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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. I never imagined a time when virtually all of WILL’s work could be managed from home, or that we would 101.1 FM and 90.9 FM HD2: Locally produced need to scramble in order to make sure all of WILL’s music programs and classical music from C24. employees have a safe and productive place to work (101.1 is available in the Champaign-Urbana area.) See page 6. away from Campbell Hall. But, we’ve done it. Brian Moline, host of Morning Edition on WILL-AM, 580 AM: News and information, NPR, BBC, news, agriculture, talk shows. (Also heard and later Vic DiGeronimo host of Classic Mornings, on 90.9 FM HD3 with live streaming on are coming to you live each morning. Our midday will.illinois.edu.) See page 7. talk program The 21st is broadcast live at 11 am, with in-depth stories on the coronavirus outbreak as TELEVISION it relates to our state, and more specifically to central WILL-HD All your favorite PBS and local programming, Illinois. In fact, each Monday on The 21st, you’ll in high definition when available. 12.1; Contact hear from reporters at each of our partner stations your cable or satellite provider for channel around the state, giving you a state-wide perspective. information. See pages 9-16. Our reporters fashioned “studios” from closets and WILL Kids 24/7 bedrooms in an effort to bring you measured, fact- Around the clock, award-winning children’s based news that sounds good, no matter where it’s programming. 12.2; also available on Comcast and Mediacom. been recorded.

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Midsomer Murders joins Thursday night of mystery

WILL-TV has added a new murder Now, WILL-TV introduces the series to mystery show to the Thursday night line viewers, starting with season 13. DCI up. Midsomer Murders, the hit series, Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) and his has aired in Great Britain for over 20 assistant Ben Jones (Jason Hughes) years. continue to investigate terrible murders and dastardly deeds that befall the picturesque county of Midsomer. Behind the well- trimmed hedges and net curtains, secrets hide and dangers lurk, and it’s up to Barnaby and Jones to unpack the mysteries before disaster strikes again. The show will air at 8 pm, followed by a new season of Father Brown, starting Thursday, May 7.

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Father Brown returns

Everyone’s favorite crime- solving priest returns for more murder and intrigue in season 8 of Father Brown. “This eighth series promises to keep viewers enthralled with ten new whodunits to solve. Set against the backdrop of the stunning Cotswolds countryside these gloriously nostalgic episodes are full of drama, warmth, and humour and feature a fantastic roster of familiar faces returning to Kembleford along with a wealth of brilliant guest ap- pearances,” says Peter Bullock, BBC producer. The new season starts at 9 pm Thursday, May 7.

Reel Midwest presents Sustainable Sustainable is a film about the land, the people who work it, and what must be done to sustain it for future generations. A vital investigation of the economic and environmental instability of America’s food system, from the agricultural issues we face—soil loss, water depletion, climate change, pesticide use—to the community of leaders who are determined to fix it. The narrative of the film focuses on Marty Travis, a seventh-generation farmer in central Illinois. Determined to create a proud legacy for his son, Marty transforms his profitless wasteland and pioneers the sustainable food movement in Chicago. The film airs at 7:30 pm Thursday, May 28 as part of Illinois Public Media’s Reel Midwest documentary series.

2 PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 Our 43rd president

American Experience explores the fascinating life and tumultuous presidency of George W. Bush in a new two- part biography of the 43rd US president. The documentary features insights from historians, journalists, and members of the president’s inner circle, including chiefs of staff Andy Card and Joshua Bolten, speechwriter David Frum, press secretary Ari Fleischer, senior advisor Karl Rove, and others. George W. Bush airs at 8 pm Monday-Tuesday, May 4-5.

The women who made country music

Iconic Women of Country opens up the music vaults to provide an intimate look at legendary female artists, their stories and songs, and why they’ve stood the test of time. A love letter to the women of Nashville, the program pays tribute to 15 icons of country music—Dolly Parton (top left), Tammy Wynette (bottom left), Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee and more— with heartfelt performances from ten contemporary artists, including Trisha Yearwood, Wynonna Judd and Kathy Mattea. The special airs at 7 pm , Sunday, May 31.

PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 3 5/26 Yuri Temirkanov and Denis Matsuev WEEKDAYS Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 6 am Yuri Temirkanov, conductor Denis Matsuev, piano NPR Morning Edition Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 with Steve Inskeep, Rachel Martin, David Greene, and Noel King Wednesday: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 9 am 5/6 Manfred Honeck, conductor Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo Seong-Jin Cho, piano Join Vic for music and companionship and make each Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra morning a classic morning! Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 5/13 Manfred Honeck, conductor Daniil Trifinov, piano Noon Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 Afternoon Classics Trifinov: Piano Concerto at 12:01, 1:01, and 3:01. Tchaikovsky: Caprricio italien NPR News Headlines 5/20 Lahav Shani, conductor Jon Kimura Parker, piano 5 pm Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue NPR All Things Considered Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from with Ailsa Chang, Audie Cornish, Mary Louise Kelly, West Side Story and Ari Shapiro Ives: The Unanswered Question Weill: Symphony No. 2 5/27 Manfred Honeck, conductor 7 pm Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh The Evening Concert Matthew Mehaffey, director Beethoven: Fidelio Great performances from the gr­eat concert venues. Also on Sundays from 7-9 pm. Listings are subject to change. Thursday: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts Monday: 5/7 L’arte del mondo The New York Philharmonic This Week Orchestra l’arte del mondo Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B-flat Major, 5/4 Beethoven, Wagner, and More K. 319 Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 5/14 Wagner: Immolation Scene from Fedossiev Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Moscow Gotterdammerung Vladimir I. Fedossiev, conductor Montserrat Caballé, soprano Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B Minor Zubin Mehta, conductor after Lord Byron, Op. 58 5/11 Neeme Järvi conducts Zemlinsky 5/21 Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony in Seven Songs, Kitamura and Lortie Tomoki Kitamura, piano After Poems by Rabindranath Tagore, Op. 18 Louis Lortie, piano Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano Schumann: Nocturnal pieces, Op. 23 Thomas Hampson, baritone Liszt: “After reading Dante” from Years of Neeme Järvi, conductor Pilgrimage 5/18 Invitation to the Dance 5/28 Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Art of the Fugue Ensemble Vintage, Cologne Ginastera: Danzas del Ballet Estancia (Dances Bach: Contrapunctus 1, 4, 7, 9, 12A, 12B, 13A, from the Ballet Estancia), Op. 8bis 13B and 15 and Fugue in D Minor from The 5/25 Christoph Eschenbach conducts Berg and Art of Fugue Brahms Berg: Violin Concerto (1935) Friday: Pinchas Zukerman, violin Prairie Performances Brahms orch. Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. Concerts are subject to availability. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 5/1 Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Stephen Alltop, conductor Tuesday: Carol Cook, viola Chicago Symphony Orchestra “All The World’s A Stage” (1/26/19) Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture 5/5 Riccardo Muti conducts Beethoven 1 & 3 Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Beethoven: Consecration of the House D. 485 Overture, Op. 124 Garrop: Krakatoa Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite Op. 21 5/8 Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major Stephen Alltop, conductor 5/12 Jaap van Zweden conducts Brahms’s “Terra Nostra: An Oratorio About Our Planet” A German Requiem (3/9/19) Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45 Garrop: Terra Nostra Christiane Karg, soprano University of Illinois Oratorio Society Michael Nagy, baritone Andrew Megill, conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus Central Illinois Children’s Chorus 5/19 Julian Rachlin and The Four Seasons Andrea Solya, conductor Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Sarah Gartshore, soprano Julian Rachlin, violin Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano Piazzolla/Desyatnikov: The Four Seasons of Steven Soph, tenor Buenos Aires David Govertsen, bass Julian Rachlin, violin

