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Not just pups this time: ‘Puppy Bowl’ embraces older dogs

By MARK KENNEDY
Feb 05, 2026 12:21 pm - This year, Sunday’s Puppy Bowl isn’t just about puppies. Older dogs are getting some attention, too.
Bad Bunny conquered the world, but he wants to save Puerto Rico

By Reanna Cruz
Feb 05, 2026 10:16 am - Bad Bunny may have won album of the year at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, but he was already the biggest star in the world. In the early pages of “P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance,” authors Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau introduce the facts.
No public sign of a response to Savannah Guthrie's message to her mother's kidnapper

By SEJAL GOVINDARAO and JACQUES BILLEAUD
Feb 05, 2026 9:18 am - There was no public sign early Thursday of a response to NBC “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s message to her 84-year-old mother’s kidnapper.
Bad Bunny to discuss Super Bowl halftime performance fresh off big Grammy win

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Feb 05, 2026 6:43 am - What can viewers expect from Bad Bunny’s highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime performance? So far, all we know is that he’s expected to perform solely in Spanish, bringing Latin identity at the center of America’s most-watched television event.
Caleb Landry Jones is a lovesick vampire with a fabulous wig in Besson’s ‘Dracula’

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Feb 05, 2026 5:15 am - Yes, the story of Dracula is not usually set in Paris. There’s a lot that’s familiar in Luc Besson’s version, but enough variety, panache and bravado to raise it up a notch and give it, well, a raison d’être.
Chicago Botanic Garden, The Morton Arboretum pledge to safeguard threatened species for Reverse the Red Day

Submitted by Colleen Otte
Feb 04, 2026 11:13 pm - The Chicago Botanic Garden and The Morton Arboretum are pledging to safeguard threatened tree and plant species across continents as part of Reverse the Red Day, a global coalition working to halt extinctions and reverse declines on the IUCN Red List.
Silence speaks volumes at ninth annual Student Silent Film Festival

By Andy Richardson, Student Silent Film Festival
Feb 04, 2026 5:05 pm - Neuqua Valley High School's film "King of Hearts" won Outstanding Achievement in Cinema and the Audience Choice Awards at the ninth annual Student Silent Film Festival. Vernon Hills and Homewood-Flossmoor high schools also won the Outstanding Achievement Awards.
‘The Muppet Show’ refuses to modernize in triumphant revival

By Lili Loofbourow
Feb 04, 2026 4:37 pm - “The Muppet Show” special is mediocre. This is as it should be: good and right. The beloved show Jim Henson created 50 years ago, after leaving “Saturday Night Live,” made flappable imperfection its governing ethos.
Quiet strength: A mother’s unwavering devotion inspires Northlight’s ‘Mary Jane’

By Barbara Vitello
Feb 04, 2026 3:06 pm - Maternal strength, perseverance and unwavering devotion propel “Mary Jane,” Amy Herzog’s earnest, understated drama in its Chicago-area premiere at Northlight Theatre.
Aurora’s Wesley UMC hosts ‘Lifting Voices’ singing series

Submitted by Al Benson
Feb 04, 2026 1:58 pm - Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora is hosting a four-part Wednesday "Lifting Voices" series from Feb. 4-25. Area singers are invited to vocalize for justice and liberation.

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