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Book Review: ‘Lollapalooza’ is an entertaining history of festival’s role in alternative rock rise

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Mar 24, 2025 5:22 pm - The least enjoyable part of “Lollapalooza: The Unscripted Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival” for readers might be seeing the $27.50 ticket price for the inaugu...
GiGi’s Playhouse namesake to spread acceptance as character in popular children’s book series

By Eric Peterson
Mar 23, 2025 9:00 pm - Hoffman Estates-based GiGi’s Playhouse has been spreading awareness and acceptance of people with Down syndrome for more than 20 years, but is about to embark on a new way of doing so with young readers through the popular Harry Moon book series.
DuPage Comic Con returns with comics, collectibles, vendors and guests

Mar 22, 2025 5:20 pm - The annual DuPage Comic Con drew fans and collectors Saturday to the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton.
Book Review: John Green is obsessed with tuberculosis. He makes a strong case that we should be, too

By DONNA EDWARDS
Mar 17, 2025 2:10 pm - So you read “The Fault in Our Stars” or watched John Green on YouTube, and, if you’re like me, you probably thought, “I would read or watch anything this mind produced for public consumption.” Even if it’s a 200-page nonfiction thesis on tuberculosis arguing why it should be Public Enemy No. 1 and on its way to eradication.
Book Review: A memoir of rescuing a baby hare shows how to live gently with the wildlife around us

By JULIA RUBIN
Mar 14, 2025 10:57 am - Unexpected connections with other species, as recounted in Chloe Dalton’s “Raising Hare,” can feel comforting and important at a time when wildlife is so besieged.
Book Review: Brian Castleberry aims for a Jonathan Franzen-style saga with ‘The Californians’

By ROB MERRILL
Mar 14, 2025 7:17 am - Like its characters, Brian Castleberry’s second novel, “The Californians,” is full of ambition. It spans eras of American history, diving into everything from the heyday of silent cinema to the Reagan administration to the rise of cryptocurrency.
John Feinstein, sports commentator and bestselling author, dies at 69

By Matt Schudel, Brian Murphy
Mar 13, 2025 2:39 pm - John Feinstein, a Washington Post sports writer who became the bestselling author of more than 40 books, including “A Season on the Brink,” an inside look at volatile Ind...
Geneva church to host program on preserving Potawatomi heritage

By Lisa Rittenberry, Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva
Mar 12, 2025 12:18 pm - Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva is hosting award-winning photographer Sharon Hoogstraten on her book "Dancing for Our Tribe" featuring portraits of contemporary Potawatomi people in tribal regalia.
Book Review: ‘All the Other Mothers Hate Me’ is a breezy read from Sarah Harman

By ROB MERRILL
Mar 11, 2025 9:30 am - Sarah Harman’s first novel, “All the Other Mothers Hate Me,” is a mystery/comedy about a bumbling amateur detective searching for the 10-year-old bully who has gone missing from her son’s posh English private school.
Amy Griffin’s ‘The Tell’ is Winfrey’s new book club choice

By HILLEL ITALIE
Mar 11, 2025 9:28 am - Venture capitalist Amy Griffin’s memoir about confronting childhood trauma is Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick. Griffin’s “The Tell,” which was published Tuesday, has been promoted as a “journey of healing and truth-telling.”

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