august 2011 patterns

patternsFRIENDS OF WILL MEMBERSHIP MAGAZINE

august 2011

“No man is great if he thinks he is.”

“Nothing you can’t spell will ever work.”

Will Rogers’ timeless wit and wisdom9 pm Aug. 29 on WILL-TV

“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the

government and report the facts.”

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

PATTERNS • AUGUST 2011

Membership Hotline: 800-898-1065 WILL AM-FM-TV: 217-333-7300 Campbell Hall for Public Telecommunication300 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801-2316

Mailing List ExchangeDonor records are proprietary and confidential. WILL will not sell, rent or trade its donor lists.

Patterns Friends of WILL Membership Magazine Editor: Cyndi PaceleyArt Director: Michael Thomas Designer: Laura Adams-Wiggs Patterns (USPS 092-370) is published monthly at Campbell Hall for Public Telecommunication, 300 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801-2316 by and for the Friends of WILL. Membership dues for the Friends of WILL begin at $40 per year, with $7.62 designated for 12 issues of Patterns. The remainder of membership dues is used for the support of the activities of Illinois Public Media at the University of Illinois through the Friends of WILL. Periodicals postage paid at Urbana, Illinois, and additional mailing offices.

Postmaster: Send address changes to Patterns, Campbell Hall for Telecommunication, 300 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801-2316.

Printed by Premier Print Group.

Trademark American Soybean Assoc.

Printed with SOY INK on RECYCLED, RECYCLABLE paper.TM

august 2011 Volume XXXIX, Number 2

patternsNice to meet you!By Debbie Hamlett Director of Development

Thank you for a warm welcome to Champaign-Urbana and the central Illinois area. I’m honored to be serving a station with such a rich legacy. As I look at the history and accomplishments of Illinois Public Media/WILL, I am struck by the power of individuals to create and sustain this public broadcasting resource. There’s a real pride that comes with continuing that legacy. I witnessed it firsthand during our radio and television pledge drives in June, and as the fiscal year was drawing to a close on June 30.

Thanks to you, we surpassed our $2.1 million fiscal 2011 goal by more than $25,000! We are truly grateful for your support, which will ensure that IPM’s important work continues.

A short time after I joined WILL, Rich Harwood of the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation spoke at IPM/WILL. It occurred to me that the principles he spoke of—authenticity, authority and accountability—have been in practice here for quite some time. There’s a real commitment, an intention to providing a safe place to contemplate various points of views.

My welcome wagon, in part, has been listening to the radio series Life on Route 150, exploring the WILLConnect.org website for places to visit, community issues and to watch archived local programs. WILL is not just a great pipeline of programming on TV, radio and the Web—it’s a place where you share ideas. That has helped me get to know my new home and fellow residents.

I was born in Newnan, Ga. Our Navy family lived in various areas of the country, as well as in Greece. The majority of my adult life was spent in Columbia, S.C., where I graduated from the University of South Carolina and worked at South Carolina ETV and Radio as development & programming director.

As director of development at IPM, I’ll be working with the great team here to maximize revenue, explore new ways to generate support and to tell IPM’s story most effectively.

I encourage you to drop me a line at [email protected] or call 217-333-7300 to say “hello.” I’m looking forward to meeting you so that I can thank you for being one of the more than 12,500 individuals who come together to support our stations. It truly makes a difference!

Radio

90.9 FM: A mix of classical music and NPR information programs, including local news. (Also heard at 106.5 in Danville.) See pages 4-5. 101.1 FM and 90.9 FM HD2: Locally produced music programs and classical music from C24. (101.1 is available in the Champaign-Urbana area.) See page 6. 580 AM: News and information, NPR, BBC, news, agriculture, talk shows. (Also heard on 90.9 FM HD3 with live streaming on will.illinois.edu.) See page 7.

TelevisionWILL Create Cooking, travel, gardening and home improvement, arts and crafts. 12.3; also available on Comcast and Mediacom. See page 8.WILL World PBS documentaries, news and public affairs. 12.2; also available on Comcast and Mediacom. See page 8.WILL-HD All your favorite PBS and local programming, in high definition when available. 12.1; Contact your cable or satellite provider for channel information. See pages 9-16. Online will.illinois.edu

TM

PATTERNS • AUGUST 2011 1

In the 1930s, with the United States mired in the Great Depression and teetering on the brink of a second World War, millions of Americans turned to a rope-twirling cowboy for clarity, comfort and common sense. His plain-spoken musings, always delivered with a shy, sly smile, influenced the political landscape then and still resonate today. Will Rogers and American Politics (9 pm Monday, Aug. 29, WILL-TV) reveals how the Oklahoma native emerged as one of the most powerful political voices in the United States.

The documentary charts Rogers’ impact on American politics through rare archival film footage, photos and documents, in addition to interviews with Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, actor Mickey Rooney, Cherokee Chief Chad Smith, comedian Lewis Black, former Oklahoma Gov. George Nigh and Rogers’ grandniece.

The youngest of eight children, Rogers was born in the Native American territory of Oologah, today the state of Oklahoma. Growing up on the family ranch, he became proficient enough with a rope to earn a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for his ability to throw three lassos at once. Using this skill, he found employment in Texas Jack’s Wild West Show and the Wirth Brothers Circus with performances in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. He then joined vaudeville acts that toured the U.S., Canada and Europe for 10 years. After a stint in the Ziegfeld Follies where Rogers began sharing his thoughts on politics and life, he starred in 71 films and several Broadway productions. By 1934, he was voted the most popular male actor in Hollywood.

Beyond show business, Rogers wrote six books and 4,000 syndicated columns, becoming a

prominent radio broadcaster and political commentator before his death in a plane

crash near Point Barrow, Alaska, in 1935.

Will Rogers still resonate todayWit and wisdom of

2 PATTERNS • AUGUST 2011

WILL listeners saw those images online and heard the vote count take place by hand. “Radio is such a wonderful medium because listeners in central Illinois were able to hear the sounds—the bats crying, the names of the candidates being called out—that I heard.”

Listen to the complete set of commentaries at http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/spindel102210.

Carol Spindel, a U of I English

instructor and frequent guest host on WILL-AM’s Focus, was not

able to accept her national award in person at the Public Radio News Directors Inc., convention in Washington, D.C. in June. She was in Ivory Coast, where her concern for the fate of the west African nation led her to write a series of radio commentaries on historic elections there last October. The essay that depicted the atmosphere of Election Day won PRNDI’s Best Writing award for stations of WILL’s size.

Sadly for Ivory Coast, a dispute over the result of the vote led to a violent struggle and 3,000 deaths in a country that has witnessed years of civil war. Earlier this year, president Laurent Gbagbo was forced to give up his hold on leadership and let the winner of the election, Allassane Ouattara, assume the presidency.

