Program Listings” (USPS Cynthia Reddeck-Lidestri, M.D., Chair Celebrate the Relighting with a Great Street Party

PUBLIC TELEVISION & PUBLIC RADIO FOR ROCHESTER MAY 2018

THE GREAT AMERICAN READ

— TWO-HOUR LAUNCH — TUESDAY, MAY 22 AT 8PM ON WXXI-TV

This TV series and nationwide campaign explores the joy of books and the power of reading. Designed to spark a national conversation about reading and the books that have inspired, moved and shaped us, The Great American Read kicks off with a two-hour special hosted by Meredith Vieira. Vieira will take viewers on a journey across the country to uncover the nation’s 100 most-loved novels, the people who love them and their authors. Following the broadcast and throughout the summer, we invite you to read and engage in the conversation by visiting the interactive website and voting for your favorite book on the list at pbs.org/greatamericanread. The TV series will return in September with a recap and additional themed episodes exploring the nominated books, leading up to the reveal of “America’s Best-Loved Novel” on October 23.

Local support for The Great American Read is provided by Cobblestone Capital Advisors and Fidelis Care.

BACKSTAGE PASS with SOCIETY FOR CHAMBER MUSIC ROCHESTER PICTURED: THREE ONE TAKE: IDENTICAL STRANGERS FRIDAY, MAY 11 AT 1PM TICKETS AT thelittle.org. ON CLASSICAL 91.5 SEE INSIDE >> STORIES THROUGH THE LENS SEE INSIDE>> If you and your student are looking for ways to review before taking the test, look no further. Do you have a high schooler WXXI broadcasts Regents Review, a series at home who is getting ready of test-prep programs for high school students who plan to take New York State to take the Regents exams Regents exams in June of 2018. this June? Below is the schedule for WXXI-TV, which includes overnight broadcasts that you can DVR. The series also airs on City 12 (visit WXXI.org/city 12 for the complete schedule).

REGENTS REVIEWON WXXI-TV #1 - ELA 5/8 at 2 a.m. 5/9 at 5 p.m. 5/24 at 2 a.m. #2 - Algebra I 5/9 at 2 a.m. 5/10 at 5 p.m. 5/25 at 2 a.m. #3 - Algebra II 5/10 at 2 a.m. 5/11 at 5 p.m. 5/29 at 2 a.m. #4 - Geometry 5/11 at 2 a.m. 5/14 at 5 p.m. 5/30 at 2 a.m. #5 - Earth Science 5/15 at 2 a.m. 5/15 at 5 p.m. 5/31 at 2 a.m. #6 - Living Environment 5/16 at 2 a.m. 5/16 at 5 p.m. 6/1 at 2 a.m. #7 - Chemistry 5/17 at 2 a.m. 5/17 at 5 p.m. 6/5 at 2 a.m. #8 - Physics 5/18 at 2 a.m. 5/18 at 5 p.m. 6/6 at 2 a.m. #9 - U.S. History & Government 5/21 at 2 a.m. 5/22 at 5 p.m. 6/7 at 2 a.m. #10 - Transition Global History & Geography 5/22 at 2 a.m. 5/23 at 5 p.m. 6/8 at 2 a.m. EXECUTIVE STAFF DEAR FRIENDS, MAY 2018 Norm Silverstein, President Next month marks the one year anniversary VOLUME 9, ISSUE 5 Susan Rogers, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the unveiling of the Little Theatre’s newly WXXI is a public non-commercial Jeanne E. Fisher, Vice President, Radio broadcasting station owned renovated Marquee. On June 12, 2017 the and operated by WXXI Public Kent Hatﬁeld, Vice President, Technology and Operations Marquee reclaimed its place as a beacon in Broadcasting Council, a not-for- Elissa Orlando, Senior Vice President of TV and News the East End Cultural District, and we were proﬁt corporation chartered by joined by neighbors, friends, and supporters to the Board of Regents of New York BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS State. “Program Listings” (USPS Cynthia Reddeck-LiDestri, M.D., Chair celebrate the relighting with a great street party. Norm Silverstein 0742-390) is published monthly Robert A. Healy, Vice Chair That renovation marked a milestone in our at 280 State Street, Rochester, NY David A. Still, Treasurer pledge to return The Little to its former glory. 14614 to promote the programs and activities of the public Mark Cleary, Secretary The Little has been an important fixture in our community since 1929, broadcasting stations. connecting generations of Rochesterians. Eighty-nine years later, it serves as Periodical mailing postage Member & Audience Services...... 585.258.0200 a premier cultural center for the presentation of American independent and paid at Rochester, N.Y. WXXI Main Number...... 585.325.7500 foreign films, visual arts and music, with five theatres, a café, and art gallery. Service Interruptions...... 585.258.0331 POSTMASTER: Audience Response Line...... 585.258.0360 The renovated Marquee was part of a historic restoration project made Send changes of address to Copies of Local Programs...... 585.258.0369 possible with the support of Empire State Development and generous donors. WXXI Program Listings, Reachout Radio...... 585.258.0333 In addition to the Marquee WXXI has invested in the transition to digital Membership Department, Educational Resources...... 585.258.0278 P.O. Box 30021, Rochester, NY cinema projection, enhanced and improved restrooms, and new infrastructure. 14603-3021. Volunteer Services...... 585.258.0249 However, there’s still work to be done. Our restoration plans will continue on Corporate Sponsorships...... 585.258.0282 May 28th when Theatre 1 closes for four months so we can make historically * Please note that all programs are Auction/Special Events...... 585.258.0287 subject to change. For up-to-date appropriate capital improvements. This includes structural upgrades, Newsroom...... 585.258.0340 program listings, special highlights and accessibility improvements, enhanced mechanical systems, and – most local news, just log onto WXXI.org. WXXI On-line...... www.wxxi.org importantly to our members and patrons – new seats! Please note: Theatres 2-5, as well as the Little Café will remain open so you can still enjoy The Little. We are asking the community to help us match funds already committed through the Finger Lakes Economic Development Council to upgrade and rehabilitate the iconic 1920’s Art Deco theatre. A total of $1 million is required to match and secure these funds (think of it like a “challenge” during a membership campaign). If you are interested in helping to support these renovations, please visit: TheLittle.org/BigPicture On another note, please join me in congratulating WXXI News for receiving two “Excellence in Broadcasting” awards from the New York State Broadcasters Association. Our Exited podcast garnered the award in the ‘Outstanding Use of Digital Platforms’ category. Produced by the WXXI News’ Inclusion Desk, the podcast shares the journey of eight young people with disabilities as they transition into adulthood. The Inclusion Desk is designed to inform and transform attitudes and behavior about inclusion and is supported through a grant and partnership between WXXI and the Golisano Foundation. The second award was for a two-part report on the deadly results of unstable ice across the Great Lakes region. Deadly Winter won in the ‘Outstanding Public Affairs Program or Series’ category. In addition, WXXI News was nominated for four New York Associated Press Awards. We also continue to devote time, energy, and resources to educating our community about the effects of the Opioid crisis. We’re not pulling any punches in our reporting – this is a crisis that affects far too many people, not just here, but throughout the nation. It’s sometimes hard to hear the stories and the grief of the families affected, but we need to know the depth of the problem if we’re going to find solutions and eliminate this epidemic. This kind of reporting is what makes WXXI a trusted news source, one that you can depend on to provide in-depth stories that keep you connected, concerned, and informed. That’s our pledge to you, and your support helps make it possible!

