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PUBLIC TELEVISION & PUBLIC RADIO FOR ROCHESTER DECEMBER 2019 1. 2. See the Watch NATURE CAT: NUTCRACKER A NATURE CAROL with the Rochester with the kiddos, on City Ballet and the Monday, December 2 3THINGS1 TO DO RPO at Kodak Hall on at 3 PM on WXXI-TV THIS HOLIDAY Sunday, December 1 at 2 PM nnSEASON! nn 3. 4. STREIT’S: ORNAMENT MATZO AND THE OF THE WORLD AMERICAN DREAM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 AT 10 PM ON WXXI-TV AT 8 PM ON WXXI-TV The iconic Streit’s factory in New York, Learn how Muslims, Jews and a fifth-generation family business, Christians, in medieval Spain resiliently stays true to tradition, forged a common cultural identity. churning water and flour into matzo nnnusing ovens as old as the factory itself.n 5. WATKINS 6. AND THE RAPIERS CALL THE MIDWIFE HOLIDAY SHOW HOLIDAY SPECIAL SPECTACULAR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 AT 9 PM ON WXXI-TV AT THE LITTLE THEATRE Mother Mildred and the Nonnatus DOORS OPEN AT 7 PM House team go to the Outer Watkins and the Rapiers dip into their Hebrides in response to a nursing collections of over 600 original holiday shortage. nnntunes from this annual tradition. n 8. 9. 7. Pick up a copy of CLASSICAL 91.5’s HOLIDAY SONGBOOK CITY NEWSPAPER ALL DECEMBER ON CLASSICAL 91.5 Attend IT’S A Mid-day Host and Music Director WONDERFUL LIFE Julia Figueras curates major holiday works throughout the on Saturday, December 7 month and shares her playlist on nfrom 11 AM-4 PM nnClassical915.org. n We hope you enjoy our list of 31 THINGS TO DO during the month nof December! n

10. Take a YULETIDE IN THE COUNTRY TOUR from the Genesse Country Village and Museum, nnDecember 6-21.

11. Plan to check out the HOLIDAYS AT THE MARKET Sundays, December 1-15 nfrom 8 AM-2 PM. n

12. Check out Rochester Museum & Science Center’s HOLIDAY LASER LIGHT SHOW nnthrough January 2020.

Please visit our website with links to specific details for each item listed WXXI.org/holidaytodos n2 n EXECUTIVE STAFF DEAR FRIEND, DECEMBER 2019 Norm Silverstein, President The holidays are upon us – and as you can tell VOLUME 10, ISSUE 12 Susan Rogers, Executive Vice President and General Manager WXXI is a public non-commercial from the cover, there’s so much to do and see this Jeanne E. Fisher, Vice President, Radio broadcasting station owned December. In keeping with the numerical theme and operated by WXXI Public David Lott, Vice President, Technology and Operations of this month’s magazine, I’d like to count down Broadcasting Council, a not-for- Todd McCammon, Vice President of TV our five proudest accomplishments of 2019. Here proﬁt corporation chartered by they are: the Board of Regents of New York BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS State. “Program Listings” (USPS Robert A. Healy, Chair 1. The Acquisition of CITY Newspaper: In the Norm Silverstein 0742-390) is published monthly David A. Still, Vice Chair at 280 State Street, Rochester, NY spring, WXXI acquired CITY Newspaper after Stephen Sloan, Treasurer nn 14614 to promote the programs being approached by Mary Anna and Bill Towler, who wanted to be sure that and activities of the public Betsy Wilson, Secretary their weekly newspaper continued after their retirement. This acquisition broadcasting stations. has helped both entities expand coverage of politics, culture, arts and our Periodical mailing postage neighborhoods. Shortly after the acquisition, we announced that longtime paid at Rochester, N.Y. Member & Audience Services...... 585.258.0200 CITY reporter Jeremy Moule was promoted to news editor and that popular WXXI Main Number...... 585.325.7500 local columnist and reporter David Andreatta was hired to succeed Mary Anna POSTMASTER: Service Interruptions...... 585.258.0331 as editor. Send changes of address to Audience Response Line...... 585.258.0360 2. Sesame Street 50th Anniversary: This year marked Sesame Street’s 50th WXXI Program Listings, Copies of Local Programs...... 585.258.0369 Membership Department, anniversary and we have been celebrating all year long. We kicked things off P.O. Box 30021, Rochester, NY Reachout Radio...... 585.258.0333 with Sesame Street Day with the Red Wings at Frontier Field, which included 14603-3021. Educational Resources...... 585.258.0278 a stadium-wide sing-a-long of Sunny Days. We hosted a Cookie Monster Bash Volunteer Services...... 585.258.0249 at the Rochester Central Library, where nearly 3,000 “Cookie Fans” enjoyed * Please note that all programs are Corporate Sponsorships...... 585.258.0282 a fun-filled day of Sesame activities and a meet-and-greet with the monster subject to change. For up-to-date program listings, special highlights and Newsroom ...... 585.258.0340 himself. We also hosted a Sesame Street Party for Grown-Ups and brought local news, just log onto WXXI.org. WXXI On-line...... www.wxxi.org in Joe Fielder, trombonist and musical arranger for Sesame Street, to perform 13. classics from the beloved children’s show. This month, our education team is nn hosting a special Super Saturday with Super Grover 2.0 as part of our Sesame Consider making a Street in Communities Rural Outreach Initiative. year-end gift to WXXI. 3. Documentary Films: The Little Theatre saw a resurgence in documentary Visit WXXI.org/give films, as it continued its commitment to bringing audiences’ festival favorites and award winners. This included: Won’t You Be My Neighbor, which had a special sold-out screening and Skype with Mister Rogers Neighborhood #thankful producer Mary Witmer, followed by a successful 10-week run. RBG, the official selection for The Little’s One Take Film Festival, featured a sold-out show and Skype with the co-director, followed by a well-attended seven-week run, and MOVE, part of The Little’s year-long Black Cinema Series, drew 400+ attendees who came to see the film about the aftermath of the 2017 shooting at the Rochester Boys & Girls Club, and to hear from local director Tam Little. 4. Move to Include: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting awarded WXXI a grant to lead five public television stations in a national pilot to expand our Move to Include initiative, a partnership with the Golisano Foundation. With nn experience in programming and producing disability-related content, we are guiding these stations in production, curation, and engagement to promote inclusion in communities across the country. 5. Increased Arts Coverage: Dedicated to spotlighting the arts and vibrant cultural life in Rochester, WXXI News expanded coverage of the arts – which included the hiring of veteran arts reporter Jeff Spevak and award-winning photojournalist and videographer Max Schulte. The acquisition of CITY certainly underscored our commitment to the arts, as the experience and quality that CITY brings is being recognized throughout the community.

