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Recaptured: Festivals, fairs and a Mother’s Day Paint Out

Students sit at a long table, eating and talking.
Dozens of strangers and friends gathered around several tables, stretched end-to-end, for a shared potluck dinner last Friday on Northwestern’s Lakefill. The event was part of a nationwide series known as “The Longest Table.”
Jack Greenspan/The Daily Northwestern

Welcome to Recaptured — a weekly roundup of The Daily’s photojournalism, featuring our reporters’ most memorable moments. This week’s Recaptured includes a Mother’s Day Paint Out, multiple campus dance performances and NU club festivals and fairs. 

Lacrosse players jump into a hug.
In a nail-biting quarterfinal, NU beat Colorado 13-12 during its NCAA Tournament game Thursday afternoon at NU Medicine Field at Martin Stadium. (Yong-Yu Huang/The Daily Northwestern)
A woman in a large hat paints at an easel.
Evanston Made’s second annual Mother’s Day Paint Out invited painters to capture the Evanston History Center’s Charles Gates Dawes House. (Siri Reddy/The Daily Northwestern)
Performers wave yellow fans above their heads as they dance.
The ‘Kai-vatar: The Last Airbender’ Pinoy Show featured dances, skits and videos in NU’s Philippine American organization’s parody of the animated series “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” (Liam Barrett/The Daily Northwestern)
Magazines lay spread out across a table.
Ditching the dining halls, NU students filled University Lawn to enjoy food from local vendors and celebrate Spoon University’s newest magazine edition during Spoonfest Friday. (Lydia Park/The Daily Northwestern)
Man smiles and hugs another man.
As students gathered Wednesday at Norris University Center for the Cohen Lawn Community Celebration, University leadership, donors and trustees, including President Emeritus Michael Schill congregated just upstairs on the rooftop of Luna’s Pub & Grill. (Desiree Luo/The Daily Northwestern)
A group of dancers leans backwards in unison under blue lighting.
High-energy dance, live vocals and martial arts filled Ryan Family Auditorium Friday night for NU’s Korean American Student Association’s spring show “NETFLIKS.” (Zoya Khan/The Daily Northwestern)
A player in white looks at her teammates with the ball in the pocket of her stick.
NU lacrosse knocked off James Madison 17-5 in its NCAA Tournament second round game Sunday afternoon at NU Medicine Field at Martin Stadium. (Yong-Yu Huang/The Daily Northwestern)
Racks of clothing stand on a field.
Through rain and shine, Mayfest hosted its second annual Mayflea event on May 7, attracting student vendors and shoppers. (Norah D’Cruze/The Daily Northwestern)

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