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Through PBS and our own local productions, WXXI provides viewers a stage for the arts, a journey through nature, a glimpse into history and a trusted window to the world. In addition, our commercial-free kids programs prepare children for success in school and life.

Coming up on WXXI Television

Great Performances at the Met: Verdi's Rigoletto
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 12:00pm
on WXXI-TV

Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) makes his Met debut with a new production of Verdi's Rigoletto.

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Global Voices: Daughter from Danang
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 10:00pm
on WXXI World

A Vietnamese mother and her Amerasian daughter are reunited after 22 years.

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Mel Brooks: Make Some Noise, an American Masters film
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 9:00pm
on WXXI-TV

Laugh along as comedy giant Mel Brooks shares stories about his personal life and career. 

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Pacific Heartbeat: Under a Jarvis Moon
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 7:00pm
on WXXI World

The story of 130 young men from Hawai'i who, from the late 1930s through the early years of World War II, were part of a clandestine mission by the U.S. federal government to occupy desert islands in the middle of the Pacific.

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Criminal Injustice: Death and Politics at Attica
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 8:00pm
on WXXI-TV

September 2011 marked the 40th anniversary of the historic prison rebellion at the Attica State Correctional Facility in upstate New York

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Nature "The White Lions"
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 8:00pm
on WXXI-TV

White lions are among the rarest and most treasured animals in the world. Rarer still is their survival in the wild.

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NOVA: Secrets of the Sun
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 9:00pm
on WXXI-TV

Gain a greater understanding of our nearest star — one that might help keep our planet from going dark.

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WXXI-TVprovides the best in local documen- taries, trusted children's programs, and unpar- alleled entertaining and educational offerings from PBS.
WXXI World features documentary, public affairs and news programming from public television's award-winning signature series and acclaimed independent filmmakers.
WXXI Create airs cooking, travel, how-to, and lifestyle programming as well as providing three hours of children's programming daily between 6pm and 9pm.
A first-of-a-kind partnership with the City of Rochester, NY and WXXI, City 12 provides city residents with 14 hours a day of interesting, informative and entertaining new programming.