Andy Vick is new to his job as executive director of Downtown Evanston, the nonprofit that helps support and promote the downtown Evanston business district. But he is not new […]
Author Archives: Belinda Lichty Clarke
Belinda Lichty Clarke works as the alumni engagement director at Medill at Northwestern and is a freelance writer. After graduating with a master’s from Medill in 1994, Belinda worked in public relations, corporate communications, magazine publishing and website production. As a solutions manager at Xceed, a Chicago web firm, she was responsible for the redesign of the caterpillar.com site and the production of the first “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” website for CBS. After Xceed, she became an editor at iParenting Media and was also a senior editor for both Pregnancy and Women’s Health and Fitness magazines. She also was formerly the editor of Illinois Meetings and Events magazine. Belinda came to Medill in 2002 as an adjunct lecturer and then moved to the alumni engagement team.
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New Evanston Art Center mural spotlights invasive species, salutes volunteers
Buckthorn has taken over many acres of Illinois forests and parkland, and now the fight against the invasive species has taken over the side of the Evanston Art Center. In […]
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Meet the ETHS student-athletes headed to Division 1, the NCAA’s top level
On May 21, families and friends will gather at Northwestern University’s Welsh-Ryan Arena to celebrate Evanston Township High School’s Class of 2023 and its varied accomplishments. Among the thousands of […]
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ETHS football’s Coach Buzz takes a swing at JV baseball too
Evanston Township High School head football coach Mike Burzawa – or Coach Buzz, as he is known by the students – has joined the Wildkit baseball program as assistant Junior […]
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Share the love in Evanston this Valentine’s Day
You may already be familiar with the theories author Gary Chapman outlined in his 1992 book, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate. Chapman identifies […]
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ETHS musicians excited to kick off First Night Evanston 2022
First Night Evanston is marking its 26th New Year’s Eve celebration with a festive evening of live entertainment. This year – the first in-person First Night since the pandemic began […]
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First Night Evanston is back live and in-person this Dec. 31
After two years of virtual events due to the Covid pandemic, this year First Night Evanston is in-person again, marking New Year’s Eve with a live evening of music and […]
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Festive foods from some of your favorite local chefs
‘Tis the season for home cooking and family gatherings, and these Evanston chefs have graciously agreed to share their favorite recipes for delicious sides, so you can try them at […]
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Halloween: Evanston goes all out for spooky season, from A (Almond Joy) to Z (zombies, of course)
The National Retail Federation last month published its 2022 Halloween spending projection for participation in Halloween-related activities and the numbers show a rebound back to prepandemic levels, with 69% of […]
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Books: Local author Elisa A. Schmitz hopes to fire up readers
As the daughter of a Puerto Rican mother and Yugoslavian immigrant father, Elisa A. Schmitz knows what it means to be an “outsider” learning to use her “differentness” to make […]