For the rest of the summer we'll be replaying the best of John Callaway's interviews over the years. Tonight we take a look back at a 1998 conversation with legendary movie reviewers Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert who launched their show right here at Channel 11 in 1975.
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Tonight's panel discusses the week's top headlines: Governor Quinn passes a stop-gap budget; Mayor Daley lays off 431 workers after their unions refused to take furlough days off; families are in mourning all over again during the Burr Oak Cemetery scandal; Chicago on a Denver booting-blitz; the CTA cracking down on sexual harassment; the Cubs and Sox well-rested after the All-Star break; and the Blackhawks fire general manager Dale Tallon. Guests:
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We have an update to a story we brought you a few years ago concerning so-called "food deserts" in Chicago -- areas that lack access to grocery stores and healthy food. Christian Farr talks with people who are fighting to make these "deserts" disappear.
We talk to Cameron Davis, the local man tapped by President Obama to help restore the Great Lakes. Chi-Town Daily News profile of Cameron Davis (06/22/09)
Did you know that the first modern airfield in the U.S. was located right outside Chicago? Geoffrey Baer has the details on that and more in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey.
We take a look back at John Callaway's 1998 Friday Night interview with legendary film reviewers Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. Museum of Broadcast Communications on Siskel and Ebert
In an extended interview, Seneca Kern of WeFarm America explains how he is working to bring farms to people's backyards to help localize the food economy.  Focusing on the benefits for kids, he says it's both nutritious for their bodies and teaches them positive values.
Ladonna Redmond has been working for years to bring healthy food to communities with low access to that food.  In an extended interview, she tells Christian Farr why she thinks bringing nutritious food to these areas is essential, and elaborates on how she and others are working to help.
What are the challenges of making sure healthy food is properly distributed in food deserts? In an extended interview, David Thompson of the Chicago Center for Urban Ecology explains how his project is trying to help grow nutritious options and get them into grocery stores.
Wine is the beverage of choice at a new show at the Art Institute. We offer a toast to this intoxicating exhibition. Art Institute's A Case for Wine
People have been drinking beer for 10,000 years. We talk to one beer aficionado who dares to call beer the best drink in the world.
The Chicago band Treaty of Paris burst onto the scene with an odd and popular music video in 2007. They perform their energetic brand of pop-punk live in our studio. Wicker Park Fest, where Treaty will perform on July 25 WEB EXCLUSIVE: 2007 "Waking Up the Dead" music video
Sheriff Tom Dart continues to grapple with the horror story at Burr Oak Cemetery. Four workers are charged with digging up hundreds of graves and re-selling the plots. Elizabeth Brackett sits down with family members whose relatives were buried at Burr Oak. WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tom Dart's complete press conference
Longtime Washington prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste joins us to talk about his experiences, which are chronicled in his new book.
We talk to two editors from Ebony who have the latest on their new issue devoted to Michael Jackson. Order a copy of the Michael Jackson Ebony issue
Sharing meals, bathrooms and tight living quarters may be fine for students in a dorm -- but why do some adults choose to live like this? Eddie Arruza takes us inside a so-called "intentional living community." Intentional Communities Online Directory
 

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