wttw11 wttw Prime wttw Create wttw World wttw PBS Kids wttw.com THE GUIDE 98.7wfmt wfmt.com The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT THE MINIATURIST A new adaptation of Jessie Burton’s gripping bestseller BEGINS SUNDAY, SEPT. 9 at 8:00 PM September 2018 ALSO INSIDE WFMT’s series Introductions, showcasing aspiring young classical musicians, marks its 10th anniversary this year. We’ll celebrate with a special live concert with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras and Chicago Children’s Choir at Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. From the President & CEO The Guide The Member Magazine Dear Member, for WTTW and WFMT Renée Crown Public Media Center This year, WFMT’s weekly series Introductions, showcasing aspiring young classical 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60625 musicians, marks its 10th anniversary. Fittingly, WFMT will mark the occasion with a special live concert – Chicago’s first Youth Arts Showcase – as part of the citywide Year of Main Switchboard Creative Youth celebration. Join us on air and online on Saturday morning, September 22 (773) 583-5000 Member and Viewer Services as WFMT’s Michael San Gabino welcomes the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras and (773) 509-1111 x 6 Chicago Children’s Choir to Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. Websites On WTTW, we observe Hispanic Heritage Month with a variety of relevant content, some wttw.com wfmt.com of it new and local (see page 7). Golden Age Amsterdam comes alive in a new miniseries adaptation of Jessie Burton’s bestselling novel The Miniaturist. Poldark, The Durrells in Publisher Corfu, and 800 Words are back with new seasons along with another Anne of Green Gables Anne Gleason Art Director special; Ken Burns focuses his lens on the Mayo Clinic, and Jamestown, which first premiered Tom Peth on wttw.com, comes to WTTW11 from the creators of Downton Abbey. On wttw.com, find WTTW Contributors Julia Maish recipes for some of the delicious and unusual dishes from Christopher Kimball’s Milk Dan Soles Street; catch up on The Miniaturist with our recaps; and share your favorite novel, test your WFMT Contributors Andrea Lamoreaux knowledge of books, watch author interviews, and more at wttw.com/read. David Polk Distribution Manager On WFMT, join us for another live special from Millennium Park: Chicago’s Music of the Pat Sheppard Baroque, who will perform Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart, and more for its Baroque in the Park Advertising Sales celebration. Don’t miss Sound the Shofar: An Ancient Instrument in Modern Times, featuring WTTW the musical instrument that traditionally heralds the start of the Jewish High Holidays. On Douglas Carleton wfmt.com, for anyone heading back to school, we offer classical music to help you study. (773) 279-2128 You will also find videos and interviews with artists from the 2018 Chicago World Music WFMT Alexander Stonor Saunders Festival, the largest and longest-running international music festival in the country. (773) 509-5357 As the days grow shorter and the temperature cools, we hope you settle in and enjoy our The Guide: The Member Magazine offerings on WTTW and WFMT. Thank you for your support. for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) Sincerely, September 2018 Volume 33, Number 244 The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT is published Sandra Cordova Micek monthly (for contributors of $40 or more annually) by Window To The President & CEO World Communications, Inc., 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625-4698. Periodical postage paid at Chicago, IL and Inside the Guide additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address 3 Member Connections 14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid changes to The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 4 Member Perks 17 Do it Yourself Saturdays 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., 5 TV Listings 20 At-a-Glance Chicago, IL 60625-4698. 6 WTTW Digital Channel Highlights 21 Radio Listings Copyright 2018, Window To The World Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL. 8 WTTW Kid Grid 31 Sponsors ON THE COVER: Anya Taylor-Joy as Nella in The Miniaturist on Masterpiece. This three-part drama airs Sundays beginning September 9 at 8:00 pm. Photo: Courtesy of The Forge/Laurence Cendrowicz for BBC and MASTERPIECE. 