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Arts & Culture

Museum exhibit showcase environmental activism, artistry

Chicago Talks, September 12, 2016

  Terry Evans still remembers the day when she saw a woman’s hand turning “greasy…

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Arts & Culture

Local artist brings ‘Paradise’ back to Chicago with latest showcase

Chicago Talks, July 25, 2016

Chicago artist King Rello brought his “Late Nights in Paradise” art show to the city,…

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Community

Historic Maxwell Street Market shifts focus toward becoming food mecca

Chicago Talks, June 13, 2016

For over 100 years Chicago’s Maxwell Street Market in Little Italy has been showcasing the…

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Architecture

Chinatown Library’s architecture draws accolades to neighborhood

Chicago Talks, June 9, 2016

Many aging libraries are dreary affairs with antiquated technology and low lighting, burrowed into indistinct…

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Beyond the Game

Edwin Carl: A childhood baseball dream continues despite health adversity

Chicago Talks, May 26, 2016

Legendary Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda once said, “There are three types of baseball…

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Arts & Culture

‘Raw Artists’ showcase coming to Chicago May 18

Chicago Talks, May 15, 2016

Walking into a Raw Artists: Indianapolis event was like diving into another world. Models with…

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Entertainment

Music Box Theater showcase ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ experience

Chicago Talks, May 13, 2016

The night began with an extensive line going down Southport Avenue in front of the…

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Beyond the Game

Chicago Cubs honor Jackie Robinson with #42 in Cubbie blue

Chicago Talks, May 10, 2016

The grass and ivy decorated along the outfield wall at Wrigley Field was as green as ever…

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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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