Eight Forty-Eight 6.16.11

Eight Forty-Eight 6.16.11
Chicago teachers were out protesting on Tuesday. WBEZ/Chip Mitchell
Eight Forty-Eight 6.16.11
Chicago teachers were out protesting on Tuesday. WBEZ/Chip Mitchell

Eight Forty-Eight 6.16.11

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A day after the Chicago Board of Education unanimously agreed it could not afford raises for Chicago Public Schools teachers, Eight Forty-Eight talks with board President David Vitale. Then cast members from Theo Ubique’s production of Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rogers and Hammerstein sing tunes from the show and talk with Eight Forty-Eight’s Jason Marck. And comedian Steve Mazan talks about his years’-long quest to perform on the Late Show with David Letterman, despite being diagnosed with terminal cancer.