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Healing power of music: Family, female empowerment at the heart of Goodman's 'American Mariachi'Sep 29, 2021 4:00 pm - “American Mariachi” - ★ ★ ★ “American Mariachi” begins auspiciously. The pandemic-delayed collaboration between Goodman Theatre and the Dallas Theater Center starts wit...
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Sound check: Martin Garrix, Excision head Autumn Equinox electronic festSep 29, 2021 6:00 am - Spring into Autumn Equinox Once the lit fuse launching Chicago into summer festival season, this year's Spring Awakening is closing off the season with a bang. Opt...
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Late summer bounty: With zucchini and eggplant plentiful, it's time to make baba ganoushSep 29, 2021 6:00 am - While we've entered the autumn season technically, the long stretches of hot, dry weather have played with the harvest calendar. Late summer vegetables like zucchini and...
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Who's really at fault if the government defaults?Sep 29, 2021 1:00 am - The battle over the federal debt ceiling that's currently being fought by government officials and legislators is yet another example of the political posturing that's s...
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Nagy continues to be his own worst enemySep 29, 2021 1:00 am - Can somebody please explain it to me? Matt Nagy absolutely still has a chance to save his job, get back to the playoffs, win playoff games and have a long, successful an...
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Breastfeeding moms need support to succeedSep 29, 2021 1:00 am - This month, a Washington mom made news by getting kicked out of a restaurant for breastfeeding her infant son. Women need support, not judgment, and certainly not shame ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears and Churchill Inc. make Louisiana Purchase look like child's playSep 29, 2021 1:00 am - AT THE END OF THE DAY, all Thomas Jefferson had to show for his guile was The Louisiana Purchase. The thunderclap over Arlington Park Wednesday produced a different shoc...
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Feder: Sun-Times, WBEZ officials confirm talks to 'become a combined entity'Sep 29, 2021 1:00 am - Top executives of the Chicago Sun-Times and the parent company of public radio station WBEZ 91.5-FM confirmed a report here Wednesday that talks are underway on a partne...
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Constable: After lost year, AfterImage Film Festival returns to big screen in St. CharlesSep 28, 2021 5:25 am - A couple of years ago, some dedicated film buffs in the Fox Valley hatched the ambitious idea of the AfterImage Film Festival, an annual event featuring critically accla...
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A seizure in the age of COVIDSep 28, 2021 1:00 am - I went to sleep on a Friday, and woke up on Sunday. In a hospital bed. In the ICU. We all know those initials. Actually, I was lucky to be there. I didn't have COVID-19...