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South Suburban College provides COVID-19 testing for community

Chicago Talks, November 27, 2020November 27, 2020

South Suburban College has signed an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois Department of Public Health…

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Community

Importance of shopping local during pandemic

Chicago Talks, November 16, 2020November 16, 2020

If you had asked Michael Salvatore, the owner of Heritage Bikes and Coffee, what he…

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Arts & Culture

Future of National Endowment for the Arts—and Chicago nonprofits—uncertain

Chicago Talks, May 24, 2020

Experimental Sound Studio, located in the Edgewater neighborhood, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to artistic…

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A conversation with: Youth 4 Black Lives leader Yasmine Tarr 

Chicago Talks, April 16, 2020October 22, 2020

Yasmine Tarr may only be 16 years old, but the issues she addresses as a…

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A conversation with: El Rescate Director Zenaida Lopez 

Chicago Talks, April 9, 2020October 22, 2020

Zenaida Lopez grew up in a house with no electricity, but full of heart. Lopez…

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A conversation with: Writer and arts education advocate Gaby FeBland

Chicago Talks, March 20, 2020October 22, 2020

The number 826 has had an impact on former New Yorker Gaby FeBland. As a…

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A conversation with: Chicago Student Invention Convention program manager Allison James

Chicago Talks, March 16, 2020October 22, 2020

The Chicago Student Invention Convention is an initiative meant to close opportunity gaps in science,…

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A conversation with: Share Our Spare Executive Director Anne Assenmacher

Chicago Talks, March 13, 2020October 22, 2020

Share Our Spare is striving to donate one million diapers to Chicago’s families living in…

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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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