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Jack Austin

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The exterior of Bennison's Bakery on Davis Street on a winter day in Evanston.

[Photo] Best Sweet Treat: Bennison’s Bakery

February 26, 2024
A drawing of a person with long hair and many necklaces.

Tracing the path of the tribes who call Evanston home

May 25, 2023
A drawing of the state of Illinois contains buildings, trees, and recycling symbols.

As Evanston moves toward sustainability, local activists criticize slow pace of change

May 24, 2023
Sketches of people protesting in front of a Black building with chalk-style outlines over a collage of black and white photos of students protesting at the Bursar’s Office in 1968.

55 years after Black student activists occupied the Bursar’s Office, students see unresolved problems and progress

May 22, 2023
Shades of brown surround an image of an individual with brown hair and skin.

‘Découverte: Her Diasporan Chronicles of Self Discovery’ exhibit highlights Black women and beauty

May 14, 2023
People are seated in a circle around two performers.

Velsum offers a duet of captivating and spiritual harmonies

May 8, 2023
A person with medium long hair and a black t-shirt sips a drink from a straw.

Wondering where to go this weekend? Here’s our review of the best karaoke bars in Chicago

April 23, 2023
Standing in front of a brick wall are four individuals with their arms around each other. On the far left someone wears a costume in red. In the center left a person wears a yellow radiation suit and a hat. In the center right a person wears an orange beret and a large cone bra. On the right a person wears a beanie and a green shirt.

Funky post-punk art band Clickbait emerges with fervent fans

April 10, 2023
Black letters spell out on the outside glass of an art gallery “Abortion is not a crime”.

‘For Those Without Choice’ art exhibit celebrates abortion rights and bodily autonomy

March 8, 2023
A person in a black dress and hat stands in front of three paintings.

‘Black History/My History’ celebrates diverse experiences of Blackness

February 20, 2023
At a bus stop an individual, wearing a black sweatshirt and blue jeans holds grocery bags while cradling a child wearing a flannel that seems to be asleep. A fence stands behind the bench with green overgrowth and there is a map of the subway and bus system plastered up.

Eli Williamson’s ‘Four Virtues’ exhibit highlights loving Black fathers

February 9, 2023
An illustration shows a smartphone with muscles bulging out of it. In the corners are dumbbells, bars and water.

NU students work on data tracking app for the weightlifting community

February 6, 2023
A person with a gray suit, a colorful scarf, a beard, and glasses stands in front of two large canvas portraits, a yellow and orange one on the right and a predominantly green painting on the left.

Chicago artist David Geary’s exhibit ‘Experimental’ explores Black identity through colorful portraits

January 23, 2023
Two people stand next to each other. On the left a person wears blue jeans and a green collared shirt. On the right stands a person with grey pants and a white shirt. Both wear watches. Behind them is a background saying Biograph.

NU Alum Aaron Greenberg founds accessible storytelling app Biograph

January 9, 2023
A man with short hair and glasses, wearing a checkered shirt plays guitar in front of a window.

Q&A: Jonathan Hodges, creative force behind Chicago solo project Bomethius, talks latest release

January 4, 2023
A person with long white hair and a white scarf stands in front of different colored frames.

Connie Noyes’ ‘we are built in water’ exhibit explores personal and collective grief

November 20, 2022
A person in a black t-shirt and short brown hair is wearing glasses.

Q&A: NU alum Danny Ginzburg discusses plant research, Gates Cambridge Scholarship

November 15, 2022
Three chairs and a small table in a room with canvases and a mural on its walls.

Chicago artist Trotter Alexander explores Hawaiian culture in Dittmar Gallery exhibit ‘Ka Makana o’ka’

November 6, 2022
A person hugging a young child watches as a person holds onto a child suspended in the air.

Q&A: NU Alum and Theatre Director Scott Weinstein discusses latest musical, ‘A Christmas Story’

November 6, 2022
A brightly colored drawing, composed of flour, dirt, and flowers.

Evanston artist Indira Johnson advocates peace through collaborative Rangoli drawing

October 17, 2022
Man with long hair holds a wooden flute in a park.

