Guide Category: Culture

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Smoked Fish Productions

A comedian performing one woman shows.
- Address: 2815 W. Greenleaf St. Chicago, IL 60645
- Phone: (773) 764-8936
- Email: [email protected]
- Link: http://www.carynbark.com/
- Contact: Caryn Bark
- Categories: Culture, Entertainers, Performers
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Stories by Stuhlman

Jewish storyteller.
- Address: 6617 N. Mozart St. Chicago, IL 60645
- Phone: (773) 743-5288
- Email: [email protected]
- Link: http://www.stuhlman.info
- Contact: Daniel Stuhlman
- Categories: Culture, Entertainers, Performers
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Alan Avrum Levin

Musician/singer/comedian performing one-man shows. Also one-man band at weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs with Israeli, Chasidic, klezmer, and American music.
- Address: 3009 W. Granville Chicago, IL 60659
- Phone: (773) 251-0243
- Email: [email protected]
- Categories: Culture, Entertainers, Performers
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Nancy Shapiro-Pikelny

(847) 859-9166 [email protected] http://www.storytellernancy.com Acclaimed storyteller of Jewish folktales, family lore, original narratives and historical stories, including her renowned Holocaust story "A Window of Beauty." Educational and en
- Phone: (847) 859-9166
- Email: [email protected]
- Link: http://www.storytellernancy.com/
- Categories: Culture, Entertainers, Performers
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Taboun Grill

CRC-certified.
- Address: 8808 Gross Point Road Skokie, IL 60077
- Phone: (847) 965-1818
- Email: [email protected]
- Link: http://www.taboungrill.com
- Categories: Culture, Food and Dining
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The Sandwich Club

Dine-in, carryout, delivery and catering. cRc-certified.
- Address: 4507 W. Oakton Street Skokie, IL 60076
- Phone: (847) 677-6020
- Link: http://www.thesandwichclub.net
- Categories: Culture, Food and Dining
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Charlene Brooks

7855 N. Kilbourn Ave. Skokie IL 60076 (847) 721-6076 (847) 675-6731 (847) 675-6087 [email protected] Singer, songwriter and actress performing cabaret, Jewish, Hebrew, Broadway and jazz. Cantoral soloist. Author and performer of "Life Stinks! And Other Things
- Address: 7855 N. Kilbourn Ave. Skokie, IL 60076
- Phone: (847) 721-6076
- Email: [email protected]
- Categories: Culture, Entertainers, Performers
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JRC’s Heavy Shtetl Klezmer Band

Klezmer band made up of members of the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation.
- Address: 822 Central Ave. Wilmette, IL 60091
- Phone: (847) 853-8050
- Contact: Marilee Cole
- Categories: Culture, Entertainers, Performers
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Dreidels & More

Gallery of Judaica, giftware, clothing and jewelry from Israel’s best designers. Menorahs, kiddush cups, candlesticks, mezuzahs, seder and matzah plates, challah trays, tzedakah boxes, and dreidels.
- Phone: (312) 266-6620
- Email: [email protected]
- Link: http://www.dreidelsandmore.com/
- Categories: Culture, Judaica, Books, Gifts
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PaNosh Kosher Catering

Rabbi Howard Lifshitz-certified.
- Address: 364 Lexington Drive Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
- Phone: (847) 947-2100
- Email: [email protected]
- Link: http://www.panoshcatering.com/
- Categories: Culture, Food and Dining

Guide Category: Culture

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