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september 2010 Volume XXXVIII, Number 3 Planning with our core identity in mind By Mark Leonard, General Manager As I write this, Illinois Public Media is in the midst of strategic planning. This is a fancy phrase for “figuring out what’s important, and organizing the staff’s energies to address those issues.” It is a challenging process at a time when traditional funding sources are declining, media usage by consumers is rapidly changing and traditional journalism is in upheaval. Our goal is to protect the traditional role in which public radio and television have excelled, while embracing opportunities and identifying new sources of revenue. We have had some lively internal debates as we wrestled with these issues. The temptation is to cling to the past, and wish that change would go away, but that would invite a slow glide path to irrelevance. Public radio and television were born in a time when a limited number of stations were available, and public broadcasting was a unique offering. Since that time, cable, satellite radio, VCRs, digital video recorders, and the Internet have all had impact on our industry. We have adapted throughout, and now enjoy some of the largest viewership, listenership and support of any time in our history. How has that happened? By preserving and nurturing the unique value of public media—our core DNA, you could call it. That core identity, to which our content and services are still linked, is what we seek to preserve and nurture during our strategic planning process. We invite your comments about what you think is our core DNA. We know that it includes content that matters and is grounded in deep knowledge and fact, not opinion. We know that public broadcasting shines light on complex issues. We know that it offers a diversity of voices and experiences. And, we know that it is fair and compassionate. What would you add? Drop me a note in the mail or at mleonard@illinois.edu or post your ideas on our Facebook page at facebook.com/ willradiotvonline. I look forward to adding your comments to the planning discussion, and to sharing our overall plan as it takes shape.
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After delighting three generations of young learners, the Cat in the Hat comes to television for the first time as an animated series. Don’t miss the debut of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! at 7:30 am Monday, Sept. 6, on WILL-TV. The show will be repeated at noon weekdays, and also air at 6:30 am Saturdays and Sundays. Each show features 6-year-old Sally and Nick, best friends and next-door neighbors, who are transported on a magical journey to all corners of the globe to make natural science discoveries, with the Cat in the Hat as their guide. Along for the ride are the Fish and the Cat’s mop-headed helpers, Thing One and Thing Two. Sally and Nick embark on adventure and silliness with the Cat in his one-of-a-kind custom vehicle, the Thinga-ma-jigger, a contraption that can sprout wings, pontoons, booster rockets and skis. The group of travelers uses the Thinga-ma-jigger to observe giant sea worms at the bottom of the ocean, fly to the rain forest to find out how many animals make their home in the great Kapok tree or shrink to the size of a bee to discover how honey is made in a beehive. Award-winning actor Martin Short (right) will voice the Cat in the series that is based on Random House’s bestselling The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library.
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The new two-part documentary picks up where Burns’ 1994 Baseball series left off. Produced by Burns, Lynn Novick and David McMahon, The Tenth Inning (7 pm Tuesday, Sept. 28, and Wednesday, Sept. 29) tells the story of America’s national pastime from the early 1990s to the present day while celebrating the game’s resilience, accomplishments and disappointments. Photo
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s From above: The Braves’ Jeff Blauser and the Phillies’ Darren Daulton in a 1993 playoff game. Barry Bonds. The Red Sox’ David Ortiz is mobbed by teammates after his game- and series-winning home run in the 2004 AL Division Series. 2 PATTERNS • SEPTEMBER 2010
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The Tenth Inning highlights developments that transformed the game: the 1994 strike that left many fans disillusioned with their heroes; the increasing
dominance of Latino and Asian players; baseball’s skyrocketing profits, thanks to new stadiums, interleague play and the wild card; the rise of a new Yankee Dynasty; the Red Sox’ historic World Series victory; the feats of Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds, paired with the revelations about performanceenhancing drugs. Combining still photographs with insightful commentary by players, managers, experts and fans, The Tenth Inning demonstrates that baseball has continued to be a mirror of the country— at its best and at its worst.
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After you watch The Tenth Inning, stay tuned for short WILL-TV-produced stories about amateur baseball in central Illinois.
Reporter/producer Jeff Bossert looks at the Eastern Illinois Baseball League, which celebrated its 75th anniversary this past summer. More than 51 communities have participated in the league, but only the community of Buckley has fielded a team each of the 75 years. Jeff takes in a Buckley Dutch Masters game and talks to Fred Kroner, a News-Gazette reporter who is president of the league and the author of a new book on its history. “The Buckley field is nice—it makes you think of Field of Dreams,” said Jeff. “It’s right up against a cornfield. People sit in lawn chairs or in the back of their pick-ups to
watch. And they’ve got great food—hamburgers, hot dogs and four or five kinds of beer—it’s not to be confused with a Little League or collegiate game.”
Jeff also tells the story of the Danville Dans, drawing college players from across the nation who come to Danville and trade aluminum bats for the wooden ones used in the major leagues. Players say they come to improve their game and spectators say they appreciate watching great baseball. The Eastern Illinois league story airs at 8:59 pm Tuesday, Sept. 28, following the first episode of The Tenth Inning. The Danville Dans story airs at 9:04 pm Wednesday, Sept. 29, after part two of the documentary.