Chicago activists push to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 10, 2022
A student in a blazer and button-down shirt stands behind a podium with a screen to his left featuring a PowerPoint.

Local activism plays key role in Evanston’s climate leadership, student thesis shows

September 25, 2022
Beads are attached to colorful wooden statues that resemble humans.

Malika Jackson’s colorful paintings on display at Evanston Art Center explore race and spirituality

September 22, 2022
A woman with glasses, wearing a white shirt stands in front of a photograph of two girls in Potawatomi regalia.

Sharon Hoogstraten’s photography exhibit aims to preserve Potawatomi culture

August 8, 2022
A largely blue painted face is in the center. Red and black curls sit atop their head. There are old newspaper prints laying around the outskirts of the head.

Makeba Kedem-DuBose’s colorful works explore race and gender at Evanston Art Center

April 28, 2022
Blue and purple lights and smoke fill the stage. Multiple microphones and drums are visible. A man with long hair, glasses, and a guitar is singing. There is a man with an orange jacket, seated playing keyboard.

Wilco celebrates 20th anniversary of beloved album ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ with nationwide tour

April 24, 2022
A woman holds a brown acoustic guitar with a capo. She is wearing gray. There is a window behind her.

Moyana Olivia’s powerful voice, emotional lyrics garner fans on campus

April 21, 2022

Students find community through residential colleges

March 4, 2022
A figure stands in the back and light pours out of him in all directions in beams of color.

Multi-media Evanston artist Lucien Dante Lazar creates art from spiritual base

February 24, 2022
Light, motion and color surround a face as lightning strikes on one side of the painting.

New Evanston Art Center exhibition inspired by cosmos, Black experience

February 24, 2022
A red and a gray car are hooked up to an electric vehicle charging station inside a parking garage.

‘It’s an act of violence on our communities’: Advocates push for more equitable construction of electric vehicle charging stations

February 11, 2022
People carrying a wooden canoe.

NU is behind on Indigenous initiatives and enrollment, panel says

January 27, 2022
There is a calendar in the background with several dates crossed off in red. In the center a spyglass is magnifying dollar bills with a white question mark on them. There is a folder and a pencil on the right.

NUGW and GLAC continue to push for rights and benefits

January 19, 2022
Opening tip at a basketball game

[Photo] Rapid Recap: Northwestern 70, NJIT 52

December 12, 2021
On steps and in front of a statue, a large crowd mostly dressed in green-and-blue holds pro-nuclear signs. A speaker in all black stands at the podium.

Climate advocates, NU researchers promote clean energy to combat climate change

November 22, 2021
A man with short brown hair in a blue button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up holds up a camera with a large flash. He is wearing a watch on his left arm, and a bag is strapped over his shoulder. On the left, there is glass where his arm is reflected.

NU student photographers share creative visions, inspirations

November 15, 2021
A person with a jacket, scarf and glasses holds two art magazines in the center of an aisle of magazines.

Magazines from around the world found at historic Evanston newsstand

November 2, 2021
A woman with brown hair, glasses, a long black coat, and a white shirt that fades into blue, pink and green stands to the right of her painting of a Black woman in the middle of prayer.

Local artists explore racial justice in Noyes Cultural Art Center exhibit

October 26, 2021
A woman sings into a microphone while playing a guitar in a club. In the background, there is a man on the drums.

Erin Coburn delivers electric blues-rock performances in Chicago clubs

October 18, 2021
A young woman in a handmade dress dances as two men beat hand drums and a woman in white sings. In the background is a crowd, including a child on top of his father’s shoulders.

Chicago’s Indigenous community, politicians rally for recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 12, 2021

Evanston Made artists open their studios to the public

October 5, 2021
Podculture: Northwestern “Survivor” shows contestants’ true selves

Podculture: Northwestern “Survivor” shows contestants’ true selves

July 12, 2021
Wallace is singing at the microphone with a guitarist behind her at the club.

