Cook County Lifestyle
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Marriott's 'Hairspray' provides a happy high for audiencesOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - When historians look back on this decade's influential musicals, "Hairspray" will definitely be near the top of the list. "Hairspray" was a smash hit when it first bowed...
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First Folio plays it straight with 'Castle of Otranto'Oct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - First Folio Theatre could have played it safe this Halloween season by staging a show around household-name monsters or by reviving its hit 2006 production of "The Madne...
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Actress traces her love of theater to Viator rootsOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Pert, energetic, singer/dancer/comic actress Dina DiCostanzo was born to be a Wonderette, one of the perkier members of the perky, funny, totally fictional group of sing...
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Toni Bugay makes pumpkin bars with cream cheese frostingOct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Some people might call it an obsession. Toni Bugay protests that baking is just a hobby, but we'll let you be the judge. The evidence? Exhibit one: Three shelves in her...
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Algonquin man gets bounced off 'Biggest Loser'Oct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Algonquin's Julio Gomez will not be "The Biggest Loser" or $250,000 richer. Gomez, 40, was voted off the show, after losing one of the lowest percentages of body fat on ...
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'Maze Runner' author in Naperville, Oak ParkOct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - •"The Maze Runner" author James Dashner will sign copies of his new post-apocalyptic young adult thriller at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, at Magic Tree Bookstore, 141 N. Oak ...
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Drink for Pink at Duke's in Crystal LakeOct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Support 'em if you got 'em. Or even if you don't. Duke's is toasting Breast Cancer Awareness Month during the month of October with $7 Pomegranate Cosmopolitans made of ...
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Chill out at Warrenville pub On the RocksOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Warrenville residents and passers-by on Route 59 might have noticed that the bar mainstay Avalanche II has changed its name to On the Rocks. What could this new identity...
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Great places to get your pick of the pumpkin patchOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Whether you're looking for Halloween decorations or pie ingredients, there are plenty of local spots you can visit to take full advantage of pumpkin season. Along with g...
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Suburban filmmaker realizes his (scary) dreamOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Hawthorn Woods filmmaker and horror buff Marc Selz might not enjoy the name recognition that John Carpenter and Wes Craven have, but his work ranks with theirs in one ke...