Need some creative ideas for your weekend? Time Out Chicago magazine is here with some suggestions. Meet the Oscars Polar Adventure Days Academy Awards Viewing Party WingFest

Rising Chicago gospel star Shari Addison was the runner-up on the BET channel's version of American Idol, and now she is launching a career of her own. Addison performs live in our studio.

Today is the day Chicago and rival cities Rio De Janeiro, Tokyo and Madrid submit their final Olympic bid proposals to the International Olympic Committee. But, questions still linger as to the specifics of Chicago's plan and its cost to taxpayers. Eddie Arruza and his panel, including the president of Chicago 2016, weigh in.

In honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, master storyteller Syd Lieberman joins us with an excerpt from "Abraham and Isaac." It tells the story of Civil War soldiers and the president they called "Father Abraham."

It happened 80 years ago, but many Chicagoans still associate Valentine's Day with a massacre. We take a look back at gangland Chicago's most infamous hour.

We take a sneak peek at John Callaway's "Friday Night" interview with Chicago Tribune advice columnist Amy Dickinson.

"Check, Please!" host and master sommelier Alpana Singh joins us with some romantic wine pairings that are sure to please the palate and warm the heart for Valentine's Day.

Time Out Chicago magazine joins us with a variety of events for this Valentine's Day weekend. Chicago Auto Show Auto Show Love-In Friday the 13th Party Night Lab Puppy Love 2009

We visit a photography exhibit at Chicago's DuSable Museum of African American History that explores the plight of black farmers in America.

On the eve of 16th president's 200th birthday, we go "Looking for Lincoln" with the author of a new book that sheds light on his evolving legacy.

We meet two young, rising stars in the classical music world, who will perform live in our studio. Matt Lipman & Clayton Penmore-Whitmore

According to Forbes magazine, Chicago is the nation's third most miserable city in the country. The announcement has elicited some strong reactions throughout the Windy City. Carol Marin sits down with two columnists who have outspoken opinions on the matter.

John sits down with Saul Alinsky biographer Sanford Horwitt. Alinsky was known as the father of modern community organizing and was an early influence on Barack Obama, especially when the president was a community organizer here in Chicago in the 1980's.

We preview John Callaway's "Friday Night" interview with Saul Alinsky biographer Sanford Horwitt. Known as the father of community organizing, Alinsky had a major influence on President Barack Obama.

In tonight's edition of "Ask Geoffrey," Geoffrey Baer reveals a hidden fact about the maker a popular confection in addition to other historic Chicago trivia.

Elizabeth Brackett has the latest on the damage to Holy Name Cathedral from the three-alarm fire early this morning.