Chicago Tribune - 05 May 2024

By John Warner For the Chicago Tribune The vast majority of book reviews are about newly released books. The focus on reviewing new books — and don’t get me wrong, the books I write about here are often new — is actually a little silly, given that a book’s age is not linked with its worth. Books more than a few months old are not like the carton of milk you forgot in the back of the fridge that turns into rotten sludge. If I missed a book when it was published, but read it now, why shouldn’t I review it? Perhaps you should take this preamble as my justification for writing about a book that was published in 2018, but in truth, talking about Joe Dunthorne’s “The Adulterants” requires no justification because regardless of when it was published, it’s a wonderful blend of humor and pathos that manages to balance those emotions better than anything I’ve read in recent memory. “The Adulterants,” set in 2011, is the story of Ray Morris, a young married man with a pregnant spouse (the uniquely named Garthene) who wants nothing more than to be able to afford a miserable townhouse in his Swansea hometown. Ray lacks ambition, he is flighty and plain-faced. He works as a tech writer churning out listicles about which electronic gewgaw consumers should buy. His life revolves around Garthene and a small circle of more charismatic friends. Other than his overwhelming (and sometimes overboard) love for Garthene and his unborn child, as the novel opens you wouldn’t think that Ray has much going for him, and then things suddenly get worse. After being swept up in street protests while he and his friends were picnicking in the park, Ray becomes the (literal) face of anarchy, and we are subjected to a series of moments of self-sabotaging where the wrong move could not be clearer, and yet Ray seems to take this path every single time. If you are wondering how a book described this way can entertain, much of the pleasure is in the snap and pace of Dunthorne’s scene work. The novel opens with Ray at a party without Garthene, who is working nights as a nurse. All of his thoughts appear to be with his absent wife, until the comely Marie invites him upstairs, and Ray (the idiot) finds himself sitting upright under the covers of the bed belonging to Marie and her handsome and strong husband Lee. Lee arrives on the scene and things both expected and unexpected happen. That combination is a hallmark of the novel as Ray repeatedly self-sabotages, but the consequences are not always immediately apparent. Some readers will not take to “The Adulterants” because Ray is “unlikable,” but I would like to know how we’ve come to equate being flawed and human with being “unlikable.” I don’t know that I liked Ray, but I thought he was very funny, and even (or especially) when he was about to do something that was not going to turn out well, deeply sympathetic. Who among us is not like Ray, wishing we had more than we’ve been given, being uncertain about our own worth in the world, experiencing insecurity about the force of our own feelings for another and whether or not those feelings are returned in kind? “The Adulterants” moves toward a conclusion that is not happy so much as real, and because of this is rather thrilling. I bought “The Adulterants” well over a year ago after seeing it recommended on social media. It sat in my pile of unread books all that time. I’m glad an impulse caused me to pluck it out. You might check it out for yourself. John Warner is the author of “Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities.” Twitter @biblioracle BIBLIORACLE Dunthorne’s 2018 ‘The Adulterants’ wonderfully blends humor, pathos Welsh novelist Joe Dunthorne is shown nin August 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland, soon after he published “The Adulterants.” ROBERTO RICCIUTI/GETTY Get a reading from the Biblioracle Send a list of the last five books you’ve read and your hometown to biblioracle@ gmail.com. Book recommendations from the Biblioracle John Warner tells you what to read based on the last five books you’ve read. 1. “The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-YearOld Man” by David Von Drehle 2. “His and Hers” by Alice Feeney 3. “Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told By Its Stars, Writers and Guests” by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller 4. “Running Blind (Jack Reacher Book 4)” by Lee Child 5. “Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice” by Elle Cosimano — Kevin K., Arlington Heights Kevin is a great candidate for Lisa Lutz’s Spellman series, which starts with “The Spellman Files.” 1. “James” by Percival Everett 2. “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles 3. “Pineapple Street” by Jenny Jackson 4. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng 5. “All the Light You Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr — Lisa P., Morton Grove These are some of the most read literary novels of the last 10 or so years, so I’m going to go with one that is maybe not likely to be as known to Lisa: “Morningside Heights” by Joshua Henkin. 1. “Wittgenstein Jr” by Lars Iyer 2. “Brainwyrms” by Alison Rumfitt 3. “The Talented Mr. Ripley” by Patricia Highsmith 4. “So Much Blue” by Percival Everett 5. “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt — Blain T., Madison, Wisconsin For Blain, I need a book that’s going to be at least a little unusual and challenging. I’ve got it! “Subdivision” by J. Robert Lennon. All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide. Into the Wild Frontier INSP,5p.m. Season Finale Season 4 of this Western docudrama series concludes with “John Mullan: Roadbuilder of the West.” Young Army officer John Mullan heads west to help establish an important wagon route through the Northern Rockies. But before he can build his road, Mullan must survive the hardships of the frontier and a dangerous encounter with Yakima warriors. The Real Housewives of New Jersey Bravo, 7 p.m. Season Premiere The Garden State gang enters Season 14 with a whole bunch of family drama for sistersin-law Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga (there’s no way they laid their feud to rest that quickly!), plus the rest of the done-up ladies. Somehow, they still have the energy to annoy one another after all this time. The Equalizer CBS, 7 p.m. McCall (Queen Latifah) races to help Dante and Big Ben (Tory Kittles and Danny Johnson) after they are ambushed by a group of suspicious attackers in the new episode “Condemned.” The Simpsons FOX, 7 p.m. Marge (voice of Julie Kavner) comes upon a surprising windfall and spends it secretly on herself in the new episode “The Tell-Tale Pants.” Krapopolis FOX, 7:30 p.m. Tyrannis (voice of Richard Ayoade) tasks Shlub (Matt Berry) with procuring olive oil for Krapopolis in the new episode “Olive Oil Crisis.” WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures A&E,8p.m. As a 14-time world champion, Triple H’s career in sports entertainment spans decades. And now that Booker T is leading this mission of paying tribute to treasures within the wrestling community, Triple H is essential. With the legend’s wish list in hand, Booker hits the road with Mick Foley and Lita in search of items representing the three distinct eras of Triple H’s run: his debut character, his time in DX and his time as “The Game.” Tracker CBS, 8 p.m. In the new episode “Beyond the Campus Walls,” Colter’s (Justin Hartley) search for a missing grad student leads to the discovery of a dangerous conspiracy on campus. People Magazine Investigates: SurvivingaSerial Killer Investigation Discovery,8p.m. New Series In this six-part true-crime docuseries, survivors take back the narrative by sharing the disturbing yet empowering accounts of how they escaped the clutches ofaserial killer. Tonight’s series premiere tells the story of killer Rodney Alcala, who appeared on a popular dating show in the middle of his murder spree. Known as “The Dating Game Killer,” Alcala is believed to have 80 to 120 victims spanning from California to New Hampshire. This series brings together the untold story of teenage survivor Morgan Rowan, who was attacked by Alcala in 1965. MaryLand PBS, 8 p.m. New Series This three-episode drama follows estranged sisters Becca (Suranne Jones, who co-created the series with Anne-Marie O’Connor) and Rosaline (Eve Best), who are thrown back together by the sudden death of their mother, Mary (Judy Clifton). They learn that she was living an entirely secret life on the Isle of Man, far from her home with Richard (George Costigan), her husband and Becca and Rosaline’s father. As the sisters navigate their grief and discover their mother’s secrets, they meet Mary’s quirky friend Cathy (Stockard Channing), who seems to know more about their mother than they do. Grimsburg FOX, 8:30 p.m. In an attempt to become immortal, Marvin (voice of Jon Hamm) drinks a special potion that rapidly reverses the aging process in the new episode “Younger Games.” CSI: Vegas CBS, 9 p.m. The CSI team investigates when a plastinated nervous system is found hanging above a local car dealership in the new episode “The Artist Is Present.” From the editors of TV Weekly and tvinsider.com SUNDAY May 5, 2024 A Deadly Threat to My Family (2024, Suspense) Jessica Morris, Gina Vitori Lifetime, 5 p.m. Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995, Action) Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons AMC, 5 p.m. Encanto (2021, Children) Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero Freeform, 6 p.m. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint E!, 6 p.m. Roadhouse Romance (2021, Romance-comedy) Lauren Alaina, Tyler Hynes Hallmark, 6 p.m. Walk the Line (2005, Biography) Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon CW,6p.m. My Life Is on the Line (2024, Suspense) Andrea Pazmino, Jose Eduardo Ramos Lifetime, 7 p.m. The Color Purple (1985, Drama) Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover VH1, 7 p.m. Fourth Down and Love (2023, Romance-comedy) Pascale Hutton, Ryan Paevey Hallmark, 9 p.m. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint E!, 9 p.m. Malicious Mind Games (2022, Suspense) April Hale, Laura Ault LMN, 9 p.m. Overboard (1987, Comedy) Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell CMT,9p.m. MOVIES YOU’LL LOVE ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ JAAP BUITENDIJK What to watch ITV/PBS ‘MaryLand’ Directed by Raoul Walsh TCM, beginning at7p.m. Two classics directed by Raoul Walsh are presented in tonight’s double feature. First up is The Big Trail (1930), one of the many Westerns helmed by Walsh. This one is especially notable for a few reasons: It was one of the earliest widescreen films, shot usinga70mm process of that era, and it is led by a 23-year-old John Wayne in his first starring role. After that comes Walsh’s CATCH A CLASSIC EVERETT COLLECTION 1949 film noir/gangster classic White Heat (pictured), starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O’Brien. Chicago Tribune | Section 4 | Sunday, May 5, 2024 7

