The Merit School's Suzuki-Alegre String Ensemble, a diverse group of young violin and cello players, joins us to perform in-studio, fresh off their recent trip to Japan.

Father Andrew Greeley was a provocative and controversial sociologist, writer and social commentator. He took on the church and wrote steamy novels. Greeley died Wednesday night. We look back at some conversations he had here on WTTW11.

Two Illinois senators urge U.S. Attorney nominee Zach Fardon to make Chicago street gangs top priority. Elizabeth Brackett has the details.

Sen. Mark Kirk makes his first appearance on Chicago Tonight since his stroke. He talks bipartisanship, his recovery and what's happening in Congress.

With two days left in the legislative session in Springfield, there's a flurry of work to be done on the budget, pension reform, guns and

A new ad campaign is turning heads and raising eyebrows. We talk with the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health about this new effort to highlight teen pregnancy.

We spoke with Sara Schwarzbaum, professor in the family counseling department at Northeastern Illinois University and founder of Couples Counseling Associates in Chicago, to get her thoughts on the impact of the ad campaign featuring pregnant boys.

Catherine De Orio, the newest host of Check, Please! joins us.

Dramatic works of art by a little-known artist, African-American painter Hale Woodruff, visit Chicago for the first time.

Nearly one week after the divisive vote to close 50 Chicago schools, Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett outlines the challenges ahead for the school system at a City Club luncheon. Eddie Arruza reports on what she had to say.

Months after her much-publicized departure from politics, former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe joins us to discuss her new book, Fighting for Common Ground.

We catch up with legendary NBA coach Phil Jackson to talk about Jordan, Kobe, and his new book: Eleven Rings.

Chicago actor Carlton Wilborn tells us about his latest feature film based on a real medical condition called "Reactive Attachment Disorder," which affects children and their inability to bond with their loved ones.

Jay Shefsky introduces us to the lifelong model railroader who now keeps the trains running at the Museum of Science and Industry.