Dafina Ukaj wore an ear-to-ear grin after scoring a career high 23 points for the Evanston girls basketball team Monday night. But Ukaj was only the second-happiest person in the […]
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Posted inCity News
City revises 2023 budget proposal as vote nears
A revised 2023 budget proposal will be presented Monday, Nov. 21, to the Evanston City Council with the overall price tag reduced by about $12 million. This third set of […]
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Equity and Empowerment Commission to support Black employees at City Council
The Equity and Empowerment Commission decided this week it will attend Monday, Nov. 21 City Council meeting to support Black city employees, who have publicly complained about systemic racism in their workplace.
Posted inSchools
Third graders decorate gifts for Vet Center
In honor of Veterans Day Nov. 11, Washington Elementary School third graders donated more than 75 pounds of toiletries to the Evanston Vet Center at 1901 W. Howard St. They […]
Posted inArt & Life
Downtown Evanston movie theater finally reopens
The AMC Evanston 12 opened Wednesday, replacing the Century 12 Evanston/CinéArts 6, which went dark during the first days of the pandemic. Cinemark, the former operator, ended its long-term lease […]
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Evanston Running Club hosts race, shoe drive on Thanksgiving Day
The Evanston Running Club, in partnership with the Evanston Flying Turkey Race, is please to announce its 7th Annual Shoe Drive on November 24, Thanksgiving Day. Race participants, Evanston residents and friends can drop off shoes of any purpose (running, dress, etc.), any size (men’s, women’s and children’s), and in any condition (new or used) on Race Day/Thanksgiving Day at the Evanston Running Club tent.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Election 2022 – Amendment 1 referendum
At the top of the ballot this election is something called “Amendment 1,” where Illinois voters are asked to change the Illinois State Constitution giving union leaders unprecedented power and […]
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Garrett-Evangelical Seminary launches Indigenous Study Committee
In keeping with its mission to cultivate communities of transformation and hope for the healing of the world, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary has formed a study committee to provide a historical account of the seminary’s relationship to the Native peoples of the Midwest region where the campus is located and to recommend a set of actions to pursue for the sake of justice and repair.
Posted inSports
NU Title IX conference: Looking back and ahead after 50 years
“There is not anything that empowers girls and women the way sports do,” said Donna Lopiano, President and Founder of Sports Management Resources, at the recent conference, “Title X at […]
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Les Jacobson: Mind the gap
Visitors to London often hear the phrase “Mind the gap” when alighting from the venerable Underground tube trains, the city’s equivalent of our CTA subways. The gap is the space […]