By Sophia Rosenbaum Associated Press “Nothing forces you to face your demons like falling in love.” And it’s almost always worth it, says Emily Henry during an interview ahead of the recent release of her latest novel, “Funny Story.” She would know, having churned out a new bestselling romance read every year since 2020. “You find out so much about yourself by how you react to the complicated feelings of falling in love, and that can lead into something very toxic and exhausting. But it also can lead into something so beautiful and life changing,” she says. This interview with Henry has been edited for clarity and length. Q: Before you started writing, you were in a bit of a life rut, which anyone can relate to. What advice do you have for people who are also stuck? A: You could try writing a book. That’s only halfway a joke, because I really do feel like “Beach Read” was the most meta thing I’d ever done. There’s a reason that most of my books have ended with one or both characters going to therapy. For a happy ending to be sustained, for a relationship to continue growing and changing, you probably need some help. Also getting on medicine was huge for me. I thought I was doing more or less OK until I found out what it felt like to be OK. Q: You write a lot about the complexities and vulnerabilities of love. What’s your favorite stage of a relationship? A: Because I’m in a steady, stable relationship, it’s really easy to romanticize those early phases. But then when I’m talking to my single friends, I’m like, “Oh yeah, it is hell.” I feel like I have such affection for that phase when you don’t know for sure how the other person feels. It’s like a feeling you don’t get from many other things in life. Q: There were a lot of different things that used to happen in romance novels that aren’t happening as much anymore, or authors are reversing them. What do you think about where we are now? A: Contemporary romance has tried to move toward something that’s a little bit more grounded and more realistic with a focus on the health of a relationship and the positivity of it. It’s interesting that it has been treated as a guilty pleasure for so long. There’s a wide variety of romance and erotica that leaves room for people to have their fantasies and that’s separate from the real world. Q: Three of your novels are being adapted into movies. How involved in that process are you? A: I am … close with two of the directors who’ve been formally announced for “People We Meet on Vacation” and “Beach Read.” I feel really lucky that they want to know what the readers care about. Q: There’s the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but what do you want people to take away from yours? A: Primarily joy. I’m always trying to balance the joy of life and the pain of life. I want it to feel like this is the book you want to buy at the airport and read on the plane or on the beach. Q: I think it is successful at that. Before I read “Beach Read,” one of my friends was like, “Hey, trigger warning. It focuses on a character whose dad died,” and my dad had just died. I appreciated the warning and also felt very seen by the nuanced take of the narrative in the book. A: Every book I do is taking the hardest parts of life and not trying to justify them, but trying to balance them against the best parts of life and leave the reader with the feeling that the hard (stuff ) that you’re going through is worth it for the experience of getting to love and be loved. Not necessarily romantically — any kind of love. You cannot love anyone without accepting that there’s a real chance of grief, whether that’s a breakup or a loss. They go hand in hand. Romance author Henry knows how to sustain a happy ending Bestselling author Emily Henry, seen April 23, has penned a new romance, “Funny Story.” The 400-page novel recently published by Berkley retails for $29. ANDY KROPA/INVISION Amor Towles dazzled millions with his “A Gentleman in Moscow” as well as its successor, the amiable romp “The Lincoln Highway,” and its predecessor, screwball comedy “Rules of Civility.” Each was smart, distinctive and full of delights. Same goes for his new “Table for Two.” It’s comprised of six longish stories, all set in New York in various time frames, and a novel, “Eve in Hollywood,” which is a sequel to “Rules.” It takes one of its supporting characters, Evelyn Ross, on an adventure of her own in California, where “Gone With the Wind” (1939) is about to be filmed. The New York stories are jam-packed, juicy stories with lots of plot. Some take place over several years. Some even have chapters. Mostly, the stories are narrated by a wry, all-knowing voice. It’s the sophisticated, witty voice of a person who views events from afar, bemused by the foibles of humans who unwittingly get involved in fraud (“The Ballad of Timothy Touchett”), find fortune in a surprising way (“The Line”) or end a marriage for one of the most bizarre reasons you can imagine (“I Will Survive”). It’s incredibly satisfying, old-fashioned storytelling with characters you care about, surprising but logical situations, liberal use of cliffhangers and, in each story, an ending that deals out fate in a way you won’t have seen coming. If the stories mostly have the vibe of screwball comedies, the novel shifts to something more like film noir. It’s a behind-thetinsel tale of Hollywood that involves blackmail and nude photos of starlets, including the late Olivia de Havilland. Newly arrived in Hollywood, Evelyn befriends the future Oscar winner and, with the help of a retired cop and with plenty of ratatat dialogue, neatly turns the tables on the bad guys. Again, there is lots of plot, but the pleasure in “Table for Two” is in Towles’ attention to detail, which extends to the descriptions of handwriting. Even the letters are delightful. — Chris Hewitt, Minneapolis Star Tribune On May 15, 1953, TV Guide ran a profile of Barbara Walters, the young producer of a 15-minute children’s program called “Ask the Camera.” By the time she died, almost 70 years later, Walters had bypassed or broken down lots of barriers. The first woman to co-host a network morning program, first female co-host of a network evening news program and creator of daytime talk show “The View,” Walters interviewed everyone who was anyone in politics and entertainment and was on a short list of individuals who have had the greatest impact on television news. In “The Rulebreaker,” Susan Page draws on archival research and more than 120 interviews. She creates an often-riveting account of a smart, demanding, competitive and thinskinned broadcaster who once confessed that she was doing what she knew “how to do better than anything. Not life, not how to handle life. I don’t know how to do that.” Page probes Walters’ complicated and conflicted relationships with her father, Lou, a nightclub impresario; Dena, her often disgruntled mother; Jackie, her special needs sister; and Jacqueline, her adopted daughter. Barbara’s three marriages failed, Page demonstrates, because her career always came first. Page examines her friendships and romantic attachments, and also documents the sexism Walters faced in network newsrooms. Walters, however, did not call herself a feminist or join colleagues in lobbying for an end to systemic gender discrimination. The path she paved for the women who followed her, Page writes, was, “first and foremost, one that she was cutting for herself.” Walters died in 2022. Her cremated remains were buried next to her parents and sister in Lakeside Memorial Park in Miami. Page implies her marker, which doesn’t mention familial relationships, is disingenuous. “No regrets,” it reads. “I had a great life.” — Glenn C. Altschuler, Minneapolis Star Tribune BOOK REVIEWS Novel, 6 stories jam-packed with plot ‘TABLE FOR TWO’ By Amor Towles; Viking, 464 pages, $32. ‘THE RULEBREAKER’ By Susan Page; Simon & Schuster, 464 pages, $30.99. By Sarah Lyall The New York Times Last May, nine months after the knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie made a surprise appearance at the 2023 PEN America literary gala. His voice was weak, and he was noticeably thinner than usual; one of his eyeglass lenses was blacked out, because his right eye had been blinded in the assault. But anyone wondering whether the author was still his old exuberant self would have been immediately reassured by the way he began his remarks, with a racy impromptu joke. “I want to remind people in the room who might not remember that ‘Valley of the Dolls’ was published in the same publishing season as Philip Roth’s ‘Portnoy’s Complaint,’ ” he said, riffing on an earlier speaker’s mention of Jacqueline Susann’s potboiler. “And when Jacqueline Susann was asked what she thought about Philip Roth’s great novel” — with its enthusiastically self-pleasuring main character — “she said, ‘I think he’s very talented, but I wouldn’t want to shake his hand.’ ” It was classic Rushdie, improvisational literary wit deployed during a solemn occasion, in this case his acceptance of the organization’s Centenary Courage Award. It was also a triumphant signal that his brush with death — more than three decades after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s killing over the novel “The Satanic Verses” — had dampened neither his spirit nor his determination to live life in the open. His new book, “Knife,” now available, is a harrowing account of the attack and its aftermath, and a reminder of how gravely injured he was. It’s also a deeply moving love story that attributes much of his recovery and good spirits to the tender, brave support of his wife of three years, poet and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths. “I wanted to write a book which was about both love and hatred — one overcoming the other,” Rushdie said in a recent interview. “And so it’s a book about both of us.” He is still dealing with the physical repercussions of the attack, including bouts of fatigue. One side of his mouth pulls a bit when he talks, the result of damage to a nerve in his neck. His left hand has only partially recovered; his right eye is permanently unusable. Though Rushdie considered calling his new book “A Knife in the Eye,” a reference to the worst of his injuries, he decided on a single-word title, as sharp and staccato as the object itself. “Knife” can mean many things, he writes. It’s a weapon, of course, and an artistic device in books, movies and paintings. In Rushdie’s book, it’s a metaphor for understanding. “Language can be that kind of knife, the thing that cuts through to the truth,” Rushdie said. “I wanted to use the power of literature — not just in my writing, but in literature in general, to reply to this attack.” On Aug. 12, 2022, Rushdie was onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in New York — ironically, he was speaking about City of Asylum, a program that provides safe haven to writers under threat — when a black-clad man ran full-tilt onto the stage, wielding a knife. (The man, Hadi Matar, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree assault and second-degree attempted murder and awaits trial.) The blade struck Rushdie 10 times. It severed all the tendons and most of the nerves in his left hand. It penetrated his right eye just short of his brain, destroying the optic nerve. It slashed into his neck, across his upper right thigh and along his hairline, and pierced his abdomen. Rushdie remembers thinking two things as he saw the assailant hurtling forward, he writes. The first was that death had finally come for him: “So it’s you. Here you are.” The second was disbelief that it was happening so late in the game, after this long uneventful stretch. “Really?” he thought. “Why now, after all these years?” As the blows rained down, people rushed to Rushdie’s aid, led by City of Asylum co-founder Henry Reese, 73, who was interviewing the author onstage and who sustained a shallow knife wound and a badly bruised right eye as he held down the assailant. “If it hadn’t been for Henry and the audience, I wouldn’t be sitting here writing these words,” Rushdie writes in the book. “That Chautauqua morning I experienced both the worst and best of human nature, almost simultaneously.” “Knife” is a visceral, intimate book, in contrast to an earlier memoir, “Joseph Anton,” a 2012 book that was written in the third person. “I wanted it to read like a novel,” Rushdie explained of the earlier book. But “Knife” is different. “This is not novelistic. I mean, somebody sticks a knife in you, that’s pretty personal. Pretty first person,” he said. The book contains a long passage in which Rushdie imagines interrogating his assailant, but he never mentions him by name. “My Assailant, my would-be Assassin, the Asinine man who made Assumptions about me, and with whom I had a near-lethal Assignation,” he writes. “I will refer to him more decorously as ‘the A.’ What I call him in the privacy of my home is my business.” Rushdie said he wants to be thought of foremost as a novelist. But he has always felt — even before the fatwa — an obligation to be engaged in public matters. For years, he served as president of PEN America, in the forefront of its fights on behalf of free speech. Presenting Rushdie’s award to him last year, PEN America’s then-president, playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar, said the group was honoring him “because of what he stood for and continues to stand for, and what this organization is fundamentally all about — freedom.” Akhtar continued: “He has enlarged the world’s imaginative capacities, and at such great cost to himself.” But Rushdie said that he doesn’t see himself as a symbol of anything. “I’ve never felt symbolic. I felt — you know, I’m just here.” He laughed. “I’m just Ken.” (This was an allusion to the song in the “Barbie” movie.) “I’m just me. I’m just somebody who’s trying to be a writer, trying to do his best. And that’s all I’ve ever wanted to be.” In memoir, Rushdie’s vision undiminished “I wanted to write a book which was about both love and hatred — one overcoming the other,” author Salman Rushdie, seen March 22, says of “Knife.” CLEMENT PASCAL/THE NEW YORK TIMES ‘KNIFE’ By Salman Rushdie; Random House, 224 pages, $28. 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By Jake Coyle Associated Press The movies are good at resurrecting the past and imagining the future, but pinning down the present can be tricky. Movies take a long time to make. Once you’ve gone from idea to script to production to edit and, finally, to audiences, several years might have passed. Take “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s seemingly very of-the-moment, electionyear release that led the box office over its first two weekends in theaters. Garland wrote it in 2020 as the pandemic was unfolding and a presidential election was approaching. “Civil War” arrived in theaters four years later, loaded with the anxieties of societal breakdown and concern for the endgame to our current political extremism. But it also very consciously stepped away from the bitter partisanship of today. “Civil War” sparked a lot of discussion by pairing California and Texas together in battle, but that’s far from the only gesture Garland made to avoid channeling the current, highly charged fissures of American society. The movie, perhaps out of fear of being too contemporary, is set in a near-future dystopia. Scant mention is made of race, income inequality or climate change. It has connective tissue with many current issues, particularly the plight of journalists. But it’s telling that even a provocative movie that imagines America in all-out warfare is timid about today. Yet even if “Civil War” was bracingly current, would that have been appropriate in an election year? More importantly, would we even want to see it? With many exceptions, the movie year in multiplexes can seem forever toggling between the period dramas of Oscar season and the sequels of summer, a seemingly willful dance to forever avoid the here and now. To a large degree, Hollywood runs on intellectual property, which, by its definition, is old. That didn’t stop “Barbie” from being highly relevant 64 years after the doll’s creation, or a 70-year-old Godzilla from showing some new moves, or 62-year-old Spider-Man proving surprisingly adept at reflecting our chaotic digital lives. But finding movies free of decades-old baggage or loads of CGI that masks the real world can take some effort. That dearth has made a pair of recent spring releases — Radu Jude’s “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World” and Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast” — all the more thrilling for their eagerness to confront our present reality. “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World,” the latest from the 47-year-old Romanian writer and director, begins with an iPhone alarm clock going off. On the disheveled nightstand of Angela Răducanu (Ilinca Manolache) is a wine glass, paperback Proust and a clock with no hands, beneath which it reads: “It’s later than you think.” Angela’s life is a discombobulated swirl of GPSnavigated traffic, boorish men and work errands. Everything from the war in Ukraine to gun violence to Pornhub is filtered into her daily experience while she drives to appointments to make workplace-safety videos for a production company. Angela occasionally boils over, though she mostly vents through TikTok, spouting misogynist incel rants with a filter that cloaks her identity. The persona is modeled on the online influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged in Bucharest with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. He has denied the allegations. Interspersed with Angela’s story are excerpts from Lucian Bratu’s 1981 film “Angela Goes On.” That Angela (played by Dorina Lazăr) spends her days driving, too, as a taxi driver, and the juxtaposition between the two Angelas invites a comparison between that era and now. Filming in a harsh monochrome, today doesn’t come off looking so good — even next to the communist Romania of the 1981 film. Bonello’s “The Beast,” which recently expanded in U.S. theaters, also uses separate timelines to illuminate present reality while pondering if we aren’t just doomed to repeat the past. The movie, inspired by the Henry James novella “The Beast in the Jungle,” follows two lovers — Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) and Louis (George MacKay) — through three time periods: 1910 Paris, 2014 Los Angeles and 2044 Paris. In the first chapter, Gabrielle and Louis are brought together — not for the first time, Louis reminds her — in belle époque Paris just before the Great Flood of 1910. Their connection is palpable but the encounter ends in tragedy, in an underwater sequence of haunting power in the doll factory of Gabrielle’s husband. The switch, then, from costume drama to moreor-less contemporary Los Angeles is jarring. But our characters are still some distant versions of their prior selves. Gabrielle, previously a pianist, is now an actor. Louis is a misogynistic vlogger whose incel delusions — along with some strange force drawing them back together — bring him again into Gabrielle’s orbit. The echoes of their past lives are even more acute in 2044, by which time artificial intelligence has spread into all corners of life and Gabrielle is considering undergoing a procedure to “purify” her DNA. She’s told she won’t lose her emotions but will feel more “serenely.” The bookends of past and present in “The Beast” put dehumanization — from doll-making to AI — in disquieting context. It’s not a coincidence that “The Beast” and “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the Earth” wrestle with incel culture. To do so may be a necessary ingredient for making sense of our present reality. Sean Price Williams’ “The Sweet East,” a scuzzy, vital picaresque from last year, glibly but perceptively surveyed a ridiculous America of worlds-apart subcultures, conspiracy-addled shooters and bookish white supremacists. With a cast including Simon Rex, Jeremy O. Harris, Ayo Edebiri and Jacob Elordi, but a central heroine in Lillian (Talia Ryder), “The Sweet East” played like an “Alice in Wonderland” for now — an absurd odyssey for absurd times. None of these films — “The Beast,” “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the Earth” or “The Sweet East” — are perfect, or even trying to be. But, unlike “Civil War,” they aren’t dodging anything. The present may be messy and muddled, but these films, in very distinct and outlandish ways, are at least trying to pin it down. COMMENTARY Making of-the-moment movie often elusive Other films better pin down present than ‘Civil War’ Writer and director Radu Jude’s “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World” was filmed in a harsh monochrome. MUBI By Maya Salam The New York Times Since its first episode aired in 2012, “Catfish: The TV Show” has held up a mirror to our online lives, reflecting how we present ourselves and make sense of love, lust, trust, companionship and loneliness in an increasingly digital world. Each episode unfolds like a detective show, with host Nev Schulman summoned to untangle truth from lies, to take relationships that exist only on computers and phones and drag them into our three-dimensional reality. The saga of Danny and Jose, which aired in 2017, is emblematic of the deception, dashed hopes and complicated situations regularly featured on the show. Danny contacted “Catfish” for help, believing Rosa had moved from Connecticut to Orlando, where he lived, but still would not meet him. Rosa had warned Danny that she had anger issues, in part because she had been molested as a child. When meeting with Schulman and his co-host at the time, Max Joseph, Danny said he wanted to help her by bringing more faith into her life. In their research, Schulman and Joseph quickly discovered the mask, the unwitting person whose photos had been sent to Danny: a woman named Natalie. But Rosa’s real identity was harder to pin down. Schulman called Rosa to inform her that Danny was now aware she’d lied about the photos. She agreed to meet in Connecticut because she had never moved. When Schulman, Joseph, Danny and the crew arrived, they were met by a sobbing Jose. “Just be yourself, be honest, say whatever it is you feel comfortable saying,” Schulman told him. Jose said he’d created the fake account more than a decade earlier. “What were you actually planning on getting out of this?” Danny asked. “You need some help. You need to go to church, you need to get involved, you need to speak to someone.” Jose said, “I feel bad about myself every single day that I wake up.” The terrible things that he’d said Rosa endured had actually happened to him, he said. “I was in pain. To this day, I’m still in pain. I just try to find an escape.” Though no two episodes are alike, “Catfish” has remained consistent: Hopefuls, in “Catfish” lingo, ask the show for help meeting a person with whom they have developed an online relationship but have not met in real life. The hopefuls usually suspect that they are being deceived but can’t quite surrender their rosecolored glasses. They have almost never had a video call with their person and often have never spoken on the phone. Professions of love and longing, within perpetual scrolls of direct messages or texts, are frequent. Meeting, moving and marriage often come up. The exchange of private details and photographs is common. Schulman and Kamie Crawford, who joined as a full-time co-host in 2020 (Joseph left in 2018), conduct an investigation to unite the two people. The show facilitates the invariably fraught confrontations. The process is not intended to be easy or fun and, by and large, the elusive partner is a catfish: someone who fabricates an online persona for any number of motivations. Today, those who have never watched “Catfish” most likely recognize the term, as the phenomenon has become more familiar than the documentary and TV show that minted it. The activities and behaviors that “Catfish” captures — wrestling with loneliness, seeking virtual relationships, sifting through digital misinformation and wondering what, if any of it, is real — are part and parcel of everyday life for many in 2024. The series recently returned for its ninth season and continues to present snapshots of the country rarely seen on TV. Previous investigations have taken viewers to Kodiak, Alaska; St. Ignace, Michigan; Charlotte, Texas; and Greensburg, Pennsylvania — places where career or social opportunities may be scarce. Each scenario is something of a slow-motion unveiling, dread and anticipation building with every revelation. In the first episode, Sunny, a 21-year-old Arkansas nursing student, wanted help meeting Jamison, a Los Angeles model studying to be an anesthesiologist. In the end, Jamison was Chelsea, an 18-year-old woman living in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Chelsea spoke about being bullied throughout high school, especially for her sexual orientation, and seemed relieved to end the charade. On “Catfish,” LGBTQ struggles are frequently part of the equation. If it weren’t for Schulman, we’d still think of catfish as whiskered inhabitants of fresh water, not as online impostors. Then a 24-year-old New York-based photographer, he had been befriended on Facebook by Abby, an 8-year-old Michigan girl. Seemingly an artistic prodigy, Abby wanted permission to use one of his photographs as the basis of a painting, and they formed a warm, siblinglike friendship, which led to a pleasant rapport with her mother, Angela, and then to a romantic online relationship with Megan, Abby’s 19-year-old half sister. When Megan’s story started to crumble, Schulman traveled to Michigan to find the truth, with a documentary team in tow. In reality, there was no Abby or Megan as Schulman had come to know them, only Angela Wesselman-Pierce, who used photos of another woman for her “Megan” profile. (She has two daughters, Abby and Megan, but neither was involved in the lie.) Wesselman-Pierce was the painter, and this all played out in the documentary “Catfish” (directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, Nev’s brother), which “caused some hyperventilation” when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. Wesselman-Pierce lived with her husband, Vince Pierce, and his two sons. “I didn’t want to lose the friendship no matter what,” a teary Wesselman-Pierce told Schulman in the film. “A lot of the personalities that came out were just fragments of myself.” At the end of the documentary, Pierce recalled a tale he’d heard and, in turn, gave the movie — and the expression — its name. Cod, he said, were once shipped by boat in vats from Alaska to China, but the fish would arrive mushy and tasteless. Eventually catfish were added to the vats to keep the cod healthy. “There are those people who are catfish in life,” he said. In his mind, his wife was one. “They keep you guessing, they keep you thinking, they keep you fresh.” Presenting people objectively and compassionately is the show’s “secret X factor,” said Schulman, now 39 and a father of three, and a reason it continues to be a mainstay on MTV. The show takes care in giving both parties a chance to tell their stories, leaving viewers to draw their own conclusions, to feel sympathy or not. That doesn’t mean the show has escaped naysayers who struggle to believe its scenarios aren’t staged. But the confrontations on “Catfish” are done in a single take, and the hosts and hopefuls never really know what they are about to walk into. “We just roll into a scene and film it as it’s happening, not cutting, and then it’s over,” Schulman said. Sometimes the investigations don’t deliver what might be expected: the times when the catfish were not catfish at all, but who they said they were; or the times when a hopeful and catfish, in cahoots, fake the situation to get on television. These episodes air like the others. “What the show boils down to is that people just desperately want to feel some sort of meaningful human connection, and the internet can facilitate that to some degree,” he said. “I know it can feel similarly fulfilling. It can create sort of a silhouette, but it’s almost like a shell of the intimate relationship. “Unfortunately, when you poke your finger in there, it’s empty inside.” Show reveals connections untethered from reality Nev Schulman and Kamie Crawford, seen Feb. 29, host “Catfish: The TV Show,” a reality series that premiered in 2012 and is in its ninth season. OK MCCAUSLAND/THE NEW YORK TIMES ‘Catfish’ captures how mixing heart, tech can go wrong Chicago Tribune | Section 4 | Sunday, May 5, 2024 9

