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APRIL 2017 • VOL. 36, NO. 10

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EARTH MONTH WSIU-TV SPECIALS SUNDAYS 2PM • GROWING A GREENER WORLD (all month) SUNDAYS 12PM • FOOD FORWARD April 2 - Quest for Water April 30 - The U.S. of Agriculture SUNDAY, APRIL 2 2am & 10am • Nature: Yosemite WEDNESDAYS 7PM • NATURE April 5 - Owl Power (4/6, 12am; 4/7, 3am; 4/9, 2am & 10am) April 12 - Viva Puerto Rico (4/13, 12am; 4/14, 4am; 4/16, 2am & 10am) April 19 - Hotel Armadillo (4/21, 4am; 4/23, 2am & 10am) April 26 - Forest of the Lynx (4/28, 3am; 4/30, 1am & 10am) MONDAY, APRIL 17 9pm • Independent Lens: Seed (4/19 & 4/23, 3am) 10:30pm • Natchez Trace Parkway TUESDAY, APRIL 18 7pm • Grand Coulee Dam: American Experience (4/19, 12am; 4/20 & 4/24, 4am; 4/21, 2am; 4/22, 3am)

FRIDAY, APRIL 21 8pm • Redwood National Forest: Preserving Ancient Forests 9pm • Craft in America: Nature (4/22, 2am; 4/24, 3am; 4/25, 4am) 10pm • Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice (4/23, 4pm) TUESDAY, APRIL 25 9pm • Frontline: Fish on My Plate (4/26, 2am) 10:30pm • New Environmentalists WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26 8pm • NOVA: Building Chernobyl’s Megatomb (4/27, 1am; 4/28, 4am; 4/30, 12am) 9pm • Wild Weather (4/27, 12am & 2am; 4/29, 3am)

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WSIU Friends Board

Andrew Staff, President, Carbondale; Susan Tulis, 1st Vice-President, Carbondale; Robin Haller, 2nd Vice President, Carbondale; Martha Cropper, Secretary, Murphysboro; Mary Ann Kellerman, Cape Girardeau, MO; Carol Burns, Candis Isberner, Sumera Mahkdoom, Scott McClatchey, Greg Petrowich (Ex-officio), Marleigh Stewart, Carbondale; Kristina Benson, Du Quoin; Tom Britton, Makanda; Andrea Brown, Marion; Jolene Falat, Lane Hudgins, Susie Phillips, R. J. Robertson, Murphysboro.

APR 22 2PM APR 27 8PM ON WSIU RADIO

WSIU Radio’s EARTH DAY SPECIAL explores the history of the Late Woodland-era Native Americans who constructed the legendary Cahokia Mounds around 600 CE. Located a few miles west of Collinsville, Ill., the historic site contains the remains of the largest and most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico. In 1250 CE, the city was larger than London. WSIU’s KEVIN BOUCHER talks with BILL ISEMINGER, Assistant Site Manager of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, about what we know – and don’t know – about this ancient culture.

Earth day 2017

SATURDAYS 9PM, APRIL 29-JUNE 3 Gorongosa Park (six-part series) SUNDAY, APRIL 30 3:30am • Katmai: Alaska’s Wild Peninsula

*PBS KIDS Earth Day episodes air on 4/1, 3, 10-14, 16-28 & 29

Host Kevin Boucher.

Photo: Provided.

Boucher also takes a late winter hike on HARMONY TRAIL, located on the 44,000-acre CRAB ORCHARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. The program wraps up with a reflective, sound-rich segment of Boucher exploring Carbondale’s MARBERRY ARBORETUM, a 25-acre gem located at the intersection of South Wall Street and Pleasant Hill Road.

