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A Message to Our Members It’s been remarkable to watch the
transformation of the media industries over the past year. Who could have imagined that well established newspapers like the Detroit Free Press and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer would move to abandon print editions? These changes are mirrored in the network television industry with reality-based and live-to-tape formats increasingly replacing scripted programs. Further underscoring this dramatic change in philosophy is Jay Leno’s move to a nightly prime time slot in May.
from General Manager Mark Leonard
that we produce and acquire as our greatest value. As an analogy, it’s not about the format (think 8-track tapes), it’s about the music on the tapes.
What’s more, viewers and listeners are increasingly moving to an “on demand” expectation for their content, using computer delivered podcasts and video as their source for audio and video programming.
In order to focus our public image and our internal self identity, we are reorganizing our services around content genres, not distribution platforms. Beginning this month, WILL is adopting a new name for its umbrella organization of all of these services: Illinois Public Media. You can read more about this change on page 1. Internally, we are reorganizing our staff to reflect these changes, breaking down traditional lines between radio and television staffing models. This may result in increased efficiencies, but more importantly, it will allow us to simultaneously develop programming and content for television, radio and Web distribution.
Why does this matter for WILL? Adjusting to these changes and embracing the new opportunities that arise will determine our future viability. To adapt, we need to become “platform agnostic” and focus on the content
Our new title reflects our continued commitment to public media. We remain a non-commercial media organization, using our programming and storytelling skills to serve our community’s needs and interests.
PATTERNS • May 2009
In other changes, May 1 marks the beginning of retirement for WILL mainstay Carl Caldwell, who has been with WILL since the 1970s. Carl began as television news and public affairs producer and, for the last decade, has served as WILL-TV station manager. We have accomplished much under Carl’s leadership, highlighted most recently by the completion of the national television documentary, Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency, and of course, WILL’s conversion to digital broadcasting. Carl timed his retirement to coincide with WILL’s conclusion of analog broadcasting, which occurred on March 31. Now Carl will finally have time to catch up on his reading! (His love of history is legendary). Best wishes, Carl!
A New Name for a New Era
This month WILL AM-FM-TV takes a new
name, Illinois Public Media. The individual stations, WILL-AM, WILL-FM, and WILL-TV retain their names and individual identities. But the overall organization adopts the new name to reflect WILL’s expansion into the Internet and outreach projects in the community, neither of which was overtly included in the old AM-FM-TV designation. “The media landscape is changing, and the ways that people use media are changing as well,” said WILL general manager Mark Leonard. “Our name change signals to people that we’ll continue to be relevant and that we’ll continue to be a public media organization.” Mark said WILL also wanted to use the name to strengthen its ties to the University of Illinois. “We’re licensed to the university and every day we draw on the rich knowledge of the people who work at the U of I,” he said. “We maintain our editorial independence, but putting the Illinois in our name emphasizes our relationship with the university.” The name change doesn’t mean a change in WILL’s quality programming or mission. “We’re still WILL, but we’re now reaching many people with our programming, such as our agriculture
service, on the Internet. They may have never heard of WILL, but they do know about Illinois. Illinois has a global reputation and WILL, now Illinois Public Media, is part of that,” he said. The name change also reflects the expansion of WILL-TV’s programming elsewhere in the state and country. WILL-TV’s Illinois Gardener is now being distributed to other public television stations in the state, and its recent documentary, Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency, aired on more than 100 stations around the country. The Illinois Public Media designation will be advantageous for pursuing such distribution opportunities. Community engagement, including its Youth Media Workshop and Young Learners Initiative, is becoming an increasingly important part of WILL’s mission, and the new name better encompasses this work as well as the Illinois Radio Reader, a WILL service that provides news and information to blind and print-handicapped audiences in east central Illinois, Mark said. Along with the new name, you’ll be seeing a new look for WILL’s logos. A new Illinois Public Media “mark” features an “i” popping out of a rounded box. “We wanted to show that we’re accessible and sometimes surprising,” said WILL marketing director Kate Dobrovolny. The WILL-AM, WILL-FM and WILL-TV logos have also undergone a facelift. “We’ve had the same logos for more than 17 years, so this is an opportunity to refresh our look,” she said. To save money, the changes will be incorporated only as new pieces are printed. “It will be a gradual process,” Kate said.
open up. say aha! PATTERNS • May 2009
A fitting tribute to women would
have to be big and that is just what WILL has planned for a Sunday, May 10, special edition of Prairie Performances on FM 90.9. Scheduling it on Mother’s Day is even better! “We’ve done tributes to women before, but this is the first time we’ve pulled together such a wide range of folk and classical music that originated with regional performances throughout the WILL-FM listening area,” said Prairie Performances host Roger Cooper.
Photo: Joel Benjamin
May 10 on Prairie Performances
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Clockwise from left: Rachel Lee, Sinfonia da Camera and Ollie Watts Davis
A Swedish Sleuth In his first recurring television
role, Kenneth Branagh (Valkyrie, Henry V) brings the scruffy Inspector to life in Wallander. Branagh, a co-producing partner and longtime fan of the novels, describes his character as “wonderfully complex and compelling,” adding the sleuth to a list of intriguing roles, including Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein. Based on the international bestsellers by Henning Mankell, “the Norse Morse” premieres with a trio of gritty cases on Masterpiece Mystery! at 8 pm Sundays, May 10, 17 and 31.
PATTERNS • May 2009
The series of three whodunits (Sidetracked, Firewall, One Step Behind) pits Wallander against a maelstrom of bizarre crimes, involving axe murders, scalpings, random assassinations and cyberterrorism. Meanwhile, Wallander’s personal life is in shambles: he recently broke up with his wife, his blood sugar is going haywire, his daughter (Jeany Spark, Tess of the D’Urbervilles) is trying to run his life and his artist father (David Warner, Titanic) is succumbing to Alzheimer’s.
Photo: ©BBC for MASTERPIECE
Celebrating Women:
Airing from 7 to 10 pm, the program will include interviews as well as musical selections. Among featured pieces are a violin concerto with Rachel Lee performing with the C-U Symphony; songs by Schubert sung by Ollie Watts Davis, director of the U of I Black Chorus; Rossini’s “Una Voce Pocofa” from the Barber of Seville, performed by Marilyn Horne with Sinfonia da Camera; and “March of the Women” by Amasong from their 2009 concert. Other performers include the U of I Women’s Glee Club, Ani Aznavoorian, Charlotte Mattax, Karen Lynne Deal and many more.
Photos: Mike Hogan/©BBC
Shattering the Myths:
A New Look at The Big Three of WWII
As aerial bombardments devastated
Now, rare wartime documents, made briefly available only after the fall of the Soviet Union, help reveal the real story, presented in WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West, a six-hour series airing at 8 pm Wednesdays, May 6, 13 and 20. Award-winning historian and filmmaker Laurence Rees (Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State, Nazis–A Warning from History) draws on fresh research in the Soviet archives and on the testimony from witnesses of the time who have not spoken publicly before, including former Soviet secret police, Allied seamen and Red Army veterans. This information, along with exclusive evidence released only in the last few years from archives in Germany, Britain, Russia, America and Poland, was accurately sourced and checked by key academic advisors to the documentary, including renowned U.S. presidential historian Robert Dallek. The May 6 installment, Unlikely Friends, lays bare Stalin’s history of secret allegiances, including his offers to help Hitler. On May 13, Cracks in the Alliance covers events from Autumn 1941 to December 1943, including the August 12, 1942 first meeting between Stalin and Churchill in Moscow. Airing May 20, Dividing the World spans events
from January 1944 to August 1945, revealing the unknown forces that were tearing the Alliance apart just as victory was in reach. The cast stars Alexei Petrenko (Lilacs, Grachi, The Russian Idea) as Stalin (center); Paul Humpoletz (Losing It) as Churchill (left) and Bob Gunton (24, Shawshank Redemption) as Roosevelt (right).
The series Web site—www.pbs. org/behindcloseddoors—offers an in-depth look at the complex relationship of Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill using secret documents, first-hand accounts, interactive maps and an extensive collection of primary source material, including archival photos and video. Watch special behind-the-scenes Q&A with director Laurence Rees, historian Robert Dallek and actor Bob Gunton (Roosevelt) or explore the research challenges involved in uncovering top-secret conversations that occurred more than 60 years ago.
