Indie rocker Lucy Dacus performs this weekend in Millennium Park.

She is backed by the Chicago Philharmonic.

It’s a full circle moment of sorts.

HOST: LABUZ

Layoff notices went out to more than 15-hundred Chicago Public School staffers yesterday [wed]. This includes nearly 800 teachers.

And the cash-strapped district plans to furlough staff for five days when students aren’t in class to save money.

This is part of the budget plan for the school year that starts next month.

The deficit is 732 million dollars.

HOST: LABUZ

Is Chicago suddenly a bagel town? The heated rivalry between indie shops and Big Bagel.

HOST: LANE

After months of planning, America’s 250th birthday is here.

As celebrations look back across our nation’s history, one prominent work memorializes the words of the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.

Composer Aaron Copland captured Lincoln’s enduring wisdom in his 1942 work, “Lincoln Portrait.”

HOST: LANE

Over the last two decades, Chicago’s Far Southeast Side has seen steep growth in same-sex households.

That's according to an analysis of Census data by WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times.

HOST: LANE