Skip to content
ChicagoTalks ChicagoTalks

Journalism and creative work from Chicago's next generation of storytellers

  • About us
  • Opinion
  • Feature
  • Arts and Culture
  • Submit Your Story
  • Wanderer
ChicagoTalks
ChicagoTalks

Journalism and creative work from Chicago's next generation of storytellers

Tag: water

Feature

Earth’s most vital resource: the crisis happening beneath Chicago

Chicago Talks, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024

A recent New York Times investigation across all 50 states revealed that policies surrounding groundwater usage were outdated and lacked uniformity. Illinois in particular has faced problems with improper regulation last year. 

Continue Reading
Editor's Choice

Chicago’s Vertical Farm Starts to Bloom

Chicago Talks, December 29, 2011

Walking down 47th Street in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, there’s an old meatpacking…

Continue Reading
Community

Time for Words for Water

Chicago Talks, October 18, 2010

Blog Action Day 2010 is Oct. 15. The issue this year is “water.” It is…

Continue Reading

Bursting Chicago’s Water Bubble

Chicago Talks, April 23, 2010

ChicagoTalks is proud to partner with Great Lakes Echo to bring you stories about Lake…

Continue Reading

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
Read More

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
Read More

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 
Read More

Submit Your Story
  • Home
  • About us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Submit Your Story
Log in
©2026 ChicagoTalks | WordPress Theme by SuperbThemes