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RADIO 90.9 FM: A mix of classical music and NPR information programs, including local news. (Also with live streaming on will.illinois.edu.) See pages 4-5. Last spring, I visited in anticipation of ’ new documentary, 101.1 FM and 90.9 FM HD2: Locally produced programs and classical music from C24. Music. I toured the Country Music Hall (101.1 is available in the Champaign-Urbana of Fame and Museum, and area.) See page 6. listened to some great singers, including a 580 AM: News and information, NPR, BBC, performance by Kathy Mattea. news, agriculture, talk shows. (Also heard on 90.9 FM HD3 with live streaming on I’ve also been involved with our WILL will.illinois.edu.) See page 7. production crew on the making of our local documentary, Illinois Country. From Suzy TELEVISION WILL-HD Bogguss to and newcomer All your favorite PBS and local programming, Margo Price, the state of Illinois has in high definition when available. 12.1; Contact significantly contributed to the evolution of your cable or satellite provider for channel information. See pages 9-16. country music across the, well, country! WILL Kids 24/7 I’m excited to now share both films with you. Around the clock, award-winning children’s programming. 12.2; also available on Comcast Country Music shows how public media is and Mediacom. the best platform to share award-winning

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Step back in time and journey through the compelling history of a truly American art form when Country Music, a new eight- “America’s part, 16-hour film directed by Ken Burns, and produced by Burns and his long- time collaborators Dayton Duncan and music” Julie Dunfey. The film premieres at 7 pm Sunday, September 15 and runs through Wednesday, September 18, as well as Sunday, September 22 through Wednesday, September 25.

The documentary, written by Duncan, who Country Music explores the crucial questions also wrote the illustrated companion book “What is country music?” and “Where (coming from Alfred A. Knopf on September did it come from?” while focusing on the 10), chronicles the highs and lows of country biographies of the fascinating trailblazers who music’s early days—from southern Appalachia’s created and shaped it—from the , songs of struggle, heartbreak, and faith to the Jimmie Rodgers, , and Bob Wills rollicking Western swing of Texas, California’s to , , Johnny Cash, honky-tonks, and Nashville’s “Grand Ole Merle Haggard, , , Opry.” The film follows the evolution of , , , country music over the course of the 20th Garth Brooks, and many more—as well as the century as it eventually emerges to become times in which they lived. Much like the music “America’s music.” itself, the film tells unforgettable stories of hardships and joys shared by everyday people.

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EPISODE 1: THE RUB 7 pm Sunday, September 15 See how what was first called “hillbilly music” reaches new audiences through phonographs and radio, and launches the careers of country music’s first big stars, the Carter Family (right) and Jimmie Rodgers.

EPISODE 2: HARD TIMES 7 pm Monday, September 16 Watch as Nashville becomes the heart of the country music industry. The genre grows in popularity during the Great Depression and World War II as America falls in love with singing cowboys and Minnie Pearl (above).

EPISODE 3: THE HILLBILLY SHAKESPEARE 7 pm Tuesday, September 17 See how the bluegrass sound spreads in post-war America, and meet honky-tonk star Hank Williams (right), whose songs of surprising emotional depth are derived from his troubled and tragically short life.

EPISODE 4: I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU 7 pm Wednesday, September 18 Travel to Memphis, where Sun Studios artists Johnny Cash and (left) usher in the era of . crosses America’s racial divide by recording a country .

2 PATTERNS ∙ SEPTEMBER 2019 Join us for a community celebration of this local documentary on September 13 (see page 18).

EPISODE 5: THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA 7 pm Sunday, September 22 See how country music reflects a changing America, with Loretta Lynn (left) speaking to women everywhere, Merle Haggard becoming “The Poet of the Common Man” and audiences looking beyond race to embrace Charley Pride.

EPISODE 6: WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN? 7 pm Monday, September 23 Learn how country music responds to a nation divided by the Vietnam War, as Army captain turned sets a new lyrical standard, and artists like and the Byrds find a recording home in Nashville.

EPISODE 7: ARE YOU SURE HANK DONE IT THIS WAY? 7 pm Tuesday, September 24 Witness a vibrant era in country music, with Dolly Parton finding mainstream success; Hank Williams, Jr. and emerging from their famous fathers’ shadows; and Willie Nelson (left) and Waylon Jennings launching the “Outlaw” movement.

EPISODE 8: DON’T GET ABOVE YOUR RAISIN’ 7 pm Wednesday, September 25 Learn how “New Traditionalists” like , and the Judds (left) help country music stay true to its roots. Witness both the rise of superstar Garth Brooks and the return of an aging Johnny Cash to the industry he helped .

PATTERNS ∙ SEPTEMBER 2019 3 9/10 Guest Conductor Marin Alsop and WEEKDAYS Pianist Daniil Trifonov Prokofiev: No. 3 in C Major Daniil Trifonov, piano 6 am Copland: Symphony No. 3 NPR Morning Edition 9/17 Conductor Riccardo Muti and with Steve Inskeep, Rachel Martin, David Greene, and Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Noel King Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2 Yo-Yo Ma, cello Prokofiev: Selections fromRomeo and Juliet, 9 am Op. 64 Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo 9/24 Riccardo Muti Conducts Tchaikovsky and Celebrating its 10th year! Debussy Join Vic for music and companionship and make each Debussy: Sacred and Profane Dances morning a classic morning! Sarah Bullen, harp Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a

Noon Wednesday: Afternoon Classics Philharmonic NPR News Headlines at 12:01, 1:01, and 3:01. 9/4 Conductor: Lionel Bringuier Hélène Grimaud, piano Gershwin: Cuban Overture 5 pm Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major NPR All Things Considered Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales with Ailsa Chang, Audie Cornish, Mary Louise Kelly, Gershwin: An American in Paris and Ari Shapiro 9/11 Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin Tchaikovsky: in D Major, 7 pm Op. 35 The Evening Concert Unsuk Chin: SPIRA—A Concerto for Great performances from the gr­eat (world premiere, LA Phil commission) concert venues. Also on Sundays from Debussy: La Mer 7-9 pm. Listings are subject to change. 9/18 Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen Stravinsky: Funeral Song Monday: Stravinsky: Agon The New York Philharmonic This Week Stravinsky: Rite of Spring 9/2 Lenny’s Playlist, Part I 9/25 Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel Schumann: Manfred Overture, Op. 115 Michael Barenboim, violin J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1, K. 207 BWV 1040 Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K.551 John Wummer, flute Isaac Stern, violin Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Thursday: John Bogart, boy alto Carnegie Hall Live! Camerata Singers/Abraham Kaplan 9/5 Iván Fischer and the Russo: Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 32, “Titans” Budapest Festival Orchestra Maynard Ferguson, Márta Sebestyén, vocalist 9/9 Lenny’s Playlist, Part II Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620 Bartók: Hungarian Peasant Songs Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17 9/12 Les Violons du Roy & Shchedrin: Mischievous Folk Ditties La Chapelle de Québec Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Lydia Teuscher, soprano 9/16 Stravinsky’s Philharmonic Matthew Brook, bass-baritone Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 Bach: Selections from Mass in B Minor Stravinsky: Persephone 9/19 The Philadelphia Orchestra & Beatrice Rana Richard Robinson, tenor Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26. Vera Zorina, narrator Beatrice Rana, piano Westminster Symphonic Choir Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor Stravinsky: Rite of Spring 9/26 Michael Tilson Thomas & 9/23 Barber: First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12 the National Youth Orchestra of the USA Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor 9/30 Bernstein conducts Haydn’s Mass in B-flat Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Haydn: Mass in B-flat, Hob. XXII:14 Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Major Judith Blegen, soprano Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Frederica Von Stade, mezzo Kenneth Riegel, tenor Simon Estes, bass Friday: Prairie Performances Concerts are subject to availability. Tuesday: September performances to be announced. Chicago Symphony Orchestra 9/3 Edo de Waart Conducts Mozart, Beethoven, and Strauss Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 Strauss: Metamorphosen WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 · streaming at will.illinois.edu

9 pm 9 pm Night Music American Parlor Songbook Gillian Martin, Bob Christiansen, Ward Jacobson, or JP and Julie Van Dusen feature clever songs, Scott Blankenship keep you company through the night charming stories, and hilarious sketches every week. and into the morning. NPR News Headlines at 9:01. NPR News Headlines at 9:01.

