Downers Grove Lifestyle
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Glen Ellyn dedicates weekend to art, musicAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - This weekend is all about the arts in Glen Ellyn. Two events - the Festival of the Arts and Madonnari Off Main - are combining forces to bring artistic expression to La...
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Cheap stuff: Elburn Days, Waukegan Street Sale, Glen Ellyn art festAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Free Elburn Days Carnival rides, parade, food, music, raffles and more are featured at the annual Elburn Days celebration. Runs 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21; 7 a.m. to...
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Best bets: MTV VMA Tour comes to Great AmericaAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - MTV, VMA, OMG! Pop-punk quartet All Time Low and Chicago-native band White Tie Affair are both featured on Tuesday as part of the MTV VMA (Video Music Awards) Tour at Si...
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Tepid 'Cat' never hits boiling pointAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Circle Theatre's revival of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opened last week just as a mini heat wave gripped the suburbs. The weather provided a fitting ba...
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Glen Ellyn celebrates the arts at festivalAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Glen Ellyn celebrates the arts More than 50 artists display and sell their work in a variety of media at the Glen Ellyn Festival of the Arts. Other festival high...
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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...