From trusted and balanced news reporting, to Classical 91.5’s local hosts and productions, to the great music you hear on WRUR, to all the programming we present on TV and at The Little, it has truly been a great year. This important work would not be possible without your support, and for that, we thank you. nn Warmest holiday wishes and all the best for the New Year!

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Norm Silverstein SUPER SATURDAY [email protected] | @normWXXI WITH SUPER nn GROVER 2.0. 3 Q&A with a WXXI CORPORATE SPONSOR STUDIO SALES POTTERY is a studio, gallery, community classroom and full service ceramic supply that has been operating in Avon, NY for over thirty years. Owner, Michael Carroll, has been throwing clay professionally for even longer. His work has been exhibited throughout the country and has made it to every continent except Antarctica. This month, WXXI connects with Michael to learn more about the art of pottery and the offerings at Studio Sales Pottery. Q. How did you get started with pottery? And what pieces do you most enjoy making now? I started making pottery while in Rush Henrietta Junior High. Later in high school I was able to take ceramic classes at R.I.T.’s College of Continuing Education. I went on to study Studio Arts at Nazareth College. I enjoy all aspects of working with clay. My favorite tools are the potter’s wheel and my wood fred kiln and my favorite forms are bowls and mugs. MICHAEL Q. What advice would you give to someone who is just beginning and would like to learn pottery? CARROLL Expect to get messy and work with your mind, body and spirit. Working with clay is a thoughtful, OWNER in-the-moment process and can require simultaneous muscle and fne motor skills to fgure out the

EVENTS expression and beauty. Q. Can you share more about your studio class offerings? I offer regular ten week classes in the winter, spring and fall with a shorter six or eight week offering in the summer. Currently there are eight spots available in each class. There is usually a rolling core of students and a few spots open each session. Q. What do you feel best characterizes an excellent piece of pottery? Good composition - form, line and surface all working together to achieve function and or beauty. Q. Holiday gift recommendations from your gallery store? Working on cookie trays! Platters and bowls in a variety of sizes and colors. All hand-made from raw clay to kiln opening. Q. Anything else you’d like readers to know? The Western New York Pottery Festival! This juried festival is held every June over the Father’s Day weekend at Studio Sales Pottery and showcases pottery, sculpture and tile work from artists in WNY, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina.

