Lifestyle Columns
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Good News Sunday: New U.S. citizens honored during ceremony in ElginJun 24, 2023 11:00 pm - Good News Sunday: New U.S. citizens honored during ceremony in Elgin
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What is there to learn at a white elephant bingo party?Jun 24, 2023 7:00 am - Have you ever been to a White Elephant Bingo Party? Well I have, and recently! A group of my friends were going and asked me to come along. Well, I hadn't played bingo ...
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Property manager is allowed to own unit in the buildingJun 23, 2023 7:00 am - Q: Our association is professionally managed. The manager assigned to our property by the management company is an owner of a unit in our association. Can the property m...
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What will become of Geneva's Clocktower Building now that it's been sold?Jun 23, 2023 6:00 am - A change for Clocktower In conjuring up a vision to illustrate the unique aura of the Tri-Cities, my mind generally turns to the "Clocktower Building" at 210 W. Sta...
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Dear Donuts in St. Charles aims to be late-night hangout with Asian-style treatsJun 22, 2023 11:00 pm - Sue Park was interested in neuroscience and also studied nursing in college while still enjoying her hobby of baking pastries, specifically Asian desserts - when she cou...
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Wes Anderson's stylized, star-stuffed comedy 'Asteroid City' big on both spectacle and dramatic inertiaJun 22, 2023 6:00 am - “Asteroid City” - ★ ★ ½ “Asteroid City”? A fun, nostalgically retro place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there for a full 104 minutes. By now, the dazzling visua...
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Neighbors in the News: Alden Housekeeping director earns Hero of the Month awardJun 22, 2023 6:00 am - • Carlos Zarate, the Housekeeping director at Alden Long Grove Health Care and Rehabilitation, received the Long-Term Care Hero of the Month Award from the Health Care C...
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Bold, bawdy 'No Hard Feelings' blends laughs with lessons in forgivenessJun 22, 2023 6:00 am - “No Hard Feelings” - ★ ★ ½ I went into a press screening of “No Hard Feelings” expecting something crass and bawdy. After all, the story concerns a young woman who acce...
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Widescreen: How Disney+ created Pixar's 'Elemental' box office woesJun 21, 2023 11:00 pm - Pixar's "Elemental" hit theaters last week with a resounding thud - the latest high-concept animated film from the Disney division debuted with a $29 million opening wee...
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Sound check: Charlie Puth, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Counting Crows and Garbage come to townJun 21, 2023 6:00 am - Puth in the park Following up last fall's intimate “One Night Only” shows, Grammy-nominated and multiplatinum pop hitmaker Charlie Puth brings last year's release - “CHA...