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Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 07 Dec 2009 - 0:00 PST Business leaders are in charge - of people, of budgets, of production lines.

The Conservationist , Forest Preserve District of DuPage County's quarterly publication, was recognized with two national awards at the 21st annual Awards for Publication Excellence sponsored by Communications Concepts Inc.

Enjoy dinner with Santa from 6:30 to 8 tonight at the Kroehler Family YMCA, 34 S. Washington St.

Families can share the spirit of the holidays when legendary country and bluegrass performer Ricky Skaggs presents a program of Christmas music Dec.

When you're watching NCTV17, you're not only watching your community but also the next generation of broadcast journalists.

More than 5,000 runners completed the 12th annual Turkey Trot in Naperville Thursday morning.

Sara Hickman: Singer, songwriter, author, public speaker and filmmaker Sara Hickman performs at McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage in Theatre 2 at 8 p.m. Nov.

Von Heidecke's Chicago Festival Ballet -- "The Nutcracker": Will be performed at 2 p.m. Nov.

Fans of Dean Martin probably have dozens of the laid-back singer's songs on CDs, but Mark Adams, who portrays Martin in "That's Amore: Dean Martin and Friends," was not one of them.

Two Way Street Coffee House: Joe Filisko and Eric Noden, Nov. 20. An unplugged open mike night for high school and college students is offered at 7 p.m. the last Thursday of every month.

Good news for those in Chicagoland! Planning is underway to form Workshop 88 , a hackerspace in the west suburbs of Chicago.

Naperville-area shoppers can choose from a selection of alternative-trade items this holiday season at a store operated by North Central College students.

Country musician Suzy Bogguss is happy to help out for a good cause, and expose Fox Valley residents to a unique style of music she's dubbed "Divabilly." For the second year, she and her niece, opera singer Rebecca Davis, will perform at Hope For the Holidays, a concert benefiting the National Alliance for Mental Illness on Nov.

Friday, Nov. 6 2009, 9:58 a.m. -- North Central College senior Maggie Scott, 21, talks to her husband, Chad, on the phone just before taking the stage for a 10 a.m. performance of "Cats" in one of the lead roles, Demeter, at the college's Pfeiffer Hall in Naperville.

ABBA Mania: ABBA Mania, the world's No. 1 touring ABBA tribute concert, visits North Central College at 6 p.m. Nov.

DuPage Children's Museum hours are extended until 8 p.m. Fridays to provide greater access to museum exhibits and activities and to give families with working parents and siblings who attend school during the week more opportunities to enjoy time together.

Just one bar from "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" can be as evocative of Christmas as any heirloom ornament, photo of Dad dressed as Santa or scene from "It's a Wonderful Life." And no matter how many times you hear "Waltz of the Flowers" or "Dance of the Reed Flutes" playing in the background at the mall or being commercially exploited to sell ...

Did you know "Cats" isn't really about cats? OK, you probably did. Andrew Lloyd Webber's uber-popular musical, based on the poems of T.S. Eliot's "Old Possums Book of Practical Cats," is actually a story about relationships.

Naperville's fifth annual A Walk to Remember, held on Oct. 17, raised over $22,000 for the development of the Wings of Hope Angel Garden at Edward Hospital and the Edward Foundation SHARE Program.

The seventh annual John Drury High School Radio awards were presented Saturday in North Central College.