of Florida.
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Honoring current day veterans Where Soldiers Come From chronicles the transformation of two young men from restless high school graduates to National Guard soldiers looking for roadside bombs to 23-year-old combat veterans trying to start their lives again. This new film from POV offers an intimate look at the young Americans who fight our wars and the families and towns they come from, as well as the way one faraway conflict changes everything. It airs at 10:30 pm Friday, Nov. 11.
Woody Allen on American Masters
With unprecedented access to the notoriously private film legend, Emmy Award-winner Robert Weide delves into Woody Allen’s life and creative process, from his childhood and early career to his most recent film, Midnight in Paris. The new, two-part documentary (8 pm Sunday and Monday, Nov. 20 and 21) features insightful interviews with the actors, writing collaborators, cinematographers, friends and family members closest to Allen.
Let’s get cooking! Fannie’s Last Supper (9 pm Sunday, Nov. 13) reveals the origins of American cooking and explores how the culinary expert Fannie Farmer sowed the seeds of the modern food revolution. Plus, the America’s Test Kitchen team recreates a 12-course feast straight from the pages of Fannie Farmer’s 1896 best-seller, Boston Cooking School Cookbook, which is then judged by a dozen food and media mavens. PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2011 11
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1Tuesday 7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) The World’s Biggest Bomb. American and Soviet scientists pushed technology far into unknown territory in a race to build and detonate bombs of epic proportions. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; 4 am Thursday; and 4 am Monday. 8:00 Frontline TBA 9:00 Women, War & Peace (TV-14) (DVS) The War We Are Living. Defying paramilitary death threats, two Afro-Colombian women organize a network of female leaders to hold onto the land that has sustained their community for centuries. Repeated 3 am Friday; and 3 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
2Wednesday
7:00 Nature The Animal House. See article page 10. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 2 am Friday. 8:00 NOVA The Fabric of the Cosmos - What Is Space? Part 1 of 4. See article page 2. Repeated 1 am Thursday.
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9:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) The Elegant Universe: Einstein’s Dream. Part 1 of 3. Physicist Brian Greene explains string theory, the revolutionary new approach to unifying nature’s forces of general relativity and quantum mechanics. Repeated 2 am Thursday; and 4 am Friday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
3Thursday
7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 This Old House (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle (TV-14) Conning The Artists. As the crew celebrates at Eddie’s bar, a man who claims they have dishonored his family has come to seek revenge. 9:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot (TV-PG) The King of Clubs. Poirot is asked to clear a young film star of murder after the movie studio’s owner is found dead. Repeated 4 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
4Friday
7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See left. 8:00 PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Mountains: Give Me The Banjo (TV-G) See article page 10. Repeated 1 am Saturday; and 2 am Monday. 10:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) (DVS) Deaf Jam. A group of New York City deaf teens discover American Sign Language poetry—eventually stepping into the world of the youth poetry slams with their hearing peers. Repeated 2 am Sunday. 11:00 Charlie Rose
5Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Unique Antiques. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.
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8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Miranda Lambert/Jeff Bridges.
