The Mayor in the
hot seat
Chicago's Mayor Daley says he's as eager as anyone to rid City Hall of corruption.
Rich Samuels reports on his honor who held his own in a sparring match with reporters
today.

Remembering John H. Johnson
Chicago-based publishing giant John H. Johnson, whose Ebony and Jet magazines
revolutionized American publishing and advertising, died yesterday at the age
of 87. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel look at Johnson's remarkable
life and legacy.

Artist Peggy Macnamara
Along with its scientists and curators, Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History
also has an artist-in-residence. Peggy
Macnamara has worked at the Field for 25 years, capturing its amazing collection
of birds, bones and animals in drawings and watercolors. In a beautiful new book,
she focuses her talents on the insect world or, more specifically, the insect
and spider populations of Illinois. Ms. Macnamara joins Phil in the studio to
talk about her latest artistic and scientific endeavor.

Photographer Brian Palm
A 27 year old Chicago photographer is a man on a mission. His quest is to capture
on film many one-of-a-kind Chicago buildings that are being demolished to make
way for new development. On the Artbeat, Eddie Arruza will show us the work of Brian
Palm.

"Wicked's" New
Witch
From Saturday Night Live to the Chicago stage. Anna Gasteyer usually makes people
laugh, but she's taking a different turn as Elphaba in the Chicago production
of "Wicked." Phil
Ponce talks to the talented actress about the hit musical and her Chicago connections.