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Education & Schools

Aramark’s Sanitation, Safety Standards Questioned at Chicago Board of Education Meeting

Chicago Talks, October 2, 2014

A child got sick during class and vomited on the classroom carpet. No big deal,…

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Editor's Choice

Fire, Water, Danger, Spectacle at The Great Fire Festival

Chicago Talks, October 1, 2014

RedMoon Theatre has been providing Chicago residents with free events and entertainment for the past…

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Community

Redmoon Goes Big

Chicago Talks, September 27, 2014

If you see houses a blaze and barges afloat in the Chicago River next weekend,…

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Community

James G. Blaine budget cuts challenge school culture, practices

Chicago Talks, May 8, 2014

James G. Blaine school. Photo from Patch. James G. Blaine Elementary School in the Lakeview…

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Community

Chicago Public Schools Review Disciplinary Policies

Chicago Talks, March 10, 2014

Students are expelled more often in Chicago’s privately run charter schools than in district schools,…

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Community

Community Relieved that Mahalia Jackson School Staying Open

Chicago Talks, June 17, 2013

Danzel Lucas remembers exactly where he was when he got the news a few weeks…

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Arts & Culture

After school program brings bricolage mural making into Chicago classrooms

Chicago Talks, April 25, 2013

Green Star Movement is a nonprofit arts organization that provides the youth in Chicago with…

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Community

Residents react to two North Lawndale schools on CPS closing list

Chicago Talks, March 22, 2013

Two North Lawndale public schools will be closed this year, instead of the 12 that…

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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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