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Sound check: Josh Turner rings in Rialto's holiday season; benefit shows with Gerald Dowd, Mavis StaplesNov 18, 2021 5:00 am - Early holidays at the Rialto Your holiday decorations might not be up just yet, but Joliet's Rialto Square Theatre is ringing in the holidays with a stretch of festive ...
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Nostalgia trumps originality in ghost-flustered 'Afterlife'Nov 18, 2021 5:00 am - “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” - ★ ★ ½ Eleven years ago at the Hollywood Blvd. in Woodridge, I asked Dan Aykroyd when we could expect to see the next, highly anticipated...
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Neighbors in the News: Arlington Heights Chamber director given top state honorNov 18, 2021 5:00 am - • Jon Ridler, executive director of the Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce since 2004, was named Distinguished Illinois Chamber of Commerce Executive of the Year by t...
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Constable: What happens when an anti-gunner like me still has guns in the familyNov 18, 2021 4:20 am - As a longtime advocate of gun-free homes, I find myself in a predicament Wednesday that has me driving to Des Plaines and packing heat. My gun is a Remington 11-48 semi-...
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With no bowl game, Northwestern is embracing 'Wildcats Classic' at Wrigley FieldNov 18, 2021 12:00 am - Peter Skoronski hopes to re-create an image of his grandfather running out of a Wrigley Field dugout in a Packers uniform more than 50 years ago. Only this time, Skorons...
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Feder: WGN Radio hires Lisa Dent to host afternoonsNov 18, 2021 12:00 am - Lisa Dent, who's been a popular Chicago radio personality for two decades, will sign on as Monday-through-Friday afternoon host at WGN 720-AM in the new year. The Nexsta...
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Arkush: What exactly happened to the Bears' run defense?Nov 18, 2021 12:00 am - With eight games left to play, the Chicago Bears are as long a shot to make the playoffs as any team in the NFC except the winless Detroit Lions. Crippling losses to the...
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Bensenville plans 'Day of Support' to give thanks, and aid, to wounded police officerNov 18, 2021 12:00 am - Bensenville is stepping up to show support for police officer Steven Kotlewski, who suffered severe injuries when shot nine times while responding to a domestic disturba...
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Reflections on treatments for today's 'information disorder'Nov 18, 2021 12:00 am - Few people who see how many of us interact with each other in the age of social media would dispute the Aspen Institute's assertion that contemporary society is sufferin...
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Standup superstar, Rolling Meadows High grad Sebastian Maniscalco cooks up laughs on Food Network, Discovery+Nov 17, 2021 10:00 pm - “There's two things you need to know about me: I love comedy and I love food.” So says Sebastian Maniscalco, standup superstar and former Arlington Heights resident, in ...