SATURDAYS 10 pm Classics All Night 7 am NPR News Headlines at 10:01 NPR Weekend Edition with SUNDAYS

9 am 7 am Classics By Request NPR Weekend Edition Submit requests to Vincent Trauth at with Lulu Garcia-Navarro [email protected] or leave a message at 217-265-5064. 9 am Sunday Baroque 11 am NPR News Headlines at 9:01 and 10:01. Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. 1 pm 9/7 Conductors on Deutsche Grammophon LPs of The Record Shelf the Mono Era 9/14 The Pianist Jorge Bolet 2 pm 9/21 The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Performance Today Weekend 9/28 The Tokyo String Quartet Plays Beethoven Noon 4 pm Afternoon at the Opera NPR All Things Considered This month the Lyric Opera of Chicago Season ends, with Michel Martin and the LA Opera begins. 9/7 Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky). Alejo Pérez, cond., with Mariusz Kwiecień (Eugene), Ana 5 pm Maria Martínez (Tatyana), Charles Castronovo Classical Music (Lensky), Alisa Kolosova (Olga), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Gremin), and the Lyric Opera 7-8 pm Ensemble. 9/14 Les Troyens (Berlioz). Sir Andrew David, cond. The Evening Concert With Brandon Jovanovich (Aeneas), Susan The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Graham (Dido), Christine Goerke (Cassandre), 9/1 Fantastic Harmonies Lucas Meachem (Chorebus), Christian Van Pärt: Fratres for String Quartet Horn (Narbal), and the Lyric Opera Ensemble. Schumann Quartet 9/21 Don Carlo (in Italian) (Verdi). James Conlon, Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat major for Violin, cond., with Ramón Vargas (Carlo), Ana Maria Viola, and Cello, K. 563 Martínez (Elisabeth), Anna Smirnova, Plácido Arnaud Sussman, violin Domingo (Rodrigo), Morris Robinson ( Grand Paul Neubauer, viola Inquisitor), and the LA Opera Ensemble. David Finckel, cello 9/28 La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart). James Conlon, 9/8 Schubert and Brahms cond., with Russell Thomas (Tito), Guanqun Schubert: Rondo in A Major for Piano, Four Yu (Vitellia), Elisabeth DeShong (Sesto), Hands, D. 951 Janai Brugger (Servilia), and the LA Opera Yoko Nozaki, Emanuel Ax, piano Ensemble. Brahms: Trio No. 2 in C Major for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 87 Anne-Marie McDermott, Ani Kavafian, violin 4 pm Carter Brey, cello NPR All Things Considered 9/15 Total Schubert with Michel Martin Schubert: Quintet in C Major for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos, D. 956, Op. 163 5 pm 9/22 Tchaikovsky Trio Performance Today Weekend Tchaikovsky: Trio in A Minor for Piano, Violin, Host Fred Child presents a two-hour weekly program and Cello, Op. 50 that features classical music in concert from American Alessio Bax, piano Public Media studios and sites across the nation and Elmar Oliveira, violin around the world, as well as classical music news, inter- Julie Albers, cello views and features. [Also Sundays at 2 pm] 9/29 Bold Voices Mackey: Micro-Concerto for Solo Percussion, 7 pm Flute, , Violin, Cello, and Piano The Midnight Special Korngold: Quintet in E Major for Piano, Two Rich Warren presents and farce, show Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 15 tunes and satire, traditional and contemporary with gentle irreverence and candid observation.

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101.1 and 90.9 · HD2 8-9 pm The Evening Concert Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival 9/1 Made in America Korngold: Violin Concerto WEEKDAYS Nicola Benedetti, violin Donald Runnicles, conductor 6–9 am 9/8 A Symphony That Changed Everything Classical Music Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” Donald Runnicles, conductor 9 am–noon 9/15 Virtuosity Classic Mornings Saint Saëns: Cello Concerto with Vic Di Geronimo Maya Bogdonavić, cello Join Vic for music and companion- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 ship and make each morning Daniil Trifonov, piano a classic morning! Jerry Hou, conductor 9/22 Rachmaninoff Noon–overnight Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 9/29 The Three Bs Classical Music Bach: Brandenburg No. 5: First movement Jeannette Sorrell, leader and harpsichord Friday 7-9 pm Brahms: Violin Concerto, Movements II and III Prairie Performances James Ehnes, violin Roger Cooper presents regional D. Runnicles, conductor concerts from the WILL listening Beethoven: Symphony No. 9: Final Movement. Donald area. Runnicles, conductor

SATURDAYS 9 pm Classical Music 7–9 am Classical Music 10 pm 9–11 am Harmonia Angela Mariani presents Baroque and early music. Classics by Request Vincent Trauth plays requests at NPR News Headlines at 10:01.

this time each Saturday. Submit requests at [email protected] 11 pm or leave a message at 217-265-5064. The Romantic Hours Music, poetry and romance with Mona Golabek. 11 am–noon Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration midnight of memorable recordings from Classical Music the 20th century. See page 5 for listings.

Noon-4 pm Afternoon at the Opera Complete opera broadcasts followed, time-permitting, by opera previews and excerpts with host John Frayne. Photo: Courtesy of Todd Rosenberg 4 pm–overnight Classical Music

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t Mariusz Kwiecień in the title role of Eugene Onegin with Ana María Programs on WILL Radio are partially Martínez as Tatiana for Afternoon at the Opera at 12 pm Saturday, sponsored by a grant from the Illinois September 7. Arts Council, a state agency.

