Glencoe
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Urban relationship angst expertly explored in Writers' 'Company'Jun 25, 2016 6:00 am - “Company” is a brilliant choice as the first musical to be staged in Writers Theatre's new performing arts complex in Glencoe. The groundbreaking contemporary musical by...
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Butterflies & Blooms opens at Chicago Botanic GardenMay 26, 2016 1:00 am - Butterflies & Blooms, an exhibit immersing visitors in an enclosed outdoor garden filled with plants and hundreds of live butterflies and moths, opens Saturday, May 28, ...
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Writers Theatre inaugurates new space with superb 'Arcadia'Mar 25, 2016 1:30 pm - Fans of British playwright Tom Stoppard know to wear their thinking caps when they attend his plays. Fans of 1993's dizzying, dazzling "Arcadia" know to fasten them snug...
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Images: Everybody is jumping into cold water in The Week in PicturesMar 13, 2016 6:00 pm - Nuns on the run and cold water splashing in The Week in Pictures ...
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Volunteers invited to share hope, love during special holiday meal-packing sessionsNov 19, 2015 10:00 pm - Families and church groups have a meaningful way to spend Thanksgiving morning, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve this holiday season: Pack meals with Feed My Starving C...
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Rob Lowe, Fred Savage team up in Fox's 'Grinder'Sep 28, 2015 6:00 am - When it comes to self-aware actors, a photo of Rob Lowe could be the defining one. In the adult phase of his career, the star who built his fame on such 1980s movies as ...
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Metropolis director hired Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell before they were famousSep 22, 2015 5:30 am - Years ago, Joe Keefe produced a Las Vegas comedy show called “The No Budget Circus” and hired two not-yet-famous Second City comedians to co-star in it, Stephen Colbert ...
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Songs of Summer flower show coming to Chicago Botanic GardenJul 29, 2015 1:00 am - District IX of the Garden Clubs of Illinois will host its Standard Flower Show "Songs of Summer" from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, A...
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Man sentenced to home confinement for fatal Lincolnshire DUI crashJul 22, 2015 1:00 am - A 67-year-old man was sentenced to 36 months of home confinement Wednesday for killing a Wheeling woman in a 2012 DUI-related car crash in Lincolnshire. However, John W...
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Bonsai curator finds his groove at Chicago Botanic GardenJul 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Snip. Snip. Snip. With the gentle sounds of waterfalls and birds singing in the background, bonsai curator Chris Baker gently clipped several leaves from a dawn redwood ...