Braving the wind and rain, Evanston children carrying rainbow baskets took over the Ladd Arboretum on Saturday for the city’s annual Egg Hunt for Easter. Four waves of egg hunts throughout the day...

Zombies with veiny white faces covered in blood chased runners under a dark canopy of gnarly trees through Ladd Arboretum on Saturday.  The 10th annual Zombie Scramble drew participants of all ages,...

Two hundred years ago, nearly two-thirds of Illinois was covered in prairie. Today, less than 0.01% of that prairie land remains. The rest has been lost to agricultural development, urbanization and the...

With spring rolling around and Evanston’s winter chill fading away, there is a wide variety of local events to explore this April across Evanston. These events are all free to attend, aside from Central...

Adam Eberhardt, the program coordinator at Robert Crown Community Center and “hype man” of the city’s annual Zombie Scramble, counted down from five and opened the gates at the Ladd Arboretum. Hoards...