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Inventing Tomorrow: Virtual Educator Training
Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm

WXXI Education presents a special virtual educator training featuring content and materials from PBS film Inventing Tomorrow. 

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Taste of Fame: Live Virtual Culinary Event with Chef Lidia Bastianich
Friday, May 21, 2021 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Join award-winning celebrity chef, author, and host of Lidia's Kitchen, Lidia Bastianich for a live cooking lesson on Zoom!

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Recent Events

POSTPONED: SSIC Virtual Community Summit
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Join WXXI Education and our partners for a special virtual Community Summit on Sesame Street in Communities. 

This event has been POSTPONED.

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PBS Books HEMINGWAY Book Club Conversation
Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 8:00pm - 9:00pm

PBS Books is hosting a Book Club Conversation on Ernest Hemingway in conjunction with the new PBS series, HEMINGWAY.

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PBS Books Hemingway Exhibition
Monday, March 29, 2021 - 6:00am - Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 5:00pm

Celebrating Ernest Hemingway's work and life, PBS Books hosts a virtual exhibition on PBSBooks.org

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Ongoing Events

Watch On-Demand Metcalfe Park: Black Vote Rising

Follow a mother and daughter team as they prepare their Milwaukee community for the 2020 presidential election. 

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Celebrate 2020: Video Profiles


WXXI’s Celebrate 2020 proudly features moments in women’s history that had their roots and connections to Rochester. Watch On-Demand and also see the profiles on WXXI-TV. 

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On-Demand: Finding Your Roots Discussion Event

Watch On-Demand :WXXI Education and The Local History & Genealogy Division of the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County for a a chat about the Finding Your Roots Series with a focus on conducting family history by people of color. Learn about local resources and local stories.

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Watch On-Demand Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I am Susan B. Anthony

Xavier Riddle meets Susan B. Anthony! Watch On-Demand

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Celebrate 2020: Suffrage Moments Audio Profiles

Acclaimed American soprano and Public Radio Host Kearstin Piper Brown takes listeners on a journey through women’s suffrage, with WXXI’s Suffrage Moments. Listen On-Demand and tune-in to hear them on Classical 91.5 and AM 1370.

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E-Learning Adventure On-Demand: Unstoppable: The Road to Women's Rights

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, take an e-learning field trip through history: Unstoppable: The Road to Women’s Rights. Available On-Demand

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American Masters: Unladylike

Illuminating the stories of extraordinary American heroines from the early years of feminism, American Masters — Unladylike2020 is a multimedia series consisting of a one-hour special for broadcast and 26 digital short films featuring courageous, little-known and diverse female trailblazers from the turn of the 20th century.

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Connections with Evan Dawson: Celebrate 2020 Topic Podcasts


This year, the Susan B. Anthony Museum and House is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. 2020 also marks suffragist Susan B. Anthony’s 200th birthday and the 75th anniversary of the museum. Listen On-Demand to Connections Podcasts that focus on this topic

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The Gene Educator Training Series

Join WXXI Education for a series of 3 trainings connected to Ken Burns' The Gene: An Intimate History.

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On-Demand: Virtual Screening/Panel: Explore the Life and Legacy of Oliver Sacks

The on-demand archive of the national virtual screening and panel discussion of American Masters – Oliver Sacks: His Own Life   panel discussion is now available. See the full broadcast of the documentary on April 9th

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