Watch the Live Stream of the 2024 Solar Eclipse beginning 1 PM on Monday, April 8th.
NOVA: Great American Eclipse • WXXI-WORLD
Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.
NOVA: Great American Eclipse airs Sunday, April 7 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-WORLD.
In April 2024, the Moon’s shadow is sweeping from Texas to Maine, as the U.S. witnesses its last total eclipse until 2044, and scientists scramble to unlock the secrets of our Sun. This extraordinary astronomical event is plunging locations in the path of totality into darkness for more than four minutes – nearly twice as long as the last American eclipse in 2017. Learn how to watch an eclipse safely and follow scientists as they work to unlock secrets of our Sun – from why its atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than its surface, to what causes solar storms and how we might one day predict them.
CREATE Showcase: Milk Street Spicy • WXXI-CREATE
Transform your everyday cooking with ingredients and flavor combinations that have been inspired by the Milk Street team’s travels across the globe in this celebration of spice.
CREATE Showcase: Milk Street Spicy airs Saturday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on WXXI-CREATE.
Host Christopher Kimball and a team of cooks search the world over for techniques that can add a little kick, and convenience, to everyday American cooking. The series follows the journey from first bite to final product to showcase the recipe testing, editing and translation process.
The series spotlights new flavor combinations to elevate simple dishes and provides a dose international inspiration for reviving classic recipes. Kimball also shares culinary tips and techniques designed to make home cooking easier — from making egg whites and seasoning a carbon steel pan.
CREATE Showcase: Milk Street Spicy also airs Sunday, April 7 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on WXXI-CREATE.
Photo: Christopher Kimball
Credit: Create TV
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House: The Next Hundred Years • WXXI-TV
This beautifully shot documentary spotlights the restoration of Boynton House – the Frank Lloyd Wright house located on East Boulevard in Rochester, New York.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House: The Next Hundred Years airs Sunday, August 11 at 3 p.m. on WXXI-TV.
Owners Fran Cosentino and Jane Parker share how they acquired Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House, and how they worked to restore it to its original beauty using materials and processes that Wright himself intended.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House: The Next Hundred Years, gives you an inside look into every room in the house and the amazing transformation that occurs during the restoration process. More than 150 talented individuals worked on the home over a two-year span to make Cosentino and Parker’s dream home a reality. The documentary shares details about the home’s structural repair, the unexpected insect infestation, the restoration of the 253 art glass panels, roof replacement, conservation of 17 pieces of the home’s original furniture, landscaping, and much more.
The history of the house, and that of its original owner Mr. Edward Boynton are also told by many experts including Jean France, Boynton Historian and Architectural Scholar; Carol Boynton Atwood, descendent of the Boynton Family; Eric Norden, owner of Eric Norden Restorations; and John E. Page, owner of Bero Architecture. The Landmark Society’s Executive Director Wayne Goodman also talks about the importance of preserving this national treasure.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House: The Next Hundred Years is a co-production of WXXI Public Broadcasting, Fran Cosentino and Jane Parker.
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow • Educational Resources
A one-hour special documentary that follows the actor, author, humorist, and renowned performer as he goes back to school, to demonstrate the transformative power of arts education. This one-hour special features actor John Lithgow going back to school to demonstrate the transformative power of arts education. He immerses himself with teachers and students to explore four arts disciplines: dance, ceramics, silk-screen printing and vocal jazz ensemble. The program celebrates how arts education nurtures and inspires the hearts and minds of students of all ages.
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow airs Friday, April 26 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV and On-Demand following the broadcast.
Audiences that may wish to screen the program or clips from the program include: Fine arts organizations, schools, guidance counselors, educators, professional associations connected to the arts that serve youth, youth, youth out of school programs, parent-teacher associations, school boards, students considering taking participating in the arts in school. See the discussion guide for activities and additional ideas.
Downloadable Discussion Guide
Trailer: This one-hour special features actor John Lithgow going back to school to demonstrate the transformative power of arts education. He immerses himself with teachers and students to explore four arts disciplines: dance, ceramics, silk-screen printing and vocal jazz ensemble. The program celebrates how arts education nurtures and inspires the hearts and minds of students of all ages.
Self-Help Graphics Blends Art and Activism With John Lithgow: John Lithgow visits Self-Help Graphics in Boyle Heights to learn from printmaking instructor Dewey Tafoya and student Yolitztli Torres. Tafoya shares the organization’s rich history as a community art hub. Assigned to collaborate on a printmaking project, John and Yoli are inspired by the nearby Mariachi Plaza for an artivism project, merging art and activism.
La Cañada Students Shape John Lithgow’s Intro to Ceramics: John Lithgow joins the La Cañada Flintridge Ceramics Program, under the guidance of youth ceramics teacher Azzah Abdus-Shakoor, who guides students through the art of clay-making and the lessons hiding in mistakes. Engaging with classmates, Lithgow discovers their individual ceramic journeys and the invaluable teachings beyond the clay.
