Arts & Entertainment

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Cubs-Diamondbacks Showdown
The Cubs are down, but are they on their way out? We'll preview game two of the Cubs playoff series with former Cub great Randy Hundley.

News Analysis with Eddie Arruza
Is the city obligated to release the names of accused rogue cops? Opinions differ greatly on whether Chicago's lawyer Mara Georges acted in bad faith when she promised to make the list of names available to city officials. Eddie Arruza and his panel take a closer look. Guests: Samantha Liskow, attorney; Steve Rhodes, The Beachwood Reporter; Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, The Chicago Reporter

Darfur/Darfur
We'll meet an extraordinary Chicagoan who was so moved by a newspaper photograph of a child in Darfur that she created a worldwide exhibition to raise awareness. Guest: Leslie Thomas

• Darfur/Darfur runs Oct 7-12 at the Field Museum
• Click here for schedule of events elsewhere in the Chicago area

Hidden Chicago
A house that survived the Chicago fire. A gift from Benito Mussolini. The spot where Babe Ruth slugged many a home run. Monuments to odd and interesting parts of our history are all over town. But who stops to read them? Our Geoffrey Baer did, and he brought back some very surprising stories!

Hidden Chicago - Monuments and Markers

• STANDARD TIME MARKER
  
  On the wall of Bank of American Illinois, north side of Jackson just a little east of LaSalle.
• FT. DEARBORN MARKERS
  
  On the sidewalks just south of Michigan Avenue Bridge at Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue.
• KINZIE PLAQUE
  
  On the wall overlooking the Chicago River in Pioneer Court. (East side of North Michigan Avenue between Tribune Tower and the Chicago River).
• DUSABLE PLAQUE
  
  On the wall overlooking the Chicago River in Pioneer Court. (East side of North Michigan Avenue between Tribune Tower and the Chicago River).
• COTTAGE THAT SURVIVED THE CHICAGO FIRE
  
  2121 North Hudson, Chicago
• RELIC FROM THE CHICAGO FIRE (MELTED REMAINS OF A HARDWARE STORE)
  
  Hard to find! It’s in the hedges along the semi-circular plaza on the east side of the Chicago History Museum (Clark Street and North Avenue)
• REVOLUTIONARY WAR CHAIN
  
  Hard to find! It’s ALSO in the hedges along the semi-circular plaza on the east side of the Chicago History Museum (Clark Street and North Avenue)
• DAVID KENNISON BOULDER
  
  In Lincoln Park about 1900 North (Wisconsin St). West of Stockton Drive and East of Clark Street.
• STATE LINE MARKER
  
  Just outside the front gate of the State Line power generating station on the lakefront at the Illinois/Indiana border (it’s officially in Hammond, Indiana).
• ANCIENT SHORELINE MARKER
  
  Lincoln Park along the bicycle path just west of North Pond and East of Stockton Drive. It’s a little south of the pedestrian underpass below Stockton at Deming.
• AMERICA’S FIRST AUTO RACE MARKER
  
  In Jackson Park. Between 59th and 60th (Midway Plaisance) just west of Cornell Drive (near the Perennial Garden).
• ULYSSES S. GRANT BOULDER
  
  In Washington Park. Just south of 51st St. on Cottage Grove find Payne Drive. Follow Payne Drive west. When you reach the armory turn right and follow a curving driveway into a parking lot. The boulder is north and slightly east of the parking lot.
• BALBO COLUMN
  
  East of Soldier Field and West of Burnham Harbor. It’s at a “T” shaped intersection in the bike path about 1500 south.
• DARIUS AND GIRENAS MONUMENT
  
  In Marquette Park at 67th and California.
• HAYMARKET POLICEMAN STATUE
  
  Near the west entrance of Chicago Police headquarters 3510 S. Michigan Avenue. NOTE: Not accessible to the public. It’s off the parking lot and visible from 35th Street looking into the surface parking lot of the police station.
• HAYMARKET MONUMENT
  
  West of the Loop. It’s on the east side of Desplaines St. just north of Randolph.
• REPUBLIC STEEL MASSACRE PLAQUE
  
  Hard to find! 11800 S. Avenue “O” in Chicago. It’s at the base of a flag pole in the parking lot of this former union hall. The building is now a youth center called “The Zone” belonging to the East Side United Methodist Church
• COMISKEY PARK HOME PLATE
  
  In the corner of the parking lot at U.S. Cellular Field. It’s on the east side of Shields Avenue just north of 35th Street.
• ON THIS SPOT NOTHING HAPPENED
  
  4613 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago. Just south of the door to The Grind Café and Studio 4 Hair.

Cubs: The Complete History
Glenn Stout and Richard Johnson are the authors of the new book, "The Cubs: The Complete History of Chicago Cubs Baseball." They'll share some not-so-well-known facts of Cubs history.

Alan Alda
We'll preview John Callaway's Friday Night interview with actor and author Alan Alda.