Arts & Entertainment

Local Guitar Maker

We meet a local craftsman who is a real-life guitar hero and is making music the old-fashioned way.

• Danche Guitars
• Eastern Blok

Arts & Entertainment

Freecycling

What is "freecycling?" The creator of freecycle.org says it helps keep more than 400 tons of waste out of the world's landfills every day, but could the concept also help people navigate the current recession? Christian Farr tells us more about freecycle.org, and talks with one of its Chicago-based volunteers.

• Chicago Freecycle

Politics

Miller Meadow Controversy

Is there, literally, a cover-up at Miller Meadow in west suburban Maywood? That's what some activists are alleging: that the Cook County Forest Preserve has allowed the once-pristine area to become a dumping ground. Eddie Arruza went looking for answers, and will tell us what county officials have to say.

Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham

Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham

In our Chicago Matters series, we are profiling some of the area's most interesting innovators. We meet the man known as the father of "carbon trading," Richard Sandor.

• Chicago Climate Exchange

Politics

News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett

The fight for health care reform is raging in Washington, and President Obama wants big changes by the end of the year. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel weigh in on this hot button issue.

Politics

County Sales Tax Revisited

The Cook County Board took up the issue of a sales tax rollback today. Rich Samuels tells us if any tax relief is in sight.

Arts & Entertainment

Remembering Walter Cronkite

We honor the life of journalist Walter Cronkite, who died Friday at the age of 92.

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Arts & Entertainment

Race to Mackinac Island

The 101st Annual Race to Mackinac Island is underway, with some boats already crossing the finish line in Michigan. 260 boats are racing and our own Geoffrey Baer is on one of them. We take a look back at his documentary chronicling the world's largest annual freshwater distance race.

Arts & Entertainment

Exploring Space

Forty years after the Apollo 11 launch, we look at the inspiring legacy of the lunar missions and talk to an astronomer about the potential for the next giant leap -- a mission to Mars.

• Northwestern University Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Adler Planetarium