Live Music Wednesday

Live Music Wednesday: Mark Delavan

American baritone Mark Delavan talks about his current roles at Lyric Opera and performs live in our studio.

Arts & Entertainment

Ed Schwartz (1946-2009)

Longtime radio personality Ed Schwartz died today. We go into our vault for a vintage interview with the broadcaster who came to be known as "Chicago Ed."

Arts & Entertainment

"Desire Under the Elms"

Sun-Times Theater Critic Hedy Weiss calls the Goodman Theatre's Desire Under the Elms "blistering and powerful." She sits down with the star Brian Dennehy and director Robert Falls.

The Bottom Line with Eddie Arruza

The Bottom Line with Eddie Arruza

We kick off a new series on the economy we are calling: "The Bottom Line." For our first installment, we take a look at the stimulus package being hotly debated in the U.S. Senate and examine how it may or may not resuscitate the ailing economy.

Politics

News Analysis with Carol Marin

Former schools chief Paul Vallas is running for president of the Cook County Board as a Republican. Carol Marin and her panel take a closer look at his announcement and other political headlines this week.

Arts & Entertainment

Holy Name Cathedral Fire

Elizabeth Brackett has the latest on the damage to Holy Name Cathedral from the three-alarm fire early this morning.

Arts & Entertainment

Ida B. Wells

The writings of civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells are published in a new book, "Ida In Her Own Words: The Timeless Writings of Ida B. Wells from 1893." Michelle Duster, author and great-granddaughter of journalist and social activist Ida B. Wells joins us.

• Ida B. Wells Products

Arts & Entertainment

The Parking Ticket Geek

Still steaming over what you believe was an undeserved parking ticket? Chicago's self-proclaimed "Parking Ticket Geek" tells us how to beat those fines.

• Chicago's Accepted Parking Ticket Defenses

Business

The Printed Blog

Just when you thought that newspapers were dying, a new publication hit the streets last week. It is a newspaper with an unexpected 21st Century twist. We take you inside "The Printed Blog."

Science & Nature

Social Networking

Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are just a few of the growing number of social networking sites popping up all over the Internet. What is their purpose and why have they grown in popularity so quickly? Christian Farr sits down with two technology experts to probe this trend.

• LinkedIn
• Plaxo
• "Twitter Survival Guide"