As part of WMHT’s continuing commitment to use media to raise community awareness and enhance conversations around important issues of public health and wellness, our next installment of Headline will focus on Anxiety and Stress. While each of us may feel anxious at some point in our lives, whether starting a new job or losing a loved one, prolonged anxiety and related symptoms seems to be on the rise. Headline offers local health experts who provide advice on how you can distinguish anxiety disorders from stress, what effects anxiety can have on your overall health, and suggestions on what to do. This short video series airs throughout the month on WMHT TV, and can be watched online anytime at www.wmht.org/headline. Anxiety and Stress Is stress impacting your life? While the play A Raisin in the Sun is widely known and universally seen as a groundbreaking work of art, much less is known about its creator, Lorraine Hansberry. Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain and American Masters are changing that. The new feature- length documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Hearts presents an intimate portrait of the artist, writer, activist, rebel, and visionary. You’ll meet her as a child growing up in Chicago in the 1930s, and follow her journey as she becomes a radical journalist in Harlem in the 1950s and an activist influential in the social and political movements of her era. “She was reaching into the essence of who we were, who we are, where we came from,” says Sidney Poitier, who starred in the film version of A Raisin in the Sun and is one of the people interviewed. The documentary brilliantly blends the personal memories of Hansberry from Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, Louis Gossett Jr., friends, and family members with a remarkable collection of archival footage, home movies, rare photos, and unpublished documents. Airs Friday, January 19, at 9 pm on WMHT-TV. Lorraine Hansberry: Help for seriously ill patients. Support for their loved ones. communityhospice.org (518) 724-0242 She Inspires, the short-video series that began in 2017 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York State, has become so popular that it is continuing in 2018. The next in the series that recognizes influential women who made an impact on our region and beyond is Grace Leach Hudowalski. She was the first woman to hike to the top of all 46 high peaks in the Adirondacks that are over 4,000 feet in 1937. Hudowalski was born in Ticonderoga in 1906, grew up in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, and dedicated much of her life to sharing her love of the Adirondacks and regional history. This short-video series airs throughout the month on WMHT TV. You can watch all of our She Inspires short videos on www.wmht.org/sheinspires. She Inspires: Grace Leach Hudowalski Taking you beyond the headlines... Join the New York NOW team, Matt Ryan, Casey Seiler, and Karen DeWitt, as they bring you our weekly public affairs program that features news, in-depth reporting, and analysis. Airing Friday at 7:30 p.m., each week’s presentation seeks to provide you with insight and information so you can gain a deeper understanding of the issues that matter most to Empire State residents. In January, the team offers their annual analysis of the Governor’s budget plan as well as his expected “State of the State” presentation. As Managing Editor, Matt Ryan has lead the show to become a winner of some of the most prestigious broadcast honors in the state including an Emmy and “Best Public Affairs Program” and “Best Locally Produced Television Show” from the New York State Broadcasters Association. Learn more on www.nynow.org. As the first episode of Victoria, Season 2, on Masterpiece begins, Victoria is caring for her child who is now one month old. As Queen and as a woman, she appears to have it all — a devoted husband, a family, and a prestigious career heading the most important country in the world — but does she really? “To be a queen, I must rule, yet to be a wife, it seems I must submit,” she says wistfully. Jenna Coleman reprises her role as Victoria, the passionate, impulsive, and beautiful young woman with a will of iron. Tom Hughes continues in his role of Prince Albert, and Diana Rigg (Olenna Tyrell, Game of Thrones; Emma Peel, The Avengers) joins the cast as the queen’s new confidant, the formidable Duchess of Buccleuch. Victoria is coming to grips with being a mother. She hadn’t enjoyed being pregnant and is having difficulty bonding with the baby, who she has named Victoria. The men in her life are treating her like an invalid, but she overrides their wishes and insists on returning to her royal duties sooner than expected. She faces tremendous challenges both in England and abroad. Thousands of British soldiers are risking their lives in the First Anglo-Afghan War. At home, cities are overcrowded, poverty is rampant, unemployment is high, and the people are not happy with their Queen. But no one will tell Victoria what is really going on because they feel