6 PATTERNS ∙ SEPTEMBER 2019 Online Streaming: will.illinois.edu FM 90.9 · HD3 AM 580 Listener Comments: [email protected]

Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday NPR Morning Edition 5:00 BBC Overnight Continued BBC World Service with Brian Moline 6:00 Commodity Week Inside Europe 6:30 State Week in Review 7:00 NPR Weekend Edition NPR Weekend Edition 1A 9:00 The Splendid Table 10:00 Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me It’s Been A Minute with Sam Sanders

The 21st Statewide (F) 11:00 Ask Me Another Says You Here & Now Noon This American Life Wait, Wait ... with Jason Croft Don’t Tell Me

1:00 The Moth Radio Hour The Treatment 1:30 State Week in Review The Closing Market Report 2:00 Radiolab Reveal BBC Newshour Commodity 2:30 Week (F)

Fresh Air 3:00 TED Radio Hour On the Media All Things Considered 4:00 All Things Considered All Things Considered with Steve Morck 5:00 Science Friday The People’s Pharmacy 6:00 Big Picture Science Travel with Rick Steves The 21st Statewide (F) 7:00 Living on Earth To the Best of Our (repeat) (repeat) Knowledge

Fresh Air (repeat) 8:00 Latino USA BBC World Science Friday (F) 9:00 Alternative Radio New Dimensions Service 10:00 Commonwealth Club Le Show 11:00 Left, Right, and Center BBC World Service

12:00- BBC World Service 5 am

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AGRICULTURE Todd Gleason, host, Closing Market Report & Commodity Week Opening Market Report: 8:55 am; Market Update: 10:58 am; Midday Market Report: 12:58 pm; Closing Market Report: 2:06 pm. Fridays: Commodity Week: 2:30 pm; Grain Market Summary: 4:32 pm. To listen to archived ag reports, sign up for the Illinois Public Media Ag E-newsletter, or download our agricultural , visit www.willag.org

ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA NEWS Brian Moline, managing editor, Illinois Public Media The news from Illinois Public Media’s award-winning staff of reporters, hosts, and producers—Anna Casey, Jason Croft, Libby Foster, Lee Gaines, Christine Herman, Jim Meadows, Brian Moline, Alan Montecillo, and Steve Morck—can be heard during Morning Edition, The 21st, Here & Now, and All Things Considered.

WEATHER MONDAY-FRIDAY Weather forecasts from meteorologist Andrew Pritchard throughout the day.

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Arts and Crafts—5-6 am; 11 am-noon Travel—8-9 am; 2-3 pm Sun: Knit and Crochet Now!; Grand View Sun: Trails to Oishii Tokyo; Journeys in Japan Wed: Knit and Crochet Now!; Painting with Wilson Wed: Smart Travels-Europe with Rudy Maxa; Bickford Dream of Italy Mon: Quilting Arts; Wyland’s Art Studio Mon: Crossroads; Travelscope Fri: Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting; Wyland’s Art Fri: Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi; Travelscope Studio Tue and Thu: Cycle Around Japan Highlights; Travels Tue: Best of Sewing with Nancy; Best of the Joy of with Darley Painting Gardening/Home Improvement—9-11 am : It’s Sew Easy; Best of the Joy of Painting Thu Mon: This Old House; American Woodshop; P. Allen Cooking—6-8 am; noon-2 pm Smith’s Garden Home; Beads, Baubles, and Jewels Sun and Wed: Lucky Chow/Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Fri: This Old House; American Woodshop; P. Allen Kitchen (begins 9/22); Nigella: At My Table/Food Flirts Smith’s Garden Home; J. Scgwanke’s Life in Bloom (begins 9/8); Baking with Julia; Joanne Weir's Plates and Tue and Thu: Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking: Places Craftsman’s Legacy; Woodsmith Shop; Growing a Mon: Bringing It Home; Kevin Belton’s ; Greener World; Baby Makes 3 Jazzy Vegetarian; Iowa Ingredients Wed and Sun: Ask This Old House; Woodwright’s Shop; Fri: Bringing It Home; Kevin Belton’s New Orleans; Jazzy Garden Smart; Urban Conversion Vegetarian; Healthful Indian Flavors with Alamelu Labor Day Marathon—5 am-4:30 pm P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table/Ellie’s Real Good Tue: Sept 2: Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Food (begins 9/5); Mexico-One Plate at a Time; Dining with the Chef; Primal Grill/My Greek Table (begins 9/12) Weekend Marathons—5-11 am Saturday; Thur: P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table/Ellie’s Real Good 11 am-5 pm Sunday Food (begins 9/5); Mexico-One Plate at a Time; Taste of Sept 7/8: Europe Bound Malaysia; Primal Grill/My Greek Table (begins 9/12) Travel to Europe with Rick Steves from your armchair. Sept 14/15: Brick by Brick Watch a 1920s house get overhauled on This Old House. Sept 21/22: Vivian’s Comfort Meals Taste the down home, Southern flavor in every bite. Sept 28/29: Pati’s Food and Fiesta Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Pati Jinich.

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Monday-Friday Fridays 9:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 American Experience: Mine Wars (9/6); Cuba: The 10:00 Nightly Business Report Forgotten Revolution (9/27) 10:30 The Day 7:30 POV: Voices of the Sea (9/20) American Experience: Feud (9/13) Mondays 8:00 Re-Evolution: The Cuban Dream (9/27) 7:00 Cyberworks and the American Dream (9/2); Long 8:30 View (9/9); Latino Americans (9/16, 9/23, 9/30) 11:00 Outback (9/6); American Experience: The Swamp (9/13); On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam (9/20); Cuba: A 8:00 Local USA Lifetime of Passion (9/27) 8:30 Stories from the Stage 11:00 Company Town (9/2); Made Possible: The Busi- Saturdays ness of Junior Achievement (9/9); Latino Americans (9/16, 7:00 Big Family: The Story of (9/7); 9/23, 9/30) : Bob Hope (9/14); Voces On PBS (9/21); American Masters: Sidney Lumet (9/28) Tuesdays Beyond La Bamba (9/21) 7:00 America Reframed 8:30 America Reframed 8:00 1962 World’s Fair: When Seattle Invented The 9:00 Future (9/10); Sol (9/24) 10:00 1962 World’s Fair: When Seattle Invented The Future (9/14); Sol (9/28) 8:30 Reel South (9/3); Our American Family: The Bar- reras (9/17) 10:30 Reel South (9/7); Our American Family: The Bar- reras (9/21) 11:00 America Reframed 11:00 Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music (9/7); Wednesdays American Masters: Bob Hope (9/14); Voces On PBS 7:00 POV: Farmsteaders (9/4); POV: Grit (9/11); Rise (9/21); American Masters: Sidney Lumet (9/28) and Fall of the Brown Buffalo (9/18); Reel South (9/25) 8:00 Frontline (9/4, 9/11); Willie Velasquez: Your Vote Is Sundays Your Voice (9/18); POV: Brimstone & Glory (9/25) 7:00 Nature Big Pacific (9/1); Everest: A Climb for Peace (9/8); 11:00 POV: Farmsteaders (9/4); POV: Grit (9/11); Home 8:00 Truth (9/18); Ivy League Rumba (9/25) American Masters: Raul Julia (9/15); Voces On PBS (9/22, 9/29) Thursdays 9:00 Earth: A New Wild (9/1); Doc World (9/8, 9/15, 7:00 Animal Babies (9/5, 9/12); Ancient Invisible Cities 9/22, 9/29) (9/19); City in the Sky (9/26) 10:00 Nova Wonders (9/1); Red Dot on the Ocean: The 8:00 Magical Land of Oz (9/5, 9/12) Ancient Invisible Matthew Rutherford Story (9/8) Cities (9/19); City in the Sky (9/26) 10:30 Reel South (9/15); Re-Evolution: The Cuban 11:00 NOVA (9/5, 9/12); Ancient Invisible Cities (9/19); Dream (9/22); Salsa! The Dance Sensation (9/29) City in the Sky (9/26) 11:00 Nature

