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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


Century 12 movie theater pictured outside during mid-day, at its Church Street location surrounded by other businesses, sidewalks and passerby.

Evanston’s Century 12 movie theater to return next year

September 22, 2021

Evanston’s former Century 12 movie theater will reopen in about a year amid a planned mass revitalization of the Church Street Plaza.  The plaza is set to be sold to Chicago-based development firm...

Fountain Square in downtown Evanston. Due to construction, Evanston’s annual tree lighting ceremony had to be moved from its original location to Church Street Plaza.

Fountain Square construction prompts search for new tree lighting location

November 28, 2017

2017 Holiday Guide ‘Twas the month before Christmas, and all through Evanston, the search was on for the right spot to light the city’s holiday tree. In past years, the city has held its annual...

Red Robin Burger Works will open at 1700 Maple Ave. next month. The restaurant will offer burgers, french fries and milkshakes.

Red Robin Burger Works to open in Evanston this spring

February 25, 2016

Evanston will have another burger shop soon as Red Robin Burger Works plans to move into the first floor of Northwestern Medicine Immediate Care. Red Robin, a burger chain based out of Colorado, is...

Artwork by Evanston community members is displayed in Downtown Evanston to cheer people up in the winter. Artwork will be displayed in the next few months as part of “Winter HeARTh 2016: TryAngles.”

Public art project to install color, inspiration downtown

February 18, 2016

A&E In a few weeks, Evanston’s Church Street Plaza will be decorated with vibrant, three-dimensional artwork in order to brighten the daily routines of people getting on and off the Metra. Evanston...

A new Mediterranean and Italian-style restaurant, Terra & Vine, is moving into the former space of Bravo Cucina Italiana, 1701 Maple Ave., sometime later this year. Chicago restaurateur and local celebrity Alpana Singh, known for her appearance on the dining show “Check, Please!” will co-own the restaurant with her business partner Matt Fisher.

Chicago sommelier, TV personality to open restaurant in Evanston

February 18, 2016

A popular Chicago restaurateur plans on opening a new Mediterranean and Italian-style restaurant in downtown Evanston’s Church Street Plaza later this year. Alpana Singh, who owns two other Chicago...

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