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Future of National Endowment for the Arts—and Chicago nonprofits—uncertain

Chicago Talks, May 24, 2020

Experimental Sound Studio, located in the Edgewater neighborhood, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to artistic…

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A Conversation With

A conversation with: Social justice visual artist Brittany Harris

Chicago Talks, March 9, 2020October 22, 2020

Brittany Harris is a visual artist who uses her art to raise awareness of social…

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Arts & Culture

Someone’s always watching: Artists portray the state of surveillance in 2020

Chicago Talks, February 21, 2020February 20, 2020

For Daniel Kayamba, a junior at Columbia College Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s current…

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Arts & Culture

GALLERY: Pilsen celebrates Día de los Muertos

Chicago Talks, November 5, 2019November 7, 2019

[URIS id=63924] The people of Pilsen celebrated the 40th Annual Muertos De La Risa, a celebration…

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Arts & Culture

‘Few Remaining Friends’ art exhibit aims to tap into primal emotions

Chicago Talks, October 10, 2019November 1, 2019

Julie R. Madison — otherwise known as “Long Dog Dandy” — is perhaps most known…

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Arts & Culture

Summer MoCP exhibits explore racism in the past and present

Chicago Talks, May 25, 2019

The Museum of Contemporary Photography currently holds two joint exhibitions — “Birmingham, Alabama, 1963: Dawoud…

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Arts & Culture

Sharing history with collaboration

Chicago Talks, May 21, 2019May 21, 2019

If she survived she would tell their story. In return for hope, she received bread…

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Arts & Culture

Wicker Park artists react to new mural registry

Chicago Talks, May 19, 2019May 21, 2019

In the weeks since Chicago created its first mural registry to protect public street art…

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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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