Barbara Vitello
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Inventive storytelling propels whimsical 'Old Man'Sep 20, 2013 6:00 am - PigPen Theatre Company's "The Old Man and The Old Moon" begins subtly. About five minutes before the curtain officially rises at Writers Theatre, where the New York-base...
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Local theater: 'Route 66' in the driver's seatSep 19, 2013 6:00 am - Road trip Four service station attendants in 1950s Chicago hit the open road in “Route 66,” a jukebox revue featuring tunes like “King of the Road,” “Beep Beep” and...
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Couple battle forest preserve over Barrington Hills estateSep 16, 2013 6:56 pm - The owners of Horizon Farms — a 400-acre Barrington Hills estate and horse farm — have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Forest Preserve District of Cook County of co...
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Ex-cook gets probation in meat cleaver attackSep 16, 2013 1:27 am - Five months after a jury acquitted him of one count of attempted murder and deadlocked on another, former cook Xiubin Mei pleaded guilty to lesser charges and was senten...
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Attempted murder charges dropped against Schaumburg manSep 13, 2013 3:44 pm - Prosecutors this week dropped charges of attempted murder and aggravated domestic battery against a 23-year-old Schaumburg man after the complaining witness recanted. A...
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Timing, hard work elevate Buffalo Theatre's 'Leading Ladies'Sep 13, 2013 6:00 am - One thing about the enthusiastic cast members of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's “Leading Ladies,” they work hard. Especially leading men Robert Jordan Bailey and Bryan Burke...
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Theater events: 'Six Dance Lessons' takes the floorSep 13, 2013 6:00 am - Dance lessons Steel Beam Theatre founder and artistic director Donna Steele plays Lily, a 72-year-old widow who hires a middle-aged dance instructor (Will Nifong) t...
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Mount Prospect man on probation for defrauding seniors arrested againSep 12, 2013 5:56 pm - A 25-year-old Mount Prospect man on probation for swindling seniors in Palatine and Mount Prospect faces new charges of bilking an Arlington Heights couple out of more t...
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Prison time for Hanover Park man charged with DUISep 11, 2013 4:29 pm - A 22-year-old Hanover Park man pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and driving without a valid driver’s license stemming from a crash las...
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Downers Grove man gets probation for copper theftSep 11, 2013 4:20 pm - A Downers Grove man pleaded guilty to stealing copper wire from the Rolling Meadows electronics firm where he worked and selling it to an Aurora recycling company, court...