March 2020 GUIDE WQPT-TV We serve viewers in Eastern and Western and North-Central . WQPT is a trusted, well-respected and innovative public media provider.

Happy Birthday to these BROADCAST CHANNELS Check your local listings for our broadcast WQPT KIDS Club members channels in your area. celebrating birthdays in March. HAVE QUESTIONS? Find answers to frequently asked questions Agnes B...... Rock Island online at wqpt.org/faq or contact us. Allison B...... Coal Valley Auden L...... Sterling TELL US WHAT Ben A...... Rock Island YOU THINK Brighton G...... Davenport As your regional PBS station we depend on Elizabeth Y...... Coal Valley your feedback, comments and questions. Eva W...... Davenport WRITE US Genny R...... Bettendorf 3300 River Drive | Moline, Illinois 61265 Izzy G...... Bettendorf CALL, FAX OR E-MAIL US James A...... Blue Grass Voice...... 309/764-2400 Jordan M...... Davenport Fax...... 309/764-2410 Lauryn Dorothy B.... East Moline E-mail...... [email protected] ...... Online Contact Form....wqpt.org/contact Liliana S. Moline Lilly G...... Bettendorf Madelyn K...... Davenport FIND US ONLINE Olivia B...... Coal Valley

wqpt.org Ruger B...... Davenport Wesley W...... Davenport WQPT STAFF When you and your family join Lora Adams Dawn Schmitt Marketing Director Business Manager and the WQPT KIDS Club you get Interim General Manager lots of awesome benefits Amanda Bergeson Assistant Development Director Brian Williams including an invitation to the Underwriting Coordinator Imagination Station VIP Party* Scott Brouette Assistant Director Terry Wilson where you’ll meet some of your of Student Services Development Director and favorite PBS characters and enjoy Interim General Manager Michael Carton dinner, held on Friday, March 13. Education Director James Herzig $60 for the whole family! Support Specialist Visit our website to learn more about all club benefits.

WQPT is a public media service Join online wqpt.org/kidsclub of Western Illinois University. or call us at 309/764-2400. (*For 2020 VIP tickets, join on or before March 6) Learn more at wiu.edu.

© 2020 by WQPT–TV. All rights reserved. wqpt.org/kidsclub No renewal notices. Uninterrupted membership. Continual support. Budget friendly.

WQPT Sustainers

What is a WQPT sustainer? Let us make it easy for you. Members who provide ongoing monthly support through electronic funds transfer or reoccurring payments.

Members select the amount* that works best for them. Simply change or cancel at any time.

Sustaining memberships are perpetual and don’t require us to send renewal reminders— saving WQPT valuable resources. Using your support to bring you exceptional programs you appreciate and enjoy.

wqpt.org/sustainers or call Amanda 309/764-2400.

*$5.00 or more per month. March 2020 HIGHLIGHTS NOVA CAT TALES Worshipped as a goddess, condemned as satanic, and spun into a stunning array of breeds, cats have long fascinated humans. But did we ever really domesticate them? And what can science tell us about our most mysterious companions?

SUNDAY MARCH 22 | 7:00 PM

BORN TO EXPLORE BEGINS SUNDAY `MARCH 22 | 8:00 PM

SESAME STREET 50 YEARS AND STILL SUNNY! A lively, entertaining and emotionally engaging special brimming over with music, laughter, tears, celebrity appearances celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic PBS KIDS children’s series. Hosted by seven-time Grammy Award winner Gloria Estefan.

SUNDAY MARCH 1 | 5:30 PM wqpt.org

VIENNA BLOOD Max Liebermann, a student of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around the grand cafes and opera houses of 1900s Vienna. BEGINS WEDNESDAY MARCH 18 | 9:00 PM

NEW YORK’S SEAWAY LIGHTHOUSES SUNDAY MARCH 29 | 8:00 PM

WOMEN OUTWARD BOUND Follow the first group of young women to participate in an Outward Bound survival school course in 1965. Learn how one month in the woods taught them they could do more than they ever thought possible.