“It was moving to be in the schoolroom of Katiali as the poll workers counted the ballots in front of the local witnesses,” Carol said. “The school had no electricity, and they had to work by lantern light and with flashlights. I spoke with women who walked 11 kilometers to vote!”

Ivory Coast commentary wins award

Three new documentaries A fresh look at everyday heroes

s Carol in Abidjan interviewing Yaya Diabate, who operates a scrap metal yard.

Phot

o: T

om B

asse

tt

A trilogy of new films features first-hand accounts from veterans, along with re-enactments, special effects and detailed graphics to tell the stories of American heroes in three epic World War II battles. Produced by South Carolina ETV, the American Road to Victory historical documentaries are part of an approach that also offers tours, educational resources for teachers and a comprehensive website, www.livingbattlefield.org.

WILL-TV debuts the trilogy at 9 pm Wednesday, Aug. 3, with The Americans on D-Day. Join battlefield historian Ellwood von Seibold in his 1943 Dodge Command car as he takes us on a tour of the American D-Day landings in real time.

Then at 9 pm Wednesday, Aug. 10, The Americans on Hell’s Highway explains how American objectives in this campaign were achieved, even though the overall operation failed.

In the final installment of the series (9 pm Wednesday, Aug. 17), The Americans in the Bulge, Von Seibold takes us to the frozen Ardennes forests of Malmedy, Saint Vith and Bastogne.

See personal stories of central Illinois World War II veterans at will.illinois.edu/WWII/stories.


By Tom Rogers, News and Public Affairs Director


What City of Champaign pioneers revealed to 14-year-old Sonie Toe:

Alison Krauss: She sees central Illinois in her mind when she listens to music.

George Chin: As a child in the summer, he ran with neighborhood kids through the halls of the University of Illinois Student Union until he got chased out.

Larry Kanfer: He likes the character of downtown Champaign with old as well as new buildings and interesting architecture.

Sylvia Ronsvalle: When she and her husband moved into a house north of Champaign’s University Avenue, they kept their doors unlocked so they could prove they trusted their neighbors.

Sonie coaxed these tidbits out of the people she interviewed for an oral history project for the City of Champaign’s 150th anniversary celebration. A Centennial High School freshman, she produced a multimedia presentation at Illinois Public Media, where work of the Youth Media Workshop had attracted the city’s attention. A Youth Media Workshop participant in 2009-2010, Sonie, along with recent Urbana High School graduate Gabby Parsons, interviewed 10 pioneering people in Champaign about their lives and attraction to the city of Champaign, and created a slide show with sound. The 14-minute presentation premiered at the Champaign 150th anniversary unity celebration June 23 at the Boneyard Creek Second Street Basin.

Other featured residents were Ernie Westfield, Erma Bridgewater, Jerry Schweighart, Robert Toalson, Lott Thomas and Marjorie Sodemann.

During her Youth Media Workshop participation, Sonie had produced oral history video projects for the Web. “This project was definitely more serious. It wasn’t just an after-school activity. I learned

Ivory Coast commentary wins award

how to focus more and look deeper into what people said,” said Sonie, whose family immigrated to the U.S. from Liberia when she was 3.

LaEisha Meaderds, project coordinator for the 150th anniversary celebration, said Sonie did a wonderful job of incorporating various aspects of the community celebration into the presentation. “The end product is really great, and especially because it was produced by young people in the community,” Meaderds said. “It was the oral component of our ‘Letters to the Future’ project.” Letters to the Future asked residents to write a letter reflecting on their lives in Champaign.

IPM director of community engagement Kimberlie Kranich and outreach producer Henry Radcliffe mentored the students on the project.

Watch the slide show and listen to full interviews of Krauss and the other pioneers on the Web at illinoisyouthmedia.org/projects/letters-to-the-future.

At the 150th celebration, representatives of Illinois Public Media also presented DVDs of WILL-TV’s Illinois Pioneers episodes to Champaign Mayor Don Gerard. The 13-part series looked at people and places in the history of the city that made Champaign what it is today.

s LaEisha Meaderds (left) and Sonie Toe review the history slide show.

Phot

o: M

icha

el O

wen

Tho

mas

Students’ oral history slide show features personal revelations

weekdays WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 106.5 in Danville

6 amNPR Morning Editionwith Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep and Jim Meadows

9 amClassic Mornings with Vic Di GeronimoJoin Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!

NoonLive and Local with Kevin KellyKevin’s get-together features music and a daily serv-ing of news about, and interviews with, area music-makers, plus a calendar of regional music events.

1 pmAfternoon ClassicsJulie 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 pmNPR All Things Consideredwith Robert Siegel, Melissa Block and Michele Norris

7 pmThe Evening Concert Great orchestras from the great concert venues. Listings are subject to change.

Monday:Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra8/1 Andre Previn, cond; Nancy Goeres, bassoon

All MOZART program8/8 Gianandrea Noseda, cond;

Jonathan Biss, piano LISZT; HAYDN; BRAHMS

8/15 Manfred Honeck, cond; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin BRAHMS; MAHLER

8/22 Gianandrea Noseda, cond; Benjamin Hochman, piano ROSSINI; MOZART; TCHAIKOVSKY

8/29 Yan Pascal Tortelier, cond; Randolph Kelly, viola BERLIOZ; HOLST

Tuesday:Chicago Symphony Orchestra8/2 Kurt Masur, cond; Louis Lortie, piano MOZART; BRUCKNERThe New York Philharmonic This Week8/9 Ludovic Morlot, cond; Gil Shaham, violin MUSSORGSKY; WALTON8/16 Alan Gilbert, cond; Nathan Gunn, baritone

COPLAND; MAHLER8/23 Jeffrey Kahane, cond and piano All MOZART programChicago Symphony Orchestra8/30 Myung-Whun Chun, cond;

Vadim Repin, violin BRAHMS; RAVEL

Wednesday: Chamber MusicSanta Fe Chamber Music Festival8/3 MOSZKOWSKI; HAHN8/10 HAYDN; BRAHMS8/17 HAYDN; ARENSKY8/24 TELEMAN; TCHAIKOVSKY8/31 SCHUMANN; SMETANAThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center8/3 All BEETHOVEN program8/10 All BEETHOVEN program8/17 BEETHOVEN; BRAHMS8/24 BEETHOVEN; MAHLER8/31 All BEETHOVEN program

Thursday: Festivals!Music Mountain8/4 St. Petersburg String Quartet MOZART; BACH8/11 Daedalus String Quartet;

Jonathan Yates, piano All MOZART program8/18 Shanghai String Quartet SCHUBERT; BRAHMS8/25 The Parnas/Serkin Trio DEBUSSY; CHOPIN

Friday:Prairie PerformancesWe will reprise concerts from the 2010 Allerton Music Barn Festival, setting the stage for the 2011 Festival that begins on Labor Day weekend. The 2011 con-certs will be broadcast on Prairie Performances in January 2012.8/5 Music of the Cabaret

Nathan and Julie Gunn Chip McNeil, saxophone; Larry Gray, bass; Dana Hall, drums

8/12 Albeniz: Iberia Ian Hobson, piano8/19 Pacifica Quartet Yvonne Redmond, soprano;

Dmitry Kuzov, cello; Julie Gunn, piano; Stefan Milenkovich, violin

SHOSTAKOVICH; THARP; CHAUSSON8/26 Evening Serenade U of I Faculty Winds Robert Rumbelow, cond MOZART; R. STRAUSS

9 pmNight MusicGillian 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.

