Des Plaines Lifestyle
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Local brewers put own stamp on Oktoberfest beerSep 27, 2013 6:00 am - Oktoberfest started with a wedding — and grew into something much more. In 1810, the citizens of Munich were invited to attend the wedding of the crown prince of Bavaria...
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Chefs on Chefs at The ClareSep 25, 2013 11:00 pm - Although the saying is that “too many chefs spoil the broth” in this case, they were simply there to savor it. Forty chefs representing the Chicago Chefs of Cuisine Ass...
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Marc Cohn talks touring, family and not sweating the small stuffSep 25, 2013 6:00 am - Marc Cohn is touring and he's taking requests. But don't bother asking for his signature tune, "Walking in Memphis," at his Elgin Community College Arts Center performa...
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WOW Month at the Des Plaines Camera ClubSep 24, 2013 11:00 pm - Des Plaines Camera Club (DPCC) meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month September thru May. October is shaping up as a WOW month of presentations and educati...
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Check out gardens tended by Des Plaines Garden ClubSep 24, 2013 11:00 pm - The Des Plaines Garden Club maintains four gardens throughout Des Plaines each year. Beginning in May, in each garden, debris is removed, cultivated and greenery trimm...
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Mt. Prospect golf outing aids Ghanaian orphansSep 24, 2013 5:13 pm - A Better Life for Kids will host its second annual “Golf for Ghana’s Orphans,” a charity golf event beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at Mount Prospect Golf Club, 6...
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Mount Prospect Historical Society Purse Auction -- October 10Sep 23, 2013 11:00 pm - The clock is ticking on reservations for the Mount Prospect Historical Society’s “Power of the Purse” handbag auction on the evening of Thursday, October 10, in the comm...
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Des Plaines Kiwanis Park equipment to be refitted for kids overseasSep 23, 2013 11:55 am - The playground equipment at Kiwanis Park, a Des Plaines Park District neighborhood park at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Orchard Street, is on its way to a new home. ...
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Guerin College Prep hosts open house for prospective studentsSep 22, 2013 11:00 pm - Guerin College Preparatory High School, a Catholic, co-educational college preparatory school, invites prospective high school students and their families to visit the s...
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Ron Santo Walks on a mission to cure diabetesSep 22, 2013 11:00 pm - For most of us, Ron Santo is the affable third baseman with a lifelong yearning to be a Hall of Famer who was so emotionally invested in his Cubs that just his groans an...