Wheeling Lifestyle
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Summer festivals get suburbanites rockin'Jul 04, 2010 11:00 pm - In many suburbs, live rock 'n' roll is as essential a part of summer festivals as carnivals and fireworks displays. Music fans will have plenty to choose from this weeke...
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Jeremy Morgan makes creamy peanut butter fudgeJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Almost 13 years ago, Jeremy Morgan, a 14-year-old Grayslake boy who was gobbling up blue ribbons at the Lake County Fair with his banana breads and decorated cakes, was ...
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'Slumdog' composer brings his music to Sears Centre FridayJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - His award-winning work on the "Slumdog Millionaire" soundtrack helped convince the editors at Time magazine to name A.R. Rahman as one the 2009's 100 most influential pe...
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Arlington Heights theater guru tapped for ParamountJun 15, 2010 11:00 pm - A longtime community theater programmer and consultant has been tapped to take the helm at Aurora's Paramount Theatre. Tim Rater, 35, of Arlington Heights, was named exe...
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Celeb chef Tramonto steps away from the stoveJun 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Chef Rick Tramonto has cut his ties with Tru, the internationally acclaimed restaurant he founded in 1999, to pursue yet undisclosed culinary ventures. "It's been a grea...
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Rita's Roadhouse opens in Downers GroveJun 03, 2010 11:00 pm - There's a new lady in town, and her name is ... Rita's American Roadhouse, a new high-energy dining concept in Downers Grove reserved for those 21 and older. A grand ope...
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What's next for Lee? Concerts, recording studio, trips back homeMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Lee DeWyze can admit it now. He didn't always like being known as "the paint store sales clerk" during his four-month run on "American Idol." "Sometimes I was like, why...
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Was there any doubt? Mt. Prospect wild over hometown 'Idol' DeWyzeMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect - until now best known in pop culture for a mention in the 1980 "Blues Brothers" movie - has a new mascot. He used to sell paint, has a bashful smile and ...
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How Lee DeWyze won 'American Idol'May 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Simon Cowell was granted his final wish on "American Idol." Lee DeWyze, the bashful paint sales clerk championed early by the biting British judge on the Fox singing con...
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Team members savor 'Dancing With the Stars' memoriesMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Second place is still pretty sweet, according to Sean Lyons and Tracy Matz. Lyons, 19, of Naperville, and Matz, 21, of Des Plaines, are members of Purdue University's La...