Ghoulish Harley Clarke Mansion a fright for all
Artists Book House is breathing new life into “The Harley Clarke Mansion” this month to celebrate Halloween in Evanston. Walk over to 2603 Sheridan Road after dark and be treated to colorful Halloween artwork and installations beaming from the windows and outside of this iconic building. Artists Ken Gerleve and Hannah Batsel have created Halloween-inspired drawings in the windows. Lit from behind at night (dusk till 10 pm), they make the house “come to life,” the…
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Art installation to raise awareness of dyslexia
Dyslexia Connection of Evanston will present Dyslexia Café, an art…
Rank and File | ETHS chess team takes 2nd in season opener
The Evanston Township High School varsity chess team successfully began…
Wildkit booters wake up in second half of 4-0 win
Evanston’s soccer wakeup call came earlier than usual Tuesday. But…
Newsletter
Latest news from Evanston: Your Tuesday recap
Good Tuesday morning, Evanston. Here’s a summary of and links to top stories and events throughout the city.
Grey Park neighbors raise safety concerns
Evanston City Council member Jonathan Nieuwsma has been holding public meetings to address concerns raised by Fourth Ward residents that aggressive and antisocial behavior is increasing near Grey Park, on the northeast corner…
Evanston Dimensions | Ask the historians
After our last column, Holly Martin submitted the following question for historians at the Evanston History Center: “So a few years ago after I moved back to Evanston as an adult I found…
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We are Water | From plastics to pipes: Who drinks Evanston’s tap water and why do some avoid it?
This is part five of an eight-article series by We…
District 65 may reduce the number of schools, cut teachers to align with decreases in student enrollment
District 65 administrators made clear at a Finance Committee meeting…
DeSalvo’s Pizza to open on Central Street by year-end
The former Symphony’s restaurant at 1945 Central St. is expected…
Number of votes to remove a City Manager may stay at seven
Members of the Evanston City Council’s Rules Committee were deadlocked…
Downtown Evanston Fall Festival strengthens community connections
Residents and visitors of all ages filled Fountain Square and…
District 65 teacher protest: Educators list problems, superintendent offers response
Last Monday night’s downpour did not deter around 50 educators…
Levy Lecture: ETHS grad Peter Moskos shares lessons learned from NYC’s 1990s crime decline
In 1990, there were 2,245 murders across the five boroughs…
I never met a grudge I didn’t love
Dear Gabby, I am a natural grudge holder so I…
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CITY NEWS
City announces mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for staff
The city of Evanston announced Oct. 18 that to protect the health and safety of city workers and the Evanston community it will implement a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for city staff effective…
Evanston Police issue alert about carjackings
Two recent carjackings and an armed robbery in southeast Evanston have prompted the Evanston Police Department to issue an alert to the public. On Oct. 10, at 12:54 p.m., a 50-year-old male Evanston…
COVID-19 update on Oct. 14: Five new cases in Evanston, 2,481 in the state
The advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted Thursday to recommend that the FDA approve Moderna booster shots for people who had previously received Moderna’s vaccine. People eligible for the…
‘Mission drift?’: Council members seek info, accountability for Cradle to Career’s $50,000 funding request
Evanston Cradle to Career, an organization created to address inequity in the community by pulling together resources from partner organizations throughout Evanston, offered a long list of highlights at the Oct. 11 City Council…
Evanston Police seek community input for new transparency dashboard
The Evanston Police Department will host a community meeting to seek input from residents as the department works to develop a transparency dashboard website. EPD has had previous dashboards, but is currently rebuilding…
ART & LIFE
The art of making art: Visibility Arts
“I like to come and make art before I go to my job at the grocery store. It calms me down.” “I like to work on…
Eye on Evanston: Thoughts on Design | Evanston architect Stuart Cohen
Longtime Design Evanston member Stuart Cohen received the American Institute of Architects’ prestigious 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 15. In receiving this award, Cohen joined…
Starlight Movies presents Smallfoot
