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october 2010 Volume XXXVIII, Number 4 Working to reach you By Kate Dobrovolny, Station Manager
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Storms can interrupt service on AM 580 for two reasons: lightning near the antenna, which causes the transmitter to shut down to protect itself, and power outages. This fall we are starting major repairs to the AM tower, and we will also be moving electrical lines from overhead to underground. These efforts will help solve, but not completely eliminate, storm-related problems. Because of AM’s limited coverage area to the west of Champaign-Urbana and a requirement that it reduce power at night, many potential listeners can’t receive the AM signal. The costs involved with building a new translator or tower are prohibitive, which is one reason we elected to carry the signature NPR news programs on WILLFM. AM 580 programs are also streamed and archived online. Digital radio and television signals have caused reception problems for some. (A different type or different position of antenna can often help. Give us a call or visit us online for details.) Digital radio doesn’t penetrate metropolitan areas very well. The FCC has given us permission to increase the strength of our digital radio signal by 60 percent. We are waiting for software to be manufactured to accomplish this signal power increase, which we estimate will cost about $10,000. We have applied to the FCC for a power increase for our digital TV signal, but another broadcaster has objected. The FCC will review our request and make a decision. Although the power increase is our first choice, another solution could be to build a UHF translator in Champaign-Urbana, which would also help people in Danville receive the signal. The translator would cost about $100,000. Offering you a reliable service is a top priority, and we will continue to seek the best solutions for reception problems.
Sizing up state election candidates
As Patterns went to press, details were still being worked out for a possible gubernatorial debate at 8 pm Thursday, Oct. 14, and a possible U.S. Senate debate at 8 pm Thursday, Oct. 21. Both would take place at WSIU-TV Carbondale and air live on WILL-TV and WILL-AM.
New Nature episodes look at smart species
Photo: Courtesy of Mike Birkhead Associates
Researcher Cynthia Moss and her Maasai colleagues at the Amboseli Trust for Elephants in Kenya first began following an elephant they named Echo (for the resounding beeps from her radio transmitter collar) in 1973. By the time Sir David Attenborough filmed his first documentary about Echo in 1990, the gentle animal had become the matriarch of the E Herd. In fact, much of what scientists now know about elephants was learned from Echo, who died of natural causes last fall at the age of 65. Through daily observations, Moss and her team documented Echo’s leadership in guiding her growing family through feast and famine. Nature looks back at this amazing animal through film footage and interviews with
the researchers who cared for and studied Echo and her herd in Echo: An Elephant to Remember at 7 pm Sunday, Oct. 17, on WILL-TV. Then the following week, Nature: A Murder of Crows (7 pm Oct. 24) explores new research showing that crows—despite their bad reputations—are among the most intelligent animals in the world. Recent findings on crows include their ability to use tools as only elephants and chimpanzees do, to recognize each other’s voices and 250 distinct calls, as well as to recognize individual humans and to select them from a crowd up to two years later.
Photo: ©Flip Schulke/CORBIS
WILL and Illinois Public Radio reporters will seek out the stances of the candidates
in key races and bring them to you in indepth reports as well as on our special election website to debut at will.illinois.edu this month. Our goal is to concentrate less on the petty politics of campaign season and focus more on how those candidates would forge policy in Washington and Springfield.
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As Illinois heads toward a pivotal election on Nov. 2, Illinois Public Media will bring you the views of the candidates running for statewide, Congressional and legislative offices. The state’s budget American predicament forms Experience the backdrop for the battle for the governor’s as well as follows pathsmansion to key state House and Senate seats in central MLK’s murder Illinois, and the state’s voters will also help guide the future makeup of Congress with a heated battle for an open Senate seat.
The story of one Champaign mother’s challenge to religious education in public schools
Vashti McCollum was called “that awful woman” by her neighbors and “that atheist mother” by newspapers across the country. Her friends stopped returning phone calls rather than risk speaking with her. All because, in 1945, the young Champaign mother filed a historic lawsuit, which she eventually won, that forever changed the relationship between religion and public schools in America. The Lord Is Not on Trial Here Today, a one-hour documentary by Champaign filmmaker Jay Rosenstein, tells the personal story behind her case, one of the most important First Amendment cases in U.S. history, McCollum v. Board of Education. It premieres on television at 7 pm Tuesday, Oct. 12, on WILL-TV. The film recounts what McCollum later described as “three years of headlines, headaches and hatred.”
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The story, narrated by former M*A*S*H TV series star David Ogden Stiers, is told through the first-person recollections of primary participants in the case, particularly McCollum herself, and her sons Jim and Dannel McCollum. Rosenstein conducted two separate in-depth interviews with her before she died in 2006 at age 93. Rosenstein, a University of Illinois associate professor of journalism, said he approached the story as more than a legal saga. “It’s a story of great courage, of one person standing up against popular beliefs and, despite many obstacles, achieving something of great importance,” he said. McCollum filed suit in 1945 after her son Jim suffered abuse, including beatings, from his fifth grade classmates because he was the only student in his class not taking the school’s voluntary Protestant religion class, the same type of course being taken by more than 2 million students nationwide at the time. School officials refused to take action to prevent the abuse. Finally, when Jim came home crying because he had been forced to sit in a desk in the hallway alone while the religion class took place in his classroom, she decided to take action. “I made up my mind,” she remembered with anger 60 years later. “Never again would he be put in the hall.” She sued the school board. After she lost in lower court decisions, she won a resounding 8-1 decision in the U.S. Supreme Court, establishing the foundation for the separation of church and state in public schools. The program will be repeated at 7:30 pm Friday, Oct. 15, followed by a discussion of the documentary hosted by WILL’s David Inge with guests Rosenstein and Dan Mc-
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Religion’s role in our public life How has religious belief shaped American history? What role have religious ideas and spiritual experience played in shaping the social, political and cultural life of what has become the world’s most religiously diverse nation? God in America, a presentation of American Experience and Frontline, will explore the historical role of religion in the public life of the United States. The six-hour series, airing at 8 pm MondayWednesday, Oct. 11-13, interweaves documentary footage, historical dramatization and interviews with religious historians. God in America examines the complex interaction between religion and democracy, the origins of the American concept of religious liberty and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation’s courts and political arena. The series considers the role religious ideas and institutions have played
in social reform movements from abolition to civil rights, examines the impact of religious faith on conflicts from the American Revolution to the Cold War and tells how guarantees of religious freedom created a competitive American religious marketplace. It also explores the intersection of political struggle and spiritual experience in the lives of key American historical figures including Franciscan Friars, Pueblo leader Po’pay, Puritan leader John Winthrop, dissident Anne Hutchinson, Catholic Bishop John Hughes, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, reform Rabbi Isaac Meyer Wise, Scopes trial combatants William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, evangelist Billy Graham, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Moral Majority’s Jerry Falwell.
