Air Check Dear Member, The Guide WTTW and WFMT have always synonymous with exceptional local content, and this month, we are The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT proud to bring you an especially impressive array of options – everything from three new installments Renée Crown Public Media Center of our own homegrown national music series Soundstage to an acclaimed play from Albany Park 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue Theater Project and Goodman Theatre; thought-provoking documentaries about the city’s Cabrini Chicago, Illinois 60625 Green housing project and a secret WWII training exercise on Lake Michigan; an innovative film created Main Switchboard by a 12-year-old local filmmaker; and a new local series, The Interview (773) 583-5000 Show with Mark Bazer (wttw.com/interviewshow). Member and Viewer Services This month on WTTW11 and wttw.com, there is something for everyone, (773) 509-1111 x 6 WFMT Radio Networks including American Masters profiles of Janis Joplin and the Highwaymen; a (773) 279-2000 new season of Genealogy Roadshow; That Bites!, a 12-year-old’s treatise on Chicago Production Center what it’s like to live with food allergies; a revealing series, Genius, hosted (773) 583-5000 by renowned physicist (and genius) Stephen Hawking; all-new webisodes Websites of Chat, Please! with David Manilow; the return of and final season with wttw.com Kenneth Branagh as the brooding Swedish detective Wallander and the wfmt.com continuation of our popular Saturday night mysteries; and two important President & CEO Independent Lens specials with town halls on gun violence in America. Daniel J. Schmidt We close out the month with a new local documentary, Heroes on Deck: COO & CFO World War II on Lake Michigan, about fighter pilots training on carriers near Chicago and the efforts Reese Marcusson being made to raise and restore their aircraft; and two annual mainstays: the National Memorial Day EVP Radio & Project Development Concert and this year’s National Geographic Bee, both from Washington, DC. Remember that you can Steve Robinson catch these on WTTW11, at wttw.com/video, and via the PBS video app. Guide Staff On 98.7WFMT and wfmt.com, we herald Lyric Opera of Chicago with a month-opening broadcast Publisher of the company’s latest foray into the world of Rodgers & Hammerstein, The King and I. Then we’ll Anne Gleason be starting our Saturday rebroadcasts of productions from the 2015-16 season; during May, enjoy The Art Director Marriage of Figaro, the new Bel Canto, and La Cenerentola. Stellar pianist Jeremy Denk performs live Television Contributors for WFMT from the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival an eclectic recital ranging from Beethoven Julia Maish to ragtime. We’ll welcome the Spektral Quartet and Civitas to Live from WFMT, and also present live Dan Soles Impromptus with the chamber musicians of Midsummer’s Music Festival and with pianist Marc-André Radio Contributor Hamelin. At wfmt.com, you can also find the latest classical music and fine arts news stories, such as Andrea Lamoreaux Distribution Manager the announcement of this year’s Richard Tucker Award winner and our annual celebration of Major Pat Sheppard League Baseball’s Opening Day, plus a variety of interviews with visiting singers, conductors, and instrumentalists, illuminating lists, quizzes and contests, and more. Listen anywhere and anytime. Advertising Sales WTTW: Douglas Carleton On behalf of WTTW and WFMT, thank you for choosing us, and for your continuing support. We (773) 279-2128 couldn’t do it without you. WFMT: Paul Ansell (773) 279-2101 Sincerely, The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) Dan Schmidt May 2016 President & CEO Volume 31, Number 221 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 Inside the Guide North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625-4698. Periodical postage paid 3 Member Connections 16 WTTW Kid Grid at Chicago, IL and additional mailing 4 Member Perks 17 Do it Yourself Saturdays offices. 5 TV Listings 20 At-a-Glance POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Guide: The Member 6 WTTW Digital Channel Highlights 21 Radio Listings Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 5400 14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid 31 Sponsors North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625-4698. Copyright 2014, Window To The World Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL. ON THE COVER: Sir Kenneth Branagh as Kurt Wallander. Credit: Courtesy of Steffan Hill/Left Bank Pictures (Television) Limited/Yellow Bird 2015. 