October 23, 2014
Stephanie Kelly, Assistant City Editor
October 21, 2014
Filed under Arts and Technology (City), City, Local
Three groups at the McGaw YMCA have entered into a national YMCA contest that distributes grants to the winners who have garnered the most votes on their group’s contest page.
Evanston Swims!, Project SOAR and the MetaMedia Yo...
Stephanie Kelly, Assistant City Editor
October 16, 2014
Filed under Arts and Technology (City), City, Local
The city is soliciting input on the upcoming renovation of Fountain Square, the small plaza downtown near World of Beer.
The comments will help to develop four possible concepts for Fountain Square to be presented in early...
October 14, 2014
Paige Leskin, City Editor
October 13, 2014
Filed under Arts and Technology (City), City
The co-founder of an Evanston nonprofit was awarded a $25,000 grant Friday for her work teaching and choreographing circus acts in theatrical productions.
Chicago-based 3Arts, an organization that supports female artists,...
October 9, 2014
Stephanie Kelly, Assistant City Editor
October 8, 2014
Filed under Arts and Technology (City), City, Latest Stories, Local
The YWCA Evanston/North Shore has partnered with the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center to bring an exhibit about race and its origins to the museum starting Sunday.
The exhibit, called RACE: Are We So Different?, focuses...
Jennifer Ball, Assistant City Editor
October 7, 2014
Filed under Arts and Technology (City), City
Evanston's Forestry Division is accepting submissions for the "I Heart Evanston Trees" art contest, part of the city's larger campaign to raise money and replace fallen trees.
Interested artists must submit original artwork...
Rachel Yang, Reporter
October 7, 2014
Filed under Arts and Technology (City), City
The Noyes Cultural Arts Center will host an exhibit featuring works by artists with emotional, psychological and developmental disabilities.
“Expressions from the Heart,” created and curated by local antiques dealer Harvey...
Rebecca Savransky, Managing Editor
October 6, 2014
Filed under Arts and Technology (City), City
An educational organization that raises funds to support the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 received $180,000 in grants to help foster art and literacy programming within the district.
The grants, which were awarded to...
Jennifer Ball, Assistant City Editor
October 1, 2014
Filed under Arts and Technology (City), City, Latest Stories
Community members gave feedback Wednesday about projected renovations to Evanston's Baker Park, which currently has 20-year-old equipment.
About 40 people attended the meeting at Lincoln Elementary School, 910 Forest Ave.,...
Stephanie Kelly, Assistant City Editor
October 1, 2014
Filed under Arts and Technology (City)
Evanston is in the beginning steps of creating a web application that offers walking tours of the city to residents and visitors.
The new website will have information, stories and pictures of historical houses, buildings...
