Downers Grove Lifestyle
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Graphic 'Thirst' feels dramatically inertAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Thirst' South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook's ambitious horror movie about a priest-turned-vampire won the Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival and was insp...
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'Wicked Plants' author in NapervilleAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - • Author Alan Gordon discusses and signs copies of his books - "The Moneylender of Toulouse" and "Lark's Lament" - at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Centuries and Sleuths...
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Read directions, reread recipe before entering contestsAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - I've had the privilege over the years to judge several recipe contests. At some contests I've tasted the entries, others I've simply read submissions to help sponsors de...
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Take our train lovers tour of the suburbsAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Trains, large and small, seem to be rolling all over the suburbs these days - and we're not just talking about the freight trains that stop traffic or the Metra lines th...
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Inns treat guests to homemade breakfastsAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Having recently driven across the country and back, I appreciate the convenience of the continental breakfast offered at Best Western and other hotel/motel chains. Pouri...
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Naperville's Shinto spotlights specialty sushiAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - It's in a strip mall, and it feels like it. But touches like a meandering fountain - complete with see-through floor panel - cloudlike ceiling installations and high-ene...
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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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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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Lady Upstairs show a true NCC homecomingAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - The Lady Upstairs, an acoustic rock band, was just cutting its teeth in 2002 at North Central College when it appeared on the campus radio station and performed a cover ...
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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...