Update from the City of Evanston: Due to poor ground conditions following recent heavy rainfall, Saturday evening’s Starlight Movie at Leahy Park has been canceled. Starlight…
NU’s Wirtz Center reopens with open house this weekend
The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts at Northwestern University welcomes audiences to celebrate the return of live performance with an “Open House: A Weekend for…
SCHOOLS
Teachers’ statement to District 65 panel
This is the text of the statement delivered by District 65 Educators’ Council (DEC) President Maria Barroso at the Oct. 11 meeting of the…
ETHS girls swimming: Freshman sprinter opts for acting, puts swim career on hold
Oona O’Brien’s acting career might be starting to take off. So the question for the Evanston freshman could be which comes first – an…
Colleton honored with portrait to mark 20 years on District 202 Board
The commemoration on Oct. 11 of Jane Colleton’s 20 years of service on the Evanston Township High School District 202 School Board began with a…
District 202 gives COVID-19 vaccination update, unveils ‘portrait of an ETHS graduate’ project
Meeting with Evanston Township High School District 202 board members Monday night, Dr. Taya Kinzie, Associate Principal for Student Services, announced that 96% of…
PUBLIC SQUARE
Letter to the editor: Concerns regarding the Kensington proposal at the Unity Church site
After considering Kensington School’s outline proposals – including concept review discussions at the City of Evanston’s Design and Project Review Committee meeting on Sept. 29, we feel compelled to express several concerns – most…
Letter to the editor: Bernard Place resident says Lovelace not right place for dog park
I’d like to introduce you all to a little-known street in the farthest NW corner of Evanston, called Bernard Place. There are nine houses on our little street that dead-ends at Isabella Street and…
Les Jacobson: To make something beautiful
Recently I came across a statement Duke Ellington made at the funeral of his longtime bandmate, alto sax player Johnny Hodges. Hodges, Ellington said, had “a tone so beautiful it sometimes brought tears to…
Peggy Tarr: Caring
After enjoying a meal at Le Peep, I stood outside near the door to wait for a friend to exit. A lad about 11 years old came up, opened the door, and held it…
Nancy E. Anderson: My parents had a lot to say. Sometimes I actually listened.
“A relationship should enhance your life,” said my mother to one of my sisters, who was in high school at the time. According to my sister, my mother was sitting at the kitchen table…
SPORTS
ETHS boys cross country: Kit runners earn best division finish since 2007
Essay Tolosa missed almost a full month at the start of the cross-country season due to a concussion. The senior distance standout knows he can’t make…
ETHS girls cross country: Dain, Davis deliver at CSL championship
Lauren Dain’s success came because she stopped watching the clock. Stella Davis couldn’t be sure she believed what she saw on the clock. The two Evanston…
ETHS football: Wildkits fall flat in second half at Maine South
Two quarters away from ending Maine South’s two decades of football dominance in their head-to-head rivalry, Evanston Township High School couldn’t seal the deal Friday night…
Groff sparks playoff-eligible Kits to 41-10 romp
Daring Dylan Groff to beat you deep is one strategy opposing coaches can try to stop Evanston’s football team. But that wasn’t the right choice for…
REPORTS & ANALYSES
Developing a Segregated Town, 1900-1960
Evanston’s first African American residents arrived in the 1850s, and by 1880 there were approximately 125 African Americans in Evanston. The number grew to 737 in 1900.…
Lead Pipes, Affordable Housing and More: Residents Show Plenty of Interest in Federal Rescue Funds
Forty three million dollars may seem like an awfully big figure, but Evanston residents had a wealth of ideas on where the money could be spent at…
Fifth Ward STEM School Plan Promises Equity
The Fifth Ward of Evanston, the historic heart of the Black community in the west-central part of the City dating to the days of redlining, has not…
District 65 Plans Major Changes and Reduction in ‘Footprint’ to Address Projected Deficits
Revised financial projections and the broad parameters of a plan to balance School District 65’s projected deficits were presented to the School Board’s Finance Committee on Feb.…
Ninth Ward Residents Battle Environmental Justice Issues: ‘This Area Has Really Been Abused and Neglected’
Seven years ago an explosion in Evanston’s southwest Ninth Ward rocked the homes of some nearby residents. Highly flammable and combustible materials were densely packed behind the…