Stories by Julia Maish

When a boat nearly sinks due to sabotage, accusations fly around a fractured family. Are separated parents making a bid for time with their daughter? Is the grandmother trying to intervene?

As Christmas approaches, Pearl is asked to investigate a death by suicide even though most people doubt anything nefarious was involved.

When a historical reenactment goes wrong, Mike and Nikki are brought in to investigate. Pearl, of course, eventually also finds herself involved – including, more and more, with Mike. 

Mike investigates the attempted murder of a real estate agent while Pearl looks into the sudden appearances of anonymous gifts to elderly people in town.

These dessert potstickers feature a sweet filling that you can customize to your taste.

These coconut bunny cupcakes are easy to put together and you can even let your little one help. They’re sprinkled with shredded coconut to mimic bunny fur and the nose and eyes are made from candy and can be eaten, too!

Pearl Nolan is a restaurateur and amateur private detective who finds herself investigating the death of a friend and supplier, to the skepticism of the police.

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.

"We are profiling people who are actively intervening in violent conflicts, and also creating the conditions for peace in more subtle ways," says a producer of Firsthand: Peacekeepers.

Great Migrations: A People on the Move, a new four-part series hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., tells the story of African American movement over the 20th and 21st centuries. We spoke with the series producer/directors.

A new Chicago Stories documentary covers The Black Sox Scandal, in which Chicago White Sox players intentionally lost the 1919 World Series for a payout, and changed the game of baseball forever.

An all-new season of WTTW’s Chicago Stories kicks off with a look back at one of the most sinister true crime stories of the 20th century, which took place in Chicago 100 years ago: Leopold and Loeb's murder of a 14-year-old boy.

Chicago Stories: The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor tells the story of a Chicagoan who wouldn’t take no for an answer in his crusade for equal rights and fight for AIDS treatment for his community. The film’s producer-writer Dan Andries tells us more about Sotomayor’s life and work. 

In his new special Chicago Mysteries, Geoffrey Baer solves some of Chicago’s age-old mysteries involving a UFO sighting, a cemetery secret, and more. He sat down to offer up some behind-the-scenes intelligence. 

Bake challah at home with your kids, in a recipe from Arthur: Postcards from Buster.