she needs protecting. Only the Duke of Wellington will tell her the truth. You will see power battles between Victoria and Albert, both politically and romantically. They are madly in love, yet they fight a lot. Victoria flies off the handle in fits of rage and passion; whereas Albert remains calmer and more rational. To make matters worse, Albert starts spending a lot of time with an attractive lady mathematician, Ada Lovelace (Emerald Fennell, Call the Midwife). Intellectually, Albert and Ada have a lot in common. Victoria is jealous and she frets that her clothes are getting tight. Is she gaining weight? Could it be that she is pregnant again, so soon? A crisis compels Albert to return to Germany, and the couple is separated for the first time in their marriage. What terrible family secret does he learn about in Coburg that will torment Albert for years? Why do Victoria and Albert travel to France? How will Victoria handle the famine in Ireland? As the episodes unfold, all will be revealed. Premieres Sunday, January 14, at 9 pm on WMHT-TV Passion, power, fury, and motherhood intertwine in... Sponsored by The Community Hospice: Expertise – Support – Dignity JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 4 wmht spotlight WMHTNL0118 8.5 x 11 — CMYK 8390 WMHT NL JanFeb18.indd 1-2 11/7/17 4:05 PM
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As part of WMHT’s continuing commitment to use media to raise community awareness and enhance conversations around important issues of public health and wellness, our next installment of Headline will focus on Anxiety and Stress. While each of us may feel anxious at some point in our lives, whether starting a new job or losing a loved one, prolonged anxiety and related symptoms seems to be on the rise. Headline offers local health experts who provide advice on how you can distinguish anxiety disorders from stress, what effects anxiety can have on your overall health, and suggestions on what to do. This short video series airs throughout the month on WMHT TV, and can be watched online anytime at www.wmht.org/headline.
Anxiety and Stress
Is stress impacting your life?
While the play A Raisin in the Sun is widely known and universally seen as a groundbreaking work of art, much less is known about its creator, Lorraine Hansberry. Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain and American Masters are changing that. The new feature-length documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Hearts presents an intimate portrait of the artist, writer, activist, rebel, and visionary. You’ll meet her as a child growing up in Chicago in the 1930s, and follow her journey as she becomes a radical journalist in Harlem in the 1950s and an activist influential in the social and political movements of her era. “She was reaching into the essence of who we were, who we are, where we came from,” says Sidney Poitier, who starred in the film version of A Raisin in the Sun and is one of the people interviewed. The documentary brilliantly blends the personal memories of Hansberry from Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, Louis Gossett Jr., friends, and family members with a remarkable collection of archival footage, home movies, rare photos, and unpublished documents. Airs Friday, January 19, at 9 pm on WMHT-TV.
Lorraine Hansberry:
Help for seriously ill patients.
Support for their loved ones.
communityhospice.org
(518) 724-0242
She Inspires, the short-video series that began in 2017 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York State, has become so popular that it is continuing in 2018. The next in the series that recognizes influential women who made an impact on our region and beyond is Grace Leach Hudowalski. She was the first woman to hike to the top of all 46 high peaks in the Adirondacks that are over 4,000 feet in 1937. Hudowalski was born in Ticonderoga in 1906, grew up in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, and dedicated much of her life to sharing her love of the Adirondacks and regional history. This short-video series airs throughout the month on WMHT TV. You can watch all of our She Inspires short videos on www.wmht.org/sheinspires.
She Inspires:Grace Leach Hudowalski
Taking you beyond the headlines...
Join the New York NOW team, Matt Ryan, Casey Seiler, and Karen DeWitt, as they bring you our weekly public affairs
program that features news, in-depth reporting, and analysis. Airing Friday at 7:30 p.m., each week’s presentation seeks to provide you with insight and information so you can gain a deeper understanding of the issues that matter most to Empire State residents. In January, the team offers their annual analysis of the Governor’s budget plan as well as his expected “State of the State” presentation. As Managing Editor, Matt Ryan has lead the show to become a winner of some of the most prestigious broadcast honors in the state including an Emmy and “Best Public Affairs Program” and “Best Locally Produced Television Show” from the New York State Broadcasters Association. Learn more on www.nynow.org.