6Sunday
7:00 America In Primetime (TV-PG) Man of the House. Showcasing the man’s role as king of his castle in classic family sitcoms as well as a more intricate, conflicted figure in modern shows. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Contemporary (TV-PG) Page Eight. See article page 10. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday. 10:00 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-PG) 10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) Great Natural Wonders. 11:30 Roadtrip Nation (TV-G)
7Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Junk in the Trunk. Repeated 3 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Naughty or Nice. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; and 4 am Wednesday. 9:00 Looking for Lincoln (TV-PG) (DVS) Part 1 of 2. Historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Henry Louis Gates Jr. contribute to this exploration of how Abraham Lincoln was transformed into a legend. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 2 am Wednesday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
8Tuesday
7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) (DVS) Japanese Supersub. The story of Japan’s creation of an aircraft carrier sub that could reach the U.S. mainland undetected, and how
America destroyed this advanced weapons system in 1946. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Frontline TBA 9:00 Women, War & Peace (TV-14) (DVS) War Redefined. A look at women as emerging partners in brokering peace, this film includes conversations with Hillary Clinton, Condoleeza Rice and Madeline Albright; Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee; Bosnian war crimes investigator Fadila Memisevic; and many others. Repeated 3 am Saturday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
9Wednesday
7:00 Nature Jungle Eagles. See article page 10. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 4 am Friday. 8:00 NOVA The Fabric of the Cosmos. The Illusion of Time. Part 2 of 4. See article page 2. Repeated 1 am Thursday. 9:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) The Elegant Universe: The String’s the Thing. Part 2 of 3. Physicist Brian Greene describes the steps that led from a forgotten mathematical formula to the strands of energy whose different vibrations give rise to quarks, electrons, photons and all other elementary particles. Repeated 2 am Thursday; and 1 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
10Thursday
7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 This Old House (TV-G)
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WILL-TV 8:00 Hustle (TV-14) Big Daddy Calling. Mafia boss Johnny Maranzano has beaten up Albert, so to settle the score the gang decides to pick the apple of Johnny’s eye—the Big Daddy fruit machine and its $5 million dollar jackpot. 9:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot (TV-PG) The Dream. Wealthy pork pie manufacturer Benedict Farley experiences a recurring dream in which he commits suicide. When Farley is found dead with a gun in his hand, Poirot is convinced that foul play is afoot. Repeated 4 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
11Friday
7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12. 8:00 PBS Arts from Chicago: American Masters Bill T. Jones—A Good Man (TV-PG) Follow socially conscious choreographer Jones, winner of two Tony Awards and a MacArthur “genius” grant, as he pulls together a full-evening dance event inspired by the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Repeated 1 am Saturday; and 3 am Monday. 10:00 Illinois Lawmakers Legislative Veto Session. 10:30 POV (TV-PG) Where Soldiers Come From. See article page 11. Repeated 3 am Sunday. 12:00 Charlie Rose
12Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Junk in the Trunk. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Randy Newman.
13Sunday 7:00 America In Primetime (TV-14) The Misfit. See article page 17. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Contemporary (TV-PG) The Song of Lunch. Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson star in a dramatization of Christopher Reid’s narrative poem, telling the story of a book editor who meets his former love for a nostalgic lunch. Repeated 12:30 am Monday; and 1 am Tuesday. 9:00 Fannie’s Last Supper (TV-PG) See article page 11. 10:00 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-PG) 10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) Egypt. 11:30 Roadtrip Nation (TV-G)
14Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Tasty Treasures. Repeated 4 am Friday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Simply The Best.
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9:00 Looking for Lincoln (TV-PG) (DVS) Part 2 of 2. Historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Henry Louis Gates Jr. contribute to this exploration of how Abraham Lincoln was transformed into a legend. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 3 am Thursday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
15Tuesday
7:00 Growing Hope Against Hunger (TV-G) (DVS) See article page 1. 8:00 Growing Hope Against Hunger: An Illinois Response (TV-G) See article page 1. 9:00 Nazi Hunt: Elusive Justice (TV-14) See article page 17. Repeated midnight Wednesday; and 2 am Friday. 11:00 Charlie Rose
16Wednesday
7:00 Nature My Life As A Turkey. See article page 10. Repeated midnight Thursday. 8:00 NOVA The Fabric of the Cosmos. Quantum Leap. Part 3 of 4. See article page 2. Repeated 1 am Thursday. 9:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) The Elegant Universe: Welcome to the 11th Dimension. Part 3 of 3. A look at how Edward Witten of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study and others revolutionized string theory by successfully uniting the five different versions into a single theory. Repeated 2 am Thursday; and 1 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
17Thursday
7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 This Old House (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle (TV-14) As One Flew Out, One Flew In. With Mickey heading to Australia to help pull off a major con, Danny takes the lead on a plan to sell the Hollywood sign to a Texas movie memorabilia fanatic. 9:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot (TV-PG) The Adventure of the Clapham Cook. Mrs. Ernestine Todd asks Poirot to help her find her cook, Eliza, who has vanished without a trace. Repeated 4 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
18Friday
7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12. 8:00 PBS Arts from Cleveland: Women Who Rock (TV-PG) With live performance footage and interviews, this film reveals the role of female perform-
WILL-TV ers, including trailblazers like Bessie Smith and Mahalia Jackson, as well as contemporary stars Darlene Love, Bonnie Raitt, Cyndi Lauper and many others. Repeated 1 am Saturday; and 2 am Monday. 9:30 Independent Lens (TV-PG) (DVS) We Still Live Here—As Nutayunean. See article page 19. Repeated 2 am Sunday. 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
19Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Tasty Treasures. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Americana Music Festival 2011.