Sincerely,

Norm Silverstein [email protected] | @normWXXI Q&A WITH A WXXI UNDERWRITER Each May and June, Reel Mind Theatre & Film Series features flms, performances and art exhibits that address the social stigma of mental illness and behavioral disorders. Ruth Cowing and Dr. Larry Guttmacher, co-directors, discuss the series and the enduring impact it has on the community. Q. How did the series come to fruition? The two of us, with Herb Katz, were supporters of the National Alliance on Mental Illness- Rochester, whose mission is to decrease stigma. We thought flm had a wonderful potential to educate about recovery, so we decided to try out a “small little series.” We were shocked when our frst screening sold out, with a line around the block! The desire for these community conversations was very clear. Q. What can the community expect from this year’s 10th anniversary series? Our kick-off on May 8th at the Memorial Art Gallery will feature a juried exhibit by Creative Wellness and a screening of the 2018 Oscar winner Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405, about brilliant artist

EVENTS Mindy Alper. In subsequent weeks, we’ll host a stage reading at the JCC, as well as a number of great documentaries at the Cinema Theater including Deej, about a young poet/advocate with Autism; God Knows Where I Am, shot by former Rochesterian Geraldo Puglio; and Alive Inside, about the effect of music on dementia, partially shot at St. John’s. Prior to the screening of Alive Inside, UR psychiatry chair Ben Lee presents a special musical performance. Q. What do you look forward to each year when producing the series? The Q&As, with consumers of mental health services, professionals and flm makers/subjects. The discussions are always very moving, and there’s a palpable sense of community building. Q. Inspirational story that comes to mind over the past 10 years? One of our favorite flms was OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger’s Movie! As the Q&A began, a shy, perhaps 16 year-old boy stood up and said to the flmmaker, “You told my story.” Many of us were moved to tears. Q. What organizations do you collaborate with for this effort? This is very much a collaborative effort with local mental health providers: NAMI-Rochester, Mental Health Association, UR Department of Psychiatry, East House, DePaul, Rochester FROM LEFT TO RIGHT RUTH COWING, CO-DIRECTOR; Psychiatric Center, and many others. DANNA PARRY, OSCAR WINNER; MEMBERS OF For more information and tickets, visit reelmindfilmfest.org The Reel Mind Film Series NEWS & CANANDAIGUA VETERAN’S CRISIS HOTLINE TEAM To learn more about underwriting on WXXI, email [email protected]