Studio Sales Pottery Studio Sales Pottery (#studiosalespottery & #mikespothouse) NEWS & To learn more about underwriting on WXXI, email [email protected]

15. Check out the SWEET CREATIONS at the George Eastman Museum through December 15. MINI-HOMETOWN CELEBRATIONS! Sesame Workshop is partnering with local PBS stations serving rural communities across the country to enhance their early childhood education programs through the Sesame Street in Communities program. WXXI is one of 10 stations chosen to be part of this initiative and will be collaborating with Pioneer Library System and their member libraries to host Sesame Street Mini-Hometown Celebrations as they honor Sesame Street’s 50th anniversary. Each celebration will be unique to the library hosting and the families attending. For a list of participating libraries and specifics on their events, visitWXXI.org/sesame .

In addition to these mini-celebrations, WXXI will host Super Saturday with Super Grover 2.0 on December 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Finger Lakes Community College, where families from rural communities will enjoy a day of celebrating early learning with activity stations and learning experiences hosted by librarians from Pioneer Library System and pre-service educators from FLCC. Plus, families will have a chance to meet Super Grover.

WXXI’s participation in and work on the Sesame Street in Communities Rural Outreach Initiative is made possible by:

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BURNETT: CAROL A CELEBRATION 8 PM DECEMBER 7 AT SATURDAY, ON WXXI-TV and Comedian, actress sketch/variety performer Burnett is known as Carol greatest one of America’s comics. A groundbreaking, Emmy-winning entertainer, Burnett was the first woman to host a variety show on national television. Her The longtime hit program, which Carol Burnett Show, 1967 to 1978, ran from garnered 25 primetime Emmy special explores This Awards. on early career Burnett’s and on the TV Broadway variety series The Gary Moore Show. WXXI-TV presents an encore presentation of presentation an encore WXXI-TV presents this special that celebrates the 40th season of PBS home improvement the groundbreaking series. This includes interviews with hosts and cast members, vintage clips, and favorite the series from moments and renovations of television genre an entire that inspired you’ll During the broadcast, programming. This Old House event at learn about WXXI’s you Hochstein School on January 13 and how can get tickets. Repeats 12/7 at 10 AM. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 AT 8 PM 5 AT DECEMBER THURSDAY,

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mornings DT 21.1 / CABLE 11 & 1221

6am Cyberchase WEEKDAYS SATURDAY SUNDAY 6:30 Cyberchase 7 Arthur 6:00a Ready Jet Go! Mister Roger’s Neighborhood Mister Roger’s Neighborhood 7:30 Odd Squad 6:30a Arthur Dinosaur Train Splash and Bubbles 8 Ready Jet Go! 7:00a Curious George Sesame Street Sesame Street 8:30 Peg + Cat 7:30a Nature Cat Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9 Clifford the Big Red Dog 8:00a Wild Kratts Pinkalicious & Peterrific Pinkalicious & Peterrific 9:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 10 Sesame Street 8:30a Molly of Denali Molly of Denali Molly of Denali 10:30 Super Why!/Esme & Roy (weekends only) 9:00a Xavier Riddle Xavier Riddle Xavier Riddle 11 Word World 9:30a Let’s Go Luna! A Wider World Let’s Go Luna! 11:30 Splash and Bubbles 10:00a Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood This Old House Nature Cat 12p Sid the Science Kid 10:30a Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Ask This Old House Wild Kratts 12:30 Cailou 1 Peep and the Big Wide World 11:00a Sesame Street Woodsmith Shop Growing Bolder 1:30 Martha Speaks 11:30a Pinkalicious & Peterrific Ciao Italia Gzero World 2 Sesame Street Noon Dinosaur Train Lidia’s Kitchen To the Contrary 2:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 12:30p Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Milk Street Kitchen Second Opinion 3 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood KIDS SPECIALS: WEEKEND SPECIALS: 3:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific WILD KRATTS: A CREATURE CHRISTMAS 12/2, 7-8am; 12/6, 7-8am; 12/12, 7:30-8:30am; 12/23, 7-8am; 12/25, 11am-12pm THE BRAIN FITNESS PROGRAM 12/1, 12-2pm 4 Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! NATURE CAT: A NATURE CAROL 12/1, 7-8am; 12/2, 8-9am; 12/4, 7-8am; 12/2, 7-8am; 12/6, 8-9am; 12/24, 7-8am; 12/25, 10-11am, 12/27, 7-8am THIS OLD HOUSE-40TH ANNIVERSARY 4:30 Dinosaur Train LUNA’S CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD 12/2, 9:30-10:30am; 12/6,9:30-10:30am; 12/17, 9:30-10:30am 12/7, 10-11:30am THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS 12/2, 12-1pm; 12/6, 12-1pm; 12/19, 7-8am; 12/25, 8-9am FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S BOYTON HOUSE 5 Let’s Go Luna! CURIOUS GEORGE: A VERY MONKEY CHRISTMAS 12/3, 7-8am; 12/5, 6:30-7:30am; 12/25, 7-8am 12/7, 11:30am-1pm, 12/10, 12:30am-2pm 5:30 Nature Cat CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG SPECIAL 12/9, 10:30-11:30am; 12/13, 10-11am 8 DAYS: TO THE MOON & BACK 12/14, 12-2pm PEG + CAT + HOLIDAY 12/11, 6-7am; 12/25, 9-10am afternoons

