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Making Shakespeare easy to understandJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Toni Hix’s dream is to meet British actor, director and writer Kenneth Branagh, who has directed and written five screenplays based off William Shakespeare plays. As the...
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Picasso and Einstein meet in Wheaton Drama productionJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - The premise sounds like the beginning of a corny joke. “Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein meet in a bar …” But the results are sure to be sidesplitting when Steve Martin...
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Sinise talks about his dedication to militaryJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Actor headlines another concert in Wheaton
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Slavery, states’ rights were behind Civil WarJul 12, 2011 1:00 am - You wanted to know “How did the Civil War start?” asked students in Jennifer Janik’s third-grade at Big Hollow Elementary School in Ingleside. Slavery and states’ rights...
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Wheaton Band Festival creates a rainbow of soundsJul 12, 2011 1:00 am - If sound came in color, the music at this year’s Wheaton Band Festival would create a rainbow over Memorial Park. For the first time ever, five very different types of b...
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Wasco Nursery goes pink for breast cancerJul 12, 2011 1:00 am - The Wasco Nursery and Garden Center is going to be very pink Thursday, July 14. The nursery, 41W781 Route 64 in St. Charles, is part of a nationwide Invincibelle Spirit ...
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Birders find baseball fields ideal spotsJul 12, 2011 1:00 am - Bird-watching and birding are the same thing. I believe that. But there is a sense within the hobby that “birding” is a little more serious. So a few years ago, the DuP...
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Lombard church to host 44th GermanfestJul 12, 2011 1:00 am - The Village of Lombard is going back to its roots. “Originally, Lombard was a German community,” said Dolores Chantos, chairwoman of Sacred Heart Catholic Church’s annua...
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Idyllic gardens open to public for one dayJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - Rachel and Aubrey Neville live on a little piece of paradise. And this weekend, they’ve agreed to share it. The couple owns more than 50 acres that, on Saturday, July 1...
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Roselle mentor makes a difference in students’ livesJul 11, 2011 1:00 am - By Susan Dibble sdibble@dailyherald.com Roselle resident Ken Black figures he’s personally befriended and guided at least 150 young people in the nine years since he fou...