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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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Q&A: NU alumna Kourtney Kinchen on her nonprofit passion project, Encircled Jewelry

May 25, 2021

A&E When a global pandemic disrupted her gap year before law school, Kourtney Kinchen (Weinberg ‘20) started an online jewelry shop. Inspired by Northwestern student-run Friends Who Earring, Kinchen...

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Casting call raises questions on racism in theatre

May 25, 2021

A&E On April 28, the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts sent out a casting call for an outside production to their email list. The call listed 15 available roles, but only one, at the very bottom,...

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Northwestern Community Ensemble celebrates 50 years on campus

May 24, 2021

A&E In 1971, three students performed at a Northwestern student’s fundraiser for a legal defense fund. Northwestern Community Ensemble held a virtual concert celebration on May 8 to celebrate exactly...

Three images all featuring NU-originating band “Late Aster” lead vocalists, Aaron Messing and Anni Hochhalter. A white background encompasses all images and all showcase the vocalists playing wind instruments.

Musical quartet composed of NU alumni to release EP “True and Toxic”

May 19, 2021

A&E The musicians in the band Late Aster began a friendship in their freshman year at Northwestern, where they bonded over late-night jam sessions around campus.  Aaron Messing (Bienen ‘12),...

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Q&A: Rose Cannon of Cannon Fine Art Gallery talks art, reparations

May 18, 2021

After retiring from government service in 2016, Rose Cannon wanted to make her days meaningful. In June 2019, she created Cannon Fine Art Gallery, Evanston’s first and only art gallery dedicated entirely...

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