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Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday Newsline 5:00 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Body Electric (M,W,F) 5:30 Splash and Bubbles Splash and Bubbles Sit and Be Fit (T, Th) Ready Jet Go! 6:00 Sesame Street Sesame Street Nature 6:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Wild Kratts 7:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Pinkalicious & Peterrific Molly of Denali 7:30 Molly of Denali Molly of Denali Curious George 8:00 Let’s Go Luna! Let’s Go Luna! Let’s Go Luna! 8:30 Nature Cat Nature Cat Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 Curious George Curious George Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Wild Kratts Cyberchase Sesame Street 10:00 Motorweek Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack Pinkalicious & Peterrific 10:30 America’s Heartland To the Contrary Dinosaur Train 11:00 Mid-American Gardener Firing Line with Margaret Hoover The Cat in the Hat 11:30 J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Market to Market

Sesame Street Noon America’s Test Kitchen 9/1 12:00 NOVA Splash and Bubbles 12:30 Cook’s Country 1:00 NOVA 2:00 Music Row: Nashville’s Sewing Programs 1:00 Mexico-One Plate at a Time Most Famous Neighborhood M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting with Rick Bayless 9/8 Tu: Sewing with Nancy 12:00 Big Family: The Story of W: It’s Sew Easy Bluegrass Music Th: Knit and Crochet Now! 2:00 54th Annual Lincoln F: Quilting Arts Laureates 9/15 Painting and How To Programs 1:30 Martha Bakes 12:00 American Masters: M: Classic Wordworking Loretta Lynn Tu: Garage with Steve Butler 2:00 American Masters: W: Painting with Paulson Charley Pride 9/22 Th: Garden Smart 12:00 Great Performances F: Ask This Old House at the Met: Dialogues Des Carmelites Nature Cat 2:00 Simply Ming 9/29 Wild Kratts 2:30 Dining with the Chef 12:00 Ballet Hispanico 1:33 VOCES on PBS Arthur 3:00 Steve Raichlen’s Project Fire The Great British Baking Show Odd Squad 3:30 Travels with Darcy Odd Squad 4:00 This Old House Hour Focus On Europe DW News 4:30 Global 3000 BBC World News 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend PBS NewsHour Weekend Nightly Business Report 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Whitney Reynolds Show PBS NewsHour 6:00 Antiques Roadshow Shakespeare & Hathaway- Private Investigators

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Goodbye to Poldark Poldark returns to Masterpiece at 8 pm Sundays, starting September 29. The final season begins with the Poldarks looking forward to life together in peace, but a plea from Ned Depard compels Ross to return to the capital. Back in Cornwall, Demelza encounters a new opponent, while George struggles to engage with the world after Elizabeth’s death. After the season premiere, use your WILL Passport to binge the entire season before it airs. It’s Greek to me Join the extraordinary musicians of the Chamber Music Society on a remarkable journey across iconic Greek settings in Live From Lincoln Center: Odyssey. Airing at 8 pm Friday, September 6, the group performs signature works in venues like the Ancient Amphitheater of Larissa, the historic Church of the Taxiarchon in Pelion, and more.

Also back to the Masterpiece lineup is the final Farewell, season of The Durrells in Corfu at 7 pm Sundays, starting September 29. Season four finds the future looking bright for the eccentric Durrells, as Louisa turns Durrells the family villa into a guest house for cousin Basil. Meanwhile, Larry enjoys his love life, Leslie throws himself into his job, and Gerry and Margo work on their business ambitions. Your WILL Passport also gets you full access to the entire season after the premiere.

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One from the heart American Masters and VOCES join forces to present the first documentary about Raúl Juliá, the versatile Puerto Rican actor whose work on stage and screen took the world by storm. American Masters—Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage premieres at 8 pm Friday, September 13. The documentary is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor’s journey from his native Puerto Rico to the creative hotbed of 1960s New York City, to prominence on Broadway and in Hollywood. Filled with passion, determination, and joy, Juliá’s brilliant and daring career was tragically cut short by his untimely death 25 years ago, at age 54. Told in his own voice through archival interviews and in the words of those who knew him best, the film traces Juliá’s personal and professional life while showcasing performances from his collaboration with Joseph Papp’s The Public Theater to his successful cinematic career.

Now Hear This

Join Scott Yoo, renowned violinist and conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic, in Now Hear This, a new four-part documentary miniseries presented by Great Performances that merges music, storytelling, travel, and culture, as he chases the secret histories of some of the greatest music ever written. Great Performances: Now Hear This premieres at 9 pm Friday, September 20 and runs through October 11. Throughout the series, Scott Yoo meets and collaborates with world-renowned virtuosos, local musical heroes across many genres, artisan instrument makers, music historians, and other charismatic characters on his travels through Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and Morocco. He visits legendary concert halls, architectural masterworks, jam Episode Guide: sessions, and never-before-filmed archives to • Vivaldi: Something Completely Different connect the classics to the contemporary— 9 pm Friday, September 20 finding time to explore and enjoy the culture along the way. • The Riddle of Bach 9 pm Friday, September 27 Each episode of Great Performances: Now Hear This focuses on a great composer, • Scarlatti: Man tracing the creation of their masterpieces and 9 pm Friday, October 4 the profound, lasting cultural impact of their • Handel: Italian Style music, while exploring little known or recently 9 pm Friday, October 11 discovered works and new music they inspired.