BE MY NEIGHBOR DAY CARA RECEIVES EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD, PRESENTED (L-R) BY SUSAN ROGERS, WXXI EXECUTIVE VP AND GM; NORM SILVERSTEIN, WXXI PRESIDENT & CEO; AND ALAN REDDIG, SON OF GERALDINE REDDIG

CARA RAGER WITH AMERICAN PUPPETEER CAROLL SPINNEY. CARA RAGER NAMED WXXI EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

WXXI and the Little Theatre held its annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon in March. As part of the program, WXXI Board of Trustee Vice Chair Robert Healy presented the Geraldine B. Reddig Employee of the Year to Cara Rager, Manager of Educational Training & Family Engagement. The award is presented annually to a staff member who has made significant contributions to the organization; shows skill and ability in his/her position; displays a willingness to exceed in his/her job requirements; and possesses a positive attitude. As Manager of Educational Training & Family Engagement Cara develops and implements educational training programs on how to use WXXI and public media resources. In 2017 alone, she ran 50+ workshops for more than 800 educators, parents, and caregivers. She also coordinates community events to promote the use of WXXI’s educational programs and services, provides curriculum advice for WXXI-TV’s Homework Hotline series, and collaborates with community and statewide organizations to further engage and reach local communities. Pulled from the nomination entries, one of Cara’s peers described her as “one of the stations biggest ambassadors and lives our mission daily.” Another wrote: “If we all channeled our inner Cara, our station and community would be a much better place.” Congratulations Cara! TVHIGHLIGHTS Gambon. Baker and Michael Lansbury, Dylan Lansbury, Emily Watson, Angela Emily Watson, 1868. The cast also includes1868. The cast also was when it was first published inwas when it was first ON 5/19 STARTING AT 4:30 AM 4:30 AT ON 5/19 STARTING as relevant and engaging today as it and engaging today as relevant BE SURE TO WATCH THE WEDDING LIVE BE SURE TO WATCH AND FRIDAY, MAY 18 AT 10:30 PM ON WXXI-TV 18 AT MAY AND FRIDAY, WEDDING WATCH MONDAY, MAY 14-THURSDAY, MAY 17 AT 10 PM 17 AT MAY 14-THURSDAY, MAY MONDAY, is a coming-of-age story that is is a coming-of-age Women Royal Leading up to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, PBS presents all the latest this 5-part series that shares the very heart of London as the news from world counts down to the wedding of the Wedding decade. Over five nights Royal unpack goes behind the headlines to Watch and traditions shaping ceremony the history, Experts, this most modern of Royal romances. commentators and guests join our hosts in while the bigger picture, studio to explore Anita Rani is on location in Windsor reporter well for the wedding are preparations where the reveals Historian Lucy Worsley under way. for set the trend story of how Queen Victoria the modernwe’ll discover white wedding, plus what it takes to be a Royal bride in training. and benevolent neighbor Mr. Laurence, Little Laurence, Mr. and benevolent neighbor Laurence, their cantankerous wealthy Aunt March Aunt March wealthy their cantankerous Laurence, Accompanied by the charming boy next door LaurieAccompanied by the roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss and marriage. first love, to sibling rivalry, roles navigate what it means to be a young woman: from gender a young woman: from it means to be navigate what war. Under the guidance of their mother Marmee, the girls mother Marmee, the guidance of their Under the war. from childhood to adulthood while their father is away atadulthood while their childhood to from follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy on their journey and Amy on their Jo, Meg, Beth, follows sisters As engaging today as in 1868, Louisa May Alcott’s story Louisa May Alcott’s today as in 1868, As engaging SUNDAYS, MAY 13 AND 20 AT 8 P.M. ON WXXI-TV 8 P.M. 20 AT 13 AND MAY SUNDAYS, LITTLE WOMEN ON MASTERPIECE ON WOMEN LITTLE

CREDIT: COURTESY OF MASTERPIECE ON PBS, BBC OF MASTERPIECE COURTESY CREDIT: AND PLAYGROUND TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: WILLA WILLA LEFT TO RIGHT: TOP ROW, KATHRYN AS MEG, FITZGERALD ANNES ELWY NEWTON AS AMY, ROW: MAYA AS BETH BOTTOM AS JO HAWKE