SUNDAY December 1 AFTERNOON

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm (cont. 12pm) The Brain Fitness Program | A Classic Christmas (My Music) | Country Music: Live at the Ryman

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WEDNESDAY December 4 AFTERNOON

late night DT 21.1 / CABLE 11 & 1221

6pm Wild Kratts WEEKDAYS WEEKENDS 6:30 Wild Kratts 7 Molly of Denali 11:00pm Sunday, December 1 Saturday, December 21 7:30 Molly of Denali Amanpour and Company 12a Spying on the Royals Pt. 1 11:30p The Magic of Christmas 8 Odd Squad (On 12/2-12/6, 12/9-13, 12/16-18, in Alsace 8:30 Arthur 12/20, 12/24-25, 12/27) Saturday, December 7 12a Austin City Limits 9 Ready Jet Go! 11p Aging Backwards 3 with Tom Waits 9:30 Word Girl 11:30pm Miranda Esmonde-White 10 Sesame Street Amanpour and Company 12a Austin City Limits Sunday, December 22 10:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (On 12/19, 12/23, 12/26, 12/30) Miguel/Alessia Cara 11p Midsomer Murders 11 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood A Rare Bird Pt. 1 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 12:00am Sunday, December 8 12a Midsomer Murders 12am Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! BBC World News 12a Spying on the Royals Pt. 2 A Rare Bird Pt. 2 12:30 Dinosaur Train (On 12/2-12/6, 12/9-13, 12/16-18, 12/20, 12/24-25, 12/27) Saturday, December 14 Saturday, December 28 1 Let’s Go Luna! 12a Austin City Limits 11:30p Chefs Marcus and Vivian: 1:30 Nature Cat 12:30am Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs A Taste of What’s Next 2 Nature Cat Amanpour and Company 12a Austin City Limits 2:30 Wild Kratts (On 12/31) Sunday, December 15 6th Annual Hall of Fame Honors 3 Wild Kratts BBC World News 11p Midsomer Murders 3:30 Molly of Denali (On 12/19, 12/23, 12/26, 12/30) A Sacred Trust Pt. 1 Sunday, December 29 4 Odd Squad Second Opinion 12a Midsomer Murders 11p Midsomer Murders 4:30 Arthur (On 12/2-12/6, 12/9-13, 12/16-18, A Sacred Trust Pt. 2 The Dark Rider Pt. 1 5 Ready Jet Go! 12/20, 12/24-25, 12/27) 12a Midsomer Murders 5:30 World Girl The Dark Rider Pt. 2

evenings PLEASE NOTE: THE PREMIERE DATES OF NEW SERIES OR FIRST EPISODES IN NEW SEASONS WILL BE MARKED IN BOLD.

SUNDAY December 1 EVENING

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm (cont. 12pm) The Brain Fitness Program | A Classic Christmas (My Music) | Country Music: Live at the Ryman PBS NewsHour | Leonard Cohen: The Tower Song | Downton Abbey Live! Cast, Creators & Spoilers Too! | Downton Abbey Returns

MONDAY December 2

TUESDAY December 3 EVENING

WEDNESDAY December 4

FRIDAY December 6 AFTERNOON

SATURDAY December 7 AFTERNOON

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm Ken Burns: Country Music | Survival Guide for Pain Free Living | A Classical Christmas (My Music)

SUNDAY December 8 AFTERNOON

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm This Old House – 40th Anniversary Special | Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House: Next Hundred Years | John Fogerty: My 50 Year Trip America’s Heartland | Start Up | Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | America ReFramed Circle Up create/ MARATHON: Masterful Bakers – It’s a baking Masterclass lead by Great British Baking Show judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. Mary and Paul are revealing all their tips and tricks.

