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Chicagoland

May Day 2022 emphasizes the rights of immigrant workers

Chicago Talks, May 16, 2022May 16, 2022

May 1 marked the remembrance of a historical day in Chicago. In 1886, around 35,000…

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Arts & Culture

The Museum of Contemporary Photography’s take on gun violence

Chicago Talks, December 16, 2021January 26, 2022

In response to skyrocketing statistics of gun deaths and injuries, the “American Epidemic: Guns in…

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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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Arts & Culture

Someone’s always watching: Artists portray the state of surveillance in 2020

Chicago Talks, February 21, 2020February 20, 2020

For Daniel Kayamba, a junior at Columbia College Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s current…

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Arts & Culture

Summer MoCP exhibits explore racism in the past and present

Chicago Talks, May 25, 2019

The Museum of Contemporary Photography currently holds two joint exhibitions — “Birmingham, Alabama, 1963: Dawoud…

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Entertainment

Floof: The solo debut of a young musician

Chicago Talks, May 18, 2019May 18, 2019

GROWING UP AS a son of Stephen Burns, a well-known trumpet virtuoso, Eddie Burns has been surrounded…

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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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