Des Plaines Lifestyle
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How to capture fireworks with a point-and-shoot cameraJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Daily Herald photographer George LeClaire offers his tips on shooting vivid, colorful fireworks photos with your compact digital camera. Most compact and some SLR c...
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Chicago museum to premiere new 'Potter' film on Omnimax screenJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry plans to show the new Harry Potter film in its five-story high Omnimax theater. The museum says it'll be one of just three large...
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Sample Sierra Nevada brews at Durty Nellie'sJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Durty Nellie's hosts its Sierra Nevada Artisan Ale Experience 2009, featuring samples of limited release and classic selections of beers from the Sierra Nevada Brewing C...
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Bloomingdale Family Fest in full bloomJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Sometimes the little things are what count the most. For co-chairman Tim Jarzemsky, just being able to see his family and community having fun at this weekend's Blooming...
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Quick look at suburban festivalsJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Taste of Chicago won't be the only local festival drawing crowds with food and concerts over the Fourth of July weekend. Suburban festivals next week offer a mix of musi...
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Prospect Heights' Summerfest is one eventful dayJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Prospect Heights Summerfest is packing all its fun into one day this year, but carnival rides will get folks in the mood the evening before. Summerfest will return to Li...
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Best bets: Summerfest, Garland tribute, Earth, Wind and FireJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - That famous fest up north Summerfest, billed as the World's Largest Music Festival, is off and running at Henry W. Maier Festival Park, 200 N. Harbor Drive, Milwaukee. T...
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Regen Tour featuring Berlin, Wang Chung coming to RosemontJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - It's time for '80s nostalgia at the Rosemont Theatre this weekend, when the Regeneration Tour checks in with ABC, Berlin, Wang Chung, Heaven 17 and Cutting Crew. Everybo...
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Cheap stuff: Strawberry Fest, patriotic concert, Taste of GrayslakeJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Free A patriotic evening The 70-member Mount Prospect Community Band presents a concert of patriotic favorites, including "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "America ...
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Rains fall on local 'American Idol' aspirants at United CenterJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - They lined up in chutes, befitting a cattle call, and, as might have been expected in a city known for its stockyards, most were led calmly if not quietly to the slaught...