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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Mike Vicente shows couples how to make a bowl at blind date night on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Vicente started hosting blind date events at PotteryChicago in Ravenswood in December 2024.

Covered in clay, open to love: pottery blind dates take shape

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor April 28, 2025

Twelve strangers arrive at a third-floor loft space in Ravenswood, Chicago, to learn how to throw pottery. But they are there for another reason, too. Blind dates. Mike Vicente plays matchmaker two...

Bridget Piekarz, an employee at The Book Cellar, works at the register on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. Piekarz worked in publishing for 30 years. Upon retiring a year ago, she realized she wasn't ready to give up books and has worked at the store ever since.

The Book Cellar: Turning independently owned to community driven

Brielle Kohlbeck, Opinion Editor April 14, 2025

Weaving through the shelves of The Book Cellar, you’ll find classics, cookbooks, crime and — as corny as it may be — some comfort. You can browse merchandise and board books with one hand and swirl...

Customers Michael and Hillary Klabisch browse the retro candy at Candyality May 11, 2024. "This candy is like a song that you hear and you go right back to that moment," Hillary said. "Some of these candies bring you exactly right back to that moment or memory again."

Candyality’s new owners, same nostalgic taste

Claire Tweedie, Former Editor in Chief October 7, 2024

Picking through the glass jars of retro candy, customer Michael Klabisch begins pointing out the nostalgic tastes of his childhood. There’s the butterscotch button candies, an eye-catching yellow...

Un automóvil conduce por La Chilangueada en el barrio de Belmont-Cragin.

Negocios latinos sufren por mantener un ingreso debido al coronavirus

Erika Pérez, La DePaulia Managing Editor April 6, 2020

La orden estatal de quedarse en casa dejó a empleados esenciales de negocios latinos fuera de trabajo y con temor.  Ulises Alanís, dueño del restaurante mexicano, La Chilangueada, localizado en...

An aerial view of Chicago taken on Feb. 3 after multiple snowfalls. (Kiichiro Sato | AP)

White weather, red profits: Chicago businesses face consequences from snowfall

Kevin Gross February 8, 2015

Ask any longtime Chicago resident the two things they most associate with Midwestern winters and they will likely respond with these words: “Snow and ice.” A natural consequence of winter weather...

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