Cook County Lifestyle
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Cheap events: Lombard's Lilac Fest, Lego piratesApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Free It's that time again Stroll through 85 acres featuring 1,200 lilacs and 25,000 tulips at the Lombard Park District's annual Lilac Time event. Other highlights incl...
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Local kids star as Munchkins in Chicago productionApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Earning roles in the touring production of "The Wizard of Oz" already feels like a big break to suburban youngsters Matthew Rice, Kevin Gallagher, Zachary Keller and Jos...
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Arlington Park fundraiser draws attention to rare diseaseApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Nine-year-old Brett Grossman has hardly eaten a thing for a year. Because of a rare illness that makes him allergic to nearly all food, he lives on an all-liquid diet. T...
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Exercise class challenges people with MS to stay fitApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Paul Wallace couldn't even sit on an exercise ball with his feet on the floor without falling over. Now he can curl over t...
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Empty Can Band helping to fill food pantryApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The Empty Can Band - Dave Glynn, Johnny Mack, Rich Van Hamm, J.D. Klatt and Paul Wegman - brings its classic-rock repertoire to Doug's American Grill & Bar this weekend....
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He's creating special surprises in the kitchenApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Don Cwynar breaks one of his cardinal, culinary rules for us today: nobody is allowed in his kitchen while he's cooking. "I chase them out," he says. "I get too nervous,...
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Bartlett woman one of nation's few wine aerialistsApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Working your way through college can have its ups and downs. But for Adelynn Drescher of Bartlett, swinging up, down and upside-down through a 40-foot-high wine cellar p...
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Try new limited-edition Guinness ... for freeApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Be among the first to try a free pint of the limited-edition Guinness 250 Anniversary Stout. Guinness will give away complimentary pints from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Descri...
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Cheaper side: Lego Harry Potter, 31 cent ice cream treatsApr 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Cheap events? Contact Laura Stewart at lstewart@dailyherald.com. Free A healthy day at the fair Stop by the Health & Wellness Fair in Buffalo Grove as 15 local health ca...
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Arlington Heights eatery tries to do it allApr 20, 2009 11:00 pm - The Grand Station, the newest restaurant in downtown Arlington Heights, lives up to its name. The restaurant wraps the corner at Vail and Campbell streets anchoring the ...