KEEPING SCORE

MAHLER: LEGACY THURSDAY, JUNE 30 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM In 1897, after months of intrigue and negotiation, during which Mahler converted to the Roman Catholic faith, he was installed as the Music Director of the Vienna Opera House. This was arguably the most prestigious job in the music world, at the end of the 19th century. Find out more...

SECRETS of the DEAD

BLACKBEARD’S LOST SHIP WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 @ 6:00PM Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard, was the most notorious pirate of his day. At the height of his rein, he commanded a fleet of four ships and a crew of 400 men. They were ruthless seafaring raiders who terrorizing vessels in American waters. In 1718, Blackbeard even blockaded the city of Charleston, crippling its economy. Eventually he was...

POV

KINGS OF PASTRY TUESDAY, JUNE 21 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM When Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker, award-winning filmmakers of The War Room, Startup.com and Don’t Look Back, turn their sights on the competition for the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France, the country’s Nobel Prize for pastry, you’re in for a treat. In Kings of Pastry, 16 chefs, including Jacquy Pfeiffer, co-founder of Chicago’s...

ABRAHAM & MARY LINCOLN

A HOUSE DIVIDED PART VI: BLIND WITH WEEPING MONDAY, AUGUST 1 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM Elected President only to see the nation fracture in two, Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the fissures that split the nation: the great emancipator was married to the daughter of a slave owner from...

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

POIROT THREE ACT TRAGEDY FRIDAY, JUNE 24 @ 7:30PM & 12:30AM When an elderly Cornish vicar suddenly drops dead at a party, everyone looks to fellow guest Hercule Poirot to solve the murder. But the Belgian super-sleuth sees no foul play, correctly predicting that analysis of the clergyman’s glass will yield nothing more than the remains of an excellent dry martini. Before long,...