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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


A visitor at Chicago’s Christkindlmarket looks through the window of a booth selling holiday knickknacks.

Chicago hosts 28th annual German-inspired Christkindlmarket

December 4, 2024

With more than 50 vendors selling everything from gourmet stuffed pretzels to wooden animal figurines, Chicago’s 28th annual Christkindlmarket brought people from around the world together at Daley Plaza.  The...

Evanston City Councilmembers join Mayor Daniel Biss, City Clerk Stephanie Mendoza and community leaders at the menorah lighting in Fountain Square.

Christmas in Lake Michigan? How Evanston’s City Councilmembers celebrate the holidays

December 4, 2024

From jumping into the frigid Lake Michigan waters to watching Christmas classics and enjoying local radio stations on a precise timeline, Ald. Jonathan Nieuwsma (4th) takes the holiday season very seriously. Evanston’s...

During the former president’s first term, Evanston immigration lawyer Alen Takhsh said Trump’s executive policies made it more difficult for courts to fairly adjudicate cases and limited communication between local asylum offices and immigration lawyers.

Local immigrant organizations pledge to resist Trump’s proposed anti-immigrant policies

November 12, 2024

If Donald Trump had been president when Evanston immigration lawyer Alen Takhsh was 13 years old, he might have never escaped the aftermath of the Iran-Iraq War and settled in the U.S. Had Trump occupied...

Tim Mielants’ film ‘Small Things Like These’ premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival on Thursday evening.

Q&A: Director Tim Mielants discusses morals, vulnerability and working with Cillian Murphy

October 30, 2024

Belgian director Tim Mielants’s film “Small Things Like These” premiered Thursday evening at the Chicago International Film Festival. In “Small Things Like These,” Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy)...

Opera star and Bienen alum Grace Bumbry dies at 86

May 10, 2023

Grace Bumbry (Bienen ’58), who helped pave the way for Black artists in opera, died Sunday at age 86, according to a Tuesday news release from the Bienen School of Music.  Following her graduation...

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