Check, Please! host and master sommelier Alpana Singh answers your questions about wine and spirits.

Looking for a tasty place to celebrate with your (or any) mother this weekend? Laura Baginski of Time Out Chicago shares her weekend recommendations.

We hear what you had to say about some of our recent stories when we read our viewer mail.

His music defies categorization. We have a live performance by Chicago guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque.

Hedy Weiss is here with a review of a modern and re-envisioned Carmen by Chicago Opera Theater, now on stage at the Harris Theater. Old Times La Tragedie de Carmen The Joffrey Ballet

Did you know you could barbecue your dessert? PBS grill guru Steven Raichlen is here with his tips for some unusual and tasty dishes to cook over an open flame. Barbecue Bible

Students at one local university are getting a kind of "free ride," one that could also help the environment. Christian Farr tells us more about bike sharing. OYBike St. Xavier University City of Chicago Department of Transportation JCDecaux

We hear what you had to say about some of our recent stories when we read our viewer mail.

From parades to festivals, this weekend is stocked with things to do. Laura Baginski of Time Out Chicago joins us with the details. Art Chicago 2009 Big Swap Bonanza Polish Constitution Day Parade Cinco de Mayo Parade Arlington Park

Dorothy from the touring company of "The Wizard of Oz" performs live in our studio...with Toto, too!

Did the St. Mary of the Lake Church in Uptown at one time sit on the lakefront? We find out when Chicago architecture expert Geoffrey Baer answers this question and more in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

28-year-old music sensation Josh Groban is in the studio to talk about his upcoming appearance on WTTW's Soundstage.

The Grapes of Wrath is now on stage at Chicago's Infamous Commonwealth Theatre, and Hedy Weiss is here with her "highly recommended" review of this profoundly painful and particularly timely play.

A Chicago professor serves up some tasty observations in a new book about one of the world's favorite convenience foods. Hot Dog: A Global History Bruce Kraig will read and lecture from "Hot Dog: A Global History" at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., 2nd Floor Congress Lounge on Wed. April 29 from 4:30-6:00 pm. The public is invited to attend.

The Goodman Theatre's production of "Desire Under the Elms" opens tonight on Broadway in New York. We take a look at Hedy Weiss's interview with star Brian Dennehy and director Robert Falls.

25 years ago today Chicago Tonight debuted on Channel 11, tonight we take a look back at our very first program with Mayor Harold Washington and founding host John Callaway.