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Radio One, Times sponsor County Music Awards contestCountry music pioneer celebrates 45 years in the biz
Radio personality-turned-media mogul Len Ellis remembers when country music was country-western.
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White Sox no-hitter inspires photo exhibit
Photographer Zoe Strauss spent the third week of July capturing life in Greater Chicago. Her resulting photo show, "Week of the Perfect Game," revisits seven memorable days.
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Elvis lives!
The young Elvis is back in the building. Frankly, he's smokin'. Almost three dozen rare photos of the King -- in full smolder in early TV appearances -- shake, rattle and roll Nov. 12 into the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster.
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OFFBEAT: Readers want to know about coverage of Chicago Jeff Awards for stage
I cover a lot of plays during the course of a year.
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Commentary
Marge Kullerstrand Phil Potempa Molly Woulfe John Brokopp Tom Lounges Tim Shellberg
- OFFBEAT: Readers want to know about coverage of Chicago Jeff Awards for stage
- I cover a lot of plays during the course of a year.
- 12:00 am INSIGHT: More than 900 attend hospital's black-tie gala at Soldier Field
- Nov 7 OFFBEAT: Bill Clinton to speak next week at Chicago House luncheon
- Nov 6 OFFBEAT: Broadway's Chicago bow of 'Young Frankenstein' old, stiff and not too funny
- Nov 6 City axes mega tree to save moola
- Nov 6 Local Scene: Former broadcaster brews music, beans
- Nov 6 'And they're off' in the World Series findal table
- Nov 6 Stylish 'Light in the Piazza' charms audiences
- Nov 5 OFFBEAT: Final days to see Steppenwolf Theatre's stage mystery 'Fake'
- Nov 4 OFFBEAT: National Radio Hall of Fame induction dinner this Saturday in Chicago
Movies
- 'Boondock Saints' sequel is a fanboy's dream
- The 1999 box-office bomb "The Boondock Saints" has become a cult classic in recent years.
- Nov 6 Nick Counter, Hollywood studios' negotiator, dies
- Nov 6 Actor Woods sues RI hospital in brother's death
- Nov 6 Matthew Broderick focuses on 'Wonderful World'
- Nov 6 'Precious' is great American cinema
- Nov 6 'A Christmas Carol' suffocates in glitz
- Nov 6 'Men Who Stare at Goats' has fuzzy vision
- Nov 6 For its director and young star, Precious' is ready to pop
- Nov 5 Tom Hanks, others screen 'Beyond All Boundaries'
- Nov 5 Records: Morgan Freeman settles suit on car wreck
Television
- Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
- Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
- Nov 6 Judge OKs plea deal for 'Girls Gone Wild' founder
- Nov 5 Winfrey takes gospel singer Winans off her show
- Nov 5 'Golden Girls' star McClanahan has bypass surgery
- Nov 5 Suicide prevention groups protest `The Office'
- Nov 5 List of top 15 cable shows in Nielsen ratings
- Nov 5 Group urges CW stations not to air 'Gossip Girl'
- Nov 4 ABC's Roberts lands Janet Jackson interview
- Nov 4 New reality cooking show for chef Gordon Ramsay
- Nov 4 John Lithgow's serial killer soars on 'Dexter'
Music
- Country music pioneer celebrates 45 years in the biz
- Radio personality-turned-media mogul Len Ellis remembers when country music was country-western.
- Nov 7 Folk singing duo return to the Front Porch
- Nov 6 Old school Steely Dan
- Nov 6 Christian hitmakers take '10' to look back
- Nov 6 The guide to local bands and concerts
- Nov 6 Kiss wants to rock 'n' roll in Chicago tonight
- Nov 5 Hallelujah for Handel's 'Messiah'
- Nov 5 'MaMa Mia!' NISO tackles ABBA
- Nov 3 Smooth Rob Thomas
Arts & Theatre
- White Sox no-hitter inspires photo exhibit
- Photographer Zoe Strauss spent the third week of July capturing life in Greater Chicago. Her resulting photo show, "Week of the Perfect Game," revisits seven memorable days.
- 12:00 am Elvis lives!
- 12:00 am Broadway faces a busy, if uneasy fall season
- Nov 7 South Shore Centre for Arts opening focuses on Gary
- Nov 7 Dogs of the week
- Nov 7 Your Saturday's best bets
- Nov 6 Energetic, jazzy and ominous
- Nov 6 A guide to local arts and crafts shows
- Nov 6 A guide to local theater productions
- Nov 6 Tom Hanks-produced '4-D' film comes to WWII Museum
Books
- Local library events
- Send local library events to margaret.kullerstrand@nwi.com or fax (219) 933-3249
- 12:00 am 'SuperFreakonomics' as fun as predecessor
- 12:00 am Aaron Karo writes of the joys of singlehood
- 12:00 am Borders Best Sellers
- Nov 7 A 'Well-Dressed Home' complements the closet
- Nov 7 Just for show: Fall decorating relies on veggies
- Nov 6 Sarah Palin book tour to start Nov. 18
- Nov 5 Meat-ing of the men: Hosting a man-cave party
- Nov 5 For Dining Guide 11/07
- Nov 4 Kid Picks with Philip Potempa
Food
- Sharing a fine blend of culinary happenings
- Celebratory Wine Dinner
- Nov 4 Emeril's 'kicked-up' express cooking
- Nov 4 Cumin and rosemary make deeply flavored lamb chops
- Nov 4 Lo mein: A healthy makeover to a takeout staple
- Nov 4 FoodieFinds: Smart Food Popcorn Clusters
- Nov 4 New cookbooks preach gospel of no-knead breads
- Nov 4 Andrew Zimmern tells the 'Bizarre Truth' about food and travel
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