National Symphony Orchestra. National Symphony Orchestra. musicians, along with top pops conductor Jack Everly and the Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise and an all-star lineup of actors and their lives for our country. The concert features acclaimed actors The concert features their lives for our country. women in uniform, military families and all those who have given Americans to honor the service and sacrifice of our men and This annual broadcast brings us together as one family of This annual broadcast SUNDAY, MAY 27 AT 8 P.M. AND 9:30 P.M. ON WXXI-TV AND 9:30 P.M. 8 P.M. 27 AT MAY SUNDAY, MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT MEMORIAL DAY NATIONAL NATIONAL [email protected] To learn more about underwriting on WXXI, email about underwriting on WXXI, email learn more To TELEVISIONPROGRAMMING

mornings DT 21.1 / CABLE 11 & 1221 6am Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman WEEKDAYS SATURDAY SUNDAY 6:30 Cyberchase 7 Cyberchase 6:00a Wild Kratts Mister Rogers Neighborhood** Sid the Science Kid 7:30 WordGirl 6:30a Arthur Dinosaur Train Dinosaur Train 8 Arthur 8:30 Arthur 7:00a Ready Jet Go! Bob the Builder Sesame Street 9 Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot... 7:30a Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That *5/24 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Sesame Street 10 Peg + Cat 8:00a Clifford the Big Red Dog Pinkalicious & Peteriffic Pinkalicious & Peteriffic 10:30 Super Why! 8:30a Curious George *5/21 Splash & Bubbles Splash & Bubbles 11 Clifford the Big Red Dog 11:30 Caillou 9:00a Pinkalicious & Peteriffic Curious George Curious George 12p Sid the Science Kid 9:30a Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood A Wider World Nature Cat 12:30 WordWorld 1 Peep and the Big Wide World 10:00a Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood This Old House Ready Jet Go! 1:30 Super WHY! 10:30a Splash & Bubbles Ask This Old House Wild Kratts 2 Sesame Street 2:30 Dinosaur Train 11:00a Sesame Street The Woodsmith Shop Need to Know 3 Dinosaur Train 3:30 Splash and Bubbles 11:30a Super Why! Ciao Italia CityWise 4 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood NOON Dinosaur Train Lidia’s Kitchen To the Contrary 4:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 5 Pinkalicious & Peteriffic 12:30p Peg + Cat Martha Bakes Second Opinion 5:30 Ready Jet Go! *Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle airing on 5/21 at 8:30am and 5/24 at 7:30am **The Royal Wedding LIVE airing on 5/19, 4:30-9:30am afternoons

late night DT 21.1 / CABLE 11 & 1221 6pm Nature Cat 6:30 Nature Cat WEEKDAYS WEEKENDS 7 Wild Kratts 11:00pm Saturday, May 5 Saturday, May 19 7:30 Wild Kratts Amanpour on PBS 11p 800 Words 11p 800 Words, 8 Odd Squad (11:30p on 5/3, 5/4, 5/7, 5/10, 12a Austin City Limits SEASON FINALE 8:30 Odd Squad 5/21, 5/24, 5/28 & 5/31 and Ed Sheeran 12a Austin City Limits 9 Arthur 12:30a on 5/18) Zac Brown Band Sunday, May 6 9:30 Arthur 11:30pm 11p-1a Midsomer Murders Sunday, May 20 10 Sesame Street Beyond 100 Days Talking to the Dead 11:30p Orchard House 10:30 Dinosaur Train (12:30a on 5/3, 5/7, 5/10, 5/21, Parts 1 & 2 Home of Little Women 11 Dinosaur Train 5/24, 5/28 & 5/31) 12a Edward & Wallis 11:30 Splash and Bubbles Saturday, May 12 A Story of Love and Destiny 12am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood BBC World News on PBS 11p 800 Words 12:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (on 5/18 only) 12a Austin City Limits Saturday, May 26 Florence + The Machine/ 11p 800 Words, 1 Pinkalicious & Peteriffic 11:30pm Andra Day SEASON 2 BEGINS 1:30 Ready Jet Go! BBC World News on PBS 12a Austin City Limits 2 Nature Cat *Fridays only (5/11, 5/18 & 5/25) Sunday, May 13 Sturgill Simpson/ 2:30 Nature Cat 11p - 1a Midsomer Murders Asleep at the Wheel 3 Wild Kratts MIDNIGHT The Dogleg Murders 3:30 Wild Kratts BBC World News Parts 1 & 2 Sunday, May 27 11p-1a The Great American Read 4 Odd Squad 12:30am 4:30 Odd Squad Second Opinion 5 Arthur (Not Airing 5/3, 5/7, 5/10, 5/18, 5:30 Arthur 5/21, 5/24, 5/28 & 5/31)

evenings

*Second Opinion Measles/Vaccines THURSDAY May 10 AFTERNOON New Biz Kid$ episode at 4:30pm! 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm

TUESDAY May 15 AFTERNOON New Biz Kid$ episode at 4:30pm! 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm

SUNDAY May 20 EVENING

MARATHON: Pedal Along - Take a bike tour around the U.S. and Europe with Create travelers Ira david, Darley Newman, and Rick Steves! create/ | Doc World Tashi’s Turbine

