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An Orland Park book club discussing Portillo’s history gets extra gravy with visit from founder’s son

August 3, 2023 at 2:49 p.m.

Michael Portillo has a lot on his plate, so he hasn't gotten around to joining...

August 1, 2023 at 4:34 p.m.

Tickets are on sale for North Central College's upcoming performing arts season, which features a...

July 29, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

It is very hard to write a great second novel. Often, a first novel is...

July 26, 2023 at 7:16 a.m.

Northwestern University Athletic Director Derrick Gragg, whose leadership has been under scrutiny in the wake...

July 24, 2023 at 1:29 p.m.

Geneva native Kurt Wehrmeister, author of his first book for children, will return to his...

July 22, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

TikTok is getting into the publishing business. Well, it's ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok...

July 20, 2023 at 10:49 a.m.

Barack Obama turned to the Kankakee librarians when he kicked off an effort to push...

July 19, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Ana Castillo reclined on the off-white gallery chair and I apologized for looking like a...

July 15, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Back when I was teaching literature and writing courses at the college level, my students,...

July 12, 2023 at 8:12 a.m.

Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of...