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LIFE TRAVEL Style | Relationships | Home + Black leaders weigh in on Rainbow/PUSH chief’s resignation less than 3 months into role. Plans to find a replacement are underway LIFE Coalition carries on My friends and I are turning 50. Now do we get to stop hating our looks, asks Heidi Stevens BALANCING ACT Time is a thief, and also a gift Itching to catch the next glimpse of totality? Get your passport ready. You’ll have three chances over the next four years to see the moon blot out the sun TRAVEL Feeding the eclipse addiction NEIL VIGDOR/THE NEW YORK TIMES DREAMSTIME EILEEN T. MESLAR/CHICAGO TRIBUNE LIFE Eldest daughters have moment in viral spotlight ‘Eldest daughter syndrome’ assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact W/S Chicago Tribune | Section 6 | Sunday, May 5, 2024 1 F R GAMES PUZZLES & PlayJumble.com SOLITAIRE STORY MAHJONG STORY BUBBLE SHOOTER PRO DAILY DAILY SUDOKU COOKIE CRUSH

Dear Amy: I’ve been dating my boyfriend for the past year. I brought my pets, and we moved in with him this past December. He’s an amazing guy — the absolute best! The issue arises with his house. He owns a three-bedroom house. Last July, his sister and her family moved in with him. This took the total number of people from two adults, three cats and two dogs to four adults, six kids, three cats and two dogs. My cats have reached their limits with the children and avoid them. My dogs love to try to be around the kids but because one is a puppy, they complained, and now my dogs have to stay outside or in the garage. I have absolutely had it with this family. I feel like my boyfriend, and I have become prisoners in his house because there is constant drama and chaos. When his sister’s family fights, we have to sit in our room or in the garage (we ended up converting it to a bedroom) while they slam doors inside the house. And if we even try to bring stuff up, it’s World War III. How do I tell my boyfriend I’m sick of how they take advantage of him and disrespect his house and belongings? I get that they were there when I moved in, but I want them gone ASAP — but I don’t want to be the bad guy! — Woman, Standing on the Edge Dear Standing: Even though you maintain that this family has encroached upon your boyfriend — and you — by your own account, the family already lived there when you moved in. You have framed this as an issue of them crowding you out, but you made a choice to move in when they were already there. I point this out to emphasize the fact that you don’t have a valid reason to put your foot down about this crowded house. This arrangement obviously isn’t working out for you or the animals you are responsible for. Your boyfriend might be overwhelmed, but if he wants his sister and her family members to find other housing, he needs to tell them. He sounds like a generous person, but if he, you, his family members, their children and the animals are all miserable, then things need to change. Getting his family members to move out might be a difficult prospect, especially for someone like your guy, who hides in his bedroom. You, however, have choices, and if your living situation isn’t healthy for you and your animals, then you should find housing elsewhere. Dear Amy: I have helped out my sister’s children over the years. She is a single mom. I’ve provided vacations every summer, school clothes at the end of summer, hosted them for Christmas breaks and made sure they had presents, and give money to their mom. Now they’re grown. The youngest is getting married soon in my city. The wedding is small, and I did not make the guest list. I am disappointed, but I understand that they have a tight budget. The problem is my sister has asked to stay with me during the weekend of festivities, and I feel like it is a very insensitive request and rubbing my nose in the fact that I was not invited. Right or wrong, I feel like it would be hard to watch the weekend of wedding festivities and not be included. How do I respond? — Upset Aunt Dear Upset: You have been a generous family member, but this does not guarantee a return on your investment. I’m sorry you were not included in this celebration, and I can understand why this feels like a snub. You can say “no” to your sister, but I think you should let her stay in your place. During this time, do something special for yourself. Plan your own adventure out of town. Dear Amy: Your answer to “Hapless Husband” was terrible. His wife was in a running group and a guy in the group was texting her. She has agency. She has the right to have friendships outside of her marriage. He should not be looking at her texts. — Upset Dear Upset: His wife was showing him these text messages, possibly because she was seeking her husband’s take. I could understand why he was concerned. Copyright 2024 by Amy Dickinson Distributed by Tribune Content Agency Jam-packed house needs fewer residents ASK AMY By Amy Dickinson [email protected] Twitter@askingamy 2 Chicago Tribune | Section 6 | Sunday, May 5, 2024 W/S Your Goodwill® purchases fund job training and more in your community. Even those frames that show off your twin pugs. BRING HOME. SM

A lot of my friends and I are turning 50 this year, which means my calendar is filled with celebrations to mark a half century (!) of life and memories and friendships and mistakes and love and heartbreak and reinvention and redemption. And my social feeds are filled with ways to look like none of it happened. There’s a product or procedure for saving every (I mean every) inch of our bodies from looking their age. It’s a little exhausting. We already grew up devouring magazines that spoke to us like the worst friend ever. (“You’re hideous! But don’t worry I can totally fix you!”) We’ve been taught to hate our skin and our thighs and our hair and our bellies for as long as I can remember. I spent years that I’ll never get back, worried about my pores. (My pores!) So none of this is new. Learning to hate our necks maybe is new. I don’t think anyone told us to hate our necks until our 40s. Although Nora Ephron warned us this was coming in her 2008 book, “I Feel Bad About My Neck.” (Nora Ephron warned us about pretty much everything.) Anyway. The point is we’ve been enrolled in a lifetime seminar on believing we’re not quite right, looks-wise, and the real fun will begin when we can get on top of that. And like good little students, we tried. We really did. And I don’t begrudge us. Aging is a game that’s rigged against us. Do too much and you’re embarrassing yourself. Do too little and you’re not even trying. Do just the right amount and you’ll look ageless and flawless without looking like you tried to look ageless or flawless. It’s an invisible pact, writer Sarah Seltzer once observed, that women are supposed to make. “Be beauty ducks,” Seltzer wrote in a 2014 essay, “who look tranquil and eat hamburgers above the surface but are paddling beneath: working out, dieting, plucking, nipping, tucking and buffing all the time just out of sight, so we can appear this perfect.” I think 50 is the age to give that all up. Forty or 30 or 20 would also have been good ages to give that up. And some of you did and I’m so proud of you and you can tell me your secret if we ever run into each other at Target. Sixty or 70 is also a good age to give that all up. Not the plucking and buffing and all the rest. Give them up if you want to; hold onto them if you want to. Dye your hair. Stop dying your hair. Get Botox. Don’t get Botox. Get fillers. Don’t get fillers. Have things tucked and tightened or don’t. Your one beautiful body, like your one beautiful life, is yours and yours alone. You already won the game just by showing up. But what I’m hoping about 50 is that we can remember to fall in love a little bit with the parts of us that reveal our age. To defend them even. Because our age is our reminder, to ourselves as much as anyone, that we’ve seen a thing or two. And tried a thing or two. And mourned a thing or two. And found hope in a thing or two. And, if we’re lucky, we get to carry all of that into the next few decades, where we’ll see another thing or two and try another thing or two and mourn another thing or two and find hope in another thing or two. By 50, I’m thinking, we can stop pressing pause until we get our skin/ thighs/hair/bellies/neck in check. By 50, we can decide that the fun began a bunch of years ago and it’s going to keep happening without us if we don’t dive in. A few nights ago I had the opportunity to sit down with Anne Lamott as part of her book tour for “Somehow: Thoughts on Love.” She talked about spending a lifetime learning to quiet her inner critic, the voice that told her she didn’t have anything interesting to say or offer to the world. The one that told her she’d never be enough. She told a story about going shopping with her best friend when they were in their late 30s. Lamott was going on a date. Her friend was dying of cancer. Lamott came out of the fitting room in a dress and asked her best friend Pammy if her hips looked big. “You don’t have that kind of time,” Pammy answered, all too aware how fleeting all of this stuff is. All too aware that the size of our hips is never, and will never be, the point. Time is a thief, and it’s also a gift. And I think it’s OK to let it show on our faces and our bodies. I hope my face at 50 says: Let’s not waste time. Let’s walk and talk about all the things. Let’s tell the truth. Let’s laugh. Let’s do scary things. Let’s take care of each other. Surely that’s why we’re still here. Heidi Stevens is a Tribune Content Agency columnist. You can reach her at heidikstevens@gmail. com, find her on X at @ heidistevens13 or join her Heidi Stevens’ Balancing Act Facebook group. At 50, can we stop hating our looks now? There’s a product or procedure for saving every inch of our bodies from looking their age, writes Heidi Stevens. DREAMSTIME Heidi Stevens Balancing Act W/S Chicago Tribune | Section 6 | Sunday, May 5, 2024 3 Our first-ever store opens May 23. MARK YOUR CALENDAR We’re coming to your neighborhood! Discover the best of all things home with an inspiring selection of furniture, decor, and more–up close and personal. JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING WEEKEND May 23–27 Edens Plaza|3232 Lake Avenue Wilmette, IL 60091 Follow us @wayfair_chicago SCAN FOR EVENT DETAILS

By Darcel Rockett Chicago Tribune Mystery still surrounds the resignation of the Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III from the storied Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Much fanfare was made in July 2023, when the Dallas pastor agreed to take the helm of the civil rights organization headquartered in a former temple in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood. On April 16, less than three months into the job, Haynes resigned from the position that Rainbow/ PUSH President Emeritus the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. founded through its predecessor, Operation PUSH. Since then, conversation about why he resigned has picked up, with a number of Black leaders weighing in. Roland Martin, a journalist and CEO of Black Star Network, told CBS 2 that Haynes did not have the autonomy to lead the organization as Jackson’s successor. “You had the friction there,” Martin said to CBS. “He did not have the full authority to actually do the job.” Former Illinois senator and senior pastor of Salem Baptist Church Pastor James Meeks is a Rainbow/PUSH Coalition board member. He offered a statement after Haynes stepped down: “Transitions can be very difficult. We respect Dr. Freddy Haynes and appreciate the time that he was able to give to Rainbow/PUSH. As an organization, we will continue our national search for a replacement for Rev. Jackson.” Atlanta-based attorney and Rainbow/PUSH Coalition board chair, CK Hoffler, said she was surprised by Haynes stepping down. Hoffler has worked pro bono with Jackson for 37 years. “Of course we’re sorry it didn’t work out because this is who we envisioned would be the next person to be the immediate successor,” she said. “It didn’t work out but in this movement, we expect things will happen. But we have to regroup. The good thing is Rev. Haynes remains a great friend and supporter of Rainbow/ PUSH and Rainbow/PUSH remains a great friend and supporter of Rev. Haynes. Now both have to continue with their mission.” An April 23 statement from the Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition said that a strategic planning committee has been appointed by the board to lead the process to appoint an interim president. Hoffler said the search for a new leader of the organization “will be efficient and swift, but not rushed.” In the meantime, Jackson’s youngest son, Yusef Jackson, will serve as chief operating officer with day-to-day operational oversight. Rainbow/PUSH Coalition long has been an advocacy platform to promote economic, educational and political change. Hoffler said people continually seek out the organization’s help for basic needs such as food, clothing and scholarships, and that mission will continue. “Rev. Jackson always said that Rainbow/PUSH has never been a vessel for a single person. It’s a vessel for a movement,” Hoffler said. “Dr. Haynes is a friend of Rainbow; we all stand in solidarity in this movement. He and Rev. Jackson. So we didn’t lose a friend. He’s just no longer our leader. But he is still working in solidarity, just as we are.” When asked if a new leader will be selected before the Democratic National Convention, to be held Aug. 19-22 in Chicago, Hoffler said she hopes it’ll happen sooner rather than later. “It is a setback not to have a leader for this moment, but when you have a setback, it prepares you for a hell of a comeback,” Hoffler said. In his resignation letter, Haynes said he made the decision to step down from the role as chief executive officer and president after continual prayer and deliberation. But he didn’t offer further explanation. “I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all who have expressed their support since my appointment in July of last year,” Haynes wrote in the letter. “I remain committed to honoring the rich history of Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and the legacy of its esteemed leader, the incomparable Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., and most significantly, to the calling and pursuit of social justice.” Haynes, a senior pastor from Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, embraced the presidency of the civil rights organization at Rainbow/ PUSH’s annual conference last summer. Jackson accepted Haynes’ resignation in a written response, and said the board of trustees as well as Rainbow/ PUSH staff and members are grateful to Haynes for his service and leadership. Jackson said he looks forward to the continued collaboration between Haynes and the organization in the pursuit of justice and equity. When asked if medical issues led to Haynes’ departure, Hoffler said she’s not aware of anything along those lines and will not discuss details of any former employee’s tenure with the organization. Calls to Haynes went unanswered. When Haynes, 63, was formally installed as president and CEO in February, he told Associated Press he appreciated what Jackson “poured into” him. In 2023, Haynes said it was an honor to be chosen for the role, even though it was a lot of pressure to take up the mantle after Jackson, who ceded day-to-day operations in 2022. Hoffler said filling the role is challenging. “Anytime you’ve got the organization’s founder, who is huge and iconic, and when that person stepped down from the day-to-day leadership, as the reverend did (he wore so many hats), of course, it creates challenges to be able to find someone who’s going to step in to be on his shoulders,” she said. “There’s only one Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., so when we’re looking at his successor, it’s someone who’s going to stand on his shoulders. We take that very seriously.” COALITION CARRIES ON Black leaders weigh in on Rainbow/PUSH chief’s resignation less than 3 months into role LIFE The Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III speaks during the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition’s annual convention in 2023 at the Apostolic Church of God in the Woodlawn neighborhood. EILEEN T. MESLAR/CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. speaks with Haynes during the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition convention in 2023. 4 Chicago Tribune | Section 6 | Sunday, May 5, 2024 W/S

