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Third annual RoundTable Reads features ‘The Hitch’ author Sara Levine and Rebecca Makkai
About 300 guests at Nichols Concert Hall Thursday evening heard Evanston novelist Sara Levine — author of The Hitch — in conversation with fellow author Rebecca Makkai as part of the third annual RoundTable Reads program. The program began with an introduction from RoundTable…
Robert James Johnson’s ‘OUR / SELVES’ on display at Noyes Cultural Arts Center through Nov. 3
“OUR / SELVES,” an exhibition of paintings by artist Robert James Johnson, is now on view through Nov. 3 at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center’s Second Floor Gallery. The arts center is located at 927 Noyes St. Admission is free. The collection brings together emotionally and…
Bookends & Beginnings to host Black Voices: Who Gets to Tell the Story on Sept. 30
On Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m., join six of Evanston’s Black writers for an engaging conversation where we’ll ask questions centering Black perspectives on who gets to tell our stories, who documents them, who publishes them, who reports them, whose stories become part of the…
Music First concert series brings local tunes to Evanston children
Eighteen-month-old Luca plays among the bubbles at a children’s concert at the First Congregational Church of Evanston. It is part of the church’s Music First free concert series, which promotes local musicians. It featured the Jeanie B! Trio. (Photos by Richard Cahan.) Music…
New sidewalk mural celebrates newly opened Northlight Theatre
A city-funded ground mural titled Encore was completed Sept. 21 in Evanston’s Entertainment District. The city spent $24,000 on parking, directional signs, sidewalk decals, garage posters, design services, printing, installation and the mural itself, said Paul Zalmezak, the…
Read all about it! Northlight’s ‘The Front Page’ is a marvelous opener for new theater
Northlight Theatre is presenting its inaugural production of The Front Page at its new Evanston location through October 25, featuring a cast of local actors in a meticulously rendered 1920s newsroom setting. Read all about it! Northlight’s ‘The Front Page’ is a marvelous opener…
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Published September 21Evanston, Ill.’s Black history archive takes on a new fight over reparations
The Shorefront Legacy Center, a small archive in a church basement in Evanston, Ill., collects papers and objects that tell the history of the city's Black community.
Former ETHS educator takes constructive approach at home
The RoundTable’s Two-Minute House Walk column takes readers inside some of Evanston’s most distinctive dwellings. We aim to showcase the history, style, architecture and design of homes throughout the city, from grand lakefront residences to cozy coach houses, modern apartments…
Midnight Circus returns to Evanston with performances Sept. 19-20 at Tallmadge Park
Twenty years ago, Midnight Circus had a simple idea: Bring an extraordinary circusdirectly into Chicago neighborhoods, and use it to strengthen the communities it visited. The idea had roots years earlier, when founders Jeff and Julie Jenkins opened their show in a tiny…
Why some local trees have been sporting ‘smiles’ lately
As a botanist, ecologist and conservationist at the Field Museum, Nigel Pitman mainly studied Amazonian trees. The native trees in Evanston, where he lives, were a mystery to him. In an effort to learn a bit more about the trees that are his neighbors, Pitman bought a tree…
Arts Council funds bird collision project, live performance with last of 2026 funding
The Evanston Arts Council unanimously voted to fund two special project grants at its Tuesday night meeting at City Hall, including $2,000 each for a bird collision commemoration and awareness project and a live musical protest performance. With those two grants, the group…
Chicago a cappella announces 2026-27 season with several performances set for Evanston
Chicago a cappella (CAC), Chicago’s premier unaccompanied vocal ensemble, proudly announces its 2026-27 season with three unique concert programs, each performed throughout Chicagoland. The Northern Lights fall concert kicks off the season with music from Sweden, Norway, Finland,…