VIENNA PHILHARMONIC SUMMER NIGHT CONCERT 2018
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 @ 11:00PM
Enjoy the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic’s annual open-air concert from Austria’s Imperial Schonbrunn Palace, featuring conductor Valery Gergiev and internationally acclaimed soprano Anna Netrebko as a guest soloist.
THE FINAL
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 @ 9:00PM
Three finalists attempt pastry perfection with a Signature pithivier. Then, after one of the most intricate Technical challenges ever devised — fondant fancies — they’re on to the Showstopper: a masterpiece made with notoriously difficult chiffon sponge.
BURNING NORTH
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
A journey across Northern Mexico reveals a desert rich in life. From prairie dogs fighting snakes, bats hunting scorpions and tiny owls living in giant cacti, its animals have found clever ways to survive against the odds.
MAKING NORTH AMERICA
SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 @ 6:00PM
From Ice Age to oil boom, discover the challenges faced and the wealth uncovered as humans take over the continent. How did we turn rocks into riches? And what catastrophic natural disasters could threaten the civilization we’ve built?
D.C.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 @ 9:00PM
Chef Marcus Samuelsson dines, dances and dishes with the Ethiopian community in the nation’s capital. He enjoys staples like kifto and injera, and celebrates the culture through cooking, dance and a traditional coffee ceremony.
OUR MAN IN TEHRAN
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 @ 10:00PM
On Monday, August 13 and Tuesday, August 14, FRONTLINE presents Our Man in Tehran – a revealing series on life inside Iran, with New York Times correspondent Thomas Erdbrink. In this two-night documentary special, Erdbrink shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders. The series offers surprising encounters inside the closed society of Iran, as Erdbrink gets Iranians to reveal the intricacies of their private worlds and the challenges of living under theocratic leaders.
SEASON 2, EPISODE 9
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
The wars tempt Ross and Dwight. An enraged mob threatens George and Elizabeth. Caroline and Dwight have a fateful reunion. Ross and Demelza confront their demons.
CHICAGO VOICES
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 @ 11:30PM
Celebrate Chicago’s vibrant music culture with performances by Renee Fleming, Broadway’s Jessie Mueller, rap artist Lupe Fiasco, folk legend John Prine, pop and gospel singer Michelle Williams and world-renowned tenor Matthew Polezani.
PATISSERIE
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 @ 5:00PM
Four bakers vie for a place in the final. Each labors to deliver petits fours to Mary and Paul’s exacting Signature standards, and two watch their fraisier cakes collapse in the Technical. All pull out the stops for the Showstopper, choux gateaus.
MOUNTAIN WORLDS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7 @ 11:00PM
Mountains dominate Mexico, shaping life and culture in this diverse land. Travel south to discover black bears, fiery volcanoes, exquisite birds and millions of monarch butterflies.