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patternFRIENDSs OF WILL MEMBERSHIP MAGAZINE september 2018 WILL-TV TM patterns Membership Hotline: 800-898-1065 september 2018 Volume XLVI, Number 3 WILL AM-FM-TV: 217-333-7300 Campbell Hall 300 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801-2316 Mailing List Exchange Donor records are proprietary and confidential. WILL does not sell, rent or trade its donor lists. Patterns Friends of WILL Membership Magazine Editor/Art Designer: Sarah Whittington Art Director: Kurt Bielema Printed by Premier Print Group. Printed with SOY INK on RECYCLED, TM Trademark American Soybean Assoc. RECYCLABLE paper. Radio We’ve been saying it for years, but we feel 90.9 FM: A mix of classical music and NPR it’s finally time to make it official – the information programs, including local news. (Also Friends of WILL are true superheroes for heard at 106.5 in Danville and with live streaming on playing such a vital role in keeping public will.illinois.edu.) See pages 4-5. media part of our community. So it is our 101.1 FM and 90.9 FM HD2: Locally produced great pleasure to introduce you to the music programs and classical music from C24. (101.1 Something Fantastic has come to Illinois Public Fantastic Friends of WILL. The Fantastic is available in the Champaign-Urbana area.) See page 6. Friends believe in public media and not News and information, NPR, BBC, news, Media! 580 AM: only do they financially support it, they agriculture, talk shows. (Also heard on 90.9 FM HD3 It’s a running theme here at IPM: our Friends know that the world is a better place with with live streaming on will.illinois.edu.) See page 7. are what make us great at what we do. It’s a WILL, PBS, and NPR. Television continuous symbiotic relationship that dictates WILL-HD the high level of journalism and entertainment All through the month of September we All your favorite PBS and local programming, in high we produce for you on a daily basis. Your heroic will celebrate the great things our Fantastic definition when available. 12.1; Contact your cable or efforts to preserve public media can only be Friends provide to our community. And, of satellite provider for channel information. See pages 9-16. described as super. And now we take the month course, we hope to add even more Fantastic of September to highlight you, our Fantastic Friends during our Fall Fund Drives for WILL Kids 24/7 Friends. You are the superheroes of public both TV and radio. You can check out Around the clock, award-winning children’s programming. 12.2; also available on Comcast media, and we know we can count on you to great TV fundraising programs during the and Mediacom. save the day! first week of September, followed by our Friendraising on radio September 22-27. WILL Create Pages 1-3 of this month’s Patterns introduce To support the wonderful things public Cooking, travel, gardening and home improvement, you to a wide variety of Illinois Public Media media does, decide to become a Sustaining arts and crafts. 12.3; also available on Comcast and supporters. Each Fantastic Friend has a unique Mediacom. See page 8. Friend during the month of September. set of superpowers that engage and enhance If you are already a sustainer, pledge WILL World public media on a regular basis. PBS documentaries, news and public affairs. 12.3; also an upgrade to your monthly gift and available on Comcast and Mediacom. See page 8. Read through each description and find your encourage others to become supporters Online best Fantastic Friend match. Not sure who’s of great local public media. will.illinois.edu the best fit? Take our quiz! And then relish your super role! Change your profile picture on social media to your new alter ego, share facebook.com/WILLradiotvonline your superpowers with friends and family, and pledge to increase your fantastic support for @willpublicmedia public media. Most of all, remember this: @willpublicmedia “Heroes are made by the path they choose, not the powers they are graced with.” — Iron Man Get WILL eNews Video previews, behind-the-scenes information, program schedule updates and more, delivered every Wednesday to your email inbox. Moss Bresnahan, go.illinois.edu/WILLsubscribe President and CEO Twitter: @MossILMedia PATTERNS • SEPTEMBER 2018 PATTERNS • SEPTEMBER 2018 1 To find out which Fantastic Friend of WILL you are most like, take our handy online quiz at: will.illinois.edu/FantasticFriends DOC WATCHER Doc Watcher recognizes that history provides essential les- sons for our present and future. He studies the origins of our culture to explain who we are and how we can work bet- CAPTAIN CLASSICAL ter together. Doc is motivated by an interest in how his fellow Captain Classical spreads the power of classical music. humans are affected by policy, war, and compassion. He also She knows classical music can spark creativity, fight understands the importance of preserving cultural artifacts depression, and improve productivity. Captain Classical while providing context to the next generation. strives to make classical music available to all to create a thriving community and