Photo: Courtesy of Julie Cresswell © WGBH
Collum. WILL-TV is the sponsoring station for the documentary, which will air on PBS stations around the country in March 2011. The documentary has been nominated for three Emmy Awards from the Mid America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences: historical documentary, musical composition and writing. Major funding for the documentary was provided by the Independent Television Service, the U of I Urbana Office of the Chancellor, and the Illinois Humanities Council. WILL-AM’s Focus at 11:06 Wednesday, Oct. 6, will look at the constitutional issue of separation of church and state with guest Steven Shiffrin of Cornell Law School.
Opera Gala is October 23 In opera as in life, sometimes two people click and sometimes they don’t. Among opera singers, it’s not just the beauty of the voices, but also how the two personalities play off one another. During this year’s Opera Gala (1 pm Oct. 23) on WILL-FM 90.9, John Frayne and Roger Cooper look at some of the great duos of the past (Bjorling and Merrill) as well as some recent pairs (Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon) of singers who have attained that special accolade of creating an effect greater than its parts. Call in during Two’s Company: Your Favorite Opera Duo with your favorite pairs of singers and join the Gala fun. You may even win one of our special giveaways! PATTERNS • OCTOBER 2010 3
weekdays WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 106.5 in Danville
6 am NPR Morning Edition with Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep and Jim Meadows
9 am Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo Join Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!
Noon Live and Local with Kevin Kelly
s Emanuel Ax (7 pm 10/12)
Kevin’s get-together features music and a daily serving of news about, and interviews with, area musicmakers, plus a calendar of regional music events.
1 pm Afternoon Classics Julie Amacher, Lynn Warfel and Mindy Ratner keep you company throughout the afternoon. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac is at 1:01. NPR News Headlines at 3:01.
5 pm NPR All Things Considered with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block and Michele Norris
7 pm The Evening Concert Great orchestras from the great concert halls!
Monday: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 10/4
Manfred Honeck, cond; Yefim Bronfman, piano R.STRAUSS; MOZART; BEETHOVEN 10/11 Andres Cardenes, cond & violin; Igor Kipnis, harpsichord BACH: Brandenburg Concertos 1 – 6 10/18 Manfred Honeck, cond; Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin BEETHOVEN; MOZART; BEETHOVEN 10/25 Manfred Honeck, cond; Mendelssohn Choir BEETHOVEN; MAHLER: 2nd Symphony
Tuesday: 10/5
MAHLER 150th ANNIVERSARY No. 3 Lorin Maazel, cond. MAHLER: 9th Symphony
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
10/12 Sir Mark Elder, cond; Emanuel Ax, piano BERLIOZ; MENDELSSOHN; CHOPIN; WAGNER; 10/19 Trevor Pinnock, Harry Bicket, cond; Paul Gomziakov, cello FAURE; HAYDN; MOZART; RAMEAU 10/26 Ludovic Morlot, cond; Jonathan Biss, piano; Robert Chen, violin DEBUSSY; TCHAIKOVSKY; MOZART
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Wednesday: Cleveland Orchestra 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27
Bertrand de Billy, cond; Jonathan Biss, piano BEETHOVEN; MOZART; DVORAK Ivan Fischer, cond; Richard Goode, piano WEBER; BEETHOVEN; RACHMANINOFF Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond; Ingrid Fliter, piano GLAZUNOV, CHOPIN; PROKOFIEV Mitsuko Uchida, piano, and cond; An all-MOZART program
Thursday: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28
BACH; HAYDN; RAVEL; MENDELSSOHN; JANACEK; DVORAK HAYDN; MENDELSSOHN PIAZZOLLA; MARTINU; BRAHMS BACH; PACHELEBEL; VIVALDI BRITTEN; BRUCKNER; BRAUNFELS DEBUSSY; MENDELSSOHN WEBER; BARTOK
Friday: Prairie Performances
This month, we feature performances from the 2010 Allerton Music Barn event. See page 6 for details.
9 pm Night Music Gillian Martin, Bob Christiansen, Ward Jacobson, Scott Blankenship or John Zech keep you company through the night and into the morning. NPR News Headlines at 9:01.
saturdays & sundays saturdays
sundays
7 am NPR Weekend Edition
7 am NPR Weekend Edition
with Scott Simon
with Liane Hansen
9 am Classics By Request
9 am Sunday Baroque
John Frayne plays requests for two hours at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at classreq@illinois. edu or 217-265-5084. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.
Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.
11 am Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of classical music from the pre-digital recording era. 10/2 The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra 10/9 Prokofiev as Film Composer 10/16 Undiscovered Countries: Mozart’s Serenades 10/23 Major Projects: The Complete Stravinsky 10/30 To Repeat or Not to Repeat…That is the Question?
Noon Afternoon at the Opera This month we present productions from the San Francisco Opera. 10/2 THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT (Donizetti). Andriy Yurkevych, cond, with Dianna Damrau and Juan Diego Florez. 10/9 THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST (Puccini). Nicola Luisotti, cond, with Deborah Voigt and Salvatore Licitra. 10/16 SALOME (R. Strauss). Nicola Luisotti, cond, with Nadja Michael and Greer Grimsley. 10/23 OPERA GALA: Two’s Company. See page 3. 10/30 ARIODANTE (Handel). Patrick Summers, cond, with Susan Graham and Ruth Ann Swenson.
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]
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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Nadja Michael (noon, 10/16)
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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 classical music from the pre-digital recording era. See page 5 for listings.
Noon-overnight Classical Music
sundays all day Classical Music
Oct. 1: Part I: Nathan and Julie Gunn performing selections from their most recent compact disc, “Just Before Sunrise,” including songs and lyrics from artists such as W.H. Auden, Billy Joel, Sting and Jimmy Van Heusen. Part II: Trumpeter Jon Faddis, the artistic director of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, with members of the U of I jazz faculty.
s Julie and Nathan Gunn
Allerton Music Barn Festival on Prairie Performances WILL-FM’s Prairie Performances (7 pm Fridays) during October features music from the 2010 Allerton Music Barn Festival, showcasing world-renowned guest artists and Grammy-winning faculty from the University of Illinois School of Music. “These outstanding Allerton Music Barn Festival concerts are a great way to start our new Prairie Performances season,” host Roger Cooper said. “We’re happy that people who weren’t able to attend the festival can hear the music on WILL-FM.” 6 PATTERNS • OCTOBER 2010
Oct. 8: The Pacifica Quartet and a world premiere, Anima Liberata, for soprano, cello and piano, composed by U of I professor Reynold Tharp, the first work to be commissioned for the festival. The Pacifica Quartet performing Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 5, and Chausson’s Concert. Oct. 15: The Allerton Bach Choir and soloists performing works of Bach with the Allerton Festival Orchestra conducted by U of I music professor Fred Stoltzfus. Performers include vocalists Ollie Watts Davis, Jerold Siena and Desiree Hassler. Violinist Stefan Milenkovich will perform Bach’s Sonata No. 1. Oct. 22: Pianist Ian Hobson performing, for the first time, the complete Iberia, the masterwork by Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz. Oct. 29: U of I faculty playing Mozart’s Grand Partita and Richard Strauss’ Symphony for Wind, with Robert Rumbelow conducting.
FM 90.9 HD3
Saturday
Sunday
5:00
BBC Overnight Continued
City Club Forum
6:00
Commodity Week
Inside Europe
6:30
Illinois Gardener
7:00
NPR Weekend Edition
BBC World Briefing
9:00
Car Talk
Focus with David Inge NPR News 10:01/11:01
10:00
Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me
Says You
11:00
State Week in Review
Car Talk
11:30
Commodity Week
The Afternoon Magazine with Celeste Quinn NPR News 12:01
Noon
Travel with Rick Steves
On the Media
Fresh Air
1:00
This American Life
Media Matters with Bob McChesney
The Closing Market Report NPR News 2:01
2:00
The Midnight Special
The Tavis Smiley Show
BBC Business Daily
2:36
The World
3:00
All Things Considered
4:00
NPR All Things Considered
All Things Considered
5:00
The People’s Pharmacy
Keepin’ the Faith with Steve Shoemaker
6:00
Commonwealth Club
This American Life
Fresh Air
7:00
Living on Earth
BBC World Service
8:00
Latino USA
To the Best of Our Knowledge
8:30
World Vision Report
9:00
Alternative Radio
New Dimensions
10:00
Bookworm
Le Show
10:30
New Letters on the Air
Monday–Friday NPR Morning Edition with Jim Meadows
On Point
BBC World Service Bold Listing = National/International News
10:07 am
10/6 10/12 10/15 10/18
11:07
Focus monthly guests Cooking Lawn & Garden Care Personal Finance Home Care
10/7 Computers 10/11 Family Medicine 10/18 Nutrition
Weather Monday-Friday Weather Forecast: 5:33, 6:33, 7:33, 8:33 am; 12:35, 4:33, 5:33 pm Saturday and Sunday Occasional updates
NPR Weekend Edition
Wait Wait ...
BBC World Service
BBC World Service
AM 580 Listener Comments: 217-333-0853 / willamfm@illinois.edu
Agriculture Dave Dickey, agriculture director; Todd Gleason, host, Closing Market Report & Commodity Week
Pre-Opening Market Report: 8:49 am; Opening Market Report: 9:49 am; Market Update: 10:58 and 11:58 am; Ag and Stock Market Report: 12:55 pm; Settlements: 1:58 pm; Closing Market Report: 2:06 pm. To listen to archived ag reports, sign up for the Illinois Public Media Ag E-newsletter, or download our agricultural podcasts, visit www.willag.org. Call 217-333-3434 for market analysis, updated at 9:15 am and 3:15 pm daily.
