Cook County Lifestyle
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Suburban hangouts offering Super Bowl specialsFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Watching the Super Bowl with a group of friends and plenty of food and beer is a blast. Doing all the shopping before, and the cleaning up after, not so much. Get the go...
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Geneva Ale House more than lives up to its nameFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Any time bar owners adopt the name Ale House, they set expectations quite high. Will their beer list live up to lofty standards? With Geneva Ale House, I had high hopes ...
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Plummer, Mirren deserving of Oscar nodsFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren both properly earned Academy Award nominations for their performances in Michael Hoffman's Oscar-baiting domestic drama "The Last St...
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Local auditionsFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - • Big Noise Theatre has auditions for the 2005 Elvis Presley jukebox musical "All Shook Up" at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 8 and 9, at the Winnetka Community House, ...
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Delightful 'Jeeves' makes welcome return to First FolioFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - If actors could copyright a role and claim it as their own, Jim McCance deserves first dibs on Jeeves, the unflappable gentleman's gentleman created by British humorist ...
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Ferrante treats audiences to 'An Evening with Groucho'Feb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Actor/writer Frank Ferrante treats audiences to "An Evening with Groucho," including the famous comedian's best-loved one-liners and anecdotes along with tunes like "Lyd...
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Troubled days give Puerto Muerto's latest a dark toneFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - "Drumming for Pistols," the new record by Chicago indie duo Puerto Muerto, sounds like the perfect soundtrack for these times of recession and war. The record's 13 songs...
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'Love Song' struck a chord with Glen Ellyn directorFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Bryan Burke defies the Chicago theater stereotype. He doesn't live in the city (he lives in Glen Ellyn). He is not right out of college (he graduated in 1986). And he is...
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Penny Goldsberry makes Cranberry Orange SconesFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - For Penny Goldsberry, weeknight family dinners are "99 percent improvisation." In the midst of preparing the evening meal, when her three kids are asking "what's for di...
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Cheap stuff: 'Wonders of Winter', salute to vetsFeb 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Free 'Wonders of Winter' The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County offers guests a variety of ways to enjoy the season at its "Wonders of Winter" event at the Maysla...