SUNDAY MARCH 22 | 7:00 PM March 2020 PRIMETIME 8:00 Sanditon 8:30 Great Performances: SUNDAY on Masterpiece An Intimate Evening with 1 Episode 8: In the series finale, it is David Foster 7:00 Brain Secrets with the night of the Midsummer Ball, Dr. Michael Merzenich and romance, jealousy, and betrayal Join host Maria Shriver to discover fill the air. how to improve and maintain cognitive fitness and deal with aging. 11:00 Brain Wash with David Perlmutter, MD 9:00 Ken Burns: Explore the role of lifestyle changes Country Music in wellness and longevity.

TUESDAY Enjoy a star-studded concert with 3 the celebrated 16-time Grammy 7:00 Change Your Brain, award winner as he explores the Heal Your Mind with music of his career with guest Daniel Amen, MD artists. Discover practical steps to help you feel happier, sharper and more in 10:30 The Longevity Paradox Learn more about the making control of your own destinies. of the epic documentary series 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: THURSDAY that brought WQPT viewers a Great German Cities 5 comprehensive look at the history 7:00 The Cities of country music in America. 7:30 Whitney Reynolds 11:00 5 Day Rapid Reset Taking A Stand with Dr. Kellyann 8:00 70’s Soul Superstars Dr. Kellyann presents a plan on 10:30 Change Your Brain, losing weight, gaining energy, Heal Your Mind with Daniel and reclaiming your joie de vivre. Amen, MD

MONDAY Rick Steves explores five of 2 Germany’s most important cities: 6 FRIDAY 7:00 Sanditon Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig, 7:00 The Highwaymen Live on Masterpiece Frankfurt and Nürnberg. at the Nassau Coliseum 11:00 Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott Viewers learn in-depth information of retirement tax rules. 4 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Il Volo: 10 Years Episode 7: With the regatta Celebrate 10 years of friendship, Join Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, approaching, the success of the memories and music with Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson resort hangs in the balance—as international superstars Il Volo for this live legendary concert event do a number of romances. in concert from Matera, Italy. recorded in 1990. Celtic Women: Ancient Land WEDNESDAY MAR 11 | 7:00PM wqpt.org