By Catherine Pearson The New York Times In a TikTok video that has been watched more than 6 million times, Kati Morton, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Santa Monica, California, lists signs that she says can be indicative of “eldest daughter syndrome.” Among them: an intense feeling of familial responsibility, people-pleasing tendencies and resentment toward your siblings and parents. On the social media platform X, a viral post asks: “are u happy or are u the oldest sibling and also a girl”? Firstborn daughters are having a moment in the spotlight, at least online, with memes and think pieces offering a sense of gratification to responsible, put-upon big sisters everywhere. But even mental health professionals like Morton — herself the youngest in her family — caution against putting too much stock in the psychology of sibling birth order, and the idea that it shapes personality or long-term outcomes. “People will say, ‘It means everything!’ Other people will say, ‘There’s no proof,’ ” she said, noting that eldest daughter syndrome (which isn’t an actual mental health diagnosis) may have as much to do with gender norms as it does with birth order. “Everybody’s seeking to understand themselves and to feel understood. And this is just another page in that book.” What the research says about birth order The stereotypes are familiar to many of us: Firstborn children are reliable and high-achieving; middle children are sociable and rebellious (and overlooked); and youngest children are charming and manipulative. Studies have indeed found ties between a person’s role in the family lineup and various outcomes, including educational attainment and IQ (though those scores are not necessarily reliable measures of intelligence), financial risk tolerance and even participation in dangerous sports. But many studies have focused on a single point in time, cautioned Rodica Damian, a social-personality psychologist at the University of Houston. That means older siblings may have appeared more responsible or even more intelligent simply because they were more mature than their siblings, she said, adding that the sample sizes in most birth order studies have also been relatively small. In larger analyses, the link between birth order and personality traits appears much weaker. A 2015 study looking at more than 20,000 people in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States found no link between birth order and personality characteristics — though the researchers did find evidence that older children have a slight advantage in IQ. (So, eldest daughters, take your bragging rights where you can get them.) Damian worked on a different large-scale study, also published in 2015, that included more than 370,000 high schoolers in the United States. It found slight differences in personality and intelligence, but the differences were so small, she said, that they were essentially meaningless. Damian did allow that cultural practices such as property or business inheritance (which may go to the firstborn) might affect how birth order influences family dynamics and sibling roles. Still, there is no convincing some siblings who insist their birth order has predestined their role in the family. After her study published, Damian appeared on a call-in radio show. The lines flooded with listeners who were delighted to tell her how skewed her findings were. “Somebody would say: ‘You’re wrong! I’m a firstborn and I’m more conscientious than my siblings!’ And then someone else would call in and say, ‘You’re wrong, I’m a laterborn and I’m more conscientious than my siblings!” she said. What personal experience says about birth order Sara Stanizai, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Long Beach, California, runs a virtual group with weekly meet-ups, where participants reflect on how they believe their birth order has affected them and how it may be continuing to shape their romantic lives, friendships and careers. The program was inspired by Stanizai’s experience as an eldest daughter in an Afghan-American family, where she felt “parentified” and “overly responsible” for her siblings — in part because she was older, and in part because she was a girl. While Stanizai acknowledged that the research around birth order is mixed, she finds it useful for many of her clients to reflect on their birth order and how they believe it shaped their family life — particularly if they felt hemmed in or saddled by certain expectations. Her therapy groups spend time reflecting on questions like: How does my family see me? How do I see myself? Can we talk about any discrepancies in our viewpoints, and how they shape family dynamics? For instance, an older sibling might point out that he or she is often the one to plan family vacations. A younger sibling might point out that he or she often feels pressured into going along with whatever the rest of the group wants. Whether or not there is evidence that birth order determines personality traits is almost beside the point, experts acknowledged. “I think people are just looking for meaning and self-understanding,” Stanizai said. “Horoscopes, birth order, attachment styles” are just a few examples, she said. “People are just looking for a set of code words and ways of describing their experiences.” Eldest daughters have moment in viral spotlight But some mental health professionals say not to put much stock in birth order “Eldest daughter syndrome” assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact. BIANCA BAGNARELLI/THE NEW YORK TIMES W/S Chicago Tribune | Section 6 | Sunday, May 5, 2024 5 Quality Products, Quality People, Quality Service. 2010-2023 SPECIALIZING IN WOOD AND VINYL WINDOWS & DOORS. WHAT’S YOUR STYLE? For more than 65 years, we have provided quality replacement windows and doors in Chicago, and many other surrounding areas. 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By Scott Ervin Tribune News Service Dear Kid Whisperer: I teach in a K-5 room for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBDs). I love my job and I run a tight ship. My students know that while they are in my room, their negative behaviors won’t work: They only get what they want with positive behaviors. However, a few of my students know that there are some behaviors that I am not allowed to handle in my classroom. I am required to refer physical violence and threats to my principal, and these behaviors lead to detentions and suspensions. I don’t want this to happen, but I don’t know what I can do about it. Dear Reader: Last week, I showed you how to properly prevent and mitigate these types of “ejector seat” behaviors: behaviors that savvy kids know will get them attention, control and avoidance by forcing teachers to send them out of the room and usually out of school, according to school policies. Congratulations on being so effective in your room at making negative behaviors non-functional that your students have had to resort to the ejector seat as their only means of successfully getting attention, control and avoidance. While the Strategic Noticing and Gentle Guidance Interventions described in the last column can help to prevent and mitigate these behaviors, they will not be enough to permanently change behaviors without properly responding when they occur as a calm, loving teacher. Let’s be real: Suspensions and detentions don’t tend to improve student behavior. We know that many kids, when sent home for negative behaviors, will often be allowed to leave the house, and perhaps ride a bike around their neighborhood so they can brag to neighbors about getting suspended. Detentions don’t teach anything and tend to just make kids resentful. By using a behavior that requires you to send him out of the room and perhaps send him home, you are forced to give him attention, control and avoidance through his negative behavior. The scary thing is that these kinds of behaviors — usually threats, harassment, or violence — are usually illegal and dangerous. This ups the ante, because it becomes a matter of life or death to make these behaviors nonfunctional. You are forced to refer the student to the principal. Your job in “getting to later” is to minimize the attention and control that you give Kid. You can’t minimize the avoidance, since he has to leave, according to school policies. Kid: I will mercilessly beat everyone in this classroom, and I will not stop until I have quenched my rage. That is all. Kid Whisperer: Oh, dear. (Kid Whisperer calmly moves toward Kid and presses one button on his phone that has alerted a member of his school’s Crisis Response Team to come to his room and remove Kid.) Kid Whisperer: (whispering) Oh, dear. There’s room for growth. I’ll help you do some learning later. Crisis Response Team member takes Kid away. To be crystal clear: Kid being taken away is not a consequence. For most kids, it is a reward, because through this very negative behavior, they are getting avoidance. By responding to Kid in this way, you are minimizing the attention and control given to Kid. Kid Whisperer continues teaching kids who have not threatened to beat everyone until their rage has been quenched. In the next column, I will show you how to make these “ejector seat” behaviors nonfunctional in the future. For now, you can use these instructions to be a master of the present. Behavioral consultant Scott Ervin, M.Ed, is a parent and former teacher and principal. He is the author of “The Classroom Behavior Manual: How to Build Relationships, Share Control, and Teach Positive Behaviors.” THE KID WHISPERER Proper response needed when kids use ejector-seat behaviors DREAMSTIME Dear Miss Manners: My friend and I have known each other for many years. This woman is always late, even though she has no children living at home and her husband is away frequently. We get together for lunch a few times a month, and I can’t remember her being on time more than once or twice. There is always an excuse. I’ve even tried making jokes about it, and she doesn’t change. The last time we planned to get together, she was a half-hour late. Granted, she did text, saying she was detained because her neighbor caught her on the way out the door and started talking. These excuses never involve an emergency — just that she was talking with a neighbor, or she stopped at a store to do an errand, etc. That day, when my friend finally got to the restaurant parking lot, I lost it and confronted her. I then got in my vehicle and left. I’m tired of feeling like she couldn’t care less if we meet or not. Of course, a few days later, I sent a text apologizing very sincerely. No response. I tried calling — no answer. I even went to her home, and no one answered the door. Not sure if she was home or not. Finally, she sent me a very condescending text. She stated that she needed to have no contact with me for a few months. She said she could not handle the way I spoke to her. I know I was wrong, and I apologized, but she acts like she has never done anything wrong — that she is always right and being late is no big deal. Gentle reader: Did you convince her that there was plenty of blame to go around? Miss Manners suspects not. Yelling at someone, and then having to apologize, almost guarantees you will not be heard. Only next time — if there is a next time — will you be able to say, “Again, I’m sorry that I was rude, and I’m sorry that I didn’t say something sooner and more calmly. But it bothers me that you are never on time.” Dear Miss Manners: My son is getting married next year to a lovely person with whom I have a good relationship. They are currently perusing venues, although they are unsure how many guests they will invite. Would it be poor manners to send them a possible guest list for my son’s side, with tiers of importance — such as aunts/uncles, then cousins, and so on — so they can see what they’re in for if they move to the next tier? My husband says they should just invite whom they feel closest to, but I see a problem with that — for example, if they choose three cousins but not all five. My heart tells me it is their wedding and they can do what they want, but I’m not sure I can deal with the fallout of hurt feelings for the next 20 years if they decide to be choosy. Gentle reader: To whom did your husband offer his advice? If it was only meant for you — as a way of saying that the time for parental advice has passed — Miss Manners must disagree with him. If it was meant for your son, then we instead disagree on what constitutes good parental advice. Your son should be warned, if he does not already know, that you will not be the only one who has to listen to 20 years of hurt feelings if he distributes invitations capriciously. As to ranking the relatives, this is best done verbally; if such a list were to be written down and inadvertently forwarded, 20 years would be a light sentence for the resulting storm. Dear Miss Manners: I have an account on a business-oriented social media website. I set up the account for professional reasons; however, I rarely visit the site. I accepted invitations to connect without any vetting, and now have a couple thousand “connections.” As a result, I now get a lot of unsolicited direct messages inviting me to connect and discuss the sender’s services. Even though they are sent to me directly, and often have some sort of personalized touch, do I have an obligation to respond? I view unsolicited emails akin to unwanted marketing calls and tend to ignore them. What is proper? Gentle reader: You may politely ignore any correspondence that is clear solicitation. Since much of it may be automatically generated anyway, Miss Manners assures you that you will not hurt the robot’s feelings. To send a question to the Miss Manners team of Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, go to missmanners. com or write them c/o Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106. 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By Patrick Clarke TravelPulse Some significant trends are emerging in what is shaping up to be another monumental year for travel. American Express Travel recently released its 2024 Global Travel Trends Report, identifying four notable trends. Traveling for sporting events: Travelers are gearing up to attend games in person this year. The report found that 67% of millennial and Gen Z respondents are looking to travel for sporting events in 2024. Three-quarters of respondents who plan to travel to a sporting event in 2024 will spend at least three hours getting there, and most (58%) will be traveling for soccer, basketball or Formula 1 racing. The top cities for sports travel this summer are New York, Miami and London. Making trips a priority: Seven of 10 respondents said they would rather save money for a trip than spend it on outings with friends, and 65% are more inclined to take a major trip this year compared to past years. Younger travelers are considering hiring a travel adviser, with 58% of millennial and Gen Z respondents seeking a travel professional compared to 52% of all respondents. Going solo: More than two-thirds of travelers are planning on taking a solo trip in 2024, including 76% of millennials and Gen Zers. American Express Travel found that more than half of those who will travel solo are planning a trip centered around self-love and treating themselves. Exploring on a whim: Eight of 10 travelers indicated that spontaneous trips appeal to them, and a sizable 68% of respondents said they like to leave free time in their itinerary to experience local culture and activities. Millennials and Gen Z travelers are more likely to book a last-minute trip, with 77% having done so before, compared to 65% of Gen X and 52% of baby boomers. Sporting events, solo trips among 2024’s trends A solo traveler takes photos in Toledo, Spain. DREAMSTIME By Danielle Dowling The New York Times Are you still a little giddy from the magical moments of totality during the recent solar eclipse? Or did clouds swoop in to block your view? Maybe you just couldn’t make it to the path of totality this time. No matter what, the question now is: “Where and when will it happen again?” “People who have never seen it before, the first words out of their mouth after the totality ends is ‘I’ve got to see another one, this is incredible, this is unbelievable.’ That is when you become addicted to these things and end up traveling no matter where the next one is,” said Joseph Rao, an eclipse chaser and guest lecturer at the Hayden Planetarium in New York. So, if like Rao, you’ve developed a raging case of umbraphilia — the love of eclipses — you’ll have three chances over the next four years to see the moon blot out the sun. The first, on Aug. 12, 2026, will start above Greenland, then strafe the west coast of Iceland and move along the Atlantic Ocean and over Spain. Almost a year later, on Aug. 2, 2027, another will skirt the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, then cross Egypt and part of the Arabian Peninsula. The third, on July 22, 2028, will cut across Australia and the southern tip of New Zealand. As Victoria Sahami, the owner of Sirius Travel, was preparing to guide a group of tourists in Mazatlán, Mexico, for the April 8 event, she was also planning for the upcoming eclipses. Sahami joined the ranks of the eclipse-obsessed when she witnessed one in Venezuela in the 1990s. “Like many people, I was hooked. There was no going back,” she said. Total solar eclipses happen fairly regularly — about every one to two years — in locations scattered around the world. “That’s the great thing about them: You wind up in places that you don’t normally go,” Sahami said. A major spoiler is weather, which will be a big variable in the 2026 eclipse — one that Greenland, Iceland and Spain will see. “Iceland normally has a lot of cloud during that time of year,” said Paul Maley, who runs Ring of Fire Expeditions. “The data shows Spain to have the higher good-weather prospects of all three. However, the sun is low in the sky and the eclipse ends as the sun hits the horizon at sunset.” Because of Iceland’s mercurial meteorology, Ring of Fire Expeditions is going all in on Spain, with a 10-day excursion on the mainland. Sirius Travel is offering not only a five-day trip to Majorca but also an eight-day tour around Iceland. It will be based in Reykjavik, and the itinerary will remain flexible on the day of the eclipse so the tour can easily pivot toward the location with the least cloud cover. Sahami recommends the trip for those who have a few eclipses under their belt and would be happy just to take in the sights of Iceland if the weather doesn’t cooperate. The 2027 eclipse, on the other hand, promises to be truly stellar: Luxor, Egypt — the site of numerous ancient temples as well as the Valleys of the Kings and Queens — sits right in the middle of the path of totality and will be bathed in darkness for 6 minutes, 23 seconds. Weather-wise, it is what Sahami called “a slam dunk.” “You know you’re going to see it,” she said. “You know that you’re not going to get any clouds.” But for all its potential, those considering Egypt should be aware that the State Department has a Level 3 “Reconsider Travel” warning for the country because of the risk of terrorism. The 2028 eclipse will darken the skies over Sydney, Australia, for 3 minutes, 49 seconds. It will be the first time the city has experienced a total solar eclipse since 1857. Sahami has her eyes on a trip based out of there, while Maley has chartered a cruise ship off the northwest coast of Australia. It will be winter there, he said, but that isn’t likely to mean bad eclipse-viewing weather. If you want to see any (or all) of these eclipses, you should get started on planning and booking now, particularly if you want to sign up for a trip organized by a tour company. One of Sirius Travel’s excursions to Luxor is already full. Scrutinize refund policies and look into insuring your trip. Several companies will fully refund your deposit if you cancel a year in advance. A lot can happen, Sahami said, “but if you think you’re going to go, why not?” Want to see more eclipses? You have 3 chances in next 4 years to chase magical moment The partial solar eclipse shines through the Statue of Liberty on April 8 in New York. NEIL VIGDOR/THE NEW YORK TIMES Far left: People observe the total solar eclipse through special sunglasses April 8 in Nazas, Durango state, Mexico. Left: Service dogs in Dallas wait to board a Southwest Airlines flight that same day. 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By Jae-Ha Kim Tribune Content Agency Thirty years ago, Wilson Cruz made history as the first openly gay actor portraying a gay role on a TV series. The critically acclaimed “My So-Called Life” jump-started a career that would include the films “Nixon” and “After Louie,” as well as the TV shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “13 Reasons Why.” The first half of 2024 has kept the actor busy. He’s a cast member of “Star Trek: Discovery,” which is in its final season. And he stars alongside Brooke Shields and Benjamin Bratt in the new Netflix film “Mother of the Bride.” This interview with Cruz, 50, has been edited for clarity and length. Q: Do you have any upcoming trips? A: Aside from my week on Fire Island this summer, which I try to do at least once a year with friends, the only trip I have planned at the moment is for work on an indie film, and that’s to Albuquerque. I’m looking forward to the work and to exploring the city. I love discovering new places. Q: Where did you film “Mother of the Bride”? A: Actually, 95 percent of “Mother of the Bride” was filmed in Phuket, Thailand. … We filmed the movie in and around two Anatara Resorts — one in Mai Khao and the other in Layan — beautiful resorts and facilities, as you’ll see in the film. … As beautiful as the island was, it’s the memory of the people and their kindness that has stayed with me. Q: Can you share some memories of places where you shot some projects? A: Well, “My So-Called Life” was filmed in Southern California, which is where I lived at that time. I’m a huge fan of So-Cal. I made it my home for many years. … “13 Reasons Why” was shot in Northern California in a town called Vallejo … a lovely working-class town on the San Pablo Bay and adjacent to San Francisco Bay. … I took full advantage of my proximity when I could, when I wasn’t working, which was rare since I was filming “Star Trek: Discovery” in Toronto, simultaneously. I loved Toronto. … It’s such a metropolitan city, with a diverse population, which means a great diversity of food. Q: What was a trip you took as a child that stands out? A: The trip that I remember the most was when we drove from Michigan to California in a U-Haul and a car. My folks wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to see as much of the country as we could. We saw the (Gateway Arch) in St. Louis, parts of Texas and its cowboy lore, the Grand Canyon and so much more. But the thing that broke my heart was that, having just finished reading “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” I slept right through our crossing of the Mississippi River. Q: If you’ve ever gone away for the holidays, which was the best trip? A: During December 2022, I took my first trip to France with my brother, along with his French husband and my little nephew. It was the most overwhelmingly beautiful trip. My brother and I spent a week in Paris. … And then we made our way down to my brother-inlaw’s hometown Thononles-Bains, stopping in Strasbourg and Colmar to visit the Christmas markets for a couple of days each. After a beautiful Christmas week, we stopped in Auxerre on our way back to the airport in Paris. It was a gorgeous way to see the country and experience it through the eyes of a native French citizen. It was life-altering. I’ll never forget it. Q: Where would you like to go that you have never been? A: Having just really begun my world travels, I need to get to Madrid and Barcelona. I want to visit Australia because I’m such a beach boy. I know I’ll love Sydney. I’d love to visit Africa — Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa. In short, I want to see it all. For more from the reporter, visit www.jaehakim.com. CELEBRITY TRAVEL Actor on trek to discover world “Star Trek: Discovery” actor Wilson Cruz says visiting Egypt is on his travel bucket list. GENE REED By Christopher Elliott | King Features Syndicate I need help getting a refund from Expedia. I booked two round-trip Air Transat tickets from Toronto to Paris through Expedia back in 2020. I had to cancel the flights, and under the refund rules during the pandemic, Expedia said I could get my money back. Expedia said it would process the refund in a matter of weeks. I waited a few months, but the refund never showed up on my credit card. I contacted Expedia in early 2022, and they told me to contact Air Transat for my refund. I did, and an Air Transat representative said the airline had already sent my refund to Expedia. I’ve contacted Expedia and Air Transat on numerous occasions since then, and I’ve also asked my credit card company for help. It says that there’s no record of a refund from Expedia or Air Transat. I would love to get my refund. Can you help me? — Keith Dawe, Toronto TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER Pandemic flyer still awaiting refund for cancelled ’20 trip A: Expedia should have refunded your money four years ago. I believe this is a new record for the longest airline refund case. (Congratulations, Expedia!) Air Transat is a relatively small charter airline, so that might explain the initial delay. But at some point, Expedia should have taken ownership of this problem and helped you get a refund. Instead, it looks as if you bounced between Expedia, Air Transat and your credit card company for years. Literally, years. You must be exhausted. What happened? It looks as if Air Transat refunded part of your purchase with a check, which appears to only cover taxes and fees. This left an outstanding balance of about $1,002. Air Transat claims it sent the money to Expedia, but Expedia said it never received the money. Here’s the thing: When you buy an airline ticket through an online travel agency, it is responsible for the refund. It doesn’t matter if the airline refunds it or not. So if Expedia says you’re entitled to a refund, and it promises to process a refund in a few weeks, it’s on Expedia. You were way too patient with your airline and online agency. You should have received the promised refund promptly, and if you didn’t, you should have filed a credit card dispute to recover your funds. I list the names, numbers and email addresses of the Expedia executives on my consumer advocacy site, Elliott.org. A brief but firm email to one of them might have motivated Expedia to find your missing money. I contacted Expedia on your behalf. In response, the company apologized and admitted that there was “an error with the refund.” “The refund has been processed,” a representative said. Expedia also added $200 worth of points to your loyalty account as an apology for the delay. Christopher Elliott is the chief advocacy officer of Elliott Advocacy, a nonprofit organization that helps consumers resolve their problems. Contact him at elliott.org/help or chris@ elliott.org. Ravenna is on Italy’s tourist map for one reason: its 1,500-year-old churches decorated with best-in-theWest Byzantine mosaics. While locals go about their business, busloads of tourists slip in and out of this town near the Adriatic coast to bask in the glittering glory of Byzantium, the eastern Roman Empire. Imagine … it’s AD 540. The city of Rome has been looted, the land is crawling with barbarians, and the Roman Empire is crumbling fast. Into this chaos comes the emperor of the East, Justinian, bringing order and stability — and an appreciation for mosaic art. As the westernmost pillar of the Byzantine Empire, Ravenna was a flickering light in Europe’s Dark Ages. To fully appreciate the mosaics in its ancient churches, bring your binoculars and take in every last detail. Sit in a wooden pew, front and center, and feel yourself transported to a spiritual world. My favorite church in Ravenna is Justinian’s Basilica di San Vitale. The building’s octagonal shape — very much an Eastern style — actually inspired the construction of the magnificent Hagia Sophia church built 10 years later in Constantinople (now Istanbul). While it’s impressive enough to see a 15-centuries-old church, it’s even more exciting to see one decorated with brilliant scenes in marble and glass mosaics — each chip no bigger than a fingernail. High above the altar, Christ is in heaven, overseeing creation. To the left of the altar, running things here on earth is Emperor Justinian — sporting a halo and a crown to show he’s leader of the church and the state. On the opposite wall is his wife, Theodora. A former Constantinople showgirl, she ruled alongside her emperor husband in their lavish court. The mosaics on the walls and ceilings of San Vitale sit at a tipping point in time, when European art shifted from the style of ancient Rome to that of the Middle Ages. Above the altar, Christ is beardless, in the manner of the ancient Romans, but nearby, decorating an arch, is a bearded Jesus, the standard medieval portrayal. Yet both scenes were created by artists of the same generation. The humble-looking little Mausoleum of Galla Placidia has the oldest — and to many, the best — mosaics in Ravenna. The little light that sneaks through its thin alabaster windows brings a glow and a twinkle to the very early Christian symbolism (Jesus the Good Shepherd, Mark’s lion, Luke’s ox, John’s eagle, the golden cross) that fills the little room. Pre-dating Justinian, the mosaics here are purely ancient. Even Jesus is dressed in gold and purple, like a Byzantine emperor. Another spot to gaze upon the sparkling mosaics of Ravenna is at the austere Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, decorated with two huge and wonderfully preserved side panels. On the left side, a procession of haloed virgins brings gifts to the Madonna and Christ Child. Opposite, Christ is on his throne with four angels, awaiting a solemn procession of 26 martyrs. The tiny colored glass and gold-leaf mosaic pieces here are practically as brilliant and beautiful as they were in Justinian’s time. Justinian turned Ravenna into a pinnacle of civilization. After 200 years, however, the Byzantines got the boot, and Ravenna eventually melted into the background, staying out of historical sight for a thousand years. Today the local economy is stoked by a big chemical industry, the discovery of offshore gas deposits and the city’s booming popularity as a cruise-ship stop. Ravenna is a doable, though long, day trip from Venice or Padua (about three hours by train each way) and worth the effort for those curious about old mosaics. The key sights are all easily walkable from the train station, but this is a fun city to do by bike. A handy bike-rental place is right next to the station. (I’ve long enjoyed doing my hotel and restaurant guidebook research rounds in Ravenna on two wheels.) At the town’s center is Piazza del Popolo, created by Ravenna’s Venetian rulers in the 15th century. A river once flowed here, but it silted up and became infested with mosquitoes. (Dante died here of malaria.) The people of Ravenna have treated this spot as their communal living room for centuries. Today, in the shadow of Venetian facades, it’s a fine place to join the old guys on benches, watching locals parade by, quite at ease about sharing their town with the world’s most exquisite mosaics. So much sightseeing greatness hides in the shadows of Europe’s more popular tourist attractions. While Ravenna can’t hold a candle to nearby Venice, it still gives off its own glittering light. Rick Steves (www.ricksteves. com) writes European guidebooks, hosts travel shows on public TV and radio, and organizes European tours. This column revisits some of Rick’s favorite places over the past two decades. You can email Rick at rick@ricksteves. com and follow his blog on Facebook. Italy’s Ravenna gets better with age Every centimeter of the sanctuary walls and ceiling in Ravenna’s Basilica di San Vitale is decorated with beautiful Byzantine mosaics. RICK STEVES Rick Steves GEOQUIZ ANSWER Australia. At about 7,310 feet, the peak is located in New South Wales in the southeastern part of Australia. W/S Chicago Tribune | Section 6 | Sunday, May 5, 2024 9

