Des Plaines Lifestyle
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St. Patrick's Day 2021: Raise a glass (or get corned beef to go) at suburban eateriesMar 10, 2021 5:00 am - What a difference a year makes! It was almost a year ago that pretty much everything shut down to stem the spread of COVID-19. Now with bars and restaurants back open at...
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Don't want to hide Easter eggs this year? Palatine sisters have your backMar 10, 2021 4:30 am - Sisters Keely and Samantha "Sam" McEnery know how they will be spending the night before Easter: driving throughout the Northwest suburbs to hide colorful plastic eggs i...
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Rozner: A way to honor the legacy of Bob FriskMar 09, 2021 12:00 am - It seems as if there are few certainties anymore. Perhaps it always feels that way, every passing year a bullet train in a world more cynical, that there are fewer peopl...
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Area's most prolific birder writes daily report fellow watchers loveMar 08, 2021 10:00 pm - We are all creatures of habit. But to describe the daily routine of Al Stokie as habitual would be selling him short. It's much more: curiosity, discipline and obsession...
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Eli Skinner NSDAR Chapter member receives history awardMar 07, 2021 10:00 pm - The Women in American History Award is given by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to honor a woman who has made a significant contribution to her...
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Constable: From landmarks like Arlington Park to Dr. Seuss, losing favorites is part of changeMar 03, 2021 12:00 am - Change is a powerful concept that can deliver a devastating demise or provide promising progress - or both. During the losses and growth of this pandemic, we've made rew...
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St. Viator High School's 'Night of the Lion: At Home Edition' opens Feb. 26 to March 6Feb 25, 2021 10:00 pm - St. Viator High School's key fundraising event, "Night of the Lion: At Home Edition" starts Friday, Feb. 26. The annual fundraising and community-building celebration tr...
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Adopt-a-Grandparent program brings balloon buddies to nursing homesFeb 25, 2021 5:00 am - Adopt-a-Grandparent program brings balloon buddies to nursing homes
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Dining events: City Works and Old Town Pour House locations reopenFeb 24, 2021 5:00 am - Back up and running Closed back in October during Illinois' indoor dining ban, Old Town Pour House in Oak Brook and Naperville and City Works in Vernon Hills are now ope...
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Top Teacher: How a Saint Viator teacher connects literary classics with current eventsFeb 24, 2021 5:00 am - In Megan O'Neill's English classes at Saint Viator High School, students are just as likely to study classics like "The Scarlet Letter" as they are Amanda Gorman's "The ...