Barbara Vitello
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Spotlight: Holiday fave 'It's a Wonderful Life' returns to American Blues TheaterNov 13, 2020 5:00 am - 'Wonderful Life' online American Blues Theater won't let a global pandemic halt "It's a Wonderful Life: Live From Chicago!," the company's beloved, 1940s-style, radio pl...
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College of Lake County announces death of former President Jerry WeberNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - The College of Lake County announced on Friday the death of former college President Girard "Jerry" Weber, whom colleagues described as an advocate for diversity, inclus...
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Suspect charged with sexually abusing two girls in Mt. Prospect, PalatineNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - A 72-year-old Palatine man was ordered held on $200,000 total bond Thursday on charges he sexually abused two girls. Edison Banares is charged with predatory criminal se...
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Wheeling parolee charged with selling ecstasy to undercover officerNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - A Wheeling parolee with drug cases pending in Skokie and Rolling Meadows courthouses was ordered held without bail Thursday after, prosecutors say, he sold MDMA, also kn...
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Police: One killed in fire at Bensenville manufacturerNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - One person was killed in what authorities described as an explosion and fire they say destroyed one lab at a Bensenville manufacturer and damaged another, creating a "ha...
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Suburban natives add voices to Porchlight's now-virtual 'New Faces Sing Broadway'Nov 11, 2020 10:00 pm - Even during a global pandemic, art finds a way. Of this, musicians, dancers and theater artists are certain. “One of the things about artistic folk of all sorts, we are ...
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Oakbrook Terrace's Drury Lane earns 8 Jeff Awards during virtual ceremonyNov 09, 2020 12:00 am - In the wake of a season cut short by COVID-19, the faithful celebrated excellence in Chicago area equity theater Monday during the 52nd annual Joseph Jefferson Awards ce...
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Convicted killer from Des Plaines to stay in prison while bid for new trial is pendingNov 06, 2020 12:00 am - Ronald Kliner, the former Des Plaines man convicted of the 1988 murder-for-hire of a Palatine Township woman, will remain in prison while he waits for a judge to rule on...
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Steppenwolf debuts new digital play by award-winner James IjamesNov 05, 2020 10:42 am - Playwright James Ijames and director Whitney White were deep into rehearsals for Steppenwolf Theatre's local premiere of Ijames' "The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial...
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Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx wins second termNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - Democratic Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has won a second term, fending off an election challenge from Republican Pat O'Brien. Claiming victory, Foxx spoke at a ...