You may have seen him performing at Lollapalooza this summer. Joe Pug is here to preview his performance at the Chicago Country Music Festival this weekend in Grant Park. Listen to Joe Pug's "Hymn 101"
We talk to the Chicago author of a new comic book entitled The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. History.
Take me out to the...cemetery? Why some die-hard Cubs fans are taking their devotion literally all the way to the grave. Beyond the Vines
Audrey Niffenegger, the author of bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife, joins us to talk about her new novel, Her Perfect Symmetry. Printworks Gallery
On Friday, Chicago will find out if it will host the 2016 Olympic Games. President Obama has announced he will be heading to Copenhagen to make a final pitch. Will his participation give Chicago the boost it needs? We find out what the bid committee needs to do to prepare for Friday.
Another cringe-inducing, heart-stopping, last minute thriller on Sunday. We talk to Super Bowl tight end Emery Moorehead about how the Bears were able to come back to defeat the Seattle Seahawks.
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What do Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Radio Flyer -- maker of the famous red wagons -- have in common? They are two of the top places to work in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal. We talk to each of them about why they got the honor. The Top Small Workplaces 2009 -- The Wall Street Journal
Geoffrey Baer takes us inside a decaying West Side building that was once Chicago's first movie palace. He also explores several better-known theaters where, 80 years ago, Chicagoans enjoyed silent films in style.
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We hear what you have to say about some of our recent stories when we read our viewer mail.
Eddie Arruza sits down with award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns to talk about his latest documentary, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea."
A Chicago Tonight exclusive! Geoffrey Baer reveals the winners of a competition to name Chicagoland's greatest public places. It's the culmination of the Metropolitan Planning Council's "What Makes Your Place Great?" initiative.
We preview Eddie Arruza's Friday Night interview with award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.
From a meet-the-parents river cruise to a romantic stroll through some off-the-radar galleries at the Art Institute, Time Out Chicago joins us with recommendations for downtown dates.
The former Michael Reese Hospital campus is set to be demolished to make way for a potential Olympic village. Eddie Arruza finds out why preservationists say Chicago will lose some very significant buildings.
You may know actor and comedian David Alan Grier from comic roles in the movies and on television shows such as "In Living Color." He joins us to talk about stand-up comedy and what he calls "the chocolate-covered truth." David Alan Grier's performances at Zanies "Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered Truth"
Hedy Weiss joins us with a review of Griffin Theatre Company's "The Hostage", plus more of the season's top debuts. "Stoop Stories" -- Goodman Theatre "All My Sons" -- TimeLine Theatre Company
 

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