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Chicago's FAME Center seeks to expand its footprint and its arts programming for kids across the city
CHICAGO -- South Loop’s FAME Center started in 2018 in what founder Sheila Fortson called “a broom closet” with just a few students and a piano. The nonprofit is now looking to become a major music and arts education landmark in Chicago with the purchase of a 56,000-square-foot historic building.
Matthew Thomas, 14, remembers that when he...Read more
Cat Food, Chewing Gum and Joy
It's an amazing gift, like a crimson sunset. It's an amazing institution, like the public library. And it's an amazing treasure, like Aladdin's cave. Except instead of gold and rubies, there's milk and cat food.
I'm speaking, of course, of the local mini mart: That humble store, often as tall as it is wide, stocked with every item you didn't ...Read more

Family guide to new movie releases
'DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA'
Rated R for pervasive language, some violence, drug use and sexual references.
What it’s about: A sequel to the 2018 heist movie that takes the action to Europe and the world of diamond thieves.
The kid attractor factor: Not much, this is an adult crime thriller.
Good lessons/bad lessons: As always, in crime, ...Read more

New initiative makes 'Room at the Table' for breastfeeding moms at restaurants
CHICAGO -- As a mom of three girls, Khallilah Watkins isn’t new to the process and preparation it takes to breastfeed a baby outside of the house.
One time with her second daughter, she had to hunker down in a restaurant bathroom for a few minutes to pump.
“That was my first experience pumping in a restaurant and inside of a smelly public ...Read more

Ex-etiquette: Meeting someone new
Q.My ex and I split up six months ago and our children go back and forth between our new homes. We don’t have a formal parenting plan -- the split was amicable; we just share the kids every few days. They are 5 and 7. It seems to be working OK, but I have recently met someone new. I am afraid this will complicate things, and their mother will...Read more

Lori Borgman: It's snow problem; new weather terms are chill
"Stay tuned for a weather impact update," says the man on the television.
I have problems with the word impact and not just because it's one of those words that can be both a noun and a verb. Impact always reminds me of when my brother was a toddler and shoved a Red Hot up his nose. The Red Hot was impacted and our mother had to carefully ...Read more

They have one year to pretend … or risk losing everything
The best romance novels often work off the dichotomy between the story’s meant-to-be and can’t-possibly-work elements. Kay Cove’s latest novel, "Snapshot," delivers beautifully on both, with plot twists and outside characters that seriously threaten a happily-ever-after ending. For added depth, Cove intertwines two love stories, one from a...Read more

She solved her heart problem. Then she learned her unborn baby had one
Ashley Boyea had asthma, so she wasn't surprised when she got breathless at work. But when she began gasping for air just walking around, the then-25-year-old sales associate went to her pulmonologist for a checkup.
The doctor had her wear a heart monitor for a few days. It showed her heart was beating too fast. More testing revealed that, in ...Read more

Just minutes of exercise can help women’s hearts, study finds
With only four minutes of exercise a day, middle-age women might reduce their risk of cardiovascular problems by nearly half. It’s the latest discovery from University of Sydney researchers, whose study was published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
“We found that a minimum of 1.5 minutes to an average of 4 minutes of daily ...Read more
When Bad Things Happen to Good Laptops
There wasn't a full moon. I didn't walk under a ladder or break a mirror. No black cats crossed my path. Yet it was undeniably one of those days when I felt cursed. It started with the demise of my coffee maker, followed by the nervous breakdown of my washing machine, and an unfriendly letter calling me for jury duty. I blatantly ignored all ...Read more
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