PATTERNS ∙ SEPTEMBER 2019 11 9:00 Frontline Sunday Trump’s Trade War. The inside story of Presi- 1 dent Trump’s gamble to confront China over 7:00 Masterpiece (TV-14) trade. Reporting from the US and China, NPR . Part 1 of 3. Devastated at her Mrs. Wilson and Frontline investigate what led the world’s husband’s death, Alison learns there was more two largest economies to the brink, and the to Alec than she realized. Repeated 2 am 9/3. billions at stake. Repeated 1 am 9/4. (TV-14) 8:00 Masterpiece 10:00 Detectorists (TV-PG) Mrs. Wilson. Part 2 of 3. See what other Finally, it is the day of the DMDC’s annual rally surprises lie in store for Alison as she draws and Terry is expecting a really big turnout. closer to the truth about Alec. Repeated 9 pm But for Andy and Lance, will the day bring 9/1; 3 am 9/3; and 4 am 9/3. heartbreak or triumph? (TV-14) 9:00 Masterpiece 10:30 Amanpour and Company Mrs. Wilson. Part 3 of 3. Alec’s handler in the secret service drops a bombshell, but is it the 11:30 BBC World News truth or another lie? Resigned to uncertainty about the past, Alison receives a final surprise. Wednesday Repeated 3 am 9/3; and 4 am 9/3. 4 (TV-PG) 10:00 Line of Separation (TV-MA) 7:00 Animal Babies: First Year On Earth Testing Limits. Part 2 of 3. Learn how every 11:00 Lost River Sessions (TV-G) day brings new challenges for baby animals. . Repeated 3 am 9/6; and 1 am 9/8. (TV-G) 11:30 Film-Maker 8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) Carry That Weight—A Rockumentary is the Rise of the Superstorms. Dive into the devas- emotional story of a teacher’s persever- tation wrought by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and ance in the face of adversity. Legacy Letters Maria. How can scientists better predict these showcases a class that teaches seniors how to storms, and what does the 2017 season tell reflect deeply on their past. us about the likelihood of similar storms in the future? Repeated 4 am 9/6; and 12 am 9/8. Monday 9:00 Magical Land of Oz (TV-PG) 2 Ocean. Part 2 of 3. See why marine spe- 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) cies are drawn to the coasts of Australia and Indianapolis, Ind. Part 3 of 3. Travel to India- discover that the country’s three surround- napolis for hidden treasures including an 1898 ing oceans—the Southern Sea, the Pacific, Alphonse Mucha JOB poster, a 1974 George and The Indian Ocean—create a unique Nakashima ‘Kent Hall’ floor lamp and a 1961 environment for ocean voyagers of all types. Ty Cobb-signed baseball. Which is the big Repeated 1 am 9/5; 2 am 9/6; 2 am 9/8; and find?Repeated 6 pm 9/7. 2 am 9/11. (TV-G) 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 Still Open All Hours (TV-PG) Palm Springs, Calif. Part 1 of 3. Journey to Palm Springs for vintage and antique finds 10:30 Amanpour and Company such as a 1965 Noah Purifoy sculpture, Carroll 11:30 BBC World News O’Connor’s Archie Bunker coat, ca. 1970, and a Franz Bergman foundry Vienna bronze lamp from around 1920. Can you guess which is 5Thursday valued at $125,000? Repeated 4 am 9/4. 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) 9:00 POV (TV-PG) Repeated 11 am 9/7. Farmsteaders. As agriculture moves toward 7:30 Ask This Old House (TV-G) large-scale farming, the Nolans return home Fireplace Makeover, Drip Edges. Repeated to resurrect their family’s dairy farm. Clear- 1 am 9/7. eyed and intimate, this film offers an unex- 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway- pected voice for a forsaken people: those Private Investigators (TV-PG) who grow the food that sustains us. Repeated In My Memory Lock’d. Season 2, part 8 of 10. 1 am 9/3; 3 am 9/4; 2 am 9/5; 1 am 9/6; and Frank and Luella are on surveillance when a 3 am 9/8. man stumbles across their car. 10:00 Mum (TV-PG) 9:00 Father Brown 10:30 Amanpour and Company The House of God. Season 7, part 7 of 10. 11:30 BBC World News A gardener dies of cyanide poisoning. 10:00 Trollied Tuesday 10:30 Amanpour and Company 3 11:30 BBC World News 7:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Mine Wars. Go inside the bitter battle to unionize coal miners at the dawn of the 20th Friday century. The struggle over the power that 6 7:00 Washington Week fueled America led to the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War, and turned 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover parts of West into a bloody war zone. Repeated 3 am 9/5; and 2 am 9/7.

