Des Plaines Lifestyle
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Best bets: Air and Water Show, the 'seventh Python', the WigglesAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - By air, by sea Be taken aback by the might of the U.S. military this weekend at the 51st Annual Chicago Air and Water Show. Watch formations and routines by the U.S. Air...
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Gurnee Days celebration features rides, contests and moreAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Gurnee Days The annual Gurnee Days celebration features carnival rides, the Gurnee Idol contest, a bike rodeo, "Movie in the Park Friday," a golf tourn...
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Best bets: Batavia art fest, 'Girls Night Out'Aug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Art for all The Art in Your Eye Festival returns for its fifth annual outing along the Batavia Riverwalk, Houston Street and Island Avenue, Batavia. There's hands-on art...
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Augustfest in Des Plaines celebrates silver anniversaryAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Augustfest, which may be the biggest church-sponsored festival in the Chicago area, turns 25 this year. And Joe Ricchio, 18, of Arlington Heights, has been working on it...
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Streamwood comic-book artist, writer hooks fans with 'Tiny Titans'Aug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Art Baltazar loved superheroes as a child. He read all the Spider-Man, X-Men and Batman comics he could yank off drugstore spinner racks, and he never missed an episode ...
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New book celebrates the joys of seeing redAug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - As the home of President Barack Obama, Illinois has a reputation as a blue state. But not for author Nicole Giladi. "Illinois was my reddest state," say Giladi, author o...
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Dogs and their owners can frolic together at Catigny ParkAug 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Fun for our four-legged friends Dogs and their human companions are all invited to the Dog Days event at Cantigny Park. The day features events for bot...
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Best bets: Comic-Con, rock art at Arlington Park, cheap KornJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Comic confabulation Don your comic book hero duds and go into full-obsessive-fan-mode when Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con 2009 & Video Game Expo sets up shop at the Dona...
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Best bets: Lovato at Allstate; Riggle at ZaniesJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Demi-famous Avid fans of Disney Channel films like "Camp Rock" and "Sonny With a Chance" know all about singer/songwriter Demi Lovato. This frequent acting and singing c...
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Pasta Fazool Players to make its debut in Des PlainesJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Pasta Fazool Players marks its debut with "Without a Parachute," an original romantic comedy about former spouses who wind up staying at the same Wisconsin lodge. Foundi...