PBS KIDS Eclipse Programs & Activities:
What & Where to Watch: WXXI Channels & Livestreams Guide:
Ready, Jet, Go! Episodes & Block Party Activities
Total Eclipse of the Sunspot; Sean’s Year in Space: Sunspot acts strange when Mindy, Jet, Sean and Syndey use a solar panel to try to improve energy efficiency; Sean is excited about NASA’s Year in Space program. Length: 30 Minutes
WXXI PBS Kids 24/7 & Live Stream | Saturday, Apr. 6 at 06:30 pm
Eye in the Sky; Total Eclipse Block Party: Bad weather threatens Sean’s first sleepout with his Space Scouts troop; the kids prepare a total eclipse song and dance. Length: 30 Minutes
WXXI PBS Kids 24/7 & Live Stream| Sunday, Apr. 7 at 06:30 pm
Activities:
Ready, Jet, Go! Solar Eclipse Clip & Song
Ready, Jet, Go! Solar Eclipse Block Party Activities
Nature Cat: Total Eclipse of the Sun
Freezin’ in the Summer Season; Total Eclipse of the Sun: Dark clouds threaten Nature Cat’s annual Summer Fest, which includes the Summer Fest Sprinkler Frolic, a bike ride and a kickball game; Hal is afraid of the total eclipse of the sun. Length: 30 Minutes
WXXI-TV & WXXI-TV Livestream | Monday, Apr. 8 at 12:30 pm & again at 4:30 pm
Curious George: George’s Dark Day
Curious George: George’s Dark Day; Leaf Raker: George and the Man with the Yellow Hat are excited to view the solar eclipse, but George accidentally leaves their eclipse viewing glasses behind; Bill teaches George the art of leaf-raking. Length: 30 Minutes
WXXI-TV & WXXI-TV Livestream | Monday, Apr. 8 at 01:00 pm
WXXI PBS Kids 24/7 & Live Stream | Monday, Apr. 8 at 11:00 am
NOVA: The Great American Eclipse
Scientists prepare new experiments to study the solar eclipse. Length: 60 Minutes
WXXI World | Sunday, Apr. 7 at 08:00 pm
WXXI-TV & WXXI-TV Livestream | Wednesday, Apr. 10 at 04:00 pm
More Activities:
PBS KIDS Solar Eclipse Digital Kit for PreK-2nd grade (from WXXI Education)
Solar Eclipse Games and Activities from NYS Libraries
Connect to PBS LearningMedia for Space Resource Collections & Solar Eclipse Resources
Space Collection: Resources organized by grade levels. (K-2) (3-5) (6-8) & (9-12) Note particularly the Solar Eclipses Lessons & Interactives for 6-8 and 9-12 Bringing the Universe to America’s Classrooms: Engage K–12 students with phenomena and science practices using this collection of supplementary digital media resources created by GBH in collaboration with NASA. The resources align with key NGSS Earth, space, and physical science disciplinary core ideas. To ensure that science content is accessible for all students, supports are included for students with disabilities or who are English learners; many resources have Spanish translations.
Eclipses: CrashCourse
See the Great American Eclipse Video (From 2017)
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow • WXXI-TV
A one-hour special documentary that follows the actor, author, humorist, and renowned performer as he goes back to school, to demonstrate the transformative power of arts education.
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow airs Friday, April 26 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV. It repeats Sunday, April 28 at 5 p.m.
John immerses himself with teachers and students to explore four arts disciplines: dance, ceramics, silk-screen printing and vocal jazz ensemble. Art Happens Here with John Lithgow celebrates arts education as a tool to nurture and inspire the hearts and minds of students of all ages.
Downloadable Discussion Guide
AfroPoP, Liberated Lives & Our Climate-Changing World: What to Watch in April • WXXI-WORLD
Premiering this month, AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange takes on a new genre of storytelling for the first time in the series’ 16-year history – two narrative films join two documentaries to make up a dynamic season of Black stories, fiction and nonfiction.
One of those documentaries, Commuted, is a part of our new thematic collection, Liberated Lives – Danielle Metz, who spent 23 years in prison before her triple-life sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama, shares how she and her two children navigated her return home and continue even today to rebuild their relationships. Watch more Liberated Lives films with What These Walls Won’t Hold and Hundreds of Thousands on America ReFramed, plus several stories on Stories from the Stage.
And this Earth Day, we present a Local, USA climate double feature with Freedom Hill, a co-presentation of AfroPoP, and Fire Tender, a presentation of Vision Maker Media – first, a historically-Black community in North Carolina seeks reform as floods continually threaten their homes. Then, Yurok tribe member Margo Robbins advocates for the return of fire practices to ancestral lands in California.
Uniting themes of justice, redemption and forward progress, WORLD mirrors the spring season with films representing hope and renewal.
-From WorldChannel