Shows Chicago Tonight Week in Review SORT Order Oldest FirstNewest First FILTER Date Range Start date End date Category - Any -Arts & EntertainmentBusinessCrime & LawEducationHealthPoliticsScience & NatureSports Keyword(s) Jun 14, 2021 The Chicago-Based Scientist Who Helped Find Art-World Frauds Walter McCrone championed the light microscope — and used it to analyze art world treasures and frauds. The late scientist is featured in the recently released Netflix documentary series “This Is a Robbery” and appeared years ago on WTTW’s “The New Explorers.” Jun 14, 2021 Historic Hall in Chicago Cultural Center Gets Restoration The historic Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall is currently undergoing a vigorous restoration. We toured the site and caught up with the city’s cultural historian to learn more. Thanks to our sponsors: Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Jun 14, 2021 Crain’s Headlines: Furloughs Likely Over at United Airlines Good news for employees as air travel rebounds. Crain’s Chicago Business editor Ann Dwyer takes us behind the headline of that story and more. Jun 14, 2021 June 14, 2021 - Full Show Beautiful weather, but no rain: What the drought conditions mean for the climate. Spotting fakes in the art world. No more furloughs for United Airlines workers. A bombshell report from ProPublica. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Jun 10, 2021 June 10, 2021 - Full Show Reopening! Paris Schutz is live — from the river — on how businesses and folks are getting ready. The city’s top doc on what’s next. And a Frida Kahlo exhibit in Chicago for the first time in decades. Jun 10, 2021 ‘Timeless’ Exhibit Examines Life and Work of Frida Kahlo Some of Frida Kahlo’s original works are returning to the Chicago area for the first time since the late ‘70s. Jun 10, 2021 ‘Chicago Tonight’ in Your Neighborhood: Downtown Reopens The city and state’s full reopening is a double-edged sword for many in the hospitality and entertainment industry. They wonder: the crowds may be coming back, but will the labor force return? Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Jun 10, 2021 ‘It Is a Great Day’: As COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Plunge, Illinois, Chicago to Reopen All businesses will be allowed to operate at full capacity and gatherings of all sizes will be permitted, according to the new rules. Jun 9, 2021 June 9, 2021 - Full Show Spotlight Politics on a city ward remap fight. Unfinished business in Springfield. Friday’s full reopening. A new lease on life for recovering drug addicts. And are we truly alone in the universe? Jun 9, 2021 ‘There is Stuff’: Enduring Mysteries Trail US Report on UFOs The U.S. government has been taking a hard look at unidentified flying objects. A report summarizing what the U.S. knows about “unidentified aerial phenomena” — better known as UFOs — is expected to be made public this month. Jun 9, 2021 Cook County Program Helps Recovering Drug Addicts Find a New Lease on Life Breaking the cycle of drug and alcohol addiction is a challenge made even tougher once the criminal justice system gets involved. A new program is helping those recovering find refuge in their own homes. Jun 9, 2021 Illinois Republicans Ask Judge to Toss New Legislative Maps The state’s top Republicans asked a federal judge Wednesday to appoint an eight-member commission made up of four Democrats and four Republicans to craft the maps with census data. Jun 8, 2021 June 8, 2021 - Full Show A remap fight begins in Chicago’s wards. Promise and controversy over a newly approved Alzheimer’s drug. The history-making new head of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, and more. Jun 8, 2021 The Art of Hair Braiding and Pushing Back Against Cultural Biases Meet artist and hair braider Mo G and learn how she’s using braids to push against cultural biases that consider the look unprofessional. Jun 8, 2021 New Head of Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on Lincoln’s Legacy and Inclusive Education Christina Shutt will be the fifth executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the first person of color to hold the title. Load More Thanks to our sponsors:
