The Week in Review

The Week In Review

Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review at 7 PM
Tonight's panel discusses the week's top headlines: Chicago police picketing next week's visit by the International Olympic Committee; Chicago's pricey parking meters vandalized; Rod Blagojevich hits the radio airwaves; organizers pull the plug on the South Side Irish Parade; former Streets and Sanitation chief Al Sanchez convicted of rigging city hiring; Illinois' unemployment rate at an 18-year high; Ald. Brookins pushing for a second Walmart in Chicago; the red-hot Bulls climbing the playoff ladder; and the Cubs and Sox start the new season in just 10 days.

Guests:

• Greg Hinz - Crain's Chicago Business
• Lester Munson - ESPN
• Roger Crockett - Business Week
• David Heinzmann - Chicago Tribune

Arts & Entertainment

Remembering John Hope Franklin

Historian and former University of Chicago Professor John Hope Franklin died yesterday at the age of 94. We'll take a look at a 1977 John Callaway interview with Professor Franklin.

• Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient John Hope Franklin

Viewer Feedback

Viewer Mail

And Mayor Daley is taken to task by our viewers when we read some of your letters to "Chicago Tonight."

Time Out Chicago

Time Out Chicago Tips

From elaborate egg decorating to celebrating Earth Hour, Laura Baginski of "Time Out Chicago" magazine is here with her list of weekend favorites.

• Time Out Chicago Magazine

Ask Alpana

Ask Alpana

Ask Alpana

"Check, Please!" host and master sommelier Alpana Singh joins us with her list of great wine books in tonight's editions of Ask Alpana.

• Check, Please! Web site
• The Billionaire's Vinegar (on Amazon.com)
• The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It (on Amazon.com)
• The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty (on Amazon.com)
• Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine (on Amazon.com)
• Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure (on Amazon.com)
• Proust Was a Neuroscientist (on Amazon.com)

Arts & Entertainment

Dreihaus Architects

Geoffrey Baer tours the city with an Egyptian architect and an Argentine preservationist in town to receive prizes for their work in traditional architecture. And we'll get their reactions to some of Chicago's finest classical buildings.

Hedy Weiss: Theater Reviews

Theater Critic Hedy Weiss

Chicago Sun-Times theater critic Hedy Weiss says "The Quiet Man Tales" is a beguiling play that speaks volumes about Irish culture. Hedy joins Phil with a review of the world premiere production at the Chicago Theatre Downstairs.

• Hedy Weiss at the Chicago Sun Times

The Friday Night Show

Preview "Friday Night Show" with guest Ron Huberman

We'll get a sneak preview of John Callaway's "Friday Night" interview with the new Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman.

• Chicago Public Schools

Arts & Entertainment

South Side Irish Parade Ends Era

The luck of the Irish has run out on Chicago's South Side Irish Parade. Eddie Arruza and his panel will explore how alcohol and out-of-control crowds are forcing organizers to pull the plug on a 30-year-old St. Patrick's Day tradition.

• South Side Irish Parade

Politics

Olympic Olive Branch

The organizers of Chicago's Olympic bid made peace today with community activists seeking a bigger piece of the action. But Chicago Police may picket the International Olympic Committee when their members come to town next week. Rich Samuels will tell us why.

• Chicago 2016