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After 50 years, Leslie Mass recently revisited the rural Pakistani village where she volunteered with the Peace Corps in 1962.

This symposium is made possible in part by generous support from the Consulate General of Canada, Chicago. There will be a discussion with the audience following the talks.

This week, our global citizen Nari Safavi is here to help us plan your international weekend. Nari is president of Pasfarda Arts and Cultural Exchange. Brian von Rueden, artistic director of Vox 3 Collective, contributes. Today we’ll celebrate St.

The scene at The Vic Theater on an alarmingly warm Saturday night in March was anything but typical.

How well did you find your way around the Chicago of 1952?The location is one of three places where Broadway and Sheridan Road intersect. The famous Bowlium bowling alley has been replaced by a high-rise apartment. So have the smaller buildings on the left.

  One of our picks this weekend got me thinking that we're living in a real Beat Generation kind of a moment.  See, Saki record store is having its first Musical Wine Tasting this Saturday night. They're billing it as an event that both embraces the essentials of St.

Each Thursday on our Global Activism segment we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place. Sarah Antrim Cambium is the founder of the My Grandmother’s River Project, which aims to help the Naso, an indiginous community in Panama.