Black History Month See page 7 for details. Air Check Dear Member, The Guide The Member Magazine for February can often be a gloomy month here in famously wintery Chicago, but luckily WTTW WTTW and WFMT and WFMT always comes to the rescue with a variety of content that is entertaining, inspiring, and Renée Crown Public Media Center 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue educational. We are especially proud to bring you a wide and diverse array of content in observance of Chicago, Illinois 60625 Black History Month, including new profiles of the activist/writer Maya Angelou, congressman and Civil Rights icon John Lewis, and singer Main Switchboard Roberta Flack; a new miniseries from Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. exploring (773) 583-5000 Member and Viewer Services Africa’s Great Civilizations; online, you can watch Race Underground: (773) 509-1111 x 6 American Experience, about the construction of the country’s first subway WFMT Radio Networks system and a related local web story on the forgotten history of Chicago’s (773) 279-2000 cable cars. Much more information is available on page 7. Chicago Production Center (773) 583-5000 On the entertainment front, we give you front row seats for rollicking new music shows on Soundstage; at two gala opening nights at Lyric Websites Opera (Bizet’s Carmen and Tchaikovsky’s Yevgeny Onegin) and live wttw.com wfmt.com broadcasts from our own Levin Performance Studio on WFMT; to a celebration of Mozart at New York’s Lincoln Center; to New York City Ballet President & CEO performances in Paris; to the Library of Congress as Smokey Robinson is Daniel J. Schmidt honored with this year’s Gershwin Prize; and more. COO & CFO Reese Marcusson WTTW also takes you into the wild to explore animal behavior on Nature, and our compelling Sunday night drama series, Victoria on MASTERPIECE and Mercy Street, continue. Be sure to visit WTTW.com Guide Staff for exclusive recaps of each episode of these programs, as well as a story on Victoria’s cook (and the Publisher world’s first celebrity chef) Charles Esme Francatelli and some of his outlandish recipes. We also bring Anne Gleason Art Director you new episodes of Check, Please! and more lively discussions on Chat, Please! and The Interview Show with Mark Bazer. Chicago Tonight on television and online will keep you informed about all aspects of WTTW Contributors our city, with stories on local politics, state budget issues, area cultural events and performing artists, Julia Maish and more, and its extensive video archive ensures that you won’t miss a thing. Dan Soles WFMT Contributor On WFMT, as I mentioned, this month we have two openings at Lyric Opera – starring in Carmen is Andrea Lamoreaux tenor Joseph Calleja, who’ll visit us for a live Valentine’s Day installment of Impromptu. Returning for a Distribution Manager look at memorable movie musicals is Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips, who’ll present morning Pat Sheppard and evening segments during the week leading up to the Oscars in late February. And visiting our Levin Advertising Sales Studio for Live from WFMT this month are the versatile pianist Jenny Lin and singers from Chicago’s WTTW: Douglas Carleton acclaimed Haymarket Opera Company. On WFMT.com, learn why Stewart Copeland, drummer and (773) 279-2128 co-founder of The Police, was inspired to compose an opera, The Invention of Morel, and enjoy several WFMT: Paul Ansell (773) 279-2101 stories on African-American music to mark Black History Month. Be sure to check in daily for the latest! Sincerely, The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) February 2017 Volume 31, Number 229 Dan Schmidt President & CEO 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 Inside the Guide at Chicago, IL and additional mailing offices. 3 Member Connections 14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid POSTMASTER: Send address 4 Member Perks 17 Do it Yourself Saturdays changes to The Guide: The Member 5 TV Listings 21 At-a-Glance Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 6 WTTW Digital Channel Highlights 22 Radio Listings 60625-4698. Copyright 2014, Window 8 WTTW Kid Grid 31 Sponsors To The World Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL. ON THE COVER: Dr. Maya Angelou, circa 1970. Photo: Courtesy of Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images 2 FEBRUARY 2017 MEMBER CONNECTIONS Live Concert: All Brahms Daniel Tiger’s WFMT’s monthly live series, The PianoForte Salon Series, continues its Neighborhood – LIVE season, and you’re invited to be part of the live audience! Join WFMT for a performance and conver- WHAT sation with Ryan de Ryke, The PianoForte Salon Series baritone; Dave Moss, vio- WHERE la; and Daniel Schlosberg, PianoForte Studios piano, performing an 1335 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago all-Brahms concert. Baritone Ryan de Ryke WHEN has performed at