St. Charles Lifestyle
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Cheap stuff: Scarecrow Fest, country music fest, Ann Hampton CallawayOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Free Scarecrows galore Hundreds of handcrafted scarecrows are featured at St. Charles' annual Scarecrow Festival. Other highlights include a carnival...
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Cheap stuff: Family dinner, apples and a little dessertSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - $10 and under Dinner with the family The Sons of the American Legion in Palatine will host a family dinner, open to the public. The meal, for all age...
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Elgin's Red Bar Winery the perfect place to savor something newSep 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Wine bars seem to be popping up all over the Chicago suburbs, but Red Bar Winery has a unique edge. The urban winery makes and serves its own wines and lets visitors lea...
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Garrett at 50: 'There's nothing golden about the golden years'Sep 22, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm going down memory lane with Brad Garrett, the Emmy Award-winning ("Everybody Loves Raymond") actor and comedian who will bring his act to the Paramount Theatre in Au...
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble to open with 'The Mystery of Irma Vep'Sep 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble opens its season with "The Mystery of Irma Vep," a horror satire in which a newly married woman finds her husband still pining over his late wif...
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Cheap stuff: Guitars of Spain, farm frolic, Chicago art exhibitionSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Free Memories on canvas Algonquin artist Anne Marie Cina exhibits 12 paintings, accompanied by narrative, about her life in the 1950s and '60s in the...
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Best bets: Brad Garrett, Bill Cosby, Lee DeWyzeSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Idol homecoming II The homecoming concert celebrations continue for Mount Prospect native and 2010 "American Idol" winner Lee DeWyze. If you missed DeWyze as part...
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Toom Toom Thai gives diners a world of choicesSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - I've had some mixed experiences with Thai restaurants in the past few years. Thanks to a recent visit to Toom Toom Thai in Elgin, though, I've finally found one that hit...
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Local film fests offer features and shorts from across the globeSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Fall has arrived and you know what that means, right? Film festivals! As sure as the leaves turn red, pumpkins pop up and cooler weather invades the Midwest, movie festi...
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'Fairways' has more than its share of bogeysSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Steel Beam Theatre has a good reason for taking another swing at "Fairways," the golf-inspired musical that premiered there in 2006 and is being remounted by the St. Cha...