Culture

In 2022, the son of a former dictator ran with the daughter of the controversial outgoing president to lead the Philippines. We spoke to the filmmaker of And So It Begins, which follows the election.

Antidote follows a journalist who has exposed alleged Russian assassins – and faced threats to his life as a result, as the filmmaker explained on a recent trip to Chicago.

Spotlighting tiny creatures of the natural world, a man who helped usher in today's image culture, a new series about Jane Austen, and more. 

This May, Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a series of engaging programming on WTTW. 

From the little-known architect to the over 375,000 terra cotta pieces on the facade, the pioneering radio stations and extraordinary designers that worked there, The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon tells the stories of one of Chicago's most famous buildings. 

From snorkeling to a shipwreck to fishing in the lake, observing NASCAR to a rodeo, Geoffrey Baer explores Chicago's lakefront and all it has to offer in his latest special.

For nearly a decade, contemporary artist Lincoln Schatz has captured the landscape of Lake Michigan, its many seasons, and its changing nature.

Chicago’s own Matt Schulien took magic from the street corner to an actual bar in the twentieth century, and the tradition continues in some spots today. 

Take our March news quiz now to test your knowledge of headlines across Chicago and the rest of the state this month. 

Geoffrey Baer tours Chicago's lakefront in a new special, musical and theatrical icons Liza Minelli and Austin City Limits are celebrated, and historian Simon Schama looks back on the Holocaust.

The federal government recently included two of the Mies van der Rohe-designed buildings in Federal Center, with its iconic Calder sculpture, in a list of properties to sell.

WTTW host, writer, and producer Geoffrey Baer has been named the recipient of the University Club of Chicago Cultural Award, joining the likes of Studs Terkel, Roger Ebert, and more.

Growing threats to this funding for PBS stations across the country put access to essential local programming and services at risk. That’s why WTTW is joining the effort on Thursday, March 6 for Protect My Public Media Day.

A history of the fight for passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a look at the Los Angeles fires, plenty of new seasons of dramas and mysteries, and more. 

Women's History Month on WTTW features new programs, including a documentary on the women of World War II, an investigation of England’s first woman monarch, a profile of writer Liz Carpenter, and more.