Cook County Lifestyle
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Elgin's Douglas Street scores with more than just the sports crowdMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - If you're looking for a place to share some drinks and watch the game without being overwhelmed by the sports bar vibe, Douglas Street Sports Bar is the place for you. W...
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Holly Peterson makes Garlic Skewered Beef, Chicken, ShrimpMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Growing up in the aggressively feminist '70s, Holly Petersen didn't want to fit the female stereotypes her sisters-in-arms were fighting. But she did. Cooking and sewing...
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Cheap fun this weekend: 'Guitar Idol' winner, fests and fun runMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - $10 and under Mr. Green on guitar Acoustic guitar player and winner of the 2004 "Guitar Idol" competition, Jim Green, who performs under the name of "The Wandering Endor...
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Despite its charms, good-natured 'Baby' doesn't quite deliverMay 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Picking on "Baby" would be like taking candy from one. An agreeably innocuous confection, the 1983 musical about impending parenthood as seen through the eyes of three c...
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Visit the Prairie Arts Festival in SchaumburgMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie! Prairie Arts Festival Visit the Prairie Arts Festival, a fine arts show and sale with works by more than 150 artists. See works of glass, fiber, sculp...
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On the cheap: Cuneo tours, Poi Dog Pondering, Prairie Arts festMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Free Cuneo Gardens Art Festival Peruse fine arts and crafts from across the United States at the Cuneo Gardens Art Festival. View paintings, ceramics, jewelry and sculp...
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How 'crabby' do you feel? Emmett's can helpMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Throughout the month of May, guests at various suburban Emmett's Ale House venues can dine on all-you-can-eat Alaskan king crab legs for the special price of $29.99. The...
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Drury Lane to present 'Pump Boys and Dinettes'May 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Drury Lane Oakbrook presents "Pump Boys and Dinettes," the roots rock, bluegrass and country western revue in which a quartet of likable grease monkeys and a pair of sas...
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Local auditionsMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - • Artists are needed to exhibit at "Art & Soul on the Fox" as part of the third annual FoxFireFest of the City of Elgin, which is to be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1-...
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Suburbs home to some above-par golf barsMay 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Even if you are awful at golf or downright detest the sport, you have to give it credit for being one of the few activities that goes hand in hand with drinking. I suppo...