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Category: Just for Fun

A Chicago Landmark, Gone but not Forgotten

Chicago Talks, June 8, 2011

  This was at what intersection in Chicago until the 1980s?   Do you know…

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Footworking One Step At A Time

Chicago Talks, June 6, 2011

Chicago footworkers’ feet hit the floor fast as they rehearse at Ogden Park’s dance room…

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The Life Of Street Vendors in Little Village

Chicago Talks, June 4, 2011

Street vendors in Little Village said the crime in their neighborhood makes their job tough…

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A Rare Look At Lane Tech’s Depression-era Murals

Chicago Talks, June 4, 2011

Here’s an interesting staycation suggestion. Join portoluz for the Lane Tech Murals – a cultural tour…

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Chicago’s Golden Music

Chicago Talks, June 3, 2011

The age of electronics is upon the music industry. With drum machines, synthesizers and grooveboxes,…

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Quite the vista of our city

Chicago Talks, June 1, 2011

Untitled, a photo by the extinction blues on Flickr. Photographer the extinction blues sends us…

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Where in Chicago?

Chicago Talks, May 30, 2011
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Woodlawn Fish Fry Brings Community Members Together

Chicago Talks, May 30, 2011

Lorraine Forte vividly remembers  the day she moved into her rehabbed condo in the struggling…

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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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