The Grapes of Wrath is now on stage at Chicago's Infamous Commonwealth Theatre, and Hedy Weiss is here with her "highly recommended" review of this profoundly painful and particularly timely play.

A Chicago professor serves up some tasty observations in a new book about one of the world's favorite convenience foods. Hot Dog: A Global History Bruce Kraig will read and lecture from "Hot Dog: A Global History" at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., 2nd Floor Congress Lounge on Wed. April 29 from 4:30-6:00 pm. The public is invited to attend.

The Goodman Theatre's production of "Desire Under the Elms" opens tonight on Broadway in New York. We take a look at Hedy Weiss's interview with star Brian Dennehy and director Robert Falls.

25 years ago today Chicago Tonight debuted on Channel 11, tonight we take a look back at our very first program with Mayor Harold Washington and founding host John Callaway.

We take a look back at the very first broadcast of Chicago Tonight from 1984, which featured Mayor Harold Washington. Be sure to tune in tomorrow night at 7:30 PM to watch the entire episode.

Her upscale fashions have, famously, been seen on the First Lady. Now designer Maria Pinto is being honored for her stylish contributions to the Chicago fashion scene. We visit her creative headquarters.

For more than 35 years, community organizers from around the country have come to Chicago to train at the Midwest Academy. We take you inside this school for progressive activists. Midwest Academy's 35th anniversary celebration

Check, Please! host and master sommelier Alpana Singh joins us tonight to share her favorite movies for wine lovers. Alpana's Top Movies for Wine Lovers

This weekend's forecast calls for warm weather, and the list of weekend events does not disappoint. Laura Baginski of Time Out Chicago tells us what is in store.

We go inside a fascinating new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art that looks at the lasting legacy of the multi-faceted architect, author, inventor and visionary Buckminster Fuller.

What is the state of the American Dream? To answer that question, Chicago playwright Regina Taylor is inviting Chicago students to submit their own homemade movies. The only catch: the movies have to be shot with cell phones. We meet some of these young filmmakers. Watch David Kaplinsky's movie

We have a live performance from Tammy McCann, a vocalist the Chicago Tribune calls "the best jazz singer you've never heard of."

The Illinois Holocaust Museum that opened last weekend was conceived 20 years ago after neo-Nazis threatened to march in Skokie. We meet two survivors that vowed to tell their stories to help prevent future genocides. Archival video of Neo-nazi Frank Collin and efforts to keep him out of Skokie is part of an extensive Skokie Video Archive

Another Chicago play wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Chicago Sun-Times theater critic Hedy Weiss has more on that news, and reviews of three new productions on area stages. Ghostwritten Collaboraction's 9th Annual Sketchbook Festival A Chorus Line

We hear what you had to say about Carol Marin's interview with Todd Stroger when we read some of our viewer mail.

Author Sonia Nazario joins us to talk about her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Enrique's Journey, which chronicles a young boy's dangerous quest to cross the United States border.