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Coming up on Connections: Thursday, June 3

Tina MacIntyre-Yee and Shawn Dowd, USA TODAY NETWORK NEW YORK STATE TEAM

First hour: D&C reporters on their investigation of allegations against a Western New York Christian youth camp leader 

Second hour: Previewing this summer's filmsJournalists from the USA Today Network have published allegations from more than 16 women that they were abused by a Christian youth camp leader in Western New York. The allegations date back to the 1990s and involve sexual and emotional abuse. We talk to the reporters who have been working on this story for months. Our guests:

  • Sarah Taddeo, consumer watchdog reporter for the Democrat and Chronicle and USA Today Network's New York team
  • Georgie Silvarole, backpack reporter for the Democrat and Chronicle and USA Today Network's New York team

Then in our second hour, which films are on your summer movie list? From "In the Heights" to "The Green Knight" to "Space Jam: A New Legacy with LeBron James," movie buffs have a lot to choose from in the coming months. Our guests this hour preview this summer's films and discuss how movie theaters have weathered the pandemic. Our guests:

  • Scott Pukos, public relations coordinator for the Little Theatre
  • Jackie McGriff, co-founder of the Our Voices Project, owner of Jackie Photography, and movie fan
  • Adam Lubitow, film writer and programmer
  • Jared Case, curator of film exhibitions at the George Eastman Museum
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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.