Columns
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Widescreen: Here's your chance to see cinema's original vampire 'Nosferatu' on the big screenOct 19, 2022 11:00 pm - Nine years before Bela Lugosi's "Dracula" made sweet music with the children of the night, Count Orlok's unforgettable, angular face and creepily long claws made their d...
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Goodman's superb 'Swing State' examines grief, loss in America's heartland while offering a glimmer of hopeOct 19, 2022 6:00 pm - "Swing State" - That Goodman Theatre's superb "Swing State" moves audiences from laughter to tears is no surprise. Plenty of plays do that. What is noteworthy ab...
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This Italian sausage tortellini soup offers savory warmth after a long blustery dayOct 19, 2022 6:00 am - Halloween is right around the corner, and it can be a busy day for those with young children. My children are grown, but I still remember many cold and blustery days of ...
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Sound check: Local H celebrates 'Zoo'; Marcus Mumford and Gogol Bordello hit townOct 19, 2022 6:00 am - Local H's 'Zoo' Rock band Local H, originally formed in Chicago's northern suburbs in the late 1980s, marks the 20th anniversary of its much-loved album "Here Comes the...
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Syndicated column: If you value journalism, support itOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - Gannett, publisher of USA Today and more than 200 newspapers including the one I work for, just announced more cost-cutting measures. I get that it's a simple business ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Will ESPN's "GameDay" continue to ignore the Bielema renaissance at Illinois?Oct 19, 2022 1:00 am - FOR THE FIRST TIME in a long time, University of Illinois football fans don't have to flip Big Ten-West standings upside down to see how their team is doing. The No. 18 ...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders says that without mental health and jobs programs, the Housing First programs fails homeless people.Oct 19, 2022 1:00 am - A not small percentage of homeless adults first experienced homelessness as children. The figure is 20% for homeless adults in Los Angeles, 18% for Seattle and Santa Cru...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: The Democratic Party's risk aversion is harming us allOct 18, 2022 1:00 am - Humans differ in how much risk they will accept. Thus, as an analyst I quoted in a recent column concluded, Russian President Vladimir Putin "was too risk-acceptant" in ...
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2021-2022 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award winnersOct 17, 2022 10:30 pm - The 54th Anniversary Joseph Jefferson Equity Award recipients are: • Production - Play (large) - The Dr. Harlan Haimes Award "Good Night, Oscar" - Goodman Theatre • Prod...
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Suburban Mosaic: Huntley teen helps supply laptops to students in need globallyOct 17, 2022 5:30 am - Huntley High School sophomore Ariana Patel was inspired to help students without access to computers across the globe when her grandfather shared the challenges of start...