MONDAY December 9 AFTERNOON

TUESDAY December 10 AFTERNOON *Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas

WEDNESDAY December 11 AFTERNOON

THURSDAY December 12 AFTERNOON *Second Opinion Bladder Cancer

FRIDAY December 13 AFTERNOON

FRIDAY December 6 EVENING *Rick Steves’ Festive Europe

SATURDAY December 7 EVENING

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm Ken Burns: Country Music | Survival Guide for Pain Free Living | A Classical Christmas (My Music) PBS NewsHour | New York Now | Lawrence Welk Southtown, USA | Carol Burnett: A Celebration | Chaka Khan Homecoming

SUNDAY December 8 EVENING

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm This Old House – 40th Anniversary Special | Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House: Next Hundred Years | John Fogerty: My 50 Year Trip PBS NewsHour | Carol Burnett: A Celebration | Great Performances An Intimate Evening with David Foster | John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind

MONDAY December 9 EVENING

TUESDAY December 10 EVENING

WEDNESDAY December 11 EVENING

THURSDAY December 12 EVENING

FRIDAY December 13 EVENING *Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 8 Days: To the Moon and Back | John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music) | Aretha Franklin Remembered (My Music) | Aretha! Queen...Soul

SUNDAY December 15 AFTERNOON *European Christmas Markets

MONDAY December 16 AFTERNOON

TUESDAY December 17 AFTERNOON

WEDNESDAY December 18 AFTERNOON

THURSDAY December 19 AFTERNOON *Second Opinion Childhood Vaccines

FRIDAY December 20 AFTERNOON

SATURDAY December 21 AFTERNOON

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm Weeknight Meals | Mexican Table | Great British Baking Show Christmas Masterclass from Season 1,2, 3 and 5

SUNDAY December 22 AFTERNOON

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm Aging Backwards 3/M. Esmonde-White | Carpenters Close to You & Christmas Memories (My Music) | Handel’s Messiah | Firing Line

6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 8 Days: To the Moon and Back | John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music) | Aretha Franklin Remembered (My Music) | Aretha! Queen...Soul PBS NewsHour | New York Now | Lawrence Welk God Bless America | Great Performances: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

SUNDAY December 15 EVENING

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm PBS NewsHour | Anne of Green Gables | Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars | Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew

MONDAY December 16 EVENING *Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin Chenoweth

TUESDAY December 17 EVENING

WEDNESDAY December 18 EVENING

THURSDAY December 19 EVENING *The Magic of Christmas in Alsace **Second Opinion Hypothyroidism + The Directors Frank Capra

FRIDAY December 20 EVENING *Chefs Marcus and Vivian: A Taste of What’s Next

DW The Day | BBC World | Let There Be Light | Ornament of the World | PBS NewsHour

SATURDAY December 21 EVENING

Focus on Europe | Firing Line | Pacific Heartbeat Waiting for John | Three Faiths, One God | Saving Brinton: America ReFramed create/ MARATHON: Joy to the World – Lifestyle experts Vivian Howard, Nigella, the ATK crew and the late great Leah Chase will show you how to prepare a feast and decorate your home for Christmas.

SUNDAY December 22 EVENING

6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm PBS NewsHour | Portraits/Architecture | Pride & Prejudice Pt. 1 of 6 | Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Pts. 1, 2 and 3

TUESDAY December 24 AFTERNOON *Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin Chenoweth

WEDNESDAY December 25 AFTERNOON *European Christmas Markets

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm Christmas at St. Olaf: Rise with Healing... | Purdue 85th Anniversary Christmas... | Crane Candelight Concert | A Classic Christmas w/ Bach Fest Society | Christmas at St. Paul’s

THURSDAY December 26 AFTERNOON *Second Opinion Millennial Health

FRIDAY December 27 AFTERNOON

SATURDAY December 28 AFTERNOON *Second Opinion Depression **100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destination +European Christmas Markets 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm Weeknight Meals | Mexican Table | Test Kitchen | Cook’s Country | *Second Opinion | **100 Days,... | Call the Midwife Holiday Special | +European Christ...

SUNDAY December 29 AFTERNOON

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm The Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD | Count Basie - Through His Own Eyes (movetoinclude.org) | New York’s Seaway Lighthouses | Firing Line

MONDAY December 30 AFTERNOON

TUESDAY December 31 AFTERNOON

TUESDAY December 24 EVENING

WEDNESDAY December 25 EVENING

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm Christmas at St. Olaf: Rise with Healing... | Purdue 85th Anniversary Christmas... | Crane Candelight Concert | A Classic Christmas w/ Bach Fest Society | Christmas at St. Paul’s BBC World News | Nightly Business | PBS NewsHour | Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days/Tudor Christmas | Call the Midwife Holiday Special | Hold the Sunset

THURSDAY December 26 EVENING *Second Opinion Insomnia **The Directors George Cukor

FRIDAY December 27 EVENING

SATURDAY December 28 EVENING

SUNDAY December 29 EVENING

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm The Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD | Count Basie - Through His Own Eyes (movetoinclude.org) | New York’s Seaway Lighthouses | Firing Line PBS NewsHour | Portraits/Architecture | Pride & Prejudice Pt. 2 of 6 | Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Pts. 4, 5, and 6

