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Chicago performer 180MINDSET performs at Columbia’s Selah event 

Araceli Ramirez, April 30, 2024October 8, 2024

With a wave of his mic, the crowd swayed in unison to a performance by…

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Smashed Plastic co-founder Andy Weber’s journey from radio DJ to record pressing plant owner

Avery Heeringa, April 29, 2024July 15, 2024

The founding of Smashed Plastic can in-part be traced back to the early ‘80s when…

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The Sea Ghouls take anchor in the Chicago music scene

Amelia Rodriguez, April 26, 2024October 8, 2024

Inside a garage in River Grove, a new Chicago-area band began practice by warming up….

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Chicago Feminist Film Festival co-founder reflects on her journey from student to professor

Sam Mosquera, April 23, 2024July 22, 2024

Michelle Yates is a creator and associate professor in the Humanities, History and Social Sciences…

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Local Chicago artists explore music-color association 

Greer Stewart, April 12, 2024October 8, 2024

Music-to-color association, known as chromesthesia, is a common correlation that defines relating various overlapping elements…

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Hundreds gather at Chicago’s Grant Park and along lakefront to view solar eclipse

Chicago Talks, April 9, 2024

On Monday afternoon, April 8, it wasn’t just nice weather prompting crowds to gather in…

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Artists of the Andersonville Galleria 

Maya Liquigan, April 5, 2024October 8, 2024

Independent and creative minds fill the streets of the Chicago neighborhood Andersonville. The area is…

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Ongoing ADHD medication shortage challenges Chicagoans

Student Stories, March 25, 2024May 17, 2025

By Adriah Hedrick, Samantha Ho, Jashiya Maynard-Woods Since the 2023 FDA update addressing the continued…

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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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