8:30 Ken Burns: 9:00 The Longevity Paradox Country Music MONDAY Steven Grundry MD explores what Learn more about the making of 9 is causing us to age faster, a step- the epic documentary series 7:00 Magic Moments: by-step approach to help us feel devoted to the history of this truly The Best of 50’s Pop better and more youthful today, American art form. Featuring The McGuire Sisters, The and how to live long active lives. Lennon Sisters, The Chordettes, 10:30 Food: What the The Four Aces and others. 10:30 3 Steps to Pain Heck Should I Eat? Free Living With Mark Hyman, MD 9:00 Celtic Thunder Ireland Eliminate the root cause of many Dr. Mark Hyman reveals which foods painful conditions with this easy nurture our health and which foods to follow plan from Lee Albert. can pose a threat. 12 THURSDAY 7 SATURDAY 7:00 The Cities 7:00 John Sebastian 7:30 Whitney Reynolds Presents: Folk Rewind Self Image This treasure trove of historical Celtic Thunder’s popular hits and footage of the classic 1950s and Irish and Celtic fan favorites of the 1960s folk era features Pete Seeger last decade are highlighted. and Judy Collins, Harry Belafonte, Bobby Darin and more. 11:00 Great Performances: An Intimate Evening with 9:00 The Highwaymen Live David Foster at the Nassau Coliseum A star-studded concert with the 10:30 John Fogerty: celebrated 16-time Grammy award My 50 Year Trip winner as he explores the music of his career with guest artists. 8:00 The Best of WQPT Tune in for WQPT viewer favorites. 10 TUESDAY 7:00 John Sebastian 13 FRIDAY Presents: Folk Rewind 7:00 The Best of WQPT This treasure trove of historical Tune in for WQPT viewer favorites. footage of the classic 1950s and 1960s folk era. Travel on a musical journey through SATURDAY Fogerty’s hit parade with Creedence 9:00 3 Steps to Pain 14 Clearwater Revival and selections Free Living 6:00 Celtic Thunder Ireland from his iconic songbook. Eliminate the root cause of many 8:00 Celtic Woman: painful conditions with this easy to Ancient Land follow plan from Lee Albert. 10:00 The Best of WQPT 8 SUNDAY 11:00 Henry Louis Gates, Jr: Tune in for WQPT viewer favorites. 7:00 Henry Louis Gates, Jr: Uncovering America Uncovering America Celebrate the life and work of the 15 SUNDAY Emmy Award-winning filmmaker 7:00 The Best of WQPT and literary scholar. 9:00 Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich 16 MONDAY Discover how to improve and 7:00 Mrs. Wilson maintain cognitive fitness. on Masterpiece 11:00 Rick Steves Celebrate the life and work of the Fascism in Europe Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and literary scholar. 11 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Celtic Woman: Ancient Land The Celtic Woman are back on WQPT! Filmed at the beautiful Episode 1: Devastated at her Johnstown Castle in Wexford, husband’s death, Mrs. Wilson Learn how fascism rose and then fell Ireland, enjoy new music from learns there was more to him in Europe with Rick Steves. their latest album, Ancient Land. than she realized.

STERLING/ROCK FALLS MUSCATINE SAVANNA 8:00 Mrs. Wilson 11:00 Downton Abbey 10:00 Finding Your Roots on Masterpiece on Masterpiece Hard Times: Gates welcomes Episode 2: Alison tracks down Season 4, Episode 6: Michael Moore, Laura Linney, Dorothy, Alec’s partner in espionage Downton’s drove of pigs arrive, and Chloe Sevigny. years earlier while working in India. Robert departs, and illness 11:00 Ireland’s Great Hunger The pages start filling in about the descends. Mary and Blake may and the Irish Diaspora man she thought she knew. have found common ground, but Explore the potato failure that led 9:00 Mrs. Wilson Edith faces her troubles alone. to mass starvation, death, and on Masterpiece emigration in Ireland. Episode 3: See what other surprises lie in store for Alison as she draws 17 TUESDAY closer to the truth about Alec. 7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 18 WEDNESDAY 10:00 Downton Abbey 7:00 Antiques Roadshow on Masterpiece

The Best of Slovenia 7:30 Smart Travels: Crocker Art Museum, Hour 2: Season 4, Episode 5: Pride and Europe with Rudy Maxa A 1981 “Raiders of the Lost Ark” prejudice mark Robert’s surprise Athens and Peloponnese prototype, a 1788 Elizabeth birthday party when Rose’s recruit 8:00 Samantha Brown’s Shoemaker sampler, and a Roy raises eyebrows and Mary clashes Places to Love Phoenix, Arizona De Forest mixed-media artwork. with a man of the people. Bates 8:00 New Tricks and Anna step out, and Edith gets 8:30 Outside with Greg Aiello Iceland Ducking & Diving: The discovery of troubling news. an armored security van involved 9:30 Illinois Adventure in the disappearance of one person.

