Eight Forty-Eight 11.02.10

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Eight Forty-Eight 11.02.10
Residents of the 49th Ward meet as part of the participatory budgeting steering committee. (Courtesy of The Watson Institute)
Eight Forty-Eight 11.02.10
Residents of the 49th Ward meet as part of the participatory budgeting steering committee. (Courtesy of The Watson Institute)

Eight Forty-Eight 11.02.10

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We learn how the participatory budget process is working in the country’s only example of it, Alderman Joe Moore’s 49th ward in Chicago. Also, writer Teresa Puente shares how a trip to Mexico changed her feelings about death. Plus, clarinetist-composer James Falzone and his group, Allos Musica, join us for a performance.  They tell us about their new album, Lamentations.