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School closures may add to blight

Many communities struggle with abandoned buildings.

Photographer Wayne Miller dies at 94

Alderman: Emanuel fudged numbers on parking meter plan

A Chicago alderman says the Mayor’s tweaks to the much-despised parking meter privatization contract may not be as good as they seem.

Curious City

What it’s like to live on minimum wage in Chicago

Cheryl Raye-Stout | Chicago Sports

Phil Jackson on Bulls past and present

Pritzker faces few tough questions at Senate hearing

Chicago preps for 'civic hackathon'

Top Headlines On WBEZ.org

Chicago's biggest 'L' rebuild

Kwame Dawes sings of Jamaica

Chicago's best diner breakfasts

What’s (still) manufactured in Chicago

Where was Rep. Aaron Schock at 25?

Spy cam, icefish make climate change connection

Historic South Side theater for sale

Chicago bike culture 101

Blogs

Today in Chicago History

Bleacher bums arrested

Chicagoans are shocked (sort of) to find that gambling goes on in the bleachers at Cubs' Park.

Claire Zulkey

Running for my life

Saturday I’m running the Soldier Field 10 Mile race and there is a chance I may cry at the end of it.

Quigley floats bill to curb bird building collisions

Why Theaster Gates is Chicago's greatest contemporary artist

Music reads: The Beats and Rock Culture

So you want to be a famous musician?

The Stephen Rodrick interview

How urban gardens grow

Hate is in the air: LGBTQ setbacks

Buckthorn draws out coyotes, cripples native frogs

The crime of the century

The great weight debate

List: Questions that get all women horny

Everyone needs a cultural hero

Handpicked: Trash fish, mah jongg tea and more

Featured On Air

This American Life

There's the thing you plan to do, and then there's the thing you end up doing: Plan B (Fri 7pm/Sat 10am)

Special Programming

War and Place: Tom Brokaw and others discuss memorials, veterans, Vietnam and wars (Mon 12pm)

Radiolab

Who am I and why haven't I been myself lately? (Sun 9pm)

Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me

Our oddly informative news quiz (Sat 9am and 7pm)

Upcoming Events

Off-Air Events: WBEZ's Day of Service

Events Calendar

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Chemistry of Chocolate

@ Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Preservation and Adaptive Reuse of the Viceroy Hotel

@ Chicago Architecture Foundation

Louder than a Bomb Duo Slam

@ Percy L. Julian High School

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Red Squad Symposium

@ Chicago History Museum

Off-Air Events: WBEZ's Day of Service

@ Throughout Chicago and region

Get Archived! Build your file for the Chicago Artists...

@ The Polk Bros Foundation South Side Community Bureau

Chicago by Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker’s Guide to...

@ The Newberry Library

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Get Archived! Build your file for the Chicago Artists...

@ WBEZ North Side Community Bureau

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Connecting Chicago to Palestine: A Conversation about...

@ Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Get Archived! Build your file for the Chicago Artists...

@ WBEZ West Side Community Bureau (new location)

Southern Shore Music Festival

@ Guy Foreman Amphitheater

Friday, June 21, 2013

Donors Forum's Annual Luncheon: Leadership and Impact:...

@ Hilton Chicago

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Artist Encounter: The Jungle Book

@ Goodman Theatre

Afternoon Shift

Afternoon Shift | Featured On-Air

Immigration as women's issue, Urlacher's retirement and insurance for vets

Entertainment districts, the new DSM and suburban poverty

School closings, tornado aftermath and gardening season

Climate change, allergies and the housing bubble

Domestic violence and gangs, Hollywood stereotypes and more

Mayor Emanuel two years on, the value of a college degree and tech and the new world order

Worldview

Worldview | Featured On-Air

Latest from Cannes Film Festival and the future of U.S. foreign policy

Ugandan newspapers raided, Montt's conviction overturned and a live performance

Syrian conflict, Syrian Electronic Army and a historic flight to Paris

Gay rights in Russia and corruption in India

Iranian elections, Cannes Film Festival and Australian theater

Israeli austerity, Hezbollah and Syria, and bicycles in Africa

Morning Shift with Tony Sarabia

Morning Shift | Featured On-Air

News, reviews and scenery chews

Votes are in, schools are closing. So what's next?

Are you where you thought you'd be in life?

What food stamps buy, fish spies and school closings

TIFs and Red Line reconstruction

Rep. Duckworth, rickshaw regulations and an all-star panel