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• A high-stakes, romantic page-turner

  03-02-2025 18:21 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Wuthering Heights, but about figure skaters. It’s hard to remember the last time a new novel had a premise more tailor-made for me than The Favorites by Chicago author Layne Fargo. And it sure lived up to my hopes; Fargo executes this concept with all the fast-paced turns and heightened drama of a winning ice […]
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• Richard Gallion’s Journey: From Chicago’s West Side to Theater and Film Success

  03-02-2025 16:00
  Richard Gallion overcame challenges to build a thriving career in acting, writing, and directing. His latest production, “A Fall from Royalty,” explores history, community, and the power of choice (Photo Credit: Richard Gallion Entertainment).
  On a Tuesday morning, Richard Gallion started his day praying. 
  “I sit silently for at least 15 minutes and pray,” he said. Afterward, Gallion took his youngest son to school, a significant trek up north. “Then, I pick up
  
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• First Lady of Calumet City Saprina Jones Fights Breast Cancer and Launches Support Initiative

  03-02-2025 15:00
  Saprina Jones and her husband, Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones (Photo Provided). 
  Saprina Jones, First Lady of Calumet City and wife of Mayor Thaddeus Jones, recently was devastated by her recent diagnosis of breast cancer and has now launched an information campaign to prepare, educate and support the countless women who will endure this diagnosis in the future. 
  “It is extremely important that I chart my own journey and create a playbook of sorts for the countless women who w
  
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• Beyoncé Wins Her First Ever Album Of Year Award At 2025 Grammys

  03-02-2025 13:30
  Photo: Getty ImagesBeyoncé was finally awarded Album of the Year by the Recording Academy.
  On Sunday (February 2), Bey’s groundbreaking COWBOY CARTER won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, marking the first time the record-breaking artist has nabbed the coveted honor.
  COWBOY CARTER beat out Taylor Swift’s THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, Chappell Roan’s Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, Billie Eilish&rs
  
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