WXXI-TV/HD | WORLD | CREATE | AM1370 | CLASSICAL 91.5 | WRUR 88.5 | THE LITTLE PROGRAMPUBLIC TELEVISION & PUBLIC RADIO FOR ROCHESTER LISTINGSAPRIL 2013 WXXI ONLINE AUCTION APRIL 20 TO MAY 4 AT wxxi.org/auction The WXXI Online Auction kicks off April 20 with more than 5,000 items up for bid – including this Rainbow Series Hand Blown Glass Vessel by James Michael & Co., valued at $2,500 with a starting bid of $400; a Vera Bradley “Paisley Meets Plaid” Luggage Set from Jenss Décor, valued at $346 with a starting bid of $138; and a 2013 Ford Focus from Shepard Ford, valued at $20,485.00 with a starting bid of $10,000. Register for your bidder’s account today at WXXI.org/auction and receive two tickets to The Little. See inside for a list of more fabulous merchandise. ESMERALDA PUBLIC RADIO MUSIC MONTH part of the Little’s Opera and Celebrate public radio’s local impact in our music communities. Ballet in Cinema Series DETAILS INSIDE >> SUNDAY, APRIL 21 AT 12 P.M. AND TUESDAY, APRIL 23 AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE LITTLE THEATRE DETAILS INSIDE >> PHOTO: DAMIR YUSUPOV CORNING ART GLASS BOWL value $225 IT’S WXXI AUCTION TIME! starting bid $56 With 5,000+ items up for bid, there’s something for everyone. Log on to: WXXI.org/auction now, and bid high, bid often! RUSSIAN FLOWERS THIS YEAR’S WXXI AUCTION CAR ON SILK PAINTING value $500 2013 RUBY RED starting bid $125 value $20,485 FORD FOCUS Four-door, 5-passenger starting bid Remote keyless entry $10,000 Power windows & locks 31 MPG, combined city and highway GENESEE VALLEY MUSEUM HALF GALLON SALT GLAZED PITCHER value $40 starting bid $8 ATHENAEUM HOTEL AND CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE 2013 GATE PASSES value $880 Check out the car in person starting bid $330 at these locations: MARCH 30 Day at Shepard Ford in Canandaigua 10:30am - 12:30pm APRIL 6-7 Eastview Mall VALVOLINE “WHAT IF…” 1 YEAR WORTH OF CHILDREN’S BOOK APRIL 13 OIL CHANGES BY LOCAL AUTHOR Marketplace Mall $160 TINA NELLUCI value $20 APRIL 20-22 $64 SENTRY SAFE value Midtown Athletic Club starting bid COMBINATION MODEL starting bid $5 OA3410 value $315 starting bid $80 EXECUTIVE STAFF APRIL 2013 No rm Silverstein, President VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 Susan Rogers, Executive Vice President and General Manager WXXI is a public non-commercial Je anne E. Fisher, Vice President, Radio broadcasting station owned and operated by WXXI Public Kent Hatfield, Vice President, Technology and Operations Broadcasting Council, a not-for- El issa Orlando, Vice President, Television profit corporation chartered by the Board of Regents of New BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS York State. “Program Listings” Steven Swartout, Chair DEAR FRIENDS, Norm Silverstein (USPS 0742-390) is published Christopher Booth, Vice Chair monthly at 280 State Street, James W. Fulmer, Treasurer Rochester, NY 14614 to promote I’d like to thank everyone the programs and activities of Lois Taubman, Secretary the public broadcasting stations. Periodical mailing postage paid at Member & Audience Services ............585.258.0200 Rochester, N.Y. 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THE LITTLE THEATRE If your little ones are avid PBS Kids viewers then chances are they’ve seen I’m Thinking of an Animal with Billy Kelly segments on WXXI- TV/HD. Produced by singer/songwriter Billy Kelly, the segments borrow from the popular car-ride kids’ game of the same name. Billy EVENTS Kelly sings clues about an animal he is thinking of, and supports his clues with animation, and performances by a professional dance & troupe. Now WXXI is proud to bring Billy Kelly to Rochester for a special performance on Sunday, April 14 at the Little Theatre (240 East Avenue). The doors open at 10 a.m. and the concert starts at 11 a.m. WXXI Kids Club Members receive four free tickets. For general admission —tickets are: $25 for a family four- pack, $7 for additional kids tickets, $10 for additional adult tickets. To order your tickets online, visit WXXI.org/events or call (585) 258- 2000. Tickets may also be purchased the day NEWS of the show at the Little Theatre Box Office starting at 10 a.m. Join WXXI on Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m. at The Harley School’s Wilson Arts Center for a special celebration of German-American composer Kurt Weill’s work. Michael Lasser, Cindy Miller, and Alan Jones come together several times each year to perform the songs of major American