North Riverside
A village in Cook County, Illinois — population 6,346 as of 2020.
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Evanston Community Foundation founder Segall to be honored with inaugural award on Sept. 29
The Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) will celebrate Ralph Segall with the new annual Ralph Segall Evanston Forever Award for his 40 years of service to the foundation as founder, board member and investment council chair. The award will be presented to him at the upcoming 40th…
Community Groups & Organizations
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…
Creatives & Arts
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…
Creatives & Arts
Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off at Fleetwood-Jourdain Center
A multi-generational crowd celebrated the start of Hispanic Heritage Month on Tuesday night at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center. The free event featured music, dancing, crafts like piñatas and the beloved tradition of breaking a large piñata filled with sweet treats. Every…
Community Groups & Organizations
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…
Creatives & Arts
Joe ‘Butch’ Martin Fund honors Gilo Kwesi Logan, Lee Austin, NAACP Evanston Youth Council
The Joe "Butch" Martin Fund honored Gilo Kwesi Logan and Lee Austin with the 2026 Real M.M.E.N. awards and granted $3,000 to the NAACP Evanston Youth Council during a ceremony at Evanston Township High School. Joe ‘Butch’ Martin Fund honors Gilo Kwesi Logan, Lee Austin, NAACP…
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See & do
- Andrew Toman Forest Preserve
- Believers
- Blink Fitness
- Classic Cinemas North Riverside XQ
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Eat, drink & stay
- Al's Pizzeria
- Ava’s Wine Bar and Gaming Lounge
- Anna's Gaming Cafe
- Bar Tini Lounge
- Auntie Anne's Pretzels North Riverside Park Mall
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North Riverside by the numbers
- Area
- 1.64 sq mi (4.26 km²)
- Median age
- 39.4
- Households
- 3,037
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $77,170
- Median house value
- $297,800
- Office
- VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR
- Address
- 2401 DESPLAINES AVE, NORTH RIVERSIDE, IL 60546