Madoff’s Lifetime of Lies Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times/Redux
cities, and soldiers and civilians died by the millions, World War II was also being fought on a much quieter, but no less heated, battlefield. In confidential meetings held during the war, Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill sparred and negotiated for the political and economic interests of their nations—making deals that often had less to do with right or wrong than the expediency of their individual wartime goals.
Exposed
In the mid-1960s, Bernard Madoff
tapped money from Jewish businessmen at exclusive country clubs with the promise of steady guaranteed returns on their investments. He then set his sights on Europe and Latin America, brokering deals with powerful hedge fund managers and feeder funds from Buenos Aires to Geneva. Billions of dollars were channeled to Madoff’s investment firm, and his feeders became fabulously wealthy. The competition wondered how the man could produce such steady returns in good times and bad. There were allegations that Madoff was “front-running” or operating a Ponzi scheme, which the SEC investigated several times over the last two decades. Madoff remained untouched until December 11, 2008, when he admitted it was all “one big lie.” At 8 pm Tuesday, May 12, Frontline producers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria unravel The Madoff Affair, the story behind the world’s first truly global Ponzi scheme—a deception that lasted longer, reached wider and cut deeper than any other business scandal in history. Then at 8 pm Tuesday, May 19, Frontline goes Inside the Meltdown to examine our nation’s worst financial crisis in 70 years. PATTERNS • May 2009
WILL-TV
Create programs air in a six-hour block Hours 1 & 2: Cooking Hour 3: Travel Hours 4 & 5: How Tos Hour 6: Arts and crafts
The schedule below indicates the daytime hours of noon to 6 pm Sunday through Friday. The same program block airs from midnight to 6 am, 6 am to noon and 6 pm to midnight. On Saturday, Create airs a 6-hour block of themed programming.
Charlie Rose in the Afternoon Can’t stay up to 11 pm weeknights for Charlie Rose? Catch him on World at 4 pm weekdays.
Create Schedule
Saturday Marathons in May
World Primetime Schedule
Sundays and Wednesdays
May 2: Mexican Fiesta Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with chefs Rick Bayless and Daisy Martinez, and discover Mexico’s rich history with Rudy Maxa.
Monday-Friday
May 9: Celebrate Mom Master chef Lidia Bastianich bakes a sweet dessert for her grandmother in Naples. Ming Tsai prepares filet mignon for his mother. Katie Brown creates a personalized Mother’s Day gift, and Sloan Payne-Rutter’s daughter Logan customizes a scrapbook for her Mom.
7:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 10:00
Noon Jacques Pepin or Simply Ming 12:30 L idia’s Italy 1:00 Everyday Food or Secrets of a Chef 1:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 2:00 Rick Steves 2:30 A frica Trek or Travelscope 3:00 Garden Smart 3:30 Ask This Old House 4:00 F or Your Home 4:30 Cultivating Life 5:00 Knit & Crochet Today 5:30 Beauty of Oil Painting
Mondays and Fridays Noon Jacques Pepin or Simply Ming 12:30 L idia’s Italy 1:00 Daisy Cooks 1:30 Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class 2:00 Rick Steves 2:30 Africa Trek or Travelscope 3:00 Garden Home or Garden Smart 3:30 This Old House 4:00 American Woodshop 4:30 Cultivating Life 5:00 S ewing with Nancy 5:30 D onna Dewberry
Tuesdays and Thursdays Noon Chefs Story or Mexico-One Plate at a Time 12:30 Baking With Julie 1:00 Christina Cooks 1:30 Uncorked: Wine Made Simple or Primal Grill 2:00 R ick Steves 2:30 B urt Wolf: Travels and Traditions 3:00 Victory Garden 3:30 New Yankee Workshop 4:00 Katie Brown Workshop 4:30 Glass with Vicki Payne 5:00 Your Brush with Nature 5:30 B est of the Joy of Painting
May 16: Handmade Learn how to make sourdough bread from scratch, churn up a batch of fresh homemade ice cream, create delicious handmade pasta, knit and crochet toys, and create a little girl’s dream room. May 23: Red, White and BBQ Expert grill masters Steven Raichlen and Rick Brown show how to cook the perfect steak and succulent ribs. Fire up the grill and enjoy the first cookout of the season! May 30: Midwest Flavor Equitrekking host Darley Newman takes us on a tour of Kentucky. George Bauer introduces us to Michigan, and Burt Wolf visits our home state of Illinois.
WILL World
PATTERNS • MAY 2009
Sundays
NOW on PBS McLaughlin Group Bill Moyers Journal Tie A Yellow Ribbon (5/3) Independent Lens (5/10) Global Voices Citizen Tanouye (5/10) Global Voices (5/17, 5/24) Most Honorable Son (5/31)
Mondays 7:00 Global Voices (5/4) Last Ghost of War (5/11) Independent Lens (5/18) 7:30 Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (5/25) 8:00 Nature
Tuesdays 7:00 7:30 8:00
We Shall Remain: The Paiute (5/5) We Shall Remain: The Goshute We Shall Remain: American Experience (5/5, 5/12) Becoming American: Personal Journeys (5/26) Buffalo Bill: American Experience (5/26)
Wednesdays 7:00 Independent Lens (5/6, 5/27) 8:00 Frontline
Thursdays 7:00 NOVA 8:00 Scientific American Frontiers
Fridays
Digital TV means more viewing choices! All your favorite local and PBS shows, presented in high definition when available. 12.1 Comcast: Channel 916 in C-U; Channel 917 in Springfield, Decatur Mediacom: Channel 712 in Charleston and Gibson City
Nightly News Programming 9:00 NewsHour with Jim Lehrer 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Worldfocus
PBS documentary, news and public affairs. 12.2
WILL Create
Cooking, travel, how-tos, arts and crafts. 12.3 Comcast: Channel 219 in C-U; Channel 220 in Springfield, Decatur
7:30 Becoming American: Personal Journeys (5/29) 8:00 Gates of the Arctic: Alaska’s Brooks Range (5/1) Citizen Tanouye (5/8) Battle of Hood and Bismarck (5/15, 5/22) Becoming American: Personal Journeys (5/29) 8:30 Becoming American: Personal Journeys (5/29)
Saturdays 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00
Nature (5/2, 5/23) Secrets of the Dead (5/9, 5/16) Niagara Falls (5/30) History Detectives History Detectives Scientific American Frontiers
Primetime WILL-TV
Daytime David Thiel, Program Director Monday - Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Maya & Miquel
5:00
Body Electric (M, W, F) Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches (T, Th)
5:30
Between the Lions
6:00 6:30
Curious George
French in Action
Martha Speaks
Sid the Science Kid
Make Way for Noddy
Curious George
7:00
Super WHY!
Sid the Science Kid
7:30
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood Mama Mirabelle
Super WHY!
Bob the Builder
Zula Patrol
Clifford the Big Red Dog
8:00 8:30
Thomas & Friends
Wunderkind Little Amadeus
Sesame Street
9:00
Design E2
Saddle Club
9:30
Woodsmith Shop
Biz Kid$
Guten Tag
Sesame Street
Destinos
Dragon Tales
10:00 This Old House Hour
To the Contrary
WordWorld
Wealthtrack
Super WHY!
10:30 11:00 Illinois Gardener/
Barney & Friends
11:30 Victory Garden
Market to Market
It's a Big Big World
Noon
The McLaughlin Group
A Place of Our Own
12:30 Cook's Country
eligion + Ethics R Newsweekly
Sewing Programs
1:00
Cooking with Friends
Foreign Exchange
1:30
Simply Ming/Hubert Keller (begins 5/16)
Motorweek
2:00
Jacques Pepin
New Yankee Workshop
Martha Speaks
2:30
Everyday Food/Primal Grill (begins 5/23)
Hometime
Arthur
3:00
Diary of a Foodie
WordGirl
3:30
Travelscope
This Old House Hour
Fetch!/Electric Company (F)
4:00
Volvo Ocean Race
Garden Home
Cyberchase/Design Squad (F)
4:30
Animal Attractions
Victory Garden
BBC World News
5:00
Equitrekking
Tracks Ahead
Nightly Business Report
5:30
Rick Steves’ Europe
Red Green Show
The NewsHour
6:00
Lawrence Welk
Doctor Who
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Painting Programs
▲
How Tos
America’s Heartland/ Hometown Housecall (5/31)
Great Performances at the Met (5/16)
1:00 pm Sewing M: Knit and Crochet Today Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: America Sews Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: Knitting Daily
America’s Test Kitchen
1:30 pm Painting M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Beauty of Oil Painting W: Jerry Yarnell Th: Beauty of Oil Painting F: Scheewe Art Workshop
All WILL-TV programs are close captioned for the hearing impaired.