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By Guy Trebay The New York Times Sometimes fashion just seems like “Groundhog Day” with better outfits. Designers vanish only to reappear suddenly. Trends sputter out and abruptly are back. Skinny jeans were cool until everyone was wearing oversize drop-crotch khakis — everyone, that is, except that cadre of teen style-setters intent on bringing back 2000s-era jeggings so bad they’re good. Consider, in this vein, the boat shoe, echt signifier of all things preppy. All but defunct as an element of a stylish wardrobe, it has now become a hot item. This is “the year of the boat shoe,’’ says Vogue, which is far from alone in observing a proliferation of fashionable maritime footwear. There they were on the Miu Miu spring 2024 runway in Paris, in what was widely considered one of Miuccia Prada’s best collections for that label in years. There, too, they were at Fendi’s fall 2024 menswear show in Milan, where the moccasin-style shoe had been stamped to look like crocodile. There they are on virtually every page of a new catalog from the revived hipster heritage brand Quaker Marine Supply Co., a label whose style paragon is not Jacob Elordi but “Papa” Hemingway. “Every few years there’s another wave,” Lisa Birnbach, 65, the author of “The Official Preppy Handbook” and its sequel “True Prep,” said of boat shoes like Sperry Top-Siders or the similarly beloved, if nautically inappropriate, L.L. Bean Camp Moccasins (they scuff decks). Birnbach’s “Handbook,” originally published in 1980 as a satirical take on upper-class folkways, went on to become a canonical text. The renewed interest in boat shoes could be inspired, Birnbach said, “by a new retailer selling Top-Siders, a designer that discovers them, an Instagram or TikTok person that puts themselves together with boat shoes in a clever way.” Regardless, she said, it always seems as if people are seeing them for the first time, which is odd for a category of footwear created when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. It was in 1935 that Paul Sperry, the inventor of Sperry Top-Siders, is said to have slipped on the deck of his sailboat and fallen overboard into the Long Island Sound. He later experienced a soggy epiphany, out of which came a shoe for boating with simple leather uppers and incised rubber soles that mimicked the ridges on his cocker spaniel’s paws. (Sperry patented the process of making those grooves, termed “siping,” in 1937.) As any yachtie can testify, Top-Siders are so elementary in their design they barely qualify as a shoe. And though the style has been reinterpreted in pop colorways, metallics and subject to cool designer affiliations, it is the classic version that continues to resonate. “It’s the style iconography,” said Jonathan Frankel, the president of the Aldo Group, whose portfolio includes Sperry. “It ain’t broke, so don’t fix it.’ ” On a recent phone call designer Billy Reid, 59, noted that he’d bought his first pair of Top-Siders at 15 and then “wore them until they were held together with duct tape and Shoe Goo.” Now, he said, seeing 20-somethings wearing Top-Siders “blows my mind.” Though Reid replaced his boat shoes with some regularity through the years, eventually he consigned them to the back of his closet. And there they remained until “my 20-year-old son, Walton, started stealing them.” Therein lies the paradox of the boat shoe, according to Kevin McLaughlin, the owner of Quaker Marine. Styles like Top-Siders are rooted in function, not fashion. Yet they are “simultaneously always coming into fashion again,” he said. Classic boat shoe continues to resonate with new generations Paul Sperry, inventor of Top-Siders, is said to have conceived of the shoes after slipping on the deck of his sailboat. SPERRY Dear Answer Angel Ellen: Although I get regular pedicures, my heels are still dry and cracked — and not fit for viewing in sandal weather. I’ve tried various creams and lotions at bedtime under socks, but I don’t like sleeping with socks on. Do you know of any product that would work without having to sleep in socks? — Livvy M. Dear Livvy: On a whim, I bought Dr. Frederick’s Original Moisturizing Heel Socks (amazon.com, 2 pair $13.99) and their gel lining does the job. Yes, they are socks but they only cover your heel, ankle and instep, leaving your toes free. My only asterisk is that after they soften your heels in a few days, give your feet a break from daily wear; my heels got too soft after I wore them four nights in row. You can also wear these in daytime with or without real socks over them. They’re sized for men and women and come in neutral colors. Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I’m traveling on a cruise and trying to bring only a backpack and a small roller suitcase so I don’t have to check any bags. (A very bad lost-baggage experience taught me a hard lesson.) However, I need to travel with a heating pad because it is the only thing that works on my calf cramps. I have tried those adhesive heat pads from the drugstore, but I think they’re worthless. Any options? — Tina N. Dear Tina: I was surprised to find an array of smaller heating pads that might solve your problem. My preliminary testing of a rechargeable cordless one I bought on Amazon found it (at 10 inches long and 4.3 inches wide) to be a good travel-size compromise. Made in China and sold by uncn, it is marketed as a “cordless period heating pad for cramps,” but it has a long adjustable “belt” that you can wrap around your leg a few times to keep it in place and close to your skin. It heats up fast, turns off automatically after one hour and the directions say it stays hot for three hours when fully charged with the enclosed cable. There are similar pads from various Amazon vendors to choose from (amazon.com, $17.90). Of course, you will need to pack a universal travel outlet converter if you’re going outside the U.S. I’m happy with my Tessan brand one (amazon.com, $19.54) although I wish it were a little smaller to take up less room in my jammed suitcase. Angelic readers From Kelly J.: “I bought the Jones Road ‘Miracle Balm’ you recommended as a substitute for a foundation that migrates to reader Linda D.’s wrinkles. I liked it a lot, but you should tell your readers about my experience. In the bright outdoor sunlight or even inside in a brightly lit room, on a couple occasions, friends would say ‘Are you wearing glitter?’ or ‘You look sparkly.’ So there were some effects of using the product that I hadn’t expected. It happened when I used the shade ‘Magic Hour.’ Not sure if that happens with other Magic Balm colors.” From Ellen: Other colors of the Miracle Balm don’t sparkle. One thought: Save “Magic Hour” for evening and chose a different color for daytime. Reader Gail. O. praises Look Fabulous Forever (lookfabulousforever.com) makeup for older women. “Using the whole product line for makeup does prevent foundation from settling into our wrinkles. Yes, it is several steps, but the results are worth the time. 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By Bob Goldsborough For the Chicago Tribune “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, were the buyers who paid $11.2 million last year for Citadel founder Ken Griffin’s 66th-floor penthouse in Streeterville’s Park Tower building. Lucas and Hobson plan to combine the penthouse with their existing full-floor condo on the 65th floor of the same building — which they purchased for $18.75 million in 2015 — to create a 16,000-square-foot duplex penthouse, according to a building permit application recently filed with Chicago building officials. The combined condo will cost $33.5 million to assemble, including construction costs and the purchase prices of the two units, making it the highest-priced finished condo in Chicago history. The next-highest price paid for a condo in Chicago is the $20.56 million that Mexican billionaire German Larrea spent in 2022 for a four-bedroom, 10,000-squarefoot duplex condominium on the 71st floor of the Residences at the St. Regis Tower. According to a permit application that Lucas and Hobson filed with building officials on Feb. 22, the couple plan a full buildout of the 66th-floor unit, including the addition of two new interior staircases and some new electrical and mechanical work on the 65th floor. The couple hired architect Scott Fortman of the firm Gibbons, Fortman & Associates for the design work. Angelo Garcia, who oversees real estate holdings for Lucas, referred an inquiry to a spokesman, Matt Yale, who did not immediately respond to an email seeking a comment. Real estate agent Katherine Malkin of Compass, who represented Lucas and Hobson in buying the 66th-floor unit, declined to comment on any aspect of the ELITE STREET ‘Star Wars’ creator Lucas, Hobson plan $33.5M condo Merged dwelling will be highest priced in Chicago history “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, were the buyers who paid $11.2 million last year for Citadel founder Ken Griffin’s Turn to Elite, Page 5 66th-floor penthouse in Streeterville’s Park Tower building. COURTESY By Earl Hopkins The Philadelphia Inquirer Like many Gen Zers, Leland Brown Jr. and Breanna Hubbard gave TikTok viewers a tour of their new home, hours after they moved in. The space was just large enough to fit a twin-size mattress, a small couch, a dresser and a wall of storage boxes. But no windows, bathroom or kitchen. It also happened to be located inside a storage unit in North Wales, Pennsylvania. The container was an upgrade from their previous digs, a tent in the woods of Montgomery County. Brown and Hubbard, who spent most of their days creating videos, live a “minimal lifestyle” to avoid what they call the stresses of employment and costly housing. According to a 2022 survey conducted by Freddie Mac, a government-sponsored finance company, adults between the ages of 18 and 25 have mostly positive thoughts about homeownership. But over one-third of them say it’s outside of financial reach. “We think it’s more beneficial for us in the long run,” Hubbard said of living outdoors. “We’re not looking at how much we make now, we’re looking to build up our businesses and to work for ourselves. We want to make our own money by sharing our life, which we’re having success with.” A mutual friend introduced the pair in March 2022, and they have shaped their online presence and living situation in tandem ever since. It wasn’t always meant to be so “minimal.” Brown and Hubbard were among the 31% of Gen Z who were living at home due to high housing costs. After continued disagreements with his father, who wanted the 28-year-old TikToker to pursue a more sustainable career, Brown was kicked out of his parents’ home in Montgomery County in May 2022. “He told me I was grown and have a son, so I needed to figure it out,” said Brown, whose 7-year-old son lives with his mother. Brown then moved in with Couple want to prove ‘homelessness is a flex’ Gen Zers working on themselves while also saving for future Leland Brown Jr. and Breanna Hubbard sit in their tent in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. The couple live a “minimal lifestyle.” DAVID MAIALETTI/PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER REAL ESTATE Turn to Couple, Page 5 Chicago Tribune | Section 7 | Sunday, May 5, 2024 1 Arrow Home Advisors is a licensed real estate team with a principal office in Highland Park, IL and abides by all applicable Equal Housing Opportunity laws. 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By Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin Tribune Content Agency Q: I’m curious. There are several abandoned homes in my area. They are/were beautiful, but year after year, they sit empty. Similarly, there are a number of empty storefronts in my area, all with substantially high, competitive rates. Why leave these spaces empty? Why not lower the rates on the rents, rather than letting these properties sit, vacant, year after year? Why not sell the homes for a dollar? Are the owners getting a kickback from the government because these properties are losing money for them? I can understand, in the case of homes, there could be many reasons (like probate, etc.), but storefronts? A: Let’s start with the homes in your area that you say are abandoned. In many instances, and in some neighborhoods, homes might be truly abandoned. We saw this 15 years ago, during the Great Recession, in cities like Detroit, where blocks of homes were abandoned by their owners, and the city eventually tore them down. In some situations, these homes aren’t really abandoned. The owners have died and the next of kin were, perhaps, never even aware that their relatives owned the homes. In other cases, the owners may be nonresidents or undocumented. They may have purchased the homes but have perhaps died, leaving no heirs, or have left the country. And, in some cases, the owners simply don’t want to sell these homes and believe that holding on to them may give them greater value in the future. Even if they stay empty for years. A big part of the answer lies in these homes’ property taxes. Are the owners current? If not, then these homes might ultimately get sold to investors. But, that process can take several years to complete. In the meantime, homes and neighborhoods get run down, as do property values. So, there are many reasons why homes may be abandoned or look abandoned. You may also find that some homes may look abandoned, but people are still living in them. Seniors may live in a house, rarely leave it and never take care of the exterior. So they look abandoned. We have seen a house that looks abandoned — except for the occasional light that goes on. The house hasn’t had any work done to the exterior in more than 20 years. The paint is peeling. The brickwork needs tuckpointing. The roof looks like it should be replaced. We’ve never seen anyone exit the property. A car in the driveway hasn’t moved in years. It has a flat tire. In some communities, local governmental agencies work with owners to get those properties sold and into the hands of new buyers who want to renovate and live in those homes. But it’s not always easy to facilitate that transition. It takes time to find the rightful owners, get the paperwork in order and find a buyer willing to do the work. On the other hand, commercial real estate is an entirely different kettle of fish. Business decisions generally determine whether a property remains vacant or not. For example, if a tenant decides to move out of a space but continues to pay rent, the landlord won’t fill the space with another tenant while the existing tenant continues to pay rent. Sometimes, landlords have various properties available for rent in an area and are afraid that lowering the rent on one property will force them to lower the rent on all of their properties when it comes time to renew leases. Commercial properties are valued based, in great part, on the rent they generate. Lower rent levels can have a huge negative impact on the value of their properties. It can make it very difficult for the owner to refinance or sell. In fact, lower valuations could trigger default provisions in the owners’ loan documents. Loan documents frequently contain provisions that tie the performance of the buildings to the lender’s agreeing to continue to loan money on the property. So owners may prefer to keep a retail store empty than admit to a lender that their property value has gone down. Also, commercial leases tend to be longer term. Sometimes these leases last five to 20 years. The landlord does not want to agree to a lower rent today that will reduce the value of their income stream for all of those years. They might prefer to wait for the right tenant than agree to a 20-year bad deal. Finally, there is basic supply and demand. Sometimes there are just too many stores available and too few retailers wanting those spaces. Even lowering the rent won’t take care of that situation, as local economic forces make it very tough to find tenants. Ilyce Glink is the CEO of Best Money Moves and Samuel J. Tamkin is a real estate attorney. Contact them through the website ThinkGlink.com. REAL ESTATE MATTERS Reasons to let homes, storefronts sit empty vary There are many reasons why homes and businesses may be abandoned or look abandoned. 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deal or even confirm her clients’ identities, as did real estate agent Susan Miner of Premier Relocation, who represented Griffin in selling the 66th-floor unit. Griffin relocated to Miami. Lucas, who turns 80 on May 14, has a net worth of $5.5 billion, according to Forbes’ 2024 list. He and Hobson, who turns 55 in May, made their 2023 purchase of the 66th-floor Park Tower unit using an opaque Delaware limited liability company, and their identities as its buyers had not been reported until now. They used a differently named Delaware limited liability company to buy the 65th-floor unit in 2015. The couple have shown a great affinity for the Park Tower over the years. Before marrying Lucas, Hobson, who also is the non-executive chair of Starbucks and the co-CEO of Ariel Investments, paid $1.7 million in 2007 for a 48th-floor unit in the building. The couple also paid $4.9 million in 2012 for a condo on the Park Tower’s 26th floor. Not only will the couple’s new combined duplex in the Park Tower set a Chicago price record for a completed Chicago condo, it also consists of units that previously had set record-setting purchase prices themselves. When Griffin bought the 66th floor in 2012, he paid $15 million for it, which was at that time a city record. And Lucas and Hobson’s $18.75 million purchase of the 65th floor three years later also set a Chicago record. The new combined duplex would have had a combined $328,477 property tax bill in the 2022 tax year. Lucas and Hobson own plenty of other real estate around the globe. Among their properties are Lucas’ longtime, six-bedroom, 15,159-square-foot house in San Anselmo, Calif.; a nine-bedroom, 8,932-square-foot mansion in Los Angeles’ Bel-Air area that they bought from Ross Perot in 2017 for $33.9 million; two homes in Carpinteria, Calif., near Santa Barbara, that they purchased for $28 million and $19.5 million; a condo in New York City that Hobson bought in 2006 for $3.3 million; a restored convent in Passignano, Italy; a chateau in Chateauvert, France; and the 4,700- acre Skywalker Ranch near Nicasio, Calif. that Lucas began assembling in 1978. Meanwhile, Griffin continues to own the fullfloor penthouse condo on the 67th floor of the Park Tower, which is the building’s top floor. It’s for sale for $15.75 million, which is tied for the second highestasking price for any home in the city right now. Across the Chicago area, the most expensive residence in history is billionaire Justin Ishbia’s mansion under construction on Lake Michigan in Winnetka, which as Elite Street first reported last year has a $77.7 million cost, including land and construction costs as detailed in its building permit. Kenilworth mansion in ‘PlanesTrains and Automobiles,’ the 1987 film featuring Steve Martin, listed for $2.6M: The six-bedroom Colonial-style mansion in Kenilworth that was used in the 1987 film “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” as the family home for the character played by actor Steve Martin was placed on the market on April 25 for $2.645 million. Built in 1916, the threestory, 3,576-square-foot house was listed in an agents-only private network. The listing agent, John Mawicke of @properties Christie’s International Real Estate, is also the owner. He and his wife, Jane, bought the home in 2009 for $1.4 million. “It’s a very light-filled house and very warm, with fireplaces,” Jane Mawicke told Elite Street. “We have had so many parties at our house — it is a house for entertaining, for sure.” John Mawicke told Elite Street that the home’s draws include having been updated fairly recently and its location in east Kenilworth — which he called a “charming town with great schools” — just a block from Lake Michigan. He said that the couple plans to downsize to another home in town that they own. John Hughes, who wrote, directed and produced “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” shot most of the movie around the country but returned to his native north suburbs to film its final scenes. One important note for buyers, Mawicke said, involves whether the home attracts many gawkers wanting to see in person a house they have seen on the silver screen. “We get a little bit of the traffic, but it’s certainly nothing like the ‘Home Alone’ house (in Winnetka),” he said. “At Christmas and the holidays, we get a couple little groups here and there, but it’s not annoying.” The house has 3 1/2 bathrooms, a sunroom, a family room, a first-floor office and a kitchen with custom cabinetry, quartz countertops and Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances. The home had a $28,256 property tax bill in the 2022 tax year. Bob Goldsborough is a freelance reporter. Elite from Page 1 The six-bedroom Colonial-style mansion in Kenilworth that was used in the 1987 film “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” as the family home for the character played by actor Steve Martin was placed on the market April 25 for $2.645 million. COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR Hubbard, 22, who was living with her family. That didn’t work out, so they packed up their bags and moved to the woods in September 2022. Brown, who had never been camping before, was excited to adopt the new lifestyle. But he quickly learned how difficult it was living outdoors. “It was a lot once we got everything settled,” Brown said. “It was crazy dealing with the animals and the cold.” After six months, Brown and Hubbard adapted to the new living situation and decided to chronicle their journey. In December 2023 he posted videos that showed him taking leftover food from his job at a nearby hotel to the tent. Brown lost his job soon after — but the videos generated millions of views on TikTok and YouTube. Around the same time, Hubbard’s mom encouraged the couple to visit a nearby U-Haul store for an occasional break from the cold, and for a place where they could edit their videos and do other “office work.” The couple saw the storage units there as an opportunity to have a low-cost home of their own, at least while they saved money for a more permanent space. They started by taking naps inside the U-Haul store, then moved their belongings into one unit. Over time, they organized furniture and made it into a small housing quarter. They posted the three-part series on TikTok, which generated over 22 million views and made national news, with outlets like CBS News, Complex and Yahoo News reporting on their move into the climate-controlled space. Within days, U-Haul management asked the couple to leave. “Residing in a self-storage unit is a violation of state and federal housing laws,” Jeff Lockridge, a spokesperson for U-Haul International wrote in an email to The Inquirer. “I was always prepared to get kicked out because of the video,” Brown said. “I didn’t expect it to become as viral as it was, but when it did, I knew I couldn’t delete it. I was making money off of it, so we had to run with it.” The couple stayed in a U-Haul truck for a night before moving their stuff back to the woods. Brown and Hubbard currently live inside a large camping tent, filled with bundled blankets, an air mattress, and a power bank to charge their electronics. Brown, who prefers the term “house-lessness,” said tent life is less than ideal. But the independence that comes with the low-cost lifestyle, he feels, is a sacrifice worth enduring. “I’m very educated and intelligent, and so is (Hubbard), but people tell us how to live because their perspective in life is different,” Brown said. While Brown had asked to move back in with his parents in the past, he said he and his father have now come to an understanding. “My dad is saying (I) have to stay in the woods and make it work,” he said. “He’s trying to teach me to be strong and survive.” His father, Leland Brown Sr., a principal engineer and director of a military and aerospace communications company, said he had his concerns, especially when Brown and Hubbard moved into the storage container. Still, “I believe Leland has been very clear this is a choice he has made and he stands on his choice,” Brown wrote in an email. “If no harm is caused to anyone, content development is a good method to share his approaches on how he wants to live his life, while allowing others to follow his journey.” While Hubbard’s parents have invited her back home, she’s continued to say no. “I had to leave to be the best version of myself,” she said. Since last year, the couple have monetized videos of their daily exploits. They clean up in hotel bathrooms, use rented vehicles to run DoorDash deliveries and make food in a portable grill placed in the trunk of an electric car. All the while defending their house-free lifestyle against the naysayers who comment under their posts. The couple are enrolled in the YouTube Partner Program and TikTok’s Creator Fund, which allow certain users to monetize their videos based on views, engagements and other metrics. Brown said they pull in roughly $750 a week from their videos. In a February video, titled “When You’re Homeless & Not Getting a Job #genz,” Brown talked about his desire to be an entrepreneur rather than working for someone else. “I’m not getting no job,” he said in the TikTok video. “I’ve had jobs in the past, and I’ve got fired at 90% of those jobs. It’s not for me. I’m an entrepreneur, self-made, and so is (Hubbard).” In response to the video, one TikTok user commented “if you can’t handle a 9-5, you most definitely cannot handle entrepreneurship.” Brown and Hubbard admit negative comments often get under their skin, especially when people suggest they are faking their lifestyle or meaninglessly avoiding employment. “I’ve been saying homelessness is a flex, and I believe that with my heart and soul because of the challenges homeless people endure,” Brown said. “People don’t understand that.” The couple will continue living in the woods for now, but Hubbard said they intend to save money and eventually buy a tiny home before starting a family together. They currently want to purchase an RV and document van life. Their only hurdle is a lack of payment and credit history. In the 2022 Freddie Mac survey on homeownership, insufficient credit history and unstable employment were two of the top five obstacles preventing young adults from purchasing a home. As they continue to chase their entrepreneurial dreams, Hubbard said they want to change the negative perception of unhoused people through their content. “It’s not the end of the world to be homeless or live minimally,” she said. “It’s an opportunity we have to work on ourselves.” Couple from Page 1 Breanna Hubbard, left, and Leland Brown Jr. walk to their tent in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. They are chronicling their journey of being unhoused on TikTok. Leland Brown Jr., left, checks his phone as his partner, Breanna Hubbard, talks with him in their tent. DAVID MAIALETTI/THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER PHOTOS Chicago Tribune | Section 7 | Sunday, May 5, 2024 5

