Barbara Vitello
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Theater events: First Folio's 'Rainmaker' a family affairJul 26, 2013 6:00 am - A family affair A con man promises to change the lives of a family in a drought-stricken town, including spinster Lizzy, in the 1954 drama “The Rainmaker.” First Fo...
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Modern-day 'Medea': Transplanted tragedy set in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhoodJul 26, 2013 6:00 am - Conflicts between obligation and self-interest, between assimilation and isolation, propel “Mojada,” Luis Alfaro's retelling of Euripides' “Medea” in its world premiere ...
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No power, downed trees remain after Friday’s stormJul 20, 2013 11:04 am - Thousands of homes and businesses remained without power Saturday in the Northwest suburbs, and ComEd officials said it could take until about 3 p.m. Sunday to return th...
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Stevenson High School student team prevails in sandwich-eating contestJul 20, 2013 9:38 am - The Stevenson and Vernon Hills high school football teams won’t meet on the field for another few months, but players jump-started the competition Saturday at a sandwich...
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Lake County's Independence Grove Forest Preserve reopens, events and activities resumeJul 20, 2013 9:00 am - Independence Grove Forest Preserve near Libertyville reopened Saturday after officials determined a bomb threat risk had passed and pronounced the area safe for public u...
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Judge rules suspect will be indentified in Mt. Prospect death caseJul 19, 2013 4:42 pm - Defense attorneys on Friday asked Cook County Judge Kay Hanlon to bar identification of their client Marko Guardiola by prosecution witnesses on the grounds that Mount P...
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Probation for Bensenville man who stole cemetery vasesJul 19, 2013 4:01 pm - A former cemetery worker from Bensenville pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he stole 24 bronze vases from graves in Shalom Memorial Park and Randhill Park, adjacen...
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Judge vacates guilty plea in Schaumburg drug caseJul 19, 2013 3:25 pm - Cook County Judge Kay Hanlon on Friday vacated a Schaumburg man’s 2012 guilty plea to drug charges after his attorney raised questions about the credibility of the arres...
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Rolling Meadows man charged with molesting 5-year-oldJul 17, 2013 1:26 pm - A 45-year-old Rolling Meadows man appeared in a Rolling Meadows courtroom on Wednesday on charges that he sexually abused a 5-year-old girl last month. Cook County Judg...
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Goodman extends enchanting ‘Jungle Book’Jul 15, 2013 2:52 pm - Goodman Theatre has extended for the third time its world premiere production of “The Jungle Book,” adapted and directed by Tony Award-winner Mary Zimmerman from Rud...