Key to Primetime Listings
(DVS) Descriptive Video Service available for the visually impaired through the Illinois Radio Reader. (TV-G) Suitable for all ages. (TV-PG) May contain material unsuitable for younger children. (TV-14) May contain material unsuitable for children under 14 years of age. (TV-MA) Specifically designed to be viewed by adults; unsuitable for children under age 17. (V) Graphic violence. (S) Explicit sexual activity. (L) Crude and indecent language. (HD) Available in high definition on WILL-DT (WS) Wide-screen format available
Friday Night Public Affairs 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Now on PBS 8:00 Bill Moyers Journal
BritCom Saturday Night 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:04 10:30 11:15
As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances Are You Being Served? Ever Decreasing Circles YourWeather Red Green Show Doctor Who Doctor Who Confidential
Daytime Specials Opera Great Performances at the Met presents Orfeo ed Euridice at 11am Saturday, May 16.
2:00 pm How Tos M: Piano Guy Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: Scrapbook Memories F: Katie Brown’s Workshop
PATTERNS • MAY 2009
WILL-TV
1Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See page 5. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) At Home In Utopia. For 30 years, a racially diverse mix of residents shared their lives in a Bronx cooperative apartment complex built by Jewish garment workers. Repeated 2 am Sunday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
2Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Grand Rapids, Mich. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 We Shall Remain: American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Geronimo. Part 4 of 5. Archfiend to his enemies and embodiment of proud resistance to his supporters, this in-depth profile chronicles Geronimo’s rise to power and his regret at surrendering to the U.S. government. Repeated midnight; and 2 am Wednesday. 9:30 Prairie Fire Repeated 9:30 pm Sunday. 9:58 Your Weather
3Sunday
7:00 Nature (TV-G) Eagles of Mull. The Scottish island of Mull offers beautiful habitat for an abundance of wildlife, including golden eagles and rare white tailed eagles. Repeated 4 pm Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Classic (TV-PG) (DVS) The Old Curiosity Shop. See article below. Repeated midnight; and 2:30 am Tuesday. 9:30 Prairie Fire 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Micronesia. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Dar Williams.
10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
5Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) Cracking The Maya Code. For the first time on television, a revealing look at how a handful of pioneers deciphered the Mayans’ intricate system of hieroglyphs. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Frontline Sex Slaves. A hidden-camera view of the world of trafficking women for sexual slavery, told through the journey of one man
Don’t miss The Chorale’s annual Young Artist Scholarship Concert
“One of a Kind — Inspirations”
featuring excerpts from 6 requiems ranging from Brahms to Ellingboe
Saturday, May 2, 2009 ● 7:00 p.m.
Faith United Methodist Church, 1719 S. Prospect Avenue, Champaign No admission charge. Donations gratefully received.
Young Artist Scholarship applications available at www.thechorale.org
The CHORALE with Julie Beyler, Music Director
2008–2009 26th Anniversary Season
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Grand Rapids, Mich. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 5. 11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-PG) Alanis Morissette.
4Monday
Dickens’ Most Heartrending Tale
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Masterpiece Classic Old Curiosity Shop 8 pm Sunday, May 3 Repeated midnight; and 2:30 am Tuesday.
Photo: Carnival Film & Television for MASTERPIECE
as they lose everything and flee the moneylender Daniel Quilp was originally published in installments in 1840-1841, with readers voraciously devouring the saga. As the plot reached its climax, American fans met ships from England at the docks in New York demanding to know the fate of Little Nell. Derek Jacobi (I, Claudius) stars as Grandfather, with Sophie Vavasseur (Northanger Abbey) as Nell and Toby Jones (Frost/Nixon) as Quilp. The cast also includes Gina McKee (The Forsyte Saga) as the brains behind Quilp’s shady law firm.
Photo: Carnival Film & Television
The story of Little Nell, a teenage girl, and her grandfather
s Gina McKee as Sally Brass
s Sophie Vavasseur as Nell PATTERNS • MAY 2009
WILL-TV
Michelangelo as Church Reformer Secrets of the Dead delves into Michelangelo’s clan-
Photo: Jemolo
destine involvement with a group trying to reform the Catholic Church from within—involvement that made him a heretic. This new view of the artist shows him torn between loyalty to his church and his own beliefs about salvation. Caught between his powerful patrons and a group accusing the Church of corruption, Michelangelo faced dangerous threats, including death, for his religious beliefs even as he created some of the Catholic Church’s most memorable art.
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s Antonio Forcellino restoring statue of Pope Julius II
9:00
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who posed as a trafficker to buy back his wife’s freedom. Repeated midnight; 3 am Thursday; and 1 am Sunday. Hotspots (TV-G) Part 1 of 2. This examination of key biological areas at greatest risk of extinction takes a sobering yet hopeful look at conservation biology on a global scale. Your Weather Last of the Summer Wine Are You Being Served? Charlie Rose
6Wednesday
7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) Dogfight Over Guadalcanal. A forensic expedition recreates this 1942 showdown between two ace fighter pilots—one American and one Japanese—by relying on each pilot’s detailed memoirs. Repeated 4 am Friday; 2 am Sunday; and 4 am Monday. 8:00 World War II: Behind Closed Doors (TV-PG) Unlikely Friends. Part 1 of 3. See article page 3. Repeated 12:30 am Thursday; 2 am Friday; and 2 am Monday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Illinois Lawmakers 11:33 Charlie Rose
7Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Prairie Fire Senior Odyssey/Older Pilots/Lincoln: Friends and Family. Repeated 9:30 pm Monday. 8:00 This Old House Hour 9:00 Paving The Way: The National ParkTo-Park Highway Part 1 of 2. See article page 8. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine
Secrets of the Dead Michelangelo Revealed 7 pm Wednesday, May 13 Repeated 4 am Friday; 2 am Sunday; and 4 am Monday.
10:33 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
8Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See page 5. 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Wings of Defeat. Many of Japan’s WWII Kamikaze pilots survived their missions and now speak candidly about the horrors of the cockpit and their survivors’ guilt. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
9Saturday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Grand Rapids, Mich. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 5. 11:30 Live from the Artists Den Raphael Saadiq.
10Sunday
7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) Voyage of the Lonely Turtle. Follow a female loggerhead turtle across the Pacific as she faces predators and typhoons en route to lay eggs in the place where she was born. Repeated 4 pm Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Wallander. Series I: Sidetracked. See article page 2. Repeated midnight; and 2:30 am Tuesday. 9:30 Prairie Fire Repeated from 9:30 pm Monday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Special: Planet of the Apes. 11:00 Woodsongs John McCutcheon.
11Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-PG) (DVS) Hartford, Conn. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 1:30 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 We Shall Remain: American Experience Wounded Knee. Part 5 of 5. Demanding redress for grievances, protesters captured the world’s attention on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for 71 days in 1973. This final episode examines the forces that led to the modern day stand-off at Wounded Knee. Repeated midnight; and 2 am Wednesday. 9:30 Prairie Fire Repeated from 7:30 pm Thursday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
12Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Space Shuttle Disaster. A new look at the quest for answers after the 2003 disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia just prior to its scheduled landing in Texas. Repeated 1 am Wednesday. 8:00 Frontline (TV-G) The Madoff Affair. See article page 3. Repeated midnight; 3:30 am Thursday; and 1 am Sunday. 9:00 Hotspots Part 2 of 2. This examination of key biological areas at greatest risk of extinction takes a sobering yet hopeful look at conservation biology on a global scale. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
13Wednesday
7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) Michelangelo Revealed. See article above. PATTERNS • MAY 2009
WILL-TV
A Road Trip to Remember The year was 1920 and Stephen
Photo: A.G. Lucier
T. Mather, the first director of the National Park Service, needed a way to increase attendance at America’s new playgrounds. With automobiles suddenly becoming more affordable, Mather appealed to ordinary people to tour the parks. He conceived the National Park-to-Park Highway, a 5,000-mile loop, as a novel tourism tool. In creating this two-part historical documentary, director Brandon Wade and his crew recreate the original tour through the use of old movie clips, photos and stories that provide a vivid sense of having been on that first trip when 12 motorists braved the uncertain to see the fantastic.
u s Gus Holm’s car along the “highway.”
