Cook County 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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Cheap stuff: Taste of Lombard, turtle races, ice cream socialJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - $10 and under Taste of Lombard Sample a wide variety of fare at the annual Taste of Lombard festival. Activities for guests of all ages include a car...
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Mina offers Middle Eastern fare in a dressed-up settingJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Many of the Middle Eastern restaurants in these parts tend to be casual, counter-service operations or informal storefronts. If you want somewhere a little dressier, sui...
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Local auditionsJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - • Gallery 28 in Geneva is sponsoring a special art contest called YO! Art, which allows members of the community to decorate standard yo-yos. Entries are being accepted ...
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Bret Michaels to perform in St. CharlesJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - It will be nothin' but a good time for St. Charles' historic Arcada Theatre on Aug. 24. Poison frontman and recent Celebrity Apprentice winner Bret Michaels, who release...
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Right on the Mark: Warm weather suits new Schaumburg spot wellJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Summer is the perfect time to check out Mad Mark's Mystic Pizza, which has taken over Alumni Club's former digs. With affordable food and drinks and plenty to do outside...
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Best bets: Sculpture that stares back, electronica on the lakefrontJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - An 'EYE'-full Don't look now, but a three story-tall sculpture called "EYE" by Chicago-based contemporary artist Tony Tasset is set to rise Wednesday at Pritzker ...
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Twi-hard teens flock to Oak Brook for 'Eclipse' actorsJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - When they emerged from the room that was cloaked in black curtians, 11-year-old Caroline Makauskas and her sister Anna, 7, joined hands and jumped in triumph. "I think i...
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Intergenerational group works together for Giving GardenJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - A dream of planting a vegetable garden for Schaumburg Township's food pantry drew an unusual group of constituents to the table: Hoover Elementary School students and Fr...
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Cheap fun: Greek fest, racing Dachshunds, Frontier DaysJun 23, 2010 11:00 pm - $10 and under Greek Fest St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church in Palatine hosts its Greek Fest 2010. Celebrate Greek heritage with homemade Greek food...