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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27 | 7:30 PM ALSO INSIDE This month, artists-in-residence Kontras Quartet explore the folk roots of classical music; on Live from WFMT, Kerry Frumkin welcomes the young string artists of the Dover Quartet and the acclaimed new-music ensemble eighth blackbird. Air Check Dear Member, The Guide Geoffrey Baer’s distinguished on-camera career at WTTW began in 1995 with the very first Chicago The Member Magazine for River Tour. A decade later, he took audiences back to that familiar territory to highlight big changes WTTW and WFMT Renée Crown Public Media Center that had taken place along its banks. Now, 12 years later, Geoffrey returns with an all-new tour that 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue covers more ground – all three branches of the river, in six different vessels, and the development Chicago, Illinois 60625 along the Chicago Riverwalk! Join him on WTTW11 and at wttw.com/river as Geoffrey shows us the incredible transformation that has taken place Main Switchboard (773) 583-5000 over the past decade – not just in the architecture but in how Chicagoans Member and Viewer Services enjoy it. Along the way, he shares fascinating stories about the River’s history, (773) 509-1111 x 6 and introduces some memorable characters who live, work, and play there. WFMT Radio Networks (773) 279-2000 Also this month on WTTW11 and wttw.com/watch, join us for the Chicago Production Center premiere of another exciting new local film and its companion website, (773) 583-5000 Making a New American NUTCRACKER, a collaboration with The Joffrey Websites Ballet that goes behind the scenes of a new interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s wttw.com classic holiday favorite. We observe Veteran’s Day with a variety of relevant wfmt.com content, including A City at War: Chicago, exploring how the Windy City took part in the war effort during World War II; and Fighting on Both Fronts: The President & CEO Daniel J. Schmidt Story of the 370th, about the prejudice African American soldiers faced when they returned stateside. COO & CFO Our Sunday drama nights continue with The Coroner, The Durrells in Corfu, Poldark, and The Collection. Reese Marcusson And settle in for the best of Broadway on Friday nights, laugh as David Letterman collects this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and watch as astronaut Scott Kelly attempts to move Beyond Guide Staff A Year in Space. Finally, director Ron Howard explores the excesses of Beatlemania in Eight Days a Publisher Week: The Touring Years. Anne Gleason Art Director This month on wttw.com, get a glimpse behind the making of a timely Frontline investigation, Putin’s Tom Peth Revenge, in a conversation with the director. Also, the 370th Regiment was one of a few African American WTTW Contributors regiments to fight in World War I – learn the importance of their story. Finally, acclaimed author Helen Julia Maish Dan Soles Macdonald turned to hawking for solace after the loss of her father. Hear about her unique method of WFMT Contributor coping and her discoveries. Andrea Lamoreaux On 98.7WFMT and wfmt.com, the Kontras Quartet, our current artists-in-residence, continue their Distribution Manager Pat Sheppard exploration of the folk roots of classical music. Also continuing is the 2017-18 Lyric Opera season, from which we’ll have live opening-night broadcasts of Wagner’s Die Walküre and Bizet’s Pearlfishers. On Live Advertising Sales from WFMT, Kerry Frumkin will welcome the young string artists of the Dover Quartet and also the WTTW: Douglas Carleton acclaimed new-music ensemble eighth blackbird. And we’ll be replaying highlights from our recent (773) 279-2128 WFMT: Alexander Stonor Saunders Classical Cabarets on the four Saturdays at 7:00 pm – featuring an eclectic group of artists including (773) 509-5357 pianist Vassily Primakov, folksingers and storytellers, and the Chinese erhu player Chihsuan Yang. The Guide: The Member Magazine On wfmt.com this month, meet Lidiya Yankovskaya, the new music director of Chicago Opera Theater, for WTTW and WFMT and one of only two female conductors currently serving as music director or principal guest conductor (ISSN 2329-1338) of a major American opera company. And we encourage you to start the holiday season on a relaxing November 2017 note, with virtual gong meditation. Volume 32, Number 236 Have a wonderful month of November, and thank you for your support. The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT is published Sincerely, monthly (for contributors of $40 or more annually) by Window To The World Communications, Inc., 5400 Dan Schmidt North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL President & CEO 60625-4698. Periodical postage paid at Chicago, IL and additional mailing Inside the Guide offices. POSTMASTER: Send address 3 Member