will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/episode/pf2008-02-14 WILL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Series Episode We travel to the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis to see the 8,000-square-foot natural butterfly habitat. We visit the Sweitzer workshop where a father and son craft Shaker-style furniture. We take a look at the Edible Books Festival on the U of I campus to see food inspired by literature. And we look at the love stories of two central Illinois couples whose relationships developed during World War II. Abstract Segment Oakwood, World War II, Urbana, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings By producer Denise La Grassa The story of Jerry and Wilma Ashenbremer of Oakwood is one of love amid the ruins of war. They met in Vienna at the conclusion of World War II. Wilma was a young Austrian, Jerry a GI patrolling the city. They began a silent relationship. Bob and Hattie Marion of Urbana sustained their love throughout the war when he was overseas. Letters kept the spark alive. But every time the letters temporarily stopped, Hattie worried. The couples are similar in that they’ve been together so long that there’s a great friendship and a close bond. I found the way they interacted to be very fresh and youthful, yet both couples are older. I wonder if it’s because they came through so much in their years having to go through the war and its aftermath together. Abstract Denise La Grassa Producer Eleanore Stasheff Editor Segment Food/Restaurants, Literature, University of Illinois, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings Eleanore Stasheff Producer David Noreen Chief Camera - Segment Segment Arts/Culture, Business, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings By Maeve Reilly When we visited a gallery where Charlie and John Sweitzer display their hand-made Shaker-style furniture, it was interesting to see how placing the furniture in a gallery changed people’s perceptions. People were tentative about touching the pieces, but, when they did, they realized that something as “common” and functional as furniture could be a work of art. In the program, one woman talks about how the sensual the show was—getting a literal feel of the furniture was as important as the visual look. I’ve always been interested in the simple lines and clean design of Shaker furniture, but John’s “live-edge” desk, which incorporated his concept of taking nature’s design—a piece of wood with cracks, uneven surfaces and rough edges, was truly the highlight of the filming at the Ann Lloyd Gallery. John and Charlie claim to be furniture makers, not artists. But when you see the care they use in choosing renewable wood sources and using the form that nature created to often help with the design, you can’t help but examine your own surroundings and think about how much thought you give to choosing things that you use every day. Abstract Maeve Reilly Producer Tim Hartin Editor Segment Parks/Outdoor Recreation, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings By producer Virginia Steffen I first visited the Butterfly House at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis in June of ’06. I fell in love. It is such an entrancing feeling to have all these beautiful winged creatures flying all around and occasionally land on you. What a special treat to see the nearly famous Blue Morpho (a giant blue butterfly) fly by! The best part of our shoot was watching curator of butterflies Mark Deering open up the emergence case, and see brand-new butterflies fly for the first time. It was such a beautiful experience; I was in awe.  The Butterfly House is a special treat for adults and kids alike. I loved watching the faces of little kids seeing so many butterflies up close for the first time, and I also found out that many adults also come here on their own and sometimes sit for hours just watching these beautiful, miraculous creatures.  As Deering says, “To many people, butterflies represent spirit,” and what better way to have your spirit lifted than to visit a place where you can see so many butterflies at once? Abstract Virginia Steffen Producer Julius Bolton Chief Camera - Segment WILL-TV, University of Illinois Copyright Holder Publisher ¬© 2008 University of Illinois 2008-02-14T20:30:00-06:00 2008-02-14T20:30:00-06:00 video/mp4 http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/mpeg4/pf2008-02-14.mp4 Moving Image MPEG video MPEG-4 182490935 00:28 eng pf2008-02-14.mp4 WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2008-02-14T20:30:00-06:00 2008-02-14T20:30:00-06:00 video/x-flv http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/flash/pf2008-02-14.flv Moving Image Flash Video Flash Media 8 107770660 00:28 eng pf2008-02-14.flv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2008-02-14T20:30:00-06:00 2008-02-14T20:30:00-06:00 video/vnd.rn-realvideo http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/pf2008-02-14.rv Moving Image 00:28:00