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Enjoy New Seasons of Favorite Dramas This Spring

April Highlights March March Highlights Highlights

CALL THE MIDWIFE: SEASON 6

Photo: National Archives

MON-WED APR 10-12

Photo: Neal Street Productions 2016

CALL THE MIDWIFE returns for a sixth season! It’s now 1962 and times are changing, from increased liberation for women to the shadow of infamous gangsters to the introduction of new Photo: Debra Yasinow government policies. As they strive to help mothers and families cope with the demands of childbearing, disability, disease, and social prejudice, the Poplar medics must make choices – and fight battles – of their own.

SUNDAYS 7PM APR 2-MAY 21

HOME FIRES: THE FINAL SEASON

Photo: iTV Studios and Masterpiece

HOME FIRES returns for a final season of stories about a rural English town on the verge of WWII. As the separation from their husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers becomes more painful, the women rely on one another and the friendships forged through village life. It will take calm, fortitude, and creativity to bring the diverse women of the village together, and to help the community survive what is to come.

SUNDAYS 8PM

APR 2-MAY 7

8-10PM THE GREAT WAR tells the rich and complex story of WWI through the voices of nurses, journalists, aviators, and the American troops who came to be known as “doughboys.” The six-hour, three-night event also explores the experiences of African-American and Latino soldiers, suffragists, Native-American “code talkers,” and others whose participation in the war has been largely forgotten.

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19

8pm • NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel (4/20 & 4/23, 1am; 4/21, 3am) In Lithuania, a team of archaeologists probes the ruins of a Nazi death camp to find the truth behind tales of a tunnel dug by desperate Jewish prisoners and their daring escape.

9pm • Escape from a Nazi Death Camp (4/20, 12am & 2am; 4/21, 1am; 4/24, 2am) This film recounts the daring escape of 300 Jewish prisoners from Sobibor, a Nazi death camp in east Poland.

MONDAY, APRIL 24

9pm • Independent Lens: The Last Laugh (4/26, 3:30am; 4/30, 2am) Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Carl Reiner, and other Jewish comics and thinkers discuss the provocative question of whether any topic – including the Holocaust – should be off-limits in comedy.

SUNDAY, APRIL 23

3pm • Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust Narrated by Adrien Brody, this film follows the journey of Israeli luthier Amnon Weinstein in his efforts to restore violins recovered from the Holocaust. Weinstein captures the lessons and highlights the music the instruments now bring to others.

Photo: Debra Yasinow

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April Highlights

PBS KIDS STAR PARTY FREE!

Sat, April 22, 2017

1-4PM

2600 Richview Road, Mt. Vernon IL

WSIU and CEDARHURST CENTER FOR THE ARTS are pleased to announce PBS KIDS STAR PARTY, a fun – and free – family event focusing on space exploration!

Enjoy photo ops with PBS KIDS characters WORD GIRL, NATURE CAT, and JET PROPULSION from Ready, Jet, Go!, explore the ultracool STARLAB PLANETARIUM courtesy of the Murphysboro School District, be dazzled by solar demonstrations with BOB BAER and the SIU PHYSICS DEPARTMENT SOLAR OBSERVATION team, meet MAT KAPLAN of The Planetary Society and host of Planetary Radio on WSIU, create art and learn about space at PBS KIDS activity stations, sing along with local children’s music leader BILL HARPER, and more!

For more details, contact BETH SPEZIA at (618) 4535595 or beth.spezia@wsiu.org. Watch for updates at wsiu.org and facebook.com/wsiuliteracy.

SAT, APR 29

2:30 PM You’re invited to join WSIU and the CARBONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY for the next INDIE LENS POP-UP film screening featuring the INDEPENDENT LENS film National Bird. The event will be held at the library, 405 W. Main. A discussion led by local moderators will follow.

Photo: ITVS

ABOUT THE FILM | National Bird follows whistleblowers who, despite possible consequences, are determined to break the silence around one of the most controversial issues of our time: the secret U.S. drone war. The film gives rare insight through the eyes of both survivors and veterans who suffer from PTSD while plagued by guilt over participating in the killing of faceless people in foreign countries.

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WSIU The Splendid Table Gets a New Host!

