Elmhurst Lifestyle
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Local tryoutsAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - • The Improv Playhouse has auditions for kids in third through ninth grade to appear in a youth theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic 1943 musical "Okl...
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New dramas, time-tested musicals among fall's theater offeringsAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - You can't please everybody with theater. Play things too safely and a theater audience becomes bored and complacent. Take too many artistic risks and audiences will fle...
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Flash back to the '80s at the Lodge at Four LakesAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Flash back to the '80s in Lisle. Party with the band Breakfast Club at the Lodge at Four Lakes. Sip $2.50 Hop Head beers, $4 22-ounce Sam Adams and Sam summer drafts, $4...
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Cheap stuff: Tomato Feast, Buffalo Grove Days, Schneider showAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Free 'The Artist's Hand' The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art at the College of Lake County hosts a new solo art exhibit by Gurnee native Ca...
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'Hanging Tree' author Bryan Gruley in Vernon HillsAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - • Meet "The Hanging Tree" author Bryan Gruley as he discusses and signs copies of his new thriller at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, in the cafe at Barnes and Noble, 720 Haw...
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Try a gourmet burger with 42 toppings at Tom & Eddie'sAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - A new burger joint opens Friday, and you don't want to miss it. Build your own burger with 42 topping options. Or try a specialty burger such as the ampersand burger: 10...
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Drury Lane's 'Hot Mikado' full of sizzling swingAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - You might think that Gilbert and Sullivan purists would be horrified at "Hot Mikado," a jazzy 1940s-style updating of the British duo's endearing 1885 operetta "The Mika...
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Local auditionsAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - • The New Classic Singers has auditions by appointment only for its 36-member ensemble in August. Call (630) 942-2552 or e-mail lrk@newclassicsingers.org. • The Schaumbu...
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With a twist: Josephine's proves martini bars don't have to be showyAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Josephine's Martini & Wine Bar is proof that cocktail-centric spots don't need to be pricey and pretentious. The excellent and affordable drinks, attentive service and c...
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Massive sides, stellar steaks make Gibsons a Mecca for meat loversAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Upon learning Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse was opening its third locale in my neck of the woods, I could hardly contain my excitement - I'm an unabashed, meat-eating Midwest...