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Three people wearing denim sing behind music stands. The middle person wears a cowboy hat and sunglasses.

Captured: ‘Cowboy Bob’ steals the show at Wirtz Center

July 22, 2022

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This will be a space to share photos by The Daily’s staff as well as photos from members of our community. Students can submit entries to be considered...

A graphic showing the Weber Arch, the city of Evanston and question marks.

Saving up this summer? Here are some student-friendly spending options for food, transport and more

June 20, 2022

Summer comes with an open campus and a hiatus from typical collegiate activities. But between internships and summer classes, students staying in Evanston often pay rent unaided by Northwestern. NU’s...

A US soldier points forward as his fellow serviceman watches shirtless from the hospital bed.

Soldiers and a translator face ghosts, tigers and existential questions in “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”

May 3, 2022

An original production of “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” explored themes of war and religion at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts the weekends of April 22 and 28. The...

Two people talk in a stage office while three people eavesdrop outside.

The 91st annual Waa-Mu Show returned to the mainstage with ‘kooky’ comedy ‘A Peculiar Inheritance’

April 29, 2022

The 91st Annual Waa-Mu Show will return to in-person performances for the first time in two years this weekend, debuting “A Peculiar Inheritance,” which will run from April 29 to May 8 in Cahn...

Two people sit on opposite sides of a set. In the background are a yellow fridge, white lamp, black curtain and a gray door.

‘Always pursue freedom’: Wirtz Center premieres ‘Late, A Cowboy Song’

April 21, 2022

Kelsey Ervi discovered “Late, A Cowboy Song” as an undergraduate at Baylor University in a book of collected plays. More than a decade later, they will direct the play as a student in Northwestern’s...

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