OFFBEAT: Lassie's Timmy and Blackhawk Denis Savard here this week

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OFFBEAT: 'Buds and Blossoms' charity event is 'flower power'

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OFFBEAT: Goodman's 'Other Desert Cities' a compelling study of stardom secrecy

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Memoir tells the story of Midway's Hollywood history

Before transcontinental flights, planes stopped at Midway Airport to refuel and luminaries such as Katherine Hepburn, John Wayne and President John F. Kennedy were often spotted there.

OFFBEAT: Local readers with WW II memories join Honor Flight

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OFFBEAT: Reader emphasizes importance of honoring WWII vets

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Singer Frances Langford with Bob Hope During 1943 WWII Tour

Singer-actress Frances Langford gives comedian Bob Hope a pat on the cheek, as they visit U.S. Army headquarters in London on June 26, 1943. Hope's WW II tour, which included Langford, entertained U.S. troops in the Europe. Langford, who died at age 92 in 2005, did a steamy rendition of "I'm…

OFFBEAT: Phyllis Diller, gone at 95, but lives on with her laughter

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OFFBEAT: Broadway excitement 'Chaplin' stage story in NYC

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OFFBEAT: Montgomery Inn Barbecue Sauce a favorite of celebrities for decades

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OFFBEAT: Gene & Georgetti celebrating 70 years as Chicago's first Italian Steakhouse

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Cappelletti Hope Paterno

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 1973 file photo, Penn State running back John Cappelletti, left, stands with football coach Joe Paterno, center, and actor Bob Hope after being named the 1973 Heisman winner in New York. Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone else in majo…

OFFBEAT: 'Donny and Marie Christmas' a stage favorite with plenty of holiday spirit

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Bob Hope and Dinah Shore

Singer Dinah Shore reacts as comedian Bob Hope, right, hands the broken pieces of a plate to then U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace as they wash dishes in the kitchen of the USO's Hollywood Canteen in this Feb. 7, 1944, archive photo.