The author of 190 as-told-to profiles of Chicagoans on the column’s genesis, challenges, and satisfactions
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Changing abusive behavior gives domestic violence counselor hope
Luana Lienhart says 30 percent of her clients don’t realize they’re in abusive relationships.
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Daniel Weinberg loves Abraham Lincoln (and especially Abraham ‘Linclon’) more than you do
A profile of the owner of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop reveals the depths of his obsession with our 16th president.
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Meet Chicago’s contest queen: She enters up to 100 sweepstakes a day—and once won $100K
“It’s a bit like exercise: I enjoy it, but sometimes I’d rather skip it, but I do it anyway,” Cynthia Kendall says.
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Being a straight go-go dancer in gay nightclubs can be tricky, even dangerous
“I don’t even pretend to know what women go through on a daily basis, but I feel like I have a peek,” Ben Krane says.
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What humans can learn from bees, according to Chicago’s bicycling beekeeper
“Beekeeping teaches you to let go of the black-and-white world and participate in the natural world, which is not predictable,” says Bike a Bee founder Jana Kinsman.
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A longtime Playboy editor on working for Hugh Hefner
“It wasn’t about the models for me. The mystique of the world I was living in was the writers,” says Barbara Nellis.
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How Denzel Henderson overcame disability and depression to become a motivational speaker
“People are not out here living to their full potential,” Henderson says. “I only have the right side of my body and I’m still trying to do better.”
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An African-American female police officer on why more Chicago cops should look like her
“To improve the relationship between police and the youth, you have to start young,” officer Janice Wilson says.
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How to make up for a dogless childhood? Become a dog walker.
“I really don’t mind picking up poop,” Kara Kapelnikova says.
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How a Chicago company came to design the titles of some of Hollywood’s biggest movies
Sarofsky Corp. goes into top-secret “Marvel mode” while working on films such as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
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‘When I was working murders, birding really calmed me down’
Retired Chicago police officer Luis Muñoz now does all his investigating at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.
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This doula supports moms—both physically and mentally
‘A lot of the pain of childbirth comes from fear,’ Nicole Woodcox Bolden says.
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How a dentalphobic dentist helps patients cope with fear of the tooth doctor
“We get more new patients who are unnerved than people who are calm and composed,” Marianne Schaefer says.
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How Art Sims became the radio entertainer known as Chat Daddy
Meet the man behind the microphone of the WVON entertainment talk show Real Talk, Real People.