Connections 14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid changes to The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 5400 4 Member Perks 17 Do it Yourself Saturdays North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 5 TV Listings 20 At-a-Glance 60625-4698. Copyright 2014, Window To The World Communications, Inc., 6 WTTW Digital Channel Highlights 21 Radio Listings Chicago, IL. 9 WTTW Kid Grid 31 Sponsors ON THE COVER: Geoffrey Baer on the Chicago River. Photo: Ken Carl 2 NOVEMBER 2017 MEMBER CONNECTIONS Soundstage: CHICAGO Celtic Thunder in Concert CHICAGO has been hailed as one of the “most important bands WHAT in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era” by former Soundstage: CHICAGO President Bill Clinton. This legendary rock and roll band with horns came in at #9, the highest charting American band in Billboard WHERE Magazine’s recent Hot 200 All-Time Top Artists. CHICAGO is the WTTW Grainger Studio first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive 5400 N. Saint Louis Avenue in Chicago decades, and in 2016 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. WHEN Join us for this special taping of WTTW’s legendary and ground- Tuesday and Wednesday, breaking music series Soundstage filmed in WTTW’s intimate November 7 and 8, 7:30 pm Grainger Studio. Celtic Thunder Visit wttw.com/soundstage to purchase tickets. WHAT Celtic Thunder in Concert WHERE Chicago Theatre 175 N. State Street in Chicago WHEN Thursday, December 7, 7:30 pm CHICAGO International singing sensation Celtic Thunder Screening & Discussion: I Am Not Your Negro has scheduled a downtown Chicago performance Join us for a free screening of and discussion about the Independent Lens documentary I Am Not Your Negro. as part of their upcoming North American In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, to be called Remember Symphony Tour. This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account This will be the second Symphony Tour for of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close Celtic Thunder, who will depart from their tradi- friends – Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. tional and critically acclaimed large set produc- But at the time of tions to perform their hits, songs from their WHAT Baldwin’s death in 1987, Christmas albums, and songs from their new Celtic Screening & Discussion: he left behind only 30 Thunder Inspirational album, in a dynamic live I Am Not Your Negro completed pages of his music experience accentuated by the instrumen- WHERE manuscript. Now, in tals of full symphony orchestras. Celtic Thunder’s Chicago Cultural Center this Oscar-nominated five male soloists Damian McGinty, Ryan Kelly, 78 East Washington Street in documentary I Am Not Emmet Cahill, Neil Byrne, and Michael O’Dwyer Chicago Your Negro, master will perform solo and ensemble numbers. WHEN filmmaker Raoul Peck James Baldwin in the crowd. Photo: Courtesy of © Dan Budnik - All Rights Reserved You are invited to celebrate the strength Saturday, November 18, envisions the book and courage of Ireland through this concert 2:00 pm James Baldwin never finished. spectacular live at the Chicago Theatre. For additional information and to RSVP, visit wttw.com/events. Visit wttw.com/events to purchase tickets. Andrea Bocelli in Concert Andrea Bocelli returns to the U.S. for seven concerts only of repertoire from his Grammy- nominated album Cinema, special selections from his groundbreaking release Romanza, and a selection of beloved arias, love songs, and crossover hits. WHAT The concerts will be led by Maestro Eugene Andrea Bocelli in Concert Kohn and will also feature soprano Larisa WHERE Martinez and Broadway sensation and Chicago United Center native Heather Headley. The Lyric Opera 1901 W. Madison Street Orchestra and Chorus will join Bocelli for this Ken Burns and Lynn Novick in Chicago special concert. WHEN WTTW is excited to offer tickets to see one of Wednesday, December 6, the world’s most celebrated tenors at the United 7:30 pm Center on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 7:30 Andrea Bocelli pm. Visit wttw.com/events to purchase tickets. 2017 NOVEMBER 3 MEMBER PERKS 2-for-1 Tickets to Orion Ensemble’s Let’s Tango The Orion Ensemble continues its 25th anniversary season with Let’s Tango, featuring guest violist Stephen Boe. The program features Bernstein’s Sonata for clarinet and piano (1942); von Dohnanyi’s Serenade in C Major for string trio, Op. 10; Photo: Chris Cameron Horn’s Black Tango for violin, viola, cello and piano (2002); and Schumann’s Quartet in E-flat Major for violin, viola, cello and piano, Op. 47. The Orion Ensemble’s concert program Let’s Tango takes place on Sunday, November 5 at 7:00 pm at First Baptist Photo: Cornelia Babbitt Photography Church of Geneva-Chapelstreet Church, 2300 South Street in Geneva; Wednesday, November 8 at 7:30 pm at the Pianoforte Studios, 1335 S.