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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

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Task force meets to move forward with downtown Evanston arts center

Task force meets to move forward with downtown Evanston arts center

February 7, 2014

The Downtown Performing Arts Task Force started its search and evaluation Thursday night of possible locations for an arts center. The group, which will explore the feasibility of a downtown arts center,...

Evanston Arts Council co-chairs Anne Berkeley and Lisa Degliatoni, as well as Cultural Arts Coordinator Jennifer Lasik, lead the council’s meeting Tuesday night. The council offered recommendations for the use of the Noyes Cultural Arts Center.

Arts Council approves recommendations for Noyes art center

January 21, 2014

The Evanston Arts Council approved Tuesday night recommendations for the management of the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, which will be passed on to the city's Human Services Committee. The transition...

Evanston resident Jordan Zoot spoke against the city's proposed assault weapons ban at Monday's City Council meeting. Aldermen decided to delay a vote on the ban until their meeting next week.

Evanston aldermen put off weapons ban vote, approve Pritzker bed-and-breakfast

July 9, 2013

Evanston aldermen delayed voting on a proposed assault weapons ban Monday night as they took on three issues that have repeatedly sparked heated debate over the past few months. The ban was held for...

Gary Geiger, director of the Evanston Children's Choir, said he would be evicted from the Noyes Cultural Arts Center if the Piven Theatre Workshop expansion proposal is fulfilled. Other tenants in the arts center expressed concern with Piven's plan at the Evanston Arts Council meeting Tuesday night.

Art Center tenants frustrated over Piven expansion proposal

April 16, 2013

The ongoing conflict between the Piven Theatre Workshop and other tenants at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center escalated Monday when Piven released a preliminary proposal for its expansion and new lease. Piven...

Piven Theatre showed the play “Three Sisters” in 2010. The theater plans to expand its performance space into a two-level black box theater.

Piven Theatre expansion plan sparks controversy

February 28, 2013

A plan to expand the Piven Theatre Workshop within the Noyes Cultural Arts Center has sparked controversy among some tenants at the center. Maggie Weiss, the chair of the Noyes Tenants Association,...

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