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From the President & CEO The Guide The Member Magazine Dear Member, for WTTW and WFMT Happy New Year! WFMT kicks off the decade with Saturday Morning Listener’s Renée Crown Public Media Center 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue Choice, a new weekly family-friendly (all ages!) classical request and dedication Chicago, Illinois 60625 show hosted by WFMT’s Maggie Clennon Reberg. On the premiere episode (January 4 at 8:00 am), Maggie welcomes two Chicago notables: renowned Main Switchboard violinist Rachel Barton Pine and her young daughter (and budding violinist) (773) 583-5000 Member and Viewer Services Sylvia, and together, they will encourage listeners to weigh in (on wfmt.com, (773) 509-1111 x 6 Facebook and Twitter, and via phone) with requests. And at 9:00 am, we debut another new program, Soundtrack, highlighting film, television, and video game Websites music. wttw.com wfmt.com On WTTW, January is a time of renewal as popular series return with new episodes of Check, Please! and Finding Your Roots. Of special note is a trio of new Publisher series: Jane Austen’s unfinished novelSanditon , E.M. Forster’s Howards End, and Anne Gleason Art Director the distinctly Freudian Vienna Blood – watch them all and follow our recaps on Tom Peth wttw.com. WTTW Contributors Julia Maish This month WFMT will mark Martin Luther King Day and the Lunar New Year Lisa Tipton with special programming, and will welcome back a series featuring Gustavo WFMT Contributors Andrea Lamoreaux Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. And, on wfmt.com, we’ll share some warmhearted musical fun to chase the cold away, preview our new Saturday Advertising and Underwriting morning programming, and take you to the Chicago Cultural Center for new WTTW concerts. Nathan Armstrong (773) 509-5415 Thank you for choosing to spend January with us and for your support. WFMT Sincerely, Alexander Stonor Saunders (773) 509-5357 Sandra Cordova Micek The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT President & CEO (ISSN 2329-1338) January 2020 Volume 34, Number 260 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 Inside the Guide Chicago, IL and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address 3 Member Connections 14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid changes to The Guide: The Member 4 Member Perks 17 Do it Yourself Saturdays Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., 5 WTTW11 Listings 19 At-a-Glance Chicago, IL 60625-4698. 6 WTTW Multicast Channel Highlights 20 WFMT Listings Copyright 2019, Window To The World Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL. 8 WTTW Kid Grid 31 Sponsors ON THE COVER: Rachel Barton Pine and her daughter Sylvia. Photo: WFMT/Teresa Crawford. 2 JANUARY 2020 MEMBER CONNECTIONS Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Chicago by ‘L’ with Join WFMT each Wednesday for the Dame Myra Hess WHAT Geoffrey Baer – Memorial Concerts, live from Preston Bradley Hall in the Dame Myra Hess Chicago Cultural Center. Enjoy solo recitals and ensemble Memorial Concerts Screening & Discussion performances by emerging classical artists, produced by the International Music Foundation. Featured this month: WHERE Chicago Cultural Center, pianists Natalie Vargas Nedvetsky, Christopher Goodpasture, Preston Bradley Hall and Kuang Hao-Huang; and violinists Stephen Kim and 78 E. Washington Street Danbi Um. The in Chicago Danbi Um series is named for British pianist WHEN Wednesdays, January 8, 15, Myra Hess, who 22, and 29, 12:15 pm organized free Photo: Marco Borggreve Photo: Marco lunchtime con- certs for Londoners during World War II. These are free events; for information, please visit wfmt.com. Winter Wonderland at Kohl Children’s Museum Meet the popular WTTW Kids character Nature Cat at Geoffrey and Heritage Train Winter Wonderland, Kohl Children’s Museum’s annual sea- sonal funfest. For one night only, Kohl offers a variety of special children’s activities, including rides through the hol- iday lights in Habitat Park aboard the museum’s polar express WHAT kiddie train; a DJ Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer – Screening & Discussion and Dance Party; WHAT juggling perfor- Winter Wonderland at WHERE mances by the Kohl Children’s Museum WTTW Studios Amazing Jason; 5400 N. St. Louis Avenue WHERE appearances by in Chicago Kohl Children’s Museum Nature Cat, Elsa WHEN 2100 Patriot Boulevard and Anna from Frozen, and Paddington; make-and- in Glenview Thursday, February 20, take snow dough and silk-screening in Kohl’s art studio; 3:00 and 7:00 pm WHEN access to all 16 indoor exhibits, and free coffee, hot chocolate, Friday, January 17, 5:30-8:00 pm and cookies provided by Safe + Fair. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit wttw.com/events. Chicago’s favorite tour guide is back with a new adventure! Join Geoffrey Baer at the WTTW studios for a sneak preview of his upcoming The First Rainbow Coalition – special, Chicago by ‘L,’ in which he hops on the WHAT CTA’s famous Red, Blue, Green, Brown, Orange, Screening and Discussion The First Rainbow Coalition – Yellow, Pink, and Purple Lines to bring you a fas- WTTW, ITVS, Independent Lens, and the Department of Screening and Discussion cinating exploration of the colorful and diverse Cultural Affairs and Special Events present an Indie Lens neighborhoods that Chicagoans access via the Pop-Up screening and discussion of The First Rainbow WHERE city’s storied elevated train system. In advance of Chicago Cultural Center Coalition. its March premiere, Geoffrey and the program’s Claudia Cassidy Theatre In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party began to form 78 E. Washington Street producer Eddie Griffin will screen extended alliances across lines of race and ethnicity with other com- in Chicago excerpts from the show and share stories about munity-based the history of the ‘L’, introducing you to the movements in the WHEN neighborhoods and businesses that grew up city to confront Saturday, January 18, around it and the people who live and work in 2:00 pm issues such as po- its shadow. lice brutality and During this lively event (your pick of afternoon substandard housing. They called themselves the Rainbow or evening), Geoffrey, Eddie, and CTA historians Coalition, and it created a permanent shift in Chicago politics in vintage uniforms will answer questions about Photo: Courtesy of Paul Sequiera and served as an organizing model for future activists and the ‘L’ and Chicago! And you’ll meet a surprise politicians across the nation. guest whose voice you’ll recognize if you ride the A panel discussion will follow the screening. This is a free ‘L’ regularly. Enjoy appetizers, beer, wine, and event; registration is required. For more information and to plentiful free parking. To purchase tickets, please Black Panther Bob Lee speaks at a community meeting reserve your spot, please visit wttw.com/events. visit wttw.com/events. 2020 JANUARY 3 MEMBER PERKS $10 Off Porchlight Music Theatre’s Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre presents a celebration of the artist many consider “the most important composer in the history of jazz.” This stylish salute to “The Duke” will transport audiences on a high-stepping, dy- namic journey through the life and times of one of America’s greatest showmen. This elegant, Tony Award- nominated entertainment features Ellington’s biggest hits. To redeem this special offer, use code WTTW when purchasing tick- ets at PorchlightMusicTheatre.org or by calling (773) 777-9884. Valid for performances February 1 - 29 at Ruth Page Center for the Performing Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn Avenue in Chicago. Previews not includ- ed, valid on up to four tickets, subject to availability; not applicable on previously purchased tickets or with other discounts or offers, some additional fees may apply. $10 Off Tickets to Rose Valley Theatre’s Sunday Evening 2-for-1 Tickets to Kimberly Bartosik/daela Rose Valley Theatre Group presents the Kimberly Bartosik, former dancer with Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and her company English-language world premiere of Zachary Kimberly Bartosik/daela make their Chicago debut, presented by the Dance Center of Columbia Karabashliev’s award-winning play, Sunday College Chicago. Bartosik’s collaborative work I hunger for you is a reflection on faith and its power Evening – the story of two families lost in deep to transform the body, creating a space where internalized forces of faith pulse through dancers’ conflict, misunderstandings, and personal be- bodies, which restlessly, tenderly trayal. Directed by Rose Valley Artistic Director and violently confront one Zlatomir Moldovanski and featuring an all-Chi- another. cago cast, Sunday Evening intertwines the illu- WTTW members may pur- sion of the American Dream with the reality of Photo: Ian Douglas chase two tickets for the price of everyday existence. one, subject to availability, for To redeem this special offer, use code any performance by calling (312) WTTW when purchasing tickets at green- 369-8330 and using the code housetheater.org/sundayevening or by calling 33463. Kimberly Bartosik/daela (773) 404-7336. Valid for performances at performs I hunger for you Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Thursday-Saturday, January Avenue in Chicago, January 16 through February 30-February 1 at 7:30 pm at the 10. Valid on up to four full-priced tickets, subject Dance Center, 1306 S. Michigan to availability; not applicable on previously pur- Avenue in Chicago. For more infor- chased tickets or with other discounts or offers, Ian Douglas and Kimberly Bartosik mation, visit dance.colum.edu. some additional fees may apply. 2-for-1 Tickets to the Gene Siskel Film Center Throughout January 2020, the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago offers an eclectic array of cinema curated for the curious, showcasing new documentaries in the series Stranger Than Fiction; artist films illuminating the genius of Fernando Botero, Paul Gauguin, Marcel Duchamp, and Matthew Barney; and a candid look at The New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael accompa- nied by a series of films that defined her taste and influence.