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VOLUME 22 | ISSUE 1 JANUARY 2020 CURATE SEASON 4 ON FRIDAYS AT 8:30 From the Chief Executive Officer JANUARY 2020 VOLUME 22 | ISSUE 1 I love the start of a new year! It brings Our WHRO Education staff have a excitement and a time of new beginnings. busy year planned as well. In addition A publication of WHRO Public Media for Eastern Virginia. It is certainly an exciting time here to creating new courses for schools at WHRO Public Media as we air new across the Commonwealth, and traveling We appreciate the support of all of our members, and thank each and every one of you! programs and plan new events. throughout the community to present reading, science and math sessions for WHRO Public Media maintains an open meeting policy Music fans can look forward to a for our Board of Directors and Community Advisory young learners, they are busy preparing Boards. Members of the public are welcome to attend new season of Paul Shugrue’s Out of for our annual student competitions: and observe these meetings. To find out when and the Box Sandler Series this year. We the WHRO Young Storytellers, the where these meetings are held, consult the Corporate hope you will join us for these free section of our website, whro.org, or call 757-889-9420. Virginia Media Spelling Bee and the concerts on Thursday nights throughout Great Computer Challenge. You can PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER January and February. For talk radio read more about these on page 13. Bert Schmidt 757-889-9410 enthusiasts, our local shows HearSay and Another View will continue to highlight As excited as I am about our upcoming CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Tom Burton 757-889-9115 key issues in our society and foster programs and events, I know none of it community dialogue around them. would be possible without your generosity. CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER Heather Mazzoni 757-889-9396 Thank you for your support throughout Starting January 9, we will have a 2019. With your partnership, I am looking DIRECTOR, CORPORATE SUPPORT schedule flip withAnother View airing on forward to 2020 being an amazing year Diane Rogic 757-724-4423 Thursdays and Watching America airing for our WHRO family and our community. DIRECTOR, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS on Fridays. HearSay with Cathy Lewis, Thank you, and Happy New Year! Amy Houck 757-889-9491 now in its 24th year, will continue on CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Bert Schmidt Michael Clark, Laura Dresen, Dwight Davis, Belinda Elliott, Rebecca Evans, Heather Mazzoni, On WHRO TV, PBS kicks off the new and Nancy Rogan year with an exploration of America’s MANAGING EDITOR rich diversity through food and culture. Belinda Elliott 757-889-9339 A couple of key shows featuring these President DESIGNER stories are No Passport Required with & Chief Executive Officer Michael Watts 757-889-9345 Chef Marcus Samuelsson (Mondays, starting January 20, 9 p.m.) and the AUDIENCE SERVICES 757-889-9499 sixth season of Finding Your Roots with Dimensions (ISSN 1047-5532. Publication No. 190-200. Copyright 2004) is published monthly by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Tuesdays, 8 p.m.). the Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Also, season four of the Curate series Association, Inc., a non-profit corporation, licensee continues on Fridays at 8:30 p.m. Each of WHRO TV15, Public Television, and WHRV 89.5 FM / WHRO 90.3 FM, Public Radio. Distributed to all week, the program features a Hampton members of WHRO Public Media. Roads artist, along with artists from across the country, who work in a variety DIMENSIONS 5200 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23508 of mediums from painting to sculpture PHONE Southside 757-889-9400; and photography to the spoken word. Peninsula 757-881-9476; Williamsburg 757-903-2302 FAX 757-489-0007 E-MAIL [email protected] WEB whro.org Periodicals postage is paid at Norfolk, VA. POSTMASTER Send address changes to DIMENSIONS, c/o WHRO, 5200 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk, VA 23508 Locally owned by 21 regional school systems, WHRO Public Media is a public service institution of education, culture and citizenship utilizing its communication resources to serve and interact throughout Eastern Virginia. Inside This Issue Dimensions is printed on recycled paper containing 10% post consumer waste 2 From the CEO 10, 11 Dear WHRO, and uses eco-friendly soy based inks. 3 On the Cover 12 Emerging Leaders Board TV Highlights WHRO Education @WHRO 5, 7 13 On the Cover JOIN US FOR SEASON FOUR OF CURATE Have you ever wondered what the specifically for Hampton Roads. We inspiration was behind a song, how have also continued our partnership with a painter came up with an idea, or the Old Dominion University Cinema what that photographer saw just Department and will be showcasing the before capturing a shot? Whether student filmmakers’ work throughout you are an art enthusiast, culture