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Grab a front-row seat at the first reunion concert of the multi-platinum band.
Foreigner Double Vision: Then and Now airs Sunday, September 1 at 3:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV
Grab a front-row seat at the first-ever reunion concert of both incarnations of the multi-platinum-selling band in a celebration of the 40th anniversary of their Double Vision album. Featuring their greatest hits, including “Cold as Ice,” “Jukebox Hero,“ ”I Want To Know What Love Is,” and a smokin’ hot rendition of “Hot Blooded.”
Discover how the Negro Leagues shaped a global game for generations to come!
Never Drop the Ball airs Friday, February 7 at 7 p.m. on WXXI-WORLD.
Step back in time to the late 1800s, an era when professional Major League Baseball was born, but the color line divided the field. In the face of adversity, Black baseball players demonstrated a love for the game that transcended the discriminatory Jim Crow laws. Florida’s hotel industry became an unexpected ally, with establishments like the Breakers, Royal Poinciana, and Royal Palm hosting thrilling baseball games to entertain tourists. Never Drop the Ball explores the extraordinary journey Black baseball players went through during six decades of exclusion from Major League Baseball before Jackie Robinson’s success in 1947.
Did you know that the New York Black Yankees were a professional Negro League baseball team who were eventually based in Rochester, New York? Check out this short video to learn more.
Photo: Rube Foster, known as the Father of Black Baseball
Credit: Colorized image provided by The Played in Color Galleries
Rediscover Bob Ross’s serene, nurturing disposition which can serve as therapy for the weary, and reexperience his respect for nature and wildlife which have helped heighten environmental awareness.
The Best of Joy of Painting: Special Edition airs Sunday, September 8 at 1 p.m. on WXXI-TV
This special highlights the soft-spoken Ross as he completes his beautiful “Home in the Valley” painting and offers a look at his wet-on-wet painting technique. It also explores the varied and sometimes unlikely ways that Bob’s image, voice and catchphrases have become a part of the pop culture landscape.
If you enjoy this program consider WXXI’s Bob Ross immersive painting event, where at a pledge of support at the $150 level, you can enjoy a a three-hour online painting class with Nicholas Hankins, Bob Ross Certified Instructor and host of The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross’ Unfinished Season (and your own painting kit)!
A once-in-a-lifetime gathering of legends — all original performers singing their greatest jammin’ hits.
70’s Soul Superstars airs Saturday, September 7 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV
Soul diva Patti LaBelle hosts the historic reunion of classic recording artists of the decade, including the Commodores, original lead Eugene Record reuniting with the Chi-Lites, the Stylistics, Yvonne Elliman, Heatwave, Earl Young’s Trammps, the Emotions and the Manhattans.
“This special is a dream come true, to gather the original voices and talents that define the 70s soul era,” says executive producer TJ Lubinsky. You may not remember all their names but you know each and every one of their songs as the music that defined the soul of the 70s. Lubinsky spent two years tracking down the whereabouts of the original stars who made the original hit records, finding the retired Yvonne (“If I Can’t Have You”) Elliman in Hawaii and convincing her to perform again in public for the first time in 27 years. From “Flying” George (“Rock Your Baby”) McCrae, in from the Netherlands, to recording the Stylistics (“You Make Me Feel Brand New,” “Betcha By Golly Wow”) on location in Waymouth, England, Lubinksy traveled the world to bring these great songs and beloved artists back to you.
“The Fab Four – The Ultimate Tribute” is undoubtedly the Ultimate Beatles Tribute.
The Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute airs Thursday, September 5 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV
With uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of the Beatles”s classics the “The Fab Four – The Ultimate Tribute” will make you think you’re back in time rockin” with John, Paul, George and Ringo!
Dive into stories from the era of a segregated America and see how Black art found a way to thrive even in the pits of racial disparity.
Musician’s Green Book: An Enduring Legacy airs Tuesday, September 3 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV
Explore the stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The Negro Travelers’ Green Book was a directory of lodgings, restaurants and entertainment venues where African Americans were welcomed. Features performances and interviews with vocalists, musicians, activists, historians and others.
Join host Warren Zanes for an exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s classic album “Nebraska” with musical performances by Eric Church, Emmylou Harris, Noah Kahan, Lyle Lovett, The Lumineers, and Lucinda Williams
Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska: A Celebration in Words & Music airs Monday, September 2 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV
Recorded on a four-track cassette in his New Jersey bedroom, Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska has proved to be one of his most enduring works, a raw, haunted acoustic record populated by lost souls searching not for salvation but simply a reason to believe. On September 19, 2023, at Analog at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville, famed music biographer Warren Zanes — author of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska — hosted an in-depth exploration of the album and the musician’s process. Springsteen’s songs were performed by multiple legends in their own right, with Zanes’s spoken word storytelling in between. Filmed exclusively for PBS, Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska: A CELEBRATION IN WORDS AND MUSIC is part of special programming premiering on PBS stations.
Come visit us at the Clothesline Arts Festival Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WXXI is pleased to be part of the M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival, the Memorial Art Gallery’s biggest celebration of the arts for more than 60 years. Over 300 artists from across the country offer their work for purchase at this juried, two-day festival that takes place on the beautiful grounds of the MAG. Clothesline is also the place to experience all-day live entertainment, sample food from some of Rochester’s favorite food trucks and vendors, enjoy free family art activities, and visit the museum.
Tickets are $7 if purchased online, by phone at 585-276-8900 or in person at the MAG’s Admission Desk (until Friday, 9/6 at 5pm). Tickets are $9 at the gate the day of the festival.
To learn more about the festival, visit mag.rochester.edu.