20Sunday 7:00 America In Primetime (TV-14) The Crusader. See article page 17. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) Woody Allen. Part 1 of 2. See article page 11. Repeated midnight Monday; and midnight Tuesday. 10:00 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-PG) 10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) New Zealand. 11:30 Roadtrip Nation (TV-G)
21Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Atlantic City, N.J. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday. 8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) Woody Allen. Part 2 of 2. See article page 11. Repeated 2 am Tuesday; and 2 am Wednesday. 9:30 You Don’t Know Jack Soo (TV-G) A look at the career of the first Asian American in the lead role of a regular television series, who laid the groundwork for a new generation of Asian American actors and comedians. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
22Tuesday
7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) (DVS) Deadliest Battle. Seventy years after the Battle of Stalingrad, newly uncovered documents, survivor accounts and stunning archival footage reveal a very different picture of this World War II fight. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 2 am Friday. 8:00 Frontline TBA 9:00 How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? (TV-G) David Attenborough talks with ecologists, demographers, farmers, engineers and family planning clinicians about how scarce resources are affecting people around the world. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine
10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
23Wednesday
7:00 In Performance at the White House Some of country music’s legends as well as contemporary artists perform at the White House in this new PBS special.Repeated midnight Thursday; and 3 am Friday. 8:00 NOVA The Fabric of the Cosmos. Universe Or Multiverse? Part 4 of 4. See article page 2. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 4 am Friday. 9:00 400 Years of the Telescope (TV-G) (DVS) The world’s leading astronomers, cosmologists and observatories offer a survey of possible astronomical discoveries waiting to be revealed. Repeated 4 am Monday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
24Thursday
7:00 Mid-American Gardner (TV-G) 7:30 This Old House (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle (TV-14) Signing Up to Wealth. Danny is convinced the team needs a new grifter and begins interviews, but the candidates aren’t quite what the rest of the team are expecting. 9:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot (TV-PG) Murder in the Mews. Chief Inspector Japp turns to Poirot for assistance with his investigation into the apparent suicide of a beautiful young woman. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
25Friday
7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12. 8:00 PBS Arts from Los Angeles: Il Postino from LA Opera (TV-G) Acclaimed Mexican composer Daniel Catan adapted the 1994 film Il Postino as an opera, premiered by LA Opera in October 2010 and starring Placido Domingo and Charles Castronovo. Repeated 1 am Saturday; and 1:30 am Monday. 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
26Saturday am 10:00 11:30 pm 1:00 3:00 5:00 7:00
Sewing With Nancy: Sewing A to Z Bob Ross: The Happy Painter Rick Steves’ European Christmas Gospel Music of the Statler Brothers Lawrence Welk’s Big Band Splash Lennon Sisters: Same Song, Separate Voices Based on the sisters’ 1985 autobiography, highlights from their more than half century in show business. PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2011 15
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8:30 Behind the Britcom: From Script to Screen (TV-G) Discover how the writers, directors and actors of your favorite British comedies create the shows you enjoy. 10:30 Great Performances Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival. Performances by Robert Cray, Sheryl Crow, Jimmie Vaughn, Buddy Guy, ZZ Top and many others from the June 2010 festival in Chicago.
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Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy Trial & Heirs: Protect Your Family Suze Orman’s Money Class Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas Grand Canyon Serenade Stunning views of Redwall Cavern, Crystal Rapid, Havasu Creek, Marble Canyon and more set to world-class music by Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi. Great Performances Jackie Evancho: Dream with Me in Concert. The solo concert debut of the 11-year old with the extraordinary soprano voice, filmed on the grounds of the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla. Simon & Garfunkel: Songs of America Footage of the duo on stage, in the studio and on tour blends with video of key 1960s newsmakers, including Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-PG) Roadtrip Nation (TV-G)
28Monday 1:00 Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
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7:00 Opry Memories Return to country music’s golden era with footage of original performances by Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Loretta Lynn and many others singing their biggest hits. 8:30 Carole King & James Taylor Live at the Troubadour From the live concert special celebrating the 50th anniversary of the famed LA nightclub, the pair perform their most beloved hits. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
29Tuesday
1:00 Sewing With Nancy: Sewing A to Z 7:00 Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert Members of the original 1985 London cast and performers from the Queen’s Theatre production celebrate the world’s longest-running musical. 11:00 Charlie Rose
30Wednesday
1:00 Trial & Heirs: Protect Your Family 7:00 Alone in the Wilderness, Part 2 Newly-released footage the the late Dick Proenneke’s account of his 30-year adventure in the remote Alaska wilderness. 8:30 Irish Rovers: Home in Ireland A new program captures the group in interviews and in concert at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? Again! 11:00 Charlie Rose
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misfits and crusaders Examining
Celebrate the unique characters who defied comic stereotypes and societal expectations to reflect America’s diverse personalities when America in Primetime looks at The Misfit (7 pm Sunday, Nov. 13), featuring shows such as The Office, Seinfeld, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm and many others. Then at 7 pm Sunday, Nov. 20, delve into the increasingly gray area between right and wrong as television heroes confront internal demons while seeking their own forms of justice. The Crusader includes interviews with Alan Alda (M*A*S*H); Chris Carter and Gillian Anderson (The X-Files); Bob Cochran and Joel Surnow (24); Hugh Laurie (House); and Michael K. Williams (The Wire).