MONDAY December 30 EVENING

TUESDAY December 31 EVENING

Real Food | Tastemakers | Dining with Chef | My Greek Table | Islands w/o Cars | David Yetman | Rick Steves | Woodsmith | Growing Greener| Make it Artsy create/ Woodwright Shop | Curtis Stone | The Great British Baking Show | Martha Stewart | Test Kitchen | Quick and Easy | Curtis Stone | Woodright’s Shop | Travelscope 13 AM1370 PROGRAMMING HD 91.5 HD2 Monday-Friday Saturday Sunday HOLIDAY 5:00 Legislative Gazette/ Capital Connection With Good Reason 6:00 The Treatment SPECIALS Morning Edition Inside Europe 6:30 Steve Inskeep, Rachel Martin, The Business — ON AM 1370 — David Greene, and Noel King and local host Beth Adams 7:00 Only a Game Krista Tippett On Being Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WXXY-FM 90.3 THE KEEPERS and WXXI-FM HD-2 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 AT 12 NOON 8:00 Weekend Edition Weekend Edition with Scott Simon with Lulu Garcia-Navarro From The Kitchen Sisters and PRX with 9:00 and local host April Franklin and local host April Franklin host, Academy Award-winning actress Frances McDormand comes stories 10:00 1A Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me! Hidden Brain of activist archivists, rogue librarians, with Joshua Johnson curators, collectors and historians. 11:00 (855) 236-1212 [email protected] Hidden Brain Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me! Guardians of history, large and small. Protectors of the free flow of information NOON This American Life Connections with Evan Dawson and ideas. Keepers of the culture and 1-844-295-TALK (8255) Live from Here 1:00 [email protected] Travel with Rick Steves collections they keep. Repeats 12/24 at 9 p.m. Chris Kimball’s 2:00 Here & Now (M-Th) Radio Lab Science Friday (F) Milk Street Radio SELECTED SHORTS: TOUGH 3:00 TED Radio The Splendid Table LOVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 AT 1 P.M. 4:00 All Things Considered The Political Junkie Living on Earth Audie Cornish, Mary Louise Kelly, Guest host Robert Sean Leonard presents Ailsa Chang, and Ari Shapiro All Things Considered All Things Considered three ways of looking at the holiday 5:00 and local host Alex Crichton with Michel Martin with Michel Martin season: “Interview with God,” by Amy Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WXXY-FM 90.3, 6:00 and WXXI-FM HD-2 Krouse Rosenthal, performed by Jayne Latino USA This American Life Atkinson and James Naughton; “The 6:30 Marketplace Fir Tree,” by Hans Christian Andersen, performed by James Naughton; and 7:00 Fresh Air On the Media Snap Judgment “A Present for Big St. Nick,” by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by Tate Donvan. 8:00 Various Programs Technation On the Media

9:00 A SEASON’S GRIOT AM 1370 Special THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26 AT 1 PM Big Picture Science Connections with Evan Dawson Hosted for 25 years by acclaimed Repeat of today’s show at 12pm storyteller Madafo Lloyd Wilson, this 10:00 The Pulse Reveal annual one-hour special captures the tales and traditions of African American and 11:00 The Capitol Press Room Weekend Radio Le Show African peoples. The show’s poet laureate,

MID. Beverly Burnette, and other members to 5ah BBC World Service BBC World Service BBC World Service of the Season’s Griot family return with familiar and favorite elements of Griot. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: YULE LIKE THIS HANUKKAH LIGHTS 2019 APM REPORTS: SPOTLIGHT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15 AT 9 PM ON AM 1370 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 AT 9 PM ON AM 1370 ON INDIGENOUS RELOCATION Fir tree needles embedded in carpet The NPR favorite returns with all new SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1 AT 9 PM ON AM 1370 are a holiday headache. Why not Hanukkah stories. Hosted by Susan Listen to this honest, insightful discussion decorate a genetically-modified, Stamberg and Murray Horwitz. Repeats of the ongoing trauma and mental health needle-retaining tree instead? It’s just 12/23 at 1 p.m. and 10 p.m. impacts from the U.S. government’s another way that science is relevant to American Indian Relocation Program— the holidays. We have more. designed in the 1950s to assimilate Indigenous people into white-centric society and eliminate tribal governments and culture.