Illinois Public Media News Tom Rogers, news and public affairs director
The news from Illinois Public Media’s award-winning staff of reporters — Tom Rogers, Jim Meadows, Jeff Bossert and Sean Powers—can be heard during Morning Edition, The Afternoon Magazine and All Things Considered. PATTERNS • OCTOBER 2010 7
12.3 Cooking
(midnight-2 am; 6-8 am; noon-2 pm; 6-8 pm) Sun and Wed: Cook’s Illustrated/Cook’s Country (begins 10/17); Lidia’s Italy; Everyday Food; New Scandinavian Cooking Mon and Fri: Simply Ming; Lidia’s Italy; Daisy Cooks! With Daisy Martinez/Ciao Italia (begins 10/11); Rachel’s Favorite Food at Home Tue and Thur: Nick Stellino’s Family Kitchen; Mexico: One Plate at a Time; Sara’s Weeknight Meals; Primal Grill/Caprial and John’s Kitchen (begins 10/12)
Travel
(2-3 am; 8-9 am; 2-3 pm; 8-9 pm) Sun and Wed: Rick Steves Europe; Travelscope Mon and Fri: Rick Steves Europe; Rudy Maxa’s World Tue and Thu: Rick Steves Europe; Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions
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; Moment of Luxury; Paint, Paper and Crafts Tue and Thu: Victory Garden; New Yankee Workshop; Woodsmith Shop; Uncorked: Wine Made Simple/ Winemakers (begins 10/7)
Primetime Schedule
Monday-Friday
9:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Journal
Mondays 7:00 8:00 11:00
Wolves in Paradise (10/11); Journey of the Broad-Winged Hawk (10/25) Nature The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain (10/4); Bear Island (10/11); Jerusalem: Center of the World (10/18); Rare Bird (10/25)
7:30 8:00 11:00
Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One (10/5); Death of the Old West (10/26) Am. Masters (10/5); Three Faiths, One God (10/12); Wilder: An American First (10/19); Am. Experience: Buffalo Bill (10/26) Am. Masters: A Letter to Elia (10/5); God in America: Part 1 (10/12); Hubert Humphrey: The Art of the Possible (10/19); Am. Experience: Kit Carson (10/26)
7:00 8:00 11:00 11:30
Independent Lens (10/20) A Story of Schizophrenia (10/6); Three Faiths, One God (10/13); Frontline (10/20, 10/27) POV: The Pentagon Papers (10/6); God in America: Part 2 (10/13); Music’s Gonna Get You Through (10/20); Washing Away: After the Storms (10/27) Independent Lens: Art & Copy (10/27)
7:00 7:30 8:00 11:00 11:30
Everyday Edisons (10/7, 10/21); NOVA (10/28) Everyday Edisons (10/7, 10/21) NOVA Everyday Edisons (10/7, 10/21); God in America: Part 3 (10/14); NOVA (10/28) Everyday Edisons (10/7, 10/21)
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Wed and Sun: Garden Smart/Garden Home (S); Ask This Old House; For Your Home; Katie Brown Workshop
Arts and Crafts
(5-6 am; 11-noon; 5-6 pm; 11-midnight) Sun and Wed: Knit and Crochet Today; Gary Spetz’s Watercolor Quest Mon and Fri: Sewing with Nancy; One Stroke Painting Tue and Thu: Scheewe Art Workshop; Best of the Joy of Painting
Saturday Marathons in October
A six-hour block of themed programming Oct. 2: Fall into Foliage Creative input from painters, chefs, crafts people and master gardeners to inspire you! Oct. 9: A Day with Lidia Preparing classic meals with Lidia’s children and grandchildren. Oct. 16: Stayin’ Alive Learn how to take control of your health with good, healthy foods. Oct. 23: Time Travel Ancient architecture, cities, cultures and cuisines. Oct. 30: Trick or Treat Recipes for treats from Katie Brown and jack-olantern ideas from P. Allen Smith.
12.2 Fridays 7:00 7:30 8:00 11:00 11:30
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin (10/1); Synchronized Swimming (10/8); Unconquered Seminoles (10/22); George Catlin and the Plains Indians (10/29) Rock Prophecies (10/1); Lords of the Gourd (10/8); Adventists (10/15); Blackfeet Encounter (10/22); 1904 Ft. Shaw Indian Basketball (10/29) Am. Masters: Marvin Gaye (10/1); Hairworld (10/8); Beyond Theology (10/15); Am. Experience: We Shall Remain (10/22, 10/29) America’s Religious Environmental Movement (10/15)
7:00 8:00 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00
As We Forgive (10/2); POV (10/9); Global Voices (10/16); Everest: A Climb for Peace (10/23); American Muslim Learns to Fly (10/30) POV (10/2); Global Voices (10/9, 10/23, 10/30); Gearing Up (10/16) POV (10/9); World’s Toughest Math Contest (10/16) POV (10/2, 10/30); Global Voices (10/23) As We Forgive (10/9); Global Voices (10/16) Hapa: One Step at a Time (10/23) As We Forgive (10/2); POV (10/9); Global Voices (10/16); Everest: A Climb for Peace (10/23); American Muslim Learns to Fly (10/30)
7:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30
Washington Week McLaughlin Group Need to Know Global Voices Global Voices Hapa: One Step at a Time (10/10); Washing Away: After the Storms (10/31) Washington Week McLaughlin Group
Saturdays
Sundays
See the full Create and World schedules at will.illinois.edu 8 PATTERNS • OCTOBER 2010
daytime
David Thiel, Program Director
Monday - Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Market to Market (M) Nightly Business Report (T-F)
5:00
Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
French in Action
Body Electric (M, W, F) Sit and Be Fit (T, Th)
5:30
Angelina Ballerina
Destinos
Between the Lions
Curious George
Curious George
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat
Super WHY!
Super WHY!
