Visual Arts
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Constable: You're bored at home? Try living in the now, Lake Barrington psychologist saysApr 18, 2020 1:00 am - It's been a month since Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued the stay-at-home order, and some people might be feeling a little restless. Working from home and sheltering in place w...
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Favorite artifacts from Elmhurst History Museum that you'll eventually be able to see againApr 17, 2020 6:00 am - We recently asked the Elmhurst History Museum staff to consider which artifacts on display in the museum's closed galleries they would most like to share with the public...
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Elk Grove Village hopes heart-shaped swing brings lots of loveApr 17, 2020 5:30 am - Inspired by a tourist attraction he saw in the Bahamas, Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson is bringing a decorative heart-shaped swing to town that could likewise att...
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Addition to Prospect Heights chalk mural is a sign of the timesApr 17, 2020 5:00 am - Prospect Heights artist Kate Tully's chalk murals on her garage door have taken on a life of their own. The one she created last fall, of German physicist Albert Einstei...
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College of DuPage officially reschedules Frida Kahlo exhibit for 2021Apr 16, 2020 1:00 am - College of DuPage is pressing the pause button on "Fridamania." The school's board of trustees agreed Thursday to officially delay a blockbuster Frida Kahlo exhibition b...
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Grayslake arts group to host May Fest online because of COVID-19 concernsApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - After initially canceling the Grayslake Arts Alliance's May Fest because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the group said this week it will go ahead with the event as an online ...
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Naperville photographer's project captures 'light inside' dancers during pandemicApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - The literal light is inside. One lamp and a strand of those twinkling lights often found inside Mason jars at artsy weddings. The figurative light is inside, too. One...
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Third place, Prose - 'True Friends'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Infinite stars stared clearly through the warm summer air, like holes punched out of a taut fabric. A wide expanse of desert stretched untouched, save for a single road....
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Second place, Poetry - 'Starlight'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - I found a poem in a moment you've forgotten, when your eyes met mine then shifted up to splattered silver brightness hanging still against the ink-smeared sky. Lines c...
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Second place, Prose - 'March Rain, Year 2 Scholars, New South Wales'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Miss Flossy spoke to her class. "Alright, children, we've a few minutes before noontide, let's clear your workplace and rearrange them into a square or rectangle, you de...