HER Duty • HER Passion • HER MAJESTY Sundays beginning January 14 at 8 pm ALSO INSIDE On WFMT, we will celebrate the artistic leadership of CSO music director Riccardo Muti as he guest- conducts the 2018 New Year’s in Vienna concert, which we’ll present on the morning of New Year’s Day. Air Check The Guide Dear Member, The Member Magazine for Happy New Year! January is always an exciting month for all of us as we welcome a variety of new WTTW and WFMT Renée Crown Public Media Center programs and returning series. And this month, we celebrate an impressive milestone in Chicago 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue broadcasting history: the 40th anniversary of our Friday evening series The Week in Review, which has Chicago, Illinois 60625 been hosted by Joel Weisman since its inception in January 1978. Each week, Joel convenes a panel of journalists to break down the top stories of the week in Chicago, a format that is commonplace now Main Switchboard (773) 583-5000 but did not exist then. 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Chief Operating Officer POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL Inside the Guide 60625-4698. Copyright 2014, Window To The World Communications, Inc., 3 Member Connections 14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid Chicago, IL. 4 Member Perks 17 Do it Yourself Saturdays 5 TV Listings 19 At-a-Glance 6 WTTW Digital Channel Highlights 20 Radio Listings 8 WTTW Kid Grid 31 Sponsors ON THE COVER: Tom Hughes as Albert and Jenna Coleman as Victoria Credit: Courtesy of ©ITVStudios2017 for MASTERPIECE 2 JANUARY 2018 MEMBER CONNECTIONS Live Concert: The Kruger Brothers and the An Evening with Rick Steves Kontras Quartet WHAT The Kruger Brothers and the WFMT and the Athenaeum Theatre invite you to the final concert Kontras Quartet Live in Concert by the Kontras Quartet as WFMT’s Artists-in-Residence along with their special guests, the WHERE Kruger Brothers. Athenaeum Theatre Main Stage 2936 N. Southport Avenue Enjoy this lively, toe- in Chicago tapping evening of classi- cal, bluegrass, and folk WHEN music as the members of Tuesday, January 9, 7:00 pm Rick Steves the Kontras Quartet team up with the world-re- nowned bluegrass group, the Kruger Brothers. Kontras is completing its term as WFMT’s artists-in-residence during which they explored the intersection of folk and classical music. WHAT An Evening with Rick Steves The concert features selections from their latest collaboration, “Roan Mountain Suite,” as well as some other surprises! WHERE For more information and to purchase tickets, visit wfmt.com/events. WTTW Grainger Studio 5400 N. Saint Louis Avenue in Chicago WHEN Screening & Discussion: A Legacy of Hope Thursday, March 1, 5:00 pm Join us for a free screening of and discussion about the new local documentary, A Legacy of Hope, which is part of the inCommon Chicago: Builders, Doers, Dreamers series. Tom Finks grew up in the world of elite athletics. His father, Jim Finks, was a renowned NFL player, coach, Join us in our studios for an engaging evening and GM of the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, and New with popular travel series host Rick Steves. In Orleans Saints. So why did Tom join Latino community lead- addition to his prolific series of programs, Steves ers Robert Torres and Angel Lopez in founding a beginner’s is the author of more than 50 guidebooks, includ- touch football bowl? How did the three create a cross-cul- ing the travel skills handbook Europe through the tural, interstate Back Door. During the event, he will share lessons WHAT contest with no he’s learned from a lifetime of travel, and his Screening & Discussion: funding and even entertaining, information-packed lecture will A Legacy of Hope less help? A Legacy teach you the latest in the ever-changing travel of Hope shows landscape. After spending a third of his adult life WHERE what people with living out of a rucksack in Europe, Rick knows Chicago Cultural Center 78 East Washington Street in little in common exactly how you can enjoy maximum travel thrills Chicago can achieve when for every mile, minute, and dollar in your next they join together adventure. WHEN in a common con- Hors d’oeuvres and an open bar are included Saturday, January 20, 2:00 pm cern: protecting children from the lure of gangs. with each ticket. For more information and to For more information and to RSVP, visit wttw.com/events. purchase tickets, visit wttw.com/events. Geoffrey Baer An Evening with Geoffrey Baer Don’t miss this great opportunity to spend an evening with Chicago’s famous tour guide, Geoffrey Baer. Listen to Geoffrey talk about the history of Chicago and the making of his shows, and share a sprinkling of fun trivia! Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Geoffrey Baer is an Emmy-winning producer, writer, and host known for his storytelling, conversational style, and contagious enthusiasm. He is familiar to Chicago viewers as the host and writer of numerous ex- traordinarily popular feature-length WTTW tours of the Chicago area’s architecture and history, which he has conducted by boat, by ‘L’ train, by bicycle, by car, through a magical “time machine,” and on foot. His special Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History was nominated for a James WHAT Beard Award. Geoffrey appears regularly on WTTW’s flag- An Evening with Geoffrey Baer ship nightly newsmagazine program Chicago Tonight, answering viewers’ questions about Chicago architecture WHERE and history in a segment called “Ask Geoffrey.” He has been WTTW Grainger Studio 5400 N. Saint Louis Avenue in Chicago a docent tour guide for the Chicago Architecture Foundation. WHEN Each pair of tickets comes with a DVD of Geoffrey’s new- Tuesday, February 20, 6:00 pm est show, The Chicago River Tour. For more information and to get tickets, visit wttw.com/events. 2018 JANUARY 3 MEMBER PERKS $10 Off Tickets to Porchlight Music Theatre’s Merrily We Roll Along Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre brings Stephen Sondheim’s rarely seen gem, Merrily We Roll Along, to Chicago for a limited engagement.