2 MAY 2016 MEMBER CONNECTIONS Cornerstones of Rock LIVE! Live Piano Concert This special Cornerstones of Rock concert is a nostalgic celebra- WHAT tion of the local “garage bands” that rose to national prominence in Cornerstones of Rock LIVE! the 1960s and ’70s, and remain favorites today with their sing-along WHERE hits. This special shines a spotlight on the local groups from the North Shore Center for the Per- Chicago area who defined forming Arts this era as they rose 9501 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie through the teen clubs all the way to national WHEN Sunday, May 1, 5:00 pm prominence. Come see them live in a concert featuring The Ides of March, The Buckinghams, The New Colony Six with Bruce Mattey and Ray Graffia, The Cryan’ Shames, and more! Each pair of tickets comes with the Cornerstones of Rock DVD/CD as a bonus! To purchase tickets, please visit wttw.com/events. WHAT The PianoForte Salon Series 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green Screening WTTW, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events presents a FREE screening WHERE PianoForte Studios of the documentary film 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green. 1335 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago Home to thousands, misunderstood by millions, Cabrini Green once towered over WHEN WHAT Chicago’s most valuable Friday, May 6, 12:00 pm 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green neighborhoods. A loom- Screening & Discussion ing reminder of inequal- ity and poverty, Cabrini’s Rutter Cristina Photo: WFMT’s monthly live series, The PianoForte WHERE high-rises were demol- Salon Series, continues its season of broadcasts Chicago Cultural Center ished and an African- and you’re invited to be part of the audience! Join 78 E. Washington Street in American community WFMT for a live performance and conversation Chicago cleared to make room for with pianist Nicholas Phillips. WHEN another social experi- Described by the New York Times as an “able and Saturday, May 21, 2:00 pm ment: mixed-income persuasive advocate” of new music, pianist neighborhoods. Shot Nicholas Phillips is active as a soloist and collab- over the course of 20 years, this film documents this upheaval, from orative artist; recent performances include solo the razing of the first buildings in 1995, to the clashes in the mixed- recitals in Korea and Argentina, as well as dozens income neighborhoods a decade later. 70 Acres in Chicago tells the Mark Pratt, Deidre Brewster, Raymond of appearances across the United States, and an volatile story of this hotly contested patch of land, while looking McDonald. invited performance at the Croatian Embassy in unflinchingly at race, class, and who has the right to live in the city. Washington, DC. Immediately following the screening there will be a panel discussion with questions and comments from Admission to this concert is free. For program the audience. To reserve your spot, visit wttw.com/events. information, visit pianofortefoundation.org. Join us On The Table Join WTTW for another meal together as part of WHAT The Chicago Community Trust’s annual forum, On On The Table 2016 The Table. This year, thousands of Chicagoland individuals and communities of diverse perspec- WHERE To Be Announced tives and backgrounds will come together to talk about how we can help unite the place we call WHEN home. Tuesday, May 10, 6:30 pm Would you like to connect with our host and other Chicago-area residents to share a mealtime conversation and explore issues and ideas on how we can work together to build and sustain strong, safe, and vibrant communities? Pull up a chair, join the discussion, and imagine our future! Dinner is on us, but space is limited. To complete the application form, visit wttw.com/events. 2016 MAY 3 MEMBER PERKS 2-for-1 Tickets to “Musical Enchantments” The Orion Ensemble concludes its 2015-16 season with “Musical Enchantments,” welcoming back guest violinist Mathias Tacke, former second violinist of the Vermeer Quartet; and highly respected Chicago violist Stephen Boe. They join Orion for Antonín Dvorák’s Miniatures for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 75a; Amy Beach’s Quintet in F-sharp Minor for String Quartet and Piano, Op. 67 (1908); and Johannes Brahms’ Quintet in B Minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115. The Orion Ensemble’s “Musical Enchantments” takes place Sunday, May 29 at 7:00 pm at First Baptist Church of Geneva, 2300 South Street in Geneva; Wednesday, 2-for-1 Tickets to June 1 at 7:30 pm at the PianoForte Studios, 1335 The Woman in Black S. Michigan Avenue in The Saint Sebastian Players (SSP) conclude Chicago – joined by their 35th season with Susan Hill’s acclaimed Chicago Youth Symphony ghost story The Woman in Black. A lawyer, Orchestra’s Millennium obsessed with a curse that he believes has been Winds quintet perform- cast over him and his family by the spectre of a ing sections from Cambini’s Wind Quintet No. 1 in B-flat Major; andSunday, June 5 at 7:30 pm at Music Woman in Black, engages a skeptical young ac- Institute of Chicago’s Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston.