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Category: Chicagoland

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Taylored: A conversation with Taylor Mason

Chicago Talks, April 6, 2022April 6, 2022

There’s nothing like the taste of a taco; but when it comes to a Taylor’s…

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Arts and Culture

Food price inflation: Chicago consumers and restaurants respond

Chicago Talks, March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

Have you noticed how much it costs to put food on the table these days?…

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Arts and Culture

Vee L. Harrison uses journalism skills to help heal the hood

Chicago Talks, March 16, 2022March 18, 2022

Editor’s note: The following six stories were written by College News Workshops students at Columbia…

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Chicagoland

Columbia College faculty and students navigate changing mask mandates

Chicago Talks, March 11, 2022March 16, 2022

When the city of Chicago lifted its indoor mask mandate for public spaces on Feb….

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Arts & Culture

A New Approach to Sunday Mornings

Chicago Talks, March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

Dimmed lights, silence, and the gentleness in the atmosphere is nothing but a mood for…

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Chicagoland

West Loop expansion set to welcome new Fulton Market Metra stop

Chicago Talks, February 10, 2022February 21, 2022

Young and lively people hop in and out of bars and cars all weekend long…

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Chicagoland

Lessons from pandemic help neighborhood move forward

Chicago Talks, February 2, 2022March 16, 2022

As the two-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches, community leaders in Belmont-Cragin are focused…

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How Coffee and hip-hop are bringing free therapy to Chicago

Chicago Talks, February 1, 2022February 1, 2022

Coffee, Hip-Hop and Mental Health is using new methods to provide and allow a judgment-free…

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Opinion

  • Chicago’s influential music scene doesn’t get the respect it deserves 
    by Zoey Hill-Hernandez
  • Lost in translation: ‘I would see everyone else writing while I just stared blankly at my paper’
    by Cynthia Alaniz
  • ‘It felt like something was gnawing at my heart’; Columbia student copes with illness of a lifetime
    by Morgan Bruner
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Arts and Culture

  • 23 years later, Mazzy Star’s masterpiece album still casts a spell
    by Triniti Waxman
  • Queer Chicago designer finds niche dressing drag performers
    by Seng Xiong
  • From dorm room to mainstage, Phat Dragon built a comedy cult following 
    by Ava Simone Forster
  • Great Ideas of Humanity exhibit showcases famous quotes made visual 
    by Sh'Mara Chism
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Feature

  • Hairstylist helps clients embrace their own beauty, rather than copy someone else’s 
  • Care for Real food pantry serves North Siders as need grows 
  • Cuddle Bunny: Where visitors can chill out with a furry friend 
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