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Repeated 4 am Friday; 2 am Sunday; and 4 am Monday. World War II: Behind Closed Doors Cracks in the Alliance. Part 2 of 3. See article page 3. Repeated 12:30 am Thursday; 2 am Friday; and 2 am Monday. Your Weather Last of the Summer Wine Illinois Lawmakers Charlie Rose
14Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Prairie Fire Exotic Feline Rescue Center/Lincoln: Law Career. Repeated 9:30 pm Sunday, 5/31. 8:00 This Old House Hour 9:00 Paving The Way: The National ParkTo-Park Highway Part 2 of 2. See article above. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:32 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
15Friday
7:00 Public Affairs (TV-PG) See page 5.
PATTERNS • MAY 2009
9:00 Independent Lens Crips and Bloods: Made In America. Follow filmmaker Stacy Peralta to Los Angeles to discover the roots of a 40-year battle between two of our nation’s most violent street gangs. 10:28 Your Weather 10:33 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
16Saturday
11:00 am Great Performances at the Met (TV-G) Orfeo Ed Euridice. Stephanie Blythe stars as Orfeo and Danielle de Niese as his wife, Euridice, in this production by Mark Morris, integrating music, singing and dance. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Conn. Part 1 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 5. 11:30 Live from the Artists Den Jakob Dylan.
17Sunday
7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) Victoria Falls. Bridging the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe, the world’s largest
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Paving the Way: The National Park-to-Park Highway 9 pm Thursdays, May 7 & 14
waterfall divides the tranquil Zambezi River and the raging abyss of the gorge below. Repeated 4 pm Tuesday. Masterpiece Mystery! Wallander. Series I: Firewall. See article page 2. Repeated midnight. Prairie Fire Repeated from 7:30 pm Thursday, 5/7. Your Weather (TV-G) Globe Trekker South Korea. Woodsongs Band of Heathens and Geoff Atcheson.
18Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Conn. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 3 am Tuesday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 Kennedys: American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) A saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and personal tragedy, the Kennedy family has left a legacy that continues to influence politics today. Repeated midnight; and 2 am Wednesday. 11:03 Charlie Rose
19Tuesday
7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives. Follow Mark Oliver Everett on a journey to learn about
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cast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol and carried on the American Forces Radio and Television Network, honors the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform. Now in its 20th year, the program is co-hosted by Emmy Awardwinner Gary Sinise (CSI: New York) and Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds). Scheduled to appear is an all-star line-up of dignitaries, actors and musical artists, including distinguished American leader Colin L. Powell; double Academy Award-winning actress Dianne Wiest; singer Katharine McPhee (American Idol); country music superstar Trace Adkins; Tony Award-winning Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell; celebrated Broadway star Colm Wilkinson (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera); acclaimed opera star Denyce Graves; classical music superstar Lang Lang; and Grammy-nominated violin virtuoso Robert McDuffie in performance with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of maestro Erich Kunzel, recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Photo: Capital Concerts & WETA
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The award-winning National Memorial Day Concert, broad-
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the father he never knew—a quantum physicist whose 1957 theory predicted the existence of parallel universes. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. Frontline Inside the Meltdown. An in-depth analysis of what caused the nation’s worst economic crisis in 70 years and the government’s response. Repeated midnight; and 1 am Sunday. Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton A look at the life of Thomas Merton, the acclaimed monk and writer considered one of the most influential spiritual voices of the 20th century. Your Weather Last of the Summer Wine Are You Being Served? Charlie Rose
20Wednesday
7:00 Blueprint America Using examples from U.S. cities, CNN correspondent Miles O’Brien examines the steps needed to equip our infrastructure systems for the next 50 years of development and population growth. Repeated 2 am Sunday; and 4 am Monday. 8:00 World War II: Behind Closed Doors Dividing the World. Part 3 of 3. See article page 3. Repeated 12:30 am Thursday; 2 am Friday; and 2 am Monday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Illinois Lawmakers 11:33 Charlie Rose
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Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Live from Lincoln Center brings you Prokofiev’s beloved ballet.
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This interpretation of the tragic classic, presented by Peter Martin, is staged at the New York State Theatre at Lincoln Center. Live from Lincoln Center New York City Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet u 8 pm Monday, May 25
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21Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Prairie Fire New Philadelphia/Lincoln Photographer/ Lincoln: On Slavery. 8:00 This Old House Hour 9:00 Homestretch: Racehorse Rescue An examination of the fates of losing racehorses and the lifesaving rehabilitation they can share with prisoners on their way back to society. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
22Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See page 5. 9:00 Independent Lens Lakshmi and Me. Against the backdrop
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of a culture where domestic workers are treated as social inferiors, a filmmaker explores the relationship between herself and the young girl who does her housework. Your Weather Last of the Summer Wine Are You Being Served? Charlie Rose
23Saturday
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7:00 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Conn. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 5. 11:30 Live from the Artists Den Ingrid Michaelson.
24Sunday
7:00 National Memorial Day Concert (TV-G) (DVS) See article page 9. Repeated 9 pm. 8:30 PBS Previews: The National Parks (TV-G) Get a sneak peek at Ken Burns’ latest TV project, a six-part series about America’s national parks. Repeated 12:30 am and 1:30 am Monday; 1 am Friday; and 2 am Saturday. 9:00 National Memorial Day Concert Repeated from 7 pm. 10:32 Globe Trekker (TV-G) Food Hour: Mexico. 11:30 Woodsongs Homemade Jamz Blues Band and the Barra Macneals.
25Monday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Conn. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; 3 am and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 Live from Lincoln Center New York City Ballet: Romeo and Juliet. See article page 10.
s Director Ang Lee with Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal
Race and Representation on the Silver Screen American Masters illuminates
a century of Chinese-American cinematic history, from rare silent classics such as Marion Wong’s The Curse of Quon Gwon (1916) to the contemporary critical and commercial success of Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain (2005). Created by Susan Lacy, six-time winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Primetime Non-Fiction Series, this documentary reflects on Hollywood’s racial prejudices as well as its fascination with the Far East. Featuring candid
interviews and back-lot stories, it chronicles the full gamut of Chinese representation in Hollywood from caricatures to controversial casting.
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26Tuesday
7:00 NOVA Ocean Animal Emergency. A look at the work of a San Francisco veterinarian trying to save whales, sea lions and other marine mammals decimated by toxic algae blooms. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Frontline/World More fresh reports on the major world stories of the day, along with surprising, intimate views of countries and cultures rarely seen on American television. Repeated midnight; 3 am Thursday; and 1 am Sunday. 9:00 Hallowed Grounds A rare look at America’s 23 World War I and World War II military cemeteries in England, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, Tunisia and the Philippines, including historical elements and personal stories. Repeated 3 am Wednesday. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
27Wednesday
7:00 Great Performances Lights Up: In the Heights On Broadway. A behind-the-scenes look at the cast and creative team behind this musical, which opened on Broadway in spring 2008 and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Repeated 4 am Friday; and 2 am Sunday. 8:00 American Masters Hollywood Chinese. See article page 11. Repeated 12:30 am Thursday; and 2 am Friday. 9:30 Fiji Firewalkers Rich in colorful, vibrant music and cultural
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tradition, this exploration of Fiji’s people, land and culture includes sthe legendary firewalkers of Beqa Island. Your Weather Last of the Summer Wine Illinois Lawmakers Charlie Rose
28Thursday
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Prairie Fire Airbrush Artist/Runway Fashion/Lincoln & Women. 8:00 This Old House Hour 9:00 Sketching the Silk Road 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
29Friday
7:00 Public Affairs See page 5. 9:00 Independent Lens Steal A Pencil for Me. Struggling for survival in a Nazi concentration camp, Jack Polak and his girlfriend, Ina, rely on writing secret love letters for strength to survive. 9:58 Your Weather 10:02 Last of the Summer Wine 10:33 Are You Being Served? 11:03 Charlie Rose
30Saturday
8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 5. 11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-G) (DVS) Ani Difranco.
31Sunday
7:00 Nature (TV-G) (DVS) Holy Cow. What is it about cows that make
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them the most successful and influential domestic animal on earth? Repeated 4 pm Tuesday. Masterpiece Mystery! Wallander. Series I: One Step Behind. See article page 2. Prairie Fire Repeated from 7:30 Thursday, 5/14. Your Weather Globe Trekker Special: Volcanoes, Ring of Fire.
