Columns
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Thoughts on some of the Tri-Cities' businesses that opened, closed or seemed in limbo for 2021Jan 07, 2022 5:00 am - My first column of a new year traditionally looks back at some of the interesting people and places highlighted in “Talk of the Town” for the past 12 months. Today, we'l...
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Spotlight: Trade unwanted gifts for tickets to 'Bible Bingo,' 'Late Nite Catechism'Jan 07, 2022 5:00 am - A cowboy tale City Lit Theater opens its 41st season with the premiere of "The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains," adapted by Chicago playwrights L.C. Bernadine and Sp...
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Woman who killed young daughter in Bloomingdale asks U.S. Supreme Court for releaseJan 07, 2022 4:20 am - A woman found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering her 4-year-old daughter has taken her fight for freedom from a state psychiatric hospital to the U.S. Supreme...
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Gonzales: Worried about the future of college football? Look at AlabamaJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - Alabama won only six games in two consecutive seasons slightly more than 50 years ago after quarterbacks Joe Namath and Ken Stabler ascended to Hall of Fame greatness in...
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How other nations see Americans affects our interestsJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - In 1959, the officials of the National Security Council met to discuss Cyprus. The small Mediterranean island nation was about to become independent from Great Britain, ...
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Chicago teachers create an opening for vouchersJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - Tuesday, 73% of Chicago teachers voted to compel their school district to ditch classroom instruction in favor of remote learning because of COVID-19. So, it's official:...
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Suburban communities adopt new biking and pedestrian plansJan 06, 2022 10:00 pm - “Plan your work. Work your plan.” Prudent advice no matter what you attempt. Even wiser if you “make no little plans,” as urban architect Daniel Burnham remarked. Improv...
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Neighbors in the news: Area orthodontist named president-elect of Chicago Dental SocietyJan 06, 2022 5:00 am - • Dr. Michael Durbin of Prospect Heights was installed as the 2022 president-elect of the Chicago Dental Society. With more than 30 years of experience in orthodontics, ...
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World premieres, national theater tours set for winter and early springJan 06, 2022 5:00 am - Nearly two years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to close, Chicago-area theaters continue the rebound that began last spring. Despite breakthrough cases among fu...
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Sound check: After two years, Space Mafia is backJan 06, 2022 5:00 am - Space Mafia returns Just two days shy of marking two years since their last show together, Space Mafia brings all its psych-influenced garage rock glory back as it ...