The Week in Review

The Week In Review with Joel Weisman

A big week in Politics: The race for mayor focusing on White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel who's finally leaving Washington. But his residency may become an issue. A new CNN/Time poll indicates both the race for Senate and Governor are virtually tied. The highly controversial Health Care Reform finally becomes a reality but will it mean benefit cuts at McDonald's? And in sports, the still-undefeated Bears beat the penalty-plagued Packers.

Guests:

• Mary Ann Ahern, NBC-5 Chicago
• Bruce Japsen, the Chicago Tribune
• Eric Zorn, the Chicago Tribune
• Lester Munson, ESPN

Arts & Entertainment

Big Head Todd

Big Head Todd performs and talks to us about his 20-plus years in the music business.

• Big Head Todd and the Monsters

Ask Geoffrey

Ask Geoffrey

Geoffrey Baer uncovers the mystery about a vacant, vast expanse along on the lakefront in South Chicago that is bigger than the Loop in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

• Sunken Gardens Playlot Park
• Information about the Lakeside Plan for the former South Works site from Sasaki
• Lakeside Master Plan--Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
• Blair Kamin's Cityscapes blog post about the lakefront plan

Arts & Entertainment

Bernie Mac Foundation

Beloved Chicago comedian Bernie Mac died two years ago this month. Comedian George Willborn and Bernie Mac's daughter talk about the little known disease that took his life and what's being done to raise awareness.

• Bernie Mac Foundation

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Cultural Connections

Cultural Connections: Lyric Opera's Macbeth

Eddie Arruza talks to noted Shakespearean director Barbara Gaines about her operatic directorial debut at Lyric Opera.

• Macbeth at Lyric Opera

Politics

News Analysis: Political Roundtable

We're roughly five weeks away from the elections, and a recent poll shows the race for Senate is in a dead heat. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel discuss the close race, the latest on the gubernatorial race and much more.

Hedy Weiss: Theater Reviews

Hedy Weiss Theater Reviews

Hedy Weiss reviews the much-anticipated revival of Candide at the Goodman Theatre, plus three more shows from this busy fall theater season.

• Candide--Goodman Theatre
• She Loves Me--Writers' Theatre
• David Mamet plays--American Theater Company
• Romeo and Juliet--Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Arts & Entertainment

Alan Page

From the football field to the bench. We talk to a former Bear Hall of Famer turned Minnesota Supreme Court Justice. He's the subject of the new book All Rise: The Remarkable Journey of Alan Page.

Politics

Terrorism

What is terrorism? How has the so-called threat shifted since the attacks of 9/11, and how much should we know? We sit down with the head of the FBI's Chicago office and the Director of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point for those answers and to hear about a new nationwide terrorism training program.

• Combating Terrorism Center
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Chicago