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Eight Forty-Eight 3/17/2010
A clergyman/musician is organizing the first ChiTown Jazz Festival to feed the hungry. We hear him play and talk to him about his efforts.
Eight Forty-Eight 3/16/2010
A lawsuit reveals what some saw is unfair institutionalization of elderly mental patients. We learn more about the problems and what the state is doing to help these patients.
Eight Forty-Eight 3/15/2010
DePaul professor Barry Kellman and retired General Charles Tucker join us for a conversation on Chicago’s preparedness for a bioterror attack.
Eight Forty-Eight 3/12/2010
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dance critic Lucia Mauro previews two dance companies with performances highlighting Mexican culture of the past and present.
Eight Forty-Eight 3/11/2010
Kent Redfield offers political analysis of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s state budget address.
Eight Forty-Eight 3/10/2010
Chip Mitchell joins us to discuss the issues that are driving people to organize a march for immigration reform.
Eight Forty-Eight 3/9/2010
Touted by many as the last Illinois governor to have balanced the state budget, former Governor Jim Edgar weighs in on the current fiscal crisis.
Eight Forty-Eight 3/8/2010
WBEZ's Steve Edwards talks with Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks.
Eight Forty-Eight 3/5/2010
Ron Litke questions Mayor Daley’s choice of department heads.
Eight Forty-Eight 3/4/2010
New Orleans Recovery School District Superintendent and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas gives us his insight on Chicago Public Schools' massive budget shortfall for next year.
Eight Forty-Eight 3/3/2010
WBEZ education reporter Linda Lutton talks with the executive director of the agency charged with “turning around” schools in Chicago.
Eight Forty-Eight 3/2/2010
European-born Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was one of Chicago’s most prolific artists. A new exhibition explores the work and life of his Modernist work
Eight Forty-Eight 3/1/2010
Robert Loerzel reports on the political and social events of the past few decades that brought Chicago to a citywide handgun ban.
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