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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 Board of Trustees meet to discuss the details of a plan to expand its WiFi router pilot program. The group focused on keeping the program free while lengthening the lending period and adding to the number of routers available to be checked out.

Evanston Public Library board agrees to expand WiFi hotspot program

October 19, 2016

The Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees asked Library Director Karen Danczak Lyons on Wednesday to “drastically” expand the WiFi hotspot pilot program from 45 routers to up to 100. “This...

Evanston Public Library is hosting a community-wide reading program this year called “The Big Read,” which focuses on engaging Latinos in the city. Evanston received $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help fund the program.

Evanston library debuts reading program aimed at increasing opportunities for Latino community

September 22, 2015

Evanston Public Library launched a community-wide reading program Sept. 19 to engage the city’s Latino community. More than 100 people attended two events over the weekend put on by the library as...

Tamara Ireland Stone speaks to an audience at The Loft in the Evanston Public Library. Her books, “Time Between Us” and “Time After Time,” both take place in Evanston.

Young adult author speaks at Evanston library

February 7, 2014

Young adult author Tamara Ireland Stone discussed and read excerpts from her Evanston-based novels Thursday night. Stone spoke to a group of teens in The Loft, a center for students in sixth to 12th...

Evanston Public Library to launch hands-on education program this summer

May 12, 2013

The Evanston Public Library will be one of 34 sites in the nation to host a new, hands-on education program for kids and teens this summer. Maker Corps, a program created by the Maker Education Initiative,...

Evanston Public Library hosts FAFSA workshop

January 10, 2013

Representatives from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission presented a step-by-step guide to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to a crowd of 16 students Thursday at the Evanston...

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