Jonah Lehrer is a contributing editor at Wired magazine and the author of How We Decide. He was on Wednesday's Afternoon Shift to discuss his new book Imagine.
Jazz singer and performer Spider Saloff comes out of her cocoon in her one-woman musical, The Roar of the Butterfly. Set at a memorial service, Saloff takes on the role of a myriad of characters as she unravels the story of the deceased protagonist, an Asian drag queen named Butterfly
Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on American Bandstand, and known for the year-end countdown from Times Square on New Year's Rockin' Eve, has died. He was 82.
Speed cameras are coming to Chicago. Aldermen on Wednesday signed off on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to put the traffic cameras near parks and schools. The ordinance passed 33 to 14.
Editor's Note: Today we kick off a new series that will delve into the issues that dominate the place where we spend most of our time-the office. We're calling it Workplace Wednesdays.We've all seen it at work.
Chicago native Mark Roberts is the man behind the Emmy Award winning sitcom Mike and Molly. He joins Wednesday's Afternoon Shift to talk about his career.
