Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples began performing with her family band, The Staple Singers, when she was eleven. She's still singing at 83, as in a concert recorded earlier this year at Chicago's Symphony Center that WTTW is broadcasting. 

As a kid, Bob Fosse danced in the Riff Brothers. Meet his partner, Charlie Grass.

Jay makes freinds with a gigantic insect.

Where and when to find the best wildflowers in the Chicago area.

You never know what you might find in the attic.

Owen Deutsch was a Chicago fashion photographer. Now he finds beauty in birds around the world.

When notorious murderer Nathan Leopold went to prison, he left behind a vast collection of bird specimens. Jay sets off on a search to find them.

In Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, gentrification is pushing out many Mexican-American residents. A photographer is trying to have an impact through his art.

Inspired by Black aviators, a training program returns to a Chicago high school.

From racist skinhead leader to anti-racism activist.

Dorothy Olson Pauletti spent decades performing in Chicago. At 102, she’s still got it.

Lots of Irish music in Chicago. None have been at it longer than Malachy Towey and Kevin Henry.

He is paraplegic. She was afraid of wheelchairs. An unlikely story of love and art.

You have to see Norma Gatto's glass creations to believe them.

Expectations were pretty low for Seth Goldberg. His parents didn't agree. Neither did Peter Paul and Mary - and Josh Groban.