The Widow from Chicago / 1930

A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother's death.

Chicago Symphony / 1954

AM Chicago

Chicago Tonight

Chicago Tonight is an evening television news program broadcast weeknights on WTTW in Chicago. Chicago Tonight reports primarily on local news and presents features showcasing local artists and events. The show began April 24, 1984 and was hosted by popular Chicago broadcast journalist John Callaway for fifteen years. He continued to contribute to the...

Chicago Jazz / 1949

Wild Chicago

Wild Chicago was a television series that aired on Chicago's WTTW from 1989 to 2003. The show took viewers on a trip through Chicago's "urban jungle", highlighting hundreds of offbeat and unusual people, places, and events in the metropolitan area. Subjects included the Chicago Herpetological Society; singing taxicab drivers; flotation tanks; an...

See You in Chicago / 1996

In this spoof of gangster and crime films, two veteran detectives get involved in mafia world. One of them is hired by a kingpin to follow his wife who seems suspicious.

Chicago Mysteries with Geoffrey Baer / 2024

Did a UFO fly over O’Hare Airport? How did the alligator later named "Chance the Snapper" suddenly appear in Chicago’s Humboldt Lagoon? Is Hull House haunted? Why don’t Chicagoans put ketchup on their hot dogs? WTTW award-winning host/writer/producer Geoffrey Baer sets out to solve these and other puzzlers in WTTW’s CHICAGO MYSTERIES.

Cover-21: Ignite Chicago / 2021

Follow Jonny's journey for rock ‘n’ roll therapy during the concert-less summer of Covid-19 with help from some Chicago's best cover bands.

Chicago Light-Motion Study / 1950

Experimental 16 mm black/white film from Chicago from 1950 by Danish photographer Keld Helmer-Petersen (1920-2013).

AT&T Taylor Swift NOW: Chicago Secret Concert / 2018

Taylor Swift performs various hits in a private concert for fans, sponsered by AT&T.

Chicago Tours with Geoffrey Baer / 2001

Explore Chicago, its neighborhoods, and beyond with WTTW host and producer Geoffrey Baer. From the neighborhoods and suburbs of Chicago to the Chicago River and the Boulevards to the foods and history of Chicago to the spaces that changed America, join us to discover the stories behind places near and far.

Dead & Company: 2023-06-10 Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL, USA / 2023

Set 1: Truckin'(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Smokestack Lightning(Howlin’ Wolf cover) (with Truckin tag) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo(Grateful Dead cover) High Time(Grateful Dead cover) (>) All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover) (>) Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Good Lovin'(The Rascals cover) Set 2: Help on the Way(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Slipknot!(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Franklin's Tower(Grateful Dead cover) St. Stephen(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Uncle John's Band(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Cumberland Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 2) Morning Dew(Bonnie Dobson cover) Encore: Brokedown Palace(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) (Reprise) (>) One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song)

The Innocents of Chicago / 1932

A British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane

Dave Helem: DJ, the Chicago Kid / 2021

DJ the Chicago Kid is an hour-long roller coaster of things that have made Dave Helem who he is, both good and bad. The comedian and former math teacher's laid back style of storytelling & vivid imagination takes us on a journey of topics.

Lewberger: Live At Lincoln Hall In Chicago / 2021

Lewberger is the handsome 3 man comedy band based out of Los Angeles, CA, described as the illegitimate love child of "Lonely Island" and "Flight of the Conchords". They were finalists on the first season of NBC's hit comedy competition show "Bring The Funny". Get ready for a night filled with comedy and music filmed at the historic Lincoln Hall in Chicago.

70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green / 2015

What happens when a mixed-income housing 'experiment' collides with reality? Filmed over 15 years, 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green looks at the demolition of Chicago's most infamous public housing development, Cabrini Green. The film centers on the stories of three public housing residents, Mark, Deidre and Raymond, as their lives are turned upside down when their community is torn apart in the name of progress. Cabrini is being demolished as part of a national plan to replace public housing with mixed income communities. Critics contend that the motivation is economic gain, as public housing's prime real estate is too valuable for the low-income Black communities that live there. The film chronicles a neighborhood upheaval on Chicago's most hotly contested 70 acres of land.

Daft Punk: Live at Lollapalooza Chicago / 2007

"Alive 2007" live at Lollapalooza Chicago on August 03, 2007.

Chicago vs. Jussie Smollett / 2022

Accused of staging a fake hate crime in Chicago and sentenced to five months behind bars for lying to the police, Jussie Smollett has become synonymous with a hoax that underscored the larger cacophony of racism, homophobia, and political fissures in America.

Discovery: Al Capone's Chicago / 2003

Al Capone was born to Italian immigrant parents on January 17, 1899 in New York City. He moved to Chicago in 1919, and there he became a notable criminal figure and gangster. He played large parts in gambling, alcohol, and prostitution rackets. In 1925, after an assassination attempt on former head Johnny Torrio, Capone took control of the Chicago Outfit, of which he had served as the second in command. He was listed on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list, sold alcohol during the Prohibition era, planned the St. Valentine's Day massacre, and was eventually indicted and convicted of income tax evasion in 1931.