Cinemark terminates lease on the property: Officials After a more-than-20-year run, Evanston’s downtown movie theater is closed and will not be opening under the current ownership, City officials confirmed Feb. […]
Category: Art & Life
‘Whiteness Does Not Have to Dictate Journalism’ Evanstonian, Feb. 21 Issue
This month’s issue of the Evanstonian, the Evanston Township High School student newspaper was written, edited and designed solely by students of color. By featuring only student voices of color, […]
New Business Model for Former EZ Spud Site Could Hinge on Traffic Study
Businesses include Laundry Café and vocational school A City zoning committee recommended Feb. 16 in favor of granting special use zoning to a mixed use business model that includes a […]
Business is Education
Kingsway Preparatory School selected by the Boosting Black Business Facebook Group An Evanston Facebook group launched to help raise money for local Black-owned businesses shifted its focus this month to […]
Winter Wonderland of Art Continues at Canal Shores
From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 20 and 27, Canal Shores will host artists’ workshops and demonstrations at its firepit. On Feb. 20, participants can make tiny tree […]
YWCA Evanston/North Shore to Host Teen-Dating Seminar for Parents
YWCA Evanston/North Shore, which works with schools and young people in the area to promote healthy relationships, will host a virtual education session for parents titled “That’s Not Love.” The […]
My Best Friend’s Secret
Dear Gabby, One of my best friends recently told me that her husband has had many affairs. She found out about the first few 23 years ago but only just […]
‘Fight Fa’: Artist Jervsalem Stakes Out His Identity in New Release
Education for Jerusalem Singleton was always a dual path: academics and artistry. From singing – in the New Hope C.M.E. Church choir, which he also directed, then in the Family […]
We Have a Small Ask: Wear a Mask!
The RoundTable will continue to feature a ‘Masked Person of the Day’ for the first 100 days of the Biden/Harris administration. A barrage of sometimes confusing information about COVID-19 is […]
Shorefront Awarded Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant
Shorefront has been awarded a two-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will support Shorefront’s work in collections care, programming activities, publications, the African American Heritage Sites […]