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ALL SONGS CONSIDERED AN ECHOES AMBIENT HOLIDAY SPECIALS FOR THE HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR’S EVE — ON WRUR FM— BOB AND ROBIN’S HOLIDAY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 AT 10 PM CRUISE TO BERMUDA Dance in the New Year with an TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 AT 8 PM Echoes Ambient New Year’s Eve. ECHOES SONIC SEASONINGS: THE BIG TINY DESK All systems are plugged in, the FLOW AND FRIENDS HOLIDAY SPECIAL This year, All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton chill is turned up to 11, as we MONDAY, DECEMBER 23 AT 10 P.M. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 AT 9 PM decide to get away from it all with a swing in on electronic sounds Echoes Sonic Seasonings bring Celebrate the season with amazing holiday cruise to Bermuda. Along the old, new and beyond time and you FLOW, an instrumental holiday performances from The way they meet a few special guests space. John Diliberto dials up supergroup with Fiona Joy Hawkins, Tiny Desk Concert series including aboard the ship, including John the best of chilled, downtempo Lawrence Blatt, Jeff Oster and Will Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Legend, Aloe Blacc, Steve Martin and ambient music from 2019 to Ackerman, the founder of Windham Steve Martin, Hanson, The and the Steep Canyon Rangers, kick off the new year. Hill Records. With a coterie of Polyphonic Spree and more! Hosted William Shatner, Lucius, Micky friends, they get together in new by NPR Music frenemies Bob Boilen Dolenz of The Monkees and Rodney configurations to reinvent the sound and Stephen Thompson. Crowell, who all try to share their of Christmas. own good cheer for the holidays. 15 Monthly program listings and highlights: classical915.org HD 91.5-1 CLASSICAL 91.5 PROGRAMMING Monday-Friday Saturday Sunday SUNDAY AT 3PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC 6:00a Classical Music 12/1 Wolfe: Fire in My Mouth (Women of The Classical Music with John Andres Crossing, Donald Nally, Dir; The Young People’s 7:00 Classical Music Chorus of New York, Franciso Núñez, Dir; Jaap with Brenda Tremblay van Zweden, cond) 8:00 Performance Today With Heart and Voice 12/8 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 Saint‐Saëns: with Fred Child Cello Concerto No. 1 Kodály: Dances of 9:00 with Peter DuBois Galánta Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 10:00 The Score with Edmund Stone 12/15 NYP Jukebox – Winter Holiday J. Performance Today Strauss, II: Overture to Die Fledermaus with Fred Child from An Evening with Danny Kaye Mozart: 11:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm w/ Michael Lasser Sunday Baroque German Dance, Sleigh Ride Bernard: Winter with Suzanne Bona Classical Music Wonderland Suessdorf: Moonlight in Vermont NOON Classical Music with Marianne Carberry Anderson: Sleigh Ride Grieg/Seidl: March of with Julia Figueras 1:00p the Dwarfs from Lyric Suite Vivaldi: Winter from Live from Hochstein The Four Seasons Vaughan‐Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves Poulenc: Gloria Prokofiev: 2:00 (Wednesdays at 12:10pm) Classical Music with Joshua Bassette Troika from Lt. Kijé Suite Prokofiev: Three Selections from Winter Bonfire‐Children’s Suite 3:00 Met Opera Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker New York Philharmonic Mahler: Movement 1 from Symphony No. 4 4:00 Classical Music Offenbach: Ballet of The Snowflakes from Le with Mona Seghatoleslami Voyage Dans La Lune Humperdinck: Children’s 5:00 From the Top Prayer from Hänsel und Gretel 12/22 Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring 6:00 The Score HolidayClassical Specials Guitar Alive! Copland: Selections from Old American Songs With Heart and Voice Cole Porter: A selection of popular songs 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Fascinatin’ Rhythm With Heart & Voice with Peter DuBois Gershwin: An American in Paris 8:00 Feminine Fusion with Diane Jones 12/29 TBA Syndicated Orchestral Series (see below) Pipedreams 9:00 AT 1PM Echoes SATURDAY The Spanish Hour Monday, 10-11pm THE METROPOLITAN OPERA 10:00 Hearts of Space Concierto Tuesday, 10pm-12am 12/7 Glass: Akhnaten (MET Premiere) Fiesta! Thursday, 10-11pm 11:00 12/14 Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades Echoes Friday, 10 pm -12 am Classical Music Classical Music 12/21 Verdi: Macbeth MID+ Classical Music 12/28 Mozart: The Magic Flute

