Arts & Entertainment

Hidden Chicago

No matter how well you think you know this city, there are always a few surprises around the corner. Geoffrey Baer finds some Chicago neighborhoods that are so hidden, they even take him by surprise.

• Architecture critic Lee Bey
• Alta Vista terrace
• Auburn Park
• Historic Bridgeport
• Marktown Historic District in East Chicago, Indiana
• Old Edgebrook
• Racine Bluffs, Glencoe
• U.S. Gypsum's Research Village in Palatine
• Walter Burley Griffin Place

Arts & Entertainment

Chicagoland Tails Magazine

A magazine made for pets. We hear from the founder of Chicagoland Tails about how Chicago rates as a place for pets.

• PAWS Chicago
• Chicago Animal Shelter Alliance
• The Anti-Cruelty Society

Chicago Business News

Chicago Business

Putting Marge Simpson on the cover of Playboy is just one of the ways the Chicago-based company's new CEO is trying to attract younger readers. Kris Kridel of WBBM Newsradio's Noon Business Hour joins us with the details, plus the rest of the week's business news.

Science & Nature

Robotic Surgery

Could your next doctor be a robot? We go into the operating room to watch robotic surgery.

Politics

News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett: Political Roundtable

Now that former Governor Jim Edgar has thrown his political weight into the gubernatorial race, what will this mean for the rest of the candidates in the crowded field? Elizabeth Brackett and her panel discuss this hotly contested race and others.

Politics

CTA's Proposed Fare Hikes

$3 to ride the train and $2.50 to ride the bus -- these are just a few of the plans the CTA has proposed to fill its projected $300 million budget shortfall. Rich Samuels fills us in on the planned fare hikes and service cuts.

The Friday Night Show

The Friday Night Show: Scott Fawell

We take another look at Carol Marin's revealing interview with former George Ryan confidant Scott Fawell and his fiancé Andrea Coutretsis.

Politics

The Week In Review

Joel and his panel discuss the week's top headlines: President Obama sends in key cabinet members to meet with city officials about Chicago's surging youth violence; a bankruptcy judge approves the sale of the Chicago Sun-Times to financier Jim Tyree; the CTA is in yet another budget crunch; video poker is banned in Cook County; Chicago is still stunned by its first-round Olympic elimination; the Cubs sale is approved by Major League Baseball owners; and the Bears are riding the hot arm of Jay Cutler.

Guests:

• Neil Hayes - Chicago Sun-Times
• Mary Ann Ahern - NBC 5 News
• Ben Bradley - ABC 7 News
• Natalie Moore - WBEZ Chicago Public Radio

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Time Out Chicago

Time Out Weekend Picks

Madeline Nusser of Time Out Chicago joins us with bone-chilling pre-Halloween recommendations sure to kick-start your adrenaline.

• "Fear" -- The Neo-Futurists
• Music Box Massacre 5
• The Fear Haunted House at Navy Pier
• Scarecrow Festival