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Marathon conditions becoming less ideal as climate change warms race days, including Sunday chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Marathon conditions becoming less ideal as climate change warms race days, including Sunday

An analysis by nonprofit Climate Central last year found that 190 of 221 global races will see a decline in odds for optimal weather conditions by 2045.

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NHL’s hockey romance-themed audiobooks disappear online after opening week of the season chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

NHL’s hockey romance-themed audiobooks disappear online after opening week of the season

A series of audiobooks the NHL launched recently to connect with fans of the hockey romance genre was no longer available online this week.

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Obama Foundation workers move to unionize chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Obama Foundation workers move to unionize

Months after former President Barack Obama’s museum’s opening this summer, employees at the museum foundation announced Wednesday they are unionizing.

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A quartet of new music festivals take root in Chicago this month chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

A quartet of new music festivals take root in Chicago this month

Summer is over, but music festival season very much isn’t. Cue the Red Line Jazz Fest, an AACM festival and others.

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Open House 2026: Our 12 don’t-miss spots this year chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Open House 2026: Our 12 don’t-miss spots this year

The annual free event, presented by the Chicago Architecture Center, opens the doors to hundreds of Chicago buildings and sites worth seeing.

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Column: Hitting the pavement and grabbing some memories with these Chicago Marathon men chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Column: Hitting the pavement and grabbing some memories with these Chicago Marathon men

If you are watching the marathon on Sunday, know that the race is a gathering of human beings, with five marathon men making one last long run.

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Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘North by Northwest’ and ‘On the Waterfront,’ dies at 102 chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘North by Northwest’ and ‘On the Waterfront,’ dies at 102

Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first movie, “On the Waterfront,” and starred opposite Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller “North by Northwest,” has...

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What Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover means for streaming, movies and news chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

What Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover means for streaming, movies and news

What the Skydance deal between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will mean for streaming, movies, news and more.

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Emmy Awards to move to Prime Video in 2027 in 6-year deal between Amazon and the Television Academy chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Emmy Awards to move to Prime Video in 2027 in 6-year deal between Amazon and the Television Academy

The Emmy Awards are moving to Prime Video starting in 2027 in a six-year deal struck between Amazon and the Television Academy that ends a seven-decade run of broadcast networks airing the ceremony.

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Paramount completes its takeover of Warner Bros to become one Hollywood giant known as Skydance chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Paramount completes its takeover of Warner Bros to become one Hollywood giant known as Skydance

Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant.

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McDonald’s sued over AI tool that recommends prices to US franchisees chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

McDonald’s sued over AI tool that recommends prices to US franchisees

McDonald’s is facing a federal lawsuit that alleges its AI-enhanced pricing tool violates antitrust laws because it shares nonpublic data with franchisees who might be competing in the same market.

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Review: ‘Dead Girl’s Quinceañera’ at Goodman Theatre turns an apparent abduction into a teenage caper chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Review: ‘Dead Girl’s Quinceañera’ at Goodman Theatre turns an apparent abduction into a teenage...

Phanésia Pharel’s new play has a lively cast of adults playing teenagers, and is not a play that lacks guts.

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National Book Award finalists span continents and tackle identity, justice and war chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

National Book Award finalists span continents and tackle identity, justice and war

Fiction by Edwidge Danticat, Valeria Luiselli and Karl Ove Knausgaard are among this year’s finalists for the National Book Awards, with many of the books taking on issues as gender identity,...

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Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for ’80s hits like ‘You Are My Lady,’ dies at 70 chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for ’80s hits like ‘You Are My Lady,’ dies at 70

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for his smooth ’80s hits “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” and “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70.

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Chicago Theater Report: John C. Reilly is back in Chicago, Baby heads to Broadway and how to get into the Uptown Theatre chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Chicago Theater Report: John C. Reilly is back in Chicago, Baby heads to Broadway and how to get...

The national tour of “Dirty Dancing” in Chicago last month turned out to be a pre-Broadway tryout. Also, the Paramount in Aurora is preparing an ambitious new “Christmas Carol” musical.

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Robert Kelker-Kelly, star of ‘Days of Our Lives’ and ‘General Hospital,’ dies at 62 chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Robert Kelker-Kelly, star of ‘Days of Our Lives’ and ‘General Hospital,’ dies at 62

Prolific soap opera actor Robert Kelker-Kelly is dead at 62.

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Oprah Winfrey taps a ‘riveting’ debut novel for her book club chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Oprah Winfrey taps a ‘riveting’ debut novel for her book club

A debut novel about a 12-year-old girl’s struggles to find herself amid poverty and family strife is Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick.

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Conde Nast Traveler readers name Chicago ‘Best Big City’ for 10th year in a row chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Conde Nast Traveler readers name Chicago ‘Best Big City’ for 10th year in a row

Conde Nast Traveler received nearly 800,000 votes for this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, which covers everything from hotels and cruise lines to spas and airports.

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2026 Chicago International Film Fest makes the connection between moviegoing and owning the DVD chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

2026 Chicago International Film Fest makes the connection between moviegoing and owning the DVD

Along with leaning into physical media, this year’s CIFF will feature an early look at the highly anticipated “Behemoth!” starring Pedro Pasquel, Olivia Wilde and Will Arnett.

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Three Sisters Antique Mall celebrates 30 years in Blue Island chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

Three Sisters Antique Mall celebrates 30 years in Blue Island

Three Sisters Antique Mall in Blue Island celebrated 30 years as a space for antique and vintage lovers in former Woolworth.

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