many of Daniel Schlosberg Friday, February 3, 12:00 pm the leading international music festivals, including the Aldeburgh Festival in the UK and the festival at Aix-en-Provence in France. Daniel Schlosberg has been WHAT described as an “expert pianist” (Boston Globe), and his performances have been praised for their “intellect Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood – LIVE and passion” (Washington Post). A violist of remarkable versatility and impeccable technique, Dave Moss enjoys a vibrant career as a solo artist, chamber collaborator, and orchestra musician. WHERE Admission to this concert is free. For program information, visit pianofortefoundation.org. Rosemont Theatre 5400 N. River Road in Rosemont, Illinois WHEN Meet Nature Cat at FREEze Day! Sunday, February 12, 2:00 pm Meet walk-around character Nature Cat at FREEze Day! We love the cold, and so do animals! Join the Green Valley Dog Drivers for dogsled demonstrations, sled runs, and other winter animal fun, including a Meet & Greet with Nature Cat. Become an explorer extraordinaire in the Hamill Family Play Zoo! The legacy of the beloved Mister Rogers lives on in the hit series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. Now, 10:00 am-2:30 pm: Green Valley Dog Drivers Dog Sled demos on the West Mall Daniel and all of his friends are hopping aboard WHAT Trolley to delight live audiences with DANIEL 10:00 am-2:30 pm: WTTW Nature Cat craft activity inside Hamill Family Play Zoo Meet Nature Cat at FREEze Day! TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD – LIVE! 11: 00-11:30 am: Bird of Prey Zoo Chat on the West Mall Donning his iconic red sweater, Daniel takes the 11:30 am: Polar Bear Zoo Chat at Great Bear Wilderness WHAT audience on an interactive musical adventure as Brookfield Zoo he and his friends explore the vibrant world of their 12:00 pm: Wolf Zoo Chat at Regenstein Wolf Woods Hamill Family much-loved Neighborhood of Make-Believe, shar- Play Zoo 2:00 pm: Snow Leopard Zoo Chat at Big Cats ing stories of friendship, helping others, and cel- 8400 31st Street in Brookfield ebrating new experiences. This live theatrical Admission to this fun-filled production filled with singing, dancing, laughter, winter exploration day at the WHEN and “grr-ific” surprises will warm the hearts of Brookfield Zoo is free. For Sunday, multiple generations. more information, visit February 12, For tickets, visit ticketmaster.com, and search 10:00 am wttw.com/events. for “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.” Use code PBS for pre-sale tickets. Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise Screening & Discussion Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, from the acclaimed American Masters series, is the first feature documentary on American poet, author, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. The film features exclusive interviews with Dr. Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Common, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and others. Described as “a redwood tree, with deep roots in WHAT American culture,” Angelou gave people the freedom to American Masters Screening & Discussion think about their history in a way they never had before. Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise Hers was a prolific life; she inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought that pushed WHERE boundaries. This unprecedented film weaves her words Chicago Cultural Center with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, 78 East Washington Street in Chicago which explore hidden moments of her exuberant life WHEN during some of America’s most defining moments. From Saturday, February 18, 2:00 pm her upbringing in the Depression-era South, to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana, to her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton, the film takes us on an incredible journey through the life of a true American icon. Join us for this free screening and discussion during Black History Month. For more information and to Maya Angelou RSVP, visit wttw.com/events. 2017 FEBRUARY 3 MEMBER PERKS $10 Off Tickets to The Scottsboro Boys The thrilling, final collaboration by Kander and Ebb, the creators of Cabaret and Chicago, The Scottsboro Boys has been hailed as one of the most visionary and controversial musicals to grace the stages of Broadway and London. Nominated for 12 Tony Awards, and presented in the style of the notorious “minstrel show,” this true-life story of nine African American teenagers ac- cused and put on trial in Memphis for a crime they did not commit is one of the most infamous events in our country’s history, igniting the start of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Transit of Venus Porchlight Music Theatre’s perfor- mances take place at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont in Chicago. 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