Lifestyle
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Doggone fun offered at Pup-a-Palooza in Round Lake Beach Sept. 21Sep 04, 2024 1:56 pm - Bring your favorite pooch out for some doggone good fun at this free, special event from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 21, at Sports Center Park, 2004 Municipal Way, Round Lake Beach.
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How a nonprofit is tackling math anxiety in girlsSep 04, 2024 11:48 am - A nonprofit started five years ago by a middle-schooler is making a difference by spurring passion among girls in math and science fields through their “math-first” approach.
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Dirty Dough’s stuffed cookies coming to Buffalo GroveSep 04, 2024 9:09 am - A mother-daughter duo from Gurnee hopes to clean up financially by opening a shop in Buffalo Grove specializing in messy cookies. Dirty Dough Cookies is opening soon at 127 McHenry Road in The Grove shopping center.
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Carolyn Hax: Imbalance in visits with in-laws vs. parents starts to chafe
Sep 04, 2024 6:00 am - There’s an imbalance in visits with husband’s in-laws vs. his parents and it is starting to bother him. Carolyn Hax says he and his wife need to compromise and meet in the middle.
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We’re in the boom times for midcentury ‘now’ winesSep 04, 2024 6:00 am - Mary Ross shares some of the history of wines post-World War II and what made some wines popular and some go bust.
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Tiramisu is a ubiquitous dessert. We have this Italian chef to thank
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Archaeologists unearth colonial-era garden with clues about its enslaved gardeners
Sep 04, 2024 12:40 am - Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering an ornamental garden from the 1700s where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners grew exotic plants from around the world. Such plots of land served as status symbols. They were the 18th-century equivalent of buying a Lamborghini.
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Home and garden calendar, Sept. 8-14Sep 04, 2024 12:15 am - Garden club meetings, plant sales and more.
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Rubens House in Antwerp gives glimpse of painter’s life
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Lombard’s Faith UMC to host free concert and picnic on the lawnSep 03, 2024 11:29 pm - Faith United Methodist Church in Lombard invites the community to a picnic on the lawn with a free lunch, as well as a concert by Pastor Dave and the Trustees band, on Saturday, Sept. 14.