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Lowrider Love: An Exploration of Hispanic Heritage through Art, Cars and Culture

Student Stories, November 13, 2024November 12, 2024

“Dulce Vida,” a multimedia art exhibit in the C33 Gallery, was created by three Latina…

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Arts and Culture

ESTEFAN LINARES: Latinx: ‘Somebody outside of the community is telling people how to speak and how to address things in their language’

Chicago Talks, March 8, 2023January 27, 2023

BORN IN HIGHLAND PARK, Ill., Estefan Linares is a 23-year-old alumnus of the University of…

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Arts and Culture

LUZ MARÍA COSTILLA: ‘I just learned about [Latinx] last summer, on Twitter’

Chicago Talks, March 6, 2023January 27, 2023

LUZ MARÍA COSTILLA is a 21-year-old, bilingual, first-generation college student who is attending Columbia College…

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Arts and Culture

MARCELO CAPLAN: ‘Self-identification is the most important thing’

Chicago Talks, February 15, 2023February 12, 2023

BORN IN BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Marcelo Caplan is an electrical engineer by trade, and a…

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Arts and Culture

MARIO VARGAS-MARÍN: Latinx ‘is incredibly progressive and incredibly helpful’

Chicago Talks, December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

MARIO VARGAS-MARÍN, 21, was born in Costa Rica and studies Audio Arts and Acoustics at…

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A Conversation With

A conversation with: A Toda Voz Radio Host, Samantha Ante

Chicago Talks, November 29, 2021November 29, 2021

At the age of 16, Samantha Ante convinced her mother that they should move from…

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Community

Prairie Avenue District talks landmark relocation, new DePaul arena

Chicago Talks, December 17, 2014

Walking down South Prairie Avenue, tourists and locals used to be surrounded with a peaceful…

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Arts & Culture

Chicago Jazz Man Kahil El’Zabar Launches “OOHnow” The Culture Revolution

Chicago Talks, December 9, 2014

On Dec. 16, legendary musician and native Chicagoan Kahil El’Zabar is launching OOHnow, a global culture…

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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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