At This Time
The Evanston RoundTable is introducing a new feature—At This Time. Our idea is to explore Evanston in one photograph a day. Portraits, landscapes. Images that are unique; moments that are universal. Evanston journalist Richard Cahan will take the pictures. He worked for sixteen years as the picture editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, ran a Chicago documentary project called CITY 2000, and is currently co-publisher of CityFiles Press. A RoundTable fan, Cahan wants to explore how a community publication can use photographs to reflect daily life. His assignment: roam the city and create a single image that shows Evanston that day.
LATEST NEWS
Michael Nabors: Why I support District 65 and Dr. Devon Horton
Last week I read retired Dewey Elementary School principal Donna…
Interfaith vigil for victims of gun violence
Come together at Trinity Lutheran Church, 3637 Golf Rd., this…
Nancy E. Anderson: I didn’t want a set of Christmas dishes, or so I thought
In the summer of 2017, my mother sold her house…
Letter to the editor: Stop releasing balloons in memory of someone loved
Today’s [Dec. 3] edition of the RoundTable again showed people…
Newsletter
Latest news from Evanston: Your Monday digest
Good Monday morning, Evanston. Here’s a summary of the latest news and feature stories from throughout the city.
Vandal breaks into Puerta Abierta Preschool
On the night of Nov. 29, a vandal broke into Puerta Abierta Preschool, 933 Chicago Ave., shattering windows and scattering…
Evanston’s lead pipes won’t be fully replaced for decades. Here’s what homeowners need to know.
This series was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. This is part two of the RoundTable’s three-part series: Lead pipes…
RECENT POSTS
The Art of Making Art: Bryana Bibbs
Bryana Bibbs is a weaver and creates her pieces using…
National symposium on municipal reparations to include town hall with Danny Glover
The National African American Reparations Commission will convene a symposium…
After lifeguards complained of abuse, Evanston official called it ‘doubtful’ anyone would apologize
Content warning: This story includes accounts of sexual harassment, assault…
Donna Sokolowski: Why I retired from District 65
As I read the most recent news regarding decisions being…
Should I sabotage my daughter’s college app?
Dear Gabby, I believe my daughter is applying to a…
‘Ice Cream Cats’ rescued from house fire await new homes, but 5 euthanized at Chicago shelter
The Evanston Animal Shelter hopes someone will scoop up Black…
Dec. 15 is new deadline for Reparation applications to be approved; grants to come in 2022
It’s taken decades for Evanston to commit to paying reparations…
Evanston shooting that killed teen, wounded four others appears to be ‘targeted,’ police say
A Sunday night shooting outside a gas station on Green…
Community EVENTS
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CITY NEWS
Fountain Square glitters with new holiday lights
Community members bundled up and headed to Fountain Square on Saturday evening to watch mayor Daniel Biss lead the Christmas tree lighting at the city’s annual Holiday Light Celebration. The event, hosted by…
Funds for The Aux on hold: Economic Development Committee tables request for $1 million in federal money for Black business hub
First in will not necessarily be first out, with the City’s Economic Development Committee opting Dec. 1 to hold off on recommending $1 million in federal COVID-19 recovery funds until it has a…
COVID-19 Update as of December 2: 27 new cases in Evanston, 11,524 in the state
Today, December 2, President Joe Biden announced a nine-point plan to continue to fight the COVID-19 virus “without shutting down our schools and businesses.” The plan was prepared after the World Health Organization…
5th Ward meeting focuses on Green Bay Road shooting, and how to move forward
On Tuesday, November 30, community members, civic leaders and police and fire officials convened at a virtual Fifth Ward meeting where the conversation included an update on the victims in the November 28…
Dozens gather for balloon release in memory of shooting victim Carl Dennison III
A prayerful balloon release was held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday at the Mobil gas station in Evanston where Carl Dennison III lost his life to gun violence on November 28. Friends and…
ART & LIFE
Evanston Arts Council to receive $150,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts
The Evanston Arts Council will receive an American Rescue Plan…
Support local pediatric patients this holiday season
Wouldn’t it be great if every child hospitalized over the…
Holiday display to decorate windows of vacant Vogue Fabrics building
The Main-Dempster Mile, in partnership with Life: Styled by Jackson, will…
Downtown Evanston Holiday Light Celebration set for December 4
On Saturday, December 4, Downtown Evanston will kick-off the holiday…
SCHOOLS
Registration opens for incoming kindergartners on December 6
District 65 kindergarten registration for the 2022-2023 school year opens…
ETHS District 202 Board approves superintendent search firm
The Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education…
Notice of District 65 public hearing: Full-day school improvement days
The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education will hold…
Since the 2017 school referendum, new construction has enabled District 65 to significantly increase its property tax levies
School District 65 increased its property tax levy for operations…
School District 65 shows improvement on 5Essentials survey, but scores below state average in ‘effective leaders’ and ‘collaborative teachers’
On the 2021 5Essentials survey, School District 65 scored higher…
PUBLIC SQUARE
Time to downsize the American empire: An interview with Northwestern historian Daniel Immerwahr
In the latest installment of its occasional opinion series, “Snap Out of It, America!” The New York Times on November 7 featured a provocative article titled “The Strange, Sad Death of America’s Political Imagination.” Written by Northwestern Professor Daniel Immerwahr, the piece asserted that since 1945 the U.S.…
Letter to the editor: Give thanks for Robert Crown
Happy Thanksgiving! Today is a day of thanks. Evanstonians have a multitude of blessings for which we are grateful. One of our blessings is the new Robert Crown Community Center. As almost every Evanstonian knows, our “crown jewel” has a public library branch, a state-licensed child care, after-school…
My so-called journalism career
I am thrilled and privileged to write and edit for the RoundTable. My odyssey with the newspaper began some 15 years ago when I approached Mary and Larry Gavin about…But wait! I’m getting ahead of myself. The actual odyssey began in New York, where I grew up in…
Peggy Tarr: Then and now
Winona* was busy cooking in preparation for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was a special day for her. It gave her a reason to let people know that, although she was identified as an African American, she had “Indian blood” in her too. Her grandmother was an “Indian.” Thanksgiving also gave her an…
We are Water | Water as family: Returning to a kinship worldview
This is the final part of an eight-article series by We are Water Evanston, a community-based participatory research project that explores our relationship with and concerns about water. For more information on this series, click here. In this We are Water series, we have taken you on a journey through topics…
SPORTS
ETHS boys basketball: Turnaround starts on defense for Wildkits
It probably stems from the attitude of a head coach…
Hardy, Wildkit veterans hope to make a splash
Caden Hardy’s school record effort in the 100-yard breaststroke event…
ETHS boys basketball: Bost, Adams lead Kits to tournament title
Poise equals points. That’s the formula that Rashawn Bost and…
ETHS linebacker Cheeks earns invitation to All-America Bowl
Evanston linebacker Sebastian Cheeks is among four high school football…
REPORTS & ANALYSES
Evanston’s lead pipes are everywhere, and could become a significant health risk
This series was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. This is part 1 of the RoundTable’s three-part series: Lead pipes in Evanston: How local government inaction…
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.…
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…
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…