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Riding the Rails with Geoffrey Baer

For generations, seemingly all paths led through Chicago as trains carrying passengers, livestock, and freight crisscrossed the country. In a new WTTW special and companion website, Riding the Rails, lifelong train enthusiast Geoffrey Baer hops aboard all kinds of trains to tell the story of this essential mode of transport and how it shaped our city. Along the way, he uncovers clues all around us to railroads of the past, recalls the colorful characters who built them and the unsung workers who toiled on them, and reveals why our current rail system is just as vital to Chicago’s existence today.

Riding the Rails with Geoffrey Baer

NR 2026
Mike Vecchione: Live from the Stress Factory

Get ready for razor-sharp stand-up from one of the best joke writers in comedy. In his brand-new special, comedian Mike Vecchione delivers nonstop laughs in front of a packed house at the legendary Stress Factory in New Jersey. Mike tackles everything we’re all navigating in America right now: Cracker Barrel and Waffle House culture, the confusing nightmare of health insurance at 50, how to watch American politics, and being married to someone from the Midwest

Mike Vecchione: Live from the Stress Factory

8.0 2026
Swing Swish Sway

"Inspired by Rosalie 'Rose' Bamberger (1921-1990), the mixed-race Filipina American paintbrush maker and co-founder of the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) in 1955. When DOB shifted their focus to becoming the first US lesbian political rights organization, Rose and her partner Rosemary faded from the historical record. What they truly sought was a 'secret society for lesbians' -- a space to dance, drink, and dine without fear of police raids. The film presents Rose's unrealized vision -- a kaleidoscope of women swinging, playing, and dancing, intercut with celluloid fragments of potlucks and paintbrushes ... " (TT) Commissioned for Canyon Cinema's Print Generations project.

Swing Swish Sway

NR 2026