The Guide | June 2021

Do it Yourself Saturdays 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Ask This Old House 11:00

Lidia’s Kitchen

11:30

My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 1:00

Simply Ming

1:30

New Scandinavian Cooking

2:00

America’s Test Kitchen

2:30

America’s Test Kitchen

3:00

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

3:30

How She Rolls

4:00

A Chef’s Life

4:30

Check, Please!

5:00

Rick Steves’ Europe

5:30

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

Friday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 Nature: Cuba’s Wild Revolution See Wed. June 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Mysteries of Mental Illness: The Rise and Fall of the Asylum (Part 3 of 4) See Wed. June 23 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Mysteries of Mental Illness: The New Frontiers (Part 4 of 4) See Wed. June 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] See Wed. June 23 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Roka Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn Alpana welcomes Oak Park poet and professor Samina Hadi-Tabassum, who recommends Roka Akor in River North; PR rep Michael Corrigan from Edgewater, who chose his local eatery Mango Pickle; and political consultant

Patrick Pfingsten from Park Ridge, who loves The Dearborn in Chicago’s Loop. 8:30 Becoming Johanna When Johanna, a 16-year-old transgender Latina, begins her transition and gets kicked out of her home and school, she finds a foster family who loves her and a supportive school principal who helps her graduate and thrive. 9:00 Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2020 Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance of selections by Strauss, Wagner, Offenbach, Puccini, and more from the Schonbrunn Palace Gardens under the baton of conductor Valery Gergiev featuring Metropolitan Opera tenor Jonas Kaufmann. 10:30 Beyond the Canvas: Black Lives Matter Sit down with Black musicians who bridge story and sound. The musical ensemble Ranky Tanky, singer Rhiannon Giddens, and others share their belief in the power of music to honor the past and inspire the future. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 26 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Out in Rural America See Thurs. June 24 at 9:10 pm. [R] 2:00 Expect a Miracle: Finding Light in the Darkness of a Pandemic See Thurs. June 24 at 10:40 pm. [R] 3:00 Becoming Johanna See Fri. June 25 at 8:30 pm. [R] 3:30 To be announced MORNING 10:00 This Old House: Our 3-Decker 10:30 Ask This Old House: Working from Home 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Life of Pie AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Chicken and Cornbread 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Little Italy 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Burning Water and Melted Butter 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Cooking at Home with Bridget and Julia 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s

3:30 4:00 4:30

5:00 5:30

Milk Street Television: Weeknight Mexican How She Rolls: Biscuits Rising…in Charlotte A Chef’s Life: Collard Green Queen Check, Please! Roka Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn See Fri. June 25 at 8:00 pm. [R] Rick Steves’ Europe: Lisbon Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Baltimore, Maryland

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Flying Stars Father Brown becomes embroiled with a theatrical family when he discovers that a supposed tragic drowning was actually murder. 8:00 Death in Paradise (Season 10, Part 2 of 8) The team are baffled when an archaeologist is poisoned during a dig but there is no evidence to prove how it was done. Meanwhile, Neville tests his skills in an island crab-cooking competition. 9:00 Mallorca Files: Ex Factor (Part 10 of 10) As Max and Miranda investigate some thefts at the home of a legendary music producer

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