Bring your buckets, shovels, friends and family. The City of Evanston‘s Recreation Division is hosting a free Sand Castle and Sand Sculpture Contest from 6 to 8 p.m. […]
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Geary W. Kull Appointed Circuit Court Judge
On May 27, Geary W. Kull, a resident of Evanston, was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to the office of Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook […]
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Rare Africa Photos Go Online and Open New Options For Africa Research
This week — for the first time ever — a searchable collection of thousands of rare photographs chronicling Europe’s colonization of East Africa becomes available to anyone with an Internet […]
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A Perfect Summer Day for Couples
Spring may be known as the season of romance, but with Chicago‘s often cool spring weather it is summertime that usually brings out the love birds. As part of the […]
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A RoundTable Art Question
Which Evanstonian designed the Chicago lake front? Be one of the first ten people to answer this question correctly on-line to win a $25 gift card from Frame Warehouse. […]
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Book Review: ‘Every Man Dies Alone’
“Every Man Dies Alone” is a powerful novel first published in 1947 and translated into English more than 60 years later by prize-winning translator Michael Hoffman. Hans Fallada, a pseudonym […]
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Evanston Community Foundation Increases Spring Grants
In response to Evanston‘s continuing needs during these difficult times, the Evanston Community Foundation has awarded the largest amount of spring grants funding in its history to local nonprofit groups. […]
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Got Dirt? Evanston Cultivates Urban Agriculture
Imagine having a vegetable garden nearby. (That’s not hard in Evanston.) Now imagine having a really big (like, three-acre) vegetable garden nearby. And imagine that this garden also features an […]
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Local Quilter in National Expo
Evanstonian Denise Buchwalter-Loscezk was recently selected as a semifinalist in the 2009 AQS Quilt Expo. This will be the first year of the competition, which will take place at the […]
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‘Love’ Is Theme for ‘Faces of Evanston’
The fifth annual Faces of Evanston photography contest, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Evanston, welcomes everyone to another season. This year’s theme is “love.” “Why love? With so much […]