Blagojevich Trial 2010

Rod Blagojevich Trial: Debrief

Elizabeth Brackett reports on the waiting game at the Federal Building, and how reporters and cameramen are passing the time as they await a verdict in the Blagojevich trial.

Live Music Wednesday

Live Music Wednesday: Rhymefest

Chicago native and Grammy Award-winning rapper Rhymefest will perform in studio.

• elchethemovement.com
• Rhymefest on MySpace

Health

Chinese Herbs

We'll meet a fourth-generation herbal medicine doctor in Chinatown.

Arts & Entertainment

Threadless Cakes

We'll find out about a cake-baking contest that is sponsored by a Chicago-based clothing company.

• threadcakes.com
• threadless.com
• bakeanddestroy.net

Politics

News Analysis

Carol Marin and her panel look at the evidence being considered by the jurors as they deliberate the multi-count case against the former Governor and his brother.

Blagojevich Trial 2010

Blagojevich Trial

Elizabeth Brackett explains what Rod Blagojevich may have to fork over if he is found guilty.

Arts & Entertainment

Remember Roger Brown

We'll revisit the home and museum of Roger Brown, the Chicago artist who painted some dark subject matter with a light touch.

• Roger Brown Resources at SAIC
• New show at the Hyde Park Art Center

Arts & Entertainment

Electric Bikes

Who needs pedaling when you can put a battery and motor on your bike? We'll show you why some Chicago bicyclists are choosing this exercise-free way of getting around.

• Chicago Electric Bicycles

Politics

Dan Rostenkowski

We'll talk with the author of a new Chicago Magazine article about the friendship of a recovering alcoholic and fallen politician, Dan Rostenkowski.

Business

Buying Foreclosed Properties

The city is buying and rehabbing foreclosed properties. Diane Eastabrook of the Chicago bureau of Nightly Business Report examines whether people will actually buy those properties in neighborhoods where foreclosure has become an epidemic.