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Features

Talent on Display: Wonder Women | 5 Illustrators on the Rise

Chicago Talks, May 28, 2014

The “Wonder Women” project was created by a group of writers and editors from the…

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Health

Small Business in a Big Market: Smoque Vapours

Chicago Talks, January 30, 2014

via YouTube A thick cloud of vapor pours out of his mouth after inhaling off…

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Longer Reads

Chicago Comedian Pat McGann Glows on Letterman

Chicago Talks, January 27, 2014

Pat McGann may have entered the comedy scene later than most, but late is always…

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Arts & Culture

A Cassette Resurrection in Chicago

Chicago Talks, January 13, 2014

Towering behind a dark iron gate, just off Milwaukee Ave. in the Logan Square neighborhood…

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Editor's Choice

Preserving a Language, Preserving a Nation

Chicago Talks, December 15, 2013

A young man in a hoodie casually strolls into IQRA’ Book Center on Devon Avenue…

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Editor's Choice

German Market Lights Up Chicago’s Daley Center

Chicago Talks, December 4, 2013

A look at an afternoon at the Christkindle market in downtown Chicago through a collection of Vine and Instagram videos captured by journalism students @CCCJournalism.

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Arts & Culture

Bicultural Artists Use “Drums of Peace” to Educate and Motivate

Chicago Talks, September 19, 2013

The cozy South Chicago Art Center is nestled in a mostly low-income Chicano and Black…

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Arts & Culture

The Chicago Comic: Present and Future

Chicago Talks, July 16, 2013

 Dressed in a green floral skirt, with a long gray sweater, and no taller than…

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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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