Sundays @ Noon on WSIU Radio Main/HD 1 Sundays @ 11am on WSIU Radio HD 2 New York Times magazine columnist and Top Chef Masters judge FRANCIS LAM is the new host of THE SPLENDID TABLE! Lam replaced Lynne Rossetto Kasper, who retired after 21 seasons as host of the public radio series.

THE SPLENDID TABLE is a culinary, culture, and lifestyle program that celebrates the intersection of food and life.

(Left) Francis Lam. Photo: American Public Media.

LEARN MORE AT: splendidtable.org

Radio Special Feature

ENLIGHTENING THE In this month’s Eclipse special, JENNIFER FULLER, WSIU Radio’s morning news anchor and Associate Director for News & Public Affairs, talks with MAT KAPLAN of The Planetary Society and host of the public radio series Planetary Radio (airs Sundays at 6am on WSIU Radio’s main channel). Kaplan, who will be in Carbondale for the Solar Eclipse on August 21, 2017, talks with Fuller about the science behind the event, what the region can expect, and his role in the events taking place in Southern Illinois, which include a live broadcast of Planetary Radio from Carbondale and a visit from the NASA Edge team.

FRIDAY, APRIL 21

7:44AM & 4:44PM

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April Primetime Listings | WSIU HD 1 Saturday

History Detectives.CC Civil War-Era Pistols; 78 RPM; James Jamerson’s Ampeg B-15 Amp. 7pm American Masters.CC Billie Jean King.

Hear tennis star Billie Jean King’s life story and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the infamous King vs. Bobby Riggs “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, which King won.

8:30 Never Too Late.CC Shad Blair, a 36-year-old plumber in Stevensville, Montana, realizes his dream to play professional basketball with the Las Vegas Overseas Combine.

9pm Great British Baking Show 2.CC Masterclass 1. Mary and Paul prepare spiced orange cake and angel food cake with lemon curd, breakfast muffins, olive bread sticks, and chocolate cake. Part 1/4.

10pm Austin City Limits.CC Ed Sheeran;

Valerie June.

11pm Front and Center.CC Southside Johnny.

6pm

2 Sunday

Scholastic Hi-Q.CC Gibault vs.

Murphysboro.

5:30 Expressions.CC Rob Lorenz. Lorenz is a talented young artist who listens to heavy metal music while producing some of the region’s finest traditional pottery. pm Mr. Crenshaw’s Yard.CC Local producer Richard Kuenneke explores the history of the Crenshaw House, also known as the Old Slave House, located in Gallatin County near the town of Equality, Ill. 6:30 Mississippi’s Free State of Jones.CC During the Civil War, pro-Union citizens of Jones County, Mississippi led a rebellion against the Confederacy, an action that would have far-reaching repercussions.

7pm Call the Midwife 6.CC A change of management shocks Nonnatus House to the core. Part 1/8.

8pm Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC It’s June 1940, and Britain faces the threat of imminent invasion. Pat strikes up a friendship with a Czech soldier. Part 1/6.

9pm Wolf Hall on Masterpiece.CC Cardinal Wolsey fails to secure the annulment of King Henry’s marriage to Katherine of Aragon. Part 1/6.

10:08 Infinity Hall Live.CC Infinity Hall Live – Women of Song.

11pm Sun Studio Sessions.CC Matt Stansberry & The Romance.

11:30 Sun Studio Sessions.CC Beth Hart (Encore).

5pm

3 Monday 7pm

8pm

9:30

Antiques Roadshow.CC Salt Lake City.

Part 1/3.

Independent Lens.CC Newtown. Explore the aftermath of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, which took the lives of 26 children and teachers.

POV.CC Listening is an Act of Love: A StoryCorps Special. Celebrate the transformative power of listening with this animated special from StoryCorps.