Handel Chamber Music & YBAC Winners Showcase Sunday, May 24, 2009 7:30 pm BACH continues its celebration of Handel with the Oboe Concerto in G Minor, and Handel Arias & Duets. We will also feature the winners from our Young Baroque Artists Competition. Sinai Temple, 3104 W. Windsor Rd., Champaign $18/$15/$10 Purchase tickets online, by email at info@baroqueartists.org or by phone at 217-378-6802. www.baroqueartists.org
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Morning Edition with Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep (NPR) Pre-Opening Market Report BBC World Briefing Opening Market Report Focus 580 with David Inge 5/6 Cooking 5/12 Lawn & Garden 5/18 Home Maintenance 5/22 Personal Finance Market Update 5/18 Women’s Health Market Update
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All Things Considered with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, Michele Norris (NPR) Public Square (4:45 & 6:45 F) Environmental Almanac (4:45 & 6:45 Th) Fresh Air BBC World Service The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Mon: Commonwealth Club Tue: City Club Forum Wed: A World of Possibilities Thurs: Bookworm Fri: State Week in Review Thurs: New Letters on the Air Fri: Washington Week
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BBC Overnight Continued Commodity Week with Todd Gleason Illinois Gardener Weekend Edition with Scott Simon (NPR) Car Talk Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me
City Club Forum Inside Europe with Helen Seeney
State Week in Review
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Weekend Edition with Lianne Hansen (NPR) Says You
Commodity Week with Todd Gleason Travel with Rick Steves This American Life (repeated 6 pm Sunday) The Midnight Special with Rich Warren All Things Considered (NPR) The People’s Pharmacy
On the Media Media Matters with Bob McChesney The Tavis Smiley Show All Things Considered (NPR) Keepin’ the Faith with Steve Shoemaker This American Life
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Sidetrack (5/2) America Abroad: Judging the International Criminal Court (5/9) Intelligence Squared: It’s Wrong to Pay for Sex (5/16) Intelligence Squared: Diplomacy with Iran is Going Nowhere (5/23) India Rising (5/30)
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Agriculture Dave Dickey, agriculture director; Todd Gleason, host, Closing Market Report and Commodity Week
To listen to archived ag reports, sign up for the WILL Ag E-Newsletter, or download our agricultural podcasts, visit www.willag.org. Call 217-333-3434 for daily market analysis.
Weather Kieser, chief meteorologist; Mike Sola, weather producer Ed Talk to Ed & Talk to Mike Monday-Friday Weather Forecast: 5:35, 6:35, 7:35, 8:35, 9:35 am; 12:35, 4:33, 5:33 pm Agricultural Weather: 8:50 am, 2:32 pm
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AM 580 News High Power, Low Power AM 580 broadcasts at high power from local sunrise to local sunset. Your reception may also vary depending on other atmospheric factors. In May WILL-AM will broadcast at high power (5,000 watts) between 5:45 am and 8 pm. A clear digital signal of the news and information service is available 24 hours a day on FM 90.9 HD2 and HD3.
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International Criminal Court and India Featured In summer 1998, 120 countries made a historic decision—to establish the International Criminal Court (ICC). The hope was to end the impunity enjoyed by the globe’s worst perpetrators of crimes against the international community, but since then, the reality of international justice has been slow to materialize. At 6 pm Saturday, May 9, America Abroad’s Judging the International Criminal Court explores the halting attempts throughout the 20th century to create an international criminal court that culminated in the ICC. Co-hosts Ray Suarez and Deborah Amos begin at ICC headquarters in The Hague and move on to Uganda and the ICC’s ongoing prosecution of rebel leader Joseph Kony. Amos also travels to the former
Yugoslavia to gauge the effectiveness of the international tribunal prosecuting war crimes in the Balkans. Suarez and Amos end by talking with international legal experts about America’s controversial position on the ICC. The program will air again at 1 pm Monday, May 25, as part of our special Memorial Day programming. Stay tuned following America Abroad for a 2 pm episode of India Rising, which airs again at 6 pm Saturday, May 30. Mark Twain called India a place of “splendor and rags … palaces and hovels … famine and pestilence.” A century later, David Brown and an award-winning team of reporters follow in Twain’s footsteps. They find Twain’s land of “fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty” now faces enormous challenges in its quest for superpower status. Nucleararmed, IT-driven and export-oriented, India is battling vast social inequalities as well as the consequences of the global financial crisis and the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai.
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Attend UI Commencement on AM 580 Join us for the pomp and circumstance that accompanies another graduating class as AM 580 broadcasts the 10:30 am session of University of Illinois Commencement ceremonies live on Sunday, May 17. Illinois alumna and Emmy Award winner Suze Orman will receive an honorary degree during this ceremony; Carl Schramm, president and CEO of Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, will receive an honorary degree during the 2 pm ceremony. 14 PATTERNS • MAY 2009
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6 am The Morning Express with Vic Di Geronimo Everything you need to start your day, in one handy place! • Great classical music and companionship all morning long • A complete weather forecast at the top of each hour • NPR news headlines at 7:01, 8:01 and 9:01 • Frequent time and weather checks each hour • Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 7:45
10:01 am NPR News Headlines
s Soyeon Lee (8 pm, 5/28)
10:06 am Mid-Morning Classics with Jeff Esworthy Noon Live and Local with Kevin Kelly Kevin’s new lunchtime get-together features music and a daily serving of news about, and interviews with, area music-makers.
1:01 pm NPR News Headlines 1:06 pm Afternoon Classics Julie Amacher, Lynn Warfel, Mindy Ratner, Gillian Martin and Bob Christiansen keep you company throughout the afternoon and early evening with music and occasional news updates, including NPR headlines at 4:01 pm and 7:01 pm.
8 pm (M-Th) The Evening Concert
s Chiara String Quartet (8 pm, 5/28)
Tuesday: New York Philharmonic 5/5 5/12 5/19 5/26
Wednesday: Chicago Symphony Orchestra 5/6
Michael Tilson Thomas opens with his own Street Song. Symphonies by Sibelius and Shostakovich complete an all-20th-century program.
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Peruvian conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads a musical journey along the “Inca Trail,” featuring works from his native country. Jessica Warren-Acosta plays Andean flutes.
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Valery Gergiev conducts a suite from Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird and Prokofiev’s Violin Conc No 1, with Vadim Repin. Leonard Slatkin leads the Sym No 6 of Shostakovich.
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Bernard Haitink, Principal Conductor, leads performances of Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony and the Sym No 7 of Bruckner.
Great orchestras from the great concert halls!
Monday: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 5/4 5/11 5/18 5/25
Mariss Jansons, cond SCHUBERT, MOZART, RAVEL Marek Janowski, cond; Nikolai Lugansky, piano BRAHMS, BEETHOVEN Gianandrea Noseda, cond; Yefim Bronfman, piano RESPIGHI, PROKOFIEV, STRAVINSKY Yan Pascal Tortelier, cond; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh FAURE, SAINT-SAENS
Alan Gilbert, cond; Heinrich Schiff, cello BERLIOZ, SHOSTAKOVICH, R. STRAUSS Riccardo Muti, cond; Mitsuko Uchida, piano RAVEL, SCHUBERT Riccardo Muti, cond VERDI, PUCCINI, RESPIGHI Alan Gilbert, cond; Joshua Bell, violin DVORAK, SAINT-SAENS, MARTINU
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Penderecki String Quartet; Pamela Mia Paul, piano SCHUBERT, MENDELSSOHN, DVORAK Chiara String Quartet; Soyeon Lee, piano MOZART, FRANCK
10:01 pm NPR News Headlines 10:06 pm (M-Th) Night Music Gillian Martin, Bob Christiansen, Ward Jacobson, Scott Blankenship or John Zech keep you company through the wee hours.
Thursday: Music Mountain 5/7 5/14
Avalon String Quartet; Daniel Epstein, piano; Timothy Cobb, bass SCHUBERT, BEETHOVEN Avalon String Quartet; Jonathan Yates, piano MOZART, RAVEL, BRAHMS
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To guide your choices, a calendar of weekend musical events in our area, presented by Roger Cooper.
