Elburn Lifestyle
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Beer, brats and bands: You'll find all three at Kane Co.'s first OktoberfestSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Oktoberfest is traditionally about the beer, but at this year's inaugural Kane County Oktoberfest it may be the delicious Bavarian food that steals the show. Planners fo...
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Country folk art festival this weekend at Kane County fairgroundsSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - A reproduction antique doll should be authentic down to her corset. That's the way Robin Thompson makes them. Honest. "I'm a research junkie," said the Mount Prospect ar...
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Terkel's moving stories continue to strike chords at Steel BeamSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - The stories told in Studs Terkel's "Working" are 35 years old now, frozen-in-time thoughts of men and women making their livings in jobs both menial and meaningful. You ...
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Revolutionary War battles reenacted at CantignySep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Remembering the war More than 500 re-enactors from the Northwest Territory Alliance bring the Revolutionary War to life in the Revolutionary War Re-ena...
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Scandinavian Day Festival by the numbersSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Keeping ethnic traditions alive has grown more challenging as years have passed, according to Jack Grandin, treasurer of Vasa Park in South Elgin. "Scandinavians assimil...
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'Working' to open Steel Beam's ninth seasonSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - "Working" at Steel Beam Steel Beam Theatre opens its ninth season with "Working," the musical inspired by Studs Terkel's salute to the everymen and everywomen who make u...
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Barbara Riebe makes seafood crepes with mornay sauceSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Eat and run? No way. Not if Barbara Riebe invites you over for a dinner party. With a multicourse, theme-based dinner on the menu Barbara sets a leisurely pace with sev...
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Best Bets: Bacon Brothers, Bill Bellamy, Ani DiFrancoSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Tasty duo Hollywood film star Kevin Bacon and his brother, Michael, make up the rock duo known as The Bacon Brothers. See these two up close and personal as they rock it...
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Cheap stuff: Cover bands at Durty Nellie's, flea market, dancingSep 01, 2009 11:00 pm - $10 and under Rock Candy rocks See the cover band Rock Candy perform upbeat dance, rock, hip hop and 1980s pop tunes on Durty Nellie's stage. The Cops, a Police tribute ...
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Grennan's 'Married Alive' returns to the suburban stageAug 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Sean Grennan is very much a married man. Chicago-area theater fans might recognize Grennan - as well as his wife, Kathy Santen - as busy actors on the local entertainmen...