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10pm Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy.CC This moving portrait of one of America’s most celebrated and revolutionary poets traces Bly’s path from mid-western farmer’s son to activist and author.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC

9:30

7pm

6pm

4 Tuesday

Jesus of Rome.CC New evidence gathered from archaeology, Roman historians, and Jewish texts suggests Roman politics led to the events that resulted in Jesus’ crucifixion.

9pm Frontline.CC American Patriot. Investigate the standoff between a ranching family in the West and the federal government.

10pm Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture.CC This film centers on Yitang “Tom” Zhang, a virtually unknown mathematician and professor who made an important breakthrough in solving the Twin Prime Conjecture (pairs of prime numbers that differ by two).

11pm Charlie Rose.CC

5 Wednesday

Nature.CC Owl Power. Take a detailed look at owls and see how they’re influencing 21st-century technology and design.

8pm NOVA.CC Himalayan Megaquake. Dramatic eyewitness footage reveals the devastating quake that rocked Nepal in April 2015.

9pm Secrets of the Dead.CC Leonardo, The Man Who Saved Science. Leonardo da Vinci is well known for his art and inventions. But new evidence shows that many of his ideas surfaced long before he sketched them in his notebooks – some 1,700 years before.

10pm Globe Trekker.CC Road Trip: Rust Belt Highway, USA. Megan McCormick explores America’s industrial heartland, traveling from Pittsburgh to Detroit and Flint, Mich., and on to Cleveland, Toledo, and Akron, Ohio.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm

6 Thursday

Antiques Roadshow.CC Salt Lake City.

Part 1/3. (R) Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey 5.

Edith is found out. Mary finally shakes a suitor. Isobel and Lord Merton reveal their plans. Part 7/9.

9pm Expressions.CC Justin Vancil. Designer and builder Justin Vancil creates everything from elegant dinner tables to razor sharp knives carved from a solid piece of wood.

9:30 Mr. Crenshaw’s Yard.CC (R) See 4/2 at 6pm.

10pm Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC Part 1/6. (R) See 4/2 at 8pm.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm

8pm

Mel Brooks: American Masters.CC Journey through Brooks’ early years on television, his satiric films like Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, and the Broadway musical version of his film, The Producers.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC

8 Saturday

History Detectives.CC Clint Black’s Wanted Posters Collection; B-25 Bomber; Bettie Page Pinup.

7pm Globe Trekker.CC Road Trip: Rust Belt Highway, USA. (R) See 4/5 at 10pm.

8pm Call the Midwife 6.CC Part 1/8. (R) See 4/2

at 7pm.

9pm Great British Baking Show 2.CC Masterclass 2. On the menu: tipsy trifle, floating islands, wobbly apricot tart, custard tarts, and spanakopita. Part 2/4.

10pm Austin City Limits.CC The Avett Brothers; Nickel Creek.

11pm Lost River Sessions.CC Carl Anderson.

11:30 Lost River Sessions.CC Dead Broke Barons.

9 Sunday

Scholastic Hi-Q.CC Fairfield vs. Mascoutah.

Expressions.CC Justin Vancil. (R) See 4/6 at 9pm.

Great Houses with Julian Fellowes.CC Burghley House. Visit the home of William Cecil, the political brain and iron fist behind the throne of Elizabeth I. Part 1/2.

7pm Call the Midwife 6.CC The Nonnatus team prepares for the birth of a baby who may not survive. Part 2/8.

8pm Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece.

CC The attraction between Pat and Marek continues to grow. Part 2/6.

9pm Wolf Hall on Masterpiece.CC Cardinal Wolsey falls out of the king’s favor and is forced to move to York. Part 2/6.

10pm Infinity Hall Live.CC Toad the Wet Sprocket.

11pm Sun Studio Sessions.CC Elizabeth Cook.

11:30 Sun Studio Sessions.CC Leo Bud Welch.

5pm 5:30

6pm

10 Monday

Antiques Roadshow.CC Salt Lake City.

Part 2/3.

The Great War: American Experience.

CC Reports of German atrocities and submarine attacks on American ships lead to America’s entrance into WWI. Part 1/3.

