Lifestyle
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Nonprofits get a boost from grant program in DuPage CountyOct 31, 2022 2:00 pm - A new partnership between DuPage County and a Downers Grove-based foundation is already making a difference in the lives of residents across the county. After DuPage re...
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Cameron Crowe's 'Almost Famous' rocks out on Broadway
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Composer Tom Kitt got a compliment the other day that any songwriter would sing about. A friend had seen his Broadway stage adaptation of Cameron Crowe's...
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Clea DuVall returns to 'High School' with duo Tegan and Sara
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - When actor, director, writer Clea DuVall met Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara 15 years ago, she became both friends with the twin sisters and a frequent creative co...
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Review: 'It's Not TV' account of HBO's rise and challenges
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œIt's Not TV: The Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO'ť by Felix Gillette and John Koblin (Viking) Streaming and on-demand services are so commonplace nowadays, one can ...
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Review: 'Someday, Maybe' earnestly embodies widow's grief
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œSomeday, Maybe'ť by Onyi Nwabineli (Graydon House Books) 'œSomeday, maybe'ť is a phrase that noncommittally encapsulates hopes and fears alike. It's a response that la...
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Review: 'The Revolutionary' chronicles key Founding Father
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Revolutionary: Samuel Adams'ť by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown and Co.) Aside from the namesake beer, Samuel Adams in many ways feels like the forgotten Founding Fa...
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Perfect 10: Taylor Swift sets Billboard Hot 100 first
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Taylor Swift scored a 10 out of 10 as she became the first artist in history to claim the top 10 slots of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with tracks...
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Review: Cormac McCarthy returns with cryptic 'The Passenger'
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Passenger'ť by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf) It's been 16 years since Cormac McCarthy released 'œThe Road'ť and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, cementing h...
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Retired Palatine teacher brings healing power of art to hospitalized teensOct 31, 2022 6:00 am - Shirley Forpe's love for art has led her to some interesting jobs. First as an art teacher at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, where she was also the department ch...
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New to streaming this week: Radcliffe gets weird, 'Causeway' and Phoenix
Oct 31, 2022 6:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week....