Chicago's annual Air & Water show gets underway next weekend. We talk with the city's new commissioner of Cultural Affairs and Special Events about this, and how budgetary constraints will affect arts and special events in Chicago in the future.

Are imported beers getting smaller? Check Please! Host and Master Sommelier Alpana Singh is on the case in tonight's edition of Ask Alpana.

Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony were the dynamic duo of design. We meet the married couple who took the ideas of the Prairie School to the other side of the world. The Magic of America: Electronic Edition by Marion Mahony Griffin Walter Burley Griffin Society of America Walter Burley Griffin Society Inc. (Australia)

Daren Wendell swam across Lake Michigan this past weekend in a 36-hour, 50.6 mile journey to raise money for a great cause. He's here to talk with us about his amazing feat.

Beautiful interior spaces were created by a forgotten Chicago artist. We look at the stained glass, wood carvings and total living environments that were handmade by artist Edgar Miller. Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home Watch a slideshow

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This week on Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review, the President returns home to collect cash and celebrate his 50th birthday, amid criticism from both sides of the aisle over the debt ceiling compromise. Illinois representatives defend their debt ceiling votes. Tea Party favorite Joe Walsh and Democrat Jan Schakowsky both vote "no" for very different reasons. The Dow nose-dives to its lowest level of the year as fears abound over another worldwide economic slowdown. A new report details the costs of Ald. Ed Burke's bodyguards. Local food giant Kraft gets sliced into two companies.

The gospel music world lost one of its greatest singers this week: Chicago soprano Delois Barrett Campbell, of the legendary Barrett Sisters. We have a profile.

Can you imagine heading to a public building once or twice a week just to keep clean? Geoffrey Baer has more on the history of Chicago's bath houses in tonight's Ask Geoffrey.

A one-time funeral director talks about his greatest undertaking—creating paintings of a spiritual world. More on the Story: Slideshows & Video on global art project More on Matt Lamb Lamb's website The Museum of Private Art Collections Umbrellas for Peace

In Erik Larson's new book, In the Garden of Beasts, he tells the true story of a Chicago family that unexpectedly finds itself in a position of prominence in Berlin during Hitler's rise to power. More on the book More on Erik Larson

One of the world's most well-known and watched televangelists, Joel Osteen, is here to talk about faith, his mega church and his upcoming event in Chicago.

Our resident tour guide Geoffrey Baer discovers a whole new way to explore Chicago, thanks to a visiting troupe of Australians!

We hear from a local author who shares tips for exciting vacations close to home. More on the Story: Read an excerpt & view a slideshow More on the book More on Elisa Drake Drake's website

If Chicago and Toronto have the same population, then why does Chicago have almost eight times the number of murders each year? WBEZ's Robert Wildeboer is here to help us find out.

Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951. But her cells kept living, starting a scientific revolution and a multi-billion dollar industry. When members of her family found out, they felt angry and exploited. We revisit our recent conversation with the author of a best-selling book about the story.