various episodes this season. vulture, or just inquisitive, Curate, our multimedia program, brings you We hope you enjoy our weekly journey intimate conversations with the people through the arts, and please let us know who create art. Hampton Roads is home what you think. Visit whro.org/curate to a vibrant and thriving art scene. On any given day, you can find a mural A special thank you to the funders who in progress, a poetry slam contest, make Curate possible. The Peninsula or various arts shows throughout our Fine Arts Center, MOCA, Hermitage seven cities. WHRO Public Media is Museum & Gardens, Glass Light proud to spotlight local emerging artists Hotel & Gallery, Newport News Arts and seasoned professionals as well Commission, Williamsburg Area Arts as established arts organizations and Commission, Norfolk Arts Commission, visiting national artists in our region. City of Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission, Portsmouth Museum Each week, the program features a local & Fine Arts Commission, and the artist, along with artists from across Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission. the country, who work in a variety of mediums. Each episode is arranged By Heather Mazzoni around a central theme and offers a Chief Content Officer compelling look at artists and their [email protected] creations. Our features are shared nationally to thirty PBS stations through a content co-op, expanding our reach beyond Hampton Roads. This season we are thrilled to present artists recommended by members of the community, as well as national artists who created commissioned works 3 January 2020 Primetime 8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Washington Week Curate Great Performances at The Met - Marnie 1 8:00 P.M. 9:00 P.M. 10:00 P.M. Surviving the Dust Bowl: American Experience George Washington Carver: An Uncommon Life PBS NewsHour FRI 1 Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Pati’s Mexican Table New Orleans Kitchen This Old House Globe Trekker WED Cinema15: Carousel Doc Martin - Faith 2 The Jazz Ambassadors We Knew What We Had: The Greatest Jazz Story Never Told America Reframed - Detroit 48202 SAT 2 Cook’s Country Cook’s Country Cook’s Country Cook’s Country Cook’s Country Cook’s Country THU Victoria on Masterpiece - Season 3, Episode Three Victoria On Masterpiece - Season 3, Episode Four Tales from the Royal Bedchamber 3 Nature - Naledi: One Little Elephant Finding Your Roots - Dreaming of a New Land The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution SUN 3 Martha Bakes America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts New Orleans Kitchen Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe FRI Antiques Roadshow - Ca’ d’Zan Antiques Roadshow - Celebrating Black Americana Independent Lens - Black Memorabilia 4 Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Life on the Line Stories from the Stage PBS NewsHour MON 4 Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Pati’s Mexican Table New Orleans Kitchen This Old House Globe Trekker SAT Finding Your Roots - Freedom Tales Sealab: American Experience Frontline: Predators on the Reservation 5 America Reframed - 70 Acres In Chicago Independent Lens - A Ballerina’s Tale PBS NewsHour TUE5 SUN Martha Bakes America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts New Orleans Kitchen Craftsman’s Legacy Travelscope Nature - Arctic Wolf Pack NOVA - Decoding the Pyramids Dictator’s Playbook - Francisco Franco 6 Independent Lens - Black Memorabilia Frontline PBS NewsHour WED6 MON Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Pati’s Mexican Table New Orleans Kitchen Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe This Old House - Net Zero Comes Together Closet Door Chef’s Life Places to Love Confucius Was A Foodie - Cantonese 7 7 Dictator’s Playbook - Francisco Franco Black Women in Medicine PBS NewsHour THU TUE Martha Bakes America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts New Orleans Kitchen Craftsman’s Legacy Travelscope Washington Week Attucks Theater Live from Lincoln Center - Pipeline Breaking Big - Danai Gurira 8 8 Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story PBS NewsHour FRI WED Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Pati’s Mexican Table New Orleans Kitchen This Old House Globe Trekker Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Doc Martin - From the Mouths of Babes 9 9 SAT Deep City: The Birth of the Miami Sound Dreamland America Reframed - BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez THU Adventures with Purpose Travelscope Bare Feet in NYC Simply Ming Simply Painting Around Smart Travels Victoria On Masterpiece - Season 3, Episode Four Victoria On Masterpiece - Season 3, Episode Five Margaret: The Rebel Princess 1010 Nature - Arctic Wolf Pack Finding Your Roots - Freedom Tales POV - Whose Streets? SUNFRI Martha Bakes America’s Test Kitchen Nigella: At My Table New Orleans Kitchen Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe Antiques Roadshow - Ca d’Zan Antiques Roadshow - Miami Beach,