Artbeat Chicago

Monday, August 07, 2006

Durbin & Obama
In a speech before AFSCME today, Sen. Barack Obama, sounding very much like a presidential candidate, blasted the Bush administration for fostering a society in which everyone is out for themselves. Sen. Dick Durbin also addressed the delegates, attacking the Bush administration for its handling of the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina. Elizabeth Brackett reports.

News Analysis with Carol Marin
How influenced are doctors by big money drug company offers? Carol Marin talks with the editor-in-chief of the Chicago-based Journal of the American Medical Association. Today they released an editorial on the influence of money on medical science. Click here to read the editorial.

Rules, Brittania
If you're traveling to the U.K., don't blot your copybook by using the wrong words. We'll talk to Toni Hargis, the Chicago-based author of Rules, Britannia: An Insider's Guide to Life in the United Kingdom.

Critic for a Day
We'll review the new dark comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" with our critic for a day, Peggy Kusinski.

Bicycle Paramedics
This summer, the Chicago Fire Department introduced paramedics on bicycles. We'll ride along.

Artbeat
Commuters are discovering Chicago's rush hour concert series. Artbeat's Fawn Ring has the details.

Viewer Mail
We'll go the mailbag to see what's on your mind.