Join PubCamp Chambana Illinois Public Media is hosting a daylong Public Media Camp beginning at 8:30 am Saturday, Sept. 25, at the M2 Building in downtown Champaign. The free event will bring staff members from Illinois Public Media together with area residents who’d like to voluntarily work with us to meet our community’s informational needs. We’re looking for technology enthusiasts, citizen and professional journalists, media makers of all kinds and representatives of businesses and not-for-profits to attend. Participants will determine what kinds of issues will be discussed that
day. Read all about it and register at: http://wiki.publicmediacamp. org/PubCampChambana and join the conversation on Twitter at #PubCampChambana. “Pub Camps are happening all around the country as people use media to address issues and gather others around a need,” said Kimberlie Kranich, director of community engagement at Illinois Public Media. “Our PubCamp is one opportunity to build relationships for future partnerships.” Support for the event is provided by One Main Development and CCNET. PATTERNS • SEPTEMBER 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 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 (M-Th) Great orchestras from the great concert halls!
Monday: Chicago Symphony Orchestra 9/6 9/13 9/20 9/27
John Williams, cond; J.WILLIAMS; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Vladimir Jurowski, cond; RACHMANINOFF; STRAVINSKY; PROKOFIEV Sir Mark Elder, cond; DELIUS; ELGAR; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS; TIPPETT Jaap van Zweden, cond; Christian Tetzlaff, violin BRAHMS; RACHMANINOFF; WAGENAAR
Tuesday: New York Philharmonic 9/7
Schumann and Chopin Bicentennials in 2010 Giuseppe Sinopoli; Leonard Bernstein, cond SCHUMANN; CHOPIN
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 9/14
Andre Previn, cond; Emanuel Ax, piano BERLIOZ; CHOPIN; SCHUBERT; BEETHOVEN 9/21 Gianandrea Noseda, cond; Nikolaj Znaider, violin SCHUBERT; KORNGOLD; WEBERN 9/28 Leonard Slatkin, cond; Denis Matsuev, piano An all-RACHMANINOFF program
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s Christian Tetzlaff (7 pm 9/27) Wednesday: Cleveland Orchestra (new season) 9/1 Franz Welser-Most, cond An all-BEETHOVEN program 9/8 Franz Welser-Most, cond HAYDN; WAGNER; SHOSTAKOVICH 9/15 Franz Welser-Most, cond.; Mitsuko Uchida BEETHOVEN; LISZT; WAGNER 9/22 Franz Welser-Most, cond An all-BRAHMS program 9/29 Franz Welser-Most, cond BRAHMS; ADAMS; BRAHMS
Thursday: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Center Stage from Wolf Trap
9/2 BACH; HAYDN; HANDEL SCHUBERT; RAVEL 9/9 An all-BACH program An all-SCHUBERT program 9/16 BIBER; TELEMANN; MUFFAT; HANDEL; VIVALDI; MOZART; BEETHOVEN; PIAZZOLLA; LEISNER
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Concerts from the Library of Congress
9/23 MENDELSSOHN; BEETHOVEN VIVALDI; HANDEL; TELEMANN 9/30 HAYDN; BRAHMS ROSSINI; MENDELSSOHN; PIAZZOLLA
Friday: Prairie Performances
This month, we feature University of Illinois School of Music events.
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
9 am Classics By Request John Frayne plays requests for two hours at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at classreq@illinois. edu or 217-265-5084. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.
11 am Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of classical music from the pre-digital recording era. 9/4 Bronisaw Hubermann and the founding of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra 9/11 Composer Benjamin Britten as Performer 9/18 Happy 111th Birthday for Deutsche Grammophon Records 9/25 Carl Nielsen recordings of the early LP era
Noon Afternoon at the Opera Following each week’s featured selection, John Frayne presents the Gilbert and Sullivan Festival. 9/4 THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO (Mozart). Ian Robertson, cond, with Mary Dunleavy and Matthew Polenzani, and the San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance 9/11 IL TRITTICO: IL TABARRO [The Cloak], SUOR ANGELICA [Sister Angelica], GIANNI SCHICCHI (Puccini). Patrick Summers, cond, with Patricia Racette, Brandon Jovanovich, Ewa Podles, and Paolo Gavanelli, with the San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Gilbert and Sullivan: Iolanthe 9/18 IL TROVATORE (Verdi). Nicola Luisotti, cond, with Marco Berti, Sondra Radvanovsky, Stephanie Blythe and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, with the San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Gilbert and Sullivan: The Gondoliers 9/25 THE DAMNATION OF FAUST (Berlioz). Sir Andrew Davis, cond, with Paul Groves, Susan Graham and John Relyea, with the Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus and Orchestra. Gilbert and Sullivan: Ruddigore
4 pm NPR All Things Considered
with Liane Hansen
9 am Sunday Baroque Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac at 9:01.
