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Clunky ‘Cher Show’ Better Suited for Vegas Than Broadway	Mercury Theater’s ‘Avenue Q’ Revival Taps Into Irresistibly Funny Truthiness of Life’s Disappointments Do Newspaper Closures Impact Government Spending? One Study Says Yes Pat Quinn’s Quest to Term-Limit Chicago Mayors Lawsuit: Chicago State University Officer Threatened to Shoot Woman After Concert New Chicago Bike Map Highlights Most ‘Mellow’ Routes New Exhibition Examines ‘Americans and the Holocaust’ July 2, 2018 - Full Show In Wake of Janus Decision, What’s Next for Public Unions	Diplomat’s Memoir Chronicles Relationship with Cuba’s Past and Present ‘Reckless’ Anti-Violence March on Dan Ryan Expressway Could Lead to Arrests: State Police Before Firing Head of City Shelter, Mayor’s Office Squashed Talk of Overcrowding, Euthanasia, Sources Say CPS Releases Building Inspection Results. Did Your School Pass or Fail? John von Rhein, Classical Music Critic, Retires from Chicago Tribune July 3, 2018 - Full Show Chicago’s Minimum Wage is Rising, But is it Enough to Live On? First Phase of Automatic Voter Registration Now Underway in Illinois Brookfield Zoo Orangutan Heidi Gets Her First Physical Stony Island Arts Bank Remembers Historic Johnson Publishing Company	10 Things to Do This Weekend: July 4-8	At Goodman and Steppenwolf, 2 Plays That Mirror Each Other While Stretching Believability EPA Head Scott Pruitt Has Resigned, Trump Tweets New App From Northwestern Rates Nutritional Value of Packaged Foods Meet Dorothy Leavell, the Chicago Reader’s New Publisher New Arts Club Show Explores Chicago as ‘A Home for Surrealism’ Ask Geoffrey: The Fascinating Story of Antoinette Rich ‘Lives of the Constitution’ Looks at Minds Behind ‘America’s Supreme Law’ Report: Changes Needed to Combat Sexual Harassment in Academic Sciences Youth Activists Hope Dan Ryan March Will Focus Attention on Violence July 5, 2018 - Full Show Viewer Feedback: ‘I Hate Imposing Term Limits’	Federal Judge: Illinois Environmental Officials Subject to Ethics Rules Mayor Emanuel: Anti-Violence Protesters Should be Allowed to March on Dan Ryan Web Extra, The Week in Review: Capital Gazette Shooting West Side Clinic Combines Prenatal Care, Substance Abuse Treatment The Week in Review: Pfleger Refuses to Back Down CPS Plans For New High School, Full-Day Pre-K and Facility Improvements in $1B Capital Budget Have Farmers Markets Reached Their Peak?	Dan Ryan March: Pfleger, Activists Shut Down Expressway for Anti-Violence Protest
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	High-Wired ‘Peter Pan’ Flies on Well-Defined Gender Battle Trump to Announce Supreme Court Nominee In ‘Waitress,’ Master Pie Maker Finally Discovers Recipe for Love, Liberation $169 Million Industrial Complex Planned for Chicago’s Southeast Side After Dan Ryan Shutdown, Pfleger Looks to Meet with Politicians, Candidates The Power of Scuba Diving for People with Disabilities WBEZ, ProPublica Investigation Reveals Thousands of Duplicate Tickets July 9, 2018 - Full Show Brookfield Zoo Helps Bring Mexican Wolves Back From Brink of Extinction Gov. Rauner’s Answer to Chicago Violence Viewer Feedback: ‘What Were They Trying to Accomplish?’	Hospital Ship Sets Sail in Documentary ‘The Surgery Ship’ In ‘The Csardas Princess,’ Cabaret Singer Embroiled In Love, Marriage and Social Chaos, Operetta-Style 3.3 Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Toddlers Could Climb Trees Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Van Dyke Case: Defense Expert Believes Change of Venue Necessary An Early Harvest in the Chicago Tonight Garden Bring Your Appetite: Taste of Chicago Gets Underway This Week So Long to the Straight Dope: Witty Q&A Column Calls It Quits Viral Video Puts Spotlight on Cook County Forest Preserve July 10, 2018 - Full Show Study: Parental Incarceration Impacts Children’s Health into Adulthood	10 Things to Do This Weekend: July 11-15 CPS Watchdog Adding Staff for New Sex Abuse Investigations Team Adler to Host Viewing Event as Mars Moves Closer Roundtable: Viral Video, Gubernatorial and Mayoral Races Ask Geoffrey: What Happens to a Church’s Artwork When It Closes? Martin Espada Wins Top Poetry Foundation Prize New MCA Exhibit ‘Raised on the Internet’ Tickets on Sale Next Week for Museum Bringing Kusama ‘Infinity Room’ to Chicago Field Museum to Release Gin Rooted in 1893 World’s Fair US Chamber: $3.8 Billion Worth of Illinois Goods Threatened by Trade War Viewer Feedback: ‘That Guy Should Face Hate Crime Charges’ July 11, 2018 - Full Show	Author Gillian Flynn Talks ‘Sharp Objects,’ #MeToo Movement and More Illinois Health Officials Warn of Rabid Bats After 17 Found in State Shedd Sea Dragons Complete Rare Egg Transfer, Male Now Pregnant New Anti-Harassment Panel Addresses Barriers for Women in Politics Former Animal Care Director Susan Russell on Her Falling Out with City Hall Keith Haring’s Chicago Mural Speaks to Youth, Artists July 12, 2018 - Full Show Cook County Commissioners: Get Rid of Forest Preserve Police	Attorney General Madigan Sues DOJ Over Withheld Federal Funding Web Extra, The Week in Review: What Viral Videos Tell Us The Week in Review: Hate Crime Charges Follow Forest Preserve Rant Archaeological Dig Begins at Irving Park Home Breaking into a Car to Save a Dog: Should it Be Legal in Illinois?
