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Chicagoan of the Year in Books: If you're into horror, thank the librarian Becky Spratford

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Chicagoan of the Year in Classical Music: Seth Boustead is the musical dreamer behind CheckOut

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Cookbooks 2025 gift guide: 5 notable cookbooks including the science of barbeque, the magic of cheese and more

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Oak Brook Art League to thank hosting library by donating original works

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A Long Walk Home is close to deciding the look of the Rekia Boyd Monument

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Barack Obama visits Chicago to check on his center's progress — and makes a surprise school visit

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Frank Gehry, architect of Millennium Park pavilion and some of world's most imaginative buildings, dies at 96

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Holiday gifts from museum shops let you wrap a bow on Chicago culture

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Potempa: This Broadway 'Phantom' living stage dream

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Column: Nick Digilio is surviving the movie critic world and has '40 Films' to prove it

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Biblioracle: Takeaways from a talk with Percival Everett

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Holiday book guide 2025: The best gift books of the season, paired to some very specific people

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Column: Photographer Sandro Miller's new book celebrates 50 years of faces

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Killings of Rob Reiner and his wife stun Hollywood as decision on charges for their son looms

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The killings of Rob and Michele Reiner shatters family's gentle legacy

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Michele Singer Reiner, photographer who influenced 1980s rom-com's happy end, dies

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Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested after director and his wife found dead at their Los Angeles home

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Rob Reiner, son of a comedy giant who became one in turn, dies at 78

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Bill Kurtis' memoir allows the longtime Chicago anchorman and journalist to show public another role — author

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'General Hospital' star Anthony Geary dies at 78

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Affable comedy acting legend Dick Van Dyke turns 100 years old

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Richton Park tree lot that was the setting for a Hallmark Christmas movie shuts down after 40 years

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Every major update from the first two episodes of Taylor Swift's Disney+ Eras Tour docuseries

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Review: 'Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns' mixes up British detectives for a light holiday mystery

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Review: 'Phantom of the Opera' at Cadillac Palace Theatre keeps the memories and a classic staging alive

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Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber unveil their new tour of 'Phantom of the Opera'

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Potempa: Sinatra-themed holiday show, 'Santa Circus,' and holiday orchestra concerts ring in the season

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Ian McKellen will perform Shakespeare — and Gandalf — in Chicago

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Rediscovering the lost luxury of sweet wines: The coziest holiday ritual you haven't embraced — yet

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Restaurant news: Rosca makes Mexican everything at bagel cafe by chef Felix Zepeda in Pilsen

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Christmas 2025: 34 Chicago-area restaurants offering holiday specials

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Bear Family selling its McDonald's chain; owner to launch new K9 Resort franchises

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The Kitchn: Royal icing is the secret to the easiest cookie decorating

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The Chicago Immigrant Orchestra is defiant in the wake of recent raids

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Handel's 'Messiah' wasn't meant to be Christmas music, but it still became a Chicago holiday staple

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Best classical and jazz of 2025: Our top 10 included a tasty concept at Ravinia, improv and a 'moving' performance at the CSO

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Best rock, pop and hip hop of 2025: Amid a jammed year of concerts, this top 10 stood out

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Review: Jeff Tweedy and Gary Louris lead a welcoming evening of Golden Smog at Vic Theatre

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Rick Steves' Europe: Tivoli: For 2,000 years, Rome's great escape

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Rick Steves' Europe: Oslo, where Norway's nature, history and culture mix it up

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Travelers without Real ID will incur $45 fee, TSA says

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Airlines work to fix software glitch on A320 aircraft and some flights are disrupted

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Bruce Goff is having a moment

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Column: In 'American Prophets,' how writers feel about religion and spirituality

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'Wizard of Oz' collection goes on display at the Driehaus museum

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Walking in the Loop? Look down. You may be passing new markers of city's Race Riot of 1919.

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Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo

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Aurora Public Art debuts "The Unbroken Thread: Native and Indigenous Art" showcase

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Regular pruning keeps color coming in dogwoods

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Lady palm can perform well in your living room

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Choose your holiday poinsettia carefully

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Good tools make good gifts

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Give thanks for all that trees give us

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The Kitchn: Peppermint martinis go down extra smooth during the holidays

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Tribune's 2025 Holiday Cookie Contest: Get the winning recipes

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2025 Holiday Cookie Contest winners: Pracny, eggnog crème brûlée and mandelbread recipes come out on top

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The Kitchn: This 1-ingredient upgrade for baked potatoes makes them impossibly fluffy

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The Kitchn: The secret to impossibly fluffy Southern-style biscuits

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International fashion boutique Mango opens 2-story location on Magnificent Mile

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Answer Angel: Just the necessities

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Answer Angel: Sequins all the time? Sure!

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Prada Group says it has purchased fashion rival Versace in a deal worth nearly $1.4 billion

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Answer Angel: Is the hat fashionable or silly?

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Days after seeing Rob Reiner and wife, Gov. JB Pritzker mourns deaths and blasts Trump's response to tragedy

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'Zootopia 2' reclaims No. 1 spot at box office, grosses $1B worldwide

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Swifties: This is your last year to see the famed Taylor Swift-themed house in Naperville

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Photos: All aboard the CTA Holiday Train!

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Review: The intriguing horror of 'Dust Bunny' slowly reveals itself

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