Jonathan Biss (7 pm, 8/8)

s


saturdays & sundaysWILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 106.5 in Danville

saturdays7 amNPR Weekend Edition with Scott Simon

9 amClassics By RequestJohn Frayne plays requests for two hours at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at [email protected] or 217-265-5084. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01. 11 amClassics of the PhonographJohn Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. 8/6 Artur Schnabel and the Beethoven Piano

Concertos8/13 The Ormandy Sound with the Philadelphia

Orchestra8/20 French Violin Sonatas: Franck, Faure, and

Beyond8/27 Mendelssohn’s Early String Symphonies

Noon Afternoon at the OperaPerformances from the Los Angeles and San Fran-cisco Operas. Following each week’s featured selec-tion, John Frayne presents the Gilbert and Sullivan Festival. 8/6 THE TURK IN ITALY (in Italian) (G. Rossini).

James Conlon, cond, with Simone Alberghini, Nino Machaidze and the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

Gilbert and Sullivan: The Mikado8/13 THE TURN OF THE SCREW (in English) (B.

Britten). James Conlon cond, with Patricia Racette, William Burden and the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Gilbert and Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard

8/20 AIDA (G. Verdi). Nicola Luisotti cond, with Mi-caela Carosi, Dolora Zajick, Marcello Giordani and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

Gilbert and Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore8/27 CYRANO DE BERGERAC (in French) (Franco

Alfano). Patrick Foufnillier, cond, with Placido Domingo, Ainhoa Arteta and the San Fran-cisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

Gilbert and Sullivan: Patience

4 pmNPR All Things Considered

5 pmA Prairie Home CompanionGarrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon. [Also Sundays at 2 pm]

7 pmClassics All NightBob Christiansen and Scott Blankenship keep you company Saturday night and into Sunday morning. NPR News Headlines at 7:01 and 10:01.

sundays7 amNPR Weekend Editionwith Audie Cornish

9 amSunday BaroqueSuzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.

1 pmFrom the TopA live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians, hosted by pianist Christo-pher O’Riley.

2 pmA Prairie Home CompanionGarrison Keillor and friends present music, skits and the latest news from Lake Wobegon.

4 pmNPR All Things Considered

5 pmClassical MusicMindy Ratner and Valerie Kahler are your hosts. NPR News Headlines at 7:01.

10 pmHarmoniaAngela Mariani presents Baroque and early music. NPR News Headlines at 10:01.

11 pmThe Romantic HoursMusic, poetry and romance with Mona Golabek.

midnightClassical MusicScott Blankenship and John Zech are your hosts throughout the night and into the morning.

s Patricia Racette (noon, 8/13)


Gearing up for 2011 Allerton Music Barn FestivalThe festival takes place Sept. 1-5 at Allerton Park, but you can experience the best of the 2010 performances this month

on Prairie Performances (7-9 pm Fridays) with host Roger Cooper. Plus, listen to Live and Local at noon on FM 90.9 or visit will.illinois.edu/liveandlocal during the week of Aug. 29 to catch Kevin Kelly’s interviews with many of this year’s festival musicians. Looking ahead, Prairie Performances will present the 2011 festival concerts in January 2012.

101.1 and 90.9 HD2

weekdays6-9 amClassical Music

9 am-noonClassic Mornings with Vic Di GeronimoJoin Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!

Noon-1 pmLive and Local with Kevin KellyKevin’s get-together features music and a daily serv-ing of news about, and interviews with, area music-makers, plus a calendar of regional music events.

1 pm - overnightClassical Music/Friday: Prairie Performances 7-9 pm

saturdays7-9 amClassical Music

9-11 amClassics by RequestJohn Frayne plays requests at this time each Sat-urday. Submit requests at [email protected] or 217-265-5084.

11 am-NoonClassics of the PhonographJohn Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. See page 5 for listings.

Noon-overnightClassical Music

sundaysall day Classical Music

Left, Right & Center replaces World Vision ReportSince World Vision Report ceased production in July, Left, Right & Center is now in the 8:30 pm Saturday slot on WILL-AM. This weekly discussion of politics, policy and popular culture features (above, left to right) Matt Miller, Tony Blankley and Robert Scheer, three of the country’s best news analysts. The program originates from KCRW in Santa Monica, Calif., the same station that brings you Le Show with Harry Shearer at 10 pm Sundays on AM 580.

Celebrate Gilbert and SullivanJoin host John Frayne Saturdays at noon in August for the Gilbert and Sullivan Festival during the second part of Afternoon at the Opera. See the listings on page 5 for each week’s featured selection.

Phot

os: M

arc

Gold

stei

n


Saturday Sunday

5:00 6:00 6:30 7:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 11:30 Noon 1:00 2:00 2:36 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 8:30 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00- 5 am

City Club Forum Inside Europe NPR Weekend Edition Says You Car Talk On the Media Media Matters with Bob McChesney The Tavis Smiley Show Wait Wait ... All Things Considered Keepin’ the Faith with Steve Shoemaker This American Life To the Best of Our Knowledge New Dimensions Le Show BBC World Service

Monday–Friday

NPR Morning Edition with Jim Meadows BBC World Briefing Focus with David Inge NPR News 10:01/11:01 The Afternoon Magazine with Celeste Quinn NPR News 12:01 Fresh Air The Closing Market Report NPR News 2:01 BBC Business Daily The World All Things Considered with Jeff Bossert Fresh Air BBC World Service On Point BBC World Service

FM 90.9 HD3

Bold Listing = National/International News

AM 580 Listener Comments: 217-333-0853 / [email protected]

Saturday and Sunday Occasional updates

Weather

Monday-Friday Weather Forecast: 5:33, 6:33, 7:33, 8:33 am; 12:35, 4:33, 5:33 pm

8/3 Cooking8/9 Lawn & Garden Care8/10 Eating Well Affordably8/15 Home Care8/19 Personal Finance

8/4 Computers8/5 Dog Behavior8/12 From the Archives8/18 Family Medicine8/26 From the Archives

11:0

710

:07

am

Focus monthly guests

BBC Overnight Continued Commodity Week Illinois Gardener NPR Weekend Edition Car Talk Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me State Week in Review Commodity Week Travel with Rick Steves This American Life The Midnight Special NPR All Things Considered The People’s Pharmacy Commonwealth Club Living on Earth Latino USA Left, Right & Center Alternative Radio Bookworm New Letters on the Air BBC World Service

Pre-Opening Market Report: 8:49 am; Opening Market Report: 9:49 am; Market Update: 10:58 and 11:58 am; Ag and Stock Market Report: 12:55 pm; Settlements: 1:58 pm; Closing Market Report: 2:06 pm. To listen to archived ag reports, sign up for the Illinois Public Media Ag E-newsletter, or download our agricultural podcasts, visit www.willag.org. Call 217-333-3434 for market analysis, updated at 9:15 am and 3:15 pm daily.

