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wttw wttw Prime wttw Create wttw World wttw PBS Kids wttw.com THE GUIDE 98.7wfmt The Member Magazine wfmt.com for WTTW and WFMT FRIDAY, MAY 21 8 PM May 2021 ALSO INSIDE On WFMT, we’ll recognize Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a broad range of music selections and composers including Paul Chihara, a Japanese-American composer and Seattle native who spent three years of his childhood with his family in an internment camp. From the President & CEO The Guide The Member Magazine Dear Member, for WTTW and WFMT This month, WTTW will bring to life the investigative journalist, activist, and suffragistIda Renée Crown Public Media Center as never before with a primetime documentary and companion website. Following B. Wells 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue up The Great Chicago Fire, our next Chicago Stories special Chicago, Illinois 60625 paints a deeply humanizing portrait of a woman who was uncompromising in her quest for racial justice and equity, and places Ida B. Wells’ life and legacy in the context of our present Main Switchboard moment. Discover how the battles for civil rights that Wells (773) 583-5000 fought in her lifetime are ongoing, and how contemporary Member and Viewer Services (773) 509-1111 x 6 journalists and activists continue to draw inspiration from her work. On page 4, meet the program’s writer and producer Stacy Robinson, who reflects on what made Wells a trailblazer and Websites why her work is more relevant than ever. wttw.com wfmt.com Also in May, we’ll premiere the new PBS KIDS series Donkey Hodie, filmed in WTTW’s very own Grainger Studio. Inspired by the funny, quirky side of children’s television pioneer Fred Publisher Anne Gleason Rogers, this imaginative series follows the adventures of Donkey Hodie, the granddaughter of Art Director the original Donkey Hodie character from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Tom Peth For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, WTTW will present new specials WTTW Contributors Julia Maish on author Amy Tan, Vietnamese American chef Tu David Phu, statesman Norman Mineta, and Lisa Tipton pioneering meteorologist Ted Fujita. On wttw.com, as racist violence against Asian Americans WFMT Contributors escalates, learn about the student-led campaign to institute Asian American studies programs in Andrea Lamoreaux Chicago schools. Also, meet Mary Anne Mohanraj, a Sri Lankan-born, Chicagoland-based writer and University of Illinois professor who has heightened awareness of her homeland by working Advertising and Underwriting in genres from science fiction and fantasy to cookbooks while also supporting South Asian writers, advancing speculative fiction, and working on a video game about ancient Sri Lanka. WTTW Nathan Armstrong WFMT will also recognize Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a broad (773) 509-5415 range of music selections with a focus on Paul Chihara, a Japanese American composer and WFMT Seattle native who spent three years of his childhood with his family in an internment camp. Alexander Stonor Saunders On wfmt.com, meet 11 Asian American composers including Bright Sheng, who served as Lyric (773) 509-5357 Opera of Chicago’s composer-in-residence from 1989 to 1992. WFMT will also explore the stories of Asian American composers and musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma and Midori who have changed The Guide: The Member Magazine the face of classical music, and sits down with instructors at Chicago’s Japanese Cultural Center for WTTW and WFMT for a discussion about classical dance and music that originated in their country. (ISSN 2329-1338) May 2021 Thank you for spending this spring with WTTW and WFMT and, as always, for your support. Volume 35, Number 275 Sincerely, The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT is published monthly Sandra Cordova Micek (for contributors of $40 or more annually) by Window To The World Communications, Inc., President & CEO 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 WTTW Listings 16 Do it Yourself Saturdays changes to The Guide: The Member 4 A Q&A with Stacy Robinson 19 At-a-Glance Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., 6 WTTW Digital Channel Highlights 20 WFMT Listings Chicago, IL 60625-4698. 