Northlight Theatre in Skokie, IL, has snagged Chicago comedy stars Tim Kazurinsky and George Wendt for a production of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, for a fall 2012 production under the direction of artistic director BJ Jones.
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Photo via Chicago Mag CHICAGO—Frank Lloyd Wright's Heller House officially hits the market for $2.5M today. Completed in 1897, the property had been quietly floated informally for weeks. [Chicago Mag] WORLDWIDE—Gawker's looking for tales of horrible roommates. The best...
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Opera Charleston, a new opera company in the city, debuts March 9 with a performance of "Carmen." But how the new venture came to fruition, how its artistic and audience-building strategy is being forged, is the story of two former college roommates with an ambitious plan and of those who ...
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On the heels of several attacks targeting women walking alone, police are interviewing potential suspects and patrolling bars and restaurants in Bucktown after issuing a community alert.
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MORRIS — Even in the dead of winter, it’s not too late for high school students to begin looking into summer college camps.Genevieve Toussaint, a Morris High School senior, has been to four university summer camps for her favorite academic subject, for sports and for some fun in the sun.The camps ranged from two to six weeks and were held at Northwestern University, the University of Illinois at ...
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A Chicago man earned his second life prison sentence Wednesday, pleading guilty in front of a Will County judge to the first-degree murder of his prison cell mate.
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DEAR ANNIE: I recently moved into an apartment with three other guys. We get along well and have fun together.One of my roommates is a serious player and has no qualms about dating six women at the same time.
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JOLIET — A Chicago man earned his second life prison sentence Wednesday, pleading guilty in front of a Will County judge to the first-degree murder of his prison cell mate. Richard Conner, 40, admitted he strangled 37-year-old Jameson Leezer to death while the men shared a cell at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill. Will County Judge Richard Schoenstedt said he had no choice in ...
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Sarah Kowal's dream is to open a coffee shop and retail grocery store in River Falls, Wis. Just one problem: She has no money. But she's not letting a little detail like that get in the way.
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In the Spring of 2000, I was winding down my senior year at the University of Montana. And though I couldn't put the feeling into words, each day, I wandered around my hometown of Missoula feeling directionless. I had no plans after graduation. I had been rejected by about 50 newspapers I had applied to, seeking a post-graduate summer internship. I did my laundry in my parents' basement. The ...
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