Lisa Dent

Treetime Christmas Creations and WGN Radio celebrate their Kickoff to Christmas with prizes, music, peppermint bark from Anderson’s Candy and holiday cheer! Owner, Laurie Kane joins the show to highlight the origins of Treetime and shows what her business has to offer in terms of Christmas decorations, including both warm and colorful Christmas lights, angel toppers, and even an upside down tree.

PAWS Chicago also stops by with loving puppies looking for a new forever home. Their founder, Paula Fasseas sits with Lisa and shares the reality of why the creation of PAWS Chicago was needed in order to prevent more animals from being euthanized.

Then, Chicago Culinary Kitchen‘s “Special Ops” Manager, Jay Goldberg joins the program to talk about their special Thanksgiving catering menu available for pre-order until November 15th.

Dave Plier, Chairman, President and CEO of the Museum of Broadcast Communications joins the program to invite listeners out to MBC as they host a live holiday radio performance of Miracle on 34th Street on December 20th featuring some of your favorite voices from TV and radio. To learn more go to museum.tv.

Later, the audience gets to enjoy the music stylings of both John Vincent as well as Elvis (Corey McKinney) and Johnny Cash (Michael Potter) from Paramount Theatre‘s Million Dollar Quartet.

• Christmas Kickoff at Treetime Christmas Creations. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• The whole crew broadcasting live at Treetime Christmas Creations. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• The showroom at Treetime Christmas Creations (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Wendy Snyder working the crowd at Treetime Christmas Creations. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Corey McKinney (Elvis Presley) and Michael Potter (Johnny Cash) from Paramount Theatre’s Million Dollar Quartet. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Corey McKinney (Elvis Presley) and Michael Potter (Johnny Cash) from Paramount Theatre’s Million Dollar Quartet performing. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Corey McKinney (Elvis Presley) and Michael Potter (Johnny Cash) from Paramount Theatre’s Million Dollar Quartet performing live. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Corey McKinney (Elvis Presley), Lisa Dent and Michael Potter (Johnny Cash) live at Treetime Christmas Creations (WGN Radio/Ashley Bihun)
• Corey McKinney (Elvis Presley), Wendy Snyder and Michael Potter (Johnny Cash) live at Treetime Christmas Creations (WGN Radio/Ashley Bihun)
• Wendy Snyder and an audience member (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• An ornament a listener made for WGN Radio. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• PAWS Chicago with an adorable puppy up for adoption. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Anderson’s Candy Shop handing out Peppermint bark to the live audience. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Wendy Snyder, Chicago Culinary Kitchen’s “Special Ops” Manager Jay Goldberg holding one of their infamous turkeys and Lisa Dent live at Treetime Christmas Creations (WGN Radio/Ashley Bihun)
• Lisa Dent with the leg of the turkey brought in by the Chicago Culinary Kitchen (WGN Radio/Ashley Bihun)
• Ashley Bihun and Drew Harris proudly displaying the food from Chicago Culinary Kitchen. (M. Boyle/WGN Radio)
• Wendy Snyder and Ashley Bihun sharing the amazing food from Chicago Culinary Kitchen. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• The crowd picking up pizza from our friends at Lou Malnati’s. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• The whole crew at Treetime Christmas Creations. Lisa Dent, Bob Kessler, Mary VandeVelde, Wendy Snyder and Kevin Powell. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Santa petting one of the puppies from PAWS Chicago. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Live from Treetime Christmas Creations. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Lisa Dent with Bob Kessler playing his harmonica. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Wendy Snyder giving Santa her Christmas list to Santa. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Santa discussing some very important things with Wendy Snyder (K. Moss/WGN Radio)
• Bob Kessler playing his harmonica. With Lisa Dent, Mary VandeVelde, Wendy Snyder and Kevin Powell. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Laurie Kane, owner of Treetime Christmas Creations. (K. Moss/WGN Radio)
• Laurie Kane, owner of Treetime Christmas Creations, with WGN Radio’s General Manager, Mary Boyle. (K. Moss/WGN Radio)
• Dancers from Barrington Dance Ensemble’s Nutcracker. (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• A dancer from Barrington Dance Ensemble’s Nutcracker. (K. Moss/WGN Radio)
• Dancers from Barrington Dance Ensemble’s Nutcracker. (K. Moss/WGN Radio)
• John Vincent performing at our Christmas Kickoff at Treetime Christmas Creations (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• John Vincent performing at our Christmas Kickoff at Treetime Christmas Creations (K. Quinn/WGN Radio)
• Wendy Snyder, John Vincent and Lisa Dent live at Treetime Christmas Creations (WGN Radio/Ashley Bihun)

Director of GainPeace Dr. Sabeel Ahmed joins the Lisa Dent to highlight his organization’s collaboration with the Muslim Community Center where the mosque will be open on Saturday, November 7th from 12:00pm to 2:30pm to everyone would like to come and learn about the faith. They are doing this to combat the Islamophobia that has only increased over the course of the midterm race.

Host for the Blackhawks Pre- and Post-Game shows on WGN Radio Charlie Roumeliotis joins Lisa Dent to give his analysis on the team as they prepare to go up against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Thursday evening at 6:00pm CT.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including Adam Driver announcing who he will be playing in Heat 2, squatting was named the number one exercises to do as you get older, and Kenny Loggins’ life might end up becoming the topic of a new musical.

Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini joins the Lisa Dent Show to answer listeners’ home project questions. Today, he shares tips on getting rid of mice, remedying a stained bath fitter, and proper vent manipulation.

Karen Conti, Partner at Conti & Dolan, LLC, joins Lisa Dent to address Governor of California, Gavin Newsom’s decision to commute the sentences of the state’s 548 death row inmates. Later, they discuss how all of the Cook County Circuit Court judges are on course to win retention.

Ron Brown, news anchor for WGN Radio, joins Lisa Dent to dish out some Brownie Points. This week he reviews the Sylvester Stallone biopic I Play Rocky as well as Wild Horse Nine starring John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, and Steve Buscemi.

Elevate your holiday hosting without spending a fortune. Lisa Dent has some tips from our friends at Uncharted on simple, budget-friendly ways to style a memorable holiday tablescape using layered elements, natural accents, and pieces you already have at home. Take a listen, then browse the link below to shop inspiring decor ideas straight from their store!

Uncharted has six locations across Illinois: Arlington Heights, Geneva, Oak Brook, Orland Park, Wheaton, and Wilmette. Visit them at uncharted.com and use code WGN30 to get 30% off one regularly priced item!

Laurie Kane, Founder of Treetime Christmas Creations, joins Lisa Dent to highlight the Kickoff to Christmas remote broadcast happening Friday, November 6th from 2pm to 6pm at Treetime, located at 22102 N Pepper Road in Lake Barrington, IL.

Founder of the Hearing Health Center Dr. Ronna Fisher joins Lisa Dent to discuss how John Mellencamp stated how he’ll be completely deaf by the time his tour comes to an end. Despite the inevitable impairment to his hearing, he still refuses to purchase a hearing aid for fear of becoming dependent on it.