s Counterclockwise from above: Alec Baldwin, Larry David and Michael K. Williams.
Seeking and finding justice
s Vladas Zajanckauskas (95) is an alleged Nazi war criminal.
Candice Bergen narrates Nazi Hunt: Elusive Justice, a new documentary that explores the 65-year effort to identify, prosecute and punish the 20th century’s most notorious murderers. In the face of apathy, obstruction and violence, the men and women who pursued Nazi fugitives brought a measure of dignity to the victims of the Holocaust while reminding the international community that enemies of humanity must be prosecuted and punished—if humanity is to survive. The program airs at 9 pm Tuesday, Nov. 15. PATTERNS • NOVEMBER 2011 17
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s L-R, Front Row: Williamson, Munday, Mervis, Kaler, Friedman; Second Row: Sieben, Ray, De La Rosa, Shenk, Dougherty, Penwell; Back Row: Richards, Rugg, Merritt, Swires, Lewis, Gray, Swinford.
Benefiting from a group’s good advice We salute our 2011-2012 Community Advisory Committee members for their help in gathering information about community issues and needs, helping heighten community awareness of Illinois Public Media, the WILL stations and their services, advocating for broad-based support of WILL and identifying and encouraging new sources of funding for specific projects. Members are listed below. Some of them share personal comments about why they support public broadcasting: Phyllis K. Dougherty, chair, Danville Allan Penwell, vice-chair, Champaign Kathy Munday, secretary, St. Joseph Masterpiece Mystery!, BritComs and children’s programs
Maxine Kaler, Champaign Education and entertainment for so many people Joe Lewis, Champaign The variety of information and entertainment Jan Mandernach, Decatur Geoff Merritt, Urbana Sybil Mervis, Danville Classical music on WILL-FM ; I think it might even spur me to cook better! Gregory Ray, Mattoon George Richards, Danville Insight and knowledge from David Inge and his guests on Focus Steve Rugg, Urbana
John & Susan Adams, Atlanta
Barbara Shenk, Urbana Arts, information and humor; an oasis of level-headed discourse
Constance Locher Bussard, Springfield
Chad Sieben, Champaign
Belinda De La Rosa, Urbana Public radio and TV feeds my mind
Patti Swinford, Decatur Always informative, creative and entertaining
Joan Friedman, Urbana My daily fix of NPR news, analysis and entertainment wherever I am
Bob Swires, Danville
Bert Gray, Decatur
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Maggie Unsworth, Urbana I turn on NPR first thing every morning! Lori Williamson, Champaign
November Community Cinema:
We Still Live Here (Âs Nutayuneân) This month’s featured film chronicles the recent cultural and linguistic revival of southeastern Massachusetts’ Wampanoag tribe—whose ancestors ensured the survival of the Pilgrims, but lived to regret it. The story begins in 1994 with Jessie Little Doe, a Wampanoag social worker who had recurring visions and dreams in which people from another time addressed her in an incomprehensible language. Initially perplexed, Jessie soon realized the people were speaking Wampanoag, a language which hadn’t been used in more than a century.
