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Help Chart Roadmap for Future of Culture in Chicago

Chicago Talks, July 8, 2012

Chicago is creating a new cultural plan that will chart a roadmap for Chicago’s cultural…

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Placemaking is Local Terraforming

Chicago Talks, July 3, 2012

Science fiction novels often talk about terraforming where astronauts and space travelers remake an inhospitable…

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Gardening Galore from U of I Extension Site

Chicago Talks, May 26, 2012

Whether you have a green thumb, or have never watered a plant you didn’t kill,…

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More than Obama Need to Lead on Great Lakes Carp Strategy

Chicago Talks, May 25, 2012

  Great Lakes environmentalists welcomed the White House’s recent acceleration of a plan to permanently…

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Gov. Pat Quinn and Italian Prime Minister Emphasize Italian-American Business Partnership

Chicago Talks, May 23, 2012

Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago’s main political heads welcomed Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti in…

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Campus ‘Safety’ Bill Endangers Rape Prosecutions | Womens eNews

Chicago Talks, May 19, 2012

Womens eNews published a follow-up on the issue of campus security. Chicagotalks focused on the…

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Vanguard Weiss Memorial Rooftop Garden Hopes to Expand; Reaches out to Uptown Community

Chicago Talks, May 12, 2012

As the farmer’s market at Vanguard Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood enters its third…

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Victory for First Amendment Right to Audio Record Police « American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois

Chicago Talks, May 11, 2012

On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled for the American…

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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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