Barbara Vitello
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Local theater: Stand-up comedy in AuroraAug 26, 2011 6:00 am - Three-for-one comedy Aurora's Comedy Shrine devotes Friday and Saturday nights to stand-up comedy. The early show is for ages 14 and older. The late show is for age...
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Acting makes 'Walk' a worthwhile journeyAug 26, 2011 5:30 am - Mutually. Assured. Destruction. The principle that underscored the Cold War also animates “A Walk in the Woods,” Lee Blessing's 1986 drama about an American arms negotia...
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Man charged with stealing money to buy wife a carAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - A Chicago man currently on probation for federal mail fraud has been charged with stealing more than $10,000 from an Arlington Heights woman to buy his wife a 2004 Land ...
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Quinn's terrific in 'Long Story Short'Aug 25, 2011 11:00 pm - Colin Quinn may have too much talent for his own good. Longtime friend Jerry Seinfeld said as much in a recent interview promoting Quinn's very smart, very funny solo s...
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Des Plaines man sentenced to 12½ years for sexually assaulting a childAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - A 62-year-old Des Plaines man pleaded guilty Monday to sexually assaulting a child. A Cook County judge sentenced Dinesh Ray, of the 9000 block of Emerson St., to 12 yea...
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Streamwood man gets prison for striking officerAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - A Streamwood man who threatened and tried to disarm a Cook County Sheriff’s Department Police Officer after the officer stopped him for a traffic offense pleaded guilty ...
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18 years for Palatine man who admitted sexually abusing two girlsAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - Saying the sexual assault case against Francisco Villa is among the most unsettling he has ever encountered, Cook County Judge Hyman Riebman sentenced the Palatine man t...
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Lawyer sentenced to work release for removing his electronic monitoring deviceAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - A Chicago lawyer who unlawfully removed his court-ordered GPS monitor was sentenced Monday to 60 days in a work-release program that allows him to leave confinement for ...
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Drury Lane delivers a stunning 'Sweeney'Aug 19, 2011 11:00 pm - If you have an opportunity to see Drury Lane Theatre's revival of “Sweeney Todd,” take it. And try to sit a little left of center. Of course, seats throughout this Oak ...
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Janus cast delights in 'Twelfth Night'Aug 19, 2011 12:00 am - Purists may take issue with the liberties director Sean Hargadon takes with Janus Theatre's quick and breezy production of “Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare's comedy about mi...