4 PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 · streaming at will.illinois.edu

5/15 Sinfonia da Camera 5/9 Maria Stuarda (Donizetti), performance from Ian Hobson, music director and conductor Jan. 19, 2013. Maurizio Benini, cond., with ​“An Anniversary Celebration” (2/17/2018) Joyce di Donato (Maria Stuarda), Elza van Debra Richtmeyer, alto saxophone den Heever (Elizavetta), Matthew Polenzani Rossini: Overture “The Thieving Magpie” (Leichester), Joshua Hopkins (Cecil), Matthew Gounod: “Petite Symphonie” Rose (Talbot). Debussy: “Rapsodie pour Orchestre et 5/16 Alceste (in French) (Gluck). Antonello Saxophone” Manacorda, cond., with Charles Castronovo Debra Richtmeyer, saxophone (Admeto), Dorothea Röschman (Alceste), and Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from “West Side the Ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera. Story” 5/23 Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach). Fédéric 5/22 University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra Chaslin, cond., with Dmitri Korchak Donald Schleicher, music director and (Hoffmann), Olga Peretyatko (Olympia/ conductor Antonia/Giulietta), Luca Pisaroni (Lindorf/ Cameron May, graduate assistant conductor Coppelius/Miracle/Dapertutto), and the Ruth Kenney, soprano Vienna State Opera Ensemble. Kasey Stewart, mezzo-soprano 5/30 Elektra (R. Strauss). Elektra (R. Strauss). Jerold Siena, tenor Semyon Bychkov, cond., with Waltraud Meier Ricardo Herrera, bass-baritone (Klytemnestra), Christine Goerke (Elektra), Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture Simone Schneider (Chrysothemis), Norbert Taylor: Transfiguration, for vocal soloists and Ernst (Aegisth, Michael Volle (Orest), and the orchestra Vienna State Opera Ensemble. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 5/29 Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra 4 pm Stephen Alltop, conductor NPR All Things Considered Amanda Majeski, soprano with Michel Martin Strauss: Four Last Songs Mahler: Symphony No. 5 5 pm Performance Today Weekend 9 pm Host Fred Child presents a two-hour weekly program Night Music that features classical music in concert from American Andrea Blain, Scott Blankenship, Garrett McQueen, and Public Media studios and sites across the nation and Steve Seel keep you company through the night and around the world, as well as classical music news, inter- views and features. into the morning. NPR News Headlines at 9:01. [Also Sundays at 2 pm] 7 pm SATURDAYS The Midnight Special Rich Warren presents folk music and farce, show 7 am tunes and satire, traditional and contemporary, with NPR Weekend Edition gentle irreverence and candid observation. with Scott Simon 9 pm 9 am American Parlor Songbook Classics By Request JP Houston and Julie Van Dusen feature clever songs, Submit requests to Vincent Trauth at charming stories, and hilarious sketches every week. [email protected] or leave a message at NPR News Headlines at 9:01. 217-265-5064. 10 pm 11 am Classics All Night Classics of the Phonograph NPR News Headlines at 10:01 John Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. 5/2 Kryzysztop Penderecki, 1933-2020, in SUNDAYS Memoriam 5/9 Yehudi Menuhin: Concerto Recordings of the 7 am 1930s NPR Weekend Edition 5/16 Great Wagner Finales with Lulu Garcia-Navarro 5/23 Brazilian Pianist Guiomar Novaës 5/30 Conductors of the Early Electric Recording Period: Alfred Coates 9 am Sunday Baroque Hosted by Suzanne Bona. NPR News Headlines at Noon 9:01 and 10:01. Afternoon at the Opera The Metropolitan Opera Live Because of the cancellation of the Metropolitan Opera 1 pm Season, due to the Coronavirus epidemic, the Met is The Record Shelf offering previous performances of the scheduled operas from its archive. After the last two Met operas, the 2 pm WFMT opera season will begin with operas from the Performance Today Weekend European Broadcasting Union, to be followed in June and July by the Lyric Opera of Chicago Season. 4 pm 5/2 Katya Kabanova (Janacek), performance from Dec. 25, 2004. Jiri Belohlavek, cond., with NPR All Things Considered Karita Mattila (Katya), Judith Forst (Kabanicha), with Michel Martin Jorma Silvasti (Boris), Chris Merritt (Tichon), and the Met Ensemble.

PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 5 5 pm 101.1 and 90.9 · HD2 Classical Music