DAYTIME SCHEDULE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 6:00AM Autoline Dinosaur Train 6:30AM America’s Heartland Pinkalicious & Peterrific 7:00AM Pinkalicious Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 7:30AM Molly of Denali Daniel Tiger 8:00AM Xavier Riddle Clifford the Big Red Dog 8:30AM Let’s Go Luna Let’s Go Luna 9:00AM Nature Cat Curious George 9:30AM Arthur Nature Cat 10:00AM Woodsmith Shop Wild Kratts 10:30AM American Woodshop Molly of Denali 11:00AM Ask This Old House Am. Test Kitchen Flavor of Poland Milk Street Joanne Weir 11:30AM This Old House Cook’s Country Jamie’s Kate Sullivan Lidia’s Kitchen 12:00PM Rick Steves Europe Motorweek Love of Quilting Garden Smart Paint This 12:30PM Illinois Adventure Fishing... Lines It’s Sew Easy A Greener World Joy of Painting 1:00PM Milk Street Chicago Tonight 1:30PM Lidia’s Kitchen 2:00PM Am. Test Kitchen Sesame Street 2:30PM Cook’s Country Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 3:00PM Jamie’s Ultimate Odd Squad 3:30PM Flavor of Poland Wild Kratts 4:00PM The Cities Curious George 4:30PM Whitney Reynolds Nature Cat 5:00PM Arthur Antiques Roadshow 5:30PM Chicago Tonight Chicago Tonight 6:00PM The Cities Finding Your Roots 6:30PM BBC World News 9:00 Vienna Blood 10:00 Hunting in Wartime 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Episode 1: A student of Sigmund A documentary profiling the Tlingit Milk Street Television Freud and an Austrian detective veterans from Hoonah, Alaska who Thailand North to South team up to solve some of the most saw combat during the Vietnam War. 9:30 Lidia’s Kitchen mysterious and deadly cases in 11:00 Military Family Storytime with Grandma early 1900s Vienna. Documentary: While Time 10:00 Ask This Old House 10:00 Modus Stands Still Follow the journey over six years of two wives as their husbands are deployed in Iraq. 20 FRIDAY 7:00 America’s Test Kitchen Hearty Mediterranean at Home 7:30 Cook’s Country Beehive Oven, Jimmy Diresta Season 2, Episode 1: The Swedish Chicken and Cornbread police must ensure the US 8:00 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg 10:30 Ask This Old House president’s safety during her visit. Asparagus, Sweet Leek Carbonara, Stoop Planters, Fireplace Insert 11:00 Antiques Roadshow Roasted Cauliflower 11:00 Austin City Limits Crocker Art Museum, Hour 2 8:30 Flavor of Poland Sam Smith and Anderson East 19 THURSDAY 21 SATURDAY 7:00 The Cities 7:00 Classical Gospel Statler Brothers Farewell Concert 7:30 Whitney Reynolds Women Entrepreneurs 8:00 State & Water Reina Del Cid, Part 2 8:00 The Vietnam War A Disrespectful Loyalty: Nixon and 8:30 State & Water Kissinger find a way out for America. Wroclaw Althea Grace, Part 2