AgricultureDave Dickey, agriculture director; Todd Gleason, host, Closing Market Report & Commodity Week

The news from Illinois Public Media’s award-winning staff of reporters — Tom Rogers, Jim Meadows, Jeff Bossert and Sean Powers—can be heard dur-ing Morning Edition, The Afternoon Magazine and All Things Considered.

Tom Rogers, news and public affairs director

Illinois Public Media News



WILL-TV

12.2

12.3Cooking(midnight-2 am; 6-8 am; noon-2 pm; 6-8 pm)Sun and Wed: America’s Test Kitchen; Lidia’s Italy; P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table; Barbecue University Mon and Fri: Simply Ming; Lidia’s Italy; Ciao Italia; Primal GrillTue and Thur: Pati’s Mexican Table; Vine Talk; Great American Seafood Cook-off; Hubert Keller: Secrets of a ChefTravel(2-3 am; 8-9 am; 2-3 pm; 8-9 pm)Sun and Wed: Rick Steves’ Europe; Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Mon and Fri: Rick Steves’ Europe; Music VoyagerTue and Thu: Globetrekker; GlobetrekkerGardening/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; B OrganicTue and Thu: Victory Garden; Woodwright’s Shop; American Woodshop; Growing Bolder Wed and Sun: Garden Smart/Garden Home (S); Ask This Old House; For Your Home; Katie Brown Workshop

Primetime Schedule

Monday-Friday 9:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Journal Mondays 7:00 Rare Bird (8/1); Buffalo Flows (8/8); Skin Stories (8/22); Hotspots (8/29) 8:00 Nature 11:00 Journey of the Broad-Winged Hawk (8/1); River of Renewal (8/8); American Experience: Earth Days (8/15); Fiji Firewalkers (8/22); Hotspots (8/29) 11:30 Hawaii: Roots of Fire (8/22) Tuesdays 7:00 Marines of Montford Point (8/9); History Detectives 8:00 Secrets of the Dead (8/2); Western Pennsylvania’s Tuskegee Airmen (8/9); History Detectives 1 1:00 America, Whaling & the World (8/2); Nickles from Heaven (8/9); History Detectives

Wednesdays 7:00 POV (8/3, 8/24) 8:00 POV (8/3); Independent Lens (8/10); Frontline 11:00 Living in the Big Empty (8/3); POV (8/10); All the Way Home (8/17); Doha Debates (8/24); Hapa: One Step at a Time (8/31) 11:30 POV (8/17, 8/31)

Thursdays 7:00 NOVA 8:00 NOVA ScienceNow (8/4); 400 Years of the Telescope (8/11); Masters of the Arctic Ice (8/18); NOVA (8/25)11:00 The Making of a Scientist (8/4); Phoenix Mars Mission (8/11); Nature (8/18); NOVA ScienceNOW (8/25) Fridays 7:00 Human Spark (8/5); Appalachians (8/12); Chasing Churchill (8/26) 8:00 Rare Bird (8/5); Appalachians (8/12); Chasing Churchill (8/26) 11:00 Human Spark (8/5); Appalachians (8/12); Churchill (8/19); Chasing Churchill (8/26) Saturdays 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 McLaughlin Group 8:00 Need to Know 9:00 WW II: Behind Closed Doors; America, Whaling & the World (8/27) 11:00 Living in the Big Empty (8/6); Marines of Montford Point (8/13); Secrets of the Dead (8/20); Doha Debates (8/27) Sundays 7:30 Worse Than War (8/7); Independent Lens (8/14); POV (8/21, 8/28) 8:00 Global Voices (8/28) 9:00 Global Voices 10:00 Independent Lens (8/14); Global Voices (8/21); Ocularist (8/28) 10:30 Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias (8/7); Fiji Firewalkers (8/28) 11:00 Global Voices (8/7, 8/14, 8/28); Independent Lens (8/21)

See the full World schedule at will.illinois.edu

Arts and Crafts(5-6 am; 11-noon; 5-6 pm; 11-midnight)Sun and Wed: Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonsteel; Gary Spetz’s Painting Wild Places with WatercolorMon and Fri: Martha’s Sewing Room; One Stroke Painting with Donna Dewberry Tue and Thu: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting; Best of the Joy of PaintingSaturday Marathons in AugustA six-hour block of themed programmingAugust 6: Global Rhythm Rudy Maxa, Rick Steves and Jacob Edgar take us to Spain, Ireland and Columbia.August 13: Be Cool Burt Wolf, Joseph Rosendo and Art Wolfe take us to Canada and Switzerland; chef Tina Nordstrom shows us Sweden. August 20: South American Adventures Our tour guides present tours of Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Lima, Peru.August 27: Born in the USA Burt Wolf shows us Napa Valley; Chicago; Naples, Fla.; Boston and Richmond, Va.; plus stops in Alaska and the Big Apple. See the full Create schedule at will.illinois.edu


WILL-TVDavid Thiel, Program Director daytime

1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: Quilting Arts Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: Sew It All/It’s Sew Easy

(begins 8/12)

1:30 pm Painting and How To M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Paint This with Jerry Yarnell W: Artist Toolbox/Painting with

Paulson (begins 8/10) Th: B Organic F: Painting and Travel with

Roger & Sarah Bansemer

2:00 pm How To M: The Piano Guy Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: Scrapbook Soup F: Woodwright’s Shop

Monday - Friday Saturday SundayFrench in Action Destinos Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Cyberchase Fetch! Electric Company Word Girl The Truth About Money Motorweek America’s Heartland Market to Market The McLaughlin Group Religion + Ethics Newsweekly Specials Hustle Doctor Who

Market to Market (M) Nightly Business Report (T-F) Body Electric (M, W, F) Sit and Be Fit (T, Th) Between the Lions Clifford Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY!/Dinosaur Train Big City (8/22) Dinosaur Train Sesame Street Sid the Science Kid WordWorld Super Why! Barney & Friends The Cat in the Hat A Place of Our Own Sewing Programs Painting and How To Programs How To Programs Martha Speaks Arthur WordGirl Wild Kratts Design Squad Nation (F) Electric Company/ Fetch! (F) BBC World News Nightly Business Report PBS NewsHour

5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Noon 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00

Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Angelina Ballerina Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Thomas & Friends Bob the Builder Sid the Science Kid A Place of Our Own P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table Mid-American Gardener Victory Garden America’s Test Kitchen Cook's Country Rachel’s Favorite Food for Living Chef John Besh’s New Orleans Nick Stellino’s Cooking with Friends Sweet Life with Charles Xaver Illinois Adventure Heartland Highways Hometime This Old House Hour Rick Steves’ Europe Lawrence Welk

8/71:00, Over 90 and Loving It2:00, Everest: A Climb for Peace3:00, The Way Bobby Sees It4:00, Row Hard, No Excuses8/141:00, Great Performances at the Met: Capriccio3:30, My Musical Life4:00, St. Louis Brass Quintet Live8/211:00, Southwestern Gems: Our Desert National Parks2:00, Desert Reef3:00, Arabian Horse: The Ancient Breed4:00, Barnstorming8/281:00, Great Performances at the Met: Il Trovatore3:30, Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert

▲

▲

▲

Photo: Courtesy of Janette Beckman

Live from Lincoln Center (7 pm Tuesday, Aug. 2) joins the Mostly Mozart Festival and conductor Louis Lan-gree for the opening night of their 2011 season. Violinist Christian Tetzlaff, left, violist Antoine Tamestit and soprano Susanna Phillips are the guest artists for a program that includes Mozart arias, the Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major and the “Linz” symphony.

A unique look at the apartheid era

A journey of 4,000 nautical miles

RFK in the Land of Apartheid: A Ripple of Hope (9 pm Monday, Aug. 22) tells the unknown story of Robert Kennedy’s 1966 visit to South Af-rica during the worst years of apartheid. The film follows Senator Kennedy to the site of his famous “Ripple of Hope” speech at the University of Cape Town and his encounter with Afrikaans students at Stellenbosch, the pro-apartheid university. Also featured is Kennedy’s meeting with one of the unknown giants of African history—the banned president of the African National Congress, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chief Albert Lutuli—living under house arrest in a remote area.

Oceanographer Scott Glenn leads a team of scien-tists as they launch the first autonomous underwater robot on a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. If RU27 can successfully cross the ocean, its historic mission will inspire a future robotic oceanographic observation network critical for monitoring climate change. Engulfed by the powerful ocean, the robot faces daunting challenges, including extreme weather conditions, ship traffic and aggressive sea life that could terminate its mission. Winner of several honors, including the 2010 John Muir Film Award, Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s Daring Mission airs at 7 pm Wednesday, Aug. 24.

Start the month with Mozart

august tv features

Photo below: Courtesy of Oktober Oy


Talk about steamy relationships!

From a land of long, dark winters comes Steam of Life, a moody, comic and moving study of Finnish men, as framed by their country’s national obsession with the sauna. There, they come together to share their grief, hopes, joys and memories while sweating out the tensions of everyday life. The acclaimed film from POV airs at 9 pm Tuesday, Aug. 2.

A new award-winning documentary chronicles the voyage of the only American entry in the Atlantic Rowing Challenge, an unforgiving 3,000-mile race from the Canary Islands to Barbados. Among the oldest competitors, John Zeigler and Tom Mailhot face one major obstacle after another—with their $170,000 investment on the line.

Row Hard, No Excuses is both an exciting sports adventure story of perseverance under the most extreme conditions and an intimate portrait of masculinity, midlife and ambition. Don’t miss the program at 4 pm Sunday, Aug. 7.

Crank up the way-back machine!

A new special (9 pm Monday, Aug. 8) cel-ebrates the 40th anniversary of The Great American Dream Machine, part of the PBS program lineup from 1971 to 1973. The show, featuring material written and performed by co-medians including Chevy Chase, Martin Mull, Andy Rooney and Albert Brooks, received rave reviews for its skits and satirical political com-mentary.

If you lose, you burn your boat.


WILL-TVFriday Night Public Affairs 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Need to Know

BritCom Saturday Night 8:00 As Time Goes By 8:30 The Old Guys 9:00 Keeping Up Appearances 9:30 Black Books10:00 Red Green Show10:30 Doctor Who11:15 Doctor Who Confidential

1Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G)

Grand Rapids, Mich. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; 7 pm Satur-day; and 4 am Monday.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Spokane, Wash. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday.

9:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided: Blind with Weeping. Part 6 of 6. The story of the last 16 months of the Civil War. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 2 am Wednesday; and 2 am Sunday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine10:30 Are You Being Served? Again!11:00 Charlie Rose

2Tuesday 7:00 Live from Lincoln Center (TV-G)

Mostly Mozart Festival Opening Night. See ar-ticle page 10. Repeated midnight Wednesday; 3 am Thursday; and 1:30 am Saturday.

9:00 POV (TV-PG) Steam of Life. See article page 11. Repeated 2 am Thursday; 3 am Friday; and 1 am Sunday.


3Wednesday 7:00 Electric Dreams

1970s. Part 1 of 3. A British family gives up modern technology as they relive three decades.

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Rat Attack. A look at the botanical mystery of a bamboo species that blooms every half century, setting off a dramatic rise in the rat population as they feed on the bamboo’s fruit. Repeated midnight Thursday; 1 am Friday; and 2 am Monday.

9:00 American Road to Victory (TV-G) The Americans on D-Day. Part 1 of 3. See article page 2.


4Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G)

Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions (TV-G)

Connecting The Dots In America. Burt Wolf interviews creative entrepreneurs who started small businesses based on their innovative ideas and technology.

8:00 Hustle (TV-14) Old Acquaintance. The team targets Stacie’s ex-husband in a high stakes poker game. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.

9:00 This Old House Hour (TV-G) Repeated 4:30 pm Saturday.


5Friday 7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs

See left. 8:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-G)

Repeated 9:30 pm Sunday. 9:00 Friday Night Mystery (TV-G)

Sherlock Holmes: The Red Headed League. Jabez Wilson asks Holmes to investigate the mysterious duties of his employment.


6Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G)

Grand Rapids, Mich. Part 1 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12.

11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-PG) Daniel Merriweather, A Fine Frenzy and Lisa Hannigan.

7Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-G)

Life In Death Valley. Discover how plants and animals survive in one of the most inhospitable places on earth. Repeated 4 am Tuesday.

8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Inspector Lewis, Series II: The Point of Vanish-ing. The murder of a small-time criminal leads Lewis and Hathaway to a prominent Oxford celebrity. Repeated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday.

9:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-G) Repeated from 8:30 pm Friday.

10:00 OfficialBestofFest (TV-G) Love IX. The Delivery (United States), Acade-mania (United States) and Picket Fenced-In (Australia).

10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) South Atlantic.

11:30 Music Voyager (TV-PG) The New Medellin.


WILL-TV


Grand Rapids, Mich. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 3 am and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Louisville, Ky. Part 1 of 3.

