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10/15/2024

Former Governors Butch Otter (R), Idaho, David Ige (D), Hawaii & Gary Herbert (R), Utah, discuss the importance for the next generation to get involved in public service and why they are the key for lasting bipartisanship change for the future.

10/14/2024

Happy Columbus Day and Indigenous' Peoples Day.

A movement recast the second Monday in October as a day to appreciate the history of Indigenous communities. That visibility, say Native Americans, can help us see what else needs to change.

10/12/2024

After months of waiting, host Michael Barone is now sharing four concerts from the "Rochester Pipedreams Live" concerts with Eastman School of Music students held in and around Rochester in November 2023. They will air Sundays at 8 p.m. on WXXI Classical 91.5, beginning tomorrow evening (10/13).

October 13th's concert features the 1929 Skinner organ St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rochester, New York.

10/12/2024

Liz Collins is well-known for pushing the boundaries of art and design in innovative and experimental work in fabric, yarn, and other materials and techniques associated with textile media. Although Collins embraces a language of abstraction, bold colors, patterns, and symbols allude to q***r and feminist references, sourcing further inspiration from interpersonal and environmental forces such as electricity, volatility, connectivity, and energy exchange. Whether in the form of textile, painting, drawing, or installation, Collins frequently explores the dichotomy of structure and entropy—qualities inherent to textile that speak to the fissures present in broader architectural, political, and social structures.

Collins’s current and forthcoming exhibitions include the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, and Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, curated by Lynne Cooke, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. In 2025, Collins will have a mid-career retrospective curated by Kate Irvin at the RISD Museum in Providence, RI, with an accompanying monograph.

Collins has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY; Touchstones Rochdale, Rochdale, UK, among others. She has been featured in group exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the New Museum, New York, NY; The Drawing Center, New York, NY; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, among others. In 2020, the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery released Liz Collins — Energy Field, the artist’s first major publication.

Presented in partnership with Design Core Detroit.
Series presenting partners: Detroit PBS and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Radio.

10/10/2024

You should try to check out the Northern Lights tonight.

A powerful solar storm could make northern lights visible in the skies above Western New York.

10/10/2024

To get in the Halloween mood, PBS Books and the American Library Association’s Booklist editor are teaming up to help you find your next big scare! Public Librarian and National Director Heather-Marie Montilla will speak with audiobook editor Heather Booth to explore the best mystery, magic and horror audiobooks released over last few years. Audiobooks are rapidly growing in popularity. While a majority of audiobook readers are between 25 and 44 years of age, the immersive audiobook experience is attracting people of all ages. Join us to learn about what to look for when selecting an audiobook and get top book recommendations from the experts.

10/09/2024

SPECIAL SCREENING ALERT! On April 13, 1945, a small U.S. Army reconnaissance team of the 743rd Tank Battalion discovered a stalled N**i death train containing 2,500 Holocaust victims near Magdeburg, Germany. In the midst of battle, soldiers of the United State Army became humanitarians, liberating and protecting the Jews during the waning days of World War II.

Filmmaker Mike Edward shares this incredible story in a four part series, “A Train Near Magdeburg." A special screening of episode one, followed by a Q&A with Mike will take place at The Little Theatre on Friday, October 18 at 1 PM. Tickets are on sale now here>> thelittle.org/atrainnearmagdeburg/

10/09/2024

Maria Anna Mozart was a musical prodigy just like her younger brother Wolfgang. Controversial new evidence suggests she may have contributed to her brother’s earliest works. “Mozart’s Sister” premieres TONIGHT (10/9) at 10pm on WXXI-TV.

Controversial new evidence suggests Maria Anna Mozart may have contributed to her brother Wolfgang’s earliest works. A global search for her compositions continues. “Mozart’s Sister” premieres TONIGHT at 10/9c on PBS.

10/08/2024

Presenting Partners: Bipartisan Leadership Project, Western Governors’ Association & Western Governors’ University
Governor Mark Gordon (R), Wyoming & WGA 2023-24 Chair and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), New Mexico & WGA 2024-25 Chair to discuss the paths that led them to a life in public service, the role respect plays in the political landscape, and the important role civil discourse needs to play in our political future.

10/07/2024

Feeling stressed this morning. Click the link in our bio to learn about eight skills that might help alleviate some of it.

Life is stressful. Whether it’s work or relationship issues or you’re worrying about politics or global conflict, it can be overwhelming. NPR’s Stress Less: A quest to reclaim your calm aims to help.

10/05/2024

A chocolatier, veterinarian, athletic trainer, and kombucha brewer – what do they all have in common? They are all jobs featured in “I Can Be What?!, a children’s series produced by WXXI that gives kids (7-11 years old) a sneak peek into the world of STEAM careers – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math.