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A Special Advertising Section of Chicago Tribune Media Group | Sunday, May 5, 2024 3 SUNDAY • MAY 19, 2024 10:30 - 11:30 AM BELMONT VILLAGE LINCOLN PARK 700 WEST FULLERTON AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60614 Bubbly Brunch AT BELMONT Join us for a Bubbly Brunch among friends old and new at Belmont Village Lincoln Park! Enjoy a live strolling violinist, tour our community, and get a taste of our delectable menu. Complimentary parking available. RSVP by May 16. Limited capacity. For more information, contact Jessica Roote at [email protected] or 773-484-7861. ©2024 Belmont Village, L.P. | SC 52068, 52076, 52084, 6016935, AL 5104242 Since 1998, Belmont Village has safely delivered an unparalleled senior living experience for thousands of families. Collaborations with experts from the nation’s top healthcare institutions and universities, including Northwestern, have established our national leadership in demonstrably effective cognitive health and wellness programs. Combining the highest levels of hospitality and care, our communities make life worth living. A LIFE WELL LIVED. A LIFE WELL EARNED. BelmontVillage.com/Chicago

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A Special Advertising Section of Chicago Tribune Media Group | Sunday, May 5, 2024 5 Independent Living | Assisted Living|Memory Care | Skilled Nursing | Short-Term Rehab 100 years of happy! And still growing. We have a history of helping people live the life they deserve. Chicagoland’s premier senior living communities – Smith Village, celebrating 100 years in Beverly, and Smith Crossing, celebrating 20 years in Orland Park! Join us. Visit SmithSeniorLiving.org. SmithCrossing.org | 708-942-4183 x2308 ORLAND PARK SmithVillage.org | 773-231-9583 BEVERLY NEIGHBORHOOD

6 A Special Advertising Section of Chicago Tribune Media Group | Sunday, May 5, 2024 like Liz. Recently widowed, Liz didn’t want her kids to worry about her. With detailed checklist in hand, she visited several North Shore and out-of-state retirement communities. After crossing her t's and dotting her i's, she confidently reports, “Nothing compares to The Garlands.” The Garlands of Barrington offers older adult the finest in resort-style services, convenient amenities, stunning homes, and great friends with whom you can enjoy it. 1000 Garlands Lane, Barrington, IL 60010 thegarlands.com savvyplanners Just who lives at The Garlands? Rsvp for the complimentary brunch and program with [email protected] or call 847-756-3221. Meet the neighbors. Sample the cuisine. Tour the community. Brunch & Learn Wednesday, May 8th or Friday, May 17th | 9:30am spring

A Special Advertising Section of Chicago Tribune Media Group | Sunday, May 5, 2024 7 4715 W. Irving Park Road Chicago, Illinois 60641 ClarendaleSixCorners.com Independent Living ■ Assisted Living ■ Memory Care In the heart of Chicago’s Northside, you’ll find sophisticated senior living at its best, the all-new Clarendale Six Corners. Combining everything you love about the city with the peace of mind you expect from senior living, Clarendale Six Corners provides a range of enticing features, including: • Versatile residences and floor plans • Chef-driven dining experiences • A range of high-end amenities • Complimentary shuttle services • And much more! “The community is fascinating, interesting, and fun. ” — Online Review, Schmoozer OPPORTUNITIES ARE LIMITED SCHEDULE YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE CALL 773-299-1874 OR VISIT CLARENDALESIXCORNERS.COM THE MOST AWARDED COMPANY IN THE HISTORY OF THE J.D. POWER U.S. SENIOR LIVING SATISFACTION STUDY. FOR J.D. POWER 2023 AWARD INFORMATION, VISIT JDPOWER.COM/AWARDS

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A Special Advertising Section of Chicago Tribune Media Group | Sunday, May 5, 2024 9 847-305-3170 847-443-9559 847-429-3784 There’salot to love about Presbyterian Homes. From three communities offering your choice of location, floor plan, and customizable home finishes to an array of dining options, amenities, and activities, you’ll enjoyawell-rounded and engaging lifestyle. And that’s not even the best part. As a not-for-profit Life Plan Community, each community offers peace of mind, financial predictability, and access to a continuum of care – including Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, Rehabilitation, and Respite Care. WE WELCOME ADMISSIONS FROM OUTSIDE OUR COMMUNITY IN HEALTHCARE For those living in the North Shore and Chicagoland areas, immediate care is available in Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, or Rehabilitation – no entrance fee, no waiting, and no stress for you or your family. Whether you need support now or in the future, there’s sure to be an option that’s perfect for you. LIFE PLAN COMMUNITY Embrace OUR FRESH TAKE ON RETIREMENT CALL TODAY TO LEARN MORE OR SCHEDULE YOUR PERSONAL TOUR. PresbyterianHomes.org

10 A Special Advertising Section of Chicago Tribune Media Group | Sunday, May 5, 2024 1627 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield IL TamariskNorthShore.com • [email protected] An independent living community for adults 65 and better. 1245.4.2024 Enjoy the Elegant and Easygoing Lifestyle Offered by Tamarisk NorthShore Tamarisk provides a warm, welcoming setting for friends to connect—for pre-dinner drinks in the Bistro, fitness classes in the indoor pool, or concerts in the Entertainment Room. Our residents enjoy dozens of stimulating life enrichment programs—and so can you! Our monthly rental fee includes exceptional services, engaging activities, and modern amenities. Call today to make an appointment for a private tour and ask about our year end savings opportunities! 847.597.8772 YOU’RE INVITED TO OUR FESTIVAL OF GENERATIONS This popular event returns with activities and fun for all ages! Sunday, June 9, 2024 • 10:30 am–1 pm 1627 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, IL For more info and to register, visit TamariskNorthShore.com fifffflffi fffl fflfl fl fffl fiffffl ffffiflfi fiffffl fifffflffififl fflffiffl       fi fifififffflffiflffiflffffifl    fifffflffi fl      ffi    ffffi ffifffflffi     WRONG • fifffflffifl flflffl • flffiff • ff fflffiff • ff fflfflff • fifffflffifl fflffiff • fl ffffiffffi fiff fflffiflffl   ffi  ffi ff   ffi      fiffffl ffifl  ff fl  flff ffi fl  fflffl   flffl flffi  flffl fl flff ffflfflff fl  ffiflff ff flff

A Special Advertising Section of Chicago Tribune Media Group | Sunday, May 5, 2024 11 1270 Village Dr. • Lemont•IL 60439 • www.franciscanvillage.org Franciscan Village is a warm and inviting senior living community offering Independent and Assisted Living, Memory Support, Skilled Nursing, and Rehabilitation Services. ThePalacePapers: FRANCISCAN VILLAGE INVITES YOU TO... Inside the House of Windsor– the Truth and the Turmoil PRESENTED BY JENNY RIDDLE Tuesday|May 21 | 1:30 p.m. Franciscan Village | 1270 Village Dr. | Lemont Americans are fascinated by England’s royal family. Tina Brown tries to satisfy our curiosity in her new tell-all book, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor — the Truth and the Turmoil. Join Jenny Riddle, in character, as she portrays Camilla Parker Bowles—now Queen Consort and wife of the current King of England—Charles III. You’ll hear plenty of Buckingham Palace insights, sometimes downright gossip, about Elizabeth, Philip, Charles, William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan. Join Jenny Riddle for her presentation of The Palace Papers and get set forarollicking good look at Merry Old England! Seating is limited. RSVP by May 17, call 630.243.3479 or email [email protected]. Foralimited time, re-imagine your retirement with $ 20,000* ANY WAY YOU CHOOSE - MOVE-IN SPECIAL Select your new independent living apartment or garden home by June 30, 2024.

12 A Special Advertising Section of Chicago Tribune Media Group | Sunday, May 5, 2024 Anew standard of senior living is coming to Elmhurst To RSVP for our March 27th event or scheduleapersonal tour, call 630.593.0582 or visit LIVEATTHEROOSEVELT.COM SEE FOR YOURSELF AT OUR UPCOMING EVENT! From moving to preparing your home for sale, we’ll break it down step by step. We’ll also share a look at current real estate trends. RSVP today! Call 630.593.0582 or visit liveattheroosevelt.com/news-events Wednesday, March 27 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided WITH LISA STOVER FROM PRESTO REAL ESTATE SERVICES The Joy of Downsizing DISCO VER THE ROOSEVEL T A T S A L T C REEK Under the inspired new management of Life Care Services, The Roosevelt at Salt Creek’s rental model offers seniors the best value for their money and sets an exciting new standard for senior living in Elmhurst. And our current renovation brings refreshed, spacious apartments, an indoor pool, wellness center and spa, and so much more. PRE - RENO V ATION S P ECIALS N O W AV A ILABLE ! THE MOST AWARDED COMPANY IN THE HISTORY OF THE J.D. POWER U.S. SENIOR LIVING SATISFACTION STUDY LIFE CARE SERVICES WON MORE AWARDS THAN ANY OTHER COMPANY IN THE J.D. POWER U.S. SENIOR LIVING SATISFACTION SURVEY FROM 2018 – 2023. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more information. #1 in Customer Satisfaction among Assisted Living / Memory Care Communities #1 in Customer Satisfaction among Independent Senior Living Communities 5 Years in a row 400 W. Butterfield Rd. | Elmhurst, IL 60126 630.593.0582 | LiveAtTheRoosevelt.com *subject to change O R SCAN T O RSVP

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14 A Special Advertising Section of Chicago Tribune Media Group | Sunday, May 5, 2024 Regain your independence! Physical, Speech and Occupational Therapies Frances Lachowicz, Executive Director Sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas A Continuing Care Retirement Community 3659 West 99th Street l Chicago, IL 60655 l 773-253-3600 l MercyCircle.org EEOC Stay in one of our short-term stay private suites. Enjoy three chef-prepared meals plus planned social activities every day. Independent Living l Assisted Living Memory Care l Skilled Nursing Care Short-Term Stay Rehab Call for information 773-253-3603 Our therapists help you achieve results Since 2021, U.S. News & World Report places Mercy Circle’s short-term stay rehab program program among the elite recognized as high perform performing in the country country. You can count on all our staff members And since 2020, Mercy Circle is proud to be ranked among The Chicago Tribune’s “Top 100 Workplaces” for organizations employing fewer than 300 professionals. golden years to their fullest. — Marietta N., Downers Grove Situated inahighly sought-after location, our community offers the perfect balance of tranquility and accessibility. Discover nearby upscale shopping, fine dining establishments, cultural attractions, and world-class healthcare facilities, ensuring that every convenience is within easy reach. of King Bruwaert House. Looking forward to making new friends and enjoying my ‘golden years’ to their fullest” “So happy with the decision I made to begin the next phase of my life at The Gardens of King-Bruwaert House Looking forward The Gardens JOIN ME AT Discover Unparalleled Elegance Welcome to our exclusive community of luxury independent living apartments, where comfort, convenience, and class converge to create the ultimate suburban haven. Embrace a lifestyle that is as elegant as it is effortless, surrounded by the finest amenities and a vibrant community of like-minded individuals. For those aged 60 and better. Limited Floor Plans Remaining Contact us now to claim one of The Gardens’ independent living residences as your own! (630) 230-9520 | kbexpansion.org | Burr Ridge, IL The Gardens OF KING-BRUWAERT HOUSE Life Begins at Independent Living, Assisted Living & Memory Care 1920 Maple Ave. Lisle, IL | villastben.org Connect with us today. Call (630) 852-0345 We chose Villa St. Benedict because... there's always something to do and friends are right next door. A senior living community where you can spend the next chapter of your life in community, comfort, and peace of mind.

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16 A Special Advertising Section of Chicago Tribune Media Group | Sunday, May 5, 2024 Communities of Wellness, Connection and Inspiration. Each Lutheran Life Community has a unique personality, yet they all deliver on the same promise: inspiring growth, connection and vitality for older adults. Our signature programs cultivate a dynamic lifestyle where those of all ages and backgrounds can flourish. Whether it is wellness initiatives promoting holistic health, social activities fostering meaningful connections or educational programs encouraging lifelong learning, we’re committed to enriching lives. Join us for Flower Arranging or Rightsizing Your Life classes—visit HelloLutherCT.org or see below. Lutheran Home Assisted Living Community • Arlington, IL The best upscale, modern design in assisted living, memory support, skilled nursing and rehabilitation. Elevate your lifestyle with chef-crafted dining experiences and a diverse array of engaging programming designed to inspire and entertain! Community Living 101 Webinar | June 18 • 2 p.m. Tour participants in May receive a flower. RSVP AT LutheranHomeCT.org OR (224) 295-0048. Wittenberg Village Life Plan Community • Crown Point, IN This 47-acre Life Plan Community has a booming small-city spirit just minutes from town. Our treelined campus is a walking paradise for enjoying the tranquility of nature, along with a top-notch fitness center. We are pet-friendly! Rightsize Your Life Webinar | May 9 • 2 p.m. Blooms & Bubbles Floral Arranging | May 16 • 10 a.m. RSVP AT WittenbergVillageCT.org OR (219) 356-0213. Luther Oaks Life Plan Community • Bloomington, IL Discover Bloomington’s best-kept secret. Luther Oaks is perfect for active, independent people aged 62+ looking to live just minutes from Bloomington but want a country lifestyle. As a true Life Plan Community, you have access to a full continuum of care. Rightsize Your Life Webinar | May 9 • 2 p.m. Blooms & Bubbles Floral Arranging | May 16 • 10 a.m. RSVP AT LutherOaksCT.org OR (309) 260-4056. Pleasant View Life Plan Community • Ottawa, IL Free-standing, single-family homes face a walkable park, giving you plenty of space to roam—inside and out. This pet-friendly Life Plan Community offers both solitude and socializing on your terms. Enjoy long-term peace of mind with a full continuum of care rooted in a culture of Midwestern values. Blooms & Bubbles Floral Arranging | May 16 • 10 a.m. Rightsize Your Life Webinar | May 23 • 10 a.m. RSVP AT PleasantViewCT.org OR (815) 665-5230. Independent Living • Assisted Living • Memory Support Skilled Nursing • Short-Term Rehabilitation Independent Living • Assisted Living • Memory Support Skilled Nursing • Skilled Rehab • Outpatient PT Assisted Living • Memory Support • Skilled Nursing Skilled Rehab • Outpatient Physical Therapy Independent Living • Assisted Living Memory Support Blooms & Bubbles Floral Arranging JOIN US FOR SPRINGTIME EVENTS.

