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 One of the world’s great spoken-word collections comes to life on May 16. wfmt.com/StudsTerkelRadioArchive May 2018 ALSO INSIDE On WTTW, the highly anticipated new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women premieres on Mother’s Day starring Angela Lansbury and Emily Watson, and follow Sue Perkins as she begins an emotional four-part trek up Southeast Asia’s Mekong River. Air Check The Guide Dear Member, The Member Magazine for This month, WFMT is thrilled to make available free to the public a unique and invaluable resource WTTW and WFMT Renée Crown Public Media Center that has been more than 20 years in the making. On May 16, we will launch the Studs Terkel Radio 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue Archive on wfmt.com. It will be one of the world’s great spoken-word collections, consisting of more Chicago, Illinois 60625 than 5,600 of Studs’s digitized interview programs that originated at WFMT between 1952 and 1997. Join us on wfmt.com on what would have been Studs’s 106th birthday to enjoy 45 years of his revealing Main Switchboard (773) 583-5000 conversations with the celebrated and the unsung…and everyone in between. Member and Viewer Services On WTTW11, dive into an engaging new two-part adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, (773) 509-1111 x 6 which premieres on Mother’s Day and stars Angela Lansbury and Emily Watson. Follow Sue Perkins WFMT Radio Networks (773) 279-2000 (The Great British Baking Show) as she begins an emotional four-part trek up Southeast Asia’s Mekong Chicago Production Center River. And, don’t miss a new Soundstage concert from RSO (Richie Sambora and Orianthi) filmed right (773) 583-5000 here in WTTW’s Grainger Studio. This month we will also launch The Great American Read – a national initiative that will spark a conversation about reading and the books that have inspired, moved, and Websites wttw.com shaped us. Beginning May 22, join in on the voting for the book you think should be number one. Look wfmt.com for a culminating event in the fall, and get ready to start reading! Finally, we observe Memorial Day with a number of specials, and honor outstanding area educators on the 33rd annual Golden Apple Awards. Publisher Anne Gleason On wttw.com, explore the incredible longevity of Little Women 150 years after its publication, and Art Director learn why its popularity endures despite its reluctant author’s assertion that “she never liked girls or Tom Peth knew many, except [her] sisters.” Also, as The Great American Read reveals its top 100 picks, check out WTTW Contributors Julia Maish our own list of outstanding Chicago novels, authors, and bookstores you need to visit. And in case Dan Soles simply watching this month’s royal wedding isn’t enough to satisfy your inner Anglophile, take a look WFMT Contributors back at some other memorable royal weddings on our website. Andrea Lamoreaux On WFMT, join us on Saturday afternoons to hear Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice, Verdi’s Rigoletto, and David Polk Distribution Manager Wagner’s Die Walküre from Lyric Opera. The Chicago Symphony brings us a Baroque concert with a Pat Sheppard collection of Italian concertos and arias, and during Memorial Day weekend, Marin Alsop leads the CSO in some American music: Gershwin, Barber, and former composer-in-residence Anna Clyne. And be Advertising Sales WTTW: Douglas Carleton sure to join us on Facebook between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm on Memorial Day for our first-ever WFMT (773) 279-2128 Beach Party live from Theater on the Lake. WFMT: Alexander Stonor Saunders On wfmt.com, visit WFMT’s Facebook page to watch live video of performances in our studios and (773) 509-5357 around the city, including Dame Myra Hess Concerts at the Chicago Cultural Center. And don’t miss The Guide: The Member Magazine music Carl Grapentine has curated to honor those who have served in our armed forces. for WTTW and WFMT Thank you for your continued support, and enjoy the beginning of spring! (ISSN 2329-1338) May 2018 Sincerely, Volume 33, Number 240 The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT is published Reese Marcusson monthly (for contributors of $40 or more annually) by Window To The Chief Operating Officer World Communications, Inc., 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625-4698. Periodical postage paid at Chicago, IL and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL Inside the Guide 60625-4698. Copyright 2014, Window To The World Communications, Inc., 3 Member Connections 14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid Chicago, IL. 4 Member Perks 17 Do it Yourself Saturdays 5 TV Listings 19 At-a-Glance 6 