7-8 pm The Evening Concert WEEKDAYS The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 5/3 Haydn, Glinka, and Mussorgsky 6–9 am Haydn: Piano Trio in E-flat Major Hob. XV:29 Classical Music Glinka: Trio pathétique in D Minor Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death 9 am–noon 5/10 Britten and Mendelssohn Classic Mornings Britten: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6 with Vic Di Geronimo Mendelssohn: Quartet in B Minor for Join Vic for music and companion- Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 3 ship and make each morning 5/17 Play! a classic morning! Villa-Lobos: Assobio A Játo [The Jet Whistle] for Flute and Cello Sooyun Kim, flute Noon–overnight Mihai Marica, cello Classical Music 5/24 Two Pianos, Four Hands Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin for Piano, Four Hands, Friday 7-9 pm Op. 19 Prairie Performances Juho Pohjonen, piano Roger Cooper presents regional Orion Weiss, piano concerts from the WILL listening 5/31 Vanguard Voices area. Wuorinen: Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello Michael Brown, piano Bella Hristova, violin SATURDAYS Mihai Marica, cello 7–9 am Classical Music 8-9 pm The Evening Concert 9–11 am Early Music Now with Sara Schneider Classics by Request 5/3 Philippe de Vitry and the Ars Nova Vincent Trauth plays requests at Sequentia, the Early Music Consort of London, and Capilla this time each Saturday. Submit Flamenca perform the music of 14th century composer requests at [email protected] Philippe de Vitry. or leave a message at 217-265-5064. 5/10 Marais & Couperin Two greats of the French Baroque, together in one program! Motets by François Couperin plus instrumental 11 am–noon miniatures by Marin Marais. Classics of the Phonograph 5/17 Ensemble Organum John Frayne’s weekly exploration Founded in France in 1982 we’ll hear from their recordings of memorable recordings from including Chant of the Knights Templar. the 20th century. See page 5 5/24 Missa cum Jocunditate for listings. Pierre de la Rue’s Missa cum Jocunditate certainly lives up to its title: Mass with Joy! We’ll hear this engaging work Noon-4 pm interspersed. 5/31 One Voice and a Solo String Instrument Afternoon at the Opera The program features Spanish songs performed by Maria Complete opera broadcasts followed, Cristina Kiehr, soprano, and Jacob Heringman, vihuela. time-permitting, by opera previews and excerpts with host John Frayne. 9 pm 4 pm–overnight Classical Music Classical Music 10 pm Harmonia SUNDAYS Angela Mariani presents Baroque and early music. NPR News Headlines at 10:01. All day Classical Music 11 pm The Romantic Hours Music, poetry and romance with Mona Golabek.

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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 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 podcasts, visit www.willag.org.

ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA NEWS Reginald Hardwick, news and public affairs director, Illinois Public Media The news from Illinois Public Media’s award-winning staff of reporters, hosts, and producers—Anna Casey, Jason Croft, Dana Cronin, Libby Foster, Lee Gaines, Christine Herman, Jim Meadows, Brian Moline, 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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5-6 am 8-9 am Mon: Craft in America Mon: Dining with The Chef; Savor Dakota Tue: Make Your Mark; J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Tue and Thu: Ciao Italia; Lucky Chow Wed: Make it Artsy; Start Up Wed and Fri: New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Bolton; Thu: Make Your Mark; Baby Makes 3 Yan Can Cook Fri: Make48; Urban Conversion Sat: P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home; Growing a Sat: Classical Stretch; Yoga in Practice Greener World Sun: Classical Stretch; Happy Yoga Sun: Ellie’s Real Good Food; The Jazzy Vegetarian 6-7 am 9-10 am Mon and Fri: Sewing with Nancy; Paint This with Jerry Mon: Hometown Georgia; Seeing Canada Yarnell Tue: Bare Feet; Travelscope Tue: Quilting Arts; Best of Simply Paint Wed: Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions; Samantha Brown’s Wed: Knit and Crochet Now; Painting with Wilson Places to Love Bickford Thu: In the Americas with David Yetman; Travelscope Thur: Quilting Arts; Painting with Paulson Fri: Crossing South; Travels with Darley Sat: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting; Sun: Trails to Oishii Toyko; Journeys in Japan Wyland’s Art Studio 10-11 am It’s Sew Easy; Art of a Cowboy Sun: Mon-Fri: Rick Steves’ Europe; Best of the Joy of Painting 7-8 am Sun: P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home; Garden Smart This Old House; Ask This Old House Mon, Fri, Sat: Weekend Marathons—9am-2pm Saturday; American Woodshop; Woodsmith Shop Tue: 11am-4pm Sunday The Garage with Steve Butler; Wed: May 2/3: Pati’s Mexican Table Classic Woodworking Thur: American Woodshop; Woodsmith Shop May 9/10: Lidia’s Kitchen Sun: Classical Stretch; Classical Stretch May 16/17: Simply Ming May 23/24: Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire May 30/31: Craft in America

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Monday-Friday Fridays 9:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Inside The Vatican (5/1); American Experience: 10:00 The Day George W. Bush: Part One (5/8); Korea: The Never-End- 10:30 BBC World News ing War (5/29) Vanished Dream: Wartime Story of My Japanese Mondays 8:00 Grandfather (5/15); Asian Americans (5/22) 7:00 Pacific Heartbeat 5/4, 5/11); Relocation, Arkansas- Aftermath of Incarceration (5/18) 11:00 John Paul II In Ireland: A Plea for Peace (5/1); American Experience: George W. Bush: Part One (5/8); 8:00 Local, USA Asian Americans (5/15, 5/22); Dictator’s Playbook (5/29) 8:30 Stories from the Stage 11:00 Reel South (5/4); POV: Singing with Angry Bird Saturdays (5/11); And Then They Came for Us (5/18); Greatest Bond 7:00 American Experience: The Chinese Exclusion Act (5/25) (5/2); American Experience: George W. Bush: Part Two (5/9); The Story of China with Michael Wood (5/16, 5/23, Tuesdays 5/30) 7:00 America ReFramed America ReFramed 8:00 POV: Nowhere to Hide (5/12); Independent Lens: 9:00 Out of State (5/19) 10:00 POV: Still Tomorrow (5/16); Independent Lens: Out of State (5/23) 8:30 Nobody Dies: A Film About A Musician Her Mom And Vietnam (5/5) 10:30 Native Waters: A Chitimacha Recollection (5/2); Nobody Dies: A Film About A Musician Her Mom And 11:00 America ReFramed Vietnam (5/9) Wednesdays 11:00 American Experience: The Chinese Exclusion Act 7:00 Independent Lens: Eating Up Easter (5/27) (5/2); American Experience: George W. Bush: Part Two 7:30 POV: The Apology (5/6); Frontline (5/13) (5/9); The Story of China with Michael Wood (5/16, 5/23, 8:00 Frontline (5/20, 5/27) 5/30) 11:00 Independent Lens: People’s Republic of Desire (5/6); Independent Lens: I Am Another You (5/13); Cre- Sundays ated Equal: Clarence Thomas In His Own Words (5/20); 7:00 Spy in the Wild Pacific Heartbeat (5/27) 8:00 Reel South 9:00 Drawn Together (5/3); Doc World (5/10, 5/17); Thursdays Regional Voices Media Today (5/24) H20: The Molecule That Made Us (5/7); Quietest 7:00 10:00 Pacific Heartbeat (5/3); Doc World (5/10); Resis- Place On Earth (5/14); Secrets of the Dead (5/21); Ameri- tance at Tule Lake (5/24) can Experience: Mr. Tornado (5/28) 10:30 Local USA (5/17) Expedition with Steve Backshall 8:00 11:00 Spy in the Wild 11:00 Sinking Cities (5/7); NOVA (5/14, 5/21, 5/28)

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Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday Newsline 5:00 Mister Rogers’ Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Neighborhood Body Electric (M,W,F) 5:30 Dinosaur Train Dinosaur Train Sit and Be Fit (T, Th) Sesame Street 6:00 Sesame Street Sesame Street Clifford the Big Red Dog 6:30 Daniel Tiger’s Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Neighborhood Curious George 7:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Pinkalicious & Peterrific Sid the Science Kid 7:30 Molly of Denali Molly of Denali Peg + Cat 8:00 Xavier Riddle and the Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Secret Museum Dinosaur Train 8:30 Let’s Go Luna! Let’s Go Luna! Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 Nature Cat Nature Cat 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 Super Why! 11:00 Mid-American Gardener Firing Line with Margaret Hoover The Cat in the Hat 11:30 Growing a Greener World Market to Market

Splash & Bubbles Noon America’s Test Kitchen 5/3 12:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate Let’s Go Luna 12:30 Cook’s Country History 2:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate Nature Cat 1:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk History 5/10 Street Television 12:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Xavier Riddle and the 1:30 Martha Bakes 2:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate Secret Museum History 5/17 Molly of Denali 2:00 Simply Ming 12:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Odd Squad 2:30 Dining with the Chef 2:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History 5/24 Arthur 3:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 12:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Wild Kratts 3:30 Travels with Darley 2:00 Great Performances at the Met: Wozzeck 5/31 12:00 Rick Steves’ Guide to Cuba 1:00 Relieving Stress with Yoga with Peggy Cappy 2:00 Nature 3:00 Windermere Children: In Their Own Words Cyberchase 4:00 This Old House Hour DW Focus On Europe Sci Girls 4:30 DW Global 3000 DW News 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend PBS NewsHour Weekend BBC World News 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Whitney Reynolds Show PBS NewsHour 6:00 Antiques Roadshow Call The Midwife

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Shaped by war Princess Elizabeth was a child of thirteen on September 3, 1939, when her father King George VI informed the people that Britain was at war. Later, the Queen’s eperiences during WWII would be a defining moment in her historic rein.The Queen at War airs at 7 pm Tuesday, May 5. The Queen’s personal experiences during the war reflected the wider experiences of the public. She too was evacuated and her home bombed; she lost a family member, and she volunteered in service to the war effort. Hear from people who were with her, as well as from historians, journalists and royal commentators as they reveal how these years were so formative for Elizabeth and how, in many ways, it led to the Queen we know today. And extraordinary archival footage will bring the Queen’s war to life, showing us what it was really like to experience the Blitz from inside Buckingham Palace, and demonstrating the role the Queen had in inspiring her entire nation.

In His Own Words

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words is a new film tracing the life story of the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court at 8 pm Monday, May 18. The film is the product of over 30 hours of interviews with Justice Thomas and his wife Virginia, containing unprecedented access from a Supreme Court justice. See this rare look into the life and perspective of Justice Thomas as he discusses his life, legacy, and legal theories.

10 PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 What it means to be American Led by a team of Asian American filmmakers, The five-part series examines the fastest Asian Americans examines the significant growing racial/ethnic group in the United role of Asian Americans in shaping American States. Told through individual lives and history and identity, from the first wave of personal histories, Asian Americans explores Asian immigrants in the 1850s and identity the impact of this group on the country’s past, politics during the social and cultural turmoil present, and future. The series airs at 8 pm of the twentieth century to modern refugee Monday-Tuesday, May 11-12. crises in a globally connected world.

A life on film For as long as Sasha Neulinger can remember, chive, Neulinger revisits these events 20 years a video camera was ever-present, with his fa- later to piece together an unflinching story ther constantly filming—from birthday parties, of the cycles and consequences of abuse, to to hockey games, to holidays. But his father’s examine what it means to heal, and to use camera, trained on the frequent gatherings those experiences to effect positive change in of a tight-knit family, was also documenting a the world. Rewind by Independent Lens airs hidden secret, the revelation of which would at 9 pm Monday, May 11 and probes the gap lead to a media firestorm, a high-stakes court between image and reality, showing both how battle, and a generational reckoning. Drawing little, and how much, a camera can capture. upon an incredibly revealing home video ar-

PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 11 9:00 MASTERPIECE (TV-14) (DVS) On pledge drive days with this symbol, Baptiste. Part 4 of 6. Julien finds the money, program start and end times may vary. but Edward makes a reckless move that puts the case in jeopardy. Repeated 1 am 5/4; and 4 am 5/5. 10:30 Song of the Mountains (TV-G) 1Friday High Fidelity/Grant Maloy Smith.

7:00 Washington Week 11:30 Film-Maker (TV-14) 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover In this episode we feature ‘Zenu’ from Claudio 8:00 Somewhere South (TV-PG) Marcotulli. In this film dreams and reality How Do You Cue? Part 6 of 6. Follow Vivian plunge a troubled musician into a river whose on a journey to learn how other Southerners waters are kept sacred by a shaman living cook and eat barbecue. She travels to Florida under the I-95 Bridge. for smoked mullet and Texas for barbecue with Japanese and Mexican twists. Repeated 3 am 5/3; and 2 am 5/4. 4Monday (TV-G) 9:00 American Masters (TV-G) 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Julia! America’s Favorite Chef. Savor the life McNay Art Museum. Part 3 of 3. Everything and legacy of Julia Child, who introduced is bigger in Texas, including Roadshow ap- French cuisine to America through her public praisals such as Julius Cohen yellow diamond TV series, The French Chef, in 1963. Repeated earrings, a 1928 Gibson Granada banjo 1 am 5/2; and 3 am 5/4. and a collection of original comic art dating to around 1937. Can you guess which is (TV-PG) 10:00 Upstart Crow $105,000-$140,000? Repeated 4 am 5/6; and What Bloody Man Is That? The plague leads 6 pm 5/9. Will and his friends to escape to the family home in Stratford. On the way they meet 8:00 American Experience (TV-14) three witches who have some surprising pre- George W. Bush. Part 1 of 2. See article on dictions to make about Will’s future, leading page 3. Repeated 2 am 5/6. to a very serious case of house envy. 10:30 Amanpour and Company 10:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News 5Tuesday Saturday 7:00 Queen at War (TV-PG) 2 See article on page 10. Repeated 4 am 5/7; 7:00 Mum (TV-PG) 1 am 5/8; 3 am 5/9; and 3 am 5/10. 7:30 Still Open All Hours (TV-G) (TV-14) (TV-14) 8:00 American Experience 8:00 Last Tango In Halifax George W. Bush. Part 2 of 2. See article on Celia and Alan decide on a civil marriage page 3. Repeated 2 am 5/7. ceremony to be held at an eerie medieval hall near Halifax. As they visit, a storm is brewing, 10:30 Amanpour and Company the lights go out and they’re locked in the an- 11:30 BBC World News cient building. In the midst of a thunderstorm, Gillian’s Land Rover inexplicably catches fire. Repeated 6Wednesday

