Jacky Runice
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Midwest travel: Chicago's Square Roots fest = 3 days of music + brewsJul 01, 2017 7:00 am - Chicago Hip to be square Square Roots, the inventive Lincoln Square music and beer experience, returns for three days showcasing more than 50 musical acts, 30 regional c...
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Midwest travel: It's a midsummer night's dream at Wisconsin's American Players TheatreJun 24, 2017 7:31 am - Chicago At the movies If the glut of popcorn movies is keeping you out of the theater this summer, get to the Windy City Film Festival to see feature films, sci-fi, fant...
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Midwest travel: World's Largest Block Party is 'Bringing It Back' to ChicagoJun 17, 2017 7:29 am - Chicago Flock to the block The theme of the 33rd Annual Old St. Pat's World's Largest Block Party is "Bringing It Back to The Block" as it returns to its original locati...
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Mount Prospect's Truco Taqueria excels at Mexican street foodJun 14, 2017 11:00 am - For me, the only necessary movie theater food is popcorn, soft drinks and boxed candy. I've experienced the upscale-food-delivered-to-your-cushy-seat theaters: too disru...
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Midwest travel: Enjoy alley fun in Chicago at ACTIVATE's first summer pop-up eventJun 10, 2017 7:28 am - Chicago Get this party started The first event of the summer pop-up series ACTIVATE, Playground - The Rec Room of the Block, riffs on the theme Off Street. So expect it ...
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Local businesses support weight-loss ChallengeJun 05, 2017 6:00 am - Losing weight, getting fit and becoming healthier is really a numbers game from the bathroom scale and calories burned to blood pressure and cholesterol levels. This yea...
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Midwest travel: Get ready to chow down at Ribfest ChicagoJun 03, 2017 7:00 am - Chicago Take a ribbing Dig out a T-shirt you don't mind staining then head to Chicago's Northcenter for the nationally noted culinary and music party: Ribfest Chicago. T...
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Homemade tavern-style pies a hit at Sal's Pizza Place in HuntleyMay 31, 2017 12:00 am - I've wanted to try Sal's Pizza for the longest time because word-of-mouth was that it was something special in a world of a million pies. I never did because it was a st...
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Midwest travel: Welcome summer at Maifest Chicago, Harvard Milk DaysMay 27, 2017 7:29 am - Chicago Strudel, steins and sausage You thought you had to wait until September for a gigantic stein of beer, a string of brats and vibrant oompah music. Not if you take...
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St. Charles' new Vintage 53 wine bar pours on the charmMay 24, 2017 11:30 am - Generally, I don't seek out wine bars. From my perspective, they can be everything the neighborhood tavern is not: stuffy, expensive and endeavoring a European nonchalan...