songwriters, among them Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, and Cole Porter. To that list, they now add this distinctive composer who worked with a remarkable FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM’S group of lyricists— MICHAEL LASSER CELEBRATES from Ira Gershwin and Alan Jay Lerner to THE WORK OF KURT WEILL African-American poet SUNDAY, APRIL 7 AT 2 P.M. | THE HARLEY SCHOOL Langston Hughes and playwright Maxwell Anderson. The timing of the performance anticipates the 15th annual Lotte Lenya Competition and the deepening awareness in Rochester of Kurt Weill’s music for the theater. Tickets are $25 and can be ordered online at WXXI.org/events, or by calling (585) 258-0200. This performance is part of a special community celebration of Kurt Weill and his work, and is funded in part by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc. DEFIANT REQUIEM: VOICES OF RESISTANCE TV SUNDAY, APRIL 7 AT 10:15 P.M. ON WXXI-TV/HD In the face of horrific living conditions, starvation, and the threat of deportation to Auschwitz, the Jewish inmates of Terezin concentration camp — artists, musicians, poets, HIGHLIGHTS and writers — fought back… with art and music. Led by conductor Raphael Schachter, they re-imagined a Catholic liturgical work, Verdi’s Requiem, as a condemnation of the Nazis. Ultimately, they performed for Nazi brass, singing what they dared not say. Six decades later, conductor Murry Sidlin and a new choir take Verdi’s Requiem back to Terezin and bring the story of Raphael Schachter’s artistic uprising back to life. ORCHESTRA OF EXILES SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 10 P.M. ON WXXI-TV/HD Featuring Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, Pinchas Zukerman, Joshua Bell and others, Orchestra of Exiles is the suspenseful chronicle of how one man helped save Europe’s premiere Jewish musicians from obliteration by the Nazis during WWII. In the early 1930s Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles, violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these great musicians to Palestine and formed a symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. With courage, resourcefulness, and an entourage of allies including Arturo Toscanini and Albert Einstein, Huberman saved close to 1,000 Jews - along with the musical heritage of Europe. THREE-PART HEALTH-FOCUSED SERIES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3-17 AT 10 P.M. ON WXXI-TV/HD British author, journalist, and popular TV personality Dr. Michael Mosley sets out to conduct experiments on himself to improve his health and discovers how the human body works. With cameras in THE tow for the series, Mosley traveled across the U.S. to collaborate with researchers doing extraordinary work in a variety of health-related fields. Episodes include: CENTRAL PARK Eat, Fast and Live Longer (4/3), The Truth About Exercise (4/10), and Guts (4/17). “I have always been interested in self- FIVE experimentation as a research device TUESDAY, APRIL 16 AT 9 P.M. ON WXXI-TV/HD because so many of the most important discoveries came from scientists and The Central Park Five examines the 1989 case of five Black and Latino doctors who used themselves as test teenagers who were convicted of raping a White woman in Central Park. subjects,” Mosley says, “but I had never After having spent between 6 and 13 years each in prison, a serial rapist before performed a series of trials on my confessed to the crime. Based on Sarah Burns’ best-selling book and co- own health.” PHOTO: COURTESY OF ROSHAN SAMARASINGHE directed by her husband David McMahon and her father Ken Burns, this incendiary film traces the riveting tale of innocent young men scapegoated for a heinous crime, and serves as a mirror for our times. An encore presentation will air Saturday, April 20 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 21 at 11 p.m. on WXXI-TV/HD. TELEVISION PROGRAMMING TV/HD DT 21.1 / CABLE 11 & 1011 DT 21.2 / CABLE 524 For an online version of this program guide, visit WXXI.org/listings. create/ DT 21.3 / CABLE 433 MONDAY April 1 AFTERNOON 1:00PM 1:30PM 2:00PM 2:30PM 3:00PM 3:30PM 4:00PM 4:30PM 5:00PM 5:30PM Caillou Daniel Tiger Clifford Curious George The Cat in the Hat Cyberchase Fetch! WordGirl Wild Kratts Biz Kid$ LinkAsia Religion & Ethics American Masters Trumbo American Masters John Muir in the New World Newsline Journal create/ Mexico - Bayless Bake, Decorate... Ciao Italia Jazzy Vegetarian Richard Bangs’ South America Rick