Arts & Entertainment

Lawrence Okrent

A new book of aerial photos of Chicago reveals dramatic changes in recent decades. We talk with the photographer and see a lot of his photos.

• More on the Story: A slideshow of Okrent's work
• Okrent's website

Arts & Entertainment

Harvey Murders

Two pee wee football coaches were shot and killed yesterday in Harvey. We take a look at the recent concerns surrounding the city's homicides and what's being done about them.

• Article on the murders

Education

Chicago Public Schools

Different factions in the education community are abuzz over the hiring of Jean-Claude Brizard to lead the Chicago Public Schools system. We examine his record in Rochester, New York and gauge reaction with our panel here in Chicago.

• More on the Story: More on Brizard

Education

Update from Rochester

Jean-Claude Brizard was named as the new CEO of Chicago Public Schools. We speak with Tiffany Lankes, the Education Reporter for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Lankes covered Brizard's career as the school superintendent in Rochester. She tells us what to expect out of our new CPS CEO.

• Is Jean-Claude Brizard a good candidate to run CPS?
• Lankes' most recent article on Brizard

Blagojevich Trial 2011

Blagojevich Update

Rod Blagojevich was in court today as prospective jurors were questioned. Ash-har Quraishi has the story.

• Chicago Tonight's Blagojevich Retrial page
• More on the Story: Article on today's jury selection

Arts & Entertainment

Pan Am Cyclist

We meet a Chicago man who just returned from a two-year bike ride, from the top of Alaska to the bottom of Argentina, with more than 17,500 miles of stories.

• More on the Story: Video that Matt Kelly took while on his trip
• Kelly's blog from the trip

Arts & Entertainment

Chicago Bulls

They are winning. But some players -- and fans -- say the Bulls need to step up their game if they want to make a run at an NBA championship. We assess the state of the Bulls as they get set for game three of their opening round playoff series.

• Do you think the Bulls will win the NBA Championship?
• The latest in Bulls news
• More on Melissa Isaacson

Arts & Entertainment

Deval Patrick

The current governor of Massachusetts was born in Chicago. Deval Patrick's background as a poor South Sider didn't point to a successful career in business and politics. Eddie Arruza talks to Gov. Patrick about his new memoir and what he calls an "improbable life."

• More on Patrick's book

Health

Bionic Prosthetics

Researchers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago published new findings today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Ash-har Quraishi reports on the pioneering work aimed at neural control of prosthetic limbs for lower-limb amputees.

• More on the Story: More on the research and a photo gallery
• Research findings
• Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Arts & Entertainment

Caroline Kennedy

She's an author, editor, attorney, and philanthropist and a member of American royalty. Caroline Kennedy is here to talk about her new book of poems and her life in the public eye.

• More on the Story: Two poems from the book
• More on the book