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Author Archives: Michelle Dybal

Posted inArts & Calendar

Poems where you can find yourself

by Michelle Dybal June 14, 2022June 15, 2022

Being whisked away on a journey through Chicago — its neighborhoods, its establishments, its parks and natural habitats, across time — understanding what a city means to a group, to a culture, to those who went through what others did not: This is what reading the newly released Wherever I’m At: An Anthology of Chicago […]

Posted inArts & Calendar

Bill Chin chose First United’s music for Lent

by Michelle Dybal April 26, 2022April 26, 2022
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Plenty busy, Bill Chin leaves youth chorus after 18 years

by Michelle Dybal April 26, 2022April 26, 2022
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Toomey & Co. thrives during pandemic as it marks 40 years 

by Michelle Dybal April 6, 2022April 6, 2022
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After 23 years, Open Door Repertory closes

by Michelle Dybal March 1, 2022March 1, 2022
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Love and loss meld in Art Heals, a new Hephzibah program

by Michelle Dybal February 21, 2022February 21, 2022
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Not nearly normal but arts rebound, reinvent

by Michelle Dybal December 28, 2021December 28, 2021
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Equity Initiative hopes to increase arts diversity

by Michelle Dybal November 2, 2021November 4, 2021
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What are the arts up to?

by Michelle Dybal September 20, 2021September 24, 2021
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Voigt named music teacher of the year

by Michelle Dybal August 31, 2021September 3, 2021

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