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Sound check: The Mild West at Lincoln Hall; Dave Gomez benefit showOct 20, 2021 6:00 am - The mildest Juice Chicago indie-pop rockers The Mild West have been following Boston's jazzy rock band Juice around on tour to Cincinnati and Detroit. But this week...
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Feder: New book from Daily Herald's Grammar Moses commands readers to watch their wordsOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - Every Sunday Jim Baumann, the mild-mannered managing editor of the Daily Herald, slips into his waggish alter ego as Grammar Moses to remind readers why they need to spe...
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Arkush: Trade deadline is Nov. 3, and Bears should deal Foles or DaltonOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - With a third of the NFL season now in the rearview mirror and the trade deadline just two weeks away, it's time to take a breath, make an honest evaluation of who these ...
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Jim O'Donnell: From bad pitchout to pitch-perfect — Brian Wilson and Al Jardine set for WaukeganOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN THINGS GET TOO CROWDED around Chicago's Sports Mass, go long. Like in search of verifying a tale about the Beach Boys, endless summers and prep football. So today, ...
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De Rugy: Trump tariffs fail but Biden keeps them anywayOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - The United States is known as the land of the free, but it has become a place where the government decides whom we are allowed to buy from and sell to. For instance, whe...
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'I am tired. We are tired': A Letter from a COVID-19 ICU doctorOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - I am tired. We are tired. March 18th, 2020, is a day I will never forget. We opened our first COVID-19 unit and I began admitting patients with suspected COVID pneumonia...
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Zestful acting, tasty cuisine make farcical play 'Recipe for Disaster' a delectable treatOct 19, 2021 5:00 pm - “A Recipe for Disaster” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Master chef and restaurateur Rick Bayless knows something about successful recipes. So do the folks at Windy City Playhouse, whose 23 J...
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Spotlight: Storyteller spins scary tales at St. Charles' Steel Beam TheatreOct 19, 2021 6:00 am - A teller named Speller Just in time for Halloween, actor and storyteller Mike Speller brings his solo show, "Fear Itself," to Steel Beam Theatre, where he shares classic...
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Constable: Sky success in excess, but the Bears and weather opt for moderationOct 19, 2021 5:30 am - “Moderation is a fatal thing,” Oscar Wilde said. “Nothing succeeds like excess.” Today's local sports scene makes good on the Wilde philosophy. The legendary Candace Par...
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Guest View: Flooding will get worse but fed help may be on the wayOct 19, 2021 1:00 am - The devastation of Hurricane Ida, along with numerous flooding and severe weather events across Illinois this year, come as a painful reminder that communities must be p...