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How Do You Choose Where to Travel?

by Jessica Mlinaric / December 3, 2015January 4, 2017

Chaz Hutton illustrates travel dilemmas.

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Cleveland, Culture, Music

Thursday Turntable: Traveling Song

by Jessica Mlinaric / November 26, 2015January 7, 2025

This week, I’m featuring a favorite road trip songs.

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Culture, New York City

Link Love: New York City

by Jessica Mlinaric / November 23, 2015January 4, 2017

Whether you’re a visitor or a tried-and-true New Yorker, here are some links I like.

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Chicago, Culture, Play

Holiday Train at 360 Chicago

by Jessica Mlinaric / November 21, 2015January 4, 2017

The Chicago Holiday Train has returned to the John Hancock building.

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Un Petit Paris at Washington, D.C.’s Le Diplomate

by Jessica Mlinaric / November 11, 2015January 6, 2025

A taste of Paris in Washington, D.C.

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Architecture, Chicago, Culture

Chicago Autumn Architecture Roundup

by Jessica Mlinaric / November 2, 2015January 4, 2017

All the best of the Chicago Architecture Biennial and Open House Chicago.

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Architecture, Chicago, Culture

Monday Inspiration: Theaster Gates

by Jessica Mlinaric / October 26, 2015January 4, 2017

Theaster Gates transformed this $1 building into a cultural center and library.

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Link Love: Bewitched

by Jessica Mlinaric / October 24, 2015January 4, 2017

Fall has nestled in and the haunting season is upon us. Here are a few things that have lately bewitched me.

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Arts, Cleveland, Culture

At the Museum: Muhammad Shah’s Royal Persian Tent

by Jessica Mlinaric / September 23, 2015January 4, 2017

Experience a piece of textile art fit for a king at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Architecture, Chicago, Culture

Free Public Programming during the Chicago Architecture Biennial

by Jessica Mlinaric / September 18, 2015January 4, 2017

The largest international survey of contemporary architecture in North America is coming to Chicago.

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