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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

ENRIQUE GÓMEZ: ‘I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone older than our age using [Latinx]’

Chicago Talks, February 22, 2023January 27, 2023

ENRIQUE GÓMEZ IS a 22-year-old first-generation American living in the Boystown neighborhood of Chicago. His…

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GUADALUPE PALACIOS: ‘I’m Chicana, does that make sense?’

Chicago Talks, February 20, 2023January 27, 2023

BEING A TEACHER IS one of the toughest jobs. Guadalupe Palacios, 26, is an elementary…

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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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