St. Charles Lifestyle
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Best bets: Creation Fest, Paul Taylor Dance, PinkSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Modern dance master The Paul Taylor Dance Company has been performing the works of its namesake American choreographer for 55 years. Catch this world-class modern dance ...
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Thankfully, real life often just 'like a movie'Sep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - "Like a movie." That's how a West Chicago woman described the scene when escaped fugitive Robert Maday's carjacked automobile raced past her in a desperate attempt to es...
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Beer, brats and bands: You'll find all three at Kane Co.'s first OktoberfestSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Oktoberfest is traditionally about the beer, but at this year's inaugural Kane County Oktoberfest it may be the delicious Bavarian food that steals the show. Planners fo...
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Country folk art festival this weekend at Kane County fairgroundsSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - A reproduction antique doll should be authentic down to her corset. That's the way Robin Thompson makes them. Honest. "I'm a research junkie," said the Mount Prospect ar...
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Terkel's moving stories continue to strike chords at Steel BeamSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - The stories told in Studs Terkel's "Working" are 35 years old now, frozen-in-time thoughts of men and women making their livings in jobs both menial and meaningful. You ...
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Revolutionary War battles reenacted at CantignySep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Remembering the war More than 500 re-enactors from the Northwest Territory Alliance bring the Revolutionary War to life in the Revolutionary War Re-ena...
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Scandinavian Day Festival by the numbersSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Keeping ethnic traditions alive has grown more challenging as years have passed, according to Jack Grandin, treasurer of Vasa Park in South Elgin. "Scandinavians assimil...
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'Working' to open Steel Beam's ninth seasonSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - "Working" at Steel Beam Steel Beam Theatre opens its ninth season with "Working," the musical inspired by Studs Terkel's salute to the everymen and everywomen who make u...
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Barbara Riebe makes seafood crepes with mornay sauceSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Eat and run? No way. Not if Barbara Riebe invites you over for a dinner party. With a multicourse, theme-based dinner on the menu Barbara sets a leisurely pace with sev...
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Best Bets: Bacon Brothers, Bill Bellamy, Ani DiFrancoSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Tasty duo Hollywood film star Kevin Bacon and his brother, Michael, make up the rock duo known as The Bacon Brothers. See these two up close and personal as they rock it...