DuPage 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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Career change bears fruit for 'Grapes of Wrath' actorApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - A lot of people are starting second careers these days. John Zimmerman of Carol Stream left journalism for two careers: teaching and theater. By day, Zimmerman teaches s...
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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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Buehler to discuss latest mysteryApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - • Luisa Buehler discusses and signs copies of her sixth Grace Marsden mystery, "The Inn Keeper: An Unregistered Death," at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at Centuries & Sleu...
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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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Faith, passion for good food launch chef's careerApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - At age 30, Alan Pirhofer took a leap of faith. A sales representative in the heavy-duty truck business, Pirhofer walked into Cafe du Midi in Chicago's Wicker Park neighb...
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Village People coming to Arcada in St. CharlesApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Dust off your leisure suit and set your mood ring to red - the Village People are coming to the suburbs! The iconic 1970s disco group plans to fill the Arcada Theater in...