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Fine acting in newly adapted 'Seagull' ensures Steppenwolf's legacyMay 13, 2022 3:00 pm - “Seagull” - ★ ★ ★ ½ The first act of Steppenwolf Theatre's “Seagull” is standard Steppenwolf. Robust and practiced, it is a solid piece of theater by director Yasen Peya...
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Spotlight: Broken Nose stages sci-fi drama 'After the Blast'May 13, 2022 6:00 am - Immigration tale For his new musical, Brian Quijada looked to his mother, whose real-life story about crossing from El Salvador to the U.S. inspired his show "Somewhere ...
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Creative Sewing & Quilting in Geneva marks 25 years as a hot spot for quiltersMay 13, 2022 6:00 am - Not many businesses have an interior adorned with colorful quilts showcasing butterflies, flowers, a chart of the ABCs, or the St. Joseph Lighthouse along the Great Lake...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: She walks out the doorMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - I am not frail. I go to a gym. I lift weights. I walk pretty fast. I carry in the groceries when my wife, Deborah, comes back from the market. We live in a second-floor ...
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Bernie Lincicome: Gambling and White Sox don't seem like they go togetherMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - A statement released by the White Sox, the team that threw the 1919 World Series, announced that it is now a proud partner of gamblers. Say it ain't so, Jerry. Our old f...
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Five years later, here's what's been done to prevent another deadly hospital standoffMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - Five years ago, the seemingly unthinkable happened at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva. A Kane County jail inmate, hospitalized after surgery, disarmed th...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Supreme intimidationMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - Let's call the mass gatherings held outside the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh what they are: They're not protests; th...
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IceHogs defenseman Ian Mitchell has his eyes on the prize: A return to the BlackhawksMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - The road to becoming a successful NHL defenseman is rarely a smooth one. It's a lesson many of the Rockford IceHogs are learning as they attempt to one day carve out a c...
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Feder: Dual debates keep GOP candidates for governor apartMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - In a conflict that should have been avoided, two Chicago TV stations have scheduled live in-studio debates among Republican candidates for Illinois governor on the same ...
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Ellis School in Elgin celebrates its 70th anniversary with games, tours, tree plantingMay 12, 2022 6:00 am - Ellis Middle school in Elgin is 70 years old. To commemorate that milestone - and the many changes through the years - the staff of the Near East Side school planned an ...