Hedy Weiss: Theater Reviews

Hedy Weiss Theater Reviews

Chicago Sun-Times theater critic Hedy Weiss reviews three new productions currently on stage.

• Fake -- Steppenwolf Theatre
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom -- Court Theatre
• Treasure Island -- Lifeline Theatre

Arts & Entertainment

Chicago Botanic Garden's New Center

Saving the environment one plant at a time -- we take you inside the sparkling new Plant Conservation Science Center at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Education

Power House High

We go inside a landmark power plant that has been transformed into a West Side charter school.

• Power House High
• Homan Square Development
• Chicago Tribune's Blair Kamin reviews Power House High
• Farr Associates
• Web Exclusive Video: John Callaway's look at the original 1906 Sears Tower

Health

News Analysis with Carol Marin

Carol Marin and her panel look at doctors' compensation and how some would like to reform this area of health care.

• "The Cost Conundrum" by Atul Gawande -- The New Yorker

Politics

Supreme Court to Take up Chicago Handgun Ban

The United States Supreme Court will hear an appeal of Chicago's handgun ban. Rich Samuels looks at what the case could mean for gun laws.

Arts & Entertainment

Cemetery for Cubs Fans

Take me out to the...cemetery? Why some die-hard Cubs fans are taking their devotion literally all the way to the grave.

• Beyond the Vines

Arts & Entertainment

The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. History

We talk to the Chicago author of a new comic book entitled The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. History.

Arts & Entertainment

Audrey Niffenegger

Audrey Niffenegger, the author of bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife, joins us to talk about her new novel, Her Perfect Symmetry.

• Printworks Gallery

Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham

Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham

Just what is "Smart Grid" technology? As we continue this year's "Chicago Matters" series, Rich Samuels tells us how it could reduce the need for new power-generating plants.

Politics

News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett

The desegregation decree at the Chicago Public Schools that made racial integration in the classroom mandatory for the past 29 years has been struck down by a federal judge. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel look at the impact of the decision.