9:00 Great American Dream Machine 40th Anniversary Special (TV-G) See article page 11.


9Tuesday 7:00 History Detectives (TV-PG)

A Korean War letter; the author of what could be the first widely published lesbian auto-biography; a painting depicting a Civil War battle. Repeated 2 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday.

8:00 POV (TV-PG) Food, Inc. Filmmaker Robert Kenner exposes the highly mechanized U.S. food industry that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regula-tory agencies. Repeated midnight Wednesday; 2 am Thursday; and 1 am Sunday.




8:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) Is There Life On Mars? New scientific findings from NASA’s robot explorers and the Phoenix probe on Mars, which has been providing the first on-the-spot chemical tests ever under-taken on an alien planet. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 3 am Monday.

9:00 American Road to Victory (TV-G) The Americans on Hell’s Highway. Part 2 of 3. See article page 2.



Repeated 11 am Saturday. 7:30 Growing A Greener World (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle (TV-14)

Eye of the Beholder. The team plans to steal the world’s largest diamond and centerpiece of the Crown Jewels. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.


10:00 Last of the Summer Wine10:30 Are You Being Served?11:00 Charlie Rose


See page 12. 8:30 Ebert Presents at the Movies (TV-G)


Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem. After Holmes infuriates Moriarty by spoiling his plan to sell the “Mona Lisa,” the arch rivals come to their final reckoning at Reichenbach Falls.





11:30 39th Annual Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree

14Sunday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) (DVS)

Fellowship of the Whales. Follow a humpback whale’s first year as she and her mother take a learning journey from Hawaii to Alaska’s southeast coast. Repeated 4 am Tuesday.

8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Inspector Lewis, Series III: Counter Culture Blues. Lewis must determine whether the sudden reappearance of a rock star has con-nections to the murder of a young orphan. Re-peated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday.


10:00 OfficialBestofFest (TV-G) Animation. Five award-winning short animated films.

10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) The Netherlands.

11:30 Music Voyager (TV-PG) Colombia’s Electro Tropical Beats.


Grand Rapids, Mich. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; and 3 am and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Louisville, Ky. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday.

9:00 Flea Market Documentary (TV-G) A look at flea markets across the country through the experiences of organizers, ven-dors, food merchants and shoppers. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 2 am Wednesday; and 4 am Friday.



WILL-TV


Mysterious airplane engine parts; metal shav-ings from a cannon; a saddle with connections to rodeo champion Yakima Cunutt. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday.

8:00 Frontline TBA.

9:00 POV (TV-PG) The Oath. 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; and 2 am Sunday.

10:30 Are You Being Served?11:00 Charlie Rose



8:00 NOVA (TV-G) Secrets Beneath the Ice. A drilling probe reveals new details of climate and fauna from a time when dinosaurs and forests thrived in Antarctica. Repeated midnight Thursday; 1 am Friday; and 4 am Monday.

9:00 American Road to Victory (TV-G) The Americans in the Bulge. Part 3 of 3. See article page 2.




Price for Fame. The team plans to con a vio-lent businessman by pretending to be music

promoters interested in representing his son. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.






Sherlock Holmes: The Empty House. Three years after Holmes’ death, Watson comes face to face with his “deceased” friend.





11:30 Switchback—The Celtic Sessions (TV-G) A concert featuring original and traditional Celtic music performed by Switchback’s Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack.


Kilauea: Mountain of Fire. The world’s most active volcano creates new land when it pours lava into the ocean, a process central to life on the Hawaiian islands and a sight few have ever witnessed. Repeated 4 am Tuesday.

Strawberry Fields306 W. SPRINGFIELD AVENUE, URBANA • 328-1655

WWW.STRAWBERRY-FIELDS.COM

Susan Kundrat MS, RD, LDN, CSSD

Listen to Susan thesecond Wednesdayof every month inthe 10 a.m. hour onWILL AM, or visither from 11-1 everyWednesday atStrawberry Fields.

In-Store Nutritionist

Price(less)Look for the pricelessitems on every aisle.Stay healthy for less.


WILL-TV 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS)

Inspector Lewis, Series III: The Dead of Win-ter. The discovery of a body on an Oxford bus leads Lewis and Hathaway to an Oxford estate where Hathaway spent his childhood. Re-peated midnight Monday; and 2 am Tuesday.


10:00 OfficialBestofFest (TV-G) Fathers & Daughters. Dance Lexie Dance (Ireland) and Looking Good (Australia).

10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) Food Hour: Morocco.

11:30 Music Voyager (TV-PG) Heartbeat of Vallenato, Colombia.


Hartford, Conn. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; 4 am Friday; and 3 am and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Louisville, Ky. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday.

9:00 RFK in the Land of Apartheid: A Ripple of Hope. See article page 10. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 2 am Wednesday.



A 1960s poster draws battle lines between citizens and the police; reuniting pieces of a vandalized carving of Andrew Jackson; a woven basket with connections to a Modoc In-dian heroine. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 4 am Thursday.

8:00 Frontline TBA.

9:00 POV (TV-PG) Short Cuts. A collection of six documentary shorts by established and emerging film-makers. Repeated 2 am Thursday; and 2 am Sunday.


24Wednesday 7:00 Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s Daring

Mission (TV-G) (DVS) See article page 10.

8:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) Hunting The Hidden Dimension. A revolution-ary new branch of math has opened new ter-ritory to scientific analysis and understanding. Repeated midnight Thursday; 2 am Friday; 3 am Monday.

9:00 Great Performances (TV-G) Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2011. Selections include Liszt’s Les Préludes; Paganini’s Violin Concerto, D major; Musso-rgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition; and Johann Strauss II’s Wiener Blut. Repeated 3:30 pm Sunday.




The Henderson Challenge. Albert tries to resolve the rivalry between Mickey and Danny by using a traditional con man’s challenge. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.






Sherlock Holmes: The Abbey Grange. Holmes works to solve the murders of Sir Eustace Brackenstall and his wife, Lady Mary.



Hartford, Conn. Part 1 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.


11:30 Switchback—The Americana Sessions (TV-G) A concert featuring Switchback’s Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack performing original and traditional Americana music.


Is That Skunk? Intrepid researchers and cameramen track skunks to discover how they hunt, forage, mate and raise their young. Repeated 4 am Tuesday.

8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Inspector Lewis, Series III: Dark Matter. When the Master of Gresham College is found dead at the foot of the University Observatory stairs, Lewis and Hathaway find that the finger of suspicion points at the staff. Repeated mid-night Monday; and 2 am Tuesday.


10:00 OfficialBestofFest (TV-G) Fathers & Sons. Letting Go and Freesia of Eden (Ireland).

10:30 Globe Trekker (TV-PG) Turkey, Part 2.

11:30 Music Voyager (TV-PG) Afro-Colombian Grooves.