6:00 The Treatment Morning Edition Inside Europe SATURDAYS AT 9 P.M. ON AM 1370 6:30 with Steve Inskeep, The Business David Greene & Rachel Martin Big Picture Science does more than and local host Beth Adams 7:00 Only a Game Krista Tippett On Being interview top scientists and technology Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WXXY-FM 90.3 innovators. Its themed episodes connect and WXXI-FM HD-2 8:00 Weekend Edition Weekend Edition those latest research ideas to identify with Scott Simon with Lulu Garcia-Navarro emerging trends - and why they matter. 9:00 and local host Caitlin Whyte and local host Caitlin Whyte They address the “so what?” of science. Seth Shostak (the scientist) and Molly 10:00 1A Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me! Hidden Brain Bentley (the science journalist) use smart with Joshua Johnson and humorous storytelling. They won’t just 11:00 (855) 236-1212 [email protected] Hidden Brain Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me! keep your attention. They’ll grab it. NOON This American Life But there’s more. Are you a doubting Connections with Evan Dawson Thomas? We separate science from 1-844-295-TALK (8255) Live from Here 1:00 [email protected] Travel with Rick Steves pseudoscience - and facts from the phony - in Skeptic Check, our monthly episode Chris Kimball’s 2:00 Here & Now (M-Th) Marketplace Money devoted to critical thinking. Science Friday (F) Milk Street Radio 3:00 TED Radio Hour Splendid Table

4:00 All Things Considered The Political Junkie Living on Earth with Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Mary Louise Kelley All Things Considered All Things Considered 5:00 and local host Alex Crichton with Michel Martin with Michel Martin Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WXXY-FM 90.3, 6:00 and WXXI-FM HD-2 Latino USA This American Life CHRIS KIMBALL’S 6:30 Marketplace MILK STREET RADIO 7:00 Fresh Air On the Media Snap Judgment SUNDAYS AT 2 P.M. ON AM 1370 From street food in Thailand to a bakery 8:00 Various programming Technation Radio Lab in a Syrian refugee camp to how one scientist uses state of the art pollen 9:00 AM 1370 Special analysis to track the origins of honey Big Picture Science Connections with Evan Dawson (and also to solve cold murder cases), Repeat of today’s show at 12pm Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street

10:00 The Pulse Reveal Radio goes anywhere and everywhere to ask questions and get answers about 11:00 The Capitol Press Room Weekend Radio Le Show cooking, food, culture, wine, farming, restaurants, literature, and the lives and MID. to 5a BBC World Service BBC World Service BBC World Service cultures of the people who grow, produce, and create the food we eat. PHOTO: COURTESY MILK STREET AM 1370 SPECIALS: AMERICA ABROAD: ISLAM AND THE COSMOS THE MOTH SUNDAY, MAY 6 AT 9PM MOTHER’S DAY Seven years into a brutal civil war in Syria, we are reminded how fragile states can lead to regional SPECIAL instability, cause humanitarian crises and fall prey to SUNDAY, MAY 13 AT 9PM extremist organizations, such as ISIS. On this episode Tune if for this special edition of we look at why some states become fragile; how it The Moth Radio Hour dedicated affects the people who live there; and the U.S. approach to Mothers. to getting fragile states back on their feet. We focus on the crisis in Syria - the site of one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory. WRUR is a partnership of the AM1370 PROGRAMMING WRUR-FM 88.5 PROGRAMMING University of Rochester and WXXI Public Broadcasting Monday-Friday Saturday Sunday

Midnight Beale Street Caravan The Latin Alternative 1:00 am The Difference

2:00 am Undercurrents Undercurrents 3:00 am World Café with Gregg McVicar with Gregg McVicar 4:00 am with Talia Schlanger

5:00 am Acoustic Café 6:00 am Morning Edition with Rob Reinhart with Steve Inskeep, David Green & Rachel Martin Folk Alley with Elena See 7:00 am and local host Beth Adams The Jewish Sound

8:00 am A Variety of Folk World of Gospel with Ray Baumler 9:00 am with Wayne Norwood Open Tunings 10:00 am with Scott Regan Best of Open Tunings Rootabaga Boogie 11:00 am with Scott Regan with Tracey Craig

Noon La Dolce Vita Global Village with Chris Heim Connections with Evan Dawson with John Sebaste 1:00 pm eTown

2:00 pm Afropop Worldwide World Café Mountain Stage with Talia Schlanger with Larry Groce 3:00 pm Sound Opinions

4:00 pm All Things Considered Whole Lotta Shakin’ with Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Mary Louise Kelly American Routes with Mike Murray 5:00 pm with local host Alex Crichton

6:00 pm In The Fold (M) Road to Joy (T) Mystery Train (W) Acoustic Café Live from Here 7:00 pm The Difference (Th) Rejuvenation (F) with Rob Reinhart

8:00 pm Fur Peace Ranch Jazz Club 88

9:00 pm DJ Specialty Shows (M-Th) The Grateful Dead Hour Sundilla Radio Hour Blacks and Blues 10:00 pm with Doug Curry (Fridays) Stuck in the Psychedelic Era Passport Approved 11:00 pm with the Hermit

WRUR-FM 88.5 Spotlight NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Contest Entries are in!