12 PATTERNS ∙ SEPTEMBER 2019 8:00 Live from Lincoln Center (TV-G) (DVS) 9:30 American Masters (TV-14) Odyssey Chamber Music Society In Greece. The Highwaymen. Discover the story behind Join the extraordinary musicians of the the pioneering music super- Chamber Music Society on a remarkable group that featured Willie Nelson, Waylon journey across iconic settings as they perform Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson, signature works in venues like the Ancient told through vintage performances and new Amphitheater of Larissa, the historic Church of interviews about life on the road and in the the Taxiarchon in Pelion and more. Repeated studio. 3 am 9/9. 10:30 PBS Previews: Country Music (TV-PG) 9:30 Symphony for Nature: The Britt Orchestra Meet the filmmakers and go behind the at Crater Lake (TV-G) scenes of Country Music, the sweeping new Join classical musicians and Klamath drum- series from director Ken Burns. Repeated mers for a world premiere inspired by Or- 12 am 9/9; 2:30 am 9/9; 2:30 am 9/10; egon’s breathtaking Crater Lake, forging deep 9:30 pm 9/13; 1 am 9/14; and 3:30 am 9/14. connections among people, art and nature in 11:00 Lost River Sessions (TV-G) an environment rich with historic and spiritual Harpeth Rising. Repeated 1:30 am 9/7; 4:30 am significance. (TV-G) 9/9; and 2 am 9/10. 11:30 Film-Maker Apple Pie is a thriller about two young wom- 10:00 Upstart Crow (TV-PG) en, struggling to get by, who find it difficult to I Did Adore A Twinkling Star. Will has to write play by the rules by Jaydev Hemrajani. Beauty a romance set in an exotic foreign location. Queen was shot in the beautiful city of Miami, Meanwhile Kate has fallen for Marlowe but where the lead singer portrays a bartender he’s off to an exotic foreign location. Is inspira- who is infatuated and mesmerized by a lady tion on the way? All aboard for Verona! he sees at a local bar by Joey Lamar Ashley. 10:30 Amanpour and Company I Feel So Alive features Miguel Fasa singing 11:30 BBC World News and dancing his way through this original pop song by Barbie Castro. Tears, an experimental short where the director and dancer, Carla 7Saturday Forte, shares the story through tears. 7:00 Mum (TV-PG) 7:30 Still Open All Hours (TV-PG) Monday (TV-PG) (DVS) 9 8:00 Masterpiece 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Downton Abbey. Season 5, part 4 of 9. Lord Palm Springs, Calif. Part 2 of 3. Learn more Merton delivers a bombshell to Isobel, and about fantastic Palm Springs finds including Mary does likewise to Tony. Police suspicions a 1966 Roy Lichtenstein screenprint, a NASA deepen in an unexplained death. Robert and Apollo archive, ca. 1965, and a Tiffany Studios Sarah lock horns. mosaic panel, ca. 1905. One is appraised at 9:00 Masterpiece (TV-PG) (DVS) $100,000-$150,000! Repeated 6 pm 9/14. . Season 5, part 5 of 9. Rose Downton Abbey 8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) makes a handsome new acquaintance. Some- Palm Springs, Calif. Part 3 of 3. Travel to Palm thing is wrong with Thomas. Edith’s link to Springs with ROADSHOW, featuring Charles Marigold draws attention. Bricker and Robert Schreyvogel’s oil A Lone Horse, ca. 1900, Dis- lose control. neyland hand-colored architectural elevations, 10:00 (TV-G) ca. 1954, and a 1982 Bob Mackie beaded M-Corp. gown, made for Brooke Shields. Which is 10:30 (TV-PG) valued at $75,000? Repeated 4 am 9/11. Shorty & Orleans Avenue. Revel 9:00 POV (TV-PG) in an hour with New Orleans funk masters Grit. After her town is left submerged by Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, with a tsunami of mud, Dian, a politically active special guest Cyril Neville. Shorty lays down teenager, galvanizes her neighbors to de- the grooves with highlights from his recent mand reparations from the corporate powers Voodoo Threauxdown tour. accused of one of the largest environmental 11:30 State & Water disasters in recent history. Repeated 1 am 9/10; 3 am 9/11; 2 am 9/12; and 3 am 9/15. Sunday 10:00 Mum (TV-PG) 8 10:30 Amanpour and Company 7:00 Country Music: Live at the Ryman, A 11:30 BBC World News Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns (TV-PG) Join celebrated musicians for a concert Tuesday celebrating the film by Ken Burns. Hosted by 10 Burns and featuring performances and ap- 7:00 Finding Your Roots (TV-PG) Southern Roots pearances by Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, . Season 4, part 9 of 10. 3 Rhiannon Giddens, , Kathy Mattea, guests of disparate Southern backgrounds, , Dwight Yoakam and more. DJ and producer Questlove, talk show host Repeated 12:30 am 9/9; 3 am 9/10; 1 am Dr. Phil and journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault, 9/22; and 2 am 9/27. find astonishing tales of bondage in their fam- ily histories. Repeated 4 am 9/12; and 9:00 PBS Previews: Country Music (TV-PG) 1:30 am 9/14. Meet the filmmakers and go behind the scenes of Country Music, the sweeping new series from director Ken Burns. Repeated 10:30 pm 9/8; 12 am 9/9; 2:30 am 9/9; 2:30 am 9/10; 9:30 pm 9/13; 1 am 9/14; and 3:30 am 9/14. PATTERNS ∙ SEPTEMBER 2019 13 8:00 American Experience (TV-PG) Feud. Discover the real story behind the Friday most famous family conflict in American his- 13 tory—the bloody backwoods battle between 7:00 Washington Week Appalachian clans, the Hatfields and McCoys. 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Repeated 3 am 9/12; 1 am 9/13; and 2:30 am 8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) (DVS) 9/14. Raúl Juliá. Discover the life and career of Raúl 9:00 Frontline Juliá, the charismatic, award-winning actor Flint’s Deadly Water. Exposing the deadly and humanitarian known for versatile roles on toll from the Flint water crisis. A two-year stage and screen, from Shakespearean plays investigation uncovers the roots and extent to The Addams Family. of a deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak during the 9:30 PBS Previews: Country Music (TV-PG) water crisis, and how officials failed to stop it. Join celebrated musicians for a concert Repeated 1 am 9/11. celebrating the film by Ken Burns. Hosted by 10:00 Detectorists (TV-PG) Burns and featuring performances and ap- Lance worries his past discovery of ‘cursed’ pearances by Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Anglo-Saxon artifacts is to blame for his Rhiannon Giddens, Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, recent lack of treasure-hunting success. Marty Stuart, Dwight Yoakam, and more. Repeated 1 am 9/14; and 3:30 am 9/14. 10:30 Amanpour and Company (TV-PG) 11:30 BBC World News 10:00 Upstart Crow Food of Love. Will’s invented an amazing new dramatic form: the musical! Problem is he Wednesday needs the help of the greatest songwriter of 11 the age, Thomas Morley, and he’s got some 7:00 Animal Babies: First Year On Earth (TV-PG) ideas of his own. New Frontiers. Part 3 of 3. Join the babies as they venture away from their mothers and out 10:30 Amanpour and Company on their own. Repeated 3 am 9/13; and 1 am 11:30 BBC World News 9/15. 8:00 NOVA (TV-G) Treasures of the Earth: Gems. Part 2 of 3. 14Saturday Gemstones like diamonds, rubies, opal, and 7:00 Mum (TV-PG) jade are the ultimate treasures. Delve into 7:30 Still Open All Hours (TV-PG) Earth’s depths to discover how these precious 8:00 Masterpiece (TV-PG) (DVS) stones are forged and what explains the Downton Abbey. Season 5, part 6 of 9. An unique allure of each captivating gemstone. ancient spark flares in Violet’s heart. While po- Repeated 4 am 9/13; and 12 am 9/15 lice deepen their probe, Bates tells Anna the 9:00 Magical Land of Oz (TV-PG) truth. A long and painful mystery is solved. Human. Part 3 of 3. Starting in Australia’s sec- 9:00 Masterpiece (TV-PG) (DVS) ond largest city Melbourne we witness how Downton Abbey. Season 5, part 7 of 9. Edith possums, tree-dwelling marsupials, have taken is found out. Mary finally shakes a suitor. Iso- to sharing trees in busy city parks. They are bel and Lord Merton reveal their plans. Robert breeding successfully but when pressure from throws another guest out of the house. the neighbors becomes too great they risk en- (TV-G) counters with heavy traffic and domestic cats 10:00 Red Dwarf . in order to find shelter in rooves and garden sheds. Repeated 1 am 9/12; 2 am 9/13; 2 am 10:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) 9/15; and 4 am 9/17. Chris Stapleton/Turnpike Troubadours. Enjoy an hour of contemporary country music. The (TV-PG) 10:00 Still Open All Hours rock and soul-influenced Stapleton highlights 10:30 Amanpour and Company his acclaimed second album From a Room 11:30 BBC World News Vol. 1. The jamming Troubadours draw from their latest record A Long Way From Your Thursday Heart. 12 11:30 State & Water 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am 9/14. 7:30 Ask This Old House (TV-G) 15Sunday Swing Set, Robotic Construction. 7:00 Country Music (TV-PG) 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway- The Rub (Beginnings-1933). Part 1 of 8. See Private Investigators (TV-PG) article on pages 2-3. Repeated 9 pm 9/15; The Envious Court. Season 2, part 9 of 10. 12 am 9/16; and 2 am 9/16. Frank and Luella investigate a death threat. 9:00 Country Music (TV-PG) 9:00 Father Brown The Rub (Beginnings-1933). Part 1 of 8. The Blood of Anarchists. Season 7, part 8 of 11:00 Lost River Sessions (TV-G) 10. An apparent suicide may be more than it Kelsey Waldon. appears. 11:30 Film-Maker (TV-G) 10:00 Trollied The documentary, Jane Davis Doggett: Way- 10:30 Amanpour and Company finder in the Jet Age by Pat Williams. Join us as we meet the woman who created graphic 11:30 BBC World News systems using letters, colors, and symbols to guide people though large, public spaces such as airports, arenas, and transit systems.

14 PATTERNS ∙ SEPTEMBER 2019 10:30 Amanpour and Company 16Monday 11:30 BBC World News 7:00 Country Music (TV-PG) Hard Times (1933-1945). Part 2 of 8. See Saturday article on pages 2-3. Repeated 9 pm 9/16; 21 and 2 am 9/17. 7:00 Mum (TV-PG) 9:00 Country Music (TV-PG) 7:30 Still Open All Hours (TV-PG) Hard Times (1933-1945). Part 2 of 8. 8:00 Masterpiece (TV-PG) (DVS) 11:00 Amanpour and Company Downton Abbey. Season 5, part 8 of 9. Someone tries to derail Rose and Atticus’ hap- piness. Mrs. Patmore gets a surprise. Anna is 17Tuesday in trouble. Robert has a revelation. 7:00 Country Music (TV-PG) 9:30 Upstart Crow (TV-PG) The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945-1953). Part 3 I Know Thee Not, Old Man. When Will’s bul- of 8. See article on pages 2-3. Repeated 9 pm lying former school teacher invites himself to 9/17; and 2 am 9/18. stay Will has to confront the demons of his childhood, but it soon turns out there’s a lot (TV-PG) 9:00 Country Music more at stake, including Will’s life. The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945-1953). Part 3 of 8. 10:00 Red Dwarf (TV-G) . 11:00 Amanpour and Company 10:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Willie Nelson. Relish an hour with American Wednesday music legend Willie Nelson. The Texan super- 18 star performs a set of hits and songs from his (TV-PG) 7:00 Country Music latest album My Way. I Can’t Stop Loving You (1953-1963). Part 4 of 8. See article on pages 2-3. Repeated 9 pm 11:30 State & Water 9/18; and 2 am 9/19. 9:00 Country Music (TV-PG) Sunday I Can’t Stop Loving You (1953-1963). Part 4 22 of 8. 7:00 Country Music (TV-PG) The Sons and Daughters of America (1964- 11:00 Amanpour and Company 1968). Part 5 of 8. See article on page 2-3. Repeated 9 pm 9/22; 12 am 9/23; and 2 am Thursday 9/23. 19 (TV-PG) (TV-G) 9:00 Country Music 7:00 Mid-American Gardener The Sons and Daughters of America (1964- Repeated 11 am 9/21. 1968). Part 5 of 8. (TV-G) 7:30 Ask This Old House (TV-G) Concrete Walkway, Jimmy Diresta. 11:00 Lost River Sessions Mark Whitley.

