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There is a huge community of television and movie watchers that have become engrossed in the lives of the Crawley family and their servants in the family's Edwardian country house. The next chapter is here! "Downton Abbey: A New Era" is playing at The Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor and opens at movie theaters nationwide on Friday, May 20th. WEMU's David Fair and Michigan Theater Foundation executive director and CEO, Russ Collins, have a full preview for you and a rundown of your other film choices this week.

Michigan Theater programming manager Nick Alderink is back filling in for Russ Collins, who is returning from the Cannes Film Festival! Nick joined WEMU's David Fair and showed up with a whole bunch of movie news for the upcoming holiday weekend.

We are now into February, and we got plenty of cinematic surprises in store for you! WEMU's David Fair meets up with Marquee Arts cinema programming director Nick Alderink to chat about the new films landing on the big screen this weekend and the latest special screenings coming to Ann Arbor—many of which are free and open to the public!

More great films are on the way in downtown Ann Arbor, along with a few musical events, too! WEMU's David Fair talks about what's coming your way with the Michigan Theater's Russ Collins.

The U.N.'s top envoy on Syria says diplomats have failed to agree on a date for a peace conference. Lakhdar Brahimi says he's still hoping such a meeting could take place in Geneva before the end of the year. He had been hoping it would take place this month, but the Syrian rebels aren't ready to attend, the U.S. and Russia have yet to agree on whether Iran should take part and there are many other roadblocks. Brahimi is raising the alarms about a conflict that has affected half of the population, with 6,000 people fleeing every day.

It's not just Louis C.K. and Stephen Colbert who are confused about the Common Core. Get the facts here.

We continue to mark Black History Month with a look at overcoming inequities in education by exploring local efforts at improving literacy and accessibility to diverse literature in Washtenaw County. Margy Long is director of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District's Success by Six-Great Start Collaborative. She joined WEMU's David Fair for a conversation on progress made and progress yet needed.

Preserving democracy is top of mind for Democrats and independents, while Republicans are most concerned about immigration. And there are big splits on how to handle immigration in particular.

Aegon catches on to Aemond's power plays. Plus: Alicent shows symptoms of maternal instinct.