2 SEPTEMBER 2018 MEMBER CONNECTIONS Screening & Discussion: inCommon Introductions 10th with Mike Leonard – Global Generation WHAT Anniversary Special, WTTW, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Screening & Discussion: Live from Millennium Park inCommon with Mike Leonard – Affairs and Special Events, presents a free screening of Global Generation and discussion about the new inCommon documentary Global Generation. WHERE inCommon spent an academic year with students from 41 Chicago Cultural Center, countries around the world - all represented at Lake Forest Claudia Cassidy Theatre Academy - to discover how it is to live and learn together; over- 78 E. Washington Street in Chicago come misconceptions; create, connect, and WHEN cope with their genera- Saturday, September 15, 2:00 pm tional challenges; social media vs. solitude; par- ents, pressure, and peer Symphony Orchestras Photo: Courtesy of Chicago Youth reenforcement; individuality and diversity. What does it teach us about our common humanity and human possibility against the backdrop of a country and a world divided? The screening will be followed by a Mike Leonard discussion. For more information, please visit wttw.com/events. Free Screening and Discussion: The Great American Read WHAT WTTW, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Introductions 10th Anniversary Broadcast, Live from Millennium Park Affairs and Special Events, presents a free event in connection with the PBS and WTTW literacy initiative The Great WHERE American Read. Photo: Courtesy of Nutopia/PBS Jay Pritzker Pavilion WHAT All summer, readers Millennium Park in Chicago Free Screening and Discussion: have been voting for The Great American Read WHEN their favorites from a School children visiting the farm that Saturday, September 22, 11:00 am curated list of 100 WHERE inspired Charlotte’s Web. Chicago Cultural Center, popular books put to- Claudia Cassidy Theatre gether by PBS and spotlighted on the weekly series The Great 78 E. Washington Street American Read. As the big reveal of America’s favorite book nears, WFMT welcomes young musicians to in Chicago WTTW invites you to view a bit of the series and hear from some Introductions’ first-ever live broadcast from WHEN Chicago authors as they share their own favorite books and explain the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, Saturday, October 20, 2:00 pm how they have influenced their writing. Join us for this free event! part of the Youth Arts Showcase (YAS! Fest). For more information and to RSVP, please visit wttw.com/events. In 2018, WFMT’s weekly Saturday morning series Introductions marked its 10th anniversary on the air, continuing its tradition of shining a The Make America Not Embarrassing Again Tour with Andy Borowitz well-deserved spotlight on young, local, up-and- Join us for an evening at the Chicago Theatre with New York Times bestselling author, New Yorker columnist, coming classical musicians, with the goal of and comedian Andy Borowitz. helping them launch successful careers in music. For the past two decades, Borowitz’s rapier wit has been on display in a wildly popular satirical news column, 2018 has also been designated Chicago’s Year of The Borowitz Report, for which he won the first-ever National Press Creative Youth by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Club award for humor. In 2012, his column was picked up by The New Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Yorker. Now, he brings his Special Events – a citywide program that cele- sold-out Make America Not brates Chicago’s young artists and the mentors Embarrassing Again Tour to WHAT who inspire them. Chicago, where he will sit The Make America Not Join WFMT as Introductions takes part in the down for an interview with Embarrassing Again Tour initiative’s Youth Arts Showcase (YAS! Fest) with Chicago Tonight correspon- with Andy Borowitz its first-ever live broadcast from Millennium Park. dent Paris Schutz. The WHERE Host Michael San Gabino welcomes the Chicago evening promises to in- Chicago Theatre Youth Symphony Orchestras and Chicago clude “a little bit of standup, 175 N. State Street in Chicago Children’s Choir to the Pritzker Pavilion stage to and a lot of storytelling and present a multi-genre program that includes in- conversation.” For more WHEN terviews with students who share what music information and to pur- Friday, September 21, 7:30 pm means to them, and the two groups joining forces chase tickets, please visit for an inspiring musical finale. For more informa- Andy Borowitz wttw.com/events. tion, please visit wfmt.com/events. 2018 SEPTEMBER 3 MEMBER PERKS 2-for-1 Tickets to Orion Ensemble’s Season Opening Concert To open its 26th season, The Orion Ensemble welcomes back guest violist Stephen Boe for Vienna, City of My Dreams, featuring Mozart’s Clarinet Quartet in B-flat Major, after KV317d; Schubert’s Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F Major for Piano Quartet, D. 487; and Strauss’s Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13. Performances take place Sunday, September 23 at 3:00 pm (special time) at Music Institute of Chicago’s Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston; Wednesday, September 26 at 7:30 pm at the Pianoforte Studios, 1335 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago; and Sunday, September 30 at 7:00 pm at Chapelstreet Church, 2300 South Street in Geneva. WTTW members may purchase two full-price tickets for the price of one, subject to availability, ONLY by calling (630) 628-9591 in advance and using code 2-for-1 Tickets to Violinist WTTW. For information, please visit orionensemble.org. Jennifer Koh The Music Institute of Chicago welcomes back alumna violinist Jennifer Koh for the opening 2-for-1 Tickets to The Dance COLEctive’s REboot concert of its 2018-19 Faculty and Guest Artist The Dance COLEctive, led by Founder/Artistic Director Margi Cole, returns to the stage with REboot, Series.