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Riccardo Muti Addresses the Press and Guests On His
Becoming the Music Director of the World Renown
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
“The CSO belongs to the World”  Riccardo Muti


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THE FIELD MUSEUM PRESENTS
MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS: TITANS OF THE ICE AGE
MARCH 5 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

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Village Players Theater brings the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical "A Chorus Line" part of its New American Classics.  "A Chorus Line" opens March 13th, 2010
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Art Institute of Chicago Presents:
MATISSE: RADICAL INVENTION, 1913–1917
March 20 through June 20, 2010

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ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF
NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
David Thurm of the New York Times Joins Museum

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Serenade a Mario Lanza songbook
" A Great Album with a Grand Selection of Favorites from
a Treasured Talent, some for the first time released to the public"
Suburban Journals of  Chicago Inc
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FODfest (Friends of Daniel Pearl)
play in honor of the late journalist and musican at
Village Players in Oak Park on Oct 28, 7:00 p.m. 
A free Event
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Village Players Theater is proud to announce two new Educational Opportunities housed under the Village
Players Training Center: Village Players Youth Training Center and Village Players Professional Training Center.

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Museum of Science and Industry Celebrating everything that makes you… YOU.
YOU!
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The Elixir of Love ( L'Elisir d' amore)
by Gaetano Donizetti
Lyric Opera in Chicago
Opening Night is Saturday, January 23rd at the Civic Opera House

A COMEDY WITH EVERYTHING: LOVABLE CHARACTERS, WONDERFUL ARIAS, BEAUTIFUL SETS — and even a real horse !!!

"Grand Bel Canto, and even better than the MET".
"Highly recommended.."
Suburban Journals of  Chicago Inc

It was a beautiful day with History......
18th Annual Tale of the Tombstones Tour: Strangers Among Us, Forest Home Cemetery - October 18, 1:00 p.m.
"A Lot of Education and Thrilling Fun Each Year" SJC

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NOW CLOSED: Oak Park Actor Joe Tokarz featured in Man of La Mancha at Theatre
of the Center
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Play Board Games at the Oak Park Public Library
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Oak Park Public Library and Community Partners
receive Big Read Grant from National Endowment
for the Arts Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park
to read and celebrate the Tales and Poems of
Edgar Allan Poe in October

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The Winners are In...2009 Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac Presented by Lands’ End Business News
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Talented Oak Park Actor. Jonathan Weir Plays Five Characters  In Chicago's Jersey Boys.
"An exhilarating biographical drama, with toe tapping
hits and  a time when love and respect were in the lyrics
and lives of many....a great show -- come and see it
several
times...."
Suburban Journals of Chicago Inc.
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Chicago Dramatists will host a one evening only benefit
at the November 14th performance of A STEADY RAIN
in New York City 
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Marriott Theatre’s 35th Anniversary 2010 Season Featuring FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, A CHORUS LINE and THE MUSIC MAN
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Prodigy Glassworks Inc. in Oak Park is the
studio of the Gifted Matthew Kwilas, a Star
on Harrison Street.

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Michael Buckley Defends Miley Cyrus from Foxx
"One of our favorite reviewers...with enough
spunk for a small village."
Suburban Journals of Chicago Inc

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During Challenging Economic Times Nicor Employees
Gear Up to Give Back to Local Communities During 13th Annual Volunteer Day In honor of Volunteer Day Nicor donates $10,000 in capital grants to two local charities


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DON'T TRASH THAT ASH
Furniture from Lost Trees, a traveling furniture exhibition at The

Morton Arboretum August 22 – September 7.

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Oak Park Festival Theatre Presents
Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare
directed by Jack Hickey. In period costume.
Performances June 13 thru July 19
Previews Wednesday June 11 & Thurs. June 12
Thursdays thru Saturdays 8pm, Sundays 7pm

Get your tickets and bring a friend, a sandwich,
something to drink, and you'll enjoy your tirp to Sicily.

"Highly Recommended"  Suburban Journals of Chicago Inc.
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Looptopia Was a Wild Time in Downtown Chicago
With Lots of Fun for Free

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Tribute to the late Luciano Pavarotti
May 3, 2008 was a hit.
" A Beautiful show filled with Talent, Humor, and Great Performances."
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Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest
Choral Concert at First United Church, 848 Lake Street -----Reviewed


Bactrian Camel Born at Brookfield Zoo

Bars: The Girl on the Piano… featuring Lisa Zane
is over at Village Players Theatre, but you can still

get her CD...

"A wonderful, unique, talented performance, beautiful
art and song"
  SJC 

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The EVOLVING PLANET at Chicago's
Field Museum, a great view into our past.

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Dinosaur Digs That You Can Afford for
the Whole Family.
 
"Highly Recommended"
Suburban Journals of Chicago

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Grant Park Music Festival Website
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Morton Arboretum Opens the MAZE and
the Landscape Theatre

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Blue Man Group Keeps Getting Better and
Now Soon to Open in Toronto.

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A History of Maywood, by Douglas Deuchler
"Another Success for our Local Historian, and gifted
writer."  Suburban Journals of Chicago
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Yellowstone in the Winter, snow sledding, nature, wildlife,
and all in the caldera of a volcano..not bad for a grand adventure. Visit West Yellowstone and see it all.  Fly to Bozeman, Montana and take a bus ride, come by car all the way, or rent one to get here.

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SeaWorld in Orlando is Fun for
Everyone....World Class Shows.


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PRITZKER Pavilion of Millennium Park .
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Even Belugas Like Good Jazz
Last Year's Review......
SHEDD AQUARIUM CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF
JAZZIN' WITH SEA STARS, SHARKS AND
SMOOTH SOUNDS

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The New Ape house at Lincoln Park Zoo Opens.

Brookfield Zoo’s Regenstein Wolf Woods is now
Open and Ready for All to Come and See.

The Academy of Movement and Music, had
a Show at OPRFHS Worthy of Broadway.



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