Lifestyle Stories from April 28, 2016 (Change date)
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Lombard ready to bloom with Lilac Time eventsApr 28, 2016 6:00 am - If you're not a Lombardian, you might not understand all the hype around the village's historic Lilac Time. But there's a simple solution if you just don't get it: Take...
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Playstation premise doesn't pay off for 'Ratchet'Apr 28, 2016 6:00 am - If have young kids, you've probably lowered your expectations for acceptable family-friendly entertainment. From the sea of animated options, you know that few movies wi...
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Constable: No Arrieta fans in Spanish town of ArrietaApr 28, 2016 5:23 am - Since everything started clicking for him last summer, Cubs ace Jake Arrieta continues to rack up eye-popping statistics that separate him from the rest of the pitchers ...
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Half-baked comedy 'Dough' fails to riseApr 28, 2016 5:15 am - The title "Dough" offers a double meaning in John Goldschmidt's stylistically unstable culture-clash comedy about an old-school Jewish baker, curmudgeonly widower Nat Da...
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Insipid, tasteless 'Mother's Day' comedy a waste of talentApr 28, 2016 5:15 am - Warning: Side effects of watching Garry Marshall's "Mother's Day" may include, but are not limited to, symptoms similar to an overdose of artificial sweeteners. I can't ...
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Reel life: 'Meddler' creator talks truth, mom and griefApr 28, 2016 5:00 am - Actress, writer, director Lorene Scafaria, 37, is best known for her bitey adapted screenplay to “Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.” In 2012, Scafaria, Lemont native Dia...
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'Papa' not a novel approach to Hemingway or his workApr 28, 2016 5:00 am - Bob Yari's "Papa: Hemingway in Cuba" is the first Hollywood movie to be shot in Cuba since its 1959 revolution, It's such an emotionally vacant and sterile work of drama...
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Former Cubs, Sox stars to play charity game in SchaumburgApr 28, 2016 1:00 am - Former Chicago Cubs and White Sox stars including Ozzie Guillen, Jermaine Dye, Lee Smith and Bill Madlock, will take the field at Boomers Stadium in Schaumburg later thi...
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Q&A: What ex-journalist who covered child abuse says about preventing itApr 28, 2016 1:00 am - The question gnaws at Britten Follett every single day: What happened to Kelsey Smith-Briggs? More than a decade after she began covering Kelsey's murder, the former bro...
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How Naperville 'edible forest garden' provides all it needs to growApr 28, 2016 1:00 am - In Naperville's first public edible forest garden, everything is planted for a reason. Some plants exist to attract bees and make sure other plants are pollinated. Some...