9:00 Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals 7:00 Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries (TV-PG) (TV-PG) (DVS) The West Bath Abbey and Gloucester Cathe- The North. Season 2, part 2 of 4. Travel to dral. the Northern Hemisphere, where the spy creatures learn how animals move, feed and (TV-PG) 10:30 Austin City Limits fight. A spy hummingbird films millions of Gary Clark, Jr. Thrill to an hour with fast-rising butterflies, and a spy squirrel finds itself in a blues rocker Gary Clark Jr. The Austin singer- battle. A spy beaver watches other beavers songwriter and guitarist performs songs from building dams. Repeated 3 am 5/8. his highly acclaimed album ‘This Land.’ 8:00 H20: The Molecule That Made Us (TV-14) 11:30 State & Water Crisis. Part 3 of 3. Earth’s changing water Yvonne Greer. Part 2 of 2. cycle—and a globalized movement towards water for profit—is forcing changes in humans’ Sunday reliance on water. Can a geopolitical crisis be 3 averted? Repeated 4 am 5/8; 1 am 5/10; and (TV-14) 7:00 Call The Midwife 4 am 5/11. Season 9, part 6 of 8. Disappointed by the Poplar Horticultural Show’s cancellation, Fred 9:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall (TV-PG) attempts to reinstate it. The Turners receive Mexico - Maya Underworld. Part 8 of 10. an alarming phone call about their daughter. Return to Mexico, where Steve Backshall ex- Valerie’s pregnant cousin hopes her baby will plores a honeycomb of subterranean Mexican be born on a day well before her due date. caves that the ancient Maya believed were a Repeated 2 am 5/5. portal to a terrifying underworld. In a dark and flooded cave, Steve finds incredible never- (TV-14) 8:00 MASTERPIECE before-seen artifacts. Repeated 1 am 5/7; 2 . Part 5 of 7. Harry and his unit World On Fire am 5/8; and 2 am 5/10. reach Dunkirk, with the odds stacked against them. Repeated 3 am 5/5. 10:00 Still Open All Hours (TV-G) 10:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 BBC World News