Watch them with your favorite young person today (10/5) at 9 a.m. or tomorrow at 7 a.m. on WXXI-TV. Or check them out on YouTube >> youtube.com/

10/03/2024

Do you follow Elmo on social? Meet the social media manager behind his account. (And if you don't follow him, you should.)

The social media manager behind Elmo’s accounts talked to us about achieving virality through feel-good posts.

10/02/2024

WXXI Classical 91.5 presents a live broadcast of Temple B'rith Kodesh's evening service for Rosh Hashanah tonight (10/2) at 7:30 p.m. on WXXI Classical 91.5. You can also listen online at wxxiclassical.org/

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 7:30 pm

10/01/2024

PBS Books presents the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan program "Mike Ford & Jason Carter to Speak: How DO we Run Fair, Safe Elections?" where they will examine the inner workings of the election process as well as expectations for staff conduct around elections. This series has been developed in partnership with Principles for Trusted Elections and More Perfect's Sustainable Democracy Goals.
Co-chaired by Mike Ford (son of President Ford) and Jason Carter (grandson of President Carter), the Principles for Trusted Elections is an effort to bring awareness to the process insuring fair, safe, and secure elections. More Perfect's "Five Democracy Goals" were created to support key cornerstones of a sustainable and vigorous democracy

09/30/2024

Congratulations to WXXI's incoming President & CEO Chris Hastings, who will be honored with the Industry Trailblazer Award at the AmDoc GalaFest 2024 in November. 🙌

🎉 We’re excited to announce that Chris Hastings, a leader in public media and the independent filmmaking community, will be honored with the Industry Trailblazer Award at the AmDoc GalaFest 2024! Join us on November 14, 2024, as we celebrate Hastings' exceptional work in elevating diverse voices, fostering creative collaborations, and mentoring the next generation of filmmakers.

Hastings, incoming President & CEO of WXXI, has over 20 years of experience creating impactful, inclusive content. As Editor-in-Chief for WORLD Channel, based at GBH, he co-curates DOC World, Local, USA, and America ReFramed. https://loom.ly/m9np--g

09/29/2024

Sibling conflict, showbiz grudges, and family secrets all complicate matters on a new Moonflower Murders! Don't miss it, TONIGHT (9/29) at 9pm on MASTERPIECE Mystery! on WXXI-TV.

09/27/2024

To all of you who made a pledge of support this week during our membership drive, we thank you!

09/27/2024

We are saddened by this news. We will never forget you, Dame Maggie Smith and all the great characters you gave us. Our favorite: Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham.

A message from MASTERPIECE and our Executive Producer, Susanne Simpson: “The entire MASTERPIECE and PBS family are terribly sad to hear the news of Maggie Smith’s death. She was an icon and will be deeply missed by us personally, and by our audience who came to love her in Downton Abbey. She will be remembered by all of us for decades of memorable performances.” (Photo Credit: ALAMY/Carnival Films/Album)

09/26/2024

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09/26/2024

Literary icon and great American novelist Julia Alvarez, bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss a luminescent novel about storytelling that reads like an instant classic.
**Named a Most Anticipated Book by the New York Times, Washington Post, Today.com, Goodreads, and more**
Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart of The Cemetery of Untold Stories, doesn’t want to end up like her friend, a novelist who fought so long and hard to finish a book that it threatened her sanity. So when Alma inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, her homeland, she has the beautiful idea of turning it into a place to bury her untold stories—literally. She creates a graveyard for the manuscript drafts and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her.

Readers will be excited to pair this novel with the September 2024 release of American Masters: Julia Alvarez on PBS, chronicaling the life and work of one of the most critically and commercially successful Latina writers of her generation.

09/25/2024

WXXI was a proud sponsor of the YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County's luncheon today with keynote speaker Nicole Lynn.

09/24/2024

Congrats to these amazing humans from WXXI Classical 91.5, WXXI News, and WXXI Education (along with our friends at Rochester Red Wings) for being recognized at the New York State Broadcasters Association awards luncheon for their incredible work!

09/24/2024

September marks the 50th anniversary of President Gerald R. Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon. Over the past five decades, that act has been both vilified and then lionized as a great act of patriotism.

Five decades later, what is the significance of that unique, historical pardon? PBS Books is delighted to share a discussion with four legal experts on the significance of the Nixon pardon, in an appearance recorded at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

The discussion features University of Michigan law professor and former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, Nixon White House Counsel John Dean and University of Baltimore Law School professor Kimberly Wehle.

09/23/2024

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