Thursday, January 26, 2006

Chicago Public Schools
The ax fell today in the Chicago Public Schools latest effort to leave no child behind. Rich Samuels reports on the cuts—-and the political fallout.

Navy Pier
Navy Pier officials have proposed a major makeover for the popular lakefront complex. They call it "visionary" but one critic says that McPier's honchos need their vision checked. Eddie Arruza will talk to the Chicago Tribune's architecture critic, Blair Kamin, about what he thinks of the plan.

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Computerized Police Sketches
Oak Park's computerized police sketches are hard to tell from actual photographs. Elizabeth Brackett learns how it is done.

Malcolm Jamal Warner
Child star and part time Chicagoan Malcolm Jamal Warner has grown up into a jazz musician. The former Cosby Show star joins us in the studio tonight.

Mozart's 250th Birthday
It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birthday tomorrow. He would have been 250 years old. Fawn ring talks with Jane Glover, author of a new book about one of history's greatest musical geniuses.

Chicago Bears
Twenty years ago today, the Chicago Bears won Super Bowl XX. From our vault, we'll re-visit Chicago Tonight's coverage of the game, and John Callaway's famed walk down Bourbon Street.

Supper Club
And on the Supper Club, we'll visit Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood for some down home cooking with a unique twist: Fat Willy's Rib Shack recipe for Baked 4 Cheese Macaroni

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