Dinosaur Train
Dinosaur Train
Thomas & Friends
Cyberchase
Bob the Builder
Fetch!
Sid the Science Kid
Electric Company
A Place of Our Own
Word Girl
Growing a Greener World
Woodsmith Shop
Endless Feast
Motorweek
Super Why!
6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00
Illinois Gardener
America’s Heartland
Barney & Friends
11:30 Victory Garden
Market to Market
The Cat in the Hat
Noon America’s Test Kitchen 12:30 Cook's Country
The McLaughlin Group
1:00 1:30
Mexico: One Plate at a Time
Specials
2:00
Primal Grill/Martin Yan’s Hidden China (begins 10/30)
2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00
Lidia’s Italy
Fetch!/Design Squad (F)
4:30
This Old House Hour
BBC World News
5:00 5:30 6:00
Clifford Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Sesame Street Sid the Science Kid WordWorld
A Place of Our Own
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Painting and How To Programs
▲
How Tos
Martha Speaks Arthur WordGirl Electric Company/ Sci Girls (F)
Nightly Business Report PBS NewsHour
▲
Sewing Programs
1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: Quilting Arts Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: Knitting Daily
eligion + Ethics R Newsweekly
Rachel’s Favorite Food at Home/Avec Eric (begins 10/30)
Illinois Adventure Heartland Highways Hometime
10/3 In Search of Myths and Heroes (4 episodes) 10/10 Pete McCloskey: Leading from the Front Hubert H. Humphrey: The Art of the Possible American Songbook 10/17 2010 Gubernatorial Debate Need to Know The Lord is Not on Trial American Songbook 10/24 2010 Senatorial Debate William Kentridge: Anything is Possible In Performance at the White House American Songbook 10/31 Nourish: Food + Community 30th Annual Blues Awards A Cemetery Special Things That Go Bump in the Night
Sherlock Holmes Rick Steves’ Europe Lawrence Welk
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Masterpiece Mystery! unveils a contemporary version of the classic detective Sherlock Holmes, created by the Doctor Who duo of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. The new show co-stars Benedict Cumberbatch (Atonement, The Last Enemy) in the title role with Martin Freeman (The Office UK) as Dr. John Watson. Their adventures are full of details, places and plot elements with unique 21st century twists. The program debuts with A Study in Pink (8 pm Sunday, Oct. 24) as Holmes and Watson confront the work of a serial killer. In The Blind Banker (Oct. 31), the pair follow a murderer’s trail to London’s Chinatown.
A gifted and controversial director Heralded for his impressive direction of movies, including On the Waterfront, East of Eden and A Streetcar Named Desire, Elia Kazan was also known for revealing names to the House s Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes Committee on Uns Martin Scorsese and Elia Kazan American Activities. Put out the welcome mat Using interview footage, along with photos and film clips, filmmaker Martin Scorsese The new season of This Old House will provides a poignant reflection on Kazan’s life transform a 1940s property along the Charles in American Masters: A Letter to Elia (8 pm River in Auburndale, Mass., then tackle its Oct. 4) while also revealing Kazan’s influence first-ever (and yet to be selected) renovation on his career. projects in Los Angeles. Don’t miss the season
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s Daniel Ellsberg at the Los Angeles courthouse, 1973.
Celebrating America’s composers Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook chronicles Feinstein’s ongoing quest to preserve, perpetuate and celebrate the uniquely American music created by some of the nation’s finest composers and lyricists: George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren. The three-part series airs at 7 pm Wednesday, Oct. 6, 13 and 20.
The recent Wiki Leaks evoked memories of Daniel Ellsberg’s release of a secret Pentagon history on U.S. involvement in Vietnam to The New York Times in 1971. Now POV presents a comprehensive look at both Ellsberg and the resulting political firestorm that may have sealed Americans’ disenchantment with the Vietnam War while assuring the fate of the Nixon administration. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, an Academy Award nominee for best documentary feature, airs at 8 pm Tuesday, Oct. 5.
A new maestro for CSO Great Performances captures the excitement of Riccardo Muti’s arrival as the 10th music director of the renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the telecast of CSO’s Oct. 14 concert. Airing at 8 pm Wednesday, Oct. 27, the performance features Paul Hindemith’s Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass, Cherubini’s Requiem in C Minor and the world premiere of Bernard Rands’ Danza Petrificada, a CSO commission inspired by the words of Mexican poet Octavio Paz. PATTERNS • OCTOBER 2010 11
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A story of conscience and truth
WILL-TV Friday Night Public Affairs 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Need to Know 8:30 BBC Newsnight
BritCom Saturday Night 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:15
As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances Are You Being Served? Chef! Red Green Show Doctor Who Doctor Who Confidential
1Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See above. 9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Solitary Cyclist. Violet Smith consults Sherlock Holmes about a mysterious cyclist who has been following her on a regular basis. Could he be trying to protect her from three men attempting to take her inheritance? Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:29 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
2Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Unique Antiques. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See above. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Jimmy Cliff.
3Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) Black Mamba. A team of herpetologists gathers in the tiny country of Swaziland in southern Africa to study the natural behavior of the world’s most venomous and most misunderstood snake. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Wallander, Series II: Faceless Killers. Wallender (Kenneth Branagh) investigates the slaying of an elderly couple at an isolated farmhouse, with results that cause him to doubt his abilities as a police officer. Repeated midnight Monday; 2 am Tuesday; and 1:30 am Saturday. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Food Hour: Mexico. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver & Samantha Crain and The Midnight Shivers.
