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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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The Century 12 theater.

AMC Theaters to reopen movie theater on Maple Avenue

February 28, 2022

Moviegoing will return to downtown Evanston this year. AMC Theatres will acquire the movie theater on Maple Avenue and reopen it later this year after reaching a lease agreement with real estate development...

Reza’s Lounge and Tap Room facing the street at dusk.The walls are red and yellow and a person is walking by.

Reza’s Restaurant opens student-favorite Tap Room

February 28, 2022

It’s a Friday night, and belly dancers perform among a crowd of Northwestern students standing shoulder to shoulder at Reza’s Tap Room.  The lounge opened in September 2021, after owner Ryan Toulabi...

A vaccine needle is surrounded by two bottles on a gray grid background.

City COVID-19 positive case numbers reach below 100, positivity rate again below 1%

February 25, 2022

For the first time this year, Evanston reported less than 100 new positive cases in one week.  The city reported 92 cases this week — a 25% reduction from last week’s 122 cases — continuing the...

Hewn Bakery on 1733 Central St.

Local women-owned bakery Hewn named among best bakeries in America

February 25, 2022

Ellen King, a classically-trained chef, was selling bread out of her own kitchen in an “underground bread club” for years. Her partner, Julie Matthei, saw the potential to expand. And so they did:...

A red-brick building with large, plated glass windows. Beneath one set of windows are a set of raised steel letters with the building name. A short green hedge borders the building in front of a sidewalk.

District 65 stakeholders reflect on switch to new IEP and 504 plan software

February 24, 2022

Several months after switching the software for Individualized Education Programs and 504 plans, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 administrators and advocates say the district’s new system, Embrace,...

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