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Card Pop creates an all-inclusive environment for collectors in the Joliet area

Chicago Talks, December 7, 2022December 7, 2022

When Brenden Taheny, one of the founders of Card Pop, opened the store in June,…

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Community

Chicago small business owners celebrate soda tax repeal

Chicago Talks, December 20, 2017July 25, 2018

After months of facing plummeting sales since the Chicago-area’s contentious penny-per-ounce tax on soda and…

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Community

Businessman in a Whole Brew World

Chicago Talks, December 29, 2016

Robert Finkel’s tenacity is comparable to that of an eager puppy. He claims this himself,…

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Community

Is online streaming helping or hurting Chicago musicians?

Chicago Talks, December 28, 2016

After their midnight set at Liar’s Club located at 1665 W. Fullerton Avenue, brothers Alex…

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Community

Frida Kahlo Mural Creates Controversy

Chicago Talks, November 4, 2015

Cafe Tola, a restaurant known for its vibrant artwork and mouth-watering empanadas, recently cooked up…

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Community

Luxury Housing Costs Complicate Current South Loop Apartment Hunting

Chicago Talks, January 8, 2015

Even on an overcast Chicago afternoon, the AMLI Lofts’ modern exterior shines. A geometric pairing of…

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Editor's Choice

emerge/Next Unetwork Event and Entrepreneurship Mini-Hackathon at BLUE1647

Chicago Talks, July 2, 2014

Combining career advice on being a hip-hop DJ, and doing sound engineering for Kanye, with…

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Environment

Don’t Let Water Damage Do Your Place In

Chicago Talks, June 12, 2014

After a brutal winter, everyone in Chicagoland is happy to see the weather finally warming…

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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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