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  • 2003
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    John Hiatt & The Goners: Beneath This Gruff Exterior

    John Hiatt & The Goners: Beneath This Gruff Exterior

    1 2003 HD

    Inventive performer and poignant songwriter John Hiatt captures the attention of fans and critics alike. In this Soundstage performance, which...

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  • 2010
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    DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

    DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

    1 2010 HD

    The history of Chicago's African-American community told like never before -- through the voices of its leading citizens, scholars, artists,...

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  • 2022
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    Czechs in Chicago

    Czechs in Chicago

    1 2022 HD

    The story of the Czech immigrant experience in Chicago, past and present. Spanning nearly two centuries of turbulent times, it shows how the...

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  • 2025
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    Touring the Lakefront with Geoffrey Baer

    Touring the Lakefront with Geoffrey Baer

    1 2025 HD

    Geoffrey Baer is back to traverse the length and breadth of Chicago’s world-famous “front yard” to explore everything from beloved...

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  • 2017
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    Blondie: Live at Soundstage

    Blondie: Live at Soundstage

    1 2017 HD

    Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, Blondie is still putting out new music and rocking out for fans everywhere! Debbie Harry and her...

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  • 1994
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    Remembering Chicago

    Remembering Chicago

    1 1994 HD

    A nostalgic yet energetic look at a bygone chapter in Chicago history: the 1920s and '30s, when city life was far less threatening than it is today....

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  • 1974
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    The Book of Chapin

    The Book of Chapin

    1 1974 HD

    Soundstage Original Series 1974-1985 The man who drove his "Taxi" to the top of the music charts entertains.

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  • 2009
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    Irish Chicago

    Irish Chicago

    1 2009 HD

    The colorful stories of Irish-American immigrants and their descendants who lived the history and exemplify the repeated cycle of the outsider...

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  • 1988
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    Precious Memories: Strolling 47th Street

    Precious Memories: Strolling 47th Street

    1 1988 HD

    Musicians and nightclub owners reminisce about the heyday of music and dance places on Chicago's South Side during the 1930s through '50s. Swingers...

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  • 2024
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    The Young Lords of Lincoln Park

    The Young Lords of Lincoln Park

    1 2024 HD

    "There was a time, from the late 1940s through the 1960s, when the now-upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood served as the beating heart of...

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  • 2003
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    Angels Too Soon

    Angels Too Soon

    9.00 2003 HD

    On December 1, 1958, fire swept through Our Lady of the Angels school on Chicago's west side, killing 92 children and three nuns. This Emmy...

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  • 2001
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    How Chicago Rocked the 60s

    How Chicago Rocked the 60s

    7.00 2001 HD

    It all began when the Beatles landed in America, on February 7, 1964. Their arrival heralded the beginning of the "British Invasion," and rock and...

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  • 1980
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    Only the Ball Was White

    Only the Ball Was White

    1 1980 HD

    Throughout the 1900's, before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1946, black baseball talent blossomed in the Negro Leagues. Baseball...

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  • 2005
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    Dislocation

    Dislocation

    1 2005 HD

    In February 2002, families living in the Robert Taylor Homes public housing development were given a 180 day notice of eviction. In six months, the...

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  • 1974
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    Adland

    Adland

    1 1974 HD

    TVTV turns its critical eye to the world of advertising in Adland, subtitled Where Commercials Come From. Focusing on the reality behind the image,...

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  • 2012
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    Remembering Chicago: The '70s and '80s

    Remembering Chicago: The '70s and '80s

    1 2012 HD

    From the changing political landscape to the unforgettable era of Mr. Cub hitting 500, Sweetness and the football victory that made the whole country...

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  • 1997
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    Remembering Chicago & World War II

    Remembering Chicago & World War II

    1 1997 HD

    Chicagoans of all stripes share their stories from a time when the city served as a major war production center and a hub for soldiers on their way...

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