Cowboy Bob is a musical production based on the true story of a cross-dressing bank robber in Texas who successfully robbed four banks before being killed by police. Friday night […]
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Library users like services but have concerns over loss of branches and parking, survey shows
The Evanston Public Library received high marks on a community survey conducted earlier this year designed to gauge how well the system was meeting needs. Yet, there were concerns about […]
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ETHS coach Johnson helps Team USA bring back the gold
Brittanny Johnson is still in the early stages of her coaching career. What did the Evanston Township High School girls head basketball coach learn this summer? How to go for […]
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Group pushes zoning code to consider equity and affordability
Evanston zoning codes sometimes mandate land use that is economically inefficient, requiring excessive lot standards and setbacks – standards that can have “an inherently exclusionary or segregationist effect on housing.” […]
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Trot for Tails 2022: Fur family fun
Call it the seven-year itch. For the past six years, volunteers at and friends of the Evanston Animal Shelter have organized and participated in an annual fundraising walk with their dogs […]
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Annual Ceremony at Firemen’s Park honors Evanston’s fallen first responders
Firefighters, police officers, family members and public officials gathered at Firemen’s Park Friday afternoon for an annual Remembrance Ceremony for Evanston first responders who have died in the line of […]
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Summertime and Starlight concerts = music, food and fun
A Starlight Concert featuring Morry Sochat & The Special 20s drew people of all ages to Elks Park, 301 Callan Ave. on July 19. Many of the concertgoers enjoyed delicious […]
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City inviting residents to oversee budgeting process
Evanston’s Participatory Budgeting Committee is moving forward on a resident-led steering committee to develop a hands-on funding system. At its meeting Thursday afternoon, the committee approved a timeline and structure. […]
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COVID-19 update as of July 21: Cook County jumps to ‘high risk level, Evanston still ‘medium’
The total number of new cases of COVID-19 in Evanston was 186 for the week ending July 20, compared to 293 for the week ending July 14, a drop of […]
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Eye on Evanston: Thoughts on Design | Dwight Perkins, architectural pioneer and conservationist
Dwight Perkins, while not as well known today as other Evanston architects such as Daniel Burnham, was no less important in his impact on 20th century American architecture. Perkins was […]