Elgin Lifestyle
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Drink specials, bargain burgers make Rookies a winnerSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - In an industry currently plagued with closings, Rookies is working on adding two new locations, with a spot in Hoffman Estates scheduled to open in January and another p...
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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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Best Bets: Skate for the Heart, wine fest, Paul Rodriguez at ParamountSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - I heart skating "Skate for the Heart" is a to-be-televised NBC show to benefit heart health-care charities. Skating champions Evan Lysacek of Naperville, Sasha Cohen, Jo...
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Arlington Hts. dad turns dinner chats into 'Guide to Life' bookSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Dinner at the Rosenbaum house was never quick. Until the kids moved out, the Arlington Heights family of four used dinnertime as a time to talk - often for hours - about...
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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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Local tryouts & auditionsSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - • "Billy Elliot The Musical" has open auditions for boys ages 9-12 on Saturday, Sept. 12, and for girls ages 9-12 on Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Lou Conte Dance Studio, 114...
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Music highlights Fox Valley Irish FestivalSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - When planners say that this year's Fox Valley Irish Festival is truly for all ages, they're not just full of blarney. The Irish Fest, a late summer staple for West Dund...
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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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Elgin director takes 'repeat w/Madeline' out to dinnerSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Elgin-based director and actor Richard Pahl has spent his career working on conventional stages - places where the audience has its place, the actors have theirs and oft...