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The Rise and Fall of Northbrook Court Mall in Northbrook, IL
Northbrook Court opened in 1976 in Northbrook, Illinois. Homart Development Company developed the mall, which initially featured four anchor stores: Sears, Neiman Marcus, I. Magnin, and Lord & Taylor. Located on 130 acres, the mall aimed to serve the North Shore suburbs of Chicago. At its opening, Northbrook Court offered...
Amazon Fresh store opens in suburban Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — There's a new place to shop for groceries in Arlington Heights, and residents in the northwest suburb seemed ready to shop until they dropped. There were at least a dozen shoppers lined up for the grand opening of the Amazon Fresh location in Arlington Heights.The first customer in line received a $100 Amazon gift card, and the next 99 received gift cards between $5 and $15.One shopper stood in line to take Amazon's new Smart cart for a spin.Amazon donated $10,000 to the Greater Chicago Food Depository to celebrate the store opening.
Sworn In - BUS INVADERS (Revisited) Ep. 251 [VIDEO]
On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders (Revisited)”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the metalcore band, Sworn In, while on tour with King Conquer, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Adaliah, and Sworn In, back in 2013. You can check watch the video below:
Les Mis storms the North Shore
Repression, revolution, rebirth: the tides of change are always rolling, in politics and art. Uptown Music Theater in Highland Park leans into that spirit with their latest production: a revival of the global smash hit Les Misérables. Adapted from Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel of the same name, the musical (created by composer Claude-Michel Schönberg with a book by Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Jean-Marc Natel and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer) has played to over 130 million people in 53 countries and in 22 languages. It started as a concept album in 1980, and had a run in Paris that same year. But when megaproducer Cameron Mackintosh got ahold of it for an English-language version, it really took off—even though the initial reviews in the UK were far from positive. (One critic called it “a lurid Victorian melodrama produced with Victorian lavishness.”)
A Rock-afire Christmas in July at Volo Museum
Meet Santa • Decorate Cookies • More Christmas Activities. Plus an Exclusive Rock A-fire Explosion Christmas Concert!. Volo Museumn will have Santa, plus activities in the Party Barn with Santa's Elves, but.... What prompted this idea is the Rock A-fire Explosion has two complete Christmas shows, one from 1982 and one from 1987.
“Love Will Find Away” now that Pablo Cruise sailed into Skokie’s North Shore Center
Long before the term “yacht rock” was coined, Pablo Cruise was practically inventing the style, coasting through the 1970s into the ‘80s with some of the most sophisticated sounds around. Though the group took a lengthy hiatus after that primary time frame, co-founding guitarist/vocalist David Jenkins and...
Evanston Art Center showcases new exhibition opening August 10
The Evanston Art Center is excited to welcome the exhibition, Migrations in Black and White | 2.0 to the public. The exhibition is open from August 10 through September 8, with the opening reception taking place from 5 to 8 p.m. on August 11. Migrations in Black and White |...
Beyond Hunger to host benefit concert in November
Beyond Hunger is hosting a fundraising concert this fall to support its hunger-relief initiatives in communities like Oak Park and River Forest. The fall benefit concert will kick off at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at The Salt Shed in Chicago. The event, at 1357 N. Elston Ave., will feature CAKE, a California-based rock band.
Something’s cooking at Hub Kitchen
Hub Kitchen opened for business in July, but you probably didn’t notice. The location at 7225 W. North Ave. in River Forest (formerly La Parrillita Mexican Grill and, for you real old-timers, Gossage Grill) is a rental commercial kitchen and culinary incubator. As such it operates behind the scenes to nurture future food enterprises.
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