1 pm From the Top A live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians, hosted by pianist Christopher O’Riley.
2 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits and the latest news from Lake Wobegon.
4 pm NPR All Things Considered 5 pm Classical Music Mindy Ratner and Valerie Kahler are your hosts. NPR News Headlines at 7:01.
10 pm Harmonia Angela Mariani presents Baroque and early music. NPR News Headlines at 10:01.
11 pm The Romantic Hours Music, poetry and romance with Mona Golabek.
midnight Classical Music Scott Blankenship and John Zech are your hosts throughout the night and into the morning.
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5 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon. [Also Sundays at 2 pm]
7 pm Classics All Night Bob Christiansen and Scott Blankenship keep you company Saturday night and into Sunday morning. NPR News Headlines at 7:01 and 10:01. PATTERNS • SEPTEMBER 2010 5
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
John Frayne plays requests at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at classreq@illinois.edu or 217-265-5084.
Join Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!
11 am-Noon Classics of the Phonograph
Noon-1 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’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
Follow Illinois Public Media on Twitter We’re tweeting so you can get news and weather updates from the newsroom, and go behind the scenes to learn about the stories we’re working on at WILL. Go to our Twitter page [http://twitter.com/ willpublicmedia] and click on “follow.” Go ahead and interact with us on Facebook, too, by going to facebook.com/willradiotvonline and clicking “like” at the top of the page. Reporter and host Sean Powers has been engaging Facebook users in discussions about news and culture. “I’m trying to bring our listeners into the process of what we do,” he said.
Festival celebrates
Gilbert & Sullivan
Join us on WILL-FM Saturdays at noon in September for our celebration of Gilbert & Sullivan during Afternoon at the Opera. See page 5 or visit will.illinois. edu for each week’s program.
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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/ The Farming World NPR News 2:01
2:00
The Midnight Special
The Tavis Smiley Show
The World
3:00
All Things Considered
4:00
NPR All Things Considered
All Things Considered
5:00
The People’s Pharmacy
Keepin’ the Faith with Steve Shoemaker
6:00
Commonwealth Club (Sidetrack 9/4)
This American Life
Fresh Air
7:00
Living on Earth
BBC World Service
8:00
Latino USA
To the Best of Our Knowledge
8:30
World Vision Report
9:00
Alternative Radio
New Dimensions
10:00
Bookworm
Le Show
10:30
New Letters on the Air
11:005 am
BBC World Service
Monday–Friday NPR Morning Edition with Jim Meadows
On Point
BBC World Service Bold Listing = National/International News
10:07 am
9/1 9/8 9/14 9/17 9/20
11:07
Focus monthly guests Cooking Nutrition Lawn & Garden Personal Finance Home Care
9/2 Computers 9/27 Women’s Health
Weather Monday-Friday Weather Forecast: 5:33, 6:33, 7:33, 8:33 am; 12:35, 4:33, 5:33 pm Saturday and Sunday Occasional updates
NPR Weekend Edition
Wait Wait ...
BBC World Service
AM 580 Listener Comments: 217-333-0853 / willamfm@illinois.edu
Agriculture Dave Dickey, agriculture director; Todd Gleason, host, Closing Market Report & Commodity Week
Pre-Opening Market Report: 8:49 am; Opening Market Report: 9:49 am; Market Update: 10:58 and 11:58 am; Ag and Stock Market Report: 12:55 pm; Settlements: 1:58 pm; Closing Market Report/The Farming World: 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 • SEPTEMBER 2010 7
12.3 Cooking
(midnight-2 am; 6-8 am; noon-2 pm; 6-8 pm) Sun and Wed: Cook’s Illustrated; Lidia’s Italy; Everyday Food; New Scandinavian Cooking Mon and Fri: Simply Ming; Lidia’s Italy; Daisy Cooks! With Daisy Martinez; Tommy Tang’s Easy Thai Cooking/Rachel’s Favorite Food at Home (begins 9/20) Tue and Thur: Nick Stellino’s Family Kitchen; Baking with Julia/Mexico: One Plate at a Time (begins 9/23); Sara’s Weeknight Meals; Primal Grill with Steve Raichlen
Travel
(2-3 am; 8-9 am; 2-3 pm; 8-9 pm) Sun and Wed: Rick Steves Europe, Travelscope Mon and Fri: Rick Steves Europe; Smart Travels: Europe with Rudy/Rudy Maxa’s World (begins 9/6) Tue and Thu: Rick Steves Europe, Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge/Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions (begins 9/23)
Gardening/Home Improvement
(3-5 am; 9-11 am; 3-5 pm; 9-11 pm) Mon and Fri: Garden Smart/Garden Home (F); This Old House; Hometime; Paint, Paper and Crafts Tue and Thu: Victory Garden; New Yankee Workshop; Woodsmith Shop; Uncorked: Wine Made Simple
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 September
A six-hour block of themed programming Sept. 4: Tastes Like Texas We’re in a Lone Star state of mind with a day’s worth of finger-lickin’ food. Sept. 11: Winter’s Coming Our home improvement gurus help you get your home ready for winter. Sept. 18: Oktoberfest Get ready to celebrate Germany and its heritage with festive trips and delicious traditional cuisine. Sept. 25: Coffee Klatch Great snacks and coffee to share with friends.
