Festivals and Fairs
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Sunday picks: Bret Michaels, hair rockers play ElginJun 22, 2014 5:00 am - Vintage metal: Bret Michaels of the 1980s hair-metal band Poison will be joined by some key contemporaries at the Hair Band Heavyweights show at Grand Victoria Casin...
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Swedish Days marks 65 yearsJun 22, 2014 1:01 am - The sun was out and the temperature in the low 80s Sunday afternoon as the Geneva Swedish Days parade kicked off along State Street. The parade celebrated the 65th anniv...
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Palatine festival serves up authentic Greek foodJun 21, 2014 8:00 am - The best in Greek food, music and culture will be on display in Palatine this weekend as St. Nectarios Church hosts its annual Greek Fest celebration. The fest kicked of...
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On the road: Celebrate Beach Week at Grand Traverse ResortJun 21, 2014 5:30 am - Chicago Mart and art sleepovers Art lovers and shoppers will like the new packages for summer stays at the Godfrey Hotel Chicago. Available Friday nights, The ...
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Weekend picks: Jim Gill gets silly in NapervilleJun 21, 2014 5:00 am - Jim Gill jams: It's time to get silly! Award-winning musician Jim Gill presents a family concert with interactive dancing, singing and a silly dance contest at Washi...
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Geneva's Swedish Days offers lots of fun, historyJun 21, 2014 1:01 am - Visitors to Geneva's Swedish days Saturday had their pick of past, present and future with tours of the historical Viking Ship, fast action during 3-on-3 basketball tour...
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Fruit shares starring role at Long Grove strawberry festJun 21, 2014 1:01 am - While a certain fruit headlines the Long Grove Strawberry Festival, Shane Cobb had another reason for attending with his two daughters Saturday. "There's a wide range of...
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Pipers, knobbly knees highlight Scottish festivalJun 21, 2014 1:01 am - Somehow Philip Davies found himself talked into appearing in front of a large crowd displaying his knees at the Scottish Festival and Highland Games in Itasca Saturday. ...
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Bad Company singer, Beatles tribute headline SeptemberfestJun 20, 2014 5:30 am - Summer's official start is this weekend, but details of its unofficial end over Labor Day weekend are beginning to take shape for Schaumburg residents. Most of the headl...
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A half dozen ways to kick off summer this weekendJun 20, 2014 1:01 am - If ever we needed summer, it's this year. We earned it the hard way - through months of relentless snow and record-breaking cold that had suburbanites longing for sunny ...