Lifestyle
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New interpretive sign at Veterans Park in Naperville highlights park's historyOct 31, 2023 11:00 pm - Naperville Park District recently installed a new interpretive sign at Veterans Park, 303 E. Gartner Road. The cost of the sign was donated by the Kiwanis Club of Naperv...
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Got candy? Here's how you can get rid of those mounds of Halloween treatsOct 31, 2023 11:00 pm - That leftover Halloween candy can wreak havoc on dental cavities and blood sugar levels. But don't fret, there are people and places happy to take them off your hands. T...
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Ride Illinois' new initiative encourages more biking and less drivingOct 31, 2023 11:00 pm - "I can bike there!" echoed throughout my youth. A coaster-braked, balloon-tired, hand-me-down magically expanded my 10-year old universe beyond typical neighborhood expl...
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Music review: Prince & the New Power Generation's 'Diamonds and Pearls' remastered reissue is a gem
Oct 31, 2023 11:00 pm - The amount of music left behind by groundbreaking funkmaster Prince is, thankfully, good and voluminous. To that end, a newly remastered reissue box set, "Diamonds and P...
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Can't help falling in love with 'Priscilla' and its ideal cast, subtle direction, eye-popping production designsOct 31, 2023 11:00 am - “Priscilla” — ★ ★ ★ ★ Few Hollywood biographical dramas pack the risky level of exploitative and sensationalistic naughtiness nimbly negotiated in “Priscilla.” For ...
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Shawn Levy talks about 'All the Light We Cannot See' and his friendship with Wolverine and Deadpool
Oct 31, 2023 6:00 am - Shawn Levy knew he had to direct the Netflix limited series "All the Light We Cannot See" when he read a scene between the main character Marie and her father. "I rememb...
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Book Review: Henry Winkler grapples with the Fonz and dyslexia in his entertaining new memoir
Oct 31, 2023 6:00 am - Henry Winkler's memoir begins on a Tuesday morning in October 1973, at his first audition for "Happy Days." He was almost 28 - quite a bit old for a high schooler - and ...
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Willie Nelson looks back on 7 decades of songwriting in new book 'Energy Follows Thought'
Oct 31, 2023 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Willie starts with the words. It's one of the surprising revelations in Willie Nelson's new book, "Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs," an...
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Things to do Nov. 3-9: 312 Comedy Fest, Dia de los Muertos, pumpkin smashes and moreOct 31, 2023 6:00 am - By Luke Zurawski lzurawski@dailyherald.com Ongoing Fall Flower Show: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Nov. 26 at Wilder Park Conservatory, Church Street and Prospect ...
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In $8 billion federal quest to decarbonize, Midwest to build one of seven regional clean hydrogen hubsOct 31, 2023 5:30 am - The Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen - includes Illinois, Indiana and Michigan - was selected this month to receive $1 billion to develop a Regional Clean Hydrogen Hu...