As the first episode of Victoria, Season 2, on Masterpiece begins, Victoria is caring for her child who is now one month old. As Queen and as a woman, she appears to have it all — a devoted husband, a family, and a prestigious career heading the most important country in the world — but does she really? “To be a queen, I must rule, yet to be a wife, it seems I must submit,” she says wistfully. Jenna Coleman reprises her role as Victoria, the passionate, impulsive, and beautiful young woman with a will of iron. Tom Hughes continues in his role of Prince Albert, and
Diana Rigg (Olenna Tyrell, Game of Thrones; Emma Peel, The Avengers) joins the cast as the queen’s new confidant, the formidable Duchess of Buccleuch.
Victoria is coming to grips with being a mother. She hadn’t enjoyed being pregnant and is having difficulty bonding with the baby, who she has named Victoria. The men in her life are treating her like an invalid, but she overrides their wishes and insists on returning to her royal duties sooner than expected.
She faces tremendous challenges both in England and abroad. Thousands of British soldiers are risking their lives in the First Anglo-Afghan War. At home, cities are
overcrowded, poverty is rampant, unemployment is high, and the people are not happy with their Queen. But no one will tell Victoria what is really going on because they feel she needs
protecting. Only the Duke of Wellington will tell her the truth. You will see power battles between Victoria and Albert, both politically and romantically. They are madly in love, yet they fight a lot. Victoria flies off the handle in fits of rage and passion; whereas Albert remains calmer and more rational. To make matters worse, Albert starts spending a lot of time with an attractive lady mathematician, Ada Lovelace (Emerald Fennell, Call the Midwife). Intellectually, Albert and
Ada have a lot in common. Victoria is jealous and she frets that her clothes are getting tight. Is she gaining weight? Could it be that she is pregnant again, so soon?
A crisis compels Albert to return to Germany, and the couple is separated for the first time in their marriage. What
terrible family secret does he learn about in Coburg that will torment Albert for years? Why do Victoria and Albert
travel to France? How will Victoria handle the famine in Ireland? As the episodes unfold, all will be revealed. Premieres Sunday, January 14, at 9 pm on WMHT-TV
Passion, power, fury, and motherhood intertwine in...
Sponsored by The Community Hospice: Expertise – Support – Dignity JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018
Seventy-two years is a very long time to wait to be reunited with someone you care deeply about. That’s how long it was before childhood friends Reiko Nagumo and Mary Peters met again. Reiko was a young Japanese-American girl interned in 1942, and Mary helped her during her darkest hours. This is one of the remarkable stories that you’ll see during the new six-part series, We’ll Meet Again, executive produced and reported by Ann Curry, journalist and former NBC News anchor. The program explores pivotal moments in history and the powerful bonds that formed among people whose lives intersected in meaningful ways.
Searching for clues in marriage records, war and immigration documents, and combing archives to reunite those now separated by time and distance, Curry and her team research and make contacts until they find the people they are looking for. “This series helps people separated by conflict, war, and humanitarian disasters find each other again and reveals untold stories of courage, survival, friendship, and even love,” says Curry. Premieres Tuesday, January 23, at 8 pm on WMHT-TV.
American Experience presents Into the Amazon and The Secret of Tuxedo Park — two very different programs that explore the lives of men who made history. In 1913, President Theodore Roosevelt and Candido Rondon, the intrepid explorer from Brazil, traveled into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon. Roosevelt, once a sickly child who was able to overcome his health problems, wanted to test himself against nature. What was anticipated to be a relatively tranquil journey turned out to be an extreme test of courage and character. Over eight weeks, the ill-equipped expedition navigated deadly rapids in crude dugout canoes. The men became hungry, and exhausted, and they were forced to carry heavy canoes long distances. Roosevelt injured his leg, which caused him to fall ill with tropical fever. He suffered
a fever that rose to 103ºF and bouts of delirium, and he begged to be left behind. They would not leave him and he survived the trip, but it affected his health for the rest of his life. Into the Amazon airs Tuesday, January 9, at 9 pm on WMHT-TV. The Secret of Tuxedo Park reveals the little-known details of the life of Alfred Lee Loomis and his mission to gather the most visionary scientific minds of the twentieth century, including Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, and others, at his state-of-the-art laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, in the late 1930s. There, this group of scientists researched new high-power radar detection systems that helped defeat the Germans in World War II. The Secret of Tuxedo Park airs Tuesday, January 16, at 9 pm on WMHT-TV.
