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Entertainment

Student production company to release debut film ‘A Letter to Death’

Chicago Talks, December 8, 2022December 8, 2022

New Rose Pictures, an independent film company formed by Columbia College Chicago film students, has…

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Business

Card Pop creates an all-inclusive environment for collectors in the Joliet area

Chicago Talks, December 7, 2022December 7, 2022

When Brenden Taheny, one of the founders of Card Pop, opened the store in June,…

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Business

Logan Square’s first selfie studio

Chicago Talks, December 3, 2022December 3, 2022

From an angel wing swing with a cloud backdrop to a mystical flower garden, the…

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Business

Women-owned business Vetted embraces preventive pet health care 

Chicago Talks, December 2, 2022December 2, 2022

The experience of taking home a new pet can be anxiety inducing for new pet…

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Books

Volumes Bookcafe in Wicker Park reopens for book sales and latte art

Chicago Talks, October 28, 2022November 10, 2022

Getting back into the rhythm of opening a bookstore has been physically and mentally hard…

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Books

Former Chicago Tribune reporter turned author, releases memoir: ‘Three Girls from Bronzeville’

Chicago Talks, April 6, 2022April 6, 2022

For somebody to move forward in their life, they must first go backwards by looking…

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Arts and Culture

Vee L. Harrison uses journalism skills to help heal the hood

Chicago Talks, March 16, 2022March 18, 2022

Editor’s note: The following six stories were written by College News Workshops students at Columbia…

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Entertainment

Opinion: ABBA is there when we need them the most

Chicago Talks, March 2, 2022March 3, 2022

We need more ABBA in our world  — we desperately need it. In such turbulent…

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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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