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Spotlight: Buffalo Theatre Ensemble stages Jane Austen-inspired 'Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley'Nov 14, 2023 10:00 pm - 'Christmas at Pemberley' Mary Bennet, the bookish younger sister to Jane Austen's Lizzie Darcy, embarks upon a holiday romance in "Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberl...
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Forgetting, and how we fight the war to end warNov 14, 2023 12:00 am - You went to work if you had to. You grocery shopped, maybe. You made love or ate soup or had a drink in the evening. It was Veterans Day, which was once Armistice Day, a...
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After breaking the bank for Counsell, will Cubs' spending spree continue?Nov 14, 2023 12:00 am - If you do the math, it looks like everything is adding up for the Cubs. In 2019 they had the second-highest payroll in baseball at nearly $195 million. The year before, ...
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When a political cartoon, or any idea, strikes a nerveNov 14, 2023 12:00 am - For nearly the past week, a torrent of complaint messages have inundated my email along with that of other Daily Herald editors and executives and of our fencepost@daily...
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Congress can redeem itself by calling for helpNov 14, 2023 12:00 am - There's much talk today about the need for a fiscal commission. The House Budget Committee held a hearing about it a few weeks ago. Pundits are Substacking about whether...
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Turkey trotting? Here's our 2023 holiday travel preview - with a side of stressNov 13, 2023 4:00 am - Experts predict a blockbuster Thanksgiving travel week with all COVID-19 restraints thrown out the window. Here's what to expect on trains, planes and automobiles next w...
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Leading lady gives showstopping turn in Marriott's heartfelt 'Beautiful'Nov 13, 2023 4:00 am - YouTube So primed was the audience for Marriott Theatre's first Chicago-made production of #8220;Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,#8221; they began applauding before K...
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Suburban houses of worship look to beef up security amid rising hate crimesNov 13, 2023 4:00 am - Some suburban houses of worship are looking to beef up security amid a rise in hate crimes and incidents of Islamophobia and antisemitism. The Illinois Emergency Managem...
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Of curses, and QBs. The Bears have one, but still waiting on the otherNov 12, 2023 5:00 am - What the Bears need is a good curse, something to blame, a romantic patsy for lingering incompetence, especially at quarterback. Without fickle fate or cruel karma, fail...
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O'Donnell: Benetti's sudden South Side farewell brings back memories of Jim DurhamNov 12, 2023 5:00 am - WHEN JASON BENETTI TOLD JERRY REINSDORF to take his White Sox TV job and shove it this week, somewhere the spirit of Jim Durham was chortling. Durham was the global-clas...