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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The Civil War as seen through art and images in Chicago collections. We have the story about a new online effort to illustrate the great conflict.

Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy talks about his career and his new autobiography. Jeffrey Brown from the PBS Newshour reports.

You know the old saying: "No one wants to see how the sausage gets made?" Well, get ready. We show you how to make sausages at home.

We take you to a prairie setting filled with gigantic works of art.

Tony Award winner, Frank Galati, joins us to talk about his newest play at Steppenwolf Theatre: an adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's Civil War novel, The March.