Denise Tomasello joins Rick Kogan to talk about her career and her upcoming “I’m Still Here” concert on Saturday at Park West.

Candace Jordan joins Rick Kogan to talk about her life and upcoming events for the summer.

Singer Spider Saloff joins Rick Kogan to explore her career, her new CD “From Broadway to Jazz,” and her May 26 performance at Winter’s Jazz Club.

Bill Marovitz joins Rick Kogan to talk about his efforts to have a street named for director William Friedkin, on Monday, June 10th at the corner of Ridge and Ardmore in front of Senn High School.

Peter McDowell and poet narrator Lasana D. Kazembe join Rick Kogan to talk about “Paul Robeson: Man of the People New Jazz Poetry Opera,” free on June 7th at Hamilton Park District.

Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow joins Rick Kogan to talk about the new special “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book, “Young at Heart: 101 Tales of Dynamic Aging,” that features her story “Would You Like to Dance?”

Hana Bleue Chaussette joins Rick Kogan to talk about her “Unsung Heroes of Uptown,” an exhibition of her portraits of notable Uptown residents–Studs Terkel and others–on dozens of bus shelters in Uptown and elsewhere around town for three months of public viewing and forever online.

Madeline Crispell, Curator of the Chicago Maritime Museum, joins Rick Kogan to talk about two new exhibits, the Lady Elgin disaster and Black sailor Bill Pinkney, both opening Friday night. For more information visit chicagomaritimemuseum.org.

Ben Tanzer joins Rick Kogan to talk about his latest book, “The Missing,” his other activities and pursuits, and his podcast, “This Podcast Will Change Your Life.”

Singer Libby York, joins Rick Kogan to talk about her new CD “Quartet: Swing Me a Story: The Art of the Lyric” and her appearance for two shows on May 9 at Winter’s Jazz Club, with her quartet and special guest, trombonist Russ Phillips.