Lake County Lifestyle
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Chessie's/111 Grille rides past into the futureSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Regulars of Chessie's at Barrington's Ice House Mall got so upset when new owners Steve and Lisa Petersen took over the 30-year-old restaurant and started making changes...
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Spring Grove's Dan Hartwig makes orzo 'risotto'Aug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - On a golfing trip eight years ago to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, Dan Hartwig scored big, but not on the links. At a nearby outlet mall he found a 14-inch, stai...
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Best bets: Princesses on ice, comedy from the frozen NorthAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Icy 'Princesses' If you're a fan of both figure skating and Disney animated films, then grab your kids to catch Snow White, Cinderella and a cadre of other fairy ...
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Ravinia Festival ushers summer out with a bangAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer, and the Ravinia Festival sends it out with a bang in the annual Labor Day Spectacular Monday. The family-friendly event ...
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Drury Lane rebirth earns plenty of Jeff nodsAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The accolades just keep on coming for the rejuvenated Drury Lane Oak Brook which led all equity theaters when the 2009-2010 equity Joseph Jefferson Award nominations wer...
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Lee DeWyze's parents not moving to Hollywood anytime soonAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Lee DeWyze Sr. cashed in on being "the father of Lee DeWyze" once. It was the night his son won "American Idol" and he was on a hotel rooftop in Los Angeles with hundred...
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Local tryoutsAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - • The Improv Playhouse has auditions for kids in third through ninth grade to appear in a youth theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic 1943 musical "Okl...
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Woodstock annual jazz fest this weekendAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Its all that jazz - and so much more this weekend in downtown Woodstock for the third annual Woodstock Jazz Festival. Starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 27, the Woodstoc...
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New dramas, time-tested musicals among fall's theater offeringsAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - You can't please everybody with theater. Play things too safely and a theater audience becomes bored and complacent. Take too many artistic risks and audiences will fle...
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Burgers to bistro - chef keeps it seasonalAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - The burger on homemade rye on Hackney's in Lake Zurich and wasabi-crusted ahi tuna with red miso at Retro Bistro in Mount Prospect seem worlds apart to most people, but ...