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Chicago Police Release Bodycam Footage of Officer-Involved Shooting	CPS Pledging to Add 250 New Social Workers, Case Managers Tapping Into the Operatic in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ On Eve of 30th Shark Week, Shedd Campaign Aims to ‘Keep Sharks Swimming’ 5 Things to Know About Smoke-Free Public Housing Rule New Law Keeps Guns Away from Those Deemed ‘Dangerous’ University of Chicago Philosopher Explores Role of Fear in 2016 Election Fatal Police-Involved Shooting Prompts 3rd Night of Community Protests Pilsen Photographer Sebastian Hidalgo Focuses on Longtime Residents Why Chicago is Tearing Down Its Last Waterfall July 16, 2018 - Full Show Trump: Putin’s Election Meddling Denial ‘Strong and Powerful’	Van Dyke Case: Judge Sets September Trial Date Viewer Feedback: ‘Consolidation Seems Like a Reasonable Step’ City to Break Ground This Week on South Side Dog Park 5 Tips for Using Emoji at the Office Pitchfork Lineup Includes Debuts by Melkbelly, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya New Season of ‘10 That Changed’ Highlights Streets, Monuments and Modern Marvels Fatal Shooting Reignites Tension between Chicago Police, Community Survival Training Leads to Book on Arctic Wilderness Exploration How Healthy is Lake Michigan? A Checkup on the Great Lakes Emanuel Speaks Out About Augustus Shooting July 17, 2018 - Full Show ‘Murder for Two’ Sets Pair of Actors in Breathless Pursuit of Perpetrator	These Commercial Bread Bakeries Set the Stage for Chicago’s Favorite Foods Chicago Attorneys Blast ‘Reprehensible’ Suit Targeting Las Vegas Shooting Victims 10 Things to Do This Weekend: July 19-22 Activist Demands Release of Audio, Video From Augustus Shooting The Big Business of Craft Beer: New Book Tells Goose Island Story Rare Smooth Green Snakes to be Released into Restored Suburban Habitat The Rise of College Dorm-Style Co-Living in Chicago Task Force Aims to Reduce Number of Women in Illinois Prisons Luxury Property Sales Booming in Chicago, But So Are Foreclosures July 18, 2018 - Full Show How Transparent and Accountable Are Chicago, Cook County Governments?	Elvis Makes a Faustian Bargain in ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ Sheriff Tom Dart Launches Podcast About Opioid Epidemic Chicago Remembers 1968 Special Olympics with Anniversary Celebration Chicago Tribune Food Critic Phil Vettel Comes Out of the Shadows Ald. Pawar Drives Initiative to Test Universal Basic Income in Chicago As Deadline Approaches, Attorneys Offer Insight on Immigrant Family Reunification Black Sailors in Chicago Chart a New Course Community Pushback to $5 Billion Lincoln Yards Proposal July 19, 2018 - Full Show Viewer Feedback: ‘It’s Not Exactly Niagara Falls, Is It?’	243 Cases of Foodborne Illness Reported in Illinois Northwestern Rocket Launches Sunday to Explore ‘Star Stuff’ Chicago Advocates Call Out McDonald’s for Treatment of Chickens Web Extra, The Week in Review: NFL Policy and Miami Dolphins The Week in Review: Public Outcry Over Police-Involved Shooting
