Matt Arado
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Music events: Cathy Richardson rocks Fitzgerald'sJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Made in America Fitzgerald's, the venerable suburban music venue, will host the 31st annual American Music Festival this weekend. Blues, jazz, country, funk and goo...
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Members past and present say goodbye to Aurora’s first churchJun 26, 2011 12:00 am - For Janice Harwig-Johnson, the tears started to fall as soon as the church service ended. “It’s very sad. There are so many memories for me here,” she said, wiping her e...
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'Transformers' invade Chicago in new filmJun 26, 2011 12:00 am - Michael Bay's eagerly awaited action film "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" opens Tuesday with the franchise's biggest star yet: the city of Chicago. Bay shot several sh...
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Leo Nocentelli, former Meters guitarist, keeps his music aliveJun 22, 2011 2:00 pm - The pioneering funk band The Meters is one of those groups that most people know, even if they don't realize it. The group's signature beats and syncopated guitar sound ...
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Taste of Chicago shifts to new family focusJun 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Mmmmmmmmm ... food. Yes, it's time again to head down to the lakefront and devour some of the most delicious eats Chicago has to offer, from pork tacos to jerk lamb chop...
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Music events: 45 years of The MonkeesJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Rapid-fire rapper Twista, the Chicago rapper known for the blistering speed of his raps, will put on a show of beats and rhymes in the suburbs this weekend. Twista ...
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Artists fill Cantigny during annual festivalJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - Even though closing time was getting near, Emily Kirschner wasn’t worried. The Naperville native said she’s never left the Art in Bloom festival at Wheaton’s Cantigny P...
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Retro rides featured at Oak Brook car showJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - If there was a prevailing sentiment at Sunday’s classic car show in Oak Brook, it was this: Today’s cars are boring. “They’re cookie-cutter cars,” said Buffalo Grove re...
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Wheaton toddler's drowning ruled an accidentJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - The drowning of a 16-month-old Wheaton girl was ruled an accident Sunday by the Cook County medical examiner's office, a spokesman said. Zoie Zurawski died Saturday morn...
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Music: Robert Cray plays the blues at MetropolisJun 16, 2011 11:00 pm - Blues guitar great If you're not able to see blues guitar master Robert Cray on Friday night at Aurora's Blues on the Fox festival, don't fret. Cray will perform th...