Find out about a musical instrument you've never heard of, and the local virtuoso who was a child prodigy when his family were Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Jay Shefsky has the story.

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Movies like He's Just Not That Into You may help love-seekers brace themselves for rejection. But how are singles supposed to find their match? The author of a new book shares his secrets on the topic.

An Evanston native with a growing reputation as a songwriter is here to play songs from his solo debut.

How to honor your grandmother without getting in trouble with the government. A Chicagoan's new book tells revealing stories from China's Cultural Revolution.

Is justice near for the slain family members of singer Jennifer Hudson? And how much does her celebrity complicate the case? We have details from the murder trial.

An airship crash, a murder mystery, and a bloody race riot. We look at 12 days of disaster in Chicago's history.

Master sommelier and Check Please! host Alpana Singh joins us to answer your wine and spirits questions.

A northwest side movie theater is among a handful of neighborhood cinemas on a new endangered buildings list--at the same time some other theaters are coming back to life.

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Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich talks about the Pulitzer Prize for commentary she was awarded this week.

Celebrated British stage and film actor Simon Callow joins us to talk about his new role in Being Shakespeare.

We go behind-the-scenes with WXRT's Lin Brehmer, who is celebrating his 20th year on the air as morning drive host.

It's being praised as one of the best performances currently on stage in Chicago. Hedy Weiss reviews Larry Yando in Angels in America and three more shows.

It's smelt fishing season! Geoffrey Baer tells us more about this delicious Chicago tradition in tonight's Ask Geoffrey.

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