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Community

Our Lady of Mercy continues to serve community in a new age

Chicago Talks, July 2, 2018August 16, 2018

Here is the church, here is the steeple, open the doors and see all the…

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Arts & Culture

Project Onward Provides Space for Artists with Disabilities

Chicago Talks, June 5, 2017July 25, 2018

Project Onward started in the summer of 2004 as a Gallery 37 pilot initiative for…

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Arts & Culture

A Brayzillian Savannah

Chicago Talks, April 28, 2017

When makeup artist Brayzill Stevenson, 33, was just eight-years-old, he decided that painting the half-renovated…

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Not Just a Journalist: Q & A With Chicago Tribune’s Heidi Stevens

Chicago Talks, February 20, 2017

Heidi Stevens, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune’s Life and Style section, embodies the meaning…

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Community

Food Trucks Face Strict Laws in Chicago

Chicago Talks, January 26, 2017

What’s a food truck supposed to do to get some business around Chicago? Apparently, a…

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Arts & Culture

ART WORKS brings social justice art to River North

Chicago Talks, January 11, 2017

Outside, quotes of justice from Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Lincoln line…

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Lincoln Square printmakers make, display, educate on art

Chicago Talks, January 7, 2017

As patrons enter the doors of Lincoln Square’s Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, they are welcomed by…

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61st Street Farmers Market links the South Side to fresh produce

Chicago Talks, December 6, 2016

Hidden among vast trees and old University of Chicago buildings, a street full of small…

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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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