Late nights and top notch talent attract eclectic crowds from Chicago and beyond to historic Kingston Mines blues bar

June 17, 2021
In blue, orange, and purple paint a sign reads “Evanston Fight for Black Lives.” It is held up by a left hand and other people can be seen in the background, sitting down.

Evanston Fight for Black Lives hosts community painting event, third in the “Reclaim the Block” series

May 24, 2021
A side view of the Mitchell Museum, which is made of light brown bricks and has red rectangular signs with the Mitchell Museum logo.

Activists, politicians advocate for county to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day

May 18, 2021
A volunteer health worker and firefighter, dressed in black administers a bandage to a man with a checkered shirt and glasses, both wearing masks. Tables are set up in the background.

Mayor Steve Hagerty praises health department’s coronavirus response in final Q&A

May 6, 2021
Duane Betts, the guitarist for Allman-Betts band, seated. Duane is the son of Dickey Betts, famed guitarist for famous blues rock band the Allman Brothers.

Chicago blues musicians, listeners have hope for the genre’s future

March 11, 2021
Still from Sky Hopinka, “Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer”, 2019. Thursday, March 12, 2020 – Sunday, July 12, 2020. G369 and G370, Modern and Contemporary Galleries, Minneapolis Institute of Art. Organized by Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Block Museum receives large grant to plan exhibit made by Indigenous artists

February 4, 2021
Matthew Bactat, Claire Zhang, Ethan Urborg and Taylor Ericson, the members of splits, pose for a photo in front of an El station. Their newest EP, “vice versa,” released this month.

Chicago-based alt rock band splits release 2nd EP “vice versa” amid pandemic

January 25, 2021
Violet Crime in front of a mural in Chicago.

Chicago indie band community supports each other and creates new music during the pandemic

November 19, 2020
“Ethiopian Diamond,” a window painting Ryan Tova Katz made for the Ethiopian Diamond restaurant in Edgewater as part of an outdoor art exhibit.

Artists and businesses work together for a self-guided virtual art tour in Edgewater

October 12, 2020
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Chicago alternative rock band SŌK releases new single “Jawbreaker”

October 2, 2020
From a 2019 production of Never Not Once by Spectrum Theatre Company, a StuCo member board. StuCo published diversity and inclusion initiatives on Sept. 6.

Student Theatre Coalition releases diversity and inclusion statement, hosts town hall

September 22, 2020
The location of the former residence and express service the Butlers operated on 1031 Sherman Ave.

Butler Residence and Express Service named new African American heritage site

August 26, 2020
1619 Sherman Avenue, the former location of a barbershop and later a print shop run by William Twiggs.

William Twiggs’s barbershop and print shop honored as an African American heritage site

August 20, 2020
People work together to move a large blue heron. Members of Art of Spontaneous Spectacle and a public audience danced with bird masks during one performance.

Actors unable to work during the pandemic form public theatre group

August 6, 2020
LA Fitness in Downtown Evanston. Evanston resident Sharisse Kimbro said the large size of the gym makes her nervous to return, even as gyms implement various guidelines.

As gyms reopen, new measures seek to keep spaces safe

July 22, 2020
COVID-19 cases decrease in Evanston due to Public Health Dept. efforts and citizen compliance, officials say

COVID-19 cases decrease in Evanston due to Public Health Dept. efforts and citizen compliance, officials say

July 15, 2020
Part of Sunday's Pride caravan. The caravan helped residents celebrate Pride Month without a parade, which was canceled due to COVID-19.

In aftermath of Pride parade cancellations, caravan of LGBTQ+ youth and their parents drive around Evanston

June 28, 2020
Activists, nonprofits, black businesses, politicians, dancers, musicians and poets unite to celebrate Juneteenth

Activists, nonprofits, black businesses, politicians, dancers, musicians and poets unite to celebrate Juneteenth

June 21, 2020
Kemone Hendricks, the organizer of Evanston’s Juneteenth celebration, is gearing up for the event Friday with pop-up stores outside black-owned businesses.

Kemone Hendricks partners with local businesses to celebrate Juneteenth

June 16, 2020
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