In January, NPR Music invited unsigned musicians of all genres to participate in their Tiny Desk Concert Contest. Musicians were asked to show why they should perform in NPR Music’s iconic Tiny Desk concert series by submitting an original video of themselves playing behind a desk of their choosing.

Thousands of video entries poured in from every state as the 2018 Contest closed at the end of March. Several submissions were from Rochester and the Finger Lakes area including The Mighty High & Dry, Passive Agressives Anonymous, Multibird, Susana Rose, Old Deer Ensemble, and others. You can check out their submissions by visiting: tinydeskcontest.npr.org. Monthly program listings and highlights: classical915.org HD 91.5-1 CLASSICAL 91.5 PROGRAMMING Monday-Friday Saturday Sunday

6:00a Classical Music Classical 24 with John Andres 7:00 Classical Music FRIDAY, MAY 11 AT 1PM with Brenda Tremblay ON CLASSICAL 91.5 8:00 Performance Today with Fred Child With Heart and Voice This month’s edition 9:00 with Peter DuBois of Backstage Pass features members of 10:00 The Score of Edmund Stone the Society for Chamber Music in Rochester (SCMR) who join host Julia Figueras to 11:00 Classical Music with Julia Figueras Fascinatin’ Rhythm w/ Michael Lasser Sunday Baroque perform and discuss their work. The SCMR (Live from Hochstein, Wednesdays Classical Music with Suzanne Bona presents Chamber Music concerts featuring NOON at 12:10pm through 5/16) with Marianne Carberry musicians of the Rochester Philharmonic 1:00p Orchestra and the Eastman School of Music as well as selected local and visiting artists. Metropolitan Opera (ends 5/5) 2:00 Spoleto Chamber Music Festival Lyric Opera of Chicago (begins 5/12)

3:00 Classical Music New York Philharmonic 4:00 with Mona Seghatoleslami LYRIC OPERA Classical Music with Marianne Carberry 5:00 From the Top OF CHICAGO SATURDAYS AT 1PM, 6:00 The Score HolidayClassical Specials Guitar Alive! BEGINNING MAY 12 Exploring Music With Heart and Voice Classical 91.5 continues to bring you the 7:00 Concierto With Heart & Voice with Bill McGlaughlin with Peter DuBois best in opera when it presents ten operas 8:00 Relevant Tones from the Lyric Opera, including the Lyric’s Syndicated Orchestral Series (see facing page >) Pipedreams premiere of the rarely performed French 9:00 version of Fluck’s Orphée et Eurydice (on Echoes The Spanish Hour, Monday, 10-11pm, May 12). This highly anticipated production 10:00 Hearts of Space Concierto Tuesday, 10-11pm, marks the company’s first collaboration Fiesta! Thursday, 10-11pm, 11:00 Classical Music Music of the 21st Century with the Joffrey Ballet. Echoes Friday, 10 pm -12 am from PRI with Chris Hickey MID+ Classical Music Classical Music SEE MAY’S COMPLETE SCHEDULE BELOW. from PRI from PRI

SATURDAY music series Monthly program highlights at classical915.org THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO 5/12 AT 1:00PM 5/19 AT 1:00PM 5/26 AT 12:45PM << EARLIER TIME 5/5 AT 1:00PM Gounod: Roméo et Juliette Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice Verdi: Rigoletto Wagner: Die Walküre CAST: CAST: CAST: Bartlett Sher’s production Orphée: Dmitry Korchak Duke of Mantua: Siegmund: Brandon Jovanovich of Gounod’s sumptuous Eurydice: Andriana Chuchman Matthew Polenzani Sieglinde: Elisabet Strid Shakespeare adaptation Amour: Lauren Snouffer Borsa: Mario Rojas Hunding: Ain Anger was a hit of the 2016–17 Met Countess Ceprano: Wotan: Eric Owens season (“a revelation” declared Whitney Morrison Brünnhilde: Christine Goerke the Huffington Post). Now the Rigoletto: Quinn Kelsey Fricka: Tanja Ariane Baumgartner sweeping tragedy returns with Marullo: Takaoki Onishi Gerhilde: Whitney Morrison Ailyn Pérez and Bryan Hymel, Count Ceprano: Alan Higgs Helmwige: Alexandra LoBianco both celebrated in French Count Monterone: Todd Thomas Waltraute: Catherine Martin repertoire, as the star Sparafucile: Alexander Tsymbalyuk Schwertleite: Lauren Decker crossed young lovers. Gilda: Rosa Feola Ortlinde: Laura Wilde Plácido Domingo conducts. Giovanna: Lauren Decker Siegrune: Deborah Nansteel A Page: Diana Newman Grimgerde: Zanda Švēde An Usher: Kenneth Nichols Rossweisse: Lindsay Ammann Maddalena: Zanda Švēde SYNDICATED ORCHESTRAL SERIES AT 8PM

