All Stories from June 11, 2024 (Change date)
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Andrew McCarthy hunts the ‘Brat Pack’ blowback in the documentary ‘Brats’Jun 11, 2024 2:26 pm - During the Reagan administration, rising star Andrew McCarthy was lumped into a group of young actors called the “Brat Pack.” Now, almost 40 years later, McCarthy hit the road to star in and direct his new Hulu documentary, “Brats,” trying to get a handle on the label.
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‘Tuesday’ flips the bird to Death in boldly visual work of magical surrealismJun 11, 2024 2:24 pm - This insanely quirky, deliciously dark venture into magical surrealism doesn’t exactly celebrate death, but testifies to its necessary and purposeful existence. “Tuesday” accomplishes this by focusing on a terminally ill teenager named Tuesday (Lola Petticrew) and the extreme measures her mother Zora (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) takes to clip Death’s wings.
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Country rock band Ginger Road at Izaak Walton Reserve on June 20Jun 11, 2024 2:24 pm - Hanover Township’s free Summer Concert Series will kick off on Thursday, June 20, at the Izaak Walton Reserve outdoor amphitheater, 899 Jay St., Elgin with a performance by Ginger Road at 7 p.m.
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New Tradition Chorus takes a staycationJun 11, 2024 2:07 pm - This summer, the New Tradition Chorus is hitting all the right notes as it gears up for a series of six performances across the local area.
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Illinois citizen lobbyists press for bold climate action in WashingtonJun 11, 2024 2:06 pm - Guest columnist Joe Tedino: I plan to be in Washington, D.C., this week with more than 30 other Illinois residents and about 1,000 people from all 50 states heading to Capitol Hill for hundreds of climate-focused meetings with lawmakers.
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Real-life brothers-in-law Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard play adversaries in ‘Presumed Innocent’Jun 11, 2024 2:00 pm - Occasionally, while filming an intense courtroom scene for his new series, Jake Gyllenhaal would catch his “Presumed Innocent” co-star Peter Sarsgaard glaring at him from...
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Covenant Living at the Holmstad to host 46th annual bazaar Sept. 21Jun 11, 2024 1:46 pm - Karen Luebers is one of the many artisans getting ready for the Holmstad’s Annual Bazaar on Sept. 21. She spins her own yarn and has been doing this for more than 40 years.
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‘We’re not in a recession’: Financial expert Terry Savage provides midyear economic update in SchaumburgJun 11, 2024 1:41 pm - Renowned financial expert Terry Savage explained how factors as diverse as the presidential election, two major wars, inflation, the stock market and job creation mig...
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Today’s editorial cartoonJun 11, 2024 1:12 pm -
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Putting down roots: Morton Arboretum helps communities plant more than 1,800 treesJun 11, 2024 1:01 pm - The Morton Arboretum is distributing $6.9 million in federally funded grants to help nearly two dozen communities throughout Illinois plant and care for trees. The city of Elgin, the Roselle Park District and the village of Streamwood are among the suburban grant recipients.