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Chicago Master Singers will open its season with two large masterworks that were among the composers’ own favorites — Mozart’s glorious and powerful Coronation Mass and Dvorak’s hauntingly beautiful Stabat Mater. The concerts are at 7:30 p.m. Friday...
Updated: Nov 01, 2011 at 08:58 AM
Local rockers
The Plain White T's, an alt-pop band that formed in DuPage County in the late 1990s, will perform an early-evening show on Sunday at the House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn, Chicago. The band is touring in support of its most recent r...
Updated: Oct 31, 2011 at 07:11 AM
Grayslake Elementary District 46 board member Susan Facklam won't be prosecuted for breaking state law by giving $5 restaurant gift certificates to at least two people she registered to vote before the April election, according to the Lake County st...
Updated: Oct 31, 2011 at 07:14 AM
A smashing pumpkin festival
There are festivals featuring pumpkin decor and then there's the Pumpkin Festival in downtown Sycamore, and 2011 marks its 50th anniversary. Thousands of decorated pumpkins are on display on the courthouse lawn along...
Updated: Oct 30, 2011 at 06:55 PM
A pastor emeritus at St. Francis de Sales Parish in Lake Zurich has died after several weeks of hospice care, Archdiocese of Chicago officials announced Friday.
The Rev. Richard J. Valker, 79, died Thursday at St. Norbert Parish’s rectory in Northbr...
Updated: Oct 31, 2011 at 07:14 AM
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday gave electric companies the authority to raise rates to produce money for modernizing the state power grid, despite opposition from consumer advocates and an outright veto by Gov. Pat Quinn.
Both Democra...
Updated: Oct 27, 2011 at 04:35 PM
Witching tales
Get ready to hear plenty of cackles when storytellers like Megan Wells, Milbre Burch, Jim May and more participate in the 6th Annual Ray Bradbury Storytelling Festival: Literary Witches Friday at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genes...
Updated: Oct 31, 2011 at 07:22 AM
Chef Mychael Bonner grew up inspired by the legacy of his mother and grandmother.
Working in the kitchen at the distinguished Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tenn., the women created flavorful dishes steeped in American tradition, he said.
Chef Bonner has...
Updated: Oct 26, 2011 at 07:14 AM
Steve Piper of Geneva just acquired two Wireless Zone franchises in Carpentersville and Huntley, adding to another two stores he had in Naperville and Plano.
Owning four stores in about a year's time fits right into his plan #8212; to ultimately...
Updated: Oct 25, 2011 at 08:28 AM
Wobegon wag
Author and beloved radio host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” Garrison Keillor brings his wit and storytelling eloquence to the College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. $75-$100; $73-$98 seniors; $65-$9...
Updated: Oct 24, 2011 at 07:11 AM