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Celebrate Halloween in Evanston this weekend at a variety of themed events

Celebrate Halloween in Evanston this weekend at a variety of themed events

October 24, 2019

Evanston doesn’t have to wait until Oct. 31 to celebrate Halloween, thanks to a variety of themed events this weekend. Neighbors can show off their costumes, engage with local businesses and collect...

“The pumpkin is eating me!” said Destin, arms outstretched on a giant inflatable pumpkin. Fall Fest, put on at Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center by Parks, Recreation and Community Services, featured a pumpkin moonwalk, costumes and face painting.

Boo! Evanston residents celebrate fall, get spooky for Halloween

October 17, 2019

Destin laid back, arms outstretched on the giant inflatable pumpkin at this year’s Fall Fest at Evanston’s Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center on Wednesday. “The pumpkin is eating me!” the young...

Soto: A reminder to avoid cultural appropriation in costumes on Halloween

October 26, 2016

As Halloween approaches and costumed bar nights and basement parties await, the possibility of Northwestern students wearing culturally-appropriative costumes rears its ugly head once again. We’ve learned...

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Paul Goren and District 202 Superintendent Eric Witherspoon speak at an event this year. Goren and Witherspoon outlined steps schools are taking to combat the possibility of a clown hoax reaching Evanston.

Community members discuss potential clown ‘threat’ with Halloween looming

October 19, 2016

With Halloween approaching, a city committee is taking steps to discourage clowns from creating a disturbance. Police and school officials spoke to roughly 20 attendees at a City-School Liaison Committee...

Campus Inclusion and Community launches webinar, pop up discussions

November 3, 2015

To mark the beginning of Campus Inclusion and Community’s new webinar, CIC Talks, members of Social Justice Education led the first video discussion on Oct. 21 in which they tackled issues of race, identity...

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