10pm Great Houses with Julian Fellowes.CC Burghley House. Part 1/2. (R) See 4/9 at 6pm.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm

8pm

11 Tuesday 7pm

7 Friday 7pm 7:30 8pm

Washington Week.CC BBC Newsnight.CC Great Performances.CC Young Men. Shot on location in Northern France, this dramatic dance film tells the story of soldiers trying to maintain their humanity amidst the brutality of WWI.

8pm

Nazi Mega Weapons.CC Hitler’s Island Megafortress. In June 1940, the Nazis assume control of the Channel Islands and make them one of the most heavily fortified pieces of land in Europe.

The Great War: American Experience.

CC Patriotism sweeps the nation, stifling free speech and dissent. A diverse group of men becomes the country’s first mass conscripted army, while women continue to demand the vote. Part 2/3.

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April Primetime Listings | WSIU HD 10pm Great Houses with Julian Fellowes.CC Goodwood House. Learn how this historic home owes its existence to a love affair between a king and a spy. Part 2/2.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC

12 Wednesday

Nature.CC Viva Puerto Rico. Meet a charismatic group of scientists dedicated to saving Puerto Rico’s endangered animals.

8pm The Great War: American Experience.

CC Discover how the violent and bloody conflict transformed the nation forever, as America steps onto the world stage for the first time. Part 3/3.

10pm Globe Trekker.CC Road Trip: Rust Belt Highway 2, USA. Megan McCormick continues her exploration of the Rust Belt Highway, traveling through the American Midwest and the Great Lake states.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm

13 Thursday

Antiques Roadshow.CC Salt Lake City.

Part 2/3. (R) Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey 5.

Someone tries to derail Rose and Atticus’ happiness. Mrs. Patmore gets a surprise.

Anna is in trouble. Part 8/9.

9:30 Expressions.CC Laurie Blakely. Learn more about Laurie Blakely’s Healing Hands Project, which is being turned into a film.

10pm Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC Part 2/6. (R) See 4/9 at 8pm.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm

8pm

14 Friday 7pm 7:30 8pm

Washington Week.CC BBC Newsnight.CC Great Performances at the Met.CC Romeo Et Juliette. Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau star in Bartlett Sher’s staging of Gounod’s opera.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC

15 Saturday

History Detectives.CC World War II Symbol; Civil War Fabric; Chief Black Kettle’s Leggings; President Lincoln’s Notes.

7pm Globe Trekker.CC Road Trip: Rust Belt Highway 2, USA. (R) See 4/12 at 10pm.

8pm Call the Midwife 6.CC Part 2/8. (R) See 4/9

at 7pm.

9pm Great British Baking Show 2.CC Masterclass 3. On the menu: ginger spiced traybake, tuiles with chocolate mousse, and sweet dough brioche tête. Part 3/4.

10pm Austin City Limits.CC Spoon; White Denim.

11pm Lost River Sessions.CC Howlin’ Brothers.

11:30 Lost River Sessions.CC The Carmonas.

6pm

16 Sunday 5pm 5:30 6pm

Scholastic Hi-Q.CC Centralia vs. Massac County.

Expressions.CC Laurie Blakely. (R) See 4/13 at 9:30pm.

Great Houses with Julian Fellowes.CC Goodwood House. Part 2/2. (R) See 4/11 at 10pm.

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7pm

Call the Midwife 6.CC A first-time mother faces an unexpected crisis, while new legislation and Sister Ursula cause problems for Shelagh and Dr. Turner. Part 3/8.

8pm Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC Frances learns that there is more to Peter’s affair than she realized. Part 3/6.

9pm Wolf Hall on Masterpiece.CC Cromwell’s enemies keep a close watch on him after he orchestrates Henry’s marriage to Anne Boleyn. Part 3/6.

10pm Infinity Hall Live.CC Infinity Hall Live – Guitar Heroes.

11pm Sun Studio Sessions.CC Stephen Kellogg.

