Cook County Lifestyle
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Highlights of 2009 (well, sort of) and the elusive zero-star ratingDec 30, 2009 10:00 pm - 2009 film highlights! Worst hair dye job: Liam Neeson's jet-black locks while he played an ex-government agent in "Taken." Best White Savior movie: "The Blind Side," in ...
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Booking the right actress key to Drury Lane's 'Funny Girl'Dec 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Say the words "Funny Girl" and most music theater fans will think immediately of Barbra Streisand. The association is natural. After all, the 1966 musical, currently bei...
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Daily Herald's Cooks of the Year 2009Dec 29, 2009 10:00 pm - I can't blame you if you thought the recession scared a lot of people back to home cooking in 2009. I thought so too, but the latest research by New York-based The NPD ...
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Cheap stuff: Food history, get out and skate, author appearanceDec 28, 2009 10:00 pm - $10 and under Get the Led out The Led Zeppelin tribute band Kashmir rocks out at Walter Payton's Roundhouse. 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, at Walter Payton's Roundhouse, 205...
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Best bets: Hockey in Hoffman Estates, lights at the zooDec 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Stick to it Last year Notre Dame won its premiere Notre Dame Shillelagh Hockey Tournament. See if they can retain their title in the tournament against North Dakota, Col...
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In the mood to pound some rice into shape? Head to MitsuwaDec 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Mochi Tsuki at Mitsuwa Participate in the traditional Japanese rice cake pounding ceremony today at the Japanese grocery store Mitsuwa Marketplace. Mochi is a Japanese r...
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Wheaton's Festival of Lights continues through 2009Dec 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Freebie Fest at the zoo Wheaton's Cosley Zoo hosts its Festival of Lights and Trees through the final days of 2009. See lighted displays, visit the zoo's anima...
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Cheap stuff: Christmas in the Garden, light show, Cosley Zoo festivalDec 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Free Christmas in the Garden For the first time, the Chicago Botanic Garden will be open to the public on Christmas Day. Visitors will have access to the Garden's ground...
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Light Opera Works to present 'Pirates of Penzance'Dec 23, 2009 10:00 pm - An apprentice pirate falls in love with a major-general's daughter in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "The Pirates of Penzance," the latest production from Light Oper...
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Enjoy a three-course Christmas at SugarToadDec 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Let SugarToad in Naperville do the cooking for you on Christmas Day evening with a three-course prix fixe meal for $45 from 4 to 8 p.m. For your entree, choose from lamb...