Note: Programming will vary during the pledge drive, affecting Sept. 7-12. See the full Create schedule at will.illinois.edu
Primetime Schedule
Monday-Friday
Nightly News Programming 9:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Journal
Mondays 7:00 8:00 11:00
Japanland (9/6, 9/13), American Masters (9/20), Voces (9/27) Nature Japanland (9/6, 9/13); Summer of Birds (9/20); Global Voices (9/27)
Tuesdays 7:00 7:30 8:00 11:00
The Civil War: Universe of Battle (9/7); Battle of Hood and Bismarck (9/14) American Masters (9/21); When Worlds Collide (9/28) History Detectives (9/14) Voces (9/7); Battle of Hood and Bismarck (9/14); Los Lonely Boys Cottonfields and Crossroads (9/21); Independent Lens (9/28)
Wednesdays 6:30 7:00 8:00 11:00 11:30
Discovering Secrets of the Vatican (9/8) P.O.V. (9/15) New Orleans: Getting Back to Normal (9/1); National Geographics Top Photos (9/8); Voces (9/15); Camp Victory, Afghanistan (9/22); As Long as I Remember (9/29) Atchafalaya Houseboat (9/1); Losing Lambert (9/8); Voces (9/15); All the Way Home (9/22); Every War Has Two Losers (9/29) P.O.V. (9/1, 9/8, 9/22, 9/29)
12.2 Thursdays 7:00 7:30 8:00 11:00 11:30
Fridays 6:00 7:00 8:00 11:00
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles (9/10) Global Voices (9/24) Music Without Borders (9/3); Seeing, Searching, Being (9/10, 9/17); 2501 Migrants (9/24) American Masters (9/3); Latin Music USA (9/10, 9/17); Voces (9/24)
Saturdays
7:00 American Masters (9/4); Playing for Change: Peace Through Music (9/11) 8:30 American Masters (9/4) 9:00 TBA 10:00 At Close Range with National Geographic (9/4) 11:00 American Masters (9/4)
Sundays 7:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30
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The National Parks: The Morning of Creation (9/9); NOVA (9/23); Everyday Edisons Everyday Edisons (9/2, 9/16, 9/30) 400 Years of the Telescope (9/30); NOVA Everyday Edisons Everyday Edisons
Nature: The Best of Nature (9/12) Washington Week McLaughlin Group Need to Know Global Voices Music Without Borders (9/5); Global Voices All the Way Home (9/26) Washington Week McLaughlin Group
daytime
David Thiel, Program Director
Monday - Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Market to Market (M) Nightly Business Report (T-F)
5:00
Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
French in Action
Body Electric (M, W, F) Sit and Be Fit (T, Th)
5:30
Angelina Ballerina
Destinos
Between the Lions
6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00
Curious George
Curious George
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat
Super WHY!
Super WHY!
Dinosaur Train
Dinosaur Train
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!
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 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00
Primal Grill
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
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How Tos
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Sewing Programs
Martha Speaks Arthur WordGirl Electric Company/ Sci Girls (F) Fetch!/Design Squad (F)
4:30
BBC World News
5:00
Nightly Business Report
5:30 6:00
PBS NewsHour
Thomas & Friends
Rachel’s Favorite Food at Home Lidia’s Italy Illinois Adventure Heartland Highways Hometime
This Old House Hour
Cyberchase
eligion + Ethics R Newsweekly 9/5 Pat Boone: Love Letters in the Sand Diane Warren: Love Songs Girls from the North Country Canadian Tenors— Live in Toronto Nikki Yanofsky: Live in Montreal 9/19 Latin Music USA 9/26 NOVA Live from Lincoln Center
Sherlock Holmes Rick Steves’ Europe Lawrence Welk
Doctor Who
Note: Daytime programming will vary during the Sept. 5-12 pledge drive. Please see listings. *Thomas & Friends Misty Island Rescue Special, 9/4.
1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: Quilting Arts Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: Knit and Crochet Now!/ Knitting Daily (begins 9/10)
1:30 pm Painting and How To M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Jerry Yarnell’s School of Art W: Wild Gardens Th: B Organic F: Beauty of Oil Painting
2:00 pm How Tos M: Piano Guy Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: Katie Brown Workshop F: Scrapbook Memories
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WILL-TV
Rollicking entertainment rides again Roller Derby Chronicles: Rolling Thunder (8:20 pm Tuesday, Sept. 7) elbows its way through the sport’s history, from its humble roots as a Depression-era skating marathon to its heyday as a national road show.