11:30 Sun Studio Sessions.CC J.D. McPherson (Encore).

17 Monday

Antiques Roadshow.CC Salt Lake City.

Part 3/3.

Antiques Roadshow.CC Chicago. Part 2/3.

Independent Lens.CC Seed: The Untold Story. Seed keepers around the world try to protect humanity’s 12,000-year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94-percent of seed varieties have disappeared.

10pm Mr. Crenshaw’s Yard.CC (R) See 4/2 at 6pm.

10:30 Natchez Trace Parkway: Traces Through Time.CC Once an ancient trail for America’s native peoples, the Natchez Trace Parkway winds for 400 miles across three states.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm

8pm 9pm

18 Tuesday 7pm

Grand Coulee Dam: American Experience.

CC Learn how tension between technological success and environmental impact hangs over Grand Coulee Dam. 8pm Frontline.CC Last Days of Solitary.

Frontline travels to Maine State Prison to examine the long-term effects of solitary confinement and efforts to reduce its use.

10pm Let There Be Light.CC Follow stained glass grant masters Rowan LeCompte and Dieter Goldkuhle as they create their last great series of windows for Washington National Cathedral. Narrated by Garrison Keillor.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC

19 Wednesday

Nature.CC Hotel Armadillo. Learn how the elusive giant armadillo’s digging creates a suite for 25 species of jungle clientele.

8pm NOVA.CC Holocaust Escape Tunnel. A team of archaeologists probes the ruins of a Nazi death camp in Lithuania to find the truth behind tales of a tunnel dug by desperate Jewish prisoners and their daring escape.

9pm Escape from a Nazi Death Camp.CC This 2013 program marks the 70th anniversary of the bloody breakout of 300 Jewish prisoners from Sobibor, the remote Nazi death camp in east Poland.

10pm Globe Trekker.CC Tough Trains: The Transcontinental Railroad, USA. Zay Harding takes a 3,000-mile, coast-to-coast rail journey across America.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm

20 Thursday

Antiques Roadshow.CC Chicago. Part 2/3. (R) Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey 5.

The Crawleys go to a shooting party in Northumberland and return to Downton for a joyful Christmas holiday. Part 9/9.

10pm Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC Part 3/6. (R) See 4/16 at 8pm.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm 8pm

21 Friday 7pm 7:30 8pm

Washington Week.CC BBC Newsnight.CC Redwood National Park: Preserving Ancient Forests.CC Citizens who campaigned to save and protect ancient coastal redwoods in California discuss their efforts. The film includes interviews with park historians and Yurok tribal members.

9pm Craft in America.CC Nature. Artists Patrick Dougherty, Mary Merkel-Hess, Michelle Holzapfel, Catherine Alice Michaelis, and Preston Singletary celebrate the beauty of the American landscape.

10pm Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice.CC Get a behind-the-scenes look at the first successful landing on the Mars polar region and the ongoing search for signs of life on Earth’s neighboring planets.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC

22 Saturday

History Detectives.CC Titanic Picture Frame; Woolworth Signs; German Toy Soldiers; Liquor Recipes.

7pm Globe Trekker.CC Tough Trains: The Transcontinental Railroad, USA. (R)

See 4/19 at 10pm.

8pm Call the Midwife 6.CC Part 3/8. (R)

See 4/16 at 7pm.

9pm Great British Baking Show 2.CC Masterclass 4. Paul and Mary prepare a wheat-free crusty rye loaf, sweet and savory pretzels, Sussex Pond pudding, choux pastry religieuse, and opera cake.

Part 4/4.

10pm Austin City Limits.CC Cassandra Wilson.

11pm Lost River Sessions.CC Eva Ross.

11:30 Lost River Sessions.CC 8 Track Love.

6pm

23 Sunday 5pm 5:30

6pm

7pm

Scholastic Hi-Q.CC Frankfort vs. Herrin.

