St. Charles Lifestyle
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Noble Fool's 'Red Herring' reels in the laughsSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Audiences who find themselves in a continual state of laughing bliss during Noble Fool Theatricals' "Red Herring" probably won't care about a couple of discernible fault...
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Artist shares history with her authentic, hand-painted tavern signsSep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - You don't have to have colonial and early American furniture and accessories throughout your home to appreciate the tavern signs painted by Mary Heneghan, but a love of ...
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Steel Beam's 'Fairways' tees up a love storySep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - There are musicals about baseball ("Damn Yankees"), gambling ("Guys and Dolls") and even chess ("Chess"). But "Fairways," opening Friday at Steel Beam Theatre in St. Cha...
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Thornton Wilder's 'Our Town' a short hike awaySep 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Theatre-Hikes continues its season at Lisle's Morton Arboretum with "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's homage to small-town America and the power of love and community. Adam ...
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Best bets: Lingerie football, David Brenner, improv marathonSep 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Bliss blitz? During the first full season of the Lingerie Football League, the Chicago Bliss went undefeated before losing the championship to the Los Angeles Tem...
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Cheap stuff: Dog Days of Dundee, Kite Fest, pioneer daySep 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Free Dog Days of Dundee Dogs and their human companions can enjoy some quality time together at the Dog Days of Dundee event in West Dundee. Activiti...
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Cheap fun: Plenty of music, festivals on tap over the long weekendSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - $10 and under Jeni & Billy Hear musical duo Jeni Hankins and Billy Kemp, known as Jeni & Billy, perform their "new old music," taken from Appalachian, bluegrass, country...
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Best bets: Princesses on ice, comedy from the frozen NorthAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Icy 'Princesses' If you're a fan of both figure skating and Disney animated films, then grab your kids to catch Snow White, Cinderella and a cadre of other fairy ...
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St. Charles' Isacco offers Italian with a twistAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Any time you end a three-hour dinner by doing shots of Grappa courtesy of the chef and owner, who is happily mingling with his guests at the end of his shift, you can be...
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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...