Barbara Vitello
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Local theaters made news in 2017 with acclaimed productions, controversial castingDec 28, 2017 5:00 am - Issues related to identity, race and gender loomed large on and off suburban and city stages in 2017. And as claims of sexual misconduct and harassment rocked the worlds...
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Theater events: Divas sing, Potter parody gets extensionDec 27, 2017 5:00 am - Delicious divas "Lettin' the Good Times Roll," a cabaret concert showcasing award-winning singers/actresses E. Faye Butler and Felicia P. Fields continues at Victory Gar...
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Former District 211 cashier charged with stealing more than $80,000Dec 22, 2017 12:00 am - A sick day a former Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 employee took in September sparked an investigation that led Hoffman Estates police to arrest her on the...
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Bartlett duo get probation after robbing, running over drug-buying customerDec 22, 2017 12:00 am - A case that started out in Streamwood as a marijuana sale and turned into a robbery concluded with guilty pleas from the 20-year-old Bartlett defendants. Kiley Johnson ...
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'I am a survivor,' sexual assault survivor says as attacker gets 25 yearsDec 21, 2017 12:00 am - “I am a survivor.” A 46-year-old Schaumburg woman who was sexually assaulted and strangled by a man she has known half her life — who was beaten by that man so severely...
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15 years in prison for teen who carjacked Hanover Park cabbiesDec 21, 2017 12:00 am - A Chicago teen pleaded guilty to carjacking two different cabdrivers in Hanover Park last summer. Martin Barrientos, 19, was sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison ...
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20-somethings negotiate friendship, intimacy in Steppenwolf's uneven 'BLKS'Dec 20, 2017 10:00 am - “BLKS” - ★ ★ ½ Watching Steppenwolf Theatre's premiere of “BLKS,” Aziza Barnes' noisy, uneven new comedy about 20-something African-American women negotiating friendship...
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Theater events: Music Theater Works' 'Peter Pan' flies into Evanston's CahnDec 19, 2017 5:00 am - Off to Neverland Music Theater Works concludes its season with the family-friendly musical "Peter Pan," based on the J.M. Barrie tale about a boy who refuses to grow up....
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Mundelein families have breakfast with SantaDec 16, 2017 12:00 am - Santa and Mrs. Claus dined with young believers Saturday at the Mundelein Park and Recreation District's first Breakfast with Santa. In addition to sharing their hearts...
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Medinah couple married 71 years die within minutes of each otherDec 16, 2017 12:00 am - Made for each other. No phrase better describes longtime Medinah residents Bob and Ruth Kretschmer, who died within minutes of each other Friday, five days after they c...