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NAACP Evanston Youth Council Get out the Vote event sparks dialogue on voting rights
The Robert Crown Community Center hosted the NAACP Evanston Youth Council’s Get Out the Vote event on Friday, designed to educate young people on the power of the ballot box and the importance of voting. Led by NAACP Youth Council members, ages 12 to 20, the presentation explored…
Residents get preview of Mapping Black Evanston project
About 80 residents came out to the historic Lula B. Sherman United Methodist Church, 2214 Church St., on Saturday morning for a preview of the Mapping Black Evanston project that has been in the works for over a year. The Mapping Black Evanston project, a collaboration between…
Irish playwrights use survivors’ words in ‘OCTOBER 7’ to show horrors, heroes
Northwestern University’s Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., will host a staged reading on Oct. 6 of the play, OCTOBER 7. Irish journalists, documentary filmmakers and playwrights Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, who are married, researched and wrote the play. Jeff Gurner…
Theaster Gates bets on fine china
The famed Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States.
‘It never goes away’: Evanston native, ex-trooper’s first fatal crash drives his mission to teach teens
Almost 40 years later, Evanston native and former Illinois State Police Sgt. Doug Whitmore still vividly remembers the first fatal crash he responded to. “It was a 16-year-old girl. She was on I-294 near Willow Road, driving a red BMW convertible with a black top. She missed her…
New Evanston resident Daniel King finds thrills, wit while directing ‘Murder’ at Oil Lamp Theater
Theater director Daniel King moved to Evanston from Rogers Park less than a year ago, and he is enjoying the residential feel of his new neighborhood. It’s the perfect location for him and his husband, Spencer Donovan, both of whom are heavily involved in the Chicagoland theater…
‘Mapping Black Evanston’ event being held on Oct. 3 at Shorefront Legacy Center
Join Shorefront Legacy Center from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, for a first look at “Mapping Black Evanston.” The event will take place at the Shorefront Legacy Center and Lula B. Sherman United Methodist Church, 2214 Ridge Ave. Throughout this year-long partnership…
TechRise competition awards $25,000 to AI police training startup
Judges at the third annual TechRise pitch competition awarded the winning startup, VOYSSES Inc., a $25,000 prize at EnterpriseWorks, the University’s startup incubator Thursday. P33 Chicago’s competition platformed the founders of five early-stage startups with links to the…
Scenes from Wildcats win in new Ryan Field
In their first game at the new Ryan Field, the Northwestern Wildcats ran wild over Penn State for a 34-13 win. NU (3-1, 1-1 Big Ten) never trailed and rushed for 413 yards, its most in a single game since pulling in 444 against Illinois on Nov. 22, 2003. See below for scenes from…
ETHS football: Wildkits have eye on playoffs with win over Niles North
Football teams with zero or one loss at this point in the season can be certainthey’ll land a spot in the Illinois High School Association state playoffs. For everyone else, it’s still just conjecture. But Evanston’s 28-7 victory at NilesNorth on Friday night felt like an…
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Published 17 hours agoTheaster Gates bets on fine china
The famed Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States.
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Published 18 hours agoTheaster Gates bets on fine china
The famed, Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States.