Lifestyle
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Get your garden ready: Here's a list of upcoming plant sales throughout the suburbsMay 12, 2022 6:01 am - Gardeners can get the growing season off to a good start with upcoming plant sales featuring perennials, vegetables, native and organic plants. It is also a good way to ...
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Ellis School in Elgin celebrates its 70th anniversary with games, tours, tree plantingMay 12, 2022 6:00 am - Ellis Middle school in Elgin is 70 years old. To commemorate that milestone - and the many changes through the years - the staff of the Near East Side school planned an ...
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Crispy chicken tingles with Sichuan pepperMay 12, 2022 6:00 am - In restaurants across Chengdu, China, there is a singular dish the evokes a tingling response - crispy stir-fried chicken on a plate piled high with thin red chilis. It'...
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Weeklong Chicago Critics Film Fest includes appearance by Patton Oswalt, revival of 'Boogie Nights'May 12, 2022 6:00 am - The 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival begins Friday, May 13, at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, and includes seven days of new films and revival...
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In 'Happening,' a riveting abortion drama
May 12, 2022 6:00 am - “Happening” - ★ ★ ★ “Happening,” Audrey Diwan's Golden Lion-winner at last year's Venice Film Festival, is set in 1963 France, but the period detail isn't prominent. Ins...
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'It was wrong. It was unjust': Hospital that refused Black student in 1950s apologizes to herMay 12, 2022 1:00 am - Seventy-one years ago, Betty Brown figured getting into the nursing school at Sherman Hospital in Elgin was going to be easy. She worked in the hospital's central servic...
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'You just want someone to be remembered': Memorial to fallen soldiers comes to Arlington HeightsMay 12, 2022 1:00 am - Thursday marked the second time Elizabeth Wade visited a national traveling photographic memorial of nearly 5,000 U.S. military personnel who have died in service since ...
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Young Women in Illinois Can Apply to Build and Race Electric-Powered Racecars in ComEd EV RallyMay 11, 2022 11:00 pm - Rally offers participants scholarships and opportunity to build careers in STEM Submitted by Gordon Mayer After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, ComEd is excited ...
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Nurses at 3 Advocate hospitals get special treat during National Nurses WeekMay 11, 2022 11:00 pm - As Advocate Aurora Health recognizes the dedication, compassion and skills of our nurses during National Nurses Week, local elected officials took time to express their ...
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Naperville church joins Global 6K for Water Walk/Run May 21May 11, 2022 11:00 pm - Join Naperville Covenant Church on Saturday, May 21, for World Vision's annual Global 6K Run/Walk. Did you know that six kilometers, or 3.7 miles, is the average distan...