12 PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 9:00 MASTERPIECE (TV-14) (DVS) Thursday Baptiste. Part 5 of 6. Julien plots an auda- 7 cious move to frame Constantin, which ends 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am 5/9. in bloodshed. Repeated 1 am 5/11; and 4 am 5/12. 7:30 Ask This Old House (TV-G) Mantel, Too Many Light Switches. 10:30 Song of the Mountains (TV-G) Becky Buller Band/Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley. 8:00 Midsomer Murders (TV-PG) The Made-To-Measure Murders-Part 1. 11:30 Film-Maker (TV-14) Season 13, part 1 of 8. A tailor dies of a heart In this episode we feature ‘Art Vessel’ from attack. Two years later, his widow is murdered Mateo Vengochea. This film highlights Miami’s on her way to the vicarage. Then, the vicar is growth as a world-class art hub with interviews murdered after receiving a mysterious letter. from up and coming as well as established artists. 9:00 Father Brown (TV-PG) The Celestial Choir. Season 8, part 1 of 10. The Kembleford Choristers reach the finals of Monday a choir competition. 11 7:00 Asian Americans (TV-14) 10:30 Amanpour and Company Breaking Ground/A Question of Loyalty. Parts 11:30 BBC World News 1 and 2 of 5. See article on page 11. See how new immigrants from China, Japan and be- yond, despite anti-Asian laws, build railroads, 8Friday dazzle in Hollywood and fight for equality. 7:00 Washington Week Then, the first generation of U.S.-born Asian 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Americans have their loyalties tested during World War II. Repeated 2 am 5/13. 8:00 In This Together (TV-G) 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-MA) (DVS) 8:30 Great Performances Rewind Repeated LA Phil 100. Celebrate the centennial of this . See article on page 11. 2 am 5/16. landmark orchestra with ‘La Valse’ by Ravel, Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’ and more led by three 10:30 Amanpour and Company renowned LA Phil conductors: Zubin Mehta, 11:30 BBC World News Esa-Pekka Salonen, and current music and artistic director Gustavo Dudamel. Repeated 2 am 5/11. 12Tuesday 10:30 Amanpour and Company 7:00 Asian Americans (TV-14) Good Americans/Generation Rising. Parts 3 11:30 BBC World News and 4 of 5. Learn how Asian Americans are targeted as perpetual foreigners during the Saturday Cold War. A younger generation fights for 9 equality in the fields, on campuses and in the 7:00 Mum (TV-PG) culture, and new immigrants and war refugees 8:00 Last Tango In Halifax (TV-14) expand the definition of Asian American. A police search begins for Alan and Celia, Repeated 2 am 5/14. who are locked inside the hall without phone service. Fearing for their parents and unable 9:00 Asian Americans (TV-PG) Breaking Through to sleep, Caroline and Gillian open up to one . Part 5 of 5. Revisit the turn another and form a supportive bond. In the of the millennium, when Asian Americans morning, the curator and his assistant find are empowered by growing numbers and Alan and Celia. rising influence but face a reckoning of what it means to be an American in an increasingly 9:00 Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals polarized society. Repeated 1 am 5/13; 4 am (TV-PG) 5/14; and 1 am 5/15. The North Lincoln and Durham Cathedrals. 10:30 Amanpour and Company 10:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Herbie Hancock. Thrill to an hour with legend- 11:30 BBC World News ary keyboardist and composer Herbie Han- cock. The jazz innovator surveys his decades- long career in his ACL debut. 13Wednesday 7:00 Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries 11:30 State & Water (TV-PG) (DVS) Elizabeth Moen. Part 2 of 2. The Islands. Season 2, part 3 of 4. Explore the islands of the South Pacific with creatures like the spy koala, who captures breeding behav- 10Sunday ior in Australia, or the spy crab, who joins an 7:00 Call The Midwife (TV-14) army of red crabs on their march to the sea to Season 6, part 7 of 8. The team celebrate deposit their eggs. Repeated 3 am 5/15; and the arrival of the maternity home’s long- 1 am 5/17. awaited incubator. Kevin’s newest patient has a troubled home life and needs his 8:00 NOVA (TV-G) Eagle Power emotional as well as medical support. Nurse . Eagles are the most power- Crane struggles with the cubs in Sgt. Woolf’s ful birds in the sky. They are capable of absence. Repeated 2 am 5/12. tackling enormous prey, spotting food at vast distances and soaring for miles on the wing. 8:00 MASTERPIECE (TV-14) But how do they achieve this? To find out, World On Fire. Part 6 of 7. Paris falls to the this film follows the dramatic story of a family Nazis, and Webster and Albert’s lives are of bald eagles and bird specialist Lloyd Buck turned upside down. Repeated 3 am 5/12. puts his trained golden eagle to the test in a series of remarkable experiments. Repeated 4 am 5/15. PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 13 9:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall (TV-PG) Greenland - Ice Mountain. Part 7 of 10. Follow Sunday Steve Backshall as he tries to summit a remote 17 7:00 Call The Midwife (TV-14) and unclimbed mountain in Greenland’s Season 6, part 8 of 8. When the council sends Stauning Alps. After facing quicksand, a river a letter announcing plans to cut Nonnatus and a glacier to reach basecamp, the climb House’s funding, Sister Julienne takes matters gives Steve a unique insight into a fast-chang- into her own hands. Nurse Crane cares for Repeated 1 am 5/14; 2 am ing environment. an unmarried expectant mother. Petra must 5/15; 2 am 5/17; 4 am 5/18. move up her wedding after becoming preg- 10:00 Still Open All Hours (TV-G) nant. Repeated 2 am 5/19. 10:30 Amanpour and Company 8:00 MASTERPIECE (TV-14) 11:30 BBC World News World On Fire. Part 7 of 7. Harry has a sec- ond chance at saving Kasia from Warsaw. In Manchester, could Lois be set for happiness at 14Thursday last? Repeated 3 am 5/19. 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) 9:00 MASTERPIECE (TV-MA) (DVS) Repeated 11 am 5/16. Baptiste. Part 6 of 6. Julien discovers the 7:30 Ask This Old House (TV-G) inside source, bringing the case to a devastat- Pantry Doors, Reflective Shingle. ing conclusion. Repeated 1 am 5/18; and 8:00 Midsomer Murders (TV-PG) 4 am 5/19. The Made-To-Measure Murders-Part 2. 10:30 Song of the Mountains (TV-G) Season 13, part 1 of 8. A tailor dies of a heart The Nouveaux Honkies/Tennessee Mafia Jug attack. Two years later, his widow is murdered Band. on her way to the vicarage. Then, the vicar is 11:30 Film-Maker (TV-14) murdered after receiving a mysterious letter. In this episode we feature the documentary, 9:00 Father Brown (TV-PG) ‘Markers’ by Richard Jackson. Join us as we The Queen Bee. Season 8, part 2 of 10. A bee learn about the history and tragedies sur- keeper is found dead in a smoke-filled room. rounding these roadside landmarks. 10:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 BBC World News 18Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Friday Little Rock, Ark. Part 3 of 3. Discover hidden 15 treasures in Little Rock, such as a 1985 Charles 7:00 Washington Week Schulz Snoopy sketch, Chinese altar garniture, 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover ca. 1850, and a 1919 William Faulkner hand- 8:00 Great Performances (TV-14) made poetry book. Can you guess which is Leonard Bernstein Mass. Enjoy Ravinia valued at $70,000 to $100,000? Repeated Festival’s production of Leonard Bernstein’s 4 am 5/20; and 6 pm 5/23. theater piece starring Tony Award-winning 8:00 Created Equal: Clarence Thomas In His baritone Paulo Szot and featuring the Chicago Own Words (TV-PG) Symphony Orchestra. Baltimore Symphony See article on page 10. Repeated 2 am 5/20; Orchestra artistic director Marin Alsop con- and 3 am 5/21. ducts. Repeated 2 am 5/18. 10:30 Amanpour and Company 10:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News Saturday 19Tuesday 16 7:00 NOVA (TV-PG) 7:00 Mum (TV-PG) Deadliest Tornadoes. In April 2011, the worst 8:00 Last Tango In Halifax (TV-14) tornado outbreak in decades left a trail of Caroline throws herself whole-heartedly into destruction across the U.S., killing more than her new relationship, upsetting her mother 340 people. Why was there such an extreme and her estranged husband, who looks to outbreak? How do such outbreaks form? With Gillian for sympathy. Alan, unable to decide modern warning systems why did so many which of two friends should be his best man, die? Is our weather getting more extreme— asks both. and if so how bad will it get? Repeated 3 am 9:00 Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals 5/23. (TV-PG) 8:00 American Experience (TV-PG) The West Worcester Cathedral and Tewkes- Mr. Tornado. Meet pioneering meteorologist bury Abbey. Ted Fujita, who transformed our understand- 10:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) ing of tornados. His technological advance- Maggie Rogers. Enjoy an hour-long set from ments saved lives and helped Americans pre- pop singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers. The pare for and respond to dangerous weather author of hits ‘Lights On’ and ‘Alaska’ plays phenomena. songs from her hit album Heard It in a Past 9:00 Frontline Life. 10:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 State & Water 11:30 BBC World News Harvest Sons. Part 2 of 2.

