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Arts and Culture

Makers and Mission Meet at Chicago’s Trashy Mother Earth Market

Anna Bitz, May 29, 2025August 21, 2025

On a breezy Saturday outside Wrigley Field, vendors lined Gallagher Way with upcycled jewelry, textile…

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Arts and Culture

A Thrift Fix Up with Picture Perfect

Sam Mosquera, April 9, 2025

On Feb. 7, members of the Picture Perfect modeling club unpacked several boxes of secondhand…

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Video: Lincoln Park Conservatory champions sustainability amid fundraising challenges

Lauren Schmit, February 12, 2025February 11, 2025

Rafael Rosa, the executive director of the Lincoln Park Conservatory, is leading the charge for…

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A Conversation With

A conversation with: The Wasteshed founder Eleanor Ray 

Chicago Talks, April 27, 2023April 26, 2023

While some artists aim to create things that have never been done before, Eleanor Ray…

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Environment

‘Fast fashion has broken away structures that allow people to bond over clothing’

Chicago Talks, December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

The terms fashion and sustainability have intertwined in recent years due to the ease and…

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Community

From Green to Gold: Sustainable Efforts at Columbia

Chicago Talks, April 22, 2015

  Columbia College Chicago on Oct. 23 won the Gold Level 2014 Campus Sustainability Compact…

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Community

Pilsen: Neighborhood Home to ‘Greenest Street in America’

Chicago Talks, November 11, 2012

The Chicago Department of Transportation unveiled the Cermak/Blue Island Sustainable Streetscape on Oct. 9, 2012,…

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Whittier School Community Garden Tended by Community

Chicago Talks, October 21, 2011

On Saturday, the Whittier School Community Garden–in the heart of Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood–stood out like…

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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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