Des Plaines Lifestyle
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'Candide' gets a new look at GoodmanSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Goodman revival Resident director Mary Zimmerman re-imagines Leonard Bernstein's "Candide," inspired by Voltaire's 18th century satire about an optimist whose fai...
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Bruno Costa of Park Ridge makes Frittata con PatateSep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - No doubt you've seen the oft-run commercial for high speed Internet featuring a smug high school student, certain his mother believes he is spending three hours in his r...
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Best bets: Dance, walk, or just sit and listen to the musicSep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Spectacu-Lar Choreographer Lar Lubovitch, a Chicago native and co-founder of the Chicago Dancing Festival, brings his namesake troupe Lar Lubovitch Dance Company ...
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Local 'Housewife': Suburbs superior to OCSep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Orange County ain't got nothin' on the Northwest suburbs. At least according to Vicki Gunvalson, a Northwest suburban native and one of the stars of Bravo's hit reality ...
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'Hurt Locker' screenwriter at Harper CollegeSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Screenwriter Mark Boal, whose script to "The Hurt Locker" won him an Oscar earlier this year, will speak about his experiences as an embedded journalist in Iraq at 7:30 ...
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Actor/producer made Bard accessible to Northwest suburbsSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - An Elk Grove Village resident who worked to make Shakespeare accessible to Northwest suburban residents, has passed away. James Hirsch founded the Elk Grove Center for t...
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Steel Beam's 'Fairways' tees up a love storySep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - There are musicals about baseball ("Damn Yankees"), gambling ("Guys and Dolls") and even chess ("Chess"). But "Fairways," opening Friday at Steel Beam Theatre in St. Cha...
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Dot Dot Dot to play at Austin's in LibertyvilleSep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Dance-rockers Dot Dot Dot, whose members hail from the Northwest suburbs, infuse all their concerts with an upbeat "party all night" attitude. You can get in on the fun ...
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DeWyze drops by track to promote Sept. 24 concertSep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Lee DeWyze swung by Arlington Park on Sunday to film footage for the next season of "American Idol." While he was there, he also shot a few promotional videos for his up...
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'Artemis Fowl' author Eoin Colfer in NapervilleSep 07, 2010 11:00 pm - • Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville hosts "Artemis Fowl" author Eoin Colfer as he presents the latest in the series "Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex" at 6:30 p.m. ...