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Lollapalooza Cleanup Less Expensive than Last Year

Chicago Talks, August 20, 2012

Post-Lollapalooza restoration costs at Grant Park will be about 35 percent of its cost last…

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Record Participants for June’s Bike to Work Week

Chicago Talks, June 22, 2012

Hundreds of cyclists filled Daley PlazaFriday, as participants gathered for Chicago’s most successful Bike to…

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Healthy Tips to Beat the Heat

Chicago Talks, June 20, 2012

Be sure you beat the heat, and don’t let it make you or your neighbors…

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Fishermen: Great day for fishing in unprepared lagoon

Chicago Talks, April 13, 2012

Even before fishing season officially opens in Chicago’s waterways, residents spent one afternoon, in early…

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Change to Spare? Change a Life: Being Homeless in Chicago

Chicago Talks, February 10, 2012

via YouTube Craig Key, 50, is homeless. He grew up on Chicago’s south side in…

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Art Education Requested as CPS, CTU Agree to Longer School Day

Chicago Talks, December 20, 2011

An atrium outside Family Focus Lawndale’s Homan Square office is decorated with large, brightly colored…

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Biking Goes Social, Lakefront Gets Hastag #CHILFT

Chicago Talks, September 23, 2011

As the post-Labor Day weather becomes more unpredictable, Chicago’s growing contingent of bike commuters can…

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Good News for Lake Michigan!

Chicago Talks, August 19, 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency and Congressman Danny K. Davis announced the 2011 Great Lakes Restoration…

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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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