Why are craft beer selections at restaurants so limited and what's a good moonshine? Check Please! Host and Master Sommelier Alpana Singh joins us with answers to your wine, beer and spirits questions in Ask Alpana.

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We meet trailblazing journalist and Chicago native, Carole Simpson, who made history as the first woman to moderate a presidential debate.

We revisit a story about how small, pop-up, organic community gardens are challenging people's perceptions about life in Chicago.

How does life go on after devastating trauma? A Bosnian concentration camp survivor and a journalist discuss their new book on trauma and healing.

Composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at age 68. We revisit a 1997 Artbeat story where Hamlisch visits The People's Music School in Chicago.

We get praise and taken to the woodshed in tonight's Viewer Mail.

This spring, a nest of bald eaglets hatched in Cook County -- the first in over a century. Now, at least one of those young eagles has gone through the difficult process of fledging, or learning how to fly. 

It is a case of domestic terrorism. Why were Sikhs in Wisconsin targeted yesterday? And just who are the people who practice Sikhism? We learn more.

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Stella Foster calls it quits after 43 years. She joins us on her last day on the job to talk about her life, legacy, and what's next.

The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was held here in Chicago, but is anything still standing from the White City? Geoffrey Baer shares some surprising secrets in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

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In part three of our Vivian Maier series, Jay Shefsky introduces us to several people trying to unravel the mystery of the celebrated photographer.

Tony and Pulitzer prize-winning actor and playwright, Tracy Letts, talks about opening a hit Steppenwolf production on Broadway -- and upcoming film adaptations of his plays.

We revisit a conversation with the author of a new book about the increasing popularity of going solo.

In part two of our series on photographer Vivian Maier, we meet other owners of her remarkable archive and explore the international explosion of interest in her work.