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Books

Volumes Bookcafe fosters community through books and beverages

Llani Froeber, May 27, 2025May 27, 2025

Large windows overlooking the street beam sunlight onto exposed brick walls lined with bookshelves at…

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Feature

Food chain CAVA opens new location in Wicker Park

Adriah Hedrick, May 6, 2024October 8, 2024
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Books

Volumes Bookcafe in Wicker Park reopens for book sales and latte art

Chicago Talks, October 28, 2022November 10, 2022

Getting back into the rhythm of opening a bookstore has been physically and mentally hard…

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Community

Ragstock: The Vibrant Thrift Shop of Chicago

Chicago Talks, January 5, 2017

The Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago is home to more than 15 thriving thrift stores…

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Community

Minority Women Respond to Election Results

Chicago Talks, November 12, 2016

Following the hectic and riveting election day of 2016, the usually vibrant neighborhood of Wicker…

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Arts & Culture

Local artist brings ‘Paradise’ back to Chicago with latest showcase

Chicago Talks, July 25, 2016

Chicago artist King Rello brought his “Late Nights in Paradise” art show to the city,…

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Just for Fun

No WiFi, Just Good Coffee at La Colombe

Chicago Talks, April 18, 2014

Wicker Park’s bustling Six Corners now buzzes with the newly opened La Colombe Café, located…

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Local Business

Northwest Tower Renovations Are Under Way

Chicago Talks, December 9, 2013

The Coyote Building, a 12-story tower at the corner of North, Damen and Milwaukee avenues…

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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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