Ask Geoffrey

Ask Geoffrey

What's the story behind the heavy duty scale in City Hall? Geoffrey Baer enlightens us in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

• Abacus Scales
• Fox Waterway Agency
• Immanuel Lutheran Church

Arts & Entertainment

Food Bloggers

The warm weather has inspired tasty new dishes, drinks and desserts from our resident food bloggers. They join us with with some spring flavors.

We asked the food bloggers to share some warm weather recipes, here's what they came up with:

• Angie Montroy of Angie's Pantry: Grilled chicken salad/grilled corn/tortilla strips and tequila Lime Marinated Flank steak with chimichurri/cool cucumber salad
• Natalie Slater of Bake and Destroy: Iced Latte Cupcakes, Mountain Dew Cupcakes, and Vegan Iced Tea Cupcakes
• Dana Joy Altman of Real Food Rehab: Green Smoothies, Cilantro Pineapple Shake, Dana Joy's Morning Improv Shake, Dana Joy's Morning Improv Shake, and Best Chicken Marinade for the Grill
• Learn the difference between a macaron and a macaroon
• Chat live with the bloggers at 8 PM

Arts & Entertainment

Friday Night Preview: Jane Goodall

We preview Carol Marin's Friday Night Show interview with world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall.

• See Jane Goodall at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel tomorrow night

Arts & Entertainment

Rehabbing Foreclosed Properties

Millions of dollars in federal grants are being aimed at stemming the tide of foreclosures. We show you how some of that money is being spent in Chicago neighborhoods.

• For more on the story...

Arts & Entertainment

News Analysis: Stock Market

Stocks tumbled today on Wall Street amidst growing fears over Greece's debt problems. Eddie Arruza and his panel explore the details.

Politics

Springfield Update

We find out what state legislators were working on today in Springfield.

Live Music Wednesday

Live Music Wednesday: Cuerdas Clasicas

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, Cuerdas Clasicas performs live in studio.

• For information about Chicago's summer programs for kids and teens

Arts & Entertainment

Comedian Richard Lewis

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Comedian Richard Lewis is doing standup in Chicago this week. We talk with him about his neurotic brand of comedy, and the life that inspired it.

• See Richard Lewis perform at Zanies in Chicago
• See Richard Lewis perform at Zanies in Vernon Hills

Education

CPS Chinese Language Program

We find out how -- in only a decade -- Chinese has rapidly become one of the top languages taught in the Chicago Public Schools.

Arts & Entertainment

Playwright Tracy Letts

Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor Tracy Letts joins us to talk shop and to tell us about his play Killer Joe, which is playing at the Royal George Theatre through the first week in June.