All Stories from December 19, 2013 (Change date)
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Dann & Raymond salute great caninesDec 19, 2013 5:00 am - Movie club returns! Join me and film historian Raymond Benson as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club rings in the new year at both the Schaumburg and Arlington Heights librarie...
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'Inside' a quest crammed with comic Coenesque quirkinessDec 19, 2013 4:45 am - Oscar Isaac plays the title character in Joel and Ethan Coen's new movie "Inside Llewyn Davis," and his performance bleeds with strained empathy and mysterious reserve. ...
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Goodman’s ‘Iceman’ opens off-Broadway in 2015Dec 19, 2013 4:31 am - The actors and artistic team responsible for Goodman Theatre’s acclaimed 2012 revival of Eugene O’Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh” will take their show on the road in 2015. ...
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Music notes: McBride brings cheer to Rosemont TheatreDec 19, 2013 4:30 am - Country star Martina McBride has been called “the Celine Dion of country music” because of her emotional ballads and powerhouse voice. McBride will make a stop in t...
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Voters to decide Round Lake High School expansion, building improvement planDec 19, 2013 4:30 am - Improvements also will be part of referendum on borrowing $29 million
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Elgin gives initial nod to senior housingDec 19, 2013 4:30 am - The Elgin City Council gave its preliminary OK to a project to build more affordable housing for seniors. The $25 million project by the Housing Authority of Elgin consi...
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Coifs, twisty plot, excellent cast give 'Hustle' dramatic muscleDec 19, 2013 4:30 am - David O. Russell's dramatic crime comedy "American Hustle" opens with a perfect tone-setting disclaimer: "Some of this actually happened." And you believe it, because f...
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Judson students, staff members help town recover from tornadoDec 19, 2013 4:30 am - Though his family's home was spared from the EF-4 tornado that ravaged Washington, Ill., Nov. 17, Greg Butler knew he had to do something to help his community. "There ...
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Superb visuals trump thoughtfulness in 'Dinosaurs'Dec 19, 2013 4:30 am - The superbly rendered and realistically animated characters in 20th Century Fox's live-action/animated "Walking With Dinosaurs" apparently communicate telepathically. T...
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Stop funding programs in other nationsDec 19, 2013 4:00 am - I think I must be losing my mind. We are giving billions of dollars to Egypt and they are building their space program. We are cutting back on all kinds of projects in t...