WILL-TV


Hartford, Conn. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Las Vegas, Nev. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday.

9:00 Will Rogers and American Politics (TV-G) See article page 1.



A mysterious camera; a Civil War-era doll that might have smuggled medicine past the North-ern blockade; a 15th century map that tells more about how Europe colonized Florida. Repeated 1 am Wednesday.

8:00 Frontline TBA.

9:00 POV (TV-PG) Armadillo. A look at the lives of young Danish soldiers fighting the Taliban in a hostile and confusing environment.


31Wednesday 7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS)

Becoming Human: First Steps. Part 1 of 3. Explore fresh clues about our earliest ances-tors in Africa, including the complete fossil nicknamed “Lucy’s Child.”

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity. Part 2 of 3. Answers to the mysteries of how our ancestors managed to survive in a savannah teeming with vicious predators, along with when and why we first left our African cradle to colonize every corner of the earth.

9:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Becoming Human: Last Human Standing. Part 3 of 3. New evidence, based partly on cutting-edge DNA analysis, reveals insights into how we became today’s creative humans.


Sinfonia da Camera Ian Hobson, music director

2011-2012 Season

September 17—“B” for Bach, Beethoven and Brahms It’s back to school as Sinfonia’s 28th season opens with the UI Chorale October 22 —Dancing with the Devil Celebrate Liszt’s 200th birthday with pianist Ian Hobson and the UI Women’s Chorus February 11—More Mozart Sinfonia’s own musicians are featured as soloists in works by Mozart March 10 —American Spirit Jonathan Keeble on flute and Dmitry Kouzov on cello express American originality April 17—Rush Hour-Northern Lights Rush Hour returns by popular demand featuring music by Grieg and Sibelius. Join CU Ballet and Sinfonia for the annual holiday Nutcracker, December 2-4 Contact Krannert Center Ticket Office for tickets. Call 217/333-6280 or 800/KCPATIX or visit www.krannertcenter.com


Now, the professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering is using visual media to communicate his message. During the past year, he has produced a series of videos with more than one million views on YouTube. Beginning in August, WILL-TV will air the videos between

programs at various times throughout the broadcast day.

In the series of 10 short videos, Bill takes apart an incandescent light bulb

to show how the filament is made, tears down a hard drive to show how it

stores data and uses a laser pointer and a bucket of glycol to show how fiber optic

cables work, among other topics.

He said posting the videos to YouTube has allowed him to reach a new audience and provided space for experimentation. Now that he’s refined the video format, he’s working with WILL-TV to bring them to television. “On YouTube, it’s been kind of word-of-mouth, but we’re getting more viewers all the time. We have about 30,000 subscribers so they receive them every time we post a new one,” Bill said.

Bill said his passion is showing that engineering is a creative profession. “I know no better way to do that than by showing the creative things that engineers do,” he said. Learn more about Bill’s work at engineerguy.com.

membership news & events

while achieving your personal, financial and estate planning goals.

Engineer Guy videos come to WILL-TVUniversity of Illinois “Engineer Guy” Bill Hammack has turned to video to help simplify the complex science behind things we encounter in everyday life.

Between 1995 and 2005, Bill produced more than 300 “Engineering and Life” commentaries for WILL Radio. These pieces explained, in everyday language, how objects like cell phones and vacuum cleaners work.

gift to the WILL stations—whether

outright or as part of your estate

plan—strengthens our on-air, online and

community resources for the future while

offering tax benefits, income for you, and

estate planning advantages.

Want to learn more? Please contact

Danda Beard, WILL’s director of major

gifts, at 217-333-9393.

Brighten WILL’s future

A



membership news & events (continued)

The PBS Annual Meeting offered a preview of the new season. From banjos to baby turkeys, Downton Abbey to “demon rum,” there’s lots to come!

Masterpiece producer Rebecca Eaton was honored for her work in restoring the drama anthology to its heights. She shared a few tidbits about the upcoming season: Downton Abbey will return in January 2012 with seven new episodes, followed by six installments of Upstairs, Downstairs. Unfortunately, Sherlock won’t be back in 2011, but you can look forward to three new mysteries for May 2012.

Monday nights will be all about Antiques Roadshow with two episodes airing most weeks, as well as a spin-off series arriving sometime next year.

American Experience will be moving to Tuesday nights to be paired with Frontline. Groundbreaking athlete Jesse Owens, doomed cavalryman George Custer and former president Bill Clinton will be among those profiled on Experience. Meanwhile, Frontline will explore America’s surveillance society, the impact of AIDS on the African-American community and the battle over the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque.”

Nature will be joining NOVA on Wednesdays for a night of science-based programming. The former will get up close with giant jungle eagles and radioactive wolves from Chernobyl. A highlight will be My Life as a Turkey, an enchanting film about a man who bonds with a group of baby turkeys. On NOVA, David Greene will bring you the Fabric of the Cosmos, and

David Pogue will present The Elements and More Stuff.

A nine-week Arts Festival on Fridays this fall will include H.M.S. Pinafore, Il Postino and a ballet based upon The Little Mermaid. Steve Martin will host a performance

documentary titled Give Me the Banjo. In 2012, American Masters will

present biographies of Johnny Carson, Woody Allen, Helen Keller and James Levine. And on Great Performances, actor Hugh Laurie will sing the blues!

Actress Geena Davis (left with David Thiel), best known for the

movie Thelma & Louise, kicked off Women and Girls Lead, a three-year public media project intended to educate and connect citizens to the problems faced by females worldwide. It will include Women, War & Peace, a five-part series spanning Liberia, Colombia, Bosnia and Afghanistan.

Coming this October, filmmaker Ken Burns will bring you Prohibition, a three-part show about the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment, which attempted to turn America into a nation of teetotalers.

In Fall 2012, Burns will focus his attention on the terrible tale of The Dust Bowl, when misguided farming practices turned America’s prairies into a massive swirl of choking debris.

History documentaries not brought to you by Ken Burns will include The War of 1812 (October), a mostly-forgotten conflict against Britain and Canada. Slavery by Another Name (Winter/Spring 2012) will recount how America’s practice of using prisoners as forced labor resulted in a panoply of trumped-up charges against recently freed slaves.

Sneak preview of what’s coming from PBSBy David Thiel, WILL-TV Program Director


Delores is a middle-aged, Republican, African-American bus driver and single mother in Champaign. She’s doing all she can to make ends meet. She’s frustrated about the current economic situation. She and other C-U residents told the Harwood Institute recently that they believe the wealthy and powerful are taking care of themselves and have turned their backs on the rest of the country. They sense that humanity—a sense of connection between and among people—is being lost in this process.

Rich Harwood of the Harwood Institute talked to Delores and other Champaign-Urbana residents in June as part of a focus group for a project with the Kettering Foundation in which people in eight cities are being interviewed about their attitudes and beliefs surrounding public life and politics.

