Barbara Vitello
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Experts: Keeping trees healthy helps prevent them being uprooted during stormsAug 13, 2021 1:00 am - Clearing out the broken branches and uprooted trunks in the wake of recent storms might prompt suburban homeowners to reconsider the wisdom of having trees surrounding t...
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Chicago's enigmatic, interactive Blue Man Group returns to the Briar Street stageAug 12, 2021 6:00 am - For most of his professional life, Gareth Hinsley has been part of Blue Man Group - first in Berlin and for the last six years in Chicago. Including training, he's spent...
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Spotlight: 'Kinky Boots' steps up at Aurora's Paramount TheatreAug 11, 2021 10:15 am - Steppin' up Paramount Theatre resumes live, in-person performances with a revival of the musical "Kinky Boots," about the owner of a failing shoe factory and the d...
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Prefer theater by starlight? Check out 'Shipwrecked' in Glenview and Shakespeare in St. CharlesAug 06, 2021 5:00 pm - Theater under the stars Oil Lamp Theater's 2022 outdoor season continues with “Shipwrecked! An Entertainment.” Donald Margulies' adventure dramedy is inspired by a ...
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Highland Park police charge Chicago man with stealing packages, entering garageAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - A report Tuesday of a suspicious person entering a Highland Park home led to the arrest of a Chicago man, according to Highland Park police. who say the man was involved...
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Second Bartlett High School teen dies after Tuesday's single-vehicle crashAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - A second Bartlett High School student involved in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday has died, according to a social media post by an Elgin Area School District U-46 officia...
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Police: Driver was using cellphone seconds before Mt. Prospect hit-and-runAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - A woman who authorities say was involved in a Mount Prospect hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a man in a wheelchair was ordered held on $50,000 bail Friday. J...
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Queen bees compete for pageant crown in Goodman's 'School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play'Aug 05, 2021 6:00 am - “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play” - ★ ★ ★ An almost perfect play. That's how director Lili-Anne Brown described “School Girls; Or The African Mean G...
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Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights will require proof of vaccines for indoor diners, audiencesAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - Diners and music lovers who frequent Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights and want to sit indoors must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination beginning Tuesday. Owners decided ear...
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Aurora's Paramount Theatre mandates COVID-19 vaccination for theatergoers. Will others follow?Aug 02, 2021 5:30 am - It's a question that would have confounded Hamlet himself. Should theaters require proof of vaccination or not? That's the issue theater operators face now that in-per...