Expressions.CC Jennifer Kaiser. Jennifer Kaiser of Jeniflower’s Gallery in Pinckneyville, Ill. talks about her art and demonstrates how she uses a blowtorch to create unique copper jewelry.

Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff.CC Rick Sebak takes a droll and informative look at wacky architecture that salutes American individuality, including the world’s largest catsup bottle, built as a water tower in Collinsville, Illinois.

Call the Midwife 6.CC An expectant mother buckles under the strains of pregnancy. As Tom provides pastoral care, he reveals why this case has touched him more than most.

Part 4/8.

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April Primetime Listings | WSIU HD 8pm

Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC Teresa is asked on a date. Alison worries that her involvement with the Lyons could be dangerous. The Brindsleys make a disturbing discovery. Part 4/6.

9pm Wolf Hall on Masterpiece.CC Anne gives birth to a baby girl, failing to produce Henry’s longed-for male heir. Cromwell demands the nobility and church swear an oath acknowledging Anne as lawful queen, but will Thomas More agree? Part 4/6.

10pm Infinity Hall Live.CC Robben Ford.

11pm Sun Studio Sessions.CC The Bo-Keys.

11:30 Sun Studio Sessions.CC The Country Duo.

24 Monday

Antiques Roadshow.CC Virginia Beach.

Part 1/3.

8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Chicago. Part 3/3.

9pm Independent Lens.CC The Last Laugh. Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Carl Reiner, and other Jewish comics and thinkers discuss the provocative question of whether any topic – including the Holocaust – should be off-limits in comedy.

10:30 On Story.CC Norman Lear – A Retrospective.

Norman Lear transformed a genre known for play-it-safe humor into a platform for how Americans experience social issues.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm

25 Tuesday 7pm

Command and Control: American Experience.CC Discover the terrifying truth behind one of America’s most dangerous nuclear accidents – the 1980 incident at an Arkansas Titan II missile complex.

9pm Frontline.CC The Fish on My Plate.

Journalist and author Paul Greenberg spends a year eating only fish, investigating ocean health – and his own.

10:30 New Environmentalists: From Peru to Tanzania.CC Meet environmentalists from Baltimore, Puerto Rico, Peru, Tanzania, Slovakia, and Cambodia who are working to safeguard the Earth’s natural resources from exploitation and pollution.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC

26 Wednesday

Nature.CC Forest of the Lynx. Nature travels into the remote forests of the Kalkalpen National Park in Austria where forest regeneration has led to the reappearance of the lynx after a 150-year absence.

8pm NOVA.CC Building Chernobyl’s Megatomb.

Engineers race to build a massive dome to contain the crumbling remains of Chernobyl’s reactor.

9pm Wild Weather.CC Watch a series of brave, ambitious (even unlikely) experiments that illustrate how nature creates extreme weather conditions.

10pm Globe Trekker.CC Art Trails of the French Riviera. Kate Comer travels the French Riviera in search of the favorite haunts of Cezanne, Renoir, Picasso, and Chagall.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm

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27 Thursday

Antiques Roadshow.CC Chicago. Part 3/3. (R) Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece.

CC Extortion and downsizing threaten Downton Abbey. Mrs. Hughes poses a delicate question. Part 1/9.

9:30 Expressions.CC Jennifer Kaiser. (R) See 4/23 at 5:30pm.

10pm Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC Part 4/6. (R) See 4/23 at 8pm.

11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm 8pm

28 Friday 7pm 7:30 8pm

Washington Week.CC BBC Newsnight.CC Latin Music USA.CC Bridges; The Salsa Revolution. Trace the rise of Latin jazz, the mambo, and the cha-cha and learn how Latinos in New York reinvented Puerto Rican rhythms by adding soul and jazz.

Parts 1/2-4.

10pm Merle Travis: Guitar Man.CC This film traces the career of the Kentucky guitarist and songwriter best known for his unique finger-picking style and songs like “Sixteen Tons” and “Dark as a Dungeon.”

