From the President & CEO The Guide The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT Dear Member, Renée Crown Public Media Center This month, as the Summer of Space continues, WTTW takes you back to 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60625 a seismic event in popular music that happened 50 years ago this month: an outdoor festival that attracted half a million people to a dairy farm in upstate Main Switchboard New York. Join us for Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation, an (773) 583-5000 examination of the tumultuous decade that culminated in this defining moment Member and Viewer Services (773) 509-1111 x 6 of the counterculture revolution. Also on WTTW, in advance of the highly anticipated feature film premiering Websites next month, join us for Downton Abbey Live! as actors and producers from the wttw.com wfmt.com popular series take your questions live from New York City in front of a studio audience. On wttw.com, immerse yourself in Chicago’s jazz community and Publisher history as Chicago Jazz Festival approaches; and introduce a new generation Anne Gleason of pioneering science fiction writers after Ursula K. Le Guin’sAmerican Masters Art Director Tom Peth episode. WTTW Contributors On WFMT, the 2019 Grant Park Music Festival comes to a conclusion with Julia Maish Lisa Tipton Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, subtitled Resurrection; two Ryan Opera Center WFMT Contributors alums, J’Nai Bridges and Amanda Majeski, will be featured. Join us on Facebook Andrea Lamoreaux David Polk Live before each concert for interviews and behind-the-scenes content. And with Distribution Manager back-to-school season right around the corner, visit wfmt.com for music that will Pat Sheppard help boost any study session, and get tips to take care of your treasured classical music LPs. Advertising Sales WTTW As you enjoy the rest of the summer in Chicago, WTTW and WFMT are grateful Douglas Carleton for your support. (773) 279-2128 WFMT Sincerely, Alexander Stonor Saunders (773) 509-5357 Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) August 2019 Volume 34, Number 255 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 Inside the Guide 60625-4698. Periodical postage paid at Chicago, IL and additional mailing offices. 3 Member Connections 14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid 4 Member Perks 17 Do it Yourself Saturdays POSTMASTER: Send address 5 WTTW11 Listings 19 At-a-Glance changes to The Guide: The Member 6 WTTW Multicast Channel Highlights 20 WFMT Listings Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., 8 WTTW Kid Grid 31 Sponsors Chicago, IL 60625-4698. Copyright 2018, Window To The World ON THE COVER: Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation - American Experience Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL. 2 AUGUST 2019 MEMBER CONNECTIONS WTTW Kids BIG IDEA Traveling Lab Screening & Discussion: The WTTW Kids BIG IDEA Traveling Lab comes to Hawthorn WHAT VOCES: ADIOS AMOR: Mall in Vernon Hills! Meet Curious George and enjoy an exciting WTTW Kids BIG IDEA 45-minute free live show, Traveling Lab The Search for Maria Moreno perfect for children 2 to 7 years old, bringing to WHERE life the fun and learning Hawthorn Mall 122 Hawthorn Center from WTTW Kids’ most in Vernon Hills popular and beloved children’s shows. Kids WHEN will be encouraged to Saturday, August 3 explore themes like 11:00 am emotions, life cycles, re- Stock Archive Photo: George Ballis/Take cycling, the natural world, and more as we learn about great children’s books that support the show’s themes! This is a free event. For more information, please visit wttw.com/events. Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Join WFMT each Wednesday for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, live from Preston Bradley Hall in the Chicago Cultural Center. Enjoy solo recitals and ensemble performances by emerging classical artists from around the world, produced by the International Music WHAT Foundation. Featured artists this month include violinist Yun-Ting Dame Myra Hess Lee and and collabora- Maria Moreno Memorial Concerts tive pianist Younjung Cha; Young Steinway WHERE Artist award-winning Chicago Cultural Center, Photo: Patrick Allen WHAT Preston Bradley Hall pianist Kimberly Han; saxophonist Hyoung- VOCES: ADIOS AMOR – 78 E. Washington Street The Search for Maria Moreno Ryoul Kim and pianist in Chicago Screening & Discussion Shin-Young Park; and WHEN pianist George X. Fu. WHERE Wednesdays, August 7, 14, 21, Performances take Chicago Cultural Center and 28, 12:15 pm Pianist George X. Fu place beneath the Claudia Cassidy Theatre world’s largest Tiffany-domed ceiling, part of a landmark building 78 E. Washington Street in Chicago that originally housed the Chicago Public Library. The series is named for British pianist Myra Hess, who WHEN organized free lunchtime concerts for Londoners during World War II, in the years of nightly air raids. Saturday, August 17 These are free events; for information, please visit wfmt.com. 2:00 pm Thirsty Ears Festival 2019 WFMT invites you to an event that is billed as Chicago’s – and maybe the world’s! – only classical music WTTW and the Department of Cultural Affairs street festival. The Thirsty Ears Festival returns for its fourth season, featuring food trucks, drinks, and and Special Events present a free screening and vendors. Then, of course, there’s the requisite music, featuring such local groups as Chicago Ensemble, ~Nois discussion of VOCES: ADIOS AMOR: The Search Ensemble, Zafa Collective, and more. 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