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5/5 IT’S A LONG STORY: The authortalking about himself By S.N. | EditEd By StaNlEy NEwmaN (stanxwords.com) Across 1 Programs to download 5 Czech or Bulgarian 9 Cats or Phantom... 13 Workweek column headings 18 9-Across’ stagehands 19 Metered car 20 Had on 21 Put __ in (meddle) 22 Start of a memoir quote 26 Likewise not 27 La bohème hero 28 Serbian tennis great 30 Fence of bushes 33 Chalk remover 35 Opponent of Luther 37 Seized car, for short 38 Beverage on draught 39 Don’t include 40 “Coffee, __ milk?” 42 Laugh syllable 43 Part 2 of quote 50 Orbital extreme 51 Canadian country singer 52 Racetrack shape 53 Not quite a fortnight 55 What stamp pads hold 56 TV serial 57 Short poetic tribute 60 Clear, as a windshield 64 Double-curve shape 65 Author of Unmasked, the quote’s source 70 Baseball great Gehrig 72 Window sticker 73 Temper, as titanium 74 Capital of Kazakhstan 78 Tie the knot 80 Birds with a shrill call 84 Small shorebirds 86 Highway access 89 Highway, for instance 90 Part 3 of quote 93 Compass pt. 94 Calculus pioneer 95 Cairo waterway 96 Henri’s “here” 97 Deep affection 99 Sis or bro 100Montreal university 103 Ship of 1492 105 Euro-filled fountain 107 Caterpillars’ casings 109 Painter Vermeer 110 End of quote 117 Do __ burn (seethe) 118 Faucet annoyance 119 Smooth out 120 Pins of violins 121 Limited-choice question 122 Seasoning for fries 123 Extreme anger 124 Office sub Down 1 German “Darn it!” 2 Quid __ quo 3 Temple bench 4 Playground fixture 5 Marquee topper 6 Washroom, so to speak 7 Wood-chopping tool 8 Shook rapidly 9 Nobel, by birth 10 Pay tribute to 11 Expressed out loud 12 What ducks walk with 13 Fannie __ mortgage 14 Explosive sticks 15 Romantic hopeful 16 Nightclub rover 17 Complimentary tickets 23 Weed-chopping tool 24 Greek dawn goddess 25 Track down 29 Copier attachments 30 Starts on 31 78-Across on the run 32 County near Cornwall 33 Modern moody music 34 Chance of loss 36 Target competitor 39 Follower of orders 40 Hard pull 41 Job-related move, for short 44 __ Heath (Hardy setting) 45 Check the sum of 46 Rival of Frazier and Foreman 47 Old Southwest outlaw 48 Tonally accurate 49 Southwest FL hub 54 Winter glider 58 Full-grown sheep 59 Close-attention letters 61 MRI regulator 62 To each her __ 63 USMC bigwigs 65 Tape player feature 66 Grassy yards 67 “Mind your manners!” 68 Ballet rail 69 Top-tier 70 Car seat holder 71 Peace Prize city 75 “Bird” prefix 76 Hawaiian bird 77 Mythical manyeyed giant 79 “Dapper” dresser 81 Costner or Kline 82 Standing tall 83 Neighbor of Turkey 85 Repair, as film 86 Hockey great Bobby 87 Member of the clergy 88 February 2 beast 91 Government-issued “Savings” vehicles 92 Entirely 98 Wicked ways 100Exxon merger partner 101 Commandeer 102 African antelope 103 Launching place 104Lacking skill 106 Pour __ (exert oneself) 108 Italian “darling” 109 Major month for matrimony 111 Notalot 112 65-Across musical heroine 113 Trip segment 114 Get a look at 115 GWTW studio 116 Clairvoyance: Abbr. Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” © 2024 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved. p For inter uz active puzzles a zl nd games g e i o to chicagot sl ribune.com/ an games d Scan QR code to play online. By The Mepham Group©2024. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All rights reserved. Sudoku Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box in bold borders contains every digit 1 to 9. Level: Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” 5/5 Across 1 “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” novelist Jamie 5 Low-end speaker 9 Emulatesuccessfully 15 Cooling units, for short 18 One throwing out the first pitch? 19 __ research: some dirt-digging 20 Baseball level just below the Majors 22 Hall of Fame slugger Mel 23 Power line? 26 Parched 27 Two-time Best Female Golfer ESPY winner Ko 28 Leaf wrangler 29 Bewitch 31 Fright 33 Life line? 37 Like some candles 39 Home of many Goyas andEl Grecos 40 “Fire” gemstone 41 Unlikely duo? 42 “The Boy and the Heron” genre 44 Gifts at some Honolulu hotels 46 The blue in blue cheese, e.g. 49 Party line? 54 Follower of up, down, and mid 56 Shake 57 Ireland, to the Irish 58 Like some adoption records 60 “The Matrix” hero 61 Train cos. 64 Prehistoric 66 Data on dashboards 68 Opening line? 75 Yoga asana that requires balance 76 MSNBC journalist Cabrera 77 Like this clue’s number 78 “Am __ time?” 79 Require 82 High point of the “Odyssey”? 85 Meter or liter 89 Dirty 91 Time line? 95 Swap __ 97 Room in una casa 98 HS course covering the facts of life 99 Curse 100Guides with keys 103 __-panky 105 Writer of pastoral poems 107 Dividing line? 111 Didn’t cook, but didn’t order in 112 Totalitarianism, metaphorically 113 Villain’s hangout 115 Rims 118 Relieved (of) 119 Shore line? 124 Female deer 125 Spring agricultural machines 126 Beauty spot? 127 “That could work for me” 128 “Weekend Update” show, casually 129 Restoration poet dubbed “Glorious John” 130 Headed to overtime 131 __ pool Down 1 Duck or goose 2 Comply 3 Consumer Reports tasks 4 “Merci” response 5 Social media annoyance 6 Goddess of love who had five children with the god ofwar 7 Fishing tool 8 “__ it to me!” 9 Old school crowdfunding org.? 10 Branch 11 Wee drink 12 Pitch 13 Mets slugger Pete nicknamed “Polar Bear” 14 Mocked 15 Vietnamese tunic 16 PC paste shortcut 17 Flair 21 Place for a spiritual retreat 24 Livestock marker 25 Successor 30 KOA option 32 Actress Russo 34 Mickey’s co-creator 35 Brainstorming output 36 French wine valley 37 Go like hotcakes 38 Egyptian queen, familiarly 39 Gas, across the pond 43 Nintendo avatar 45 Snail mail need 47 Piece of cake? 48 Square peg in a social circle? 50 Durable twill fabric 51 Ward with two Emmy Awards 52 Director Kazan 53 Big name in car batteries 55 Snoopy 59 Heroic act, say 62 Tug of war need 63 Full of rocks 65 Genetic letters 67 Pop star Paula who was once a Lakers cheerleader 68 “Can confirm” 69 Noise made while playing with a Matchbox car 70 “__ Meenie”: 2010 pop single 71 Regarding 72 Quaint baes 73 Two half hitches, maybe 74 Verbthatcomes from acorruptionofthe ballet term“chassé” 80 Mogul Carl 81 Former TV drama about SoCal attorneys 83 “How’s it hangin’?” 84 Get in the middle of, inaway 86 One of Nolan Ryan’s record seven 87 Currier and __ 88 Words on a page 90 __ juice 92 Gran 93 Log flume, e.g. 94 Went up and down, say 96 Many a spring birth 101 Cut back 102 Machine shop alloy 104Six-time NBA AllStar Lowry 106 __ van Beethoven 107 Supports 108Constellation with a belt 109 Sound that comes from on high 110 Like some unkempt gardens 111 Garlicky sauce 114 Border 116 Flair 117 Ione of “La Brea” 120 __ velvet 121 Green Day drummer __ Cool 122 Channel for bargain hunters 123 “Gnarly” Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” © 2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Jumble Unscramble the six Jumbles, one letter per square, to form six words. Then arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by this cartoon. By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek. © 2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All rights reserved. PlayJumble.com This week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” 5/5 Name That Tune By Katy Steinmetz & Rich Katz edited By Patti VaRol 2 Chicago Tribune | Section 9 | Sunday, May 5, 2024

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ABT By Charles Preston Across 1 A long tale 5 Scythe handle 10 These can be spare 14 Indigo plant 15 Where the Mombasa is 16 Jacob’s twin 17 Gouldscore dancedbyABT 20 Beautician Lauder 21 Common wild ducks 22 Sir Isaac of gravitation 25 Cheers for the matador 26 Altar words 29 Patriotic men’s org. 30 Faucet 32 Delibes score danced by ABT 35 Bewilder 40 Highlands declivity 41 Copland score danced by ABT 43 I smell ___ 44 Beach near Santa Monica 46 Tchaikovsky score danced by ABT 48 Beast of burden 50 Pitching stat. 51 Guitar legend ___ Paul 52 Cannon sound 55 Marat’s assassin 58 Thrush or warbler 60 Unusual objet d’art 64 Stravinsky score danced by ABT 67 Moderate 68 Weird 69 Gallerywith many Turners 70 Jose’s God 71 Opposite of liability 72 Bitter purple plum Down 1 Secure 2 Collections 3 Golden 4 Karen or Woody 5 Water and jet 6 Calif. neighbor 7 Wind: prefix 8 Saddam Hussein was one 9 Late deal-maker Monte 10 Magnificent 11 Rhone feeder 12 Musical groups 13 Foam 18 Man famous for his cups 19 Run off, romantically 23 Tusked marine mammal 24 Beethoven’s “Archduke,”e.g. 26 Long-range weapon, for short 27 Picasso model Maar 28 Hydrated silica gem 31 On the QE2 33 Louvre pyramid architect 34 Brief commercials 36 ___ du pays: homesickness 37 Mount Telpos Iz range 38 Rice wine 39 Summers, in Antibes 42 Wide-spouted pitcher 45 Faline’s mate 47 Civil rights org. 49 Gravelly slope debris 52 Yellow Sea arm 53 And ___ grow on 54 Fairy tale monsters 56 Scents 57 Mongol tents 58 Sailors’ orientation abbreviation 59 Virginia willow 61 Coin of Iran 62 Divider’s preposition 63 Double curve 65 Interjection of disapproval 66 Salon shampoo follower Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” © 2024 Creators News Service. 1. Define clues, writing in Words column over numbered dashes. 2. Transfer letters to numbered squares in diagram. 3. When pattern is completed, quotation can be read left to right. The first letters of the filled-in words reading down form an acrostic yielding the speaker’s name and the topic of the quotation. Clues Words Quote-Acrostic 5/5 Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” By Eli Simon. Edited by Linda Preston. © 2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All rights reserved. “DOWN ANSWERS” Last week’s crosswords “Obviously!” “Bits and Pieces” This week’s Jumble (Struthers) BURT: ESCAPE FROM AMERICA: Americans have a genius for voluntary cooperation. Put ten Americans on a desert island. In no time they will haveacarefully articulated government, not to mention a Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club. Last week’s Quote-Acrostic Last week’s Sudoku island puzzle solutions Today’sbirthday (May 5): Take charge to realize personal dreams this year. Win by practicing to build teamwork and collaboration. Stay flexible with summer changes, before autumn’s social whirlwind carries you off. Address winter fitness and health changes beforeabusy spring of family fun and romance. Celebrate. Aries (March 21-April 19): Today is a 9. Rest, eat well and pamper yourself. Dress for success. Polish your image with a new style. Grabalucky break. Smile for the cameras. Taurus (April 20-May 20): 7. Consider old dreams and future possibilities. Check any considerations and then choose your action plan to fulfill what you want. Completions are especially satisfying. Gemini(May 21-June 20): 9. Communication channels flow with ease. Connect with your crew. Develop and refine your team strategy. Friends provide the missing links. Have fun together. Cancer (June 21-July 22): 9. A professional opportunity requires a cool head and quick action when the timing’s right. Pay attention and stay ready. Listen for the gold. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): 8. Get ready to move. You can take wide ground once you get going. Prepare and pack lightly. Organize for greater ease. Explore new territory. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): 9. Collaborate to grow shared financial accounts. Coordinate actions. Send invoices and pay bills. Sign contracts and budgets. Get terms in writing. Provide excellent service. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): 9. Rely on the support of a reliable partner. Repay the favor with a thoughtful gesture or valuable contribution. Share resources, connections and comfort. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): 8. Physical exercise energizes you. Maintain healthy practices to keep growing strength and endurance. Score extra for reconnecting with nature. Rest and enjoy the view. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): 9. Prioritize love, family and fun. Get organized and coordinate plans for maximum ease and efficiency. Persuade someone sweet with treats and good music. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): 7. Focus on domestic priorities. Make repairs, changes and upgrades. Quick action savesabundle. Discover new options and choose the best with family. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): 9. Connect, discuss and coordinate. You’re building for the future. Strengthen foundations with creative projects. Research story details. Put together a clear timeline. Share discoveries. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): 9. Monitor cash flow to maximize gains. Find efficiencies to conserve resources. Use old stuff in a new way. Creativity gets lucrative. Plan for the future. — Nancy Black, Tribune ContentAgency Horoscopes Q.1—Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ A Q ♥ K76 ♦ AQ32 ♣ AJ86 West North East South 2♥ Pass Pass ? What call would you make? Q.2—North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ AJ8 ♥ J 6 ♦ KQ3 ♣ K8753 South West North East 1♣ Pass 1♠ Pass ? What call would you make? Q.3—East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ KQ865 ♥ KQ62 ♦ 974 ♣ 6 North East South West 1♦ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♣ Pass ? What call would you make? Q.4—Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ Q J ♥ A73 ♦ Q 10865 ♣ 875 Partner opens 1NT,15-17, and right-hand opponent passes. What call would you make? Answers in Monday’s comics pages. — Bob Jones Tribune ContentAgency Bridge This game challenges you to find as many words as you can, as quickly as you can, in one master word. PUNCTUAL(PUNKchu-wul:): Being on time; prompt. Can you find 19 or more words in PUNCTUAL? Averagemark: 14 words Timelimit: 30 minutes Here aretherules: 1.Words must be four or more letters. 2.Words that acquire four letters by the addition of an“s,” such as“bats”and “cats,” are not used. 3. Use only one form of a verb — either“pose”or“posed,”not both. 4. Proper nouns and slang terms are not used. 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