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Home » Entries posted by Abby Lee Hood
Journalist, musician, and fiction writer living in Chicago. Originally from Lawrenceburg, TN. Undergraduate journalism student at Columbia College Chicago.
Corpse Flower Finally Blooms at Botanic Gardens
People usually want to smell flowers because they have a pleasing scent, but that isn’t always the case. Last Tuesday night, people lined up outside the Chicago Botanic Gardens to catch a whiff of a flower that smells more like rotting meat. The crowds were waiting to see Alice, a titan arum – also known […]
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Improv Festival Celebrates Diversity
April 16, 2015 Comments Off on Improv Festival Celebrates Diversity
The 18th Annual Chicago Improv Festival, being held this month, will bring a dose of diversity to the art form, which is traditionally better known for its famous male performers. The festival has focused on bringing more diversity into improv since its third year, when founder Jonathan Pitts coordinated with troupes from other countries to […]
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Runoffs Not Enough to Inspire Voter Turnout
April 14, 2015 Comments Off on Runoffs Not Enough to Inspire Voter Turnout
Chicago’s first-ever mayoral runoff may have stirred up voters’ blood for a short time, but it wasn’t enough to significantly increase voter turnout. The election was covered on national and international news outlets including CNN and BBC, but that was not enough to overcome Chicago’s history of notoriously low voter turnout. Barely more than 40 […]
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