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Arts and Culture

23 years later, Mazzy Star’s masterpiece album still casts a spell

Triniti Waxman, July 9, 2026July 9, 2026

Mazzy Star’s “So Tonight That I Might See” is a haunting, holy album that has maintained popularity since nearly 25 years…

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Arts & Culture

Between the Shore|Lines: An immersive art experience and history lesson all in one

Student Stories, March 5, 2025March 21, 2025

“Shore|Lines,” a multimedia exhibit created by Regina Agu exploring the connections between Black North American…

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Arts & Culture

Salvador Dalí at the Art Institute of Chicago: Information vs. interpretation

Chicago Talks, March 21, 2023March 20, 2023

The first impression of “Salvador Dalí: The Image Disappears” at the Art Institute of Chicago…

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Arts and Culture

REVIEW: AViVA is exemplary of cut-and-paste alt-pop 

Chicago Talks, March 19, 2020March 20, 2020

Whenever an artist performs better live than their studio music sounds, it is almost immediately…

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Arts and Culture

‘Mean Girls’ in Chicago: How the second city is making ‘fetch’ happen

Chicago Talks, December 24, 2019December 24, 2019

Maggie Mitchell, director and playwright of “Mean Girlz Parody,” which ran in Chicago’s Second City…

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The Weeknd Rocks Sold Out United Center

Chicago Talks, November 8, 2015

Currently on his first-ever, sold-out arena tour, Toronto-born Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, brought his The…

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Twin Peaks and White Reaper Play Secret Show on Hallow’s Eve

Chicago Talks, November 1, 2015

Chicago band Twin Peaks and Kentucky locals White Reaper played a secret show on Friday,…

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Entertainment

First-Person Obsession: Action Cameras Better, More Affordable in 2015

Chicago Talks, September 21, 2015

Action cameras — tiny, durable, personal cameras that shoot high-speed, low light action scenes —…

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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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