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Environment

Agricultural trailblazer: Growing Home is a model for cultivating crops, community and business

Chicago Talks, February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

LaQuandra Fair said when she first learned about Growing Home, she was “not into the…

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Community

The Black Star Project

Chicago Talks, December 12, 2015

The Black Star Project, located at the corner of 35th and King Drive, is a…

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Entertainment

Samba Solstice benefits HotHouse Building Fund

Chicago Talks, June 19, 2014

The board of directors of the nonprofit organization HotHouse have organized a Solstice Samba Benefit…

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Art as Action Can Help Finance a New BiblioTreka

Chicago Talks, December 25, 2013

Read/Write Library, a Chicago nonprofit entirely driven by volunteers, invites artists, illustrators, and designers to…

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Community

Cuts in Spending Don’t Mean Cuts in Demand for Nonprofits

Chicago Talks, November 24, 2013

The last five years of economic turmoil have rattled America’s nonprofits. While funding for these…

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Community

Navigating Community News in a Digital Age

Chicago Talks, October 5, 2013

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/114029038″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] The LION Summit being held at Columbia…

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Community

Streetwise vendor reaches for ‘hand up, not hand out’

Chicago Talks, March 8, 2013

Donald Morris was given a chance to get off the streets and end his struggle…

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Humboldt Park Shop Creates Opportunities for Underprivileged Youth

Chicago Talks, April 15, 2012

Rowan Richards, owner of the street apparel shop King Lizzy in the 2500 block of…

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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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