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Matt Arado

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Matt Arado is a part-time writer at the Daily Herald who focuses primarily on music coverage and feature stories for the paper's weekend entertainment section, TimeOut! He also works on Saturdays in the Daily Herald's Lisle office as the daytime DuPage County reporter.

Arado joined the Daily Herald's local news staff in 1999. He covered several beats while on staff, including the communities of Bartlett, Hanover Park and Mount Prospect.

In 2006, he starting splitting his time between writing feature stories for the paper and working on the daytime copy desk. He specialized in stories about pop culture, and in 2007 launched a popular DVD review column.

He was named to the Daily Herald's new Suburban Edge reporting staff in 2008, covering education and pop culture. In 2009, Arado switched to a part-time schedule so he could pursue a master's degree in fiction writing and teaching at Columbia College Chicago.

Arado has received a number of awards for his writing during his career, the most recent being a 2009 award from The Associated Press for a feature story about suburban record stores. He graduated from Lawrence University with a degree in English. He grew up in West suburban La Grange, and now lives in Chicago. Follow him on Facebook at facebook.com/matthew.arado.

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Dist. 57 OKs administrative contracts, raises

May 24 2012 | 6:22 pm - Mount Prospect Elementary District 57 leaders have approved raises for a number of administrators, efffective July 1. The raises come after two years in which administrator salaries were frozen in the district.

Music notes: Red Hot Chili Peppers energize the Allstate

May 23 2012 | 2:04 pm - The Red Hot Chili Peppers have spent their nearly 30-year career going from musical bad boys to elder statesmen. Though singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea and the other members are now well into middle age, the band still tries to live up to the...

American milestones celebrated at Lombard’s annual Lilac Parade

May 21 2012 | 4:22 pm - On a day when the Cubs clashed with the White Sox and protesters clashed with police in Chicago, all was peaceful and harmonious in Lombard during Sunday's annual Lilac Parade. The theme of this year's parade was "American Milestones," and floats...

Music notes: Vanilla Ice visits Viper Alley

May 17 2012 | 7:29 am - Admit it, you danced to Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" back in the day. The rockin' hip-hop artist is playing a show at Viper Alley in Lincolnshire Friday. And classic rock powerhouse Blue Oyster Cult makes a stop at the Arcada Theatre Friday.

Huge garage sale sets up shop in Mount Prospect

May 16 2012 | 10:04 pm - Hundreds of Mount Prospect residents will be selling toys, furniture, bicycles and other items this weekend during the 19th annual Mount Prospect Villagewide Garage Sale, which runs Friday through Sunday. Organizers say more than 500 homes are...

Families enjoy Mother's Day concert in Lombard

May 13 2012 | 4:58 pm - Dozens of people attended a big band concert in sun-drenched Lilacia Park Sunday. Bill O'Connell's Chicago Skyline Big Band performed at the Lombard park while the audience enjoyed Sunday's great weather.

Mount Prospect writer's new novel getting positive reviews

May 13 2012 | 10:26 am - Improvisation is a concept usually associated with the performing arts, like sketch comedy or music. But what if that approach was applied to a novel? Mount Prospect resident Rick Kaempfer decided to find out. He and Brendan Sullivan, a longtime...

Mother's Day race helps homeless families

May 13 2012 | 4:52 pm - Women of all ages gathered in downtown Hinsdale on Sunday for Run Like A Mother, an annual 5K race designed to empower women and mothers while raising money for Bridge Communities, a DuPage County organization that helps homeless families transition...

Mount Prospect expands events, aims to draw more crowds downtown

May 10 2012 | 4:11 pm - Mount Prospect has expanded its list of summertime activities in the downtown area in an effort to draw attention (and people) to the central part of the village. The changes include adding a second night to the village's Midsummer Downtown Block...

Music notes: Eric Church stops in Hoffman Estates

May 07 2012 | 3:25 pm - Rising country-music star Eric Church makes a stop in Hoffman Estates this weekend in support of his Grammy-nominated 2011 album, "Chief."

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