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Arts & Culture

Cure the Winter Blues with Bike Fashions and Fun

Chicago Talks, February 25, 2014

Bike Winter Art Show  is up and open this week at Ancien Cycles . It is a…

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The Weeknd Prohibits Pictures at Recent Poster Signing Tour

Chicago Talks, February 19, 2014

Kayla Delson decided to study for finals early so she could go see her favorite…

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Poem: What’s my Sexuality?

Chicago Talks, February 13, 2014

What’s my sexuality? This is what they asked before they get to know me. What’s…

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Black vs. White

Chicago Talks, February 10, 2014

Black vs. White Which one will you choose? Some say white is better And black…

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A Cassette Resurrection in Chicago

Chicago Talks, January 13, 2014

Towering behind a dark iron gate, just off Milwaukee Ave. in the Logan Square neighborhood…

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Art of making vejigantes and petroglyphs mosaics

Chicago Talks, December 30, 2013

Lissette Cruz bends over a piece of Puerto Rican history. Using her hands she breaks…

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Art as Action Can Help Finance a New BiblioTreka

Chicago Talks, December 25, 2013

Read/Write Library, a Chicago nonprofit entirely driven by volunteers, invites artists, illustrators, and designers to…

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Review: Warm Up and be Wowed by Opera in a Pool

Chicago Talks, December 17, 2013

140,000 gallons of water are transformed into the River Styx when Chicago Opera Theater gears up for this…

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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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