Lifestyle Stories from March 5, 2020 (Change date)
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Review: `Deacon King Kong' has many plot twistsMar 05, 2020 10:05 am - 'œDeacon King Kong: a Novel," Riverhead Books, by James McBride James McBride's sumptuous new novel, 'œDeacon King Kong,'ť opens as a crime drama when an aging drunk kno...
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Review: `The Jetsetters' is story of a dysfunctional familyMar 05, 2020 12:05 pm - 'œThe Jetsetters: a Novel," Ballantine Books, by Amanda Eyre Ward Family vacations abroad can be an experience of a lifetime for some families. For others, the thought o...
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'Onward' lacks Pixar's usual movie magic, but still casts a spellMar 07, 2020 6:59 am - “Onward” - ★ ★ ★ Many of us, when we walk into a new Pixar movie, expect nothing short of excellence. But is that really fair? After all, Pixar is a company - not a dir...
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Ben Affleck gives winning performance in quiet drama 'The Way Back'Mar 13, 2020 10:00 am - There is nothing particularly extraordinary about director Gavin O'Connor's “The Way Back,” except perhaps for Ben Affleck's performance. This is a quiet drama about a l...
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'Hope Gap' offers largely forgettable tale of dissolving marriageMar 07, 2020 6:51 am - No actor portrays flinty, defiant intelligence better than Annette Bening. Self-possessed, often to an intense degree, her characters can, at times, seem intimidating — ...
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Lucky Rail Run Train Crawl Saturday raises funds for veteransMar 08, 2020 10:00 am - A chance to ride the rails and consume some cocktails while lending a helping hand to veterans is coming up Saturday, March 7, when TLS Veterans presents its second annu...
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'Wendy' offers a transporting new take on the classic Peter PanMar 13, 2020 10:00 am - A Peter Pan story told from Wendy's perspective sounds either too precious to be true or ripe for a skewering. But in the hands of the filmmakers behind “Beasts of the S...
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Ecologists are studying elusive river otter in Lake CountyMar 07, 2020 7:01 am - Ecologists are studying elusive river otter in Lake County
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Dog treat fundraiser in Lombard to help Australian animalsMar 06, 2020 4:56 pm - In the world of Madison Elementary School in Lombard, a bulldog mascot, dog treats, research, experimentation, Trader Joe's and animal victims of wildfires in Australia ...
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Grammy-nominated teacher using prize money to launch charity initiativeMar 10, 2020 6:16 am - Coming off her Grammy Award nomination for being one of the top music educators in the country, a Buffalo Grove High School teacher is launching her next major initiativ...