Travel
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Midwest travel: Sasheer Zamata joins Improv festApr 11, 2015 6:45 am - Chicago Funny girl The 18th Annual Chicago Improv Festival features acts such as Sasheer Zamata of "Saturday Night Live," Nicole Byer, Trainwreck, the Katydids, Wild Hor...
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Iceland's Ring Road a tale of fire and ice told in scenic topographyApr 10, 2015 6:00 am - First of two parts “See you on the Ring!” We bid our breakfast companions a cheery farewell and prepare for another day of traveling Iceland Route 1. Yesterday we p...
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Midwest travel: Sample meats, cheeses at artisan festivalApr 04, 2015 7:00 am - Chicago Cheesy rider Take in Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Bread & Wine's fifth annual Artisan Producer Festival at the Chicago French Market, one of the largest fr...
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Carry-on luggage a weighty subjectApr 03, 2015 6:00 am - Last week, while waiting to check-in for my flight to Dallas, I watched a man carry on about his carry-on. An agent asked him to place his bag in the sizing box. It almo...
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Midwest travel: Hyatt makes a splash with Shedd packageMar 28, 2015 7:00 am - CHICAGO One fish, two fish Make a splash this spring at Hyatt Regency Chicago with a new Shedd Aquarium package. You'll hook overnight accommodations in a stan...
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Exhibit on Kahlo, Rivera shines welcome spotlight on Detroit museumMar 22, 2015 11:00 pm - DETROIT — In July 1932, Frida Kahlo ended up in Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where a complicated pregnancy came to a painful end, perhaps a miscarriage or the result ...
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Midwest travel: Get cured at BaconfestMar 21, 2015 7:00 am - CHICAGO This little piggy went to ACME ACME Hotel Company is bringing home the bacon in April as the hotel partner for Baconfest Chicago 2015. It begins with t...
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Penn & Teller to return to Broadway this summerMar 21, 2015 6:30 am - NEW YORK - Penn & Teller are hoping they'll be able to make tickets disappear on Broadway this summer. The comedy-and-magic duo said Thursday they will play the Marquis ...
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A 'Mad Men' exhibit welcomes visitors to Don Draper's worldMar 20, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - You don't need to be mad about "Mad Men" to savor "Matthew Weiner's Mad Men" at New York's Museum of the Moving Image. This collection of hundreds of props, d...
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Plan a spring getaway that's out of the ordinaryMar 20, 2015 6:00 am - Looking for a unique trip this spring that doesn't involve chain hotels and restaurants? If you want to escape to a cozy inn or rustic cabin, here are some options. And,...