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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

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Evanston farmers market stand promotes change with baked goods

October 31, 2022

Every Saturday in the summer and fall, shoppers at the Downtown Evanston Farmers’ Market gravitate towards the bright red Misericordia Hearts and Flour Bakery tent, where they can pick up mini loaves...

A group of people in a room are standing in a semicircle, listening to a man speak.

Community leaders host bus tour on Evanston’s Black History

October 31, 2022

Before the 1960s, when Northwestern did not allow Black students to live on campus, the Emerson Street YMCA provided them with beds. When Evanston Township High School did not permit Black students to...

A woman stands in front of an altar with flowers and photos.

Latinos en Evanston North Shore hosts annual Día de los Muertos celebration to honor lost loved ones

October 31, 2022

Latinos en Evanston North Shore hosted its annual Día de los Muertos celebration Saturday to honor family and friends who have died and to bring community members together for food and music. The intergenerational...

A man in a skeleton costume holds up a book in front of a colorful wall.

Spooky rhythm and rhyme: Evanston author Jarrett Dapier discusses picture book “The Most Haunted House in America”

October 30, 2022

Boom! Thump! Clang! Three figures in skeleton jumpsuits banged their drums in the parking lot next to Squeezebox Books & Music, building to a haunting rhythm. A crowd of children and parents, some...

A mound of dirt under a blue sky with cannabis plants growing, alongside a shovel and a fist.

Ald. Bobby Burns cultivates new approach to the business and politics of marijuana

October 28, 2022

Eighteen years ago, cannabis was illegal across most of the United States, and Ald. Bobby Burns (5th) was an Evanston Township High School student who occasionally smoked marijuana with his friends. Today,...

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