Barbara Vitello
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A year without (live) theater: A look back - and ahead - for suburban stagesMar 10, 2021 10:00 pm - A year ago, Paramount Theatre artistic director Jim Corti delivered one of the most heartbreaking announcements of his professional career. Minutes before the house open...
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With COVID, contested races, League of Women Voters works hard to reach electorateMar 05, 2021 12:00 am - If you asked League of Women Voters members their ultimate goal, they would likely say 100% voter turnout. Heidi Graham, president of the League's Arlington Heights/Mou...
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'Duchess! Duchess! Duchess!' premieres on Steppenwolf's virtual stageMar 04, 2021 5:00 am - Before co-starring in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's virtual premiere of "Duchess! Duchess! Duchess!," Celeste M. Cooper's acting credits included productions at Steppenw...
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Former Barrington day care worker charged with child batteryMar 04, 2021 12:00 am - A former employee at a church-run Barrington day care was held on $50,000 bail Thursday on charges she carried toddlers by their arms and ankles, pushed one boy's face i...
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8 ways suburban restaurants responded to the pandemic over the past yearMar 03, 2021 10:00 pm - Nearly a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many suburban restaurant owners to rethink the means by which they accomplish their mission. With indoor dining banned in...
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Spotlight: Northlight streams pandemic-related 'The Catastrophist'Mar 03, 2021 5:00 am - Play for a pandemic Written and staged during the COVID-19 pandemic, "The Catastrophist," by Lauren Gunderson ("The Book of Will," "Silent Sky," "Miss Bennet," "The Wick...
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No bail for Wheeling man charged with sexually abusing girlsMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - A 33-year-old Wheeling man was ordered held without bail Tuesday on charges he sexually abused two girls. Buenaventura Espinosa-Tapia is charged with aggravated crimina...
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Surgeries for driver attacked during carjacking at Des Plaines auto dealershipFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - It's one surgery down and one to go for the 36-year-old driver who was badly beaten Thursday during a carjacking at a luxury automobile dealership in Des Plaines. Serge...
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Chicago Theatre Week moves city, suburban productions online this yearFeb 25, 2021 5:00 am - After eight years, Chicago's annual theater festival coordinator Deb Clapp wasn't optimistic the event would happen this year. Clapp, the executive director of the Leagu...
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Spotlight: Shattered Globe auctions off Tom Hanks' typewriterFeb 24, 2021 5:00 am - First Folio chats Playwright Joseph Zettelmaier ("All Childish Things," "Salvage," "The Grave Digger"), a First Folio Theatre artistic associate, chats with associate ar...