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4Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Philadelphia, Pa. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) A Letter to Elia. See article page 10. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; and 3 am Thursday. 9:30 America’s Grasslands: A Threatened National Treasure (TV-G) Explore the uniqueness of the grasslands, the complicated reasons we’re losing this resource and the efforts of ranchers and conservationists to protect it. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
5Tuesday 7:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) AstroSpies. Investigative author Jim Bamford probes the untold story of the elite corps of clandestine astronauts who were never told of the true purpose of their training program. Repeated 2 am Wednesday. 8:00 POV (TV-PG) The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. See article page 11. Repeated midnight Wednesday; 2 am Friday; and 1 am Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
6Wednesday 7:00 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (TV-G) Putting on the Tail Fins. Part 1 of 3. See article page 11. Repeated 4 am Friday; and 4 pm Sunday. 8:00 Great Performances (TV-14) Macbeth. Originating at England’s innovative Chichester Festival Theatre, director Rupert Goold re-interprets his stage production, complete with the bloody action, to the underground netherworld of a timeless and nameless country. Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood star in their Tony-nominated leading roles. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 1:30 am Monday. 11:00 Charlie Rose
7Thursday 7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Illinois Pioneers Champaign Schools. Explore the history of the buildings, leaders and events that transformed education in Champaign. 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Season Premiere. See article page 10. Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday.
WILL-TV 9:00 Edge of the Everglades: Big Cypress National Preserve (TV-G) The story of the massive, mysterious marshland that continues to inspire deep passions for and bitter debate about one of the last great wild places in the world. 9:30 Protecting Paradise: The Western Everglades (TV-G) A look at the grassroots conservation efforts surrounding the cypress-studded marshland on the western edge of the Everglades which launched an environmental battle that ended at the Supreme Court. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
8Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See left. 9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Crooked Man. As Holmes and Watson investigate the death of Colonel James Barclay, a tragic love story exposes the identity of a horribly deformed man. Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
9Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Philadelphia, Pa. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See left. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Spoon.
10Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) The Wolf That Changed America. This retelling of Ernest Thompson Seton’s pursuit of a renegade wolf in 1893 captures the essence of the vanishing wilderness, which led to the establishment of the National Park Service and the Boy Scouts. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Wallander, Series II: The Man Who Smiled. An old friend contacts Wallander with the belief that his father has been murdered, but subsequent events demonstrate there might be more to the case. Repeated midnight Monday; 2 am Tuesday; and 1:30 am Saturday. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Utah & Colorado. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Almira Fawn & The Dixie Bee-Liners.
11Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Philadelphia, Pa. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday; and 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 God In America (TV-PG) A New Adam/A New Eden. Part 1 of 3. See article page 3. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 2 am Wednesday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
12Tuesday 7:00 The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today See article page 2. Repeated 7:30 pm Friday; and 3 pm Sunday. 8:00 God In America (TV-PG) Rebirth/A New Light from Above. Part 2 of 3. See article page 3. Repeated midnight Wednesday; and 2 am Thursday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
13Wednesday 7:00 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (TV-G) Best Band in the Land. Part 2 of 3. See article page 11. Repeated 4 am Friday; 4 pm Sunday; and 4 am Monday. 8:00 God In America (TV-PG) Soul of a Nation/Of God and Caesar. Part 3 of 3. See article page 3. Repeated midnight Thursday; 2 am Friday; 1 am Sunday; and 2 am Monday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
14Thursday 7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Illinois Pioneers Vice & Bootlegging. Discover the days when Champaign had its share of illegal activities. 8:00 Election 2010 Debate (tentative) Illinois Gubernatorial Race. See article page 1. 9:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
15Friday 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today Repeated from 7 pm Tuesday. 8:30 The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today: Follow-Up See article page 2. PATTERNS • OCTOBER 2010 13
WILL-TV 9:30 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Speckled Band. Julia Stoner’s stepfather, her only housemate, intends to use his deadly snake as a murder tool; Holmes and Watson try to determine his motives. Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
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and stone, to erect their soaring, glass-filled walls. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. Frontline Death by Fire. An examination of one of many controversial death penalty cases in Texas, the 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham, convicted for the arson that killed his three young children. Independent Lens (TV-PG) The Parking Lot Movie. A singular parking lot in Charlottesville, Va., is home to a uniquely varied group of attendants: undergraduate and graduate students, philosophers, intellectuals, musicians and artists. Repeated 2 am Thursday. Last of the Summer Wine Are You Being Served? Charlie Rose
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Philadelphia, Pa. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Patty Griffin & Friends.
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7:00 Nature (TV-PG) Echo: An Elephant to Remember. See article page 1. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Wallander, Series II: The Fifth Woman. Two seemingly unconnected cases lead Wallander to believe he is on the trail of a serial killer bent on revenge. Repeated midnight Monday; 2 am Tuesday; 1:30 am Saturday; and 2 am Sunday. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) South Atlantic. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Beausoleil.
18Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Tucson, Az. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) We Shall Remain: After The Mayflower. Part 1 of 3. A look at how the actions of Indian leader Massasoit in negotiating with a ragged group of English colonists turned on the American natives a half century later. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 2 am Wednesday. 9:30 Constant Motion: The Job of the Railway Postal Clerks (TV-G) Through first-person accounts with 11 former Railway Postal Clerks, this WEIU-TV production explores the life and times of the men who worked the mail into hundreds of pouches and slots at 60-80 miles per hour. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
19Tuesday 7:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) Building The Great Cathedrals. Join a team of experts as they investigate and reveal the architectural secrets that the Gothic cathedral builders used, along with hand tools
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7:00 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (TV-G) A New Step Every Day. Part 3 of 3. See article page 11. Repeated 4 am Friday; 4 pm Sunday; and 4 am Monday. 8:00 In Performance at the White House (TV-G) A Broadway Celebration. Nathan Lane hosts a review of tunes from Broadway’s most beloved musicals, featuring performances by Tony Award nominees and winners. Repeated 9 pm tonight; midnight and 1 am Thursday; 2 am and 3 am Friday; 3 pm Sunday; and 2 am and 3 am Monday. 9:00 In Performance at the White House (TV-G) A Broadway Celebration. Repeated from 8 pm. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
21Thursday 7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Illinois Pioneers Transportation. Discover the history of street cars and the Interurban in Champaign. 8:00 Election 2010 Debate (tentative) Illinois Senatorial Race. See article page 1. 9:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
22Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Blue Carbuncle. Holmes looks for the thief of a mysterious jewel that has been stolen from the Countess of Morcar and is found inside a Christmas goose. Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine
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23Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Tucson, Ariz. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Alejandro Escovedo/Trombone Shorty.
24Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) A Murder of Crows. See article page 1. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Sherlock: A Study In Pink. See article page 10. Repeated 2 am Tuesday. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Special: Slavery. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Rhonda Vincent and the Rage & Guy Davis.
25Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Tucson, Ariz. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday; and 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision. Part 2 of 3. A look at the spiritual revival movement of Tecumseh’s younger brother that nearly created an Indian nation separate from the U.S. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 2 am Wednesday. 9:30 Death of the Old West (TV-PG) A 1909 vigilante act in an Oklahoma com-
munity perpetrated a miscarriage of justice that remains to this day, fascinating historians and stirring emotions among the community’s residents. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
26Tuesday 7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Crash of Flight 447. Using information from expert pilots and engineers, along with reconstructions and messages transmitted from the plane, NOVA reconstructs the events leading to last year’s disappearance of an AirFrance Airbus A330 over the Atlantic Ocean to reveal what really happened on the flight. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Frontline The Spill. An investigation into whether BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster could have been avoided if federal regulators had addressed the company’s history of accidents and violations. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Art & Copy. A view inside the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creative minds of our time, including the “Just Do It,” and “Got Milk?” campaigns. Repeated 2 am Thursday. 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
27Wednesday 7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) Herculaneum Uncovered. Geo-archeologists are finding that the city of Herculaneum, just a few miles from Pompeii, was engulfed by blistering pyroclastic flows, rather than falling ash, from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Repeated 4 am Friday.
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8:00 Great Performances (TV-G) The Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Riccardo Muti Inaugural. See article page 11. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 2 am Friday. 9:30 Captive Audience: 21st Century Challenge of Zoo Medicine (TV-G) Don’t miss an exclusive interview with renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, then tag along as two veterinarians make house calls to the Sacramento Zoo. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
28Thursday 7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Illinois Pioneers U of I History. See article page 18. 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday. 9:00 Hungry for Green: Feeding The World Sustainably (TV-G) This is one of the first films to combine the issues of agricultural sustainability and worldwide hunger, showing what individuals can do to influence how food is produced around the world. 9:30 Nourish: Food + Community (TV-G) With beautiful visuals and inspiring stories, this program traces our relationship to food from a global perspective to personal action steps. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
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29Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Copper Beeches. In one of the most sinister puzzles of his career, Holmes advises Violet Hunter on whether she should accept a governess position. Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
30Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Tucson, Ariz. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Robert Earl Keen/Hayes Carll.
31Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) Invasion of the Giant Pythons. A look at the impact of tens of thousands of these snakes on Florida’s Everglades National Park, one of the last great wildlife refuges in the United States. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Sherlock: The Blind Banker. See article page 10. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Pacific Islands: Fiji, Vanuatu & Solomon. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Brandi Carlile and Matt Morris.
membership news & events Can we talk? At WILL, we’re building on our tradition of reporting stories and information to bring area community residents together in facilitated discussions around issues of concern—and then going beyond those meetings to partner with others in connecting our content and a community’s resources.
Illinois Gardener is online! Did you miss the latest episode of WILL’s weekly gardening program, Illinois Gardener? You can now watch a live stream [http://illinoisgardener.org] of the show on the Internet every Thursday at 7 pm. Just look for the link at that time on the Illinois Gardener home page: http://will.illinois.edu/ig. Each episode, hosted by horticulturist Dianne Noland (above), will be available by the Friday after the show to watch on demand on the website. Stay tuned in the coming weeks and months for new web-only features. Illinois Gardener, which premiered on May 21, 1992, offers tips on garden pests, what to plant, diseases attacking lawns and plants, as well as pruning and other basics of plant and tree care. You can watch it Thursdays at 7 pm and Saturdays at 11 am on WILL-TV, and hear it Saturdays at 6:30 am on WILL-AM.
Show your support for WILL radio Our fall radio pledge drive kicks off with Power Hour at 7 am Wednesday, Oct. 20, when we will once again try to raise a full day’s dollar amount in just one hour. If you value the news, agriculture, talk shows, music and community information that you can only find on WILL-AM and WILL-FM, please help support these outstanding programs during our Oct. 20-25 pledge period. Or make your gift anytime at willpledge.org. Thanks!
