Columns
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Presidential feast: 3 recipes from past U.S. leaders make a festive holiday menuFeb 15, 2023 5:00 am - Mattress makers and appliance sellers may be the only ones who celebrate Presidents Day. Let's change that. Kids love making as much as they do eating the three dishes o...
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Sound check: Jeff Schaller's new release; Out Cold 4 at PiazzaFeb 15, 2023 5:00 am - Jeff Schaller 'For Keeps' Need a pick-me-up? Jeff Schaller's "Reckless Life" release from two years ago chronicles a life on the move. And his newest album with band The...
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Chef shares his melting-pot childhood and love of foodFeb 15, 2023 5:00 am - Chef Christian “Lucke” Bell grew up in what he describes as the cultural melting pot of Evanston, where he was blessed to be welcomed into the homes of friends from mult...
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After 200 columns, Words on Birds writer continues to educate and entertainFeb 15, 2023 5:00 am - Last month I presented to the DuPage Birding Club, filling an hour with stories from this column. Amazingly, some audience members stayed awake until the end. As Words o...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Dismiss Biden at your political perilFeb 15, 2023 12:00 am - Let's face it, when Fox News gives a Democrat a B+, you know they really delivered an exceptional performance. That was the grade the rabidly right-wing media network ga...
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The road to entrepreneurship is seldom straight, but it can be very rewardingFeb 15, 2023 12:00 am - My grandmother owned and operated a neighborhood grocery store, Ruby's, on the west side of Chicago for decades. At 85 years young, she opened her second business - a co...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: IOU USA: We're all to blameFeb 14, 2023 12:00 am - We're all guilty. President Joe Biden is guilty. Former President Donald Trump was guilty. Both parties are guilty. I am guilty, and you are, too. We all are guilty, bec...
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Boop-oop-a-doop: New Betty Boop musical premieres this fall in ChicagoFeb 13, 2023 10:00 pm - Grammy Award-winning composer/producer David Foster ("After the Love Has Gone," "Hard to Say I'm Sorry," "I Have Nothing") and Tony Award-winning choreographer Jerry Mit...
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Paramount's 'Into the Woods' beautiful to behold, marvelous to hearFeb 13, 2023 10:00 pm - “Into the Woods” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Once upon a time. With those words, Larry Yando's beaming Narrator welcomed Paramount Theatre's opening-night audience to “Into the Woods,” t...
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Tollway chief talks about Bears, turnover and constructionFeb 13, 2023 4:30 am - It's been a tumultuous year at the Illinois tollway, with four top leaders flying out the doors. New Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse says her feet are firmly planted...