Lifestyle
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Prepare your own spicy olive medley for spring entertainingApr 19, 2023 6:00 am - When I was young, my mom bought two types of olives, canned black olives and pimento-stuffed green olives, and I loved both of them. At our house, they were primarily se...
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Dining out: Earth Day specials, plus get a free Wetzel's pretzel on National Pretzel DayApr 19, 2023 6:00 am - Earth Day eats For Earth Day - Saturday, April 22 - Prairie Grass Cafe chef Sarah Stegner organized four of her fellow chefs at other Chicago restaurants to feature Lion...
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Best bets: Lady A, 'The Office' Reunion, Winger, Pat McGann, Chicago Dance CrashApr 19, 2023 6:00 am - 'Homerathon' The National Hellenic Museum, 333 S. Halsted St., Chicago, hosts a public reading in its entirety of “The Odyssey” - Homer's epic poem tracing the post-Troj...
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Making of a dream home: Ambitious renovation spawns design careerApr 19, 2023 6:00 am - “A house is made with walls and beams; a home is made with love and dreams” - Ralph Waldo Emerson By Jill Goetz My husband and I purchased this original 1970s-style, 3,0...
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Amazing alliteration aid: Glenview author writes book to teach children grammarApr 19, 2023 1:00 am - Glenview's Kimberly Karzen took a roundabout way to writing a children's book on grammar. The author of "Tongue Twisters that Teach" (Rubber Ducky Press, 2022), Karzen t...
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Retired Schaumburg Cop Warns about Ruse Burglaries and how They Can be PreventedApr 18, 2023 11:00 pm - Seniors are usually intended targets for ruse burglaries. Submitted by David Brimm With increasing regularity, strangers come to the door posing as utility workers, cit...
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Unitarian Church joins Geneva's citywide garage sale for the first timeApr 18, 2023 11:00 pm - The Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva is participating in Geneva's city-wide garage sale for the first time, offering more than 1,500 items for sale at the church...
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Help JCC plant daffodils in memory of children who died in the HolocaustApr 18, 2023 11:00 pm - A family program in the Jewish Community Center of Chicago's Daffodil Memorial Garden will be held Sunday at the Bernard Weinger JCC, 300 Revere Drive, Northbrook. The D...
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Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley puts out call for 30 tutor volunteersApr 18, 2023 11:00 pm - Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley will host a free tutor training workshop on Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 9-18, at the St. Charles Public Library. The program needs 30 volu...
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Stockholm's aims to clean up the Fox River - two quarters at a timeApr 18, 2023 11:00 pm - Stockholm's Restaurant & Brewery in downtown Geneva will once again launch their "50 Cents for the Fox" initiative starting on Earth Day, April 22. Stockholm's is partne...