A planning pioneer Few people have had more impact on the American city than Daniel Burnham, creator of urban plans for numerous locales, including Chicago, long before the profession of urban planning existed. Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City (9 pm Thursday, Sept. 30) explores his career and complex legacy in the wake of continued debate about how cities are planned.
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WILL-TV september tv features
Photos: Courtesy of Vincent Soyez
All is well with Lewis on the case
Your ticket to great concerts
Aretha Franklin, left, returns in an all-new festival of 1960s soul hits by the original artists, plus some special ’70s love ballads. Aretha Franklin Presents: Soul Rewind (8 pm Sept. 6) features an abundance of archival material from England, Germany and France, along with live performance footage from local television stations throughout the U.S.
Inspector Lewis returns to Masterpiece Mystery! at 9 pm Sundays. In the Sept. 5 episode, the discovery of a body on an Oxford bus leads Lewis and Hathaway, below, to an estate where Hathaway spent much of his childhood. The following week, Lewis and his partner look into the death of the Master of Gresham College in the University Observatory. On Sept. 19, the detective duo investigates the murder of a quiz competition contestant during a summer holiday at an empty Oxford campus. The Sept. 26 program finds Lewis untangling complicated events to clear Doctor Hobson’s name in connection with two murders with links to her.
Then, 2003 American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken, above, returns to his hometown of Raleigh, N.C., along with special guests Linda Eder and Ruben Studdard, to perform his new arrangements of some of the most iconic songs ever written. Clay Aiken: Tried & True—Live! airs at 7 pm Wednesday, Sept. 8. Accompanied by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Hallelujah Broadway (8:20 pm Wednesday, Sept. 8) presents uplifting songs from musical theater performed by soloists Anthony Kearns, Rodrick Dixon, Alfreda Burke and Linda Eder. The program originates from Prague’s Baroque Basilica of St. Simon and St. Jude.
Calling all mystery lovers Adapted from Conan Doyle’s original stories and novels, the Sherlock Holmes series starring Jeremy Brett, David Burke and Edward Hardwicke joins our Friday line-up at 9 pm. The Sept. 17 episode finds Hilton Cubitt seeking Holmes’ assistance in determining why a series of hieroglyphs depicting dancing men has so terrified his American wife. Then, on Sept. 24, a member of the Foreign Office needs help locating a missing secret treaty between Great Britain and Italy, which has implications for world peace.
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WILL-TV Friday Night Public Affairs 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Need to Know 8:30 BBC Newsnight
BritCom Saturday Night 8:00 As Time Goes By 8:30 Keeping Up Appearances 9:00 Are You Being Served? 9:30 Chef! 10:00 Red Green Show 10:30 Doctor Who 11:15 Doctor Who Confidential
1Wednesday 7:00 Great Performances (TV-G) Renee Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky: A Musical Odyssey in St. Petersburg. Fleming and Hvorostovsky explore and perform in some of the most spectacular locations of the city, including the Winter Palace. Repeated 3:30 am Friday; and 3:30 am Monday. 8:30 Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: A Surprise in Texas (TV-G) Follow the 2009 winner, 20-year-old Nobuyuki Tsujii of Japan, blind since birth, through three weeks of grueling practice, rehearsal and performance during the competition. Repeated midnight Thursday; 2 am Friday; and 2 am Monday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
2Thursday 7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Illinois Pioneers Host John Paul and his guests look at the founding and early history of Champaign, including the arrival of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1854. 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday. 9:00 A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (TV-G) Take an inside look at the life and career of this Harvard professor when he returns to his home state of West Virginia to share his story with CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:29 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
3Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See above. 9:00 Global Voices (TV-PG) (DVS) Visiones. Part 3 of 3. This groundbreaking series captures the rich cultural and artistic expressions of Latinos in the United States by visiting some of the most influential and dynamic artists working today. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine
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10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
4Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Milwaukee, Wis. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See left. 11:30 Rochester International Jazz Festival (TV-G) Catherine Russell.
5Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears. Follow the incredible journey of numerous creatures who make their homes in the hostile environment of southern Africa’s Drakensberg Mountains. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Inspector Lewis, Series III: The Dead of Winter. See article page 11. 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) Food Hour: Scandinavia. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Hal Ketchum & Daily and Vincent.
6Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Jackpot! Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 Aretha Franklin Presents: Soul Rewind (TV-G) See article page 11. 9:59 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
7Tuesday 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Through a Dog’s Eyes (TV-G) Jennifer Arnold, founder of Canine Assistants, takes viewers on the life-changing journey of people with disabilities as they go through the process of being matched with a service dog. Repeated 4 am Friday; 11 am Saturday; and 4 am Monday. 8:20 Roller Derby Chronicles: Rolling Thunder (TV-PG) See article page 10. 9:30 PBS Previews: Circus (TV-PG) (DVS) Meet the diverse characters of the Big Apple Circus family in Walden, N.Y., to discover what it really means to live life in the ring for a 350-performance tour. Repeated 7:20 pm Sunday; 1:30 am Monday; 3:30 am Tuesday; 9:30 pm 9/27; 1:30 am 9/28; and 3:30 am 9/29. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
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8Wednesday 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Clay Aiken – Tried and True: Live! (TV-G) See article page 11. Repeated 2:30 pm Saturday. 8:20 Hallelujah Broadway (TV-G) See article page 11. Repeated 12:30 pm Saturday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
9Thursday 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Illinois Gardener 8:00 Memorial Stadium: True Illini Spirit (TV-G) Discover the history and unique stories of the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium in this encore performance of a 2008 WILL-TV production. 9:20 Red Grange Remembers (TV-G) In Grange’s last significant video interview, he talks about his collegiate football career at Illinois, reflects on his professional career with the Chicago Bears and reveals why baseball was his true sports passion. 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
10Friday 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 The Pretenders – Live In London (TV-PG) In a rousing performance from their 2009 world tour, the band demonstrates why they have earned a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 8:30 Carole King-James Taylor: Live at the Troubadour (TV-G) Forty years after they first shared a stage, King and Taylor reunite at the famed Trou-
badour Club to celebrate the venue’s 50th anniversary. 10:00 Need to Know 11:00 Charlie Rose
11Saturday am 10:00 Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy 11:00 Through a Dog’s Eyes Repeated from 7 pm Tuesday. pm 12:30 Hallelujah Broadway Repeated from 8:20 pm Wednesday. 2:30 Clay Aiken – Tried and True: Live! Repeated from 7 pm Wednesday. 4:00 Gospel Music of the Statler Brothers 6:00 Lawrence Welk Show 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Jackpot! Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:15 Keeping Up Appearances 1994 Special 9:15 Old Guys Preview of a new BritCom starring Roger Lloyd Pack (Vicar of Dibley) as Tom, Clive Swift (Keeping Up Appearances) as Roy and Jane Asher as their neighbor, Sally. 10:00 Video Games Live (TV-G) An immersive concert event featuring music from the biggest video games of all time. 11:30 War of the Worlds Live Recorded at London’s Wembley Arena, Jeff Wayne’s musical version of War of the Worlds is a spectacular mix of music, theater, multimedia and visual arts.
12Sunday
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WILL-TV 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Inspector Lewis, Series III: Dark Matter. See article page 11. Repeated midnight Monday; 2 am Tuesday; 1:30 am Saturday; and 2 am Sunday. 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) El Salvador & Honduras. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Punch Brothers.
13Monday
9:30 Gullah (TV-G) Learn about the culture preserved by descendants of the original slaves who were brought to St. Helena Island, S.C. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
16Thursday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Honolulu, Hawaii. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 History Detectives (TV-PG) A Michigan woman wonders if her family clock kept time for the entire Midwest during the 19th century; a document seems connected to an early controversial religion; an attempt to find out what went wrong with a WWII dogtraining program. 9:00 Lafayette: The Lost Hero (TV-PG (DVS) The story of the Marquis de Lafayette and his quest to bring democracy to America and France, as told through the eyes of Sabine Renault Sabloniere, a 21st century descendant. Repeated 3 am Wednesday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Illinois Pioneers Theater District. Look back at the days when downtown Champaign was filled with theaters. 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday. 9:00 First Year Teachers (TV-G) A chronicle of two first-year teachers, complete with the successes, failures and challenges that cause one-quarter of all new teachers to quit within their first four years. 9:30 High School Dropouts (TV-G) A look at how adults in California’s Sacramento/Stockton area are catching truants, threatening legal action against their parents and providing second chances to dropouts who want to return to school. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
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7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Becoming Human: Last Human Standing. Part 3 of 3. A wave of dramatic new evidence, based partly on cutting-edge DNA analysis, reveals new insights into how we became today’s humans. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday. 8:00 Carrier (TV-14) (DVS) Full Circle. As the Nimitz makes its final transit from Hawaii to California, the sailors and Marines on board prepare to return to their homes and families. 9:00 P.O.V. (TV-PG) In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee. Filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem returns to her native Korea to find answers about a mysterious girl whose identity was switched with her own when she came to the U.S. as an adoptee in 1966. Repeated 2 am Thursday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
15Wednesday 7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) (DVS) Aztec Massacre. A new picture emerges of the violent relations between the Aztecs and the Conquistadors, rewriting much of what we thought we knew about the Aztec civilization. Repeated 4 am Friday; and 4 am Monday. 8:00 P.O.V. (TV-PG) Off and Running. A Brooklyn African-American teenager, adopted by white Jewish lesbians, encounters an identity crisis after she contacts her birth mother.
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7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Dancing Men. See article page 11. Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
18Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Honolulu, Hawaii. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Rochester International Jazz Festival (TV-G) Slide Hampton & Friends.
19Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) Dogs That Changed The World – Dogs by Design. A look at how the breeding traits of dogs have remained the same or changed, and learning to cope with the hard-wired instincts of our pets. Repeated 4 am Tuesday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Inspector Lewis, Series III: Your Sudden Death Question. See article page 11. Repeated midnight Monday; 2:30 am Tuesday; 1:30 am Saturday; and 2 am Sunday. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Central America.
