Lifestyle
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'Essential' listening: The Bollweevils drop a new punk banger 14 years in the makingMay 05, 2023 6:00 am - Dr. Daryl Wilson, Director of Emergency Medicine at Naperville's Edward Hospital, doesn't put much stock in limitations. At least not those set by other people. As fron...
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'Girl Dad': St. Charles author, father shares parenting insights in book he co-wrote with his daughterMay 05, 2023 6:00 am - His books can be seen as primers for being good parents or grandparents - full of insight, advice and common-sense approaches to everyday interactions between parents an...
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A guide to finding spring wildflowers in McHenry CountyMay 05, 2023 6:00 am - The sunshine and higher temperatures have awoken the seasonal wildflowers throughout McHenry County, signaling the onset of spring. Spring woodland wildflowers are often...
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'It's the MVP of education': Big Hollow teacher wins Golden Apple awardMay 05, 2023 1:00 am - An assembly Friday in the gym at Big Hollow Elementary School in Ingleside was advertised as “Student Recognition Day.” But that was cover to surprise and honor fourth-g...
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'Yellowstone' to end in November, but sequel will start in December
May 05, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The popular television western "Yellowstone" with Kevin Costner will end this fall and be replaced almost immediately by a sequel. But like any good drama, th...
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'Joy and happiness': It's Lilac Time in Lombard, and the blooms are poppingMay 05, 2023 1:00 am - Lombard's lilacs are almost in full bloom, or so says the official "bloom 'o' meter." But it's not as if the showy flowers explode all at once in Lilacia Park, the epice...
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Apple TV+'s 'Silo' is a look at a future of life underground
May 04, 2023 11:00 pm - Dystopian storytelling goes underground with the arrival of Apple TV+'s "Silo," a gripping, ambitious tale of Earth's last population living far below the surface. Somet...
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Lily James, Shazad Latif anchor charming rom-com 'What's Love'
May 04, 2023 2:00 pm - “What's Love Got to Do With It?” - ★ ★ ½ The romantic comedy may be on the endangered genres list in Hollywood, but thankfully our friends in England have continued to ...
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Grandiose swan song: All creatures great and small come together in 'Guardians 3'
May 04, 2023 6:00 am - “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” - ★ ★ ★ When Peter “Star-Lord” Quill, while inspecting a murky extraterrestrial region, pressed play on Redbone's “Come and Get Your Lo...
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Retired Glenbrook North teacher shares his semi-true story of life as 'drum corps addict'May 04, 2023 5:55 am - Mike Piskel maintains that he is not a writer. He's a science teacher. It turns out he's both. An award-winning Glenbrook North teacher from 1981-2018, Piskel's debut bo...