Close encounters with stingrays, graffiti-turned-fine art, and Yo-Yo Ma in a special event at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Tonight knows what's going on this weekend.
Weekend Events Around Town: 5/17 - 5/19
May 17, 2013 | | 0 Comments
Close encounters with stingrays, graffiti-turned-fine art, and Yo-Yo Ma in a special event at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Tonight knows what's going on this weekend.
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma joins us for a solo performance, and tells us about his latest project with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Pulitzer prize-winning author Mark Mazzetti discusses his new book where he asserts that the CIA has evolved from an intelligence-gathering agency into a man-hunting and killing machine.
Two Los Angeles-based Chicano artists currently have exhibits at the National Museum of Mexican Art. We take a look at the art of Chaz Bojórquez and John Valadez.
The Bulls lose their composure-- and the game-- last night in Miami. How did things go from so good to so bad so quickly? And can the team rebound tomorrow night at the United Center? We have a preview.
Radio host Bill McGlaughlin joins us to talk about 10 years on the radio and a lifetime of "Exploring Music."
10 Buildings That Changed America is the name of Geoffrey Baer’s new PBS special debuting nationwide on May 12. He joins us with a preview.
NPR's Peter Sagal joins us to discuss his new PBS series about the U.S. Constitution.
A brand new staging of a classic American musical arrives in Chicago with some very authentic dancing. We meet the 91-year-old choreographer behind Lyric Opera of Chicago's Oklahoma!
The human body is the focus of Bodies of Work -- an arts festival that surprises as it challenges notions of disability.
Star of stage and screen Matthew Morrison joins us to talk about his upcoming PBS special and new album.
Oklahoma! on stage, an immersive journey through 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, and the Art Institute "After Dark;" Chicago Tonight knows what's going on this weekend.
Eve Ensler’s new memoir, In the Body of the World, is a gritty glimpse of her recent struggles – from uterine cancer to working with rape survivors in the Congo. She joins us.
Michael Pollan, author of the new book Cooked, joins us with what we stand to lose if we keep relying on packaged foods.
With the Blackhawks up 2 games to 1 in the post season, Jay Shefsky introduces us to Chicago's sled hockey team -- that's the hard-hitting, fast-paced sport played by amputees and others with lower limb disabilities.
We revisit a Picasso exhibition at the first American museum to exhibit his work -- The Art Institute of Chicago.
Magical realist Isabel Allende joins us to discuss her latest book, Maya's Notebook.
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