DAYTIME SCHEDULE THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Dinosaur Train Mister Rogers Pinkalicious & Peterrific Daniel Tiger Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Pinkalicious WQPT’S NEW Daniel Tiger Molly of Denali SECOND CHANNEL Clifford the Big Red Dog Xavier Riddle Earlier this year we learned of MHz Let’s Go Luna Let’s Go Luna Worldview’s decision to cease distribution to Curious George Nature Cat PBS stations like WQPT. At that time we went Nature Cat Wild Kratts in search of a replacement for WQPT 24.2. Wild Kratts It’s Sew Easy Deutsche Welle (DW) is Germany’s Molly of Denali Fons and Porter international broadcaster. Their mission Joanne Weir Simply Ming is to convey a comprehensive image of Antiques Roadshow Lidia’s Kitchen New Orleans Kitchen Germany, report events and developments in a journalistically independent manner. Their Paint This Ask This Old House aim is to promote understanding between Joy of Painting This Old House cultures and peoples. Chicago Tonight Their flagship is the 24-hour English language TV channel which is available Sesame Street Masterpiece almost everywhere in the world. Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum & Mysteries At the time of going to press with this Odd Squad program guide, we were waiting for final Wild Kratts approval to air DW on WQPT 24.2. Our hope Curious George is to begin broadcasting on March 1. Nature Cat We hope you will enjoy DW. Arthur Lawrence Welk Chicago Tonight Lawrence Welk BBC World News wqpt.org/schedule Schedule subject to change. WQPT KIDS Programs. 9:00 Austin City Limits 9:30 Perfect 36: When 8:00 New Tricks Sam Smith and Anderson East Women Won the Vote Nine Lives: Jack suspects the death 10:00 Woodsongs of an elderly lady who left everything Michael Jonathan and the to her cats to be a murder. Ohio Valley Symphony 9:00 Vienna Blood 11:00 Bluegrass Underground Devil Makes Three 11:30 Backstage Pass Brother Elsey Follow the dramatic vote to ratify the 19th amendment, and the years of 22 SUNDAY debate about women’s suffrage that 7:00 NOVA preceded it. Episode 2: Supernatural elements 10:00 Downton Abbey of a murder mystery threaten on Masterpiece Oskar’s career and Max’s life. Season 4, Episode 7: Robert and 10:00 Modus Thomas return from America, Bates Season 2, Episode 2: The police makes a surprise trip to York, Edith throw all their resources into the prepares to go abroad. search for the missing US president. 11:00 Downton Abbey 11:00 Antiques Roadshow on Masterpiece Crocker Art Museum, Hour 3 Season 4, Episode 8: The Crawley’s Cat Tales: Worshipped as a head to London for Rose’s goddess, condemned as satanic, presentation before the king. and spun into a stunning array of 26 THURSDAY breeds, cats have long fascinated 7:00 The Cities humans. But did we ever really TUESDAY 7:30 Whitney Reynolds domesticate them? 24 7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Social Media Impact 8:00 Born to Explore Granada, Cordoba, and Spain’s 8:00 The Vietnam War Namibia: Land of the Costa Del Sol The Weight of Memory: Saigon Cheetah falls and the war ends. Americans Richard Wiese travels to Namibia 7:30 Smart Travels: Europe with Rudy Maxa & Vietnamese from all sides seek for an in-depth look at the cheetah, reconciliation. the most endangered cat in Africa. Greek Islands 10:00 NOVA 9:00 Women 8:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Vienna, Austria Cat Tales: Worshipped as a Outward Bound goddess, condemned as satanic, 8:30 Born to Explore and spun into a stunning array of with Richard Wiese breeds, cats have long fascinated Qatar: Pearl of the Arabian Sea humans. But did we ever really 9:00 Destination Craft domesticate them? with Jim West Switzerland 11:00 Born to Explore 9:30 Illinois Adventure Namibia: Land of the 10:00 Finding Your Roots Cheetah Italian Roots: Guests include Follow the first group of young Marisa Tomei, Jimmy Kimmel, women to participate in an and John Turturro. 27 FRIDAY Outward Bound survival school. 11:00 Leah Chase: The 7:00 America’s Test Kitchen 10:00 Beyond the Powder: Queen of Creole Cuisine 7:30 Cook’s Country Legacy of the First Women’s A look at how Leah Chase became Cross-Country Air Race one of the top, multi-award-winning This documentary follows the female chefs in the nation. pilots of the 2014 Air Race Classic racers as they make their way across the country. 25 WEDNESDAY 11:00 The Restorers 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Living History: An exciting new series about warbird and vintage aircraft restorers and the planes they The Perfect Cake resurrect from the graves of history. 8:00 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg Delicious Chili & Pasties 8:30 Flavor of Poland 23 MONDAY Poznan & Gniezno 7:00 New Tricks 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Ducking and Diving Crocker Art Museum, Hour 3: A Milk Street Television 8:00 Prime Suspect: Marvel Silver Age comic collection, New French Classics Tennison on Masterpiece a Moglia micromosaic plaque of 9:30 Lidia’s Kitchen Episode 1: Jane Tennison isn’t on Beatrice Cenci made around 1870, My Italian American the force for long before she starts and 1983–99 Barack Obama letters. to learn the cold facts of police work. 10:00 Ask This Old House

