Arts & Entertainment
We've all heard of Kennedy, but do you know who Dan Ryan or William Edens are? Geoffrey Baer fills us in.
Virtual World's Columbian Exposition
Chicago Expressways
"Who was Dan Ryan" -- Chicago Now
Do you have complaints about your credit card company? Are you mad at your mortgage modifier? "The Fixer" columnist Stephanie Zimmermann of the Chicago Sun-Times offers tips for calling customer service, and other consumer advice.
'The Fixer' Column
We meet some beginning cross-country skiers -- and some experts -- at one of Cook County's premier cross-country ski destinations.
Map of nearby cross-country ski destinations
Chicago Sun-Times Theater Critic Hedy Weiss reviews three productions currently running on local stages.
Court Theatre: "Three Tall Women"
Northlight Theatre: "Eclipsed"
16th Street Theater: "The Beats"
This week on Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review, Carol Moseley Braun says Bill Clinton campaigning here for Rahm Emanuel betrays the former president's relationship with his African-American supporters. Meanwhile, Emanuel pulls ahead of Braun and his other rivals in the latest Tribune poll. Also, what Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Chicago means for the city. United and American Airlines sue the city of Chicago to postpone the $3.4 billion second phase of the O'Hare Modernization Project.
White people love Monty Python - and a few other things, like coffee and The New York Times. Think that's an over-generalization? We visit with the wildly popular blogger, satirist, and author of the books: Stuff White People Like and Whiter Shades of Pale.
Stuff White People Like blog
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A South Side church is being carefully dismantled stone by stone. What will happen to all the pieces? We find out from Geoffrey Baer in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Where to find the Garibaldi Monument
St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church
We go back to the Chicago Tonight vault to watch a 1979 John Callaway interview with Bears legend George Halas.
Jane Glover and Bill Buchman from Music of the Baroque talk about their upcoming concert series.
Music of the Baroque 2010-2011 Season
Millions of pages of centuries old manuscripts and documents are preserved inside The Newberry Library. We show you how you can handle some of the rarest research materials in the world. Ash-har Quraishi has the latest.
The Newberry Library website
Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler discussed the upcoming game against the Green Pay Packers at Halas Hall today. Check out what he had to say in our first web-exclusive video.
Chicago Bears Coach Lovie Smith discussed the upcoming game against the Green Pay Packers at Halas Hall today. Check out what he had to say in our second web-exclusive video.
It's Roger Ebert's latest foray into film criticism. We talk with Ebert Presents At The Movies executive producer Chaz Ebert, and a co-host of the new show that has the film criticism scene buzzing.
The Bears are headed to the NFC Championship game against their ultimate division rival: Green Bay Packers. It's sure to be an instant classic. Our Bears Alumni Club -- Mike Adamle, Revie Sorey and Emery Moorehead -- preview the match-up.
This week on Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review: Joel Weisman and his panel analyze the state's 67 percent income tax hike. How were Democrats able to corral enough votes to pass it? Will legislative leaders have to borrow and make more cuts to bring the fiscal house back in order? Will businesses really flee for neighboring states like Wisconsin and Indiana? We'll also catch up on the mayoral race. Candidate Gery Chico unveiled his first advertisement this week, while Rahm Emanuel took a strong tack against the unions. And how about those Metra quiet cars?
The amazing story of Vivian Maier, a Chicago nanny who took more than 100,000 photos during her lifetime but never showed them to anyone. Now that she's gone and her photos have been discovered, some say she may rank among the top street photographers of the 20th century. Jay Shefsky brings us tonight's "Cultural Connection."