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Northwest Missouri holiday tradition celebrates 40th anniversary

Chicago Talks, December 19, 2020September 11, 2023

Clareece Taylor doesn’t remember the first year she saw the Krug Park holiday light display…

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Community

Independent theaters threatened due to everlasting pandemic

Chicago Talks, December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

Ryan Oestreich, general manager of the Music Box Theatre, has a bleak outlook on the…

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Community

Chicago Chinatown businesses suffering from pandemic months later

Chicago Talks, December 4, 2020December 4, 2020

Historically, Cermak Road between Wentworth and Clark streets has been the pulsing heartbeat of Chinatown….

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A Conversation With

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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Opinion

Opinion: Thanksgiving holiday travel—the pandemic’s next big spike

Chicago Talks, November 20, 2020November 20, 2020

Eight months into the pandemic, the upcoming holidays might seem like a reprieve from the…

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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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Gender & Race

Queer Kickboxing Club still thriving despite pandemic smackdown

Chicago Talks, November 11, 2020November 11, 2020

Upon moving to Uptown, G Silverstein-Tapp quickly realized the neighborhood’s dire lack of businesses and…

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Events

Rattleback Records 2nd birthday, expanded storefront

Chicago Talks, November 5, 2020November 5, 2020

When Paul Ruffino and his husband, Mike Weaver, decided to expand the storefront of Rattleback…

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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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