4:01 pm NPR News Headlines
5:06 pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm Michael Lasser examines the history of American popular song. 5/1 In Gershwin’s Shadow. During his life and even after, Gershwin influenced such important composers as Burton Lane, Harold Arlen, Arthur Schwartz and Vernon Duke. 5/8 A Different View of Mom. A little less sugary than usual, this Mother’s Day show is affectionate but irreverent. 5/15 Looking for a Bluebird. In love songs and Pollyanna songs with a bluebird as their central image, everyone is always looking for true love and perfect happiness. 5/22 Military Life. Remembering the way in which young Americans went off to war to serve their countries, with a combination of patriotism and irreverence. 5/29 Another Look at Crooning. The crooners dominated American singing for a quarter of a century, yet there may still be something new to say about them.
6 pm The Song Is You Bonnie Grice talks with all sorts of people about the sorts of music that influenced them. 5/1 Richie “La Bamba” Rosenberg. Fresh from playing the Super Bowl with Springsteen, the Conan O’Brien Show musician shares some of his personal stories of being a side man. 5/8 Jay McInerney. The best-selling author studied with Raymond Carver, was a member of the “literary brat pack” in the 80s and recently married publishing heiress Anne Hearst. 5/15 Bill Collage. A writer for screens big and small, who’s currently working on the new Hollywood film adaptation of Moby Dick. 5/22 Bakithi Kumalo. His career has ranged from a debut gig as a 7-year-old filling in for a bassist in his uncle’s band in
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4:06 PM Broadway Revisited The American musical theater, explored by Art Hilgart. 5/1 Economics 101. An MBA in an hour, with lessons from Broadway. 5/8 The Shows of Stephen Schwartz. From Godspell to Wicked. 5/15 Carnal Broadway. Composers were aware of sexuality before our libertine present. 5/22 Ella and Louis. In the 50s, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong recorded five LPs of show tunes as duets. We’ll sample as many songs that fit in the hour. 5/29 New Spring Paper and Plastic. The season’s new compact discs, books and videos.
s At noon on Saturday, May 2, singing opera bears Escamillo and Violetta will join hosts Roger Cooper, left, and John Frayne for the Opera Gala, lending their voices to help raise funds for WILL Radio. Make a $125 pledge and you can have a singing opera bear of your own! s
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Johannesburg to being enlisted by Paul Simon for Graceland. Jill Zarin. She writes a popular online column called Ask Jill, where she answers questions from viewers about fashion, love and lifestyle.
7 pm Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz Great playing, great conversation! 5/1 Eartha Kitt. The late singer and entertainer joined McPartland in 1993 to talk about Orson Welles, Nat King Cole and her catty role on Batman, along with some swinging duets! 5/8 Tanglewood. Pianist Mulgrew Miller, singer Nnenna Freelon and singer/pianist Spencer Day each take their turn on stage with McPartland. 5/15 Melissa Walker. This exciting presence on the jazz scene sings with impeccable phrasing, a soulful swing and a warm sensuous tone. 5/22 Roger Kellaway. He discusses his release of jazz versions of tunes from the Bobby Darrin Songbook and his award-winning Heroes album paying tribute to the great piano trios. 5/29 Grady Tate. The much-celebrated drummer has traded in his skins for a microphone at center stage where he delivers smooth and soulful baritone vocals.
8 pm Riverwalk Jazz The Jim Cullum Jazz Band plays classic jazz. David Holt co-hosts with Jim. 5/1 Remembering Ralph Sutton: Long Way From St. Louis. Stride piano legend Ralph Sutton talks about playing in his hometown of St. Louis and the clubs of Greenwich Village. 5/8 Unsung Songwriters: The Great Craftsmen. You might not recognize his name, but you know his song, “After You’ve Gone.” 5/15 Peck’s Bad Boys: The Peck Kelley Story. Kelley was in high demand by the top bandleaders of the ’20s, but preferred to spend his life playing in Texas honky tonks.
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“Wrap Your Troubles in Rhythm”: A Concert of Recession-Proof Tunes. From Depression-era musicals to songs that reflected hard times, jazz has helped lift America’s spirit. Swinging the Band: The Pops Foster Story. Starting out as a riverboat tuba player, this bassist went on to help revolutionize the sound of jazz rhythm.
9 pm Rhythm, Sweet & Hot Rare and wonderful recordings from the ’20s through the ’50s, primarily from 78s.
10 pm Radio Deluxe Jazz singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli and his vocalist wife, Jessica Molaskey, host a two-hour weekly music party from their “deluxe living room!” Snappy patter, classics from the American Popular Songbook, and a lot of fun! Catch it Sundays from 4 to 6 pm as well!
Midnight Bluegrass Breakdown Nashville’s Dave Higgs presents bluegrass music, often with live performances in the mix.
1 am The Bluegrass Review More bluegrass music, interviews and features, with host Phil Nusbaum providing an historical perspective.
2 am The Folk Sampler From the foothills of the Ozarks, Mike Flynn presents folk, traditional, bluegrass and blues.
3 am The Art of the Song Exploring creativity in songwriting and other arts.
4 am Celtic Connections From Carbondale, Brian Crow plays music of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany.
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5 am Classical Music Ward Jacobson and Lynn Warfel help you wake up, or go to sleep, depending …
7 am Weekend Blend Vincent Trauth puts on the coffee, along with classical music, weather, NPR news headlines at 7:01 and Garrison Keillor’s almanac at 8:01 am.
9:01 am NPR News Headlines 9:06 am Classics By Request John Frayne plays requests at this time each Saturday morning. Submit requests at classreq@illinois. edu or (217) 265-5084.
10 am Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of classical music from the pre-digital recording era. 5/2 Beethoven. Overtures and incidental music. 5/9 Clara Schumann. Mother and muse. 5/16 Mounds of Broken Records. The 1929 crash. 5/23 Everybody Loves a Parade! Marches high and low from near and far. 5/30 Great Duos of the 20th Century: Kreisler-Rachmaninoff.
11 am From the Top A live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians! Pianist Chris O’Riley hosts. (Each program can be heard again Sundays at 6 pm.) 5/2 Highlights from appearances on FTT by Bobby McFerrin, Isaac Stern, Midori and Edgar Meyer. 5/9 Some of the talented teens studying at the Aspen Music Festival and School include an oboe quartet performing Mozart and a 14-year-old pianist from Minnesota playing Liszt. 5/16 Teen chamber music groups extraordinary for their unusual instrumentation, including The Rattan Percussion Trio from Chicago, a bassoon sextet and six hands at one piano! 5/23 TBD 5/30 From Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, a teenage pianist performs a daunting showpiece and a 17-year-old Evanston cellist plays music of Lukas Foss.
Noon Afternoon at the Opera: Lyric Opera of Chicago Margaret Juntwaite hosts the last month of the Met season. John Frayne provides the extras. Note that the final three broadcasts will begin at 11 am. 5/2 SPECIAL: OPERA GALA: From Opera to Operetta to Musicals! John Frayne, Roger Cooper and other special guests explore parallels and differences
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between the various musical theatres, and feature singers who have crossed the lines successfully, and even returned unscathed! There will be lots of prizes and lots of surprises.Your suggestions and requests are encouraged, just as we encourage you to support the broadcast of opera on FM 90.9! MANON: Massenet. Emmanuel Villaume, cond, with Natalie Dessay, Jonas Kaufmann, Christopher Feigum, Raymond Aceto, David Cangelosi and Jake Gardner. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Mascagni. PAGLICACCI: Leoncavallo. Renato Palumbo, cond, with Dolora Zajick, Vincenzo La Scola, Mark Delavan, Katherine Lerner, Judith Christin, Vladimir Galouzine, Ana Maria Martinez, Christopher Feigum and Keith Jameson. THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Mozart. Andrew Davis, cond, with Matthew Polenzani, Erin Wall, Andrea Silvestrelli, Aleksandra Kurzak, Steve Davislim and David Steiger. MADAME BUTTERFLY: Puccini. Andrew Davis, cond, with Patricia Racette, Frank Lopardo, Katharine Goeldner, James Westman and David Cangelosi.
4:01 pm NPR News Headlines 4:06 pm Footlight Parade
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Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet / Ben Kweller. David Hidalgo & Louie Perez / Ray LaMontagne.