8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway- (TV-G) (TV-PG) 11:30 Film-Maker Private Investigators In #TheConnectedMan we meet a successful Too Cold for Hell. Season 2, part 10 of 10. salesman who reconnects with a free-spirited Frank and Luella investigate stolen furniture. choreographer from his past. Portraits of 9:00 Father Brown Inspiration is a short documentary capturing The Skylark Scandal. Season 7, part 9 of 10. the essence of the Women’s Movement, one Lord Hollingworth is murdered at a youth of the most transformative periods of time, by hostile. Scherley Busch. 10:00 Trollied 10:30 Amanpour and Company Monday 11:30 BBC World News 23 7:00 Country Music (TV-PG) Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968-1972). Friday Part 6 of 8. See article on page 2-3. Repeated 20 9 pm 9/23; and 2 am 9/24. 7:00 Washington Week (TV-PG) 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 Country Music Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968-1972). (TV-G) 8:00 Great Performances Part 6 of 8. Now Hear This Vivaldi: Something Completely Different. Explore northern Italy with host 11:00 Amanpour and Company Scott Yoo and discover how Vivaldi’s master- work “The Four Seasons” merged religious melodies, opera and virtuosic violin-playing 24Tuesday to create a new era of music. Repeated 4 am 7:00 Country Music (TV-PG) 9/23; and 1 am 9/26. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973- 1983). Part 7 of 8. See article on page 2-3. 9:00 VOCES On PBS (TV-14) The Pushouts. Repeated 1 am 9/21. Repeated 9:30 pm 9/24; and 2:30 am 9/25. (TV-PG) 10:00 Upstart Crow (TV-PG) 9:30 Country Music Beware My Sting. Will’s pleased with his new Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973- play The Taming of the Shrew. But for some 1983). Part 7 of 8. reason the story of a strong-willed lady humili- ated by a man doesn’t go down well with any of the women in Will’s life.

PATTERNS ∙ SEPTEMBER 2019 15 10:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Wednesday Buddy Guy/August Greene. Thrill to an hour 25 of and hip-hop with Buddy Guy and Au- 7:00 Country Music (TV-PG) gust Greene. Blues legend Guy plays hits and Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’ (1984-1996). songs from his latest album The Blues is Alive Part 8 of 8. See article on page 2-3. Repeated and Well. Hip-hop supergroup August Greene 9 pm 9/25; and 2 am 9/26. performs songs from its self-titled debut. (TV-PG) 9:00 Country Music 11:30 State & Water Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’ (1984-1996). Part 8 of 8. 11:00 Amanpour and Company 29Sunday 7:00 Masterpiece (TV-PG) The Durrells In Corfu. Season 4, part 1 of 6. 26Thursday A mysterious new guest places Louisa’s board- 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) ing house under police scrutiny. Repeated Repeated 11 am 9/28. 8:00 Masterpiece (TV-PG) 7:30 Ask This Old House (TV-G) Poldark. Season 5, part 1 of 8. Ross returns Seismic Retrofit, Dryer Vent. to the capital, Demelza finds an opponent, 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway- George struggles after Elizabeth’s death. Private Investigators (TV-PG) Repeated O Brave New World. Season 1, part 1 of 9:00 Poldark Revealed (TV-PG) 10. Things aren’t looking good for ex-cop Follow the cast and crew of POLDARK on Frank Hathaway: his detective agency is in location in beautiful Cornwall. See how the dire financial straits and cases are thin on the writer, directors and actors are working to ground. re-create the magic of the original TV series. 9:00 Father Brown Repeated 1 am 9/30. The Honorable Thief. Season 7, part 10 of 10:00 Line of Separation (TV-14) 10. Father Brown and Flambeau investigate a 11:00 Lost River Sessions (TV-G) stolen necklace. The Misty Mountain String Band. 10:00 Trollied 11:30 Film-Maker (TV-14) 10:30 Amanpour and Company The filmMaya about a Syrian immigrant newly 11:30 BBC World News settled in the US who must take on a job that goes against her moral code to save the life of 27Friday her grandfather by Mohammad Jastaniah. 7:00 Washington Week Monday 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 30 (TV-G) (TV-G) 7:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Great Performances Salt Lake City, Utah. Part 3 of 3. Travel to Salt Now Hear This: The Riddle of Bach. Travel Lake City and learn more about fantastic finds, to Germany and France to explore Bach’s including Watson & Crick-signed Double Helix sonatas and partitas for solo violin. Host Scott books, an Art Deco jewelry suite, ca. 1930, Yoo and his wife, leading flutist Alice Dade, and a Japanese Arita porcelain vase, ca. 1910. discover a melodic similarity with Vivaldi and Can you guess the top find of the night? a riddle hidden in Bach’s portrait. Repeated 1 Repeated 6 pm 10/5. am 9/29; and 2 am 9/30. (TV-G) (TV-PG) 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 9:00 VOCES On PBS Virginia Beach, Va. Part 1 of 3. Journey to Adios Amor—The Search for Maria Moreno. Virginia Beach for vintage finds both local Repeated 1 am 9/28; 2 am 9/29; and 3 am and global, including a John Wayne mug col- 9/30. lection, ca. 1960, a 1977 Frank McCarthy On 10:00 Upstart Crow (TV-PG) the Owl Hoot Trail oil and 1943-1944 Albert Sweet Sorrow. Will has finished Romeo and Einstein letters. Which is appraised for up to Juliet but now there’s a lot of competition for $100,000? who will play Juliet. Kate feels the part should (TV-PG) be hers. If only ladyacting weren’t against the 9:00 POV The Silence of Others. Learn about the law. struggle of victims and survivors of Spain’s 10:30 Amanpour and Company 40-year dictatorship under General Franco as 11:30 BBC World News they organize the groundbreaking “Argentine Lawsuit” and fight a state-imposed amnesia of Saturday crimes against humanity. 28 10:30 Amanpour and Company 7:00 Mum (TV-PG) 11:30 BBC World News 7:30 Still Open All Hours (TV-PG) 8:00 Masterpiece (TV-PG) (DVS) Downton Abbey. Season 5, part 9 of 9. The Crawleys go to a shooting party at a castle in Northumberland and return to Downton for a joyful Christmas holiday. 10:00 Red Dwarf (TV-G) Siliconia.