It’s the concept at the core of a new community engagement initiative, which includes a series of 12 community conversations that began this past June and will continue through June 2011. “We actually started the process a year ago by hosting community conversations in six communities in three counties,” said Kimberlie Kranich, Illinois Public Media’s director of community engagement. Those sessions showed that it was more helpful to become an agenda item at an existing organization’s meeting rather than to host a separate discussion session. “People are already talking about the issues that concern them when they attend a service club meeting or a book club discussion, so being part of those groups made sense. Our initial conversations confirmed how this model could work to help WILL have a greater understanding of the communities in our coverage area, reflect that understanding in our traditional role of reporting on the issues and connect people with resources through partnerships,” she added. The approach involves content producers and news reporters at WILL, and Kranich is looking forward to adding comprehensive quarterly broadcasts, along with call-in programs and an annual town hall meeting. Another aspect of the initiative includes redesigning the WILL Connect website, which will serve as both a living archive of the issues identified in the community conversations, as well as a contact point for information, interaction and resources about those issues. “We want the website to be much more functional and to reflect the human connections we’re making with this project,” Kimberlie said.
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Learning about the U of I’s history and legacy Most of us think about history in terms of the events we have personally witnessed. “But history precedes us and then continues with the next generations,” says John Paul, host of the WILL-TV’s Illinois Pioneers. The next new episode, airing at 7:30 pm Thursday, Oct. 28, shows how the history of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is much richer than most of those who pass through the campus realize.
The first campus building, located roughly where the Beckman Institute now stands, housed all classrooms, libraries, offices and laboratories, and was derisively nicknamed “The Elephant” by mid-19th century students. Also within those walls,
Paul interviews Professor Emeritus Winton Solberg, author of three books on the university’s past, as they discuss the formative years of the university, even before it made its home in Urbana-Champaign. Had it not been for the efforts of a particularly vigorous and vocal politician, Clark Griggs, the university might have ended up in Jacksonville, Bloomington-Normal or Lincoln. Paul says the agreement to found the university in Urbana “was Illinois politics as usual. Strings were pulled. Deals were made.” s John Milton Gregory 18 PATTERNS • OCTOBER 2010
university policy required all students to perform daily military drills, as well as attend daily chapel and religious instruction. The Morrill Act, which provided federal funding and support for land grant universities not just in Illinois but nationwide, was signed by President Lincoln in the middle of the Civil War when the Union government needed more educated officers. Illinois Pioneers touches on seminal university figures such as Jonathan Baldwin Turner, who expanded the university’s industrial and agricultural curriculum to include a greater variety of subjects and classes, and John Milton
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Gregory, the university’s first regent, who requested that his final resting place be on campus. The program also delves into the stories behind the names of prominent campus buildings, areas and streets, such as Mathews, Peabody and Morrow, reminding us how the university’s early legacy is still alive today—if we only take the time to learn about it. Funding for Illinois Pioneers – Champaign @ 150 is made possible, in part, by the Noel Foundation, and by donors to the Champaign 150th Anniversary Celebration Fund. More information on the city’s 150th Anniversary is at http://champaign150.com.
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Event instills a love of literature The stage is set for the third Youth Literature Festival from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday, Oct. 9, at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. In addition to more than 20 authors, illustrators and storytellers, the event will feature The Cat in the Hat, now starring in the new PBS Kids program The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, part of the WILL-TV daytime line-up (7:30 am weekdays; 6:30 am weekends). Sponsored by the U of I College of Education, with support from Illinois Public Media, the festival offers music, puppet shows and puppet-making activities, bookmaking with the Soybean Press, storytelling and presentations by a variety of local and national authors.
The free event offers music by the Bodacious String Band, percussionist Rocky Maffit, the Mo’ Betta Music Jazz Band, singer Eduardo Herrera and percussionist Jason Finkelman. Authors scheduled to attend include Jim Aylesworth, E. E. Charlton-Trujillo, Debbi Chocolate, Esme Raji-Codell, Janice Del Negro, Beth Finke, Judith Fradin, Dennis Fradin, Will Hobbs, Dan Keding, Alice McGinty, Jenny Meyerhoff and Patricia Hruby-Powell. Find more information about the Youth Literature Festival, including author bios, at http://youthlitfest.education.illinois.edu PATTERNS • OCTOBER 2010 19
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Kits help child care providers get kids moving As her day-care friends play motion games with a multi-colored “parachute,” 3-year-old Kennedy tries to crawl underneath. Her playmates “capture” her, but she’s the one in giggles on the floor. The parachute is part of an activity kit provided by Illinois Public Media to Kennedy’s home child care provider in Hoopeston, Mary Perez. The kids pretend a ball in the parachute is popcorn, then that it’s a sausage frying in a pan. It does exactly what it was designed to do—get the kids moving and active. “I had my best summer ever because of those kits,” Mary said. “The school-agers didn’t complain that they were bored.” The kits provided ideas she wouldn’t have thought of herself, and activities were adaptable to all the different ages in her day care, she said. Illinois Public Media created the kits for child care providers statewide in partnership with the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies with funding from the Illinois Department of Human Services. The organizations provided funding for an initial 50 kits in the WILL-TV viewing area. They were so popular that they 20 PATTERNS • OCTOBER 2010
decided to fund 130 more kits for use around the state. The kits are available for child care providers to check out from Quality Counts resource vans operated by child care resource and referral agencies. Molly Delaney, Illinois Public Media director of educational outreach, put together the kits featuring ideas from A Place of Our Own, a program for anyone, including family members and neighbors, who cares for children. The show airs at 12:30 pm weekdays on WILL-TV. The concept of the kits was not only to offer ideas, but also materials such as the disco ball and parachute that providers might not have readily available, she said. In a kit on preventing childhood obesity, child care providers find a disco ball to encourage dancing, a parachute for active games, a food sorting game, a Twister game, children’s books, a DVD with video clips and materials with ideas for using the kit. Other kits feature activities for resolving conflict, storytelling, creating a print-rich environment and celebrating diversity. Molly said parents can make use of the ideas, too. “All of the ideas and videos in the kits are available on the program’s Web site, aplaceofourown.org,” Molly said.
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