JULIANA ATHAYDE CHICK COREA EMANUEL AX JON KIMURA PARKER MOJCA ERDMANN monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC CARNEGIE HALL LIVE SAN FRANCISCO CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA APM SYMPHONY CAST ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 5/1 Carnegie Hall’s Opening 5/3 Debussy: Syrinx Ravel: 5/4 Dvorak: Te Deum 5/2 Mahler: Symphony No. 7 5/7 Wagner: Prelude and Night Gala Bernstein: On the Piano Concerto Messiaen: Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Schumann: Symphony No. 3 Liebestod from Tristan Waterfront Symphonic Suite Turangalîla-symphonie (Esa- (Mojca Erdmann, s; Nicholas (Michael Tilson Thomas, cond) and Isolde Beethoven: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Pekka Salonen, cond) Brownlee, bs-bar; Houston 5/9 Bach: Brandenburg Symphony No. 9, Choral Bernstein: Symphonic Dances 5/10 Corelli: Concerto grosso Symphony Chorus; Houston Concerto No. 3 H. Brant: Ice (Eastman-Rochester Chorus, from West Side Story (Lang Giacomelli: Sposa, non Symphony; Andrés Orozco- Lang, Chick Corea and Maxim Field Tchaikovsky: Symphony William Weinert, dir; Ward mi conosci from Merope Estrada, cond) Lando, p; Philadelphia O; No. 5 (Cameron Carpenter, Veracini: Giá presso al 5/11 Debussy: Prelude Stare, cond) YannickNézet-Séguin, cond) org; Michael Tilson Thomas, termine from Adriano in Siria to the Afternoon of a 5/14 5/8 Vivaldi: The Four L’Arpeggiata performs arias cond) Vivaldi: Violin Concertos Faun Macdowell: Piano Ariosti: Questi ceppi from La Seasons Mozart: Symphony by Rossi, Cazzati, Sances 5/16 Samuel Carl Adams: Concerto No. 2 Kip Winger: and Allegri (Céline Scheen, s; fede ne’ tradimenti Vivaldi: No. 41, Jupiter (Juliana Radial Play Mozart: Sinfonia Conversations with Nijinsky Giuseppina Bridelli, ms; Christina Agitata da due venti from Athayde, v; Michael Christie, concertante Bartók: Concerto Stravinsky: The Firebird Pluhar, Artistic Director) Griselda, Violin Concerto guest cond) for Orchestra (Alexander Suite (Nashville Symphony; 5/15 Corelli: Concerto grosso 5/21 Haydn: String Quartet Barantschik, v; Jonathan André Watts, p) Ravel: Mother Goose Shostakovich: String Quartet 5/17 Strauss: Till Vinocour, vla; Michael Tilson 5/18 Lyadov: The Enchanted Suite Shostakovich: Cello No. 11 Brahms: String Sextet Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Thomas, cond) Concerto No. 1 Mussorgsky: (Takács Quartet; Erika Eckert, Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, Lake Tchaikovsky: Violin Night on Bald Mountain vla; David Requiro, c) 5/23 Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Turkish Adams: Harmonielehre Concerto Dvorak: Symphony J. C. Bach: Symphony No. 6 No. 9, From the New World Debussy: Nocturnes (Andrei 5/22 Verdi: Sinfonia from Aida (Michael Tilson Thomas, cond) (Edo de Waart, cond) (Lisa Batiashvili, V; Royal Ioniţă, c; Marcelo Lehninger, Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5/30 Mahler: Blumine 5/24 Beethoven: Piano guest cond) 3 Respighi: Fontane di Roma, Concertgebouw Orchestra; Beethoven: Piano Concerto Concerto No. 1 Shostakovich: Pini di Roma (Martha Argerich, Antonio Pappano, cond) 5/28 Dvořák: Slavonic No. 3 Copland: Music from Symphony No. 10 Ravel: 5/25 p; Orchestra dell’Accademia Adams: Short Ride in a Dances Bartók: The Rapsodie espagnole (David Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Sir the film Our Town Debussy: Fast Machine Beethoven: Miraculous Mandarin Suite Afkam, cond) Antonio Pappano, cond) La Plus que lente Delius: On Piano Concerto No. 1 Bailey Tchaikovsky: Violin Suite 5/31 Clyne: Masquerade 5/29 Mahler: Symphony Hearing the First Cuckoo in Holland: World Premiere from Sleeping Beauty and Spring Sibelius: Valse triste Barber: Second Essay Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy No. 3 (Mihoko Fujimura, ms; for Orchestra Gershwin: Swan Lake Ravel: La Valse Rachmaninoff: Vocalise (Kit Armstrong, p; Cincinnati MasterVoices; Manhattan Rhapsody in Blue Dvorák: (Rochester City Ballet, David Delibes: Cortège of Bacchus Symphony; Louis Langrée, Girls Chorus; Israel PO; Symphony No. 7 Williams: Palmer, art dir; David Halen, Zubin Mehta, cond) from Sylvia (Emanuel Ax, p; Excerpts from Lincoln (Jon cond) v; Ward Stare, cond) Michael Tilson Thomas, cond) Marin Alsop, cond) SUNDAY music series

