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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

Bookends and Beginnings. The store, now its 5th year, will celebrate Independent Bookstore Day this Saturday.

Bookends and Beginnings joins celebration of Independent Bookstore Day

April 24, 2019

Since she moved to Evanston in the ’80s, Nina Barrett (Medill M.S. ‘87) felt the city needed an independent bookstore. Following her gut, she opened her own. Five years later, her store Bookends...

Hundreds of protesters rally for a $15 an hour minimum wage on Sept. 4, 2014 in Chicago. On Tuesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill to increase the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 by 2025.

Illinois residents express concern over rollout of J.B. Pritzker’s minimum wage law

February 19, 2019

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday morning to increase the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 by 2025, but Illinois residents expressed concern over the rollout of his law. Illinois will be one of...

Evanston resident Sandy Horton reaches for a book at the Evanston Public Library. The city has a strong reading culture, and around 185 people signed up for a city-wide book club.

Evanston libraries and bookstores support strong reading culture

February 13, 2019

Though it's a city with a population of about 75,000 people, Evanston has a lot going on for people who like books, reading and everything in between. Nina Kavin, the founder of the Dear Evanston Racial...

“The Leopold and Loeb Files,” by NU alumna and Evanston business owner Nina Barrett. Barrett released the book Tuesday at a book launch at Bookends & Beginnings.

Nina Barrett tackles famous Chicago murder story in new book

July 17, 2018

The story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb — two Chicago teenagers who became famous for the 1924 murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks — has been told again and again in books, movies, musicals, plays...

BJ Jones, Northlight Theatre’s artistic director, talks about the the proposed project in downtown Evanston. Members of the Economic Development Committee voted to approve an amended resolution concerning the construction of a building that would house the theater.

Economic Development Committee approves resolution concerning return of Northlight Theatre

February 1, 2018

Economic Development Committee members narrowly voted to approve an amended resolution concerning the construction of a building that would house Northlight Theatre at a meeting Jan. 31. Committee members...

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