14 PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 20Wednesday 23Saturday 7:00 Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries 7:00 Mum (TV-PG) (TV-PG) (DVS) 8:00 Last Tango In Halifax (TV-14) The Poles. Season 2, part 4 of 4. From pen- Celia and Alan’s relationship falters over guin chicks to elephant seals, and wolf cubs Celia’s behavior toward Caroline’s partner, and to polar bears, the spy creatures meet and the wedding is called off. Furious, Caroline observe the hardiest and most charismatic chastises her mother, who apologizes. The animals in the Arctic and Antarctic circles. next day Celia is shocked to learn that Alan Repeated 3 am 5/22; and 1 am 5/24. has had a heart attack. Remaining by his bed- 8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) side, she tells him the wedding is back on. Decoding COVID-19. The coronavirus SARS- 9:00 Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals CoV-2 has upended life as we know it in a (TV-PG) matter of mere months. But at the same time, Wales St. David’s, Brecon, St. Asaph and an unprecedented global effort to understand Bangor Cathedrals (Tintern Abbey & Strata and contain the virus—and find a treatment Florida). for the disease it causes—is underway. Join 10:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) the doctors on the front lines of the fight Khalid/Mac Demarco. against COVID-19 as they strategize to stop the spread, and meet the researchers racing 11:30 State & Water to find treatments and vaccines.Repeated The Wild Reeds. Part 2 of 2. 4 am 5/22. 9:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall (TV-PG) Sunday Suriname - Ghost River. Part 9 of 10. Join 24 7:00 National Memorial Day Concert (2008) Steve Backshall in a region of Suriname that’s (TV-PG) so remote, it could conceal undiscovered Tune in to the 31st annual broadcast of natural wonders. He and his team travel deep America’s national night of remembrance, into the jungle to kayak an unnamed river. The honoring the service and sacrifice of our journey results in a surprise beyond their wild- men and women in uniform, their families at est dreams. Repeated 1 am 5/21; 2 am 5/22; home, and all those who gave their lives for 2 am 5/24; 4 am 5/24. our country. Repeated 8:30 pm 5/24; 2:30 am 10:30 Amanpour and Company 5/25; and 1 am 5/26. 11:30 BBC World News 8:30 National Memorial Day Concert (2008) (TV-PG) Tune in to the 31st annual broadcast of Ameri- 21Thursday ca’s national night of remembrance, honor- 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) ing the service and sacrifice of our men and Repeated 11 am 5/23. women in uniform, their families at home, and 7:30 Ask This Old House (TV-G) all those who gave their lives for our country. Quartz Countertops, Firepit Kit. Repeated 2:30 am 5/25; and 1 am 5/26. 8:00 Midsomer Murders (TV-PG) 10:30 Song of the Mountains (TV-G) The Sword of Guillaume-Part 2. Season 13, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. part 2 of 8. When the Causton Chamber of 11:30 Film-Maker (TV-PG) Commerce takes a bus trip to Brighton, a seri- In this episode we feature three notable films: al killer swinging an ancient sword decapitates a carpenter contemplates life’s voyage in ‘Ves- some of the members in the seaside resort. sel,’ a narrative film from Gabrielle Olivera; 9:00 Father Brown (TV-PG) ‘The Truth About Huntington’s,’ by Dominique The Scales of Justice. Season 8, part 3 of 10. Seward, details how Huntington’s Disease Bunty is arrested for murder. affects families across the U.S.; and Grace 10:30 Amanpour and Company Shafir’s ‘Heart of the Everglades’ reveals the unique beauty of this National Park and the 11:30 BBC World News dedication of its caretakers. 22Friday Monday 7:00 Washington Week 25 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Charleston, S.C. Part 1 of 3. Travel with 8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) (DVS) ROADSHOW to Charleston and learn about Sammy Davis, Jr. Explore the entertainer’s a Babe Ruth archive, a Japanese Komai iron vast talent and journey for identity through and gold vase from around1890, a Virginia the shifting tides of civil rights and racial prog- Federal walnut cellarette and more. Repeated ress during 20th-century America. Features 6 pm 5/30. Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, and clips from 8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) his TV, film and concert performances. Charleston, S.C. Part 2 of 3. Find out the 10:30 Amanpour and Company history and value of treasures in Charleston, 11:30 BBC World News such as a locally made Francis Sommer astro- nomical regulator clock, an 1899 Oscar Wilde manuscript poem and a 1960 Rene Portocar- rero ‘Catedral’ oil. Repeated 4 am 5/27.

PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 15 9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) (DVS) 9:30 Father Brown (TV-PG) Eating Up Easter. See how climate change The Wisdom of the Fool. Season 8, part 4 of and a booming tourism trade threaten the 10. A discredited doctor dies. fragile economy of Rapa Nui, also known as 10:30 Amanpour and Company Easter Island. Repeated 3 am 5/27; and 3 am 5/31. 11:30 BBC World News 10:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 BBC World News 29Friday 7:00 Washington Week Tuesday 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 26 8:00 American Masters (TV-14) (DVS) 7:00 Finding Your Roots (TV-PG) Hedy Lamarr. Discover the story of the most Beyond The Pale . Season 6, part 5 of 10. beautiful woman in the world, who was also Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the Jewish an ingenious inventor. heritages of actor Jeff Goldblum, radio host Terry Gross and comedian Marc Maron. Re- 9:30 Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (TV-PG) peated 4 am 5/28; 1 am 5/29; and 3 am 5/30. This special features dozens of classic clips plus comments from Betty White, Ed Asner, 8:00 Viral: Antisemitism In Four Mutations Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Gavin (TV-14) MacLeod, John Amos, Carl Reiner, Dick Explore this infectious behavior firsthand with Van Dyke, and Mary Tyler Moore herself. victims, witnesses, antisemites, and interview Repeated 2 am 5/30. subjects including Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Fa- reed Zakaria, George Will, Deborah Lipstadt 10:30 Amanpour and Company and others. Repeated 2 am 5/28. 11:30 BBC World News 9:30 Frontline 10:30 Amanpour and Company 30Saturday 11:30 BBC World News 8:00 INXS: Live Baby Live (TV-G) On 13 July 1991, INXS were filmed in concert at Wembley Stadium, London, performing 27Wednesday one of the most stunning concerts ever by 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) one of the world’s greatest rock and roll bands Sex, Lies, and Butterflies. Explore the to a sold-out, heaving mass of 72,000 fans. astounding abilities of butterflies 360 vision, 9:30 Linda Ronstadt: Live in Hollywood (TV-G) deceptive camouflage, chemical weaponry Recorded on April 24, 1980 at Television Cen- Repeated 3 am 5/29; and and fantastic flight. ter Studios in Hollywood, and produced by 1 am 5/31. John Boylan, the concert captures Ronstadt 8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) at the peak of her reign as America’s most Last B-24. In 1944 a smoking, battle-scarred popular female rock singer. B-24 Liberator bomber known as the Tul- 11:00 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) samerican crashed into the choppy seas off Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. Revel the coast of Croatia, entombing three of its in an hour with New Orleans funk masters occupants under 135 feet of water. For years Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, with they were lost to the world-and their families. special guest Cyril Neville. Shorty lays down But in 2010, nearly seventy years after the the grooves with highlights from his recent Repeated crash, divers located the plane. Voodoo Threauxdown tour. 4 am 5/29. 9:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall (TV-PG) Oman - Desert Fortress. Part 10 of 10. Visit 31Sunday the remote and impenetrable Dhofar Moun- 7:00 Iconic Women of Country Music (TV-G) tains in Oman, where Steve Backshall hopes See article on page 3. to become the first to climb unexplored cliffs. 8:30 Rise Up: Songs of the Women’s Movement Along the way, he encounters one of the rar- (TV-G) est animals on Earth. Repeated 1 am 5/28; 2 Celebrate the centennial of women’s right am 5/29; and 2 am 5/31. to vote through popular music, including 10:30 Amanpour and Company performances by Aretha Franklin, Lesley Gore, 11:30 BBC World News Helen Reddy, Loretta Lynn, Gloria Gaynor, Dolly Parton, Joan Jett, Cyndi Lauper, Melissa Etheridge, Tina Turner and more. 28Thursday 10:30 Song of the Mountains (TV-G) 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Lillian Chase/The Moron Brothers/David Davis Repeated 11 am 5/30. & The Warrior River Boys. 7:30 Reel Midwest 11:30 Film-Maker (TV-14) Sustainable. See article on page 2. In this episode, we feature ‘Father’s Day’ a 8:30 Midsomer Murders (TV-PG) documentary from Joe Pisciotta highlighting The Sword of Guillaume-Part 2. Season 13, the plight of children who lose their parents as part 2 of 8. When the Causton Chamber of they serve time. Commerce takes a bus trip to Brighton, a seri- al killer swinging an ancient sword decapitates some of the members in the seaside resort.

