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Gary Black Film Fest celebrates 15th year with Friday and Saturday screenings

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Late-night host Stephen Colbert isn't backing down from public dispute with CBS bosses

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Frequency Festival, Chicago's experimental music haven, returns to a changed city

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A theater legacy continues in Schaumburg with Maurice Proffit and Dreamscape Theatre

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Photography exhibits at Block Museum and MoCP this spring

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Black History Month is 100. Can its Bronzeville birthplace outlast the age of Trump?

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Today in Chicago History: Marina City — the iconic corncob towers — granted landmark status by City Council

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The Chicago Municipal Device is the city symbol few Chicagoans know about

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Biblioracle: Kyle Seibel's collection of short stories is full of humor and humanity

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Hinsdale library begins $4 million project to add 'more usable space'

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Column: Telling the amazing story of Black jockey Isaac Burns Murphy

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Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park contests open to aspiring writers

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Moraine Valley art professor's exhibit explores role of AI in society

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Lane Bryant documentary's attack on Tinley Park police raises questions

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Robert Duvall, star of 'The Godfather' and 'The Great Santini,' dies at 95

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Architecture and Design Film Festival opens with climate change as the subtext

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Powered by women, 'Wuthering Heights' digs up $34.8 million at the box office for a No. 1 debut

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Short film series features local Black filmmakers at Facets, Music Box for Black History Month

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Stephen Colbert says network lawyers pulled James Talarico interview over FCC equal time fears

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Today in History: Jimmy Fallon makes his debut as host of NBC's 'Tonight Show'

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Chicago Cubs' Tom Ricketts calls Marquee 'maybe the smartest thing we've done' amid shifting TV landscape

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Where to stream James Van Der Beek's best performances

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Column: Drinking & Writing's new musical began with a dream about a leopard print coat

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Review: 'Miss Julie' at Court Theatre is a thorny story of desire, here minus the desire

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Community House Revue pokes fun at 'Real Trophy Wives of Hinsdale'

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Review: Remarkable 'Dear Evan Hansen' at the Paramount makes you feel for this kid all over again

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Review: 'Hamnet' is rendered on stage by Royal Shakespeare — but haunted by a movie

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Lent restaurant specials: Where to enjoy fish fries, seafood dinners, and pepper and egg sandwiches in Chicago

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Restaurant news: Belmont Tavern revives a dormant Polish dive bar with history and cocktails in Chicago

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Everybody loves the Chach: Pizano's waiter serves life lessons with pizza

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Illinois judge rules boneless wings are still wings after Chicago man files lawsuit

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Brighten your table with a citrus salad

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are coming to Chicago

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Lolla headliner Rüfüs Du Sol will play Wrigley Field this summer

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The Chicago Symphony is the world's busiest orchestra — how that's counted and what that means

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Review: Another prodigy has taken the classical world, and the CSO, by storm. Is that a good thing?

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Hilary Duff announces first major headlining tour in almost 2 decades with a stop in Tinley Park

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TSA agents are working without pay at US airports due to another shutdown

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Today in History: Washington National Airport renamed for Ronald Reagan

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Is NFL pushing boundaries on international games? Australia trip could test limits of global growth.

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United Airlines, in competition with American over market share, announces new flights out of O'Hare

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Almost 12,000 flights canceled as major winter storm bears down across much of the US

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Chocolate Weekend at Morton Arboretum has everything you wanted to know — and taste — about cacao

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'Crafting Character: The Costumes of Paul Tazewell' will debut at Griffin MSI

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Ancient Egyptian pharaoh's boat is being reassembled in public at the Grand Egyptian Museum

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Garden Club of Beverly Morgan Park marks 100 years of growth, community spirit

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Prune your winter garden now for springtime flowering

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Water correctly to keep houseplants healthy

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A home remedy to boost the immune system

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Seven-layer dip is a game-day classic for a reason

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The secret to impossibly fluffy Southern biscuits

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This Ritz cracker hack is so good

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Answer Angel: $280 for socks?!

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Answer Angel: Feeling cross about ignored gifts

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Kim Kardashian's Skims opens store in Chicago's Gold Coast retail district

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Merino wool or Mongolian cashmere? Fashion is a competitor in any Olympics, but especially in Milan.

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Scottie Pippen auctioning $6 million of personal memorabilia

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Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested after alleged fight during Mardi Gras in New Orleans

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Column: The Chicago Reader bursts back in a '50 Years' book and a lively new issue

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Black wine visionaries in Chicago are reimagining wine culture

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Love is in the air in Lincoln Square: Couples share how they met in the neighborhood this Valentine's Day

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Review: Gwendolyn Whiteside is superb in 'Come Back, Little Sheba' at American Blues

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