Lifestyle
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'Brunch of JOY' honors breast cancer survivors and thrivers at Living Well Cancer Resource CenterOct 23, 2023 11:00 pm - After surviving breast cancer at age 39, Naperville mom Joy Harmon started Bringing JOY, a non-profit aimed at providing care packages to patients going through cancer t...
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Wheaton Public Library book & art sale opens Nov. 9Oct 23, 2023 11:00 pm - The Friends of the Wheaton Public Library are busy sorting and pricing items for their annual Holiday Book and Art Sale. The sale is unique in that it features individua...
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Eli Skinner DAR Chapter's Successful National Day of ServiceOct 23, 2023 11:00 pm - The National DAR Day of Service takes place each year on or around Oct. 11. To honor the anniversary of DAR's founding on Oct. 11, 1890, chapters and individuals are enc...
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Music review: Celebrate the spooky season with Duran Duran album 'Danse Macabre'
Oct 23, 2023 11:00 pm - There aren't that many Halloween albums out there and so tip your masks to Duran Duran for giving us a treat this spooky season. "Danse Macabre" is a 13-track - even the...
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What to stream this week: '1989 (Taylor's Version),' Emily Blunt and 'Five Nights at Freddy's'
Oct 23, 2023 6:00 am - Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists are Julian Fellowes' "The Gilded Age" back for a second season on HBO ...
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Swift bests Scorsese at box office, but 'Killers of the Flower Moon' opens strongly
Oct 23, 2023 5:00 am - NEW YORK - In a movie matchup almost as unlikely as "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer," Martin Scorsese took on Taylor Swift in cinemas over the weekend. And while the box offic...
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Longtime TV newscaster Harry Porterfield has died at 95Oct 23, 2023 1:00 am - Longtime WLS-TV personality Harry Porterfield died Monday morning after a short illness, his family said. He was 95. He died of natural causes, surrounded by his family ...
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BatFest offers a 'spooktacular' Saturday of fun with a parade, trick-or-treating and live entertainmentOct 22, 2023 11:00 pm - Calling all ghosts, ghouls and bat fanatics - BatFest is about to descend on downtown Batavia! Set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, festivities begin with a Hal...
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Nicor Gas Foundation presents $100,000 grant to support Morton Arboretum's Ecosystem Recovery ProgramOct 22, 2023 11:00 pm - In celebration of "OAKtober" and to positively impact the long-term health of oak ecosystems in the Chicago region, the Nicor Gas Foundation presented a $100,000 grant t...
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Covering asbestos ceiling with drywallOct 22, 2023 7:00 am - Q: My home has "popcorn" ceilings, the kind with asbestos. The cost of asbestos removal is so high, I've decided to overlay the ceilings with drywall. The person I've hi...