8 WTTW Kid Grid 31 Sponsors Copyright 2020, Window To The World Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL. 14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid ON THE COVER: Photo: Ida B. Wells-Barnett; activist, journalist, teacher, and anti-lynching crusader; 1893/1894; Chicago. Credit: University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf1-08637, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library 2 MAY 2021 Programming Subject to Change Without Notice Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11 Extra Life: A Short History NOVA: High-Risk High-Rise Independent Lens: of Living Longer As developers look to maximize limited urban The Donut King Examine the science and medical innovations that space and nations vie for prestige, skyscrapers Hear the incredible story of Ted Ngoy. After conquered some of the deadliest diseases. Set in are being built higher and higher. NOVA explores fleeing Cambodia for the United States, he built the context of today’s COVID-19 crisis, this new the science behind the risks of sky-high buildings, a multimillion-dollar fried pastry empire, Christy’s four-part series explores lessons learned from from the structural limits to the threats presented Doughnuts, and began living his American Dream. previous global pandemics. by wind, fire, and earthquakes. But a great rise often comes with a great fall. Tuesdays, May 11-25, 8:00 pm Wednesday, May 19, 9:00 pm Monday, May 24, 10:00 pm See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings. EVENING Legacy: An American Story Saturday 1 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Meet the statesman who In the Spotlight EARLY MORNING Latino Voices served as cabinet secretary 12:30 Baseball: The National 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend for Presidents Clinton and Pastime (Part 6 of 9) [R] 7:00 Father Brown: The Eye George W. Bush. Imprisoned 3:01 Greta Thunberg: A Year of Apollo When the by the U.S. during World War to Change the World Church of Apollo comes II for his Japanese ancestry, (Parts 1 and 2 of 3) [R] to Kembleford, Susie is Mineta rose to become the 4:00 The Great British Baking drawn to their charis- first Asian American to serve Show (Part 10 of 10) [R] matic leader Kalon. in a presidential cabinet. 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The 8:00 Death in Paradise 3:00 Mr. Tornado: American Week in Review [R] (Season 10, Part 5 of 8) A Experience Meet pioneer- 5:30 Yoga in Practice celebrated concert pianist ing meteorologist Ted is murdered one night in his Fujita, who transformed our Photo: Courtesy of Fred Rogers Productions MORNING studio. Catherine’s friendship understanding of tornados. 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids with the victim’s family puts 9:00 Baby Makes 3: Beaches, her in unexpected danger. Books, and Baby 9:00 Mallorca Files: Sour 9:30 J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Grapes (Part 5 of 10) 10:00 This Old House: A Miranda and Max head In the Spotlight Project for Every Floor out into wine country to 10:30 Ask This Old House: investigate the killing of a Echinaceas, Kitchen dog at a famous vineyard. Donkey Hodie Punch List 10:00 Atlantic Crossing on 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen Masterpiece: Fires 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Spread (Part 4 of 8) [R] Donkey Hodie Kochilas: Meze Society 11:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) [R] Photo: Courtesy of KPJR Films (New Kids Series!) AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: BBQ This new puppet series for Brisket and Fritters Sunday 2 children ages 3-5 is inspired 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s EARLY MORNING by the funny, quirky side of the Project Fire 1:00 To be announced children’s TV program Mister 1:00 Simply Ming Rogers’ Neighborhood, and follows 1:30 New Scandinavian MORNING the adventures of Donkey Hodie, Cooking: Southern Ways 5:00 Chicago Tonight: the granddaughter of the original 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen Latino Voices [R] character by the same name from Cook’s Illustrated: 5:30-10:30 WTTW Kids on the series. In each episode, The Perfect Cake 10:30 Family Travel with Colleen Donkey Hodie and her pals 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen Kelly: Orange County, empower preschoolers to dream from Cook’s Illustrated California - Buena Park Amy Tan big and overcome obstacles, to 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk 11:00 Firing Line with work hard and persevere, and Street Television: Everyday Margaret Hoover discover they can solve problems Middle Eastern Cooking 11:30 The Chavis Chronicles on their own – and to laugh Amy Tan: Unintended 3:30 Christopher Kimball’s themselves silly along the way! Memoir - American Milk Street Television: AFTERNOON Weekdays and Saturdays Amazing 1-Layer Cakes 12:00 Finding Your Roots: Masters 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Tomatoes... On Broadway [R] Explore the life of the beginning May 3 You Say Heirloom, 1:00 Reel South: Gimme a Faith groundbreaking author of The 10:00 am and 1:30 pm I Say Old Timey Arriving in North Carolina to Joy Luck Club in this intimate Saturdays, 8:00 pm 4:30 Check, Please! Kal’ish, study filmmaking, Hao Zhang American Masters portrait. Quiote, Montarra Grill [R] is surprised to find a unique Archival imagery, home movies, See the Kid Grid on page 8 for 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: community of Chinese photographs, animation, and the full schedule Egypt’s Nile, Alexandria, students, connected by a original interviews take us on a and Luxor newly discovered evangeli- vivid, colorful journey through 5:30 Samantha Brown’s cal Christianity that is often Tan’s inspiring life and career.