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“I was involved from the beginning when we Original Friend Elaine Peppers tells met with Don Mullally, Ruth Youngerman, the story of her work to get the Mike Mottler, and a few others. The interest in Friends of WILL off the ground. starting a Friends of WILL was initiated from a Thank you Elaine for sharing the study group of AAUW (American Association history for our 45th anniversary! of University Women) called ‘Media Issues in Communications.’ I asked Don Mullally to If you would like to continue the speak at one of our meetings. He mentioned work our great volunteers started the tight University budget and plans to cut 45 years ago, contact Danda Beard support; that without private support we may at 217-333-9393 or Erin Lippitz at no longer have public radio. I just couldn’t let 217-300-2895 to discuss the many that happen, so I started recruiting members ways you can give to WILL. of AAUW, and they in turn got many of their friends involved in volunteering. At the beginning, the volunteers helped with Classics by Request, and getting Patterns addressed and sent out and the pledge drives, just to name a few of the things that volun- teers did to help the station. In 1991 at the 50th anniversary of WILL-FM, a four-page history was printed and my involve- ment was recognized. I am so pleased that the Friends has continued and has allowed all three stations to thrive, AM, FM and TV. “

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Austin City Limits ∙ Americana 17th Annual Honors ∙ Ed Sheeran ∙ Robert Plant

Ken Burns’ The National Parks SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS POV Country Music by Ken Burns ∙ 93Queen All 8 episodes available on ∙ Survivors September 15 Rick Steves  Poldark ∙ Various episodes ∙ Season 5 available September 29 ∙ Seasons 1-4 available now Go to will.illinois.edu/passport to download the PBS video app  The Durrells in Corfu and unlock more shows with ∙ Season 4 available September 29 your WILL Passport. ∙ Seasons 1-3 available now

PATTERNS ∙ SEPTEMBER 2019 17 Illinois Public Media brings the story home with

David Lee Murphy

Enjoy a night out with live music, food, friends, There will also be a panel discussion with and local filmmaking. On Friday, September the filmmaker and individuals featured in the 13 at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Cham- documentary. paign, join us for this FREE celebration of Illinois Country was inspired by Ken Burns’ Illinois Country—WILL-TV’s new documentary Country Music, which will premiere on WILL- following our region’s role in the history and TV that Sunday evening on September 15 (see impact of country music. article on page 1). So gather your family and friends and come out to celebrate our great Marvin Lee state and terrific music. This event is FREE and open to the public. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.

Andrea Zonn

Starting at 6 pm, we’ll be closing down the street in front of the theater to enjoy live music and food trucks before going inside at 7 pm to enjoy more live music and scenes from Illinois Country. Our live music will come from two local favorites—Kathy Harden and Marvin Lee.

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Illinois Radio Reader Illinois Radio Reader provides that sound con- nection for anyone who cannot read on their grant renewed as program own, for any reason, as we know staying in expands to more listeners touch with the community is important. Over 50 volunteers record material every week for the Now in its 40th year, the Illinois Radio Reader is listener by either coming to the studio at WILL looking to reach more people with limited abil- or by reading at home. This loyal bunch of read- ity to read. The service is underwritten by WILL ers even record on holidays so that the listeners and the Illinois State Library through a grant are kept current. that was recently renewed. Most of you know someone who would benefit As the Baby Boomers age, it is predicted there from the Illinois Radio Reader service. At no cost will be over three million senior citizens who will to the client, a receiver can be provided with a lose all or partial ability to read on their own. short application. The live stream on the website For older adults, the ability to negotiate the is available 24 hours a day and there is a list world without sight is difficult. Being able to of prior readings that can be listened to at any listen to broadcasts of the local newspaper, cur- time. This application and additional information rent magazines, and books keeps the listeners is available at will.illinois.edu/illinoisradioreader, in sync with the world around them. or by calling 217-333-6503.

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Gather with Friends for the main event of the season

All the drama and intrigue you loved on You can join us with your gift to WILL at the Masterpiece on WILL-TV—now on the big $30 level, choosing one ticket to either preview screen with the return of your favorite aristo- as your thank you gift; or a gift of $60, which crats and their faithful servants. entitles you to two tickets and a year-long membership to WILL, including WILL Passport Join us on September 15 for an exclusive (a member benefit available for new or previ- Friends of WILL event and become one of the ously expired Friends of WILL). You can make first people in the U.S. to see the newDown - your gift and choose your thank you gift tickets ton Abbey movie while also supporting WILL. at willpledge.org or call 217-244-9455. We’ll have two opportunities for you to join in the royal viewing fun: We’ll see you at the theater as we are trans- ported back to Downton with Lady Mary, The • 2 pm at the AMC CLASSIC Springfield 12 Earl of Grantham, Mrs. Padmore (our favorite (3141 Mercantile Dr, Springfield) cook!) and many more. • 6:30 pm at the AMC Champaign 13 (910 Meijer Dr, Champaign)

20 PATTERNS ∙ SEPTEMBER 2019 Thank you, Program Underwriters! Private support accounts for the largest single We appreciate the following organizations that source of funds necessary to make Illinois Public have stepped forward to join the individuals Media and the WILL stations great resources and families who support award-winning public for communities across central Illinois. media services.

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Let us know six weeks in advance of moving Go to will.illinois.edu/optout to go so that we can make the proper change. green & receive Patterns digitally. SEPTEMBER Tony McManus and Julia Toaspern Rafiq Bhatia ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival Check here if you wish to remove your name from our membership list. Buddy Guy 5 Opening Night Party with Toko Telo, Please update my membership with this new address: Bombino, and Samantha Fish with ELLNORA Last Call! Featuring Luther Dickinson Brandon T. Washington and Friends Spontaneous Combustion 13 David Roussève/REALITY: Name Halfway to Dawn 6 Across the Sea: Jeff Peterson, Greg Sardinha, Tsun-Hui Hung 14 Chris Botti Street Sona Jobarteh Sinfonia da Camera: Stefan Milenkovich Performs Bruch Molly Tuttle and Steve Dawson City State Zip Sasha Velour’s Smoke & Mirrors Kaki King: DATA NOT FOUND 17 Jupiter String Quartet Phone day ( ) evening ( ) Stephane Wrembel Band with Jon Nakamatsu, piano PAT METHENY SIDE-EYE 19-21 Nathan and Julie Gunn: The Messthetics Drytown, A Living Room Vaudeville 7 20 Bizhiki Culture & Dance Company Friends of WILL and the Red Pants Band NONPROFIT 26 PYGMALION: Campbell Hall ORGANIZATION Stephane Wrembel Solo TECH DEMO + Human Library 300 North Goodwin Avenue Bokyung Byun and Jason Vieaux U.S. POSTAGE PAID PYGMALION: Astronomy on Tap Urbana, IL 61801-2316 CHAMPAIGN, IL Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley PYGMALION: Michelle Zauner PERMIT NO. 453 Sávila PYGMALION: Michelle Wolf Anat Cohen and Marcello 27 PYGMALION: Anton Porowski Goncalves; Aritmia: Merima 27-28 HOME by Geoff Sobelle Ključo and Miroslav Tadić 28 PYGMALION: J. Allyn Rosser + Danilo Brito Quartet Mark Halliday The Bluebonnets

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