16 PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 NEWS

« COMING AND GOING THIS MONTH TO »

LEAVING SOON • American Epic • Country Music—A Film by Ken Burns • Genealogy Roadshow • Light Falls • Mr. Selfridge • NOVA Holocaust Escape Tunnel MAY HIGHLIGHTS • American Experience • MASTERPIECE Test Tube Babies Downton Abbey (will leave Passport on June 30) • The Gene: An Intimate History • Inside the Vatican

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PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 17 Illinois Public Media responds to COVID-19 pandemic

Illinois Public Media’s vision is to Throughout these three pages, see dynamic, thriving communities read about the ways that we have informed and inspired by public adapted to provide for the community media. To achieve that vision, we while also ensuring the safety of our have always sought out the needs of staff and continuing to provide the the communities we serve, and the excellent services that you rely on COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. daily. Special thanks to our operations, Every department at Illinois Public engineering, broadcast traffic, and Media has exercised flexibility in digital infrastructure personnel that their various workloads to make our rotate to be in the building in order to COVID-19 response the top priority. keep everything functioning behind the scenes.

Illinois Newsroom spearheads the COVID-19 information center

The goal of the Illinois Newsroom, Christine Herman talked with doctors powered by WILL and Illinois Public as they prepared for the onslaught Media, is to inform, connect, and of cases. Agriculture reporter Dana empower our audience. It starts with Cronin focused on how stay-at-home the Coronavirus Information Center, orders could impact farmers markets constantly on the front pages of and farmers revenues this year. Senior will.illinois.edu and reporter Jim Meadows tracked new IllinoisNewsroom.org. The Center cases county by county in our area. has the latest local and state news And Monday-Thursday at 11 am on regarding the pandemic, including an WILL-AM 580, The 21st talk show is interactive map showing the number holding calm conversations about the of confirmed COVID-19 cases in every pandemic. New host Brian Mackey county in Illinois. talked with Illinois EMTs in New York Education reporter Lee Gaines featured City to help with the situation there as stories about parents of special needs well as a high school chorus that held a students struggling with a lack of virtual concert. resources at home. Health reporter Additionally, we have begun one- minute news capsules that air Monday- Friday at 6:58 pm at the end of PBS NewsHour with the latest information on the coronavirus disease stats and response.

18 PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE

Membership and Development continue to meet Friends’ needs

In Membership and Development, we Please note: During this time, it’s much are all working full-time from home, more efficient for us to receive online where we can take phone calls and gifts via credit card, rather than sending assist Friends with Passport; check on a check to our Goodwin Avenue membership accounts; write, email, address. You can make a gift to WILL, and create advertising and marketing anytime, at willgive.org. Feel free to designs; edit Patterns; and talk on the reach out to us by phone at phone. We are making lots of phone 1-800-898-1065 or send an email to calls as we adjust to the logistics of this [email protected]. new work environment! We’re missing a Thanks to each and every Friend of few supplies but we’re coping fairly well. WILL who is making gifts to keep valuable services such as our content creation and broadcasting services available.

Illinois Radio Reader volunteers keep service running

For many people who are reading- of local newspapers resumed. And most impaired, the Illinois Radio Reader volunteers, under Spegal’s guidance, provides a vital connection to the developed new technical skills in the communities of central Illinois. process. “I am so grateful for the When the shelter-in-place order was dedicated volunteers who are willing issued, it would have been easy to to tackle new technology to keep our turn on satellite programming and listeners tuned into their community,” nix the regional content listeners Spegal said. have depended upon for 42 years. The volunteers look forward to the day But Independent Radio Reader when they can return to WILL, as they Coordinator Kathie Spegal and her 40 miss each other, even as they continue plus volunteers didn’t even consider to meet the needs of Illinois Radio it. Spegal acted quickly, transitioning Reader’s listeners. her volunteers from reading local newspapers at WILL to making recordings at home using software on their smartphones and home computers. Within a week, readings

PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 19 OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE

WILL’s Education Department adds new content and services

How do we support the learning For those with access to internet, we needs of families with young children added new digital resources including while schools are closed throughout links to apps, games, and printables our coverage area? By showing to help caregivers easily find support families that PBS KIDS is the number in academic subjects of interest. Local one educational brand for children’s school districts helped spread the word television! by adding links to our schedule and at- home learning resources to their district Our Education Department added websites. a new PBS KIDS program line up to our WILL-TV (channel 12.1) broadcast Teachers, we are thinking of you, too! Illinois schedule to help caregivers and Edition of PBS Learning Media (illinois. pbslearningmedia.org) is now featuring families who are now tasked with home special collections of resources to support schooling their children. We offer blocks your distance learning efforts with your of shows that support children’s social- students from preschool through grade 12. emotional, science, art, math, social And #PBSTeachersChat on Twitter is a great studies, engineering, language arts, and way to connect with your peers. For the history learning in grades PreK-5 during latest resources for parents and teachers, visit the WILL Education blog at will.illinois.edu/ our typical kids daytime programming. education/blog. By adding this new program line up, we are directly supporting the learning needs of families who have televisions but no access to broadband internet at home. See page 9 for the new daily WILL-TV schedule.

20 PATTERNS ∙ MAY 2020 Thank you, Program Underwriters! Private support accounts for the largest We appreciate the following single source of funds necessary to organizations that have stepped forward make Illinois Public Media and the WILL to join the individuals and families who stations great resources for communities support award-winning public media across central Illinois. services.

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