McHenry County Lifestyle
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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 auditionsSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - • Dancenter North seeks performers to fill specialty roles in its production of "The Magic of the Nutcracker" in Libertyville and Waukegan in December. Boys ages 8-15 an...
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Cheap stuff: Arlington art, Woodstock fiddle contest, Day of PeaceSep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - $10 and under Arlington artists View the original works of 46 artists who live, work and enhance the arts within the community of Arlington Heights i...
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Ashbury Woods developer to treat site with great careSep 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The old Merkel farmhouse sits on a lovely, wooded site of nearly nine acres off Hunt Club Road, close to the heart of Gurnee's shopping, restaurants and recreational fac...
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Vegetable garden front and center instead of the backyardSep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Doug and Meghan Hill of Arlington Heights love to garden. No, really, they love gardening. One look at their front yard, confirms it. Yes, that's right. Their front yar...
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Artist shares history with her authentic, hand-painted tavern signsSep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - You don't have to have colonial and early American furniture and accessories throughout your home to appreciate the tavern signs painted by Mary Heneghan, but a love of ...
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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 ...