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Viglasky/BBC Studios 2017 for MASTERPIECE and BBC One 2 OCTOBER 2019 MEMBER CONNECTIONS Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Stage Players – Screening Join WFMT each Wednesday for the Dame Myra Hess WHAT and Discussion Memorial Concerts, live from Preston Bradley Hall in the Dame Myra Hess Chicago Cultural Center. Featured artists this month are pia- Memorial Concerts nists Hélène Tysman and Lucas Krupinski, Merz Trio, soprano WHERE Kristina Bachrach Chicago Cultural Center, with pianist Daniel Preston Bradley Hall Anastasio, and 78 E. Washington Street Photo: Michael Brosilow clarinetist Sam in Chicago Boutris with pia- nist Hilda Huang. WHEN Wednesdays, 12:15 pm Performances take Photo: Courtesy of artist’s website Photo: Courtesy of artist’s place beneath the world’s largest Tiffany-domed ceiling, part of a landmark build- ing that originally housed the Chicago Public Library. The series Sam Boutris is named for British pianist Myra Hess, who organized free lunchtime concerts for Londoners during World War II, in the years of nightly air raids. These are free events; for information, please visit wfmt.com. Timothy Edward Kane in An Iliad, Court Theatre POV: Brimstone & Glory – Screening In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, The Chicago WHAT Stage Players – Screening and Discussion Public Library, in association with POV and WTTW, presents a free screening of POV: Brimstone & Glory. The annual WHERE National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico celebrates Chicago Cultural Center San Juan de Dios, Claudia Cassidy Theatre patron saint of 78 E. Washington Street WHAT in Chicago POV: Brimstone & Glory – firework makers, Screening and the local resi- WHEN dents who work in Saturday, October 12, 2:00 pm WHERE pyrotechnics. This Chicago Public Library film honors the Beverly Branch spirit of Tultepec’s 1962 W. 95th Street WTTW and the Department of Cultural Affairs community, and Photo: Anastasia Coyto; Courtesy of Department Motion Pictures in Chicago and Special Events present a free screening and showcases their Children at the festival discussion of WTTW’s new digital series Stage WHEN virtuosity as they Players. Thursday, October 10, 1:30 pm create their own combustibles and larger-than-life papi- Chicago’s powerful, diverse, and ever-expand- er-mâché bulls for the parade. ing theatre scene is justly famous, and an integral This is a free event; RSVP is required. For more information, please visit wttw.com/events. part of the city’s cultural life. From Steppenwolf to Lookingglass, from the Goodman to the Den, from Albany Park Theater Project to the Black Ensemble Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: Be My Neighbor Day Theater, the Windy City’s close-knit theatrical Join WTTW, Fred Rogers Productions, PNC Grow Up Great, and the Garfield Park Conservatory in community is inextricably linked to the city’s arts welcoming Daniel Tiger and his friend Katerina Kittycat from the WTTW Kids series Daniel Tiger’s identity. The new series from WTTW Digital, Stage Neighborhood for Be My Neighbor Day! At this fun-filled Players, shines a well-deserved spotlight on some GRRR-ific event for of our town’s actors, architects, playwrights, cho- kids and families, WHAT reographers, ushers, stage managers, patrons, and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: meet Daniel and others who have various roles to play on, behind, Be My Neighbor Day Katerina in person and around our city’s stages. and participate in WHERE A panel discussion will follow a screening of activities designed Garfield Park Conservatory excerpts from the series, with WTTW producer to bring out the 300 North Central Park Avenue Daniel Andries; Coya Paz, Artistic Director of Free caring neighbor in in Chicago Street Theater; Collette Pollard, scenic designer all of us. This spe- and company member of The House Theatre Photo: © 2019 The Fred Rogers Company Photo: © 2019 The Fred WHEN cial day focuses on Saturday, October 12, 10:30 am Company of Chicago; Henry Godinez, actor and Daniel Tiger the importance of professor at Northwestern University’s Department neighborhoods, of Theatre; and Derrick Sanders, director and what children can learn from their community, and how basic values such as kindness and forgiveness can co-founder of Congo Square Theatre Company. make a difference in life. This is a free event; please RSVP. For more infor- This is a free event; please RSVP. For more information, please visit wttw.com/events. mation, please visit wttw.com/events. 2019 OCTOBER 3 MEMBER PERKS 2-for-1 Tickets to The Saint Sebastian Players’ Our Town The Saint Sebastian Players open their 39th season with the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1938 classic play Our Town by Thornton Wilder, directed by SSP com- pany member Jim Masini. This touching minimalist drama, performed without a set on a mostly bare stage, is a microcosm of the life cycle – focusing on the everyday lives of the citizens of the fictional Photo: Cornelia Babbitt Photography American small town of Grover’s Corners in the years between 1901 and 1913. Performances are October 25 through November 17, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at The Orion Ensemble 2:00 pm at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey Avenue, just west of Ashland at Marshfield, in Chicago. Free parking is available in two lots. WTTW members may purchase two full-price tickets for the price of 2-for-1 Tickets to one, subject to availability, by emailing [email protected] and mentioning WTTW. The Orion Ensemble’s For information, visit saintsebastianplayers.org. Beethoven Birthday Tribute The Orion Ensemble’s first concert program of the season celebrates Ludwig van Beethoven’s $10 Off Tickets to 250th birthday with his Serenade in D Major for Porchlight Music Theatre’s string trio, Op. 8. Also on the program are three piano-focused works by Lili Boulanger – Cortège Photo: Joe Mazza Sunset Boulevard (1914) for solo piano, D’un soir triste (1918) for Porchlight Music Theatre presents Andrew piano trio, and D’un matin de printemps (1918) for Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard. When impover- violin and piano; Louise Talma’s Alleluia in Form ished screenwriter Joe Gillis, pursued by debt of Toccata (1947) for piano; and Josef Labor’s collectors, stumbles into the reclusive domain of Quintet in D Major for clarinet, strings, and piano, faded silent film star Norma Desmond, it leads to Op.