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Arts & Culture

Details of Design: Chicago exhibit includes treasured traces of Northwest Indiana : Arts-and-theatre

Chicago Talks, July 16, 2013

Continuing now through Aug. 17 in the Chicago Rooms at the Chicago Cultural Center at…

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Community

Anna Jakubek: Domestic Workers Need Bill of Rights

Chicago Talks, July 2, 2013

In 1998, when Anna Jakubek came to the United States, she began working as a…

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Sports

Chicago Bears Wheelchair Rugby Puts Football to Shame

Chicago Talks, June 24, 2013

The smell of rubber wafts up from the basketball court inside the gymnasium. Silence reigns…

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Arts & Culture

Pilsen Artist creates Art from Recyclable materials

Chicago Talks, June 17, 2013

Leticia Rodarte started her art career and became an entrepreneur at age eight. It started…

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Community

Police Keep Licensed Peddlers Moving on 18th Street

Chicago Talks, June 17, 2013

Pilsen peddlers say business complaints to police have stopped them from selling on 18th Street. Anastacia Cortez, a licensed peddler…

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Community

Community Living Replacing Institutions for Developmentally Disabled, Lags Downstate

Chicago Talks, June 10, 2013

Close to 500 severely disabled Illinoisans are in danger of losing their homes because of…

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Education & Schools

Latino Policy Forum Gets Parents to Springfield and Beyond

Chicago Talks, June 4, 2013

Aimee Santiago is a Chicago native and mother of two children, 3-year-old Emiliano and 5-year-old…

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Just for Fun

World Naked Bike Ride – Chicago | Celebrating freedom from oil, and the beauty of people.

Chicago Talks, June 4, 2013

This year on June 8th, will be the  TENTH ANNUAL WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE CHICAGO….

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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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