Cook County Submitted Content
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Halloween Family Night promises frightfully good funOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Is Halloween your favorite holiday? Ask around, and you're likely to get a lot of “yes” votes to that question. Halloween is not just trick-or-treat night but a season o...
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New musical to benefit Palatine senior center, food pantryOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Next month Charles Dickens' enduring holiday story, “A Christmas Carol,” gets a radical new makeover with “Scrooge 2070: The Reboot.” It is a music-filled “readers-theat...
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Hersey to stage classic 'Little Women'Oct 21, 2011 12:00 am - John Hersey High School's Theater and Music Departments will present “Little Women, The Musical,” Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 3-5 in the school theater. Performances...
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Hemmens presents ‘Skippyjon Jones’ musicalOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Submitted by The Hemmens Skippyjon Jones, the little kitten with big ears and even bigger dreams, comes to the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way in Elgin, at 9:45...
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Stevenson High magazine wins national awardOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - The 2011 edition of “The Wit,” Stevenson High School’s student literary arts magazine, has received another major honor, officials said. The magazine picked up a first-p...
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Park district hosts fundraiser for local dance troupeOct 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Artistry in Motion, the in-house dance company of the Des Plaines Park District, performed 17 numbers on Monday, Oct. 17, at St. Zachary's Church in Des Plaines for the ...
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First-grader wins fire truck ride to schoolOct 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Carson Roehm, a first-grade student at Algonquin Road School in Fox River Grove, won a very special ride to school from the local fire department. Carson received this u...
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COD thrives in midst of severe economyOct 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Despite a challenging economy, College of DuPage, the second largest provider of higher education in Illinois, was found to be in sterling fiscal shape in its annual aud...
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'The Little Mermaid' Swims onto Elgin Stage With an Enormous CastOct 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Children's Theatre of Elgin adapts the Hans Christian Andersen tale, “The Little Mermaid,” and brings it to the Hemmens Cultural Center, October 20 to 23. More than 100 ...
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COD modifies summer calendar to meet student needsOct 20, 2011 11:00 pm - The College of DuPage Board of Trustees recently approved a modified 2012 summer session calendar to better meet the needs of continuing full-time and part-time COD stud...