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St. Charles’ pending Lexington Club development moved a step closer to approval Monday night after aldermen reviewed a new study that showed the city can help finance the project.
A report from a consultant hired by the city showed all aspects of th...
Updated: Feb 07, 2012 at 03:13 PM
Nostalgia time
Get ready for a jazzy jam when the Texas-based White Ghost Shivers play tunes from the 1920s and '30s this weekend at the Elgin Community College's SecondSpace Theatre, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. $20-$25. (847) 622-0300 or elgin....
Updated: Feb 07, 2012 at 06:22 AM
Balancing dragons
Centre East celebrates the recent start of the lunar Year of the Dragon by hosting a return engagement of the Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats on Saturday at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 N. Skokie Blvd., ...
Updated: Feb 07, 2012 at 06:23 AM
Party time
Suburban pop band Dot Dot Dot will bring its infectious live show to the House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. Dot Dot Dot plays a mix of covers and original tunes, all of which recall the best of 1980s synth-pop party songs....
Updated: Feb 05, 2012 at 08:20 AM
A lifelong love for Geneva and a desire to preserve its charms, even as it grew, were the hallmarks of Merritt King’s life.
King, 93, died Tuesday morning at his home on Fifth Street.
“I just can’t imagine Geneva without Merritt King,” said Terry Em...
Updated: Jan 25, 2012 at 03:34 PM
Of the numerous life lessons parents try to teach youngsters, brushing your teeth after every meal, or at least twice a day, is as solid a lesson as they come — for health and financial reasons.
What could be worse than being unemployed and without ...
Updated: Jan 24, 2012 at 12:56 PM
Feel 'Enchanted'
Baroque composers like Handel, Vivaldi and Rameau get the “Mamma Mia!” treatment when The Metropolitan Opera screens a live HD simulcast of its new pastiche work “The Enchanted Island” starring such opera greats as Plácido Domi...
Updated: Jan 23, 2012 at 06:24 AM
Oh Kathy!
Find out which celebrities will be spared or cut down to size when Emmy award-winning comedian and Oak Park native Kathy Griffin returns this weekend for two shows at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., Chicago. $49.50-$69.50. (312...
Updated: Jan 21, 2012 at 08:37 AM
The Fox Valley lost a number of people in 2011 who believed that thinking about someone besides yourself and trying to improve their communities were worthy endeavors. Here are some of them:
Dick Young
An outrage over trash floating in a stream...
Updated: Dec 30, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Lights? Check. Santa? Check. Cookies, cider and carolers? Check.
Lombard’s holiday tree-lighting event, the sixth annual Jinglebell Jubilee, has its holiday festival bases covered, say members of several community groups collaborating to plan the d...
Updated: Nov 30, 2011 at 03:04 PM