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	Illinois Sues EPA Over Pruitt’s Loophole for ‘Super Polluting’ Trucks In ‘Pamplona,’ Stacy Keach Runs with Hemingway and the Matadors CPS to Revise Student Suspension, Bullying Guidelines Study: Resting in Green Space Sharpens Focus – If You Stay Offline Family Made Tortillas and Pitas Round Out Chicago’s Food Culture ‘Historic’ Deal Creates Chicago’s Only Public Law School Chicago Theater Recommendations from Hedy Weiss Cook County Officials Report Measles Exposure in City, Suburbs Ald. Ricardo Munoz to Retire from City Council, ‘Make Some Real Money’ Parties Near Agreement on Chicago Police Consent Decree Major Transformation Coming to Chicago’s 75th Street Train Corridor July 23, 2018 - Full Show Viewer Feedback: ‘Thank You for Covering This!’	Longtime WFMT Host Carl Grapentine Signs Off Remembering Oak Park Record Store Owner Val Camilletti Cursive Writing Coming Back to CPS Elementary Schools Chicago Company Installs ‘Self-Aware’ Robot That Sorts Recycling ‘Jurassic Park’ Generation Gives Rise to Golden Age of Paleontology Protesters Plan to Shut Down Lake Shore Drive, March to Wrigley $70 Million Albany Park Floodwater Tunnel Goes Online Intuit Exhibition Highlights Chicago’s Embrace of Outside Art July 24, 2018 - Full Show ‘Something in the Game’ Wins One for The Gipper, and for Musical Theater, Too	The ‘Buzz’ Behind Beekeeping: Colonizing a New Hive Making Baby Walleye in Cook County Simeon Parents Speak Out on Behalf of Exiled Principal New Collaborative Focused on Children’s Health Policy Illinois Gets ‘D’ Grade in New Report Evaluating Renewable Energy Standards Field Museum Scientist Develops ‘Easy-Bake Fossil’ Transportation Planners Consider Bus-Only Lane on Lake Shore Drive Cases of Foodborne Illness in Illinois Surpass 500 Van Dyke Case: Defense Believes Judge Too ‘Prejudiced’ to Decide Trial Venue History or Hate? Chicago’s Controversial Monuments and Street Names Consent Decree, Gang Database Front and Center at City Council July 25, 2018 - Full Show Critics Say CPS Budget Promotes Inequality Across District 10 Things to Do This Weekend: July 26-29	Black Ensemble Unwraps the Joyful Healing Properties of the Blues In New Role, Nneka Jones Tapia to Address Mental Wellness of Youth Mars Glows Bright as it Readies for Opposition, Close Approach Willie Wilson Addresses Charity Event Cash Controversy Jamie Bernstein Recalls Life with ‘Lenny’ in ‘Famous Father Girl’ July 26, 2018 - Full Show Local School Councils: What They Do, What Challenges They Face Viewer Feedback: ‘Stay on the Warpath Protestors!’	Web Extra, The Week in Review: Heartland Alliance and ‘Zero Tolerance’ The Week in Review: Trump Visits Illinois to Tout Trade Policies Deal Struck for Federal Oversight of Chicago Police Department
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	Wrongful Death Suit Filed by Family of Man Killed in Chicago Police Shooting How Wisconsin Went Red: New Book Traces Fall of ‘Progressive Bastion’ 1960s Chaos Meets Upheaval of 2018 in Bernstein’s ‘Mass’ ‘We Don’t Want Your Trash’: Residents Protest General Iron’s Move to Southeast Side Harvey Reaches Pension Deal, But Problems Persist Across the State Country’s Only Mosaic School Pieces Together New Home in Edgewater July 30, 2018 - Full Show Emanuel, Burke Sued Over Workers’ Compensation Allegations of Abuse at Chicago-Area Shelters Housing Migrant Children Emanuel Challenger Lightfoot, Police Union Tear Down Consent Decree	Van Dyke Case: Trial Venue Won’t Be Decided By New Judge 10 Outdoor Spots to Unwind and De-Stress in Chicago University of Chicago Plays Key Role in Trying to Save Niger’s Heritage Lollapalooza Security Tightened, But Challenges Persist CPS Watchdog: Byrd-Bennett Helped Company Land $67M in Contracts Destruction of the City’s Last Waterfall Begins July 31, 2018 - Full Show World’s Next Largest Telescope Hopes to Answer Question of Life Beyond Earth NASA’s Mission to ‘Our Star’ Named After UChicago’s Eugene Parker 10 Things to Do This Weekend: Aug. 2-5 Archaeological Dig at Gray-Cloud Home Attracts Neighbors, History Buffs