8 pm American Routes A program of and about all the roots and branches of American music, with host Nick Spitzer. 5/2 Rockin’ the Blues with Sonny Burgess & Snooks Eaglin. Arkansas wild man and Sun Records rockabilly Burgess tears it up, and a live set from great New Orleans bluesman Eaglin. 5/9 Gulf Coast Blues and More: Barbara Lynn & Belton Richard. The “black Elvis,” left-handed guitarist/singer Lynn and dancehall accordion player Richard. 5/16 Alabama Bound. A trip through the music of the Yellowhammer State: the Muscle Shoals Sound studio, Hank Williams’ childhood home in Georgiana and more. 5/23 Kings of the Road: From Ramblin’ Jack to Kerouac. “The road” as destination, inspiration and home away from home in blues, country, jazz and more. 5/30 Earl Scruggs. His landmark banjo playing has left its mark on American pop culture, from the film Bonnie and Clyde to the TV show The Beverly Hillbillies.
10 pm The Saturday Special
Bill Rudman presents musical theater from Broadway to Hollywood. 5/2 Mandy Patinkin Sings Sondheim. Patinkin in conversation and performing songs by Sondheim including highlights from “Sunday in the Park with George.” 5/9 Happy Mother’s Day! A picture of motherhood thanks to words and music from Broadway and Hollywood, featuring performances by Mary Martin, Al Jolson and Patti LuPone. 5/16 1966 on Stage and Screen. The best of the year including Broadway’s Cabaret, Sweet Charity and I Do! I Do! and Hollywood’s A Funny Thing … 5/23 Spotlight on ‘Hair.’ Broadway has just revived it—we go back to the original ’67 production with selections from the cast album and conversation with director Gerald Freedman. 5/30 1960 on Stage. The best of the year including Camelot, The Fantasticks, Irma La Douce and Bye, Bye, Birdie.
We dedicate the month to programs featuring the life and music of Benny Goodman, who would have turned 100 on May 30. 5/2 Riverwalk Jazz: Benny Goodman, Swinging at 100—A Centenary Celebration! Allan Vache, Harry Allen and Lionel Hampton join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to celebrate the Chicago kid who changed the face of popular music in America. 5/9 Flyin’ Home. In the mid-30s and early 40s he led bands big and small, but his influence went beyond music as the first popular national artist to integrate his ensembles on stage and screen. 5/16 The Benny Goodman Centennial, Part 1: The Early Years. David Miller presents special editions of his Swingin’ Down the Lane series devoted to Benny. 5/23 The Benny Goodman Centennial, Part 2: The King of Swing. 5/30 Benny Goodman! A special documentary from the producers of Rhythm, Sweet & Hot marks Benny’s 100th birthday, to the day!
5 pm A Prairie Home Companion
11 pm The World Music Hour
Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon. You can also hear each week’s program at 2 pm Sunday, right here on FM 90.9!
Dan Storper and Rosalie Howarth take you through music of many different cultures. 5/30 Angela Gheorghiu is Madame Butterfly (continued).
7 pm etown
Midnight Blues Before Sunrise
A variety show recorded live in front of an audience, featuring top bluegrass, folk and country artists, as well as conversation about our communities and our world. 5/2 15th Anniversary Celebration with James Taylor and Keb’ Mo’. 5/9 Nanci Griffith / Piers Faccini. 5/16 The BoDeans / Over the Rhine.
Where every month is Black History Month! Steve Cushing explores the highways and byways of African-American music on the best blues show on the radio!
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Photo: Mat Hennek
5/17 Photo: Jim Davis
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s Mark Weems and Julee Glaub (1pm 5/10)
5/31
Club, Amasong, Marilyn Horne, Ani Aznavoorian, Charlotte Mattax, Ollie Watts Davis, Karen Lynne Deal and more! [rescheduled from 3/8] Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra (4/25/09) Michael Luxner, cond; Christine Bock, viola Opus 24 Choral Ensemble HOLST: Brook Green Suite VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flos Campi (Flower of the Field) WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll HAYDN: Sym No 85 The Queen and Illinois Symphony Orchestra (5/1,2/09) The Planets Karen Lynne Deal, cond; David Collier, timpani J.C.C. FISCHER: Sym with 8 Obbligato Timpani HOLST: The Planets Sinfonia da Camera (5/2/09) Teachers and Disciples Ian Hobson, cond, piano HAYDN: Sym No 101 The Clock MENDELSSOHN: Piano Conc No 1 MOSCHELES/orch. HOBSON: Piano Conc No 8 BEETHOVEN: Sym No 2 Danville Symphony Orchestra (5/9/09) With Strings Attached Jeremy Swerling, cond; Buddy Wachter, banjo; Margaret Dugdale, violin GLINKA: Russlan and Ludmilla Overture VIVALDI: Conc for Two Violins (with banjo) SAINT-SAENS: La Bacchanale SMETANA: Dance of the Comedians
5 am Classical Music
2 pm A Prairie Home Companion
Scott Blankenship and Lynn Warfel select classical music for your Sunday morning, with NPR news headlines at 7:01 am and Garrison Keillor’s daily almanac at 8:01 am.
Garrison Keillor and friends with skits, music, comedy and the news from Lake Wobegon!
4 pm Radio Deluxe
Singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli and his singing wife, Jessica Molaskey, host a two-hour weekly music party from their “deluxe living room!” Snappy patter, classics from the American Popular Songbook, interesting guests, and a lot of fun!
10:01 pm NPR News Headlines
9 am Sunday Baroque Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, at this new time. You’ll also hear NPR news headlines at 9:01 am and 12:01 pm.
1 pm The Thistle and Shamrock Fiona Ritchie hosts this program from Scotland, featuring traditional and contemporary music from Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere. 5/3 All Women. Including original Gaelic compositions by Maggie MacInnes “linking the voices and feelings of women from centuries past to the present day.” 5/10 Little Windows. Singers Julee Glaub and Mark Weems mix Appalachian and Irish music and relish the beauty of two unaccompanied voices in close harmony. 5/17 Digital Imperfection. Some offset digital perfection by mixing archive vinyl, complete with clicks and pops, into their own tracks, while others resist dependence on overdubs. 5/24 New Releases and Debuts I. Fiona handpicks the best new sounds from rising artists along with the latest from some of your favorites. 5/31 New Releases and Debuts II. More new sounds.
s Lynn Warfel (Sundays 7-9 am) 18 PATTERNS • MAY 2009
6 pm From the Top A rebroadcast of NPR’s young musician showcase. See listings for Saturday at 11 am, except: 5/3 Week 17 The inspiring story of a 17-year-old pianist from Washington, D.C., and a performance from an energetic Boston Children’s Chorus.
7 pm Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper We conclude this season of regional concert broadcasts, interviews, reviews and previews. 5/3 5/10
Prairie Ensemble (4/17/09) Celebrating Mendelssohn at 200 Kevin Kelly, cond; Mark Moore, tuba DVORAK: Wind Serenade VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Tuba Conc MENDELSSOHN: Sym No 3 Scottish SPECIAL: The Women on the Prairie. Celebrating the U of I Women’s Glee
10:06 pm Harmonia Angela Mariani presents an hour of Baroque and early music. 4/5 Music for the Jesuits I. Some of the composers associated with the order include Massenzio, Kapsperger and Charpentier. 4/12 Traditions: Easter. Music for the Christian Holy Week from the middle ages through the baroque. 4/19 Music for the Jesuits II. 4/26 Masters of the King’s Musick. Songs and instrumental works of the first seven composers who held the position in England.
11:06 pm The Romantic Hours Music, poetry and romance, seamlessly woven by Mona Golabek.
Midnight Classical Music Scott Blankenship eases you into the new week.
Inside WILL “I’ve always felt extremely grateful to the kind and generous people who support WILL,” he said. “We’re very fortunate to serve an audience that is willing to support all three stations, WILL-TV, AM and FM.” Carl said that despite financial challenges, WILL is in a strong position as compared to other public broadcasting stations around the country. “What I thought was a financial challenge in 2002 is nothing compared to the financial challenges today,” he said. “We’ve made an effort to be extremely careful with our resources. We’ve positioned ourselves very well in terms of the financial pressures we face.”
Carl Caldwell Retires When he left the business of gathering news several times during his 36-year career in local TV production and broadcasting, Carl Caldwell missed the challenge of questioning newsmakers as well as the frequent interchange with other reporters.
