Columns
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Blood on many Memphis hands: To be Black at a traffic stopFeb 02, 2023 12:00 am - A 21st-century policing pattern has emerged from Freddie Gray in Baltimore, George Floyd in Minneapolis and now the death of a young man, Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennes...
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Late artistic director's spirit animates First Folio's 'And Neither Have I Wings to Fly'Feb 01, 2023 5:00 pm - “And Neither Have I Wings to Fly” - ★ ★ ★ ½ From story to staging, the spirit of the late Alison C. Vesely animates First Folio Theatre's “And Neither Have I Wings to Fl...
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It's time to make chardonnay your winter white wineFeb 01, 2023 5:00 am - There's a good reason to make chardonnay your winter white wine, and that reason is butter. Butter as in lobster dipped in butter, poultry and seafood sauteed in butter,...
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Sound check: Catch the classics of Jim Peterik at Hey NonnyFeb 01, 2023 5:00 am - Jim Peterik Berwyn-born Jim Peterik, the singer/songwriter/producer behind The Ides Of March and some of Survivor and 38 Special's biggest hits, heads to Hey Nonny's lis...
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Jim O'Donnell: Both "The Score" and AM-1000 remain lost in spaceFeb 01, 2023 12:00 am - TAKE ONE FLOUNDERING CAPTIVE SPORTS CITY and mix in two feeble sports talk radio stations and what's the result? Like Billy Preston once sang, "Nothin' from nothin' leav...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: The Joe Biden-Hunter Biden scandal convergenceFeb 01, 2023 12:00 am - Republicans have long said the Hunter Biden laptop scandal is really a Joe Biden story. Now, it looks like the Joe Biden classified documents scandal is also a Hunter Bi...
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Syndicated columnist Elwood Watson: What the Tyre Nichols case tells us about racismFeb 01, 2023 12:00 am - The death of Black people at the hands of law enforcement has become so commonplace that it's easy to feel both outraged and psychologically numb. Over the past few deca...
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End of an era: Oak Brook's First Folio Theatre bids farewellJan 31, 2023 10:00 pm - When First Folio Theatre executive director David Rice announced the closing of the company he and his late wife, Alison C. Vesely, founded 26 years ago, he said he hope...
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Guest columnist Eliot Clay: Clean, affordable, reliable energy is best for state's futureJan 30, 2023 10:00 pm - As a critical energy hub in the heartland, Illinois must have a reliable grid to ensure Americans and Prairie State residents have access to power all year, regardless o...
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Chicago teen adds to impressive acting resume with poignant 'Dear Edward' on Apple TV+Jan 30, 2023 10:00 pm - Young Chicago actor Maxwell Jenkins' time as Jordan Adler on the set of “Dear Edward,” a drama series from “Friday Night Lights” producer Jason Katims that premieres Fri...