2:00PM SPOLETO CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES 3:00PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC 5/6 Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio (St. 5/6 Music Director Profiles #2: Zubin Mehta Performances include archival Lawrence String Quartet; Geoff Nuttall, v; Gabriela Diaz, vla; and CD recordings of music by Schoenberg, Bruckner, Joan Tower, Andres Diaz and Alisa Weilerstein, c; Inon Barnatan, p) Mozart, Beethoven, Bartok, Mahler, Furtwangler, Webern, Steve 5/13 Golijov: Tenebrae, Last Round, Drag Down the Sky (world Reich, Ravi Shankar, Crumb and Schoenberg. premiere) (St. Lawrence String Quartet; Anthony Roth Costanzo, ct; Tyler Duncan, bar; Todd Palmer, cl; Geoff Nuttall, Owen Dalby, 5/13 A Sibelius Sojourn Sibelius: Finlandia, Pohjola’s Daughter, Violin Benjamin Beilman, and Livia Sohn, v; Lesley Robertson and Concerto, Pelléas et Mélisande, Symphony No. 2 (Zino Francescatti, Daniel Phillips, vla; Christopher Costanza and Alisa Weilerstein, c; v; Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, Sir Thomas Beecham and Lorin Anthony Manzo, db) Maazel, cond) 5/20 Messiaen: Louange a l’Eternite de Jesus from Quatuor pour la 5/20 Music Director Profile #3: Leonard Bernstein Musical selections fin du temps Chopin: Polonaise Brilliante Rachmaninoff: Sonata include Bernstein: Candide Overture Mahler: Except from Symphony Barber: Cello Sonata (Alisa Weilerstein, c; Inon Barnatan, p) No. 4 Boulez: Improvisation sur Mallarme No. 1 Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 (Reri Grist, s; Marni Nixon, s; 2:00PM SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Glenn Gould, p) 5/27 America, The Beautiful Ives: Holidays Symphony Copland: Lincoln 5/27 Handel: Voi che udite il lamento from Agrippina Vivaldi: Oboe Portrait Blitzstein: Airborne Symphony (William Warfield and Orson Concerto Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 (David Daniels, ct; Welles, narr; Andrea Velis, t, David Watson, bar, Choral Arts Society; Liang Wang, ob; L.P. How, Kathleen Brauer and Daniel Hope, v; Leonard Bernstein, cond) Kimberly Fredenburgh, vla; Alastair Eng and Mark Kosower, c; Leigh Mesh, bs; Kathleen McIntosh, hc; Jon Kimura Parker, p) WXXI&LITTLE Theatre and Fright-Rags. presented bytheLittle is amonthlyfilmseries Saturday NightRewind May 19forSaturday NightRewind. skate from thesewerstoTheLittleon 1990’s Teenage MutantNinja Turtles Cowabunga! MACBETH $20 GENERALADMISSION;$18FORLITTLEMEMBERS&SENIORS SUNDAY, MAY 27AT 12P.M. ANDTUESDAY, MAY 29AT 6P.M. ROYAL OPERAHOUSE SATURDAY, MAY 19AT 7P.M. TICKETS$9 NINJA TURTLES TEENAGE MUTANT forever. Tickets at thelittle.org. and couldtransform ourunderstandingofhuman nature and disturbing secret thatgoesbeyondtheirown lives- fame,but alsounlocksanextraordinaryto international birth. The19-year-olds’ joyousreunion catapultsthem discover thatthey’re identicaltriplets,separatedat New York, 1980:three completestrangers accidentally TUESDAY, MAY 8AT 7P.M. TICKETS$9SATURDAY, MAY 12AT 3P.M. TICKETS$7 drives Macbethandhiswifetohorrificacts. that heshallbecomekinghimself,aruthlessambition of Scotland–butwhenacovenwitchesprophesy The warriorMacbethfightsonthesideofKing production oftheclassictale. Shakespeare andVerdi collideforRoyalOperaHouse’s STRANGERS IDENTICAL THREE We’re part of your routine. Make us part of your approach. Become a BUSINESS PARTNER.

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