Stories by Ash-har Quraishi

We take you on the set of an international, big budget action film being shot here in Chicago.

The director of one of next year's biggest Indian films discusses why he decided to film in Chicago.

Legendary sportswriter Bill Jauss died on Wednesday at age 81. We revisit a 2006 interview with him from Chicago Tonight's archives in our web extra video.

Several City Council members aren't showing up regularly to City Hall for work. Paris Schutz has the story.

As the federal deficit climbs, Republicans and Democrats can agree on one thing: the federal tax code needs revamping. But how this gets done is up for grabs. What's the reality behind the rhetoric of closing loopholes and raising revenue? We examine the issue.

A tainted steroid pain injection leads to a fungal meningitis outbreak, with eight deaths nationwide. We learn more about the fatal disease.

It's a bird! It's a porcupine! It's a tiny fanged dinosaur? The Chicago paleontologist who discovered the new species joins us to talk about the odd dinosaur.

Things are looking up for the arts in Hyde Park. We tour the new Logan Center for the Arts on the University of Chicago campus, and speak with the architects.

Beekeeping in Chicago is legal, relatively easy and increasingly popular. We take a look at the largely unseen world of rooftop bees, and the people who care for them.

A very rare Burrowing Owl was spotted along Chicago's lakefront.

Passion, Positivity and Punctuality: these are the three things which center around the people of America which I have observed since the day my plane landed in Washington D.C. on 2nd October. I am one of the 14 journalists from Pakistan chosen for the sixth batch of journalists’ exchange program for three weeks, funded by the U.S. State Department.

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is riding a jump in polls after last week's debate; some show the Republican has moved ahead of President Obama. Carol Marin has the latest.

We talk with the filmmaker behind As Goes Janesville, which goes deep into Wisconsin’s historic labor battle under Gov. Scott Walker.

Jay Shefsky tells us about companies that pick up food scraps from restaurants and now from your home -- and turn them into compost. And, he takes us to an urban farm that uses that compost to grow vegetables -- and jobs.

The Bears make NFL history. James "Big Cat" Williams dissects the historic win against the Jaguars.

Geoffrey Baer takes an up-close and personal look at...Illinois license plates? Find out more about his unique discoveries in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

We take a look at the Shedd Aquarium's efforts to harvest sustainable produce in their organic gardens.

We hear what you had to say about the first presidential debate when we read some of our viewer mail.

Pakistani journalist Mansoor Ali Khan joins Chicago Tonight in October 2012 as part of the U.S. - Pakistan Professional Partnership in Journalism. Khan works as an Anchor/Newscaster for Geo News in Karachi. He will be blogging about his experience in Chicago here on our website.

Chicago Tonight has an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the biggest international movie to film in Chicago, and a sit-down interview with Indian megastar, Aamir Khan.

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists discuss the week's top headlines.

Joel Weisman and his panel continue their analysis of the presidential debate in this web-exclusive conversation.

Need some ideas for what to do this weekend? Chicago Tonight knows what is going on!

Who came out on top after the first presidential debate? We have the analysis.

MacArthur Genius fellow, Dylan C. Penningroth, Associate Professor at Northwestern University and research professor for the American Bar Foundation, talks about getting the grant of a lifetime and how it will impact his research of African American life under and after slavery.

A new book looks at Bucktown's transformation -- from gang territory to stomping ground for new gentrifiers. We talk with author and former Chicago Sun-Times reporter Scott Jacobs.