The Harwood Institute chose Champaign-Urbana as one of the participating communities because of the institute’s work with Illinois Public Media on community engagement and impact.

IPM General Manager Mark Leonard said that the new Harwood project will benefit the Champaign-Urbana community and Illinois Public Media. “The focus group discussion puts a face on the struggles that our community is facing,” Mark said. “Here were people talking candidly and personally about their beliefs, needs, fears and hopes.”

Mark said that as a changing media organization, increasingly focused on our local impact, Illinois Public Media finds these insights invaluable. “What does it mean to trust an individual? What causes you to trust an organization? What would it take for us to believe in our elected officials? Information from the focus group in Champaign-Urbana will help Illinois Public Media do a better job serving our community, and accelerates our desire to hold more listening sessions throughout the communities we serve,” he said.

Founded by Rich Harwood 20 years ago in reaction to the cynicism and distrust that permeates much of politics and public

life, the Harwood Institute is today an organization leading change, recognized nationally for its unusual approach to breaking down barriers and empowering people to make progress in improving their communities, said Mark.

While in Champaign-Urbana, Rich spoke with an invited audience at Illinois Public Media including staff, members of the Community Advisory Committee, university administrative leaders, United Way representatives, and others from our community. In addition, Rich was a guest that morning on AM 580’s Focus with David Inge.

In his blog at theharwoodinstitute.org, Rich said that Delores’ comments nearly brought him to tears. “Here was a woman desperately struggling to keep her head above water in today’s economy and her acts of compassion were simply overwhelming to me. Throughout Main Street America, her story is not uncommon.” She had taken in a foster child and reaches out to others in need in the community. He urged readers to expand their circle of compassion.

“One of our challenges today is to find ways to expand the circle of compassion within our communities and society if we, as a nation, are to move ahead. Delores is a reminder of what that really means. Despite the challenges that beset her, she has chosen to expand and embrace her circle.

Harwood Institute includes C-U in research on attitudes

By David Thiel, WILL-TV Program Director

Phot

o: M

icha

el O

wen

Tho

mas


Big questions about educationIn August, WILL-AM repeats its series Examining Education, which looks at big debates in the field of American education. Whose responsibility is it to provide public education? How should it be funded? Who should determine a public school’s curriculum? Should teachers be held accountable for student achievement?

Elizabeth Goldsmith-Conley, a Champaign-Urbana educator who has taught at every level from nursery school through college, is producer and host of the four-part series airing at 6 pm Saturdays.

The first part on Aug. 6 features James Anderson, University of Illinois professor of educational policy studies, and Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute, who debate the best way to achieve a quality education

for all children. Anderson believes it’s the state’s responsibility and Coulson thinks a more efficient path to universal literacy is through the marketplace.

Part two deals with funding of public education, part three with school curriculum and part four with teacher accountability. For a full list of and information about the experts interviewed in the series, visit examiningeducation.org.

1 The NPR Car Talk Vehicle Donation Program will tow it away free of charge.

2 You need as many tax deductions as possible. Donate by December 31 to get the

deduction in this tax year.

3 You want a personal postcard from Click and Clack for your refrigerator or office.

If your old heap is ready to go, let it benefit us at WILL.

Learn more1-866-789-8627 (toll-free) will.illinois.edu (click on the Car Talk box)

506 S. Country Fair DriveChampaign(217) 352-7600www.champaigncycle.com

Champaign Cycle TrekFisher

The Bicycle Specialists

Dahon

Because good things happen when you ride a bicycle

3good reasonsto donate your car to WILL

Tate & Lyle – www.tateandlyle.com

A global provider of distinctive, high quality ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage and other industries.

WILL supporter since: 1979 (beginning as A. E. Staley)

Did you know? Tate and Lyle serves 95 of the top 100 food companies in the world, and has been part of central Illinois for nearly 100 years.

Three cheers for these Decatur business supporters!

s WILL corporate support director Les Schulte, left, with Chris Olsen, vice president of community and government affairs

s Les Schulte with Karen Woods, director of marketing

s Janiece Saddoris-Traughber, director

We appreciate their longstanding generous financial contributions to programs and resources offered by the WILL stations that benefit all of central Illinois. Thank you!

Kirkland Fine Arts Center at Millikin University – www.millikin.edu/kirkland/

A gift of Earnest and Eva Kirkland, the 1,903-seat Kirkland Fine Arts Center offers performances, as well as houses classrooms and three art galleries.

WILL supporter since: 1985

Did you know? Itzak Perlman perfomed at Kirkland during its inaugural 1970-71 season.

Decatur Earthmover Credit Union – www.decu.com

A full service financial institution serving those who live or work in Macon, Shelby, Moultrie, Piatt and Dewitt counties.

WILL supporter since: 1998

Did you know? Decatur Earthmover Credit Union opened in 1956 as an office in the accounting department of the Caterpillar facility in Decatur.

Frie

nds

of W

ILL

Cam

pbel

l Hal

l for

Pub

lic T

elec

omm

unic

atio

n30

0 N

orth

Goo

dwin

Ave

nue

Urb

ana,

IL

6180

1-23

16

The 2011-12 Season Is Almost Here!

Buy tickets now for a year filled with moment after moment of possibility. Sharon Isbin, Richard Thompson, Bill Frisell, and other six-string legends launch the season at ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival in September. Make plans for this three-day celebration plus Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company on its final tour, Danú, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the Moscow Festival Ballet, the St. Olaf Choir, the Beethoven Cycle by the Pacifica Quartet, Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Compañia Flamenca José Porcel, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Pilobolus, and a whole lot more. Get the scoop on a season of life-affirming experiences at KrannertCenter.com!

AUGUSTPLAN

ON IT

217.333.6280 || KrannertCenter.com

KRANNERT CENTER PERFORMING ARTSFOR

THE

Ch

eck

her

e if

you

wis

h to

rem

ove

your

nam

e fr

om o

ur m

embe

rsh

ip li

st.

Plea

se u

pdat

e m

y m

embe

rsh

ip w

ith

this

new

add

ress

:

Nam

e

Stre

et

City

Stat

e

Zip

Phon

e da

y (

)

even

ing

(

)

Fill

out t

he fo

rm b

elow

and

send

it w

ith y

our

addr

ess l

abel

to:

Frie

nds

of W

ILL,

300

Nor

th G

oodw

in A

venu

e, U

rban

a, I

L 6

1801

-231

6

MO

VIN

G? L

et y

our

publ

ic b

road

cast

ing

mem

bers

hip

mov

e w

ith y

ou .

. .

Let

us

know

six

wee

ks in

adv

ance

of

mov

ing

so th

at w

e ca

n m

ake

the

prop

er c

hang

e.

august 2011 patterns

Documents

patterns friends

public telecommunication300

public innovation

issues of patterns

university of illinois

campbell hall

membership magazineaugust

membership hotline