Lifestyle
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Festivals June 3-9: Cream of Wheaton, Roselle Rose Festival, Gilberts Community Days & moreMay 31, 2022 11:00 pm - Friday MainStreet Libertyville's First Fridays: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, June 3, on Main Street in Libertyville. Music, refreshments, special discounts and more. Free. ...
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Naperville's Highlands School holds school supplies drive for HaitiMay 31, 2022 11:00 pm - The student activity board of Highlands Elementary School in Naperville recently held a school supply drive for Centre d'Etudes Lumière School in Mariani, Haiti. This ...
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Local Organizing Expert, Jessica Litman, Celebrates Debut Book Home Sweet Organized Home at Barnes & Noble in Deerfield Square June 7May 31, 2022 11:00 pm - CEO and founder of nationally-recognized organizing brand The Organized Mama, Jessica Litman, will host an open-house event at Barnes and Noble in Deerfield Square (728 ...
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Aurora's Wesley UMC to offer free summer meals, crafts for kidsMay 31, 2022 11:00 pm - Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora will offer kids free lunches with games, art projects and a book nook at a nearby city park. Michelle Curiel, Wesley director of...
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Review: Grisham shortens things up in 'Sparring Partners'
May 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œSparring Partners'ť by John Grisham (Doubleday) Since bursting on the scene with the runaway hit 'œA Time to Kill'ť in 1989, John Grisham has been one of the most reli...
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Experts: Everything points to another busy hurricane season
May 31, 2022 7:00 am - Batten down the hatches for another nasty hurricane season. Nearly every natural force and a bunch of human-caused ones - more than just climate change - have turned the...
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Review: 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' an amusing look at life's ironies
May 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œHappy-Go-Lucky,'ť by David Sedaris (Little, Brown and Company) Almost everyone has a dysfunctional family, but few expose their relatives' funny, embarrassing and even...
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Review: '~The Latecomer' skewers wealth and privilege
May 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Latecomer'ť by Jean Hanff Korelitz (Celadon Books) Wealthy, dysfunctional families are so common in novels that it's easy to dismiss books centered around them. Do...
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Review: The stars come out on Mary Gauthier's new album
May 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œDark Enough to See the Stars,'ť Mary Gauthier (Thirty Tigers) Mary Gauthier's weekly Sunday afternoon livestreams at the pandemic's peak were a lot like church, with c...
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Review: Crime thriller debut well executed in 'The Favor'
May 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Favor'ť by Nora Murphy (Minotaur) Leah and Liam Dawson are lawyers. McKenna and Zack Hawkins are doctors. Or at least, Leah was a lawyer. And McKenna was a doctor....