But in 2001, when he became station manager of WILL-TV, he found challenges and rewards that rivaled those in the news business. He took on thorny personnel issues and shepherded the station through the transition to digital broadcasting. He points to WILL-TV’s broadcasting of a digital signal in 2005 as one noteworthy accomplishment during his tenure. “The challenge of getting the new equipment and funding it, with both a state appropriation and a federal grant — it was a long, arduous path. We experienced several delays, so the sense of achievement was great when we began broadcasting a digital signal for the first time,” he said. “The digital transition continues to be a challenge as we look ahead to the purchase of studio and field production equipment.” Carl retired April 30, just after the station’s switch to all-digital broadcasting. He says he wanted to begin his retirement while he was relatively healthy and could enjoy his family. “The birth of our first grandchild on Feb. 22 was one great reason to retire at this time,” he said.
Carl worked as a reporter and producer for WCIA-TV from 1973 to 1980, when he joined WILL-TV as a producer and reporter. His syndicated public affairs program, Illinois Press, was distributed to public and commercial television stations in Illinois. In 1983, while still producing Illinois Press, he became a radio and television producer for the University of Illinois News Bureau. In 1989, he
became director of Electronic Media Services for the News Bureau. He rejoined WILL-TV in 1996, and produced and hosted WILL political debates and other public affairs programming, while working as senior producer in WILLTV’s production services department. Chet Tomczyk, president and CEO of WTVP-TV in Peoria, said Carl is one of the true believers in public broadcasting. “I relied on him frequently for advice and to bounce ideas off of,” said Chet. “His retirement is a loss for the station and for the whole public broadcasting community.” “Whether Carl is dealing with his peers or with public officials, people listen to him and respect his point of view,” he said. “He’s someone who stresses over getting things right, who wants to make sure that public broadcasting delivers to people what it promises. He believes in the mission and he cares passionately about his people and about the viewers and members of WILL.”
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Thanks to your generous donations, this year’s Vintage Vinyl sale on May 16 is ready to roll!
Join us from 8 am to 6 pm in the former Baskin’s clothing store at Lincoln Square Village to find hundreds of LPs, CDs, audio equipment and much more at garage sale prices. The premium sale, with a $5 admission fee, runs from 8 to 11 am. There’s no fee from 11 am to 3 pm. Doors close from 3 to 4 pm to prepare for the half-price sale from 4 to 6 pm. All proceeds from the sale directly support the Illinois Radio Reader Service, which brings news, information and entertainment to east central Illinois residents who are visually impaired. If you’d still like to volunteer your help at the sale, please call Deane Geiken at 217-333-6503. Illinois Radio Reader is a service of Illinois Public Media.
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Out of the Mouths of Ordinary Central Illinoisans:
The Power of Lincoln’s Words Iraq War veteran Garrett Anderson
reprises Lincoln’s Speech to the Ohio 166th Regiment. Champaign high school student Honesty Smith presents Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address. And a montage of 14 ordinary central Illinois residents presents a moving tribute to Abraham Lincoln and his Gettysburg Address. A new series of 13 video shorts, now airing on WILL-TV, commemorates the Lincoln Bicentennial by presenting the faces and voices of volunteer readers as they speak some of Lincoln’s most memorable words. Watch them online at will.illinois.edu/tv. WILL-TV worked with the University of Illinois Conferences and Institutes, a division of the U of I’s Office of Continuing Education, on the project, By the People: A Lincoln Portrait.
WILL-TV’s Steve Drake, who produced and edited the pieces along with editor Tristan Riddell, said the readers weren’t chosen because they were the best orators, but because they were regular people from the community, not politicians or dignitaries. Each of the participants brought his or her own set of experiences to the reading. “Lincoln’s words are so powerful and inspiring that the people reading them can’t help but be moved,” Steve said. “That’s evident in the videos.”
One of the readers of the Gettysburg Address was Mohammad Al-Heeti, a Champaign-Urbana business owner who has lived in the community since coming from Iraq 26 years ago to attend the U of I. He said he participated to give back to the community that has welcomed him and to “give an example that we came for a certain reason and now we’re a part of this society and this community.”
didn’t care if they were black or white or they were this ethnic group or that ethnic group,” Al-Heeti said. Peg Wherry, who coordinated the project, said she discovered when combing through Lincoln’s speeches to find appropriate material that he was an organized, logical writer. Editing Lincoln was a bit intimidating, but she had to fit speeches into 90-second spots. “He arranged his words so tightly that it’s hard to grab a little bit without doing violence to the whole thing,” she said. Jim Onderdonk, head of Conferences and Institutes, said he wanted the project to echo the words of the Gettysburg Address, “by the people,” by using the people of Illinois to read the speeches. “I’m not a native Illinoisan but I have met so many people here who have an abiding affection for Lincoln,” he said. “So I’d rather have those kinds of people do the reading.”
“I admire (President Lincoln) because he worked for the whole nation, not for a party or group. He
Enjoy Market at the Square? We’ll See You There! May marks the start of another great season at Urbana’s
Market at the Square Saturdays from 8 am to noon. Be sure to look for the WILL booth on the first Saturday of each month. We look forward to visiting with you about the myriad facets within Illinois Public Media—whether it’s cooking, gardening, weather, agriculture, music, educational resources or local programs. 20 PATTERNS • May 2009
s Jack Richmond, pictured in his Champaign home with a plaque commemorating his outstanding dedication to and support of the College of Media, Richmond Journalism Teaching Facility and Illinois Public Media. The plaque was presented to Jack and his wife, Marjorie, in March 2009, to mark the 10th year of use of the buildings. A formal celebration is planned for Oct. 1, 2009.
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WILL’s Young Learners Initiative Benefits from Target Grant A new grant from Target, part of its ongoing efforts to
strengthen families and communities throughout the country, will enhance WILL’s ability to offer workshops, books and educational resources to parents, teachers and child care providers. Since opening its doors, Target has given five percent of its income to organizations that support education, the arts, social services and volunteerism. Today that translates to more than $3 million every week. “At Target, our local grants are making a difference in the communities we serve,” said Laysha Ward, vice president, community relations, Target. “We’re proud to partner with WILL as part of our ongoing commitment to give back to the communities where our guests and team members live and work.” Additionally, Target gives through signature programs that are designed to inspire learning in children and families. Programs include: • Take Charge of Education®, a school fundraising program; • Target Field Trip Grants, a program that helps educators bring learning to life for students through the distribution of grants; • Ready.Sit.Read!, a program dedicated to fostering a lifelong love of reading in children at an early age; • Target House®, which serves as a home away from home for families of children receiving life-saving treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® in Memphis; • Target Volunteers, a program where Target team members and retirees annually donate more than 350,000 hours of time to more than 7,500 community-based projects. Minneapolis-based Target serves guests at more than 1,600 stores in 47 states nationwide. Nationwide, Target gives more than $3 million a week to its local communities through grants and special programs. Since opening its first store in 1962, Target has partnered with nonprofit organizations, guests and team members to help meet community needs.
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IGA Supermarkets Illinois Farm Bureau Illinois State Bar Association Illinois State University School of Music Illinois Symphony Orchestra Infant-Parent Institute Jane Addams Book Shop Kennedy’s at Stone Creek Kirkland Fine Arts Center Kraft Foods Krannert Art Museum Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Landscape Recycling Center LeRoy Veterinary Clinic Lincoln Square Village Meijer The Meredith Foundation Mervis Family Foundation Mid-Central Illinois Regional Council of Carpenters Minneci’s Ristorante Monticello Chamber of Commerce The Music Shoppe Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Owens Funeral Home Parkland College Theatre Patterson Office Supplies John T. Phipps Law Offices, P.C Prairie Ensemble Prairie Village Private Client Group at National City Bank Prospect Bank Radio Maria Ramada Hotel Ratio Architects RE/MAX Realty Associates Rental City Risk Management Commodities St. John’s Catholic Newman Center St. Joseph Apothecary Sangamon Auditorium Schnuck’s Supermarkets The Sea Boat Sew Sassy Silver Creek/Courier Cafe SIU School of Law Sinfonia da Camera State Farm Insurance Steamatic of C-U Stewart-Peterson Strategic Farm Marketing Strawberry Fields Supervalu Sweeney Brothers Rug Gallery Target Tate & Lyle Ten Thousand Villages That’s Rentertainment Thrifty Nickel TK Service Center Trophy Time U of I College of Law U of I Employees Credit Union University of Illinois Mike Weaver Ballroom Dance Worden-Martin Subaru World Gourmet Foods World Harvest International & Gourmet Foods The Yoga Institute
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Krannert Uncorked with Funky Jonny, blues
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