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Orlando Rivera, executive director and co-founder of the Chicago Cuatro Orchestra in Humboldt Park, strums a five-string tiple, a cousin of the cuatro instrument, on Jan. 8, 2026, at Humboldt Park Fieldhouse.

An orchestra reborn: How Chicago, the cuatro and a car crash reinvigorated Orlando Rivera’s career 

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April 25, 2024

Text by Mary Grace Grabill Medill Reports In the latest episode of “Chicago This Week,” we report on a protest against police brutality. Activists are

Jeremías Gamarra outside his workplace, Accenture, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Feb. 6, 2024.

WATCH: Sin Barreras: a documentary on living without barriers

April 19, 2024

By Taylor Anthony & Kennedi Hewitt Medill Reports BUENOS AIRES — Jeremías Gamarra was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease. This

Gordon's italian charcuterie board in candlelight.

Gordon’s, London’s oldest wine bar, is a must-do tipsy candlelit escape

April 18, 2024

By Samantha Thomas Medill Reports LONDON — Just steps away from the Embankment tube station at 47 Villiers St., Gordon’s Wine Bar is unassuming at

WATCH: Chicago This Week — Season 4, Episode 3

April 18, 2024

Text by Mary Grace Grabill Medill Reports In this week’s episode of “Chicago This Week,” reporters take a look at how Chicagoans are enjoying the

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A chocolate-covered controversy: London Borough Market dealer Turnips gets sales boost from unlikely source

April 17, 2024

By Michael Lindemann Medill Reports LONDON – The main attraction at London’s Borough Market is a chocolate-smothering strawberry operation. Tabletops replete with plastic cups, each

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WATCH: ‘How legal is this?:’ A local mosaic artist uses his art to solve one of Chicago’s biggest problems — potholes

April 15, 2024

By Aniyha Jones  Medill Reports Nearly 25 years ago, while on a trip to Pompeii, Jim Bachor discovered mosaics and his life hasn’t been the

WATCH: Chicago This Week — Season 4, Episode 2

April 11, 2024

Text by Mary Grace Grabill Medill Reports On Episode 2 of “Chicago This Week,” we report on the Chicago ShotSpotter program and find out why

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High tea on a low budget: You don’t need to be royalty to sip a nice cuppa in London

April 8, 2024

By Megan Forrester Medill Reports LONDON — If you find pure bliss in choosing between English breakfast or chamomile, try a true pinkies-up high tea

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Q&A: Meet Abbey Sadleir, an influencer reinventing the London’s ‘It-Girl’

April 8, 2024

By Megan Forrester Medill Reports LONDON — Every Tuesday, with hot-pink rollers in her honey blond hair and a black “mob wife” fur coat around

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WATCH: What’s brewing? Chicago, suburbs get dose of Yemeni coffee shops

April 5, 2024

By Sidra Dahhan Medill Reports Yemeni coffee shops, like Qahwah House in Lombard and Haraz Coffee House in Orland Park, have surged in popularity in

Tokyo’s innovative robot cafe paves path for inclusive employment

April 5, 2024

By Glendalys Valdes Medill Reports TOKYO — In Japan, only 19% of working-age people with disabilities are employed, according to a Bloomberg calculation, but Dawn

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WATCH: Creative-writing nonprofit 826CHI helps students become published authors

April 5, 2024

By Taylor Anthony Medill Reports What may seem like a bookstore on the outside is actually more than that. 826CHI is the local chapter the

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