MONDAY AT 8PM TUESDAY AT 8PM WEDNESDAY AT 8PM THURSDAY AT 8PM FRIDAY AT 8PM DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ON STAGE GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONYCAST 12/2 Beethoven: Twelve 12/3 Reinecke: Flute 12/4 Korngold: Violin 12/5 Brahms: Variations on a 12/6 Aho: Minea Kuusisto: Variations for piano and violin Concerto Brahms: Ein Theme by Haydn Bartók: Piano from The Marriage of Figaro, concerto Kernis: Invisible Violin Concerto Sibelius: deutsches Requiem Concerto No. 3 Schoenberg: Archduke Trio Tchaikovsky: Trio Mosaic III Williams: Symphony No. 2 12/10 Mahler: Symphony Schindler’s List Beethoven: Transfigured NightBeethoven: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto 12/13 Bacewicz: Overture No. 9 Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 1 12/9 Offenbach: Grand Mozart: Piano Concerto Concerto, Military, Selections 12/12 Glazunov: Concert Waltz 12/17 Mozart: Piano 12/11 Mozart: Overture to No. 18, Paradis Williams: from Orpheus in the Underworld, Concerto No. 14 Schubert: No. 1 Prokofiev: Violin Concerto The Rhine Nixies, Tales of Marriage of Figaro Saint No. 1 Sibelius: Suite from Karelia Symphony No. 6 Symphony No. 8, Unfinished Saëns: Cello Concerto Hoffmann, The Beautiful Helen, Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 12/20 Ravel: Le Tombeau Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. and La Haine, Selections Mozart: Symphony No. 39 de Couperin Leshnoff: from The Grand Dutchess of Strauss: Overture to Die 1 Rachmaninoff: Symphony 12/19 Stravinsky: Concerto for Guitar Concerto Gerolstein Fledermaus Ginastera: No. 2 String Orchestra Prokofiev: Violin 12/24 Pintscher: toward Variaciones concertantes 12/16 Mozart: Symphony No. 25 Concerto No. 2 Traditional/ Hummel: Potpourri for viola and 12/18 J.S. Bach: Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole Osiris Debussy: La mer Limonov: Auld lang syne orchestra Schubert: Symphony Brandenburg No. 5 Brahms: Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, 12/27 Tchaikovsky: Sleeping No. 5 Violin Concerto Beethoven: No. 5, Egyptian Scriabin: The Pathétique Ives: IV. Thanksgiving Beauty Suite, Piano Concerto Symphony No. 9 12/23 J.S. Bach: Organ Fantasy, Poem of Ecstasy, Symphony and Forefathers’ Day from New No. 3, Symphony No. 5 Orchestral Suite, Cantata No. 4 England Holidays Symphony 110 Charpentier : Te Deum J.S. Bach: Fugue for two 12/31 Adams: Doctor Atomic 12/26 Mozart: Symphony No. harpsichords Froberger: Toccata Symphony Orff: Carmina 25 Beethoven: Piano Concerto 12/30 Selections from operas by burana No. 2 Mozart: Symphony No. 41 Puccini, Beethoven, Rossini, Poulenc: Concert champêtre Handel, Verdi, and more. 16 18. Download CLASSICAL 91.5’s holiday songbook, this month’s playlist of all the major holiday works curated by host and music director LIVE FROM HOCHSTEIN: Julia Figueras. For more EASTMAN HORN CHOIR details, visit Classical915.org. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4 AT 12:10 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: WINTER HOLIDAYS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15 AT 3 PM 19. Join us at Hochstein School for LIVE FROM HOCHSTEIN: A CUP OF GOOD CHEER on December 11 at 12:10 PM

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20. GALA HOLIDAY BACKSTAGE PASS POPS at Kodak Hall WITH CONCENTUS on December 20 at 8 PM WOMEN’S CHORUS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 AT 1 PM

THE NIGHTS OF CHANUKAH DAILY, DECEMBER 22-29 AT 3 PM

A BLESSING OF CHRISTMAS A FESTIVAL OF NINE FEATURING LESSONS AND CAROLS HUGH BONNEVILLE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 AT 10 AM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 AT 6 PM 17 THREE KINGS (35MM) MAGNOLIA MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 MONDAY, DECEMBER 16

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WXXI & FINALE! 21. See NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION at the Little Theatre on December 14 at 3 PM

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION WATKINS AND THE RAPIERS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 AT 3 PM GREMLINS HOLIDAY STORYBOOK SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 AT 9:30 PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 AT 8 PM TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THELITTLE.ORG Saturday Night Rewind is a monthly The group’s sound is an amalgamation of different genres. The foursome describes its throwback series of genre flicks from the Little Theatre and Fright-Rags. sound as folk music with a beat and Americana flavoring. The band has been rocking out in the Greater Rochester area since January 1996. the group’s first album was released in a year later, in 1997. Watkins and the Rapiers Little debut was in 2009. This is Watkins and the Rapiers fourth holiday show in The Little’s 18 theater 1. The band will also be performing every Monday in December in The Little Café. 22. Connect with an old nnFRIEND

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