Arts & Entertainment
We preview Elizabeth Brackett's Friday Night Show interview with media mogul Arianna Huffington.
Tired of eating by the time January rolls around? "Nonsense!" say our three local food bloggers. They join us with reasons to get excited about eating this winter.
We catch up with actor Brian Dennehy, who is in Chicago performing a double header at the Goodman Theatre.
How did the village of Winnetka solve a dangerous and tedious transportation problem 70 years ago? Geoffrey Baer will tell you about the "big dig" in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Fire Insurance Patrol
forgottenchicago.com
chicagofirepatrol.com
Winnetka track depression
We find out how about efforts to save the life of a red-tailed hawk following a deadly plane crash.
Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation
Mavis Staples and other Chicago musicians are nominated for Grammy Awards this week. We hear "sound opinions" on the Grammys and more from critics Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis.
Sound Opinions
Sound Opinions presents Saturday Night Fever
Approximately 75 Haitian refugees arrived in Chicago last night. We talk to some of the local organizations who are assisting them.
Chicago Helps Haiti Relief Drive
Call 1-800-RED-CROSS or Text Haiti to 90999 to give $10 to the Red Cross' Haiti relief effort
In this era of over-the-top weddings, Judith Martin, better known as Miss Manners, steps in with her new book, Miss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding. She joins us with her gentle insights.
Geoffrey Baer clarifies the mysterious expressway numbering system on tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways
Governor Quinn is promising $15 million to the Brookfield Zoo for infrastructure improvements. But given the state's fiscal crisis, the money is far from a sure thing. Eddie Arruza reports on reasons why the Zoo feels the funds are justified.
Jack Higgins proves that the pen is mightier than the sword with his often biting and always insightful political cartoons. He joins us to talk about his new book My Kind of Toon.
Jack Higgins exhibit at The Beverly Arts Center
We visit group of Lake Michigan surfers who are so passionate about their sport that they won't let a little thing like winter stand in their way.
We hear what you have to say about some of our recent stories when we read our viewer mail.
We remember Chicago journalist Carlos Hernandez Gomez, who died yesterday at the age of 36.
We meet a father and a son with two very different approaches to the winter sport of ice fishing.
Local ice fishing locations and conditions
North American Ice Fishing Circuit
The Ice Men reality show is on the Versus Channel