City Council Meeting
An impassioned city council meeting today included an unexpected health scare by one of the alderman.

News Analysis with Phil Ponce
The average tab for heating a home this fall and winter is expected to be $1500. On top of that, gas and electric companies are asking for rate increases. Representatives of People's Energy and ComEd will be here to explain.

New Field Museum Archive Facility
The Field Museum just opened a $65 million storage facility that the public will rarely, if ever, see. But the new facility will open up new exhibit space and provide state of the art protection for two million museum artifacts. Elizabeth Brackett reports.

Robert Klein
Longtime funny man, Robert Klein, is performing at Zanies this week. He stopped by the studio for a chat with Bob.

Artbeat
One of Chicago's most esteemed actors, Mike Nussbaum, takes on one of Shakespeare's most controversial roles in "The Merchant of Venice" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

New Children's Garden
The long-awaited children's garden at the Morton Arboretum is finally open.
Rich Samuels takes us on a tour.

Miami Bombshells
When six women started a "dish and tell" group over wine and chocolate in 2001, they had no idea they would start a revolution with their tell-all book. We'll meet the chicagoan who is one of the "Miami Bombshells."

One More Thing....
...about Mike Royko's aspirations.