WXXI Education

11/14/2025

Who will tell your stories, many stories from many perspectives...Watch Nov. 16-Nov. 21 8-10pm The American Revolution on PBS and WXXI. https://www.wxxi.org/highlights/ken-burns-the-american-revolution-series-wxxi-tv/

11/14/2025

Listen or Watch: Connections with Evan Dawson Podcast & YouTube Video: Lessons from Ken Burns' new series, "The American Revolution" With Guests from:

WXXI News WXXI Ken Burns Department of History, SUNY Brockport SUNY Brockport University of Rochester Department of History University of Rochester

In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 11/14/25, we preview the new Ken Burns' documentary series, "The American Revolution." The series airs on PBS, beginning November 16.

11/14/2025

WXXI is offering a free screening/panel discussion at the Little Theatre of Emergent City from PBS POV. The film deals with issues of urban planning and development and civic engagement with an existing neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. The film explores the profound intersections of gentrification, climate crisis and real estate development, and asks how change might emerge from dialogue and collective action in a world where too many outcomes are constrained by money, politics and business as usual.

Following the screening we will have a moderated panel discussion with local panelists about related issues in our own community.

Details and registration for the free event on November 18th at 6:30pm are here. Register here: Https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wxxi-free-pov-emergent-city-screening-panel-discussion-tickets-1936206829749?aff=oddtdtcreator

11/14/2025

Tune in Connections with Evan Dawson at Noon today (11/14) for Discussion of the new Ken Burns' American Revolution with one of the film maker and local historians that advised on the series. Learn more about the series Paul Moyer: Professor of History at SUNY Brockport & Michael Jarvis, Professor of History at University of Rochester: https://www.wxxi.org/highlights/ken-burns-the-american-revolution-series-wxxi-tv/ WXXI News WXXI University of Rochester Department of History Department of History, SUNY Brockport

The American Revolution, a film series by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, explores the journey of the thirteen American colonies as they unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire democratic movement...

11/13/2025

Join WXXI for a free screening of the PBS POV documentary "Emergent City" followed by a moderated panel discussion!

11/13/2025

What happens when a global developer purchases Industry City and begins to transform it into an “innovation district,” and a battle erupts over the future of the Brooklyn neighborhood? Find out when you join WXXI for a FREE screening & panel discussion at The Little Theatre of EMERGENT CITY, a film by Kelly Anderson, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg and Brenda Ávila-Hanna. Tuesday, November 18. Doors open at 6pm, Event at 6:30pm. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wxxi-free-pov-emergent-city-screening-panel-discussion-tickets-1936206829749?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join WXXI for a free screening of the PBS POV documentary "Emergent City" followed by a moderated panel discussion!

11/12/2025

Explore foundational American principles, such as liberty, self-governance, and democracy, through media-making with your middle or high school students this year! 🇺🇸

The Youth Media Challenge draws on themes covered in The American Revolution, the upcoming documentary series from filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt.

Explore foundational American principles such as liberty, self-governance, and democracy through media-making with your middle or high school students this year. PBS LearningMedia’s The American Revolution Youth Media Challenge draws on themes from The American Revolution, the upcoming documentary...

11/11/2025

Register for the FREE WXXI screening & panel discussion of EMERGENT CITY, a film by Kelly Anderson, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg and Brenda Ávila-Hanna. When a global developer purchases Industry City and begins to transform it into an “innovation district,” a battle erupts over the future of the Brooklyn neighborhood. Tuesday, November 18. Doors open at 6pm, Event at 6:30pm. Register here:

Join WXXI for a free screening of the PBS POV documentary "Emergent City" followed by a moderated panel discussion!

11/08/2025

11/07/2025

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11/04/2025

Thank you to our audience that packed The Little Theatre last night for the WXXI preview screening of "American Revolution", the latest film series from Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt. A lively panel discussion moderated by Christine Ridarsky Rochester City and Monroe County Historian and panelists Paul B. Moyer, Professor of History at SUNY Brockport , and Michael Jarvis Professor of History at the University of Rochester Department of History led to great audience questions! The event let us know why there is so much more to explore about The American Revolution (Watch on WXXI-TV Nov. 16-21 8pm-10pm & livestreamed on the PBS App! More info here: https://www.wxxi.org/highlights/ken-burns-the-american-revolution-series-wxxi-tv/

Special thanks to our partner organizations who tabled at the event: Rochester Chapter SAR (Sons of the American Revolution),
Friends of Mt. Hope National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Irondequoit Chapter.
And, a big shout out to our sponsors who helped to make the event possible: The Highlands at Pittsford and Rochester Broadway Theatre League