All Stories from September 2, 2011 (Change date)
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A little less glitz for upcoming Broadway seasonSep 02, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — If Broadway last season was dominated by a glitzy Spider-Man, Broadway's new season seems to be shaping up more like his workaday alter ego Peter Parker. A qu...
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Night life: Brooklyn comes to LisleSep 02, 2011 6:00 am - Brooklyn invades Bavarian Lodge The Bavarian Lodge welcomes one of its East Coast favorites, Brooklyn Brewery, to an event Thursday, Sept. 8. Catch a handful of the...
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Madonna says she identifies with Wallis SimpsonSep 02, 2011 6:00 am - VENICE, Italy — There may be few people better suited than Madonna to tell the story of the two-time American divorcee for whom Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated his ...
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Local theater: Steve-O at ZaniesSep 02, 2011 6:00 am - Steve-O in St. Charles Stephen Glover — Steve-O of the MTV reality series “Jackass” and its big-screen offshoots — eschews stunts for standup when he brings his “Entirel...
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Neighborhood profile: Elk Grove's PavilionSep 02, 2011 6:00 am - Lorraine Herforth attributes three factors to the popularity of the Pavilion area of Elk Grove Village — location, location and location. “The Pavilion area is in the ce...
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Weekend picks: Exhibit honors those lost on 9/11Sep 02, 2011 6:00 am - In remembrance Remember the valor of New York City's first responders to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in the exhibit “Ground Zero 360°.” Previously unpu...
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Harvey Fierstein gives 'Newsies' a little more loveSep 02, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — When Harvey Fierstein was asked to make the film “Newsies” work on stage, he realized that something was missing from the original. “In a musical, there's an ...
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Fall films deliver demons, dancing and deadly diseasesSep 02, 2011 6:00 am - We've got your Oscar bait (“J. Edgar”). We've got your remakes (“Footloose”). We've got your sequels (“Happy Feet 2”). We've got your prequels (“The Thing”). We've got y...
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Shorter MDA Telethon not the same without JerrySep 02, 2011 5:45 am - NEW YORK — No one would sniff at all the dollars Jerry Lewis raised for muscular dystrophy: a couple of billion during his 45-year reign as host of the MDA Telethon. But...
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The immigration quandarySep 02, 2011 5:00 am - In the most recent example of sending mixed signals about illegal immigration, a federal judge has temporarily blocked Alabama’s far-ranging new immigration law, which i...