Cook County Lifestyle
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Cheap stuff: Guitars of Spain, farm frolic, Chicago art exhibitionSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Free Memories on canvas Algonquin artist Anne Marie Cina exhibits 12 paintings, accompanied by narrative, about her life in the 1950s and '60s in the...
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Best bets: Brad Garrett, Bill Cosby, Lee DeWyzeSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Idol homecoming II The homecoming concert celebrations continue for Mount Prospect native and 2010 "American Idol" winner Lee DeWyze. If you missed DeWyze as part...
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Toom Toom Thai gives diners a world of choicesSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - I've had some mixed experiences with Thai restaurants in the past few years. Thanks to a recent visit to Toom Toom Thai in Elgin, though, I've finally found one that hit...
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'Vampirates' author in Schamburg, Downers GroveSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - • Author Justin Somper reads from and signs copies of his book "Vampirates: The Empire of the Night #5" at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Borders Books and Music, 1540 E....
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Local film fests offer features and shorts from across the globeSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Fall has arrived and you know what that means, right? Film festivals! As sure as the leaves turn red, pumpkins pop up and cooler weather invades the Midwest, movie festi...
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'Candide' gets a new look at GoodmanSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Goodman revival Resident director Mary Zimmerman re-imagines Leonard Bernstein's "Candide," inspired by Voltaire's 18th century satire about an optimist whose fai...
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Local 'Housewife': Suburbs superior to OCSep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Orange County ain't got nothin' on the Northwest suburbs. At least according to Vicki Gunvalson, a Northwest suburban native and one of the stars of Bravo's hit reality ...
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'Hurt Locker' screenwriter at Harper CollegeSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Screenwriter Mark Boal, whose script to "The Hurt Locker" won him an Oscar earlier this year, will speak about his experiences as an embedded journalist in Iraq at 7:30 ...
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Actor/producer made Bard accessible to Northwest suburbsSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - An Elk Grove Village resident who worked to make Shakespeare accessible to Northwest suburban residents, has passed away. James Hirsch founded the Elk Grove Center for t...
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Dot Dot Dot to play at Austin's in LibertyvilleSep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Dance-rockers Dot Dot Dot, whose members hail from the Northwest suburbs, infuse all their concerts with an upbeat "party all night" attitude. You can get in on the fun ...