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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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Debra Zare painted one of the entries in the 2020 Art on Main exhibition in Wauconda. It’s called “Under the Sea.”

Wauconda's annual Art on Main exhibition is nearly ready to launch

The folks behind Wauconda's annual Art on Main showcase aren't letting the COVID-19 pandemic stop their creative plans.
Students and recent graduates of Ball State University’s Bassoon Studio started a campaign called “Bassoons Filling Bellies” to support Feeding America. Here the play “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”

Libertyville musician busks for charity with 'Bassoons Filling Bellies'

A Libertyville bassoonist and six friends are using their talents to help feed the hungry.
Comedian Laurie Kilmartin outside her home in Burbank, Calif.

When Laurie Kilmartin's mom was dying of COVID-19, she turned tragedy into comedy. It's what she always does.

Laurie Kilmartin doesn't flinch from brutal truths while sitting before a small screen. "I've had a pretty interesting pandemic," Kilmartin, a stand-up comic, tells her Zoom room. "My mother actually died of COVID about five weeks ago." Every punchline is landing because Kilmartin -- a writer for TBS's "Conan" since 2010 and a comedian for three decades -- is gifted at turning her personal pain into public laughter.
Taylor Swift's eighth album, "folklore," debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's 200 albums chart this week, marking the best first-week sales of the year and giving the pop star her seventh No. 1 title on the chart.

Lucky No.7: Taylor Swift nabs 7th No.1 album with 'folklore'

To no one's surprise, Taylor Swift's surprise album "folklore" is dominating the music charts.
In the first full ratings period since Felicia Middlebrooks retired as his co-anchor, Pat Cassidy retained the top spot (and the same audience share as last month) as solo morning anchor at Entercom all-news WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM.
Feder: Pat Cassidy keeps Newsradio on top of the Chicago radio morning ratings
In the first full ratings period since Felicia Middlebrooks retired as his co-anchor, Pat Cassidy retained the top spot (and the same audience share as last month) as solo morning anchor at Entercom all-news WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM.
Brandis Friedman
Feder: 'Chicago Tonight' adds weekend shows to amplify Black, Latino voices
Starting the weekend of September 12, Brandis Friedman will host "Chicago Tonight: Black Voices," at 6 p.m. Sundays. Hugo Balta, news director of WTTW, will host "Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices" at 6 p.m. Saturdays.
This 1970 Dodge Roadrunner was on display at a previous Daily Herald Cruise Night. The event returns Wednesday, Aug. 5, to Bloomingdale Court.
Daily Herald Cruise Night revved up for Aug. 5 return
It's been a wild and wacky summer. But if there's one thing to bring out smiles, it's getting back to gathering with fellow auto enthusiasts at the first Daily Herald Cruise Night of the season on Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Bloomingdale.
Beyonce stars in her visual album “Black is King.”
Beyonce's 'Black Is King' on Disney+ takes viewers on extraordinary journey
Beyonce's new film "Black Is King" takes viewers on a journey of Black art, music, history and fashion as the superstar heads to Africa to tell a story matched to epic songs she created while inspired by "The Lion King."
“Made of Rain,” a release by The Psychedelic Furs.
Music review: The Psychedelic Furs' newest an excellent comeback
There's a comforting familiarity to "Made of Rain," the Psychedelic Furs' excellent new release and their first studio album in 29 years.
Art fairs will look a little different this summer thanks to mandatory face coverings, physical distancing, temperature checks and timed admission in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Suburban art fairs re-imagined as socially distanced 'art walks'
Suburban summer art fairs postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic return in a modified, physically distanced format with mandatory face coverings and timed admission.
Wendy Osefo is the newest cast member of “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” Season 5 of which premiered on Bravo on Aug. 2.
Wendy Osefo is a professor, political commentator and philanthropist. She's also the newest 'Real Housewife.'
Wendy Osefo may be the newest cast member of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Potomac," which premiered Sunday, but she isn't your typical housewife. At 36 years old, the Nigerian-born mother of three is the first Black woman to earn a PhD in public affairs and community development at Rutgers University; is an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins; and regularly appears on national TV networks providing analysis on race and politics.
Ron Onesti, left, and his brother, Rich Onesti, were elected into Chicago's Sixteen Inch Softball Hall of Fame.
Sponsored | Ron Onesti: Take me out to the ballgame … and concert hall
Baseball is back … kind of! Who would have thought we would be going through all of this AND a 60-game season with no fans in the seats? This MUST be some sort of bad dream; somebody wake me up! But regardless, I love my baseball, and will take it any way I can get it!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 35,281, Dave Tonge photo: Bridge players fill the Des Plaines YMCA to play cards in March of 1975.
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 57,481, Bob Ringham photo: Indiana University men’s basketball coach Bobby Knight talking with future NBA superstar Isiah Thomas, then a sophomore guard, during a game against Northwestern University in Evanston in February of 1981. Indiana went on to win the NCAA tournament by defeating North Carolina in the finals. Isiah Thomas was named the tournament most outstanding player.
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 71,836, Dave Tonge photo: On the very last day of Arlington High School on June 8, 1984, Athletic Director Russ Attis presides over the last bell and last flag lowering ceremony. In 1985 Christian Liberty Academy of Prospect Heights purchased the school and continues to operate from that location.
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 4,270, Bob Finch photo: Roselle Jaycees and Roselle firemen faced off in a donkey baseball game at Lake Park High School in July of 1966. The donkeys, with names such as “Bad News,” “Castro,” “Elmer Fudd.” “Khrushchev,” and Beetle Bailey,” were provided by Bob Crosby’s Baseball Donkeys in Chippewa Falls, WI.
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