Oak Park Lifestyle
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Oak Park theater marks 40 years with fun, flawed 'Earnest'Jul 28, 2014 11:00 pm - To celebrate Oak Park Festival Theatre's 40th anniversary, the company is staging “The Importance of Being Earnest” for the first time. Oscar Wilde's classic 1895 comedy...
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Vote for your Suburban Chicago's Got Talent favoriteJul 16, 2014 12:01 am - It's time once again to cast your vote in Suburban Chicago's Got Talent - and make sure your favorite moves on to the top 10. The judges in the talent competition have r...
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Vote for your Suburban Chicago's Got Talent favoritesJun 25, 2014 5:00 am - The judges for Suburban Chicago's Got Talent are weighing in on which of the 20 finalists should advance to the Top 15. Now it's your turn. Online voting is open at dai...
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Shakespeare, outdoor theater a good fit for summerJun 13, 2014 5:00 am - The centuries-old works of William Shakespeare still have actors and audiences thinking outside the box - and outside the theater. Shakespeare's plays have lent themsel...
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Composting gains steam in suburban schools, homesJun 11, 2014 5:30 am - On an ordinary afternoon at Kaufman Dining Hall at North Central College in Naperville, hundreds of students will do something quietly extraordinary: They'll scrape unea...
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Book notes: Dan Stashower signs ‘Hour of Peril’Feb 01, 2014 4:30 am - Ÿ F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar and author Sarah Churchwell discusses and signs copies of her book “Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of the Great Gatsby” ...
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Craftsmanship comes alive in tour of Oak Park homesOct 01, 2013 5:00 am - The home of a 19th-century carpenter who crafted the woodwork in Marshall Field's Walnut Room on State Street and display cases in the Field Museum will be open Saturday...
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Suburban musicians among Grammy nomineesFeb 08, 2013 5:00 am - Their names might sound familiar, either because you're a die-hard music fan or because they grew up in your neighborhood. And you might just hear those names called Sun...
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Book notes: Pulitzer winner Diamond speaks in Oak ParkJan 04, 2013 5:00 am - Ÿ Emily K. Neuburger, author of the book, “Show Me a Story: 40 Craft Projects and Activities to Spark Children's Storytelling,” will conduct a craft session with youngst...
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Frank Lloyd Wright right at home in Oak ParkSep 30, 2012 6:00 am - Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, but Frank Lloyd Wright lives here. Wright died in 1959, two years before Hemingway, but the famous architect's legacy is so strong...