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BraveSoul Movement co-founder reflects on her career

Chicago Talks, December 21, 2023December 22, 2023

Choreographer and co-founder of hip-hop and street-dance company BraveSoul Movement Kelsa “K-Soul” Rieger-Haywood shares her…

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Arts and Culture

EPIC DERMIS

Chicago Talks, December 20, 2023January 8, 2024

The mission: To create a lifetime story in their skin.

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Arts and Culture

FROM THE SWEATSHOP TO THE ATELIER

Chicago Talks, December 15, 2023December 18, 2023

As a person of color and a Queer artist, Mexican designer pays homage to her ethnic roots.

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Feature

Chicago journalists honor media workers killed in Gaza

Chicago Talks, December 13, 2023December 13, 2023

Images depicting people smiling in press vests, hugging their children and holding cameras filled the…

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Feature

Stories of humanity from everyday people

Chicago Talks, December 11, 2023December 11, 2023

From a man who triumphed over homelessness to a woman reminiscing about the one who…

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Feature

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Samuel Roe shares defining career moments 

Chicago Talks, December 7, 2023December 7, 2023

At the start of his journalistic career, Samuel Roe never expected to become a Pulitzer-winning…

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Arts and Culture

Columbia College’s first shoppable window installation unveiled for the holiday season

Chicago Talks, December 4, 2023December 4, 2023

Columbia College Chicago alumnus Bella Long returns to the college to display the first ever shoppable window installation.

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News

Migrants on streets asking for food, money and compassion

Chicago Talks, December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Nearly 20,000 Venezuelan migrants have been bussed or flown into Chicago by Texas Gov. Greg…

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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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