Elgin Lifestyle
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Local auditionsJun 09, 2010 11:00 pm - • Essence magazine and SoftSheen-Carson Dark and Lovely is seeking a model to appear in its upcoming print ad. The contest winner will win a trip to New York for the pho...
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Cheap stuff: Egg Day, fishing derby, picnic in the parkJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - $10 and under Eggs-tra egg-citing day Celebrate everything "eggy" at the World Egg Day event at Naper Settlement. Visitors can take part in egg relay...
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Best bets: Zooperstars at Elfstrom, classical music everywhereJun 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Oh the Zoo-manity! Will it be old-school cameos by Mackerel Jordan and Dennis Frogman? Or will Barack Ollama make an appearance? Find out when the Zooperstars ret...
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What's next for Lee? Concerts, recording studio, trips back homeMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Lee DeWyze can admit it now. He didn't always like being known as "the paint store sales clerk" during his four-month run on "American Idol." "Sometimes I was like, why...
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Janus Theatre to showcase playettes at Elgin festivalMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Janus Theatre showcases 10 playlettes (running 10 minutes or less) by writer Theresa Rebeck during its first short play festival running this weekend at the Elgin Art Sh...
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Return to Elgin helped director find her passionMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Sarafina Vecchio, who directs one of the plays in Janus Theatre's Elgin Short Play Festival, studied theater in England and performed for a while in Chicago. But it wasn...
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Was there any doubt? Mt. Prospect wild over hometown 'Idol' DeWyzeMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect - until now best known in pop culture for a mention in the 1980 "Blues Brothers" movie - has a new mascot. He used to sell paint, has a bashful smile and ...
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How Lee DeWyze won 'American Idol'May 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Simon Cowell was granted his final wish on "American Idol." Lee DeWyze, the bashful paint sales clerk championed early by the biting British judge on the Fox singing con...
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Team members savor 'Dancing With the Stars' memoriesMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Second place is still pretty sweet, according to Sean Lyons and Tracy Matz. Lyons, 19, of Naperville, and Matz, 21, of Des Plaines, are members of Purdue University's La...
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Local auditionsMay 25, 2010 11:00 pm - • The Marriott Theatre seeks young African-American girls (ages 10 and younger) who can sing and act for the role of Little Ti Moune in the 1990 Broadway musical "Once o...