Cook County Lifestyle
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Awakenings Project fosters creativity of artists with mental illnessesApr 25, 2016 1:00 am - I'm one of the founders of The Awakenings Project. We're a small but vibrant organization based in Wheaton that teaches, mentors and otherwise supports artists, musician...
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Foundation plans to put race proceeds toward expanding inclusive Sensory Garden PlaygroundApr 25, 2016 1:00 am - Play is one of the most important parts of childhood. It teaches kids how to cooperate, resolve conflicts and have fun together. But not all children have equal access ...
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Arlington Heights native produces laughs for James Corden, Jimmy KimmelApr 25, 2016 1:00 am - You've got two hours to find a snowblower. In Los Angeles. And it needs to hold a life-size cutout of Kim Kardashian. Next, you have to persuade a woman on Hollywood Bo...
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Two Batavia girls earn Girl Scout Gold AwardsApr 24, 2016 11:00 pm - Girls Scouts of Northern Illinois is pleased to announce that Batavia residents Amanda Rice, 19, and Samantha Walter, 18, will receive their Gold Awards from 4 to 6 p.m....
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Friendship Village Resident Recognized for Volunteer WorkApr 24, 2016 11:00 pm - Friendship Village resident Kris Howard Jensen was recognized by Mayor Al Larsen at the annual Volunteer of the Year Awards Luncheon sponsored by the Village of Schaumbu...
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Martial art students celebrate Earth Day in ElginApr 23, 2016 11:00 pm - Students and their families from Kyuki-Do Martial Arts of Elgin celebrated Earth Day by volunteering at Hawthorne Hill Nature Center on Saturday, April 23. Roughly 35 v...
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Streamwood students, volunteers pitch in for annual Comcast Cares DayApr 23, 2016 1:00 am - Streamwood High School got a facelift Saturday, as more than 300 students and volunteers took part in the school's third annual Comcast Cares Day. Some set to work sprea...
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Donations down for suburban military charityApr 22, 2016 6:00 am - A little more than five years after Lance Corp. James Stack of Arlington Heights was killed in Afghanistan, his memory lives on in the form of a fundraiser that brighten...
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Short & Sweet critic enjoys humor in 'Bullets over Broadway'Apr 21, 2016 11:00 pm - Hilarity ensues when a playwright has to cast the girlfriend of the mobster who finances the production of his new play. "I think Dave was probably my favorite character...
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Annual fundraiser by local Primrose Schools raises $5,870Apr 21, 2016 11:00 pm - The Primrose School of South Elgin and the Primrose School of Algonquin held a Spring Fling Family Dance Night on April 22 at Dundee Middle School. The schools raised $5...