Lifestyle Columns
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Enjoy a plethora of winter activities at Lake County Forest PreservesFeb 07, 2020 5:00 am - By Kim Mikus Lake County Forest Preserves Greg Townsend spends a great deal of time monitoring the weather during the winter. The superintendent of maintenance for the L...
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Elgin High School students, teachers create webinars on biodiversityFeb 07, 2020 5:00 am - Years before Greta Thunberg brought the perils of our planet more clearly onto a global stage, a group of Elgin High School students was doing their part to create aware...
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Widescreen: Big-screen grandeur at the Music Box, and another milestone for John WilliamsFeb 07, 2020 5:00 am - The annual 70 mm Film Festival returns Thursday, March 5, to the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave, Chicago, with a two-week lineup of films presented in one of t...
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Constable: Sugar Grove library offers waffle-maker, microscope, air compressor - and booksFeb 06, 2020 4:30 am - You can, of course, still swing by the local library to pick up a wonderful book. But patrons of the Sugar Grove Public Library have been visiting its Library of Wonderf...
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Dann Gire predicts Oscar's sure bets and potential surprisesFeb 05, 2020 10:00 pm - We already know five things about the 92nd Academy Awards show to be broadcast live at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, on the ABC network: • The show will pay tribute to the late...
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Sound check: Richard Marx goes acoustic for pre-Valentine's Day showFeb 05, 2020 5:00 am - Richard Marx acoustic Grammy winner Richard Marx, the platinum-selling ballad-rock royalty from the Chicago area, primes fans for Valentine's Day with a preholiday ...
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Feder: Music critic Greg Kot leaving Chicago TribuneFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - Greg Kot, the nationally renowned authority on popular music for the Chicago Tribune, is leaving the newspaper after 40 years — including the last 30 as music critic, Ro...
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St. Viator grad's Harvard program teaches Prospect junior leadership skillsFeb 04, 2020 5:00 am - St. Viator grad's Harvard program teaches Prospect junior leadership skills
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Museum to give away Hollywood roadsterFeb 03, 2020 5:00 am - If you are like me, when “Ford v Ferrari” raced into theaters last summer, you moved fast to grab a seat in your local multiplex. There, larger than life, we gearheads d...
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Feder: Steve Dahl's Super Bowl moment can be summed up in three wordsFeb 03, 2020 12:00 am - In case you missed it, Chicago radio legend Steve Dahl made a brief cameo appearance in Jeep's Super Bowl commercial starring Bill Murray Sunday night. Or at least Dahl'...