WTTW Digital Channel Highlights 20 Radio Listings 8 WTTW Kid Grid 31 Sponsors ON THE COVER: Studs Terkel on WFMT. Photo: Chicago History Museum, Stephen Deutch 2 MAY 2018 MEMBER CONNECTIONS Pavlo: Live in Concert! Screening & Discussion: Born in Toronto to Greek parents, Pavlo has made a name for himself by offering a musical amalgam he simply calls “Mediterranean music” – a blend of Greek, Flamenco, Latin, and even Balkan flavors, wrapped in The Chinese Exclusion Act contemporary pop. His music has taken him all around the world. Along the way, he’s per- formed for the likes of WHAT Pavlo: Live in Concert! Britain’s Prince Charles and worked and toured with WHERE artists such as José North Shore Center for the Feliciano, Jon Secada, Performing Arts Olivia Newton-John, and 9501 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie The Tenors. Join us for an evening WHEN concert – from Greece to Thursday, May 3, 8:00 pm Chicago! Just off the heels of his PBS special, Live in Kastoria, Pavlo will perform music from his extensive catalog. Enjoy a night of incredible musicianship, laughter, and storytelling. For more information and tickets, please visit wttw.com/events. Cinco de Mayo Celebration for Kids! Join us for an exciting free live show, perfect for children 2 to 7 years old, that brings to life fun and learning along with the most popular and beloved children’s shows on WTTW Kids. Hosted by the WTTW Kids Lab Guys, children will be inspired to discover their own BIG WHAT WHAT IDEAS using our very own The Chinese Exclusion Act: WTTW Kids BIG IDEA recipe of Wonder, Watch & A Screening & Discussion Traveling Lab: Learn More! The interac- Cinco de Mayo Celebration tive show will engage kids WHERE to explore themes like Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington Street WHERE emotions, life cycles, recy- Stratford Square in Chicago 152 Stratford Drive cling, the natural world, in Bloomingdale and more as we discover WHEN everyday BIG IDEAS. We’ll Saturday, May 19, 2:00 pm WHEN also learn about great children’s books that support the show’s themes, Saturday, May 5, 11:00 am and experience a few fun surprises along the way. For more information, please visit wttw.com/events. The Chinese Exclusion Act is a documentary from Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu, and produced by Meet Nature Cat at Kids to Parks Day! Steeplechase Films and the Center for Asian Celebrate National Park Trust’s Kids to Parks Day with Nature Cat at the Indiana Dunes national lakeshore! American Media. This gripping film explores the Bring the whole family to this free event to see live turtles, snakes, and fish. Play in the Nature Play Zone, learn important connections between the 1882 Chinese from science activities, hike around the wetlands and dunes of the park, and create hands-on crafts. This event Exclusion Act – the only federal legislation in will help the park celebrate the reopening of the Douglas Center, the park’s nature exploration site for families United States history ever to single out and name and schools. a specific race and nationality for exclusion. For more information, please visit wttw.com/events. Examine the dramatic social, political, and eco- nomic circumstances that led to this landmark WHAT piece of legislation and the wide-ranging conse- Kids to Parks Day: quences it had on national attitudes towards race, A Nature Cat Meet & Greet culture, politics, and society. Join us at the Chicago Cultural Center for a free WHERE screening of the film, followed by a panel Paul H. Douglas Center for discussion. Environmental Education 100 N. Lake Street in For more information and to RSVP, please visit Gary, Indiana wttw.com/events. WHEN Saturday, May 19, 10:00 am 2018 MAY 3 MEMBER PERKS 2-for-1 Tickets to Music Institute’s Academy Orchestra and Ilana Setapen Concluding the Music Institute of Chicago’s Faculty and Guest Artist Series’ 2017–18 season, the Academy Orchestra performs with noted violinist Ilana Setapen. The program includes the Overture to Mozart’s opera The Impresario; Copland’s “Down a Country Lane,” and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 “Scottish.” Setapen joins the Orchestra for the program’s second half, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35. Ilana Setapen is associate concert- master of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, a position she also held with the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra in Chicago for six years. The concert takes place Saturday, May 26 at 7:30 pm at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston. WTTW members may purchase two full-price tickets for the price of one, subject to availability, 2-for-1 Tickets to Orion by calling (847) 905-1500 and using the code WTTW.