DEWITT GALESBURG FRUITLAND 10:30 This Old House 8:00 New York’s Seaway 11:00 Downton Abbey Paradise, Paradise Strong Lighthouses on Masterpiece 11:00 Austin City Limits Visit 23 of the historic and unique lighthouses along New York’s Seaway Trail, telling the stories behind when and why these lighthouses were built and the people who spent their lives keeping the lights burning. 9:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love The Southern Finger Lakes, Season 5, Episode 2: Rose tries Kane Brown and Colter Wall New York to bring a wireless—and Sarah Bunting—into the house. Violet plays 10:00 Dictator’s Playbook cupid, a charming visitor arrives, SATURDAY Kim Il Sung: Witness Kim Il Sung’s and Anna helps Mary in the most 28 transformation from guerrilla fighter unexpected of ways. 7:00 Classic Gospel to brutal dictator of North Korea. Gaither Vocal Band: Sometimes 11:00 The Restorers It Takes a Mountain Aircraft Recovery: Discover what it 31 TUESDAY 8:00 State & Water can take to recover vintage aircraft 7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Yvonne Greer, Part 2 that have been abandoned by time. Andalucia, Gibraltar and Tangier 8:30 State & Water 7:30 Smart Travels: Elizabeth Moen, Part 2 MONDAY Europe with Rudy Maxa 9:00 Austin City Limits 30 French Riviera 7:00 New Tricks Nine Lives Kane Brown and Colter Wall: Savor 8:00 Samantha Brown’s the best of next-generation country 8:00 Prime Suspect: Places to Love music with Kane Brown and Colter Tennison on Masterpiece The Southern Finger Lakes, Wall. New York 10:00 Woodsongs 8:30 Born to Explore The Lee Boys and Grady Champion with Richard Wiese 11:00 Bluegrass South Dakota: Wild Buffalo Underground Mandy Barnett 9:00 Destination Craft 11:30 Backstage Pass with Jim West Joshua Powell

Episode 2: Tennison and Bradfield 29 SUNDAY continue their work on the murder 7:00 NOVA case of a young girl, but a breach of police protocol complicates matters. 9:30 Georgia O’Keeffe: A Woman On Paper Explore the artist’s career with a focus on the little-known story of Nepal O’Keeffe’s time spent in Columbia, 9:30 Illinois Adventure S.C. as an art instructor. 10:00 Finding Your Roots 10:00 Downton Abbey Criminal Kind: Guests include on Masterpiece Laura Linney, Lisa Lang, and Mysteries of Sleep: Scientists peer Season 5, Episode 1: Robert feels Soledad O’Brien. more deeply into the sleeping brain snubbed. And Thomas, unchanged, 11:00 Dictators Playbook and discover just how powerful bullies Baxter into a corner. sleep can be. Kim Il Sung Beyond the Powder Follow female pilots of the Air Race Classic racers as they make their way across the country, while telling the story of the first women’s cross-country air race of 1929.

SUNDAY MAR 22 | 10:00PM PARENTS WITH MICHAEL CARTON WQPT Director of Educational Outreach

When my wife have? Would they both have the same and I were hair color? Could they tell if either one expecting would be susceptible to heart disease or twins, we could diabetes as they age? not wait to We had so many questions about our find out if they unborn baby boys, and now that they were going to are here, we have some answers—like be boys, girls, their eye and hair colors. Some of those or one of each. Early in the pregnancy, other questions remain unanswered, we decided to undergo some basic and that’s just part of the mystery of genetic testing to screen for possible life. I’m hoping that Ken Burns’ newest genetic malformations, all it required documentary, “The Gene: An Intimate was for my wife to take a simple blood History” will provide some insight into the test. In addition to identifying possible future of genetic testing, and how it will defects, the test can tell you the sex of undoubtedly change our lives. the babies-much earlier than a traditional ultrasound. We decided to learn the Before the release in April, WQPT will sexes, and within a few weeks, we found be hosting a number of outreach events out we were having fraternal boys. and screenings before and after its release. From panel discussions to a We were suprised that this information Charles Darwin Impersonator, there are came from one simple blood sample. numerous opportunities for you to learn Then I began to wonder what else they more about genetics. could tell about our boys (who were still months away from arriving). Could For details about these events, and the they find out what color eyes they’d film, visit our website at wqpt.org.

FRANKIE VALLI SEASONS FOUR AND THE VALLIFRANKIE AND THE FOURFRANKIE SEASONS VALLI When you renew yourAND memebership THE FOUR SEASONS or become a member for $125 let us say thank you with two tickets to Frankie Vallie’s upcoming concert at the TaxSlayer Center on Friday, June 19.

For tickets, visit wqpt.org/tickets FRANKIEor call 309/764-2400 VALLI ANDFRANKIE THE FOUR SEASONS VALLI

Held on the campus of Western Illinois University, Saturday, March 14 WQPT’s Imagination Station builds on the learning success created by PBS KIDS programs. Enjoy educational activities, demonstrations and skill building in literacy, science, technology, engineering, math, arts, and resiliency.

Interact with PBS KIDS Characters Meet Clifford, Arthur, Curious George, Daniel Tiger, Katerina Kitty and many other PBS KIDS favorites.

Awesome Activity Stations Interactive skill stations featuring your favorite PBS Kids characters. Explore awesome learning topics like engineering, math, the arts, and resiliency.

FRANKIE VALLI SEASONS FOUR AND THE VALLIFRANKIE Registrations opens AND THE FOUR SEASONS Monday, March 2

Register online at wqpt.org/imagine Tickets are FREE. Registration is required to attend morning or afternoon sessions. FRANKIE VALLI Register early. Tickets sell out quickly. AND THE FOUR SEASONS wqpt.org/imagine

THANK YOU ASPIRE HIGHER LEADERSHIP DONORS WQPT thanks the following for their generous donations to the Aspire Higher campaign. Their support, along with yours ensure quality television and educational outreach services for the entire region. Learn more at wqpt.org/aspire or call us today.

Anonymous Rosemary & Dean Huisingh Regional Development Authority ARCONIC IH Mississippi Credit Union Deborah & Mark Schwiebert Dr. Joe Rives & Scott Brouette MidAmerican Energy Scott County Company Regional Authority John Callas The Moline Foundation Julie & Daryl Shike Doris and Victory Day Foundation Elisabeth & Samuel Tri-City Electric Norwood Company Diane & Hunt Harris

