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Arts & Culture

Punk Planet and Dan Sinker, 30 years later

Trinity Balboa, November 16, 2024November 16, 2024

At the age of 19, no one expects to start a major magazine that has…

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Arts and Culture

Chicago’s German community continues to ‘come to terms with the past’

Chicago Talks, November 16, 2019November 16, 2019

In 2006 Danica Polanski came to the United States from Berlin, Germany, after graduating high…

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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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Architecture

TOURISM IN MACHU PICCHU: BLESSING OR CURSE?

Chicago Talks, June 11, 2019

How tourism is benefitting … and polluting the ancient city. IN 2007 MACHU PICCHU was…

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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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