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Every third Thursday of the month
Prairie Fire is a newly reimagined take on WILL-TV's beloved magazine program from the mid-'90s. Rooted in storytelling, "Prairie Fire" brings you cinematic documentaries, profiles and performances from downstate Illinois.
Watch Prairie Fire on WILL TV every third Thursday of the month at 7:30 PM, or on demand on YouTube or PBS Online.
Prairie Fire: Episode 10 - March 2024
We take you to Taylor Studios in Rantoul, where they create and manufacture the actual exhibits you see in museums nationwide. We’ll visit Flesor’s Candy Kitchen in Tuscola, one of the finest providers of hand-dipped chocolates, and hand-made caramels, sweets and fountain sodas in Central Illinois. And we remember Mark Rubel, a pioneer of the local music scene in Central Illinois.
Prairie Fire Stories
Flesor’s Candy Kitchen
Taylor Studios, Inc.
The Underground Railroad in Illinois
Candy Foster - Entertainer
Operation Wild Horse
Charles Dickens previews “A Christmas Carol”
U of I Black Chorus Performs in Collins Studio
Haunted Illinois: The Avon Theater
A House That Made History
The Great Pumpkin Patch
Haunted Illinois: Alton & The Mineral Springs Hotel
Arcadia: America’s Playable Arcade Museum
The Coonley Playhouse
Charles Dickens on the Mississippi River
Los Texano’z
The Brown Bag
A Toast to…Kaighla Rises
Anthony Becker
Past Favorites with Alison Davis
Chris Vallillo
Preston Jackson
Cherry Blossoms at Japan House
High Cross Sound
Charles Dickens Visits Illinois
Stango Cuisine
Susannah Scaroni
Leah Marlene
Gettin’ to It: The Jazz Life of Christian McBride
Prairie Fire Episodes
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Prairie Fire: Episode 10 - March 2024
We take you to Taylor Studios in Rantoul, where they create and manufacture the actual exhibits you… -
Prairie Fire: Episode 9 - February 2024
In celebration of Black History Month, we sit down with Gerald "Candy" Foster, one of the… -
Prairie Fire: Episode 8 - December 2023
In this special holiday edition of Prairie Fire, we travel to Bull Valley, Illinois to introduce you… -
Prairie Fire: Episode 7 - November 2023
In November, we take a look back at three stories from this season that celebrate the Illinois great… -
Prairie Fire: Episode 6 - October 2023
We visit the Great Pumpkin Patch in Arthur, get an personal tour of the Governor's mansion with… -
Prairie Fire: Episode 5 - September 2023
Meet a couple restoring a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Riverside Illinois. Get a tour of an old school… -
Prairie Fire: Episode 4 - August 2023
We visit a popular deli in Monticello that has been a favorite stop for close to 50 years. And we… -
Prairie Fire: Episode 3 - July 2023
This month, we introduce you to a local gardener with an incredible story, we sit down with a former… -
Prairie Fire: Episode 2 - June 2023
Prairie Fire introduces you to renowned artist and musian Preston Jackson, visits a unique central… -
Prairie Fire: Episode 1 - May 2023
Prairie Fire makes its return with stories about Paralympian Susannah Scaroni, restauranteur Mubanga… -
The Movement Revisited with Christian McBride
Jazz legend Christian McBride and his bandmates visited the University of Illinois campus last year…