WQPT SPONSORS AND UNDERWRITERS These valued businesses and organizations recognize and support the positive impact WQPT has on the entire region through our unique multimedia channels and events. Learn more at wqpt.org/sponsors or call us today. Aldi Greater Quad Cities Hispanic Rauch Family Foundation II Chamber of Commerce Animal Emergency Center River Bend Foodbank of the Quad Cities IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union AUSA RIA Chapter Illinois Arts Council Riverboat Development Autism Society Authority of the Quad Cities Imeg Corporation Riverboat Twilight BITCO Insurance Company Jaycees of the Quad Cities Rivermont Collegiate Breedlove Legal Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities Center for Belgian Culture Welcome Club Johannes Bus Services Cobham Mission Systems Rock Island County Juarez Enterprises Federation of Women’s Clubs Coffee Envie Kiwanis Division 17, I-I District Rock Island County Retired Chris Connolly, Teachers, Blackhawk Unit 21 Wells Fargo Advisor Lagomarcino’s Confectionery Rock Island Rotary Dahl Ford Cissi Leinonen, Caliber Home Loans Scott County Regional Doris & Victor Day Foundation Authority Modern Woodmen Eastern Iowa Baking Shield’s Sewing Center Company National Defense Industrial Association The Joyce & Tony Singh Edwards Creative Family Foundation Exelon Generation Skip-A-Long Child North Scott Rotary Expressions Jewelers Development Services Oak Knoll Animal Hospital Eye Surgeons Associates Teachers Aide Oelerich & Associates Fall Belgian Fest US Bank Overlook Village Retirement USO of Illinois Family Museum Community Villa Montessori School Flooring America Pest Free QC Wells Fargo Genesis Systems/IPG Linda Powell Photonics Company Western Illinois University Lisa Powell-Williams Genesius Guild Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Quad City Bank & Trust Geneseo Rotary Home & Crematory Quad City International Whitey’s Ice Cream Christopher Gramkow Airport & Associates Zeglin’s Home TV Quad City Spring Trucking & Appliances In January WQPT held its annual gala. The event featured special guest BaBette Davidson President & CEO of The Programming Service for Public Television, and entertainment by Jonathan Turner and Larry Adams. Guests enjoyed a culinary dinner and bidding on a variety of auction items. Proceeds benefit WQPT’s Educational Outreach and programming.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2020 EVENT SPONSORS & DONORS 7G Distributing Crayola Experience Lagomarcino’s Riverside Hotel & Golf Adler Planetarium Crawford Brewworks Lakeside Hotel and Casino Resort Alexa Florence Cristen Slings Clark Mark Fourdyce Rhythm City Casino Resort Analog Arcade Bar Crow Valley Golf Club Marie Ziegler Rock Island Parks & Recreation Art Legacy League Culver’s Mediacom Salon on the Avenue Axis Hotel Davenport Country Club Michael and Mary Drymiller Serenity Salon and Day Spa Davenport Parks Michael Kopriva Shedd Aquarium Barrel House and Recreation National Hall Short Hills Country Club Bettendorf Family Museum Dead Poet’s Espresso of Fame and Museum Steve Lynch Black Box Theatre Donna Arnold National Museum & Aquarium St. Louis Cardinals Blackhawk Bank & Trust Drury Hotels Niabi Zoo St. Louis Gateway Arch Blackhawk College Olde Town Bakery St. Louis Symphony Body & Soul Wellness Five Star Salon and Spa Orchestra Center & Spa Float Quad Cities Pampered Pets Salon & Spa Stone Cliff Winery Boetje Mustard Foot Reflexology Portillos Streets of Italy Brookfield Zoo Fred Astaire Dance Studio Susan Zelnio William Breedlove Galvin Fine Arts Center QC Family Entertainment Center TaxSlayer Center Brueggers Bagels Grand Geneva Resort & Spa QC Festival of Trees Two Rivers YMCA Cabot Creamery Hampton Inn and Suites Quad City River Bandits TBK Complex Casey’s General Store Davenport TPC Deere Run Chef Aman Razdan Heritage Landscape and Design Radisson on Vibrant Credit Union Hotel Julien John Deere Commons Walmart (Aledo, Illinois) Isabel Bloom Red Lantern Watermark Corners Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse Java Lab Regalia Manufacturing Western Illinois University Cookies by Design Company Whitey’s Cracker Barrel Revive Cafe John VandeWalle Wild Rose Casino Resort Crane & Pelican Riverboat Twilight Knilan’s Furniture & Interiors Zimmerman Honda THIS MONTH PAID ISLAND, ILLINOIS ISLAND, PERMIT #58

U.S. POSTAGE U.S. NON-PROFIT ORG. ROCK

RICK STEVES

IL VOLO . Please let us know. Please let us know.

Return Service Requested Return SAMANTHA Call 309/764-2400 with your new address new Call 309/764-2400 with your Moving? BROWN Moline, Illinois 61265-1746 Drive 3300 River