She lived constantly in fear of her life...
Tony Bennett: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize will honor the 90-year-old singer for his outstanding achievements in the field of popular song. He is the tenth recipient of this prestigious award. The program will feature performances and accolades from a star-studded lineup of his friends including Josh Groban, Michael Feinstein, Sheryl Crow, and others. In announcing the award, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said, “Tony Bennett is one of the most accomplished and beloved artists of our time. His staying power is a testament to the enduring appeal of the Great American Songbook the Gershwins helped write, and his ability to collaborate with new generations of music icons has been a gift to music lovers of all ages,” In speaking of the award, Bennett said, “I am very proud that one of the earliest records I ever made was a song written by the Gershwins, as their songwriting mastery was so exceptional. To be receiving an award that was named in their honor is one of the greatest thrills of my career.” Airs Friday, January 12, at 9 pm on WMHT-TV.
Tony BenneTT Receives the Library of Congress
Gershwin Prize
Conspiracies, double-crossings, it was terrifying. Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents is the gripping three-part true story of Queen Elizabeth I who reigned for more than 40 years from 1558 until 1603. One of Elizabeth’s first actions as queen was to establish an English
Protestant church and become the Supreme Governor. Twelve years into her reign, the Pope declared her a heretic, which in the
hearts of England’s Catholics gave them permission to kill her. The Queen relied heavily on William and Robert Cecil — the father and son team had the duty of protecting the Queen and country. They established a huge espionage network, which became England’s first secret service. As a result of a tip, William Cecil caught a courier carrying coded letters that revealed a plot to assassinate Elizabeth and install her cousin Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne. The sting that Cecil creates is worthy of the most elaborate spy thrillers. You may have to
keep reminding yourself, this really happened many years ago. Airs Sunday, January 28, at 10 pm on WMHT-TV..
FROM VIENNA: The New Year 's Celebrat ion 20 18 Celebrate the New Year with Conductor Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic as they perform the magnificent music of Strauss Family waltzes at the opulent Musikverein in Vienna. A beloved annual tradition, this is the largest worldwide event in classical music, reaching millions of people through television and radio in more than 90 countries. This year, your host of From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2018, presented by Great Performances, is Hugh Bonneville, who you’ll recognize from his role as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, in Downton Abbey. In addition, you’ll enjoy the dancing of the Vienna City Ballet and a grand tour of the best Vienna landmarks. World-renowned Riccardo Muti is Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and he has also collaborated with the Vienna Philharmonic for more than 47 years. In 2015, Muti’s desire to devote more time to training young musicians was realized with the first annual Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy for young conductors and singers at Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna, Italy. Airs Monday, January 1, at 9 pm on WMHT-TV.
Dear WMHT Member, Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet? If you’re like me, they usually have something to do with treating yourself and others well — taking better care of your health, spending time and resources wisely, doing more to help others… When you think about it, your support of public media and WMHT television accomplishes all of these goals. Watching public media fills your mind — and heart — with educational, inspiring, high-quality information and entertainment, as evidenced by the upcoming programs described in this edition. You come away from an hour spent with WMHT knowing you have improved yourself and made excellent use of your time. And after all, what more valuable resource do we have than our time?
When it comes to helping others, know that investing your financial support in WMHT is a powerful and far-reaching gift to yourself, your family, and the wider community. We put our faith in your generosity, knowing that individual viewer support is the most essential part of our operating budget. Thanks for all you do, from all of us at WMHT. We wish you a very Happy New Year of viewing!
Sharon SleicherDirector of Membershipand Fellow WMHT Supporter
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