Barbara Vitello
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Newly sworn Cook County state’s attorney announces changes to detention policyDec 02, 2024 4:03 pm - Pledging to “build a safer, stronger Cook County,” new State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced policy changes Monday to keep those accused of violent crime behind bars while awaiting trial.
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Helping where they can: Elgin’s Centro de Informacion assists newcomersDec 01, 2024 9:00 pm - Help when you can. If Julia Perez’s family had a motto, that would be it. That family value led the bilingual Perez to volunteer at Elgin’s Centro de Informacion, where ...
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Holiday theater 2024: Naughty, nice and everything in betweenNov 27, 2024 10:00 am - From traditional to unconventional, from kid-friendly to adults-only, from multiple versions of “A Christmas Carol” to radio adaptations of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” suburban and Chicago theaters offer something for everyone this holiday season.
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Spotlight: Northlight premieres ‘Little Women’ adaptationNov 26, 2024 8:31 am - On stage this week: Northlight Theatre premieres Lauren Gunderson’s “Little Women” adaptation, ABT remounts “It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!” and Veronica Garza channels a grown-up Cindy-Lou Who.
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Best Bets: Light Up the Lake at Navy Pier, ESO brass in SchaumburgNov 25, 2024 3:51 pm - Light Up the Lake opens Friday at Chicago’s Navy Pier, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s brass and percussion sections perform a holiday concert and the Driehaus Museum presents an adaptation of Langston Hughes’ “Black Nativity.”
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Blue Man Group bids Chicago farewellNov 22, 2024 4:31 pm - Hail and farewell blue men. Blue Man Group Chicago announced Friday the long-running production will close on Jan. 5, 2025, after 27 years at the Briar Street Theatre.
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‘Patty is not a victim’: Patricia Columbo again denied parole for 1976 Elk Grove murdersNov 21, 2024 3:31 pm - Illinois’ Prisoner Review Board denies parole for Patricia Columbo, 68, who - along with her boyfriend Frank DeLuca - was convicted in 1977 of killing her father, mother and 13-year-old brother in their Elk Grove Village home.
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Buffalo Theatre’s ‘The Wickhams’ an entertaining alternative for holiday theatergoersNov 20, 2024 6:15 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s charming revival of “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley” is a pleasant alternative to typical holiday theatricals.
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Best Bets: Rosemont lights up and ‘The Nutcracker’ dances into GrayslakeNov 20, 2024 3:55 pm - Rosemont lights up its community Christmas tree on Saturday, and the Ruth Page Center for the Arts tours its production of “The Nutcracker” to Grayslake’s James Lumber’s Center for the Performing Arts.
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Spotlight: Metropolis ushers in holiday season with ‘A Christmas Carol’Nov 20, 2024 12:37 pm - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre stages “A Christmas Carol” while Griffin Theatre premieres a new musical version of “The House Without a Christmas Tree” and TUTA Theatre revives Thornton Wilder’s “The Long Christmas Dinner.”