Arts & Entertainment
What's in store for the future of fashion? The School of the Art Institute's Fashion Show is this Friday. We get a preview from the department chairman.
SAIC Fashion Show 2010
Joel and his panel discuss the week's top headlines: President Obama gives a boost to the Giannoulias campaign during a visit to Illinois this week; Mayor Daley balks at the suggestion of sending in the National Guard to help police Chicago's deadly streets; United and Continental Airlines are reportedly close to striking a mega-merger deal; immigration protests are planned in Chicago and across the country this weekend; Walmart is going to meet face to face with organized labor about its proposed Chicago expansion plans; and the Blackhawks advance to the conference semifinals against the V
State legislators are just a few votes away from legalizing medical marijuana in Illinois. But how would authorities control it, and could medical pot be the first step in making the drug completely legal? Eddie Arruza and his panel take up the debate.
Read the bill
Looking back on a life in cartoons. Jules Feiffer joins us to talk about his career -- and some early memories of Chicago.
Jean Albano Gallery
Artropolis Chicago
Where was the ballpark when the Cubs actually won two World Series? Geoffrey Baer has the surprising answer in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Historic Pullman Foundation
The Pullman State Historic Site
"Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. : A Chronological History"--Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc.
Seventy years ago, more than 20,000 Polish POWs were executed by the Soviet military during World War II. We preview a documentary about the Katyn massacre airing Friday night at 9 pm on WTTW.
Protesters descended on Wrigley Field today calling for a baseball boycott. Ash-har Quraishi tells us how the immigration reform debate took to the field.
Chicago is already the most watched city in the country, thanks to thousands of security cameras. Now Mayor Daley wants cameras linking Chicago and the Mexican border. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel take a look at the pros and cons of such a plan.
Journalist Roxana Saberi discusses her new book, Between Two Worlds, in which she recalls the three months she spent as an Iranian prisoner last year.
After a bit of a lull, Chicago is once again bursting onto the big and small screen. We show you why 2010 is shaping up to be one of the busiest years ever for filming in Chicago.
For 11 years, he was Cliff on Cheers. You've heard his voice in many Disney Pixar animated films such as Toy Story 1, 2 and 3 as well as Cars, A Bug's Life, WALL-E, The Incredibles, and more. John Ratzenberger joins us.
Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs Foundation
Individually, they are two of the most gifted guitarists in town. Together? You have to hear for yourself. We have a live performance from the guitar duo of Andreas Kapsalis and Goran Ivanovic.
Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo
Watch Web Exclusive: Andreas Kapsalis
Carol Marin sits down with a state representative who will make a major personal announcement.
Leaders from more than 100 cities around the world gathered in Chicago today to discuss the challenges faced by urban areas. Elizabeth Brackett tells us what Mayor Daley had to say and brings us highlights from the conference.
Should the Internet be regulated by the FCC or by free market principles? We take a look at the battle over so-called "net neutrality."
The National Broadband Plan
Watch a conversation with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski detailing the National Broadband Plan--Youtube.com
"FCC Proposes New Rules on Internet Access"--The New York Times
We show you how the Chicago Park District is using some unconventional methods to fight childhood obesity.
Parkways Foundation projects
Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children