Ask Alpana

Ask Alpana

Check, Please! host and master sommelier Alpana Singh joins us tonight to share her favorite movies for wine lovers.

• Alpana's Top Movies for Wine Lovers

Arts & Entertainment

Midwest Academy

For more than 35 years, community organizers from around the country have come to Chicago to train at the Midwest Academy. We take you inside this school for progressive activists.

• Midwest Academy's 35th anniversary celebration

Arts & Entertainment

Maria Pinto

Her upscale fashions have, famously, been seen on the First Lady. Now designer Maria Pinto is being honored for her stylish contributions to the Chicago fashion scene. We visit her creative headquarters.

Arts & Entertainment

Friday Night Preview

We take a look back at the very first broadcast of Chicago Tonight from 1984, which featured Mayor Harold Washington. Be sure to tune in tomorrow night at 7:30 PM to watch the entire episode.

Business

News Analysis with Eddie Arruza

The Chicago Tribune is just the latest organization feeling the heat for seeking to reward its employees with bonuses after a series of layoffs. So why are companies doing this during these economic times? Eddie Arruza and his panel will explore this question, and more.

Politics

County Government Update

Christian Farr has the latest on the county's troubled finances, and the hiring scandal surrounding Todd Stroger.

Live Music Wednesday

Live Music Wednesday: Tammy McCann

We have a live performance from Tammy McCann, a vocalist the Chicago Tribune calls "the best jazz singer you've never heard of."

Arts & Entertainment

Cell Phone Movies

What is the state of the American Dream? To answer that question, Chicago playwright Regina Taylor is inviting Chicago students to submit their own homemade movies. The only catch: the movies have to be shot with cell phones. We meet some of these young filmmakers.

• Watch David Kaplinsky's movie

The Bottom Line with Eddie Arruza

The Bottom Line with Eddie Arruza

If your 401(k) has plummeted along with the economy, you have plenty of company. Now many are questioning whether 401(k)s should have become the primary retirement account for so many Americans. It's a question we tackle on tonight's edition of The Bottom Line.

Arts & Entertainment

Buckminster Fuller

We go inside a fascinating new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art that looks at the lasting legacy of the multi-faceted architect, author, inventor and visionary Buckminster Fuller.