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Going from bug to fad, cicadas have been embraced by artists and entrepreneurs showcasing products that celebrate this rare, shared event.

Cicadas seem to be everywhere these days. They’re crawling up from the ground and will soon be singing from the treetops all over Illinois as the life cycles of two

Some local creatives are insect enthusiasts who want to share that love. Others, trying to overcome aversions, are making less realistic, more appealing merch.

Some residents objected to teen books about sexuality, LGBT at Park Ridge Library, which will review. Talk between objector and LBBT young person may have brooked divide.