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Food Trucks Face Strict Laws in Chicago

Chicago Talks, January 26, 2017

What’s a food truck supposed to do to get some business around Chicago? Apparently, a…

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Homeless Man Changes Life with Beekeeping

Chicago Talks, January 19, 2017

This time three years ago, Thad Smith was getting out of jail, charged with two…

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CONE brings gourmet ice cream to the West Loop

Chicago Talks, January 18, 2017

Right in the heart of Chicago’s hip West Loop neighborhood, located at 1047 W. Madison…

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Happy Play invites kids, adults to experience pet ownership in a unique way

Chicago Talks, January 17, 2017

Ana Haro’s three-year-old son did not easily express joy, especially when it came to animals….

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Features

Women Elected to Municipal Offices Find Themselves Ignored, Excluded

Chicago Talks, January 16, 2017

Patti Pacino, a councilwoman on the Batavia, New York City Council, reads official documents five…

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Arts & Culture

ART WORKS brings social justice art to River North

Chicago Talks, January 11, 2017

Outside, quotes of justice from Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Lincoln line…

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Community

Go, businesses, go!

Chicago Talks, January 10, 2017

The  baseball offseason for the Wrigleyville neighborhood is usually seen as a recovery period from…

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Lincoln Square printmakers make, display, educate on art

Chicago Talks, January 7, 2017

As patrons enter the doors of Lincoln Square’s Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, they are welcomed by…

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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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