Des Plaines Lifestyle
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'Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy' coming to AuroraMay 04, 2009 11:00 pm - After playing a prime engagement on Broadway, "Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy" jumps back into the Chicago area with a stop at the Paramount Theatre, 8 E. Galena Blvd., A...
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Elk Grove, Buffalo Grove stage 'Little Shop' this weekendApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The rock musical, "Little Shop of Horrors," complete with its bloodthirsty plant, Audrey II, turns up on not one, but two high school stages this weekend. Students at Bu...
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Des Plaines native had great time making 'Merry'Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - To hear Tom Bastounes tell it, making his new movie "The Merry Gentleman" sounds easier than cutting cake. Ron Lazzeretti, a Chicagoan who wrote and directed Bastounes' ...
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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo ... just becauseApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Believe it or not, Cinco de Mayo is not that big of a deal in Mexico. The holiday commemorates Mexico's defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, b...
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S. Elgin teacher with MS to promote new albumApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Holly McNeill, the singer and South Elgin High School teacher recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, has a big weekend planned as she promotes her new album, "Hope....
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The Methadones: punk with pop sensibilitiesApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - If the softening and corporatization of pop-punk has weakened the genre's street cred, that does not matter to Dan Schafer. "I like a lot of genres of music, but it has ...
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Arlington Park fundraiser draws attention to rare diseaseApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Nine-year-old Brett Grossman has hardly eaten a thing for a year. Because of a rare illness that makes him allergic to nearly all food, he lives on an all-liquid diet. T...
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Cheaper side: Lego Harry Potter, 31 cent ice cream treatsApr 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Cheap events? Contact Laura Stewart at lstewart@dailyherald.com. Free A healthy day at the fair Stop by the Health & Wellness Fair in Buffalo Grove as 15 local health ca...
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Sheepshearing event planned for Kline Creek Farm in WinfieldApr 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie! Shear delight Find out how wool sheared from a sheep is made into a sweater or coat during the sheepshearing event at Kline Creek Farm. The farm's resident shee...
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Designer: Center the 'most important building I've ever done'Apr 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Architects of Stanley Tigerman's stature typically introduce their designs to clients with a great deal of fanfare, accompanied by PowerPoint presentations, three-dimens...