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wttw11 wttw Prime wttw Create wttw World wttw PBS Kids wttw.com THE GUIDE 98.7wfmt wfmt.com The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT JOHN LEGUIZAMO’S ROAD TO BROADWAY Fri Nov 16 at 9 pm November 2018 ALSO INSIDE This month on WFMT, join us for special music and listener dedications to commemorate Thanksgiving, and we’ll honor the centenary of the Armistice that ended World War I. From the President & CEO The Guide The Member Magazine Dear Member, for WTTW and WFMT Renée Crown Public Media Center One of the most distinctive aspects of public media is its focus on the arts – we bring you 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue right to the stage of world-class theatre, music, and dance. On Friday nights this month, you’ll Chicago, Illinois 60625 have front-row seats to the very best Broadway has to offer, including An American in Paris The Musical and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, as well as documentaries Main Switchboard (773) 583-5000 about the making of John Leguizamo’s Tony-nominated play Latin History for Morons and Member and Viewer Services the artistry of Tony-winning director/producer Harold Prince. And if you miss one, don’t (773) 509-1111 x 6 forget that you can watch all of these Great Performances specials on wttw.com. Websites Also on WTTW11 and wttw.com/watch this month, explore the animal kingdom with wttw.com a variety of new nature programs. Follow three young classical musicians who learn there wfmt.com is strength in numbers in Hear Us, and join us for an array of other new music specials. Publisher Also, the teams from Chicago Tonight and PBS NewsHour offer in-depth coverage of the Anne Gleason midterm elections; Ann Curry returns with more poignant reunions on We’ll Meet Again, and Art Director NOVA takes us inside this summer’s miraculous Thai Cave Rescue. On wttw.com, discover Tom Peth WTTW Contributors Chicago’s Native American community and trace their history and legacy as Native America Julia Maish premieres. And learn more about a vanishing language and efforts to save it in a story about Dan Soles WFMT Contributors Kartemquin Films’ Keep Talking. Andrea Lamoreaux On WFMT, wfmt.com/listen, and the WFMT app, join us for two more San Francisco David Polk Distribution Manager Opera productions for November Saturday afternoons, plus two blockbuster Rossini Pat Sheppard works: Semiramide from OperaDelaware, and William Tell from Opera Southwest. We’ll have special music to commemorate Thanksgiving – also tune in on the holiday for listener Advertising Sales dedications – and earlier in the month, to honor the centenary of the Armistice that ended WTTW World War I. And to learn more about the history of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, we’ll Douglas Carleton (773) 279-2128 hear from longtime CSO music director Frederick Stock. Each week, check out the WFMT WFMT Facebook page for live video where you can hear and see performances in action. Alexander Stonor Saunders During this month of Thanksgiving, we are so thankful for your continuing support. (773) 509-5357 Sincerely, The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) November 2018 Sandra Cordova Micek Volume 33, Number 246 President & CEO The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT is published monthly (for contributors of $40 or more annually) by Window To The World Communications, Inc., 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625-4698. Periodical postage paid at Chicago, IL and Inside the Guide additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address 3 Member Connections 14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid changes to The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 4 Member Perks 17 Do it Yourself Saturdays 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., 5 TV Listings 19 At-a-Glance Chicago, IL 60625-4698. 6 WTTW Digital Channel Highlights 20 Radio Listings Copyright 2018, Window To The World Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL. 8 WTTW Kid Grid 31 Sponsors ON THE COVER: John Leguizamo in Latin History for Morons. Photo: Matthew Murphy 2 NOVEMBER 2018 MEMBER CONNECTIONS Wild Kratts – Live! POV: Tribal Justice – Join the WTTW Kids Team at the Cadillac Palace Theatre for WHAT Two Screening Events WILD KRATTS – LIVE!, a theatrical stage show based on the ani- WTTW Kids Presents mated television series Wild Kratts. Martin and Chris Kratt, stars WILD KRATTS – LIVE! of the entertaining and Emmy-nominated Wild WHERE Kratts step out live on Cadillac Palace Theatre 151 W. Randolph Street stage to engage the au- in Chicago dience in a classic Wild Kratts story. Experience WHEN the astounding “crea- Sunday, November 11, ture” fundamentals, and 1:00 pm and 4:30 pm the infectious excite- ment and inspiring quest of the Kratt Brothers that make the hit television series Wild Kratts so popular with kids and their families. For more information and tickets, please visit