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Graham E. Bowles Well before we were married, my husband, that crafty man, established a sweet Valentine’s Day custom. Each year on Feb. 14, he gives me a heart-shaped box of chocolates. (Then he eats half of them.) It’s a tradition. As much as I might yearn for, say, diamonds or rubies, I know I can expect that [...] Today is Triple Points Day at Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises! Members the restaurant group’s Frequent Diners program will threefold points toward future meals if they dine at participating restaurants today. You don’t have to eat Chinese food on Christmas. Chef Bruce Cost’s zippy fresh ginger ales, served at Big Bowl and Wow Bow, are now being bottled! The restaurants continue to mix fresh ginger ales to order for in-house diners, but you can now buy bottles to take home. Is there anyone left cooking Thanksgiving dinner at home? Most restaurants used to close on Thanksgiving, but no more. Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! Bin 36, River North. Birch River Grill, Arlington Heights. Cafe des Architectes, Gold Coast. Carlucci, Downers Grove. Coco Pazzo Cafe, Streeterville. Dine, West Loop. Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. Glen Prairie, Glen Ellyn. Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse, River North, Rosemont and Lombard. Italiasia Restaurant, River North. Jacky’s on Prairie, Evanston. Michael, Winnetka. Mity Nice Grill, Magnificent Mile. NoMi, Magnificent Mile. The Pony, Lakeview. Shaw’s Crab House, River North and [...] In Lookingglass Theatre Company’s “Fedra: Queen of Haiti,” playwright J. Nicole Brooks moves the ancient Greek myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus into a near-future alternate Haiti that’s become a world power. Given the island’s rich history and culture (the first Western Hemisphere country after the U.S. to achieve independence from imperial Europe … the first [...] To those still bemoaning the Olympics, remember that the city has survived many far worse disasters — including one whose anniversary is this week. It was on Oct. 8, 1871, that a spark in DeKoven Street kindled one of the biggest urban conflagrations in American history and burned down much of Chicago. The Great Chicago [...] |
 
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