Columns
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Sound check: The Venue's birthday week, Bollweevils release showMay 24, 2023 6:00 am - The Venue's birthday This week, The Venue (21 S. Broadway Ave., Aurora) marks its fourth anniversary bringing live music to Aurora. The Pete Ellman Big Band shares Tuesd...
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With outdoor gatherings on tap, these smooth and savory dips make plenty to shareMay 24, 2023 6:00 am - Graduations, barbecues, housewarmings, pool parties and more are perfect occasions for bringing food to share. Whenever I have company, I love to have dips for grazing o...
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Overly long 'Little Mermaid' remake is far less fun than its 1989 animated originalMay 24, 2023 6:00 am - “The Little Mermaid” - ★ ★ Just wondering: Why do all the superbly detailed underwater scenes with CGI production designs look like outtakes from “Avatar: The Way of Wa...
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Jim O'Donnell: Once upon a time in Cleveland, Jim Brown was the NFL's perfect gentlemanMay 24, 2023 1:00 am - THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL SPORTS EVENT that a wee Irishman from suburban Cleveland ever attended was a long ago NFL game between the Browns and visiting Washington. Jim Bro...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Why women in the workplace are stuckMay 24, 2023 1:00 am - If it feels like women's progress in the workplace is stuck, that's because it is. In 2002, women earned 80 cents for every dollar earned by men. Last year, after 20 yea...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: The Russia collusion hoax: unpatriotic?May 23, 2023 1:00 am - The report of special counsel John Durham is, or ought to be, devastating for anyone who has put any credence in what has now been definitively revealed to be the Russia...
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Guest columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: I'm no Martha Stewart. I just want to leave my vanity in the pastMay 23, 2023 1:00 am - Martha Stewart is on the cover of Sports Illustrated at 81 years old, and whether you love it or hate it, everyone is talking about it. Bathing suit shopping is easily o...
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Suburban Mosaic: Buffalo Grove Pride parade returns June 4May 22, 2023 5:30 am - The Pinta Pride Project, an LGBTQ+ awareness and support nonprofit, will host its Buffalo Grove Pride Parade and Picnic on June 4. Since 2019, the free, family-friendly ...
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'Emergency, emergency, emergency': Witnesses detail fatal Metra crash one year agoMay 22, 2023 5:30 am - By Marni Pyke mpyke@dailyherald.com The time that elapsed between a truck freezing on a rail crossing in Clarendon Hills and its collision with a Metra BNSF Line train w...
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Hub Arkush: Why the Bears could be a breakout team in 2023May 22, 2023 1:00 am - After starting the season with a 19-10 victory over the 49ers - who ended their season in the NFC title game - and then climbing to 2-1 with a 23-20 win over the Texans ...