A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway. Find out which 10 streets made the list! Produced by WTTW Chicago and PBS. Visit the website: wttw.com/10
A whirlwind tour of 10 monuments that mark key moments in American history: from the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore, to the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial and the AIDS Quilt. Find out which 10 monuments made the list! Produced by WTTW Chicago and PBS. Visit the website: http://www.wttw.com/10
A whirlwind tour of 10 engineering feats that made our civilization possible: from the Erie Canal and Eads Bridge, to the Holland Tunnel and Hoover Dam. Find out which 10 modern marvels made the list! Produced by WTTW Chicago and PBS. Visit the website: http://www.wttw.com/10
A whirlwind tour of places where American history was made. Find out which places made the list! Produced by WTTW Chicago and PBS. Visit the website: http://www.wttw.com/10
In their final meeting before the primary, the top three Democratic candidates for governor explain why they should represent their party in November. J.B. Prizker, Chris Kennedy and Daniel Biss join us.
Host Mark Bazer talks with singer-songwriter Kelly Hogan, who has performed with Neko Case, The Decemberists, and the Flat Five. interactive.wttw.com/interview-show
Host Mark Bazer talks with Northwestern University professor of psychology and author of the book Beauty Sick Renee Engeln. interactive.wttw.com/interview-show
Host Mark Bazer interviews Fatimah Asghar, a poet and co-creator of the series Brown Girls, which has been picked up by HBO. interactive.wttw.com/interview-show
Host Mark Bazer talks with best-selling novelist and "Vlogbrother" John Green, whose book "The Fault in Our Stars" was made into a 2014 film. Find more interviews from The Interview Show here: interactive.wttw.com/interview-show
Host Mark Bazer talks with director Steve James, known for his documentary films "Hoop Dreams" and "The Interrupters," among others. Find more interviews from The Interview Show here: interactive.wttw.com/interview-show
Host Mark Bazer talks to Richard H. Thaler, a pioneer in behavioral economics and winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics, as well as an author and professor at the University of Chicago. See more of The Interview Show at interactive.wttw.com/interview-show
Host Mark Bazer interviews Sarah Grueneberg, who is chef and owner of Chicago's Monteverde restaurant, winner of Best Chef: Great Lakes at the 2017 James Beard Awards, and a Top Chef and Iron Chef Gauntlet alum. See more of The Interview Show at interactive.wttw.com/interview-show
Chicago Tonight's Paris Schutz isn't just a journalist – he also sings and plays piano around the city, often performing songs he himself wrote, like this Christmas blues.
See how Chicago defied the odds and pulled off one of the greatest engineering feats in U.S. history. In a herculean effort to save the city from the ravages of typhoid, cholera, and other waterborne illnesses, engineer Sylvester Chesbrough suggested Chicago reverse the direction of its river away from the lake and toward the Mississippi River. Explore more of the River at wttw.com/river
See Wolf Point, where the three branches of the Chicago River merge. Once the social and economic hub of the little frontier town of Chicago, today it is home to some of the city’s most innovative architecture. Explore more: wttw.com/river
In this short 360 film, Geoffrey Baer shares the stories of the fur trader, the tycoon, the newspaperman, and just a few of the architects who have made the iconic DuSable Bridge so quintessentially Chicago. Find more River content: wttw.com/river
WTTW Chicago presents Making A New American NUTCRACKER
on PBS Stations Nationwide in December 2017.
This new documentary follows the creation of an innovative re-imagining of the holiday classic. Discover more about The Nutcracker and Chicago at wttw.com/nutcracker
Making a New American NUTCRACKER is produced by WTTW Chicago in partnership with the Joffrey Ballet.
What does Phil Ponce do when he's not hosting "Chicago Tonight?" He gardens. He talks about his hobby, the deeper meaning behind it, and why it gives him joy.
Join Geoffrey Baer as he travels to Havana, where dancers, musicians, architects and writers invite him into their lives to experience the color, culture and history of a beautiful and seductive city only recently re-opened to Americans. Explore more of Havana at wttw.com/havana
Take a 360-degree dive inside a flamenco class at the Escuela Nacional de Ballet in Havana with world renowned dancer Irene Rodriguez. Find more 360 videos and more about Havana at wttw.com/havana
Visit the farm of Hector Luis Prieto is a third-generation veguero, or tobacco farmer, in Vuelta Abajo in the Cuban province of Pinar del Rió, where some of the finest Cuban tobacco is grown. Find more 360 videos and more about Havana at wttw.com/havana
Plaza Vieja is a quintessential example of the transformation Havana Vieja has gone through in recent decades, in large part to attract more foreign tourists and foreign investment to Cuba. Find more 360 videos and more about Havana at wttw.com/havana
Walking the streets of Havana means hearing live music on every corner. Among the city’s many bands are Trio Alpha, filmed here at Plaza de Armas. Find more 360 videos and more about Havana at wttw.com/havana
Experience sunset over Havana from across harbor at the Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, one of the largest forts built by Spain in the New World. Find more 360/VR videos and more about Havana at wttw.com/havana
In the new special WEEKEND IN HAVANA, Geoffrey Baer travels to the capital city of Havana to explore Cuba alongside the people who live there. Over the course of his journey, he makes some new local friends who serve as tour guides, and through their eyes, sees this rich and historic place in an entirely new way. Find 360 videos and more about Havana at wttw.com/havana
In the new special WEEKEND IN HAVANA, Geoffrey Baer travels to the capital city of Havana to explore Cuba alongside the people who live there. Over the course of his journey, he makes some new local friends who serve as tour guides, and through their eyes, sees this rich and historic place in an entirely new way. Find 360 videos and more about Havana at wttw.com/havana
Stories of one neighborhood in Chicago through the voices of the people in the community who are making change. The goal is to bring you directly into the process of meeting challenges with leadership and effort from inside a community. Watch and read more stories at interactive.wttw.com/my-neighborhood/pilsen
Host Mark Bazer interviews poet and rapper Malcolm London, and chef Stephanie Izard of the Girl & the Goat. Find more interviews at interactive.wttw.com/interview-show
Host Mark Bazer interviews author Rich Cohen, chefs Cosmo Goss and Erling Wu-Bower, and Patrick Klepek, VICE Video Games Reporter. Find more interviews at interactive.wttw.com/interview-show
Host Mark Bazer interviews Illinois State Senator Daniel Biss and authors Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Lancaster. Find more interviews at interactive.wttw.com/interview-show
In a spoof episode of Check, Please!, guests try tamales from the tamale man at the Hideout. Find more interviews at interactive.wttw.com/interview-show