11pm Charlie Rose.CC

29 Saturday

History Detectives.CC North Vietnamese Soldier’s Diary; Bootlegger’s Recipes; Native-American Actors.

7pm Globe Trekker.CC Art Trails of the French Riviera. (R) See 4/26 at 10pm.

8pm Call the Midwife 6.CC Part 4/8. (R)

See 4/23 at 7pm.

9pm Gorongosa Park – Rebirth of Paradise.

CC Lion Mystery; Elephant Whisperer.

Investigate the mystery behind Gorongosa’s stagnant lion population and gain insights into elephant behavior. Part 1/6.

10pm Austin City Limits.CC Natalia Lafourcade; Grupo Fantasma.

11pm Lost River Sessions.CC 10 String Symphony.

11:30 Lost River Sessions.CC Lauren Cunningham.

6pm

30 Sunday 5pm 5:30

6pm

7pm

8pm

Scholastic Hi-Q.CC Marion vs. O’Fallon.

Expressions.CC Brian Headley. Host Najjar Abdul-Musawwir heads to Olney, Ill. to visit the one and only Singing Blacksmith, Brian Headley. We’ll explore the amazing creations of this self-taught welder and be treated to a special musical performance.

Ride Along the Lincoln Highway.CC Travel with Rick Sebak on America’s first transcontinental highway and check out the changing landscape from Times Square to San Francisco.

Call the Midwife 6.CC Nonnatus House welcomes a new recruit, Nurse Valerie Dyer. A vulnerable young man captures the hearts of Fred and Violet. Part 5/8.

Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece.

CC Steph risks losing the farm. Sarah finds herself in a dangerous situation, while Teresa has a big decision to make. Part 5/6.

WSIU RADIO HD 2 SCHEDULE WS I U 9 1 .9 H D 2 N E WS & TAL K C H AN N E L

WEEKDAYS 12am 5am 9am 11am 12pm 2pm 3pm 7pm 9pm 9pm

BBC World Service Morning Edition 1A with Joshua Johnson Fresh Air Here and Now BBC World – Have Your Say All Things Considered World Café RadioLab (Mon ONLY) BBC World Service (Tue-Fri)

SATURDAY

12am BBC World Service 6am Only A Game 7am Weekend Edition 9am Car Talk 10am Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me! 11am Fresh Air Weekend 12pm Bullseye 1pm American Routes 3pm TED Radio Hour 4pm Weekend All Things Considered 5pm State Week in Review 5:30pm Planetary Radio 6pm Celtic Connections 7pm Mountain Stage 9pm Rhythm in Bloom 10pm New Urban Jazz

SUNDAY 12am 5am 6am 7am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm

7pm 9pm 10pm

9pm

BBC World Service Latino USA Inside Europe Weekend Edition On Being On the Media The Splendid Table This American Life A Prairie Home Companion Ask Me Another Weekend All Things Considered Celtic Connections Conversations from the World Café American Routes Rhythm in Bloom Mountain Stage

Wolf Hall on Masterpiece.CC With Anne pregnant again and away from court, Henry begins to notice Jane Seymour. Anne finds out and threatens Cromwell to make terms with her before her son is born.

10pm Infinity Hall Live.CC Jackie Greene.

11pm Sun Studio Sessions.CC Anders Osborne.

11:30 Sun Studio Sessions.CC Devon Allman (Encore).

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Cedarhurst Center for the Arts & WSIU Public Broadcasting Present

PBS KIDS STAR PARTY

Saturday, April 22, 2017

1-4PM

2600 Richview Road, Mt. Vernon IL FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! • PBS KIDS walkaround characters Word Girl, Nature Cat, and Jet Propulsion from Ready, Jet, Go! • StarLab Planetarium, courtesy of Murphysboro School District • Mat Kaplan of The Planetary Society & host of Planetary Radio • Bill Harper, local children’s music leader • Art, music & science games and activities • Solar demonstrations by SIU Physics Proudly Sponsored by Department of Solar Observation