Columns
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Spotlight: 'Cymbeline' in the parks and roller-skating tuner 'Xanadu' closes Metropolis seasonJul 07, 2023 6:00 am - Free Shakespeare Midsommer Flight stages “Cymbeline,” William Shakespeare's tale that includes star-crossed lovers, mistaken identity and lost children reunited. The tal...
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How serving and protecting Lake Zurich became the family businessJul 07, 2023 5:30 am - Keeping Lake Zurich safe is the Parlberg family business. And business is growing. Trace Parlberg in June became the third generation of his family sworn to serve and pr...
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Sound check: Lee DeWyze's hometown show, David Sarkis under the starsJul 06, 2023 9:00 am - David Sarkis and Friends David Sarkis and his soaring style of acoustic music kicks off this summer's Arts on the Green series on the grounds of St. Mary's Episcopa...
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Widescreen: How you can accept Cruise's 'Mission' three days earlyJul 06, 2023 6:00 am - Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" opens Wednesday, July 12, but that actually means that showtimes start around 2 p.m. the previous day - just...
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In the dock: A discredited court may be a harbinger of worse to comeJul 06, 2023 1:00 am - One of the things that do not seem to have been made great again by former President Donald Trump is Americans' respect for the Supreme Court. Yanked hard to the hard ri...
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'Notorious RBG' and a liberal Supreme Court disasterJul 06, 2023 1:00 am - The last year has shown the power of a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court. Conservatives had a 5-4 majority for years and were not able to overturn Roe v. Wa...
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Need a reason to go to the theater? Drury Lane's masterful revival of the farcical thriller '39 Steps' is the answerJul 05, 2023 4:00 pm - “The 39 Steps” - ★ ★ ★ ½ As the applause died down opening night of Drury Lane Theatre's merry revival of “The 39 Steps,” my seatmate turned to me, beaming. “This is the...
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Take a chilled yogurt soup to the next level with rosesJul 05, 2023 6:00 am - I've got to say raisins, and rose petals are not my go-to soup ingredients. However, a classic Iranian soup, Abdoogh Khiar, made with yogurt and mint, sounded intriguing...
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Come along to explore new flavors on the U.S. wine sceneJul 05, 2023 6:00 am - Do any of my readers have a sweet tooth? If so, step into a time machine and imagine biting into the first chocolate chip cookie, chewy-gooey and warm, straight from Rut...
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O'Donnell: Fight over Bears at Arlington Park grows as CDI sends statue to SaratogaJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - BATTLE LINES ARE BEING intensified between some residents of Arlington Heights and elected village officials over the specter of the Chicago Bears building a new sta...