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Business

Logan Square’s first selfie studio

Chicago Talks, December 3, 2022December 3, 2022

From an angel wing swing with a cloud backdrop to a mystical flower garden, the…

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Business

Women-owned business Vetted embraces preventive pet health care 

Chicago Talks, December 2, 2022December 2, 2022

The experience of taking home a new pet can be anxiety inducing for new pet…

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Business

How one woman is “Enhancing” the West Loop

Chicago Talks, November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

At six years old, Saige Pierce gave highlights to old beauty school mannequin heads as…

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Arts and Culture

DIANA CANTALAMISA: Latinx? ‘I had to look it up because I’m old school’

Chicago Talks, November 7, 2022November 7, 2022

DIANA CANTALAMISA IS a para educator for English Language Development (ELD) students at Wixom Elementary…

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Chicagoland

Everybody has a story

Chicago Talks, October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

It’s easy for the news to be dominated by stories of conventional newsmakers: politicians and…

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Arts and Culture

RICARDO PÉREZ: ‘I don’t think I’ve ever heard a singular person refer to themselves as Latinx’

Chicago Talks, October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

BORN AND RAISED in Chicago, Ricardo Pérez is a part time student living in Gage…

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Books

Volumes Bookcafe in Wicker Park reopens for book sales and latte art

Chicago Talks, October 28, 2022November 10, 2022

Getting back into the rhythm of opening a bookstore has been physically and mentally hard…

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Arts and Culture

MERCEDES RUIZ: Latinx ‘encompasses everybody better than just saying Latina or Latino’

Chicago Talks, October 25, 2022October 27, 2022

MERCEDES RUIZ, 24, is a full-time student majoring in Public Relations at Columbia College Chicago….

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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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