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Project Onward Provides Space for Artists with Disabilities

Chicago Talks, June 5, 2017July 25, 2018

Project Onward started in the summer of 2004 as a Gallery 37 pilot initiative for…

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Community

Punk and Purpose: an Interview with David Anthony

Chicago Talks, May 30, 2017July 25, 2018

David Anthony, former music editor for A.V. Club and current managing editor for Chicago Ideas,…

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Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans

Chicago Talks, May 4, 2017

Life hasn’t been easy for Enester Amerson, a 60-year-old retired engineer from Chicago who is…

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Labor

Intense negotiations to change details of the workers’ compensation reform bill

Chicago Talks, May 3, 2017

A week after the proposed state pension cuts failed to pick up the Republican votes…

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Arts & Culture

A Brayzillian Savannah

Chicago Talks, April 28, 2017

When makeup artist Brayzill Stevenson, 33, was just eight-years-old, he decided that painting the half-renovated…

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Community

Paw prints on the sidewalk: Residents take advantage of South Loop dog parks

Chicago Talks, April 6, 2017

Mia, a three-year-old shepherd mix dog, knows that every day when her owner, South Loop…

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Community

Veterans in America: A Community in Crisis

Chicago Talks, February 23, 2017

Enester Amerson has a warm smile and kind brown eyes. He was a high school…

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Not Just a Journalist: Q & A With Chicago Tribune’s Heidi Stevens

Chicago Talks, February 20, 2017

Heidi Stevens, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune’s Life and Style section, embodies the meaning…

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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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