Lifestyle Columns
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Reunions a way to keep family ties strongAug 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Last week our extended family, numbering 47, congregated on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts to celebrate the 100th birthday of the matriarch of the family. Nineteen s...
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A simple guide to the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyersJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The government's new tax-credit program for first-time buyers is helping to spark home sales and boost values, but many Americans aren't using the plan because they don'...
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Keep your house cool without turning on the airJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I don't like the hot weather, but I am going to make an effort to air-condition less this summer to reduce my electric bills. What can I do to try to stay comfortable...
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Keeping it undergroundJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Lollapalooza might have outgrown its original ambitions to bring a host of outsider groups together under one alternative umbrella. Yet what's to be done when the altern...
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Apatow's latest a slower, more mature comic tale of second chancesJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - "Funny People" is a frequently hilarious and more frequently poignant story of three people foolish enough to need a second chance in life, and smart enough to seize it ...
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A book-reporty look at the inventor of the sitcomJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Mrs. Goldberg" Aviva Kempner's documentary "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg" is a journalistically sound, but conventional, book-reporty look at the amazing accomplishments of G...
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Lollapalooza's local heroesJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Lollapalooza is global in its reach, both for its entertainers and those entertained. Yet, while Chicago-area fans figure to make up the bulk of the crowd, Chicago bands...
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Complex 'Watchmen' deserves another look on DVDJul 29, 2009 11:00 pm - "Watchmen: Director's Cut" (two-disc special edition) So here we have a longer version of "Watchmen," Zack Snyder's sprawling, flawed but occasionally brilliant supe...
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Theater on the hoof coming back to ElginJul 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Walkabout returns Janus and Vex are among the six Elgin theater companies participating in the second annual "Walkabout: Theater on Your Feet," an event combining perfor...
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Rikters aim for straightforward Midwestern authenticityJul 28, 2009 11:00 pm - It should come as no surprise to find the Rikters named themselves after a Midwestern figure as straightforward and no-nonsense as their music. "I think we just original...