Maggie Babiarz came to Chicago alone at age 16 from a small village in the Polish highlands. Today, she leads the Megitza Quartet, a Chicago band that plays an energetic mash-up of traditional and original music from eastern and southern Europe. Jay Shefsky has the story.

Jerry Angelo is fired as General Manager of the Bears. We have the latest from Halas Hall and where the team goes from here, after a disappointing 8-8 season.

Chicago was once a "meat and potatoes" town. Now it's home to some of the world's finest restaurants. We talk with the authors of a new book celebrating Chicago's classic restaurants.

Our recent story about Maurice Lenell cookies brought back some sweet memories for many of our viewers. We share some of those thoughts in Viewer Mail.

We revisit our conversation with hometown hero and Iraq War veteran, Bryan Anderson, who talks about his remarkable journey from the battlefield to leading a different kind of army right here in Chicago. 

What happens when you mix puppets and opera? We go behind the scenes at one of the most technically sophisticated puppet shows in the country. Jay Shefsky has the story.

We revisit our conversation with the music conductor known as "The Pope's Maestro" about his 17-year friendship with Pope John Paul II.

We take another look at a conversation we had last year with provocative sex columnist and Chicago native, Dan Savage.

What if you were told you had a great aunt who could fly and heal the sick? Luis Alberto Urrea joins us to discuss his new novel, Queen of America, based on his great aunt who could do just those things.

Nearly 75 years later, the legacy of Chicago favorite -- Maurice Lenell cookies -- lives on. Ash-har Quraishi reports.

What does a gothic chapel in downtown Chicago have to do with Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park? Geoffrey Baer has the answer to this and other viewer questions in Ask Geoffrey.

Arguably one of the greatest engineering feats in history took place in Chicago. Over 100 years ago, the flow of the Chicago River was reversed. We talk with two authors who collected 22,000 photographs documenting the event.

We take a look at a small press in Champaign, Illinois that publishes everyone from Herman Melville to Aldous Huxley, and brings modern European fiction to the USA in Arts Across Illinois.

A Chicago organization aims to dispel misperceptions about Islam and its followers through the power of television. Ash-har Quraishi talks to the organizers and shows us their plan.

Why do we gossip? And why are celebrities so much fun to talk about? We chat with the author of a new book that focuses on our love to gossip.

Check Please! Host and Master Sommelier Alpana Singh joins us to talk about low-calorie holiday drinks, cost-effective champagne and hard ciders in Ask Alpana.