A free screening of the film and a discussion of issues it raises will be held at 6 pm Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Robeson Rooms A & B of the Champaign Public Library (200 W. Green St.), Illinois Public Media’s partner for the 10-film Community Cinema series. The film will be shown with closed captions for the hearing impaired and an English sign language interpreter will sign the discussion. We Still Live Here (Âs Nutayuneân) airs on WILL-TV at 9:30 pm Friday, Nov. 18, as part of the Independent Lens series.
The discovery sent Jessie and members of her community on an unprecedented odyssey that would lead her to a linguistics research fellowship at MIT and to a huge trove of documents written in her ancestors’ language, including deeds, contracts and an entire translation of the King James Bible, published at Harvard in 1663. Together with her MIT colleagues and the Wampanoag community, Jessie brought an American Indian language back to life after many generations without native speakers.
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Local actors star in fundraiser for Book Mentor Project but magical, or brief but revealing, stories found in many children’s books,” he said. Local musicians will provide vocal, piano or guitar accompaniment for several selections. Among the featured performers are longtime Station Theatre regulars Hoffsommer, Barbara Evans and Gary Ambler; Parkland College Theatre veterans Dallas Street and J.W. Morrissette; and Christine Sevec Johnson, Cara Maurizi, Kent Conrad and Ann Marie Morrissette. “This is a unique opportunity that’s not being done anywhere else. If you love theater or children’s literature, s Book mentors Genevieve Hendricks and Penn Nelson with this is an event you can’t miss,” said children at Champaign Early Childhood Center. Molly Delaney, educational outreach A fundraising event for Illinois Public director for Illinois Public Media, which Media’s Book Mentor Project, featuring includes the WILL television and radio actors from The Station Theatre, Parkland stations. College Theatre and the University of The Book Mentor Project, which provides Illinois Department of Theatre, will bring books to low-income families, serves to life children’s books in a concert-style nearly 720 families in Champaign County, performance Thursday, Nov. 10. Words in has 60 trained teachers and 100 trained the Wind will take place at Faith United volunteers in 44 classrooms this year, Methodist Church, 1719 S. Prospect Ave., and distributes more than 4,300 books Champaign, at 7:30 pm. A recommended to families in Champaign County Head donation of $10 per person will be taken at Start and the Champaign County Early the door. Childhood Program. To learn more about The event, similar to successful benefit the Book Mentor Project, visit bit.ly/ performances the past two years, is being bookmentor. organized by Tom Mitchell, associate For more information about the event, professor of theater, and Parkland Theatre contact Tom Mitchell at tomitche@illinois. instructor Joi Hoffsommer. More music edu or Molly Delaney at delaney1@illinois. and more stories are included this year, edu. Mitchell said. “I’m drawn to the brief
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Moving people with disabilities toward equality Throughout history, when people have faced barriers to achievement, those barriers always have a breaking point, says Kevin Fritz, who graduated last May from the University of Illinois. “It just takes the right people and the right fights and the consistency to break them down,” he said. Fritz is one of the people with disabilities interviewed for a new radio documentary by Urbana University Laboratory High School students. It looks at the days when disabled students were new on the U of I campus, and how the U of I helped shape the way the nation thought about disability. Airing on WILL-AM at 10 am on Thanksgiving Day (repeated at 11 am Friday, Nov. 25), it also looks at the university’s Beckwith program, a comprehensive assistance model that allows students with severe disabilities to live on campus while attending college. Breaking Down Disability Barriers: The Journey Toward Equality at the U of I was directed by Dave Dickey of Illinois Public Media and Uni High teacher Janet Morford. Producers were Katherine Floess and Sheela Gogula. Interviews were conducted by Uni students from the classes of 2011 and 2015.
s Surya Lombela, Uni class of 2013, works on the radio documentary. Producer Katherine Floess (class of 2011) is in the background.
Examining Education looks at technology, reading, teacher education Three new episodes of WILL-AM 580’s series Examining Education will air in November at 6 pm Saturdays. Host Elizabeth Goldsmith-Conley calls on nationally known experts to discuss the issues. Her topics and guests include: Nov. 5: Technology in the Classroom: The Nitty Gritty; Nov. 12: Reading: How Should It Be Taught?; Nov. 19: Teacher Education: What’s the Best Way to Prepare Effective Teachers?
A stronger WILL-AM tower and signal Thanks for staying with us as we made crucial improvements to the WILL-AM tower in September and October. This work not only helped stabilize the tower with new guy wires, but also replaced deteriorated material that was affecting AM’s signal strength.
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