ensure music continues to Favorite Programs: Ken Burns documentaries, Finding flourish in all central Illinois homes. Your Roots, American Experience, Antiques Roadshow, This American Life, Independent Lens Favorite Programs: Classic Mornings, Classical BTS, Classics by Request, Great Performances THE NEWS HOUND The News Hound seeks out fact-based journalism. She believes in being well-informed about a wide variety THE GREEN THUMB of topics to help spread information and teaches the importance of a well-funded, free press to democracy. The Green Thumb believes in beautifying the world Her companion dog, Arfie Shapiro, is always there one plant at a time. No yard is too small, no reclamation to help her sniff out multiple-sourced facts. project too big. She knows the joy that comes from cultivating soil into bountiful harvests, so she plants great Favorite programming: gardens everywhere she travels. It only takes a few The 21st, Morning Edition, PBS NewsHour, NPR One, well-placed seeds to change a neighborhood. Illinois Newsroom, Frontline, Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me Favorite Programming: Mid-American Gardener, P Allen Smith, Growing a Greener World, Commodity Week THE SPROUTING SCIENTIST The Sprouting Scientist is filled with endless curiosity about the world. His generation will depend on innovation and scientific discovery, so he learns to use hypotheses and the COSMOPOLITAN CRUSADER scientific method to explore his environment. He is excited The Cosmopolitan Crusader knows exposure to other to use his knowledge to help solve many of the world’s most cultures around the world is the best way to bring empathy perplexing problems. and understanding. Since not everyone can afford to Favorite Programs: Nature Cat, Sid the Science Kid, travel to see the world, he seeks to bring the world to as Ready Jet Go, Big Picture Science, Nova, many people as possible, so that we can better understand Nature, Science Friday all global citizens. He is passionate that great cultures be shared and preserved. Favorite Programs: Rick Steves, No Passport Required, BBC, Global 3000, Great British Baking Show, DW News, international food shows, Evening Concert, Civilizations The Fantastic Friends were illustrated by local artist Jillian Nickell. Check out more of her super work at jilliannickell.com. 2 PATTERNS • SEPTEMBER 2018 PATTERNS • SEPTEMBER 2018 3 WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 • 106.5 in Danville • online streaming will.illinois.edu weekdays Tuesday: Richard Prior: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Andrew Stenson (Gen:), Rafael Davila Chicago Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Keeble, flute (General Alfredo) and the Lyric Opera of Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Chicago Ensemble. 6 am 9/4 Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Ravel Op. 22 Gilbert and Sullivan: Patience Ravel: Mother Goose Suite NPR Morning Edition Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 9/8 Carmen (Bizet). James Conlon, cond., with Debussy: La damoiselle élue “Unfinished” Ana María Martínez (Carmen), Brandon with Steve Inskeep, Rachel Martin, David Greene, and Kate Royal, Elodie Méchain, Women of the 9/14 Champaign-Urbana Symphony Jovanovich (Don José), Amanda Woodbury Noel King Chicago Symphony Chorus Stephen Alltop, conductor (Micaëla), Alexander Vinogradov (Escamillo), 9/11 Kent Nagano and Gilles Vonsattel 9 am Sun Chang, piano and the LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll “Music of Titans” (4/28/18) Gilbert and Sullivan: The Sorcerer Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Garrop: Mythology Symphony 9/15 Nabucco (Verdi). Emmanuel Villaume, cond., Anxiety” Join Vic for music and companionship and make each I. Becoming Medusa with Plácido Domingo (Nabucco), Liudmyla Gilles Vonsattel, piano morning a classic morning! Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major, Monastyrska (Abigaille), Morris Robinson Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major K. 449 (Zaccaria), Mario Chang (Ismaele), and the LA 9/18 Esa-Pekka Salonen and Leila Josefowicz Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan” Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Noon Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun 9/21 Millikin- Decatur Symphony Gilbert and Sullivan: Princess Ida Afternoon Classics Adams: Scheherazade.2 (9/24/16) 9/22 Norma (Bellini). James Conlon, cond., with Leila Josefowicz, violin Sergey Bogza, conductor Angela Meade (Norma), Jamie Barton NPR News Headlines at 12:01, 1:01, and 3:01. 9/25 Riccardo Muti conducts Higdon Mikhail Yanovitsky, piano (Adalgisa), Russell Thomas (Pollione), Morris Higdon: Low Brass Concerto Debussy: The Sunken Cathedral Robinson (Oroveso), and the LA Opera 5 pm Jay Friedman, trombone Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 Orchestra and Chorus. NPR All Things Considered Michael Mulcahy, trombone Mikhail Yanovitsky, piano Gilbert and Sullivan: Pinafore Charles Vernon, bass trombone Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel) 9/29 Gianni Schicchi (Puccini).