Columns
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Feder: WTTW promotes veteran producer Jay Smith to news directorNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - In what may be the least surprising promotion of the year, Jay Smith was named news director of WTTW-Channel 11 and executive producer of "Chicago Tonight" Wednesday, Ro...
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How cultivating your purpose begins with knowing yourselfNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - The first time I ever wrote something with the intent of sharing it beyond the classroom was through 4-H. I grew up in a small town in northern Kentucky, right across th...
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A Thanksgiving reminder of the abundance of good in the newsNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - A common contemporary cliché describes Thanksgiving Dinner as a homespun Rockwellian tableau trembling to mask the promise of political eruptions over events in the news...
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Comfort and joy: 'Tis the season of job security for Fitzgerald, HammockNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - The termination season started sooner than normal for several major collage football coaches, leaving Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald with a timely summation of the landsc...
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Division doings: Cubs looking to get back up to speed in NL CentralNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - A powerhouse team in the NL Central from 2015 to 2020, the Cubs took a serious tumble last season. Not only did they finish fourth with a 71-91 record, the Cubs traded f...
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Stopping the show: Marriott's stellar 'Kiss Me, Kate' offers satisfying solution to problematic tunerNov 24, 2021 5:15 pm - “Kiss Me, Kate” - ★ ★ ★ ½ In Marriott Theatre's gloriously sung revival of “Kiss Me, Kate,” Broadway diva Lilli Vanessi gives as good as she gets. And that's saying some...
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Your dinner table sports conversation can be reasoned and productive. Here's how.Nov 24, 2021 9:00 am - This has been an eventful, emotional few months on the Chicago sports scene. So when you convene with relatives for Thanksgiving dinner today, expect to be confronted wi...
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Spotlight: Buffalo Theatre premieres Kurt Naebig's coming-of-age play 'Stove Toucher'Nov 24, 2021 5:00 am - BTE premiere Buffalo Theatre Ensemble member Kurt Naebig shares his experiences on becoming a teenage skateboarding phenom, opening his own skateboard shop and achieving...
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Division doings: Tigers emerging as challengers for White Sox in AL CentralNov 24, 2021 12:00 am - En route to winning the AL Central for the first time since 2008, the White Sox didn't get much of a fight from the rest of the division last season. With Tony La Russa ...
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Jim O'Donnell: A thankful respite from the noise of nonsense - 'Chip Shot Jeopardy!'Nov 24, 2021 12:00 am - FOR PURPOSES OF AMUSEMENT ONLY, presenting the inaugural - and quite possibly only ever - Daily Herald sports & media Thanksgiving Day family event: "Chip Shot Jeopardy!...