Arts & Entertainment

Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom

Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom
All she wants is a nap. The Managing Editor of Real Simple magazine is here to discuss her new book: Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom.

• Real Simple 10th Anniversary event at Union Station

Education

Chicago Public Schools

Why is Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman getting a 12 percent pay raise at the same time he's asking students, teachers and coaches for major concessions? Chicago Reader reporter Ben Joravsky is here to discuss his article, "Do as We Say, Not as We Do." And we hear from a CPS official who says he is not getting a raise.

• Read the full CPS budget

Politics

Congressional Roundtable

Eddie Arruza sits down with longtime Congressman Bobby Rush and the youngest member of Congress, Rep. Aaron Schock of Peoria, and finds out what we can expect out of Washington in the months to come.

Arts & Entertainment

Cedille Records

We meet Jim Ginsburg, founder of a local classical music record label celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, and hear a live performance from one of its artists, David Schrader.

• Cedille Records

Arts & Entertainment

Masterpiece Classic: The Diary of Anne Frank

Masterpiece Classic: The Diary of Anne Frank
It's a whole new Anne. We sit down with Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton for a preview of Masterpiece Classic's adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank.

Arts & Entertainment

Ed Paschke

Nearly six years after his death, Chicago artist Ed Paschke is getting more attention than ever, with a major show in New York and two gallery exhibitions in Chicago. We look at some of his work.

• Paschke Foundation
• Alan Koppel Gallery
• Russell Bowman Art Advisory
• Gagosian Gallery

Arts & Entertainment

Challenges of an Aging Society

We hear from the author of a new study that reveals that by the year 2050, Americans will live longer, healthier lives...which will pose societal challenges that must be dealt with sooner rather than later.

• MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society
• More on the story...

Arts & Entertainment

News Analysis: Redistricting

Every ten years, after the U.S. Census is completed, Illinois redraws its legislative districts. There are several different proposals about how redistricting should be conducted this time, and we look at some of them.

• Play "The ReDistricting Game"--USC Annenberg Center

Arts & Entertainment

Carlos Hernandez Gomez Tribute Concert

Legendary Chicago reporter Carlos Hernandez Gomez died earlier this year at age 36. We talk to his wife, reporter Randi Belisomo, about a tribute concert for him on Thursday.

• Carlos Hernandez Gomez tribute concert information

Hedy Weiss: Theater Reviews

Hedy Weiss Theater Reviews

The Goodman Theatre has garnered a lot of response for its new play, A True History of the Johnstown Flood. Sun-Times theater critic Hedy Weiss is here with her review of that, and two other Chicago-area productions.