WILL-TV 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Steve Wariner Tribute to Chet Atkins.
20Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Honolulu, Hawaii. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 1:30 am Tuesday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) Cachao: Uno Mas. Through interviews and video from a sold-out 2005 concert, explore the life of Grammy Award-winning bassist Israel “Cachao” Lopez, who revolutionized the Cuban sound while influencing contemporary music. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 2 am Wednesday; and 3:30 am Thursday. 9:30 Banjo-Ologist (TV-G) Meet Gordy Ohliger and his funky minstrel music, 1800s ragtime, 1920s jazz, bluegrass and novelty vaudeville tunes, along with his accomplished banjo playing. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
21Tuesday
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The Glass Menagerie Oct 27 – Nov 7
MUSICAL COMEDY
Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical! Dec 1 – 12
SPECIAL EVENT
20th Annual Student Production Jan 19 – 22
7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) What Darwin Never Knew. Using stunning breakthroughs in genetic science, NOVA reveals answers to the riddles that Darwin couldn’t explain. Repeated midnight Wednesday; and 1 pm Sunday. 9:00 P.O.V. (TV-PG) The Oath. Filmed in Yemen and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a look at the interwoven stories of Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard, and Salim Hamdan, a prisoner at Guantanamo facing war crimes charges. Repeated 2 am Thursday. 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
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Once Upon a Mattress Feb 23 – Mar 6
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22Wednesday 7:00 Secrets of the Dead (TV-PG) Irish Escape. A dramatic story of a covert rescue mission to facilitate the escape of six Irish political prisoners from a notorious penal colony in Australia. Repeated 4 am Friday; and 4 am Monday. 8:00 Live from Lincoln Center (TV-G) New York Philharmonic: Opening Night Concert 2010. Maestro Gilbert conducts the U.S. premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s new work, as well as Richard Strauss’ “Don Juan” and Hindemiths “Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber.” Repeated midnight Thursday; 2 am Friday; 3 pm Sunday; and 2 am Monday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:29 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
23Thursday 7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Illinois Pioneers Transportation. See article page 18. 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday. 9:00 2501 Migrants: A Journey (TV-PG) When Oaxacan artist Alejandro Santiago returned to his village to find a virtual ghost town of abandoned houses, he created an installation art piece comprised of 2,501 lifesize clay sculptures to symbolize those who left the village. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
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24Friday 7:00 Public Affairs See page 12. 9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Naval Treaty. See article page 11. Repeated 5 pm Sunday. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
25Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Honolulu, Hawaii. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday. 8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12. 11:30 Rochester International Jazz Festival (TV-G) The Bad Plus (with Wendy Lewis).
26Sunday
7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) Cuba: The Accidental Eden. Cuba’s stunning biodiversity of amphibians, reptiles and freshwater fish face peril from increased tourism, expected to double once the U.S. trade embargo ends. Repeated 4 am Friday. 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Inspector Lewis, Series III: Falling Darkness. See article page 11. Repeated midnight Monday; 3 am Tuesday; 1:30 am Saturday; and 2 am Sunday. 9:30 Ever Decreasing Circles 10:00 Globe Trekker (TV-G) (DVS) Indonesia: Java & Sumatra. 11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Sara Watkins & The Lovell Sisters.
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27Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Unique Antiques. Repeated 2 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday. 8:00 When Worlds Collide (TV-PG) A look at the rise and fall of Spain’s global empire, from the reign of Isabel and Ferdinand through the reign of Philip II. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 2 am Wednesday; and 2 am Friday. 9:30 PBS Previews: Circus (TV-PG) (DVS) Repeated from 9:20 pm 9/7. 9:59 Last of the Summer Wine 10:29 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
28Tuesday 7:00 Tenth Inning (TV-PG) Top of the Tenth. See article page 2. Repeated 9:05 pm; and midnight Wednesday. 8:59 Eastern Illinois Baseball League See article page 3. Repeated 9:10 and 11:25 pm tomorrow. 9:05 Tenth Inning (TV-PG) Top of the Tenth. Repeated from 7 pm. 11:05 Charlie Rose
29Wednesday 7:00 Tenth Inning (TV-PG) Bottom of the Tenth. See article page 2. Repeated 9:15 pm; and 1 am Thursday. 9:04 Danville Dans See article page 3. Repeated 11:19 pm. 9:10 Eastern Illinois Baseball League Repeated from 8:59 Tuesday. 9:15 Tenth Inning (TV-PG) Bottom of the Tenth. Repeated from 7 pm. 11:19 Danville Dans Repeated from 9:04 pm. 11:25 Eastern Illinois Baseball League Repeated from 9:10 pm.
