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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


Celebrating its 94th anniversary this year, the Waa-Mu Show is NU’s oldest theatrical tradition.

Waa-Mu Show to commemorate 94 years with NU-themed ‘Arch Madness’

May 2, 2025

Communication Prof. Rives Collins said he was on leave in Italy when he got a call from Communication Prof. Tommy Rapley, asking him if he’d perform in the Waa-Mu Show, Northwestern’s student-written...

A storefront window with a snowy overhang.

Celtic Knot Public House to reopen in June, aims to serve as community hub

April 4, 2024

Evanston resident Rives Collins said the Celtic Knot Public House reminded him of the American sitcom “Cheers.” “People would walk in the bar, and someone would call out their name to welcome...

A student in a purple hoodie and black cap raises their left hand as a professor looks at them with a smile.

One Book One Northwestern event brings NU students, faculty and community together for intergenerational storytelling

May 10, 2023

The 2023 One Book Annual Intergenerational Storytelling Event invited young and senior adults to the Norris University Center to share their stories. The Tuesday evening event centered the idea that a...

A board reads “620,000” on the stage. A group of people in white dresses with their backs to the audience look at someone in a top hat on top of a ladder.

“The Battlefields of Clara Barton” explores Red Cross founder and women’s rights advocate’s life

October 31, 2021

The American Music Theatre Project and the Wirtz Center this past weekend premiered “The Battlefields of Clara Barton,” a modern folk-rock musical exploring Barton’s role as a nurse in the Civil...

A colorful book opens with “Storytime” written in white lettering over it; there is a bookshelf in the back.

Children turning into apples: Imagine U Storytime’s latest installment

February 23, 2021

What would you do if your teacher turned every student into an apple just for misbehaving? That’s what the children in “Wayside School vs. Ms. Gorf” have to figure out. The story, produced...

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