Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

We have our first look at the stellar cast in costume for the upcoming Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, the adaptation of Hilary Mantel's final novel in her historical trilogy focusing on Henry VIII's fixer Thomas Cromwell.

The 2024 nominees for the James Beard Awards, the American food industry's biggest honors, have been announced. Four Chicago restaurants and chefs are among them.

Kevin Hickey opened The Duck Inn on the residential street in Bridgeport where he grew up, and has since contributed to revitalizing the neighborhood, including through his involvement in the resurrection of the historic Ramova Theatre.

An unexpected invitation upsets Jack and leads him to once again reconnect with Alice. Later, she offers him an opportunity to make a fortune. 

Nolly returns to the stage after decades and worries about failing, before eventually making a valedictory return to the show that made her famous. 

Violet is running for mayor with the support of her family and friends, but a medical emergency threatens to derail her life first.

“I do think that A.I. has great potential to give us more than it might take away, if we just get ahead of this and have a conversation and be reasonable about its usage,” says the journalist behind a new NOVA.

The Ikaria Way: 100 Delicious Plant-Based Recipes Inspired by My Homeland, the Greek Island of Longevity by Diane Kochilas harnesses the lessons of one of the world's long-lived "blue zones" for recipes like a chickpea stew with roasted vegetables.

Jack's new marriage to Lynn is upset by the reappearance of Alice in his life, while Alice makes a startling admission about her past. 

As Nolly and everyone else are desperate to learn how her character will be killed off, she also worries about what she will do once her contract ends. 

Cyril and the midwives help a woman whose husband has left her with one child and another on the way and whose government housing is infected with mold.

Independent Lens' Greener Pastures follows four Midwestern farmers as they face challenges outside their control that are inherent to their profession.  "There’s so much of a stigma out there that you can’t have a bad day," says one. 

Alice and Jack's romance is brief but intense, and leaves indelible marks on both as they continue to move through life. 

Noele Gordon has been the star of a popular soap opera for eighteen years when she learns that she is being fired, for no apparent reason.

A new set of midwife pupils arrives in Poplar and one of them is immediately thrust into danger, while the other midwives aid a mother with cerebral palsy.