30Thursday 7:00 Illinois Gardener Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Illinois Pioneers Media History. Host John Paul explores the heyday of journalism and its evolution over the years. 8:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday. 9:00 Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City (TV-G) See article page 10. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served? 11:00 Charlie Rose
Thank you! Because of our Patterns deadline, we weren’t able to report on our fiscal year 2010 fundraising results in the August issue. We’re proud to say that thanks to you and more than 12,500 supporters from all across central Illinois (and beyond), WILL ended its fiscal year with more than $2.084 million in community support. As always, we’re grateful for your ongoing gifts to WILL.
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membership news & events When electricity came to town in the 1890s, horses were phased out and the line extended, with power coming from wires above instead of horses. The Gazette offered this advice for boarding a streetcar: “Never stand on the sidewalk if you wish to hail a motor car (a streetcar), but step out on the crossing and stand near enough to the track to keep from getting struck by the car. Don’t wait until the car is past you and then yell ‘stop the car.’ When the car is about a quarter of a block from you, just quietly raise one hand and by the time the car has reached you the motorman will have it under control.”
Getting around on streetcars and the Interurban The first streetcar in ChampaignUrbana was powered by horses, pulling passengers on a rail between the Illinois Central depot in Champaign and the courthouse in Urbana.
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On Illinois Pioneers this month, John Paul and his guest George Friedman look back at the days when streetcars were the way to get around town and when the Interurban Railway made it easy to travel from city to city in central Illinois. Friedman is a retired University of Illinois professor whose hobby is researching the history of transportation in the area. The program airs at 7:30 pm Thursday, Sept. 23. 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 champaign150.com.
Words in the Wind
benefits Illinois Public Media Book Mentor Project Hear children’s books brought to life by central Illinois actors and musicians in a 90-minute performance organized by U of I theater department interim head Tom Mitchell and Parkland College theater instructor Joi Hoffsommer. Saturday, Sept. 25 7:30 pm Faith United Methodist Church 1719 S. Prospect Ave., Champaign Tickets $10 at the door
s Gary Ambler at last year’s event.
Since Words in the Wind performers— from The Station Theatre, Parkland College Theatre and the U of I Theatre department—are donating their time, all proceeds from the event will go to Illinois Public Media’s Book Mentor Project, which provides books to low-income families. It serves nearly 600 families in Champaign County, trains 60 teachers and 50 volunteers each year, works with 42 classrooms in eight locations and distributes more than 3,500 books. For more information, contact Tom Mitchell at tomitche@illinois.edu or Molly Delaney at delaney1@illinois. edu.
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SYMPHONY AT SUNSET Sunday, September 5, 2010
CLASSICS II Saturday, January 22, 2011
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CLASSICS I Saturday, September 25 , 2010
CLASSICS III Saturday, March 5, 2011
with Mark Baldin, trumpet
with Bernhard Scully, French horn
THE BASEBALL MUSIC PROJECT Friday, November 12, 2010
CLASSICS IV Saturday, April 2, 2011
THE CUSO HOLIDAY CONCERT Wednesday, December 1, 2010 with the Central Illinois Children’s Chorus
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Volunteers picked more than 5,400 pounds of sweet corn for the Eastern Illinois Foodbank at a community garden, a project of Illinois Public Media, Provena Covenant, the Eastern Illinois Foodbank, the Champaign County Regional Planning Committee and other organizations. Pictured, Illinois Public Media educational outreach director Molly Delaney.
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We’re launching new literacy and Healthy Habits workshopsWith and more than 3,300 certified organic products in our store services with teachers, parents and the organic produce, groceries, body care, pet foods, cleaning sup s Patterson Office Supply, Champaign children through our Young Learners baby foods that you want. Stop by today to shop and comp Initiative. Patterson Office Supply and Strawberry Fields, two of our longtime business supporters, are again helping support these educational outreach 3 0 6 W. S P R I N G F I E L D A V E N U E , U R B A N A • 328-1655 services. Patterson Office Supply is W W W . S T R AW B E R R Y - F I E L D S . C O M a division of Patterson Companies, Inc., a specialty distributor serving the Thanks to the Champaign County Forest dental, companion-pet veterinary and Preserve for its underwriting support of rehabilitation supply markets. Strawberry WILL Radio this past summer. We hope Fields is a natural foods store with more you had a chance to enjoy one of the than 3,300 certified organic products, as Preserve’s Second Sunday concerts; mark well as freshly baked breads, a coffee bar your calendar to catch the last one on and bulk foods department. Sunday, Oct. 17. Remember to visit the Early American Museum’s consignment gallery, which features the work of selected local artists.
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Ken Burns’ The Tenth Inning, a followup documentary to his classic Baseball, premieres Sept. 28 and 29 on WILL-TV. Thanks to the Illinois Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, IBEW 601, for helping to underwrite the cost of these broadcasts. Chartered in 1913, IBEW 601 today includes approximately 500 industrial, commercial, residential and teledata electricians.
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Sinfonia da Camera: Brief Encounters Dee Dee Bridgewater Afterglow: Nathaniel & Friends
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Those Darlins, The Duke of Uke and His Novelty Orchestra, and The Mean Lids
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