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Celebrating creativity: Meet the 2026 District 214, Daily Herald Community Art & Writing Contest winners

Daily Herald staff report
Mar 25, 2026 11:46 am - We proudly present the winners of the Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest. Their winning submissions will publish over the next week.
Second place winners, 2026 Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest

Submitted by District 214
Mar 25, 2026 11:45 am - Here are the second-place winners in the 2026 Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest. The first-place winners published on March 20.
Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2026 features youngest inductees, expands arts definition

By Diane Handler, Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame
Mar 18, 2026 11:28 pm - The Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame will induct seven artists and present a Lifetime Achievement Award to educator Susan S. Starrett at a March 27 banquet at Eagle Brook Country Club in Geneva.
First place winners, 2026 Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest

Submitted by District 214
Mar 18, 2026 1:01 pm - Here are the first place winners in the 2026 Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest.
Lukas prizes honor books on homelessness, the US Census and ancient India

By HILLEL ITALIE
Mar 17, 2026 3:23 pm - Books on homelessness, the U.S. Census and ancient India are among this year’s winners of prizes handed out by the J. Anthony Lukas Project, named for the late author and investigative journalist.
‘Everybody Loses’ tallies the steep costs of sports gambling

By Alex Shephard
Mar 16, 2026 1:25 pm - “What do we stand to gain, and what are we willing to lose?” starts Danny Funt’s book “Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.”
Prince Harry and Meghan slam author of new book on royals for ‘deranged conspiracy’

Mar 15, 2026 2:04 pm - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have hit back at the author of a new book on Britain’s royal family, describing his writing as “deranged conspiracy and melodrama.”
How Helen Gale’s legacy lives on in St. Charles Library’s children’s programs

By Dave Heun
Mar 12, 2026 8:36 am - Helen Wiltsie Gale spent 30 years sharing her love of books with thousands of St. Charles children as the library's head of children's services. The library honored her memory by creating the Helen Gale Story Room in 1995, which continues to host youth programs today.
‘Super Nintendo’ is the history of a company committed to fun

By Nathan Smith
Mar 09, 2026 8:50 am - If Silicon Valley likes to move fast and break things, Nintendo prefers to go slow and preserve its history. The Japanese game and console maker also always protects its “sense of fun,” Keza MacDonald explains in the spirited new history “Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play.”
After 5 years, Sarah J. Maas returns to ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ with 2 untitled books

By HILLEL ITALIE
Mar 06, 2026 1:50 pm - Romantasy favorite Sarah J. Maas has given her millions of fans a plot twist they had long been waiting for — two more books over the next 11 months in her blockbuster “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series.

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