Lifestyle Stories from April 7, 2022 (Change date)
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First place, Poetry - 'Luncheon in South Garden of the Art Institute of Chicago'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - I lunch among strangers gathered to the sound of splashing, collapsing water spears not quite drowning the sirens, motors on Michigan Avenue. Prone upon the pool edge, ...
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Third place, Poetry - 'The Oracle'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - When my belly was stretched and rounded with you at nearly full-term, a tanned and bearded Greek man with sparkling white teeth would approach, kneel down and press in....
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First place, Visual Art - 'The Husk'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - Judge's comment: This haunting figure evokes strong emotions while raising questions about the fragility of our bodies and alluding to a dystopian narrative. The artist ...
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Honorable mention, Prose — 'Masquerade'Apr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - “Higher! Push me higher!” Elissa's shrill eight-year-old voice cut through the damp morning air. She shrieked as she flew back and forth on a wooden swing. Behind her, h...
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CASA of McHenry County participates in National Child Abuse Prevention MonthApr 07, 2022 11:00 pm - April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Each year, over 600,000 children in the United States experience abuse or neglect, ushering many of them into the foster ...
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Sarah Jessica Parker sidelined as Broadway fights virusApr 07, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The second shoe has dropped at 'œPlaza Suite'ť on Broadway. First Matthew Broderick tested positive for COVID-19 and a few days later his wife and co-sta...
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NOAA: Potent heat-trapping methane increases at record paceApr 07, 2022 7:00 am - Global atmospheric levels of the potent but short-lived greenhouse gas methane increased a record amount last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s...
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Dolphins' playful social habits form bonds, but spread virusApr 07, 2022 7:00 am - REEDVILLE, Va. (AP) - Three young male dolphins simultaneously break the water's surface to breathe - first exhaling, then inhaling - before slipping back under the wave...
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Key particle weighs in a bit heavy, confounding physicistsApr 07, 2022 7:00 am - The grand explanation physicists use to describe how the universe works may have some major new flaws to patch after a fundamental particle was found to have more mass t...
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Ansel Elgort takes on Japan mafia in HBO drama seriesApr 07, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The HBO Max drama series 'œTokyo Vice'ť takes the perennial story of a novice reporter on the police beat but places it in the bustling exotic landscape of ...