In the Loop (Segments)

Come on in, the door’s open: Exploring the best of local architecture with Open House Chicago 16.10.2024 12:01 ↓

Come on in, the door’s open: Exploring the best of local architecture with Open House Chicago

Should I stay or should I go? Chicago’s Greyhound bus station stays. 16.10.2024 10:49 ↓

Should I stay or should I go? Chicago’s Greyhound bus station stays.

Your turn to be the judge: What to know about the most obscure candidates on your ballot 15.10.2024 13:27 ↓

Judges’ names will take up pages on your voter ballot; here’s why you shouldn’t skip them.

Circuit court clerk? Referendums? MWRD?: Your ballot questions answered 15.10.2024 16:37 ↓

Head into the voter booth informed and ready.

What you need to know to cast a ballot in Illinois 15.10.2024 17:44 ↓

Early voting is underway in Cook, Will, McHenry, Lake, Kendall, Kane and DuPage counties.

What's That Building? Downtown Chicago Architecture Designed By Women 14.10.2024 17:53 ↓

A new exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Center features buildings around the world that Chicago women architects designed or contributed to significantly. Reset checks in with architecture sleuth Dennis Rodkin and architect Carol Ross Barney. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

The Harlem Globetrotters started in Chicago, not New York 14.10.2024 15:45 ↓

Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant to Chicago from London, created the Harlem Globetrotters and had a major impact on basketball and baseball.

Madigan federal corruption trial ramps up in Chicago 14.10.2024 12:39 ↓

One of the most powerful politicians in Illinois history is on trial for alleged racketeering and bribery. Here’s what you need to know.

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, October 11, 2024: Mayor replaces entire Board of Education while facing growing criticism from City Council, and more 11.10.2024 45:21 ↓

Mayor Johnson announces new Board of Education during fiery press conference, while facing growing criticism from City Council.

Brother-sister duo Wasia Project on the making of their new EP ‘Isotope’ 10.10.2024 23:44 ↓

The UK-based group enters a new era of their sound that explores love, patterns and healing.

You can – and are encouraged– to eat with your hands in this traditional Filipino way of dining 10.10.2024 14:24 ↓

Kamayan, or the practice of eating with hands, predates Spanish colonization, and today is a celebratory occasion.

Off the beaten path: The Super Museum 10.10.2024 8:36 ↓

The small town of Metropolis in southern Illinois is home to the Man of Steel — and his museum.

WASIA PROJECT TEST FOR MICAH 10.10.2024 23:11 ↓

WASIA PROJECT TEST FOR MICAH

‘Nurse Unseen’: The story of Filipino nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic 09.10.2024 20:20 ↓

Filipino nurses are the unsung backbone of the American healthcare system and have fought on the frontlines before, during and after the pandemic.

What’s up with the mysterious mailers targeting some Chicago alders? 09.10.2024 12:01 ↓

Misleading mailers are showing up in people’s mailboxes from the Northwest to the Southwest sides of the city.

This Chicago film fest has an impressive track record for picking Oscar contenders 09.10.2024 13:32 ↓

A 12-day, mid-October film fest may be Chicagoans’ best chance of an “Oscar preview.”

Chicago rabbis reflect on one year since Oct. 7 08.10.2024 22:35 ↓

Two Chicago-area rabbis with differing views on the war in Gaza share how the violence abroad has affected them and their communities.

Chicago Palestinian community organizer reflects on one year since Oct. 7 08.10.2024 22:59 ↓

Rami Nashashibi was part of an interfaith tour in Jerusalem on Oct. 7. We talk to him about what the last year has been like for his community.

Chicago rabbis reflect on one year since Oct. 7 08.10.2024 22:35 ↓

Two Chicago-area rabbis with differing views on the war in Gaza share how the violence abroad has affected them and their communities.

A Chicago Palestinian community organizer reflects on a year of violence, war in Gaza 08.10.2024 22:33 ↓

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Intergenerational housing keeps families connected and traditions alive 07.10.2024 21:03 ↓

Guests tell stories and discuss growing up and living in intergenerational homes in Chicago and why it's still important to them today.

An infectious disease doc’s guide to COVID, flu, RSV and more this fall 07.10.2024 10:12 ↓

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Chicago area’s Jewish and Palestinian college students organize one year after Oct. 7 changed their worlds 07.10.2024 14:39 ↓

Jewish and Palestinian students are working to find a home on college campuses, even as many schools impose more stringent rules around protest.

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, Oct. 4, 2024: Chicago board of education to resign, city budget woes and more 04.10.2024 44:57 ↓

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, Oct. 4, 2024: Chicago board of education to resign, city budget woes and more

Chicago blues guitarist Ronnie Baker Brooks on his new record ‘Blues In My DNA’ 03.10.2024 25:03 ↓

Chicago blues guitarist Ronnie Baker Brooks on his new record ‘Blues In My DNA’