wttw.com/events. WHAT Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts POV: Tribal Justice – Join WFMT each Wednesday for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, live from the Chicago Cultural Two Free Screening Events Center. Enjoy solo recitals and ensemble performances by emerging classical artists from around the world, WHERE produced by the International Music Foundation. Performances take place beneath the world’s largest Tiffany- Chicago Public Library domed ceiling, part of a landmark building that originally housed the Chicago Public Library. The series is Woodson Regional Branch, named for British pianist Myra Hess, who organized free lunchtime concerts for Londoners during World War II, 9525 S. Halsted Street in Chicago in the years of nightly air raids. (November 27) These are free events; for information, please visit wfmt.com. Avalon Branch, 8148 S. Stony Island Avenue in Chicago WHAT (November 28) Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts WHEN Tuesday and Wednesday, WHERE November 27 and 28, 6:00 pm Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall 78 E. Washington Street WTTW partners with the award-winning POV in Chicago documentary series to present two free screening events in connection with the filmTribal Justice. WHEN This new documentary, a co-production of Wednesdays at 12:15 pm Vision Maker Media and American Documentary/ POV and produced by Anne Makepeace, follows two Native American judges, Abby Abinanti (chief judge of the Yurok Tribal Court and the first Native Free Screening and Discussion: Keep Talking American woman admitted to the State Bar of WTTW, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs California) and Claudette White, chief judges in and Special Events and Kartemquin Films, presents a free screening WHAT two of the more than 300 tribal courts across the and discussion in connection with Keep Talking. Free Screening and country. The film reveals how they are reaching The film follows four Alaska Native women fighting to save Kodiak Discussion: Keep Talking back to traditional concepts of justice in order to Alutiiq, an endangered reduce incarceration rates, foster greater safety language now spoken by WHERE for their communities, and create a more positive Chicago Cultural Center, less than 40 remaining flu- Claudia Cassidy Theatre future for their youth. By addressing the root ent Native Elders. Their 78 E. Washington Street causes of crime, they are modeling restorative small community travels to in Chicago systems that are working, and mainstream courts remote Afognak Island to across the country are beginning to incorporate start teaching kids Alutiiq. WHEN indigenous customs and beliefs into their justice Saturday, November 17, At the camp, Sadie, a trou- systems. As Abinanti says, “We are village people. 2:00 pm bled teen, is inspired to We have village values. And those values compel begin learning the language us to take care of each other, our families, and our and dances of her ancestors. Over the next five years, the women country.” overcome historical and personal traumas to find joy and hope in the The November 27 event will also include a revitalization of their cultural heritage. discussion. For more information, please visit For more information and to RSVP, please visit wttw.com/events. wttw.com/events. 2018 NOVEMBER 3 MEMBER PERKS $10 Off Tickets to Refuge Theatre Project’s The Last Session A “hilarious and heartbreaking” Off-Broadway sensation and cult hit, The Last Session gathers singers and an offstage engineer in a recording studio to record a new pop/gospel album with an old friend, faded popstar Gideon. But the mix is dramatically altered by the unexpected arrival by a Bible- thumping, homophobic gospel singer. All of them are deeply connected to Gideon, yet are unaware that he carries a big secret: that he Photo: Courtesy of Mozart Pictures plans to end his struggle with AIDS after the session. Harmony is restored through friend- ship and the power of music. WTTW members will receive a $10 discount per ticket (four-ticket limit), subject to avail- ability, for any performance through December 2 by visiting RefugeTheatre.com and using code WTTW when purchasing tickets. Performances take place at Atlas Arts Media at 4809 N. Ravenswood in Chicago. This 2-for-1 Tickets for Red Clay offer is not applicable on previously purchased Dance World Premiere tickets or with other discounts or offers. Some Red Clay Dance Company (RCDC) opens its additional fees may apply. 10th anniversary season with the world premiere of EKILI MUNDA|What Lies Within, choreo- graphed by Vershawn Sanders-Ward, founder and 2-for-1 Tickets to Cellist Ian Maksin and The Orion Ensemble artistic director of RCDC, and Jonas Byaruhanga, Russian-born, Chicago-based cellist and composer Ian Maksin joins The Orion Ensemble and guest founder and director of Keiga Dance Company in violist Stephen Boe for Russian Passion, performing original compositions inspired by Tango Nuevo (a Kampala, Uganda.