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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


The Evanston Public Library presents varied educational programming and Black History Month events in February.

Evanston celebrates Black History Month with educational, artistic programming

February 5, 2025

Throughout February, Evanston residents have the opportunity to celebrate Black History Month by attending educational lectures, participating in panels and creating dynamic works of art. The Daily...

Two participants give their red envelopes to the lion dancers.

Evanston rings in the Year of the Snake with Lunar New Year festival

January 26, 2025

Enjoying a lion dance and activities like mahjong, Evanston residents gathered to ring in the Year of the Snake on Sunday at the city’s Lunar New Year celebration. Mayor Daniel Biss spoke at the event...

A table of books about Martin Luther King Jr. sits inside the Evanston Public Library.

Evanston Public Library holds MLK Day of Celebration and Service

January 20, 2025

Community members celebrated activist Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and worked on service projects during the Evanston Public Library’s MLK Day of Celebration and Service on Monday. Kids made bracelets...

A patron exchanges a puzzle she brought from home with one of the Cookbook & Puzzle Swap’s selections on Tuesday. Games and books are sourced from the public puzzle table on the library’s third floor.

EPL Cookbook & Puzzle Swap gathers community of problem solvers

January 7, 2025

Evanston resident Ursula Schwark looked over the puzzles at the Evanston Public Library’s Main Branch on Tuesday. “We’ve done that one,” she told her husband at EPL’s Cookbook & Puzzle...

Alden Young, an associate professor of history and global affairs at Yale University stands in front of a podium with a presentation picturing protests in Sudan behind him.

Evanston Public Library, MENA host talk on war in Sudan

November 19, 2024

Evanston Public Library and Northwestern’s Middle East and North African Studies Program hosted Yale history and global affairs Prof. Alden Young Monday night to discuss the ongoing war and humanitarian...

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