At This Time: The graduates
Janiya Lee leads a group of seniors into Northwestern’s Welsh-Ryan Arena for the Evanston Township High School commencement…
Photos: ETHS girls soccer takes the regional title
The Evanston girls soccer team improved to 19-2-1 on the season, claiming the Class 3A regional title with a 6-1 victory over Chicago’s Whitney Young on Friday night.…
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Latest news from Evanston: Your Monday daily digest
Good Monday morning, Evanston. Here are the latest news and feature stories from around the city.
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Beloved Evanston bakery Hewn to expand to Winnetka
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in The Record North…
Festive and communal: Crowds turn out for District 65 art exhibit
Since its founding in 1987 by local resident Harvey Pranian,…
Mark A. Dennis Jr., former Second Baptist pastor and head of McGaw YMCA, has died at 74
Submitted by the family Rev. Mark Andrew Dennis Jr. was…
ETHS girls track: Davis delivers points to keep streak alive
The Evanston Township High School girls track and field program…
Celebrating Evanston’s Asian-owned restaurants for AAPI Heritage Month
While every small-business owner should be celebrated 24/7, the Evanston…
Do I have to revisit the agreement with my ex?
Dear Gabby, A little over a year ago I separated…
Photos: Ryan Field demolition diary
Watch Ryan Field disappear, as the RoundTable keeps tabs on…
New mural to come to Fleetwood-Jourdain
The Fleetwood-Jourdain Center may soon have a new mural on…
ETHS boys track: Kits send five to state track finals
Oliver Hassard will graduate from Evanston’s track program without really…
Art enhances the Unitarian Church’s striking architecture
This is the first article in an occasional series taking…
Upcoming events
City’s pavement patching work to begin May 20
The city has contracted patching work on areas of asphalt…
Registration open to march in Juneteenth, July 4th parades
Have you ever wanted to walk in a local parade?…
Leadership, mental health topics of May 19 discussion
Submitted by Where The People Meet TV Former Illinois Gov.…
Coming to SPACE: Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble
Six-time Grammy-winning musician, bandleader, producer, composer and Blue Note Records…
YEA! shifts to Main Street, combining with Open Studio Project
Evanston’s annual outdoor YEA! (Young Evanston Artists) Festival, which has…
CITY NEWS
New Union Pacific North Metra Line schedule coming May 20
On Monday, the Union Pacific North Metra Line will officially get a new station – and the commuter rail agency is using this as an opportunity to make some changes to the schedule beyond shifting arrival times to account for an extra stop. The Peterson/Ridge station…
Compensation Committee urges easing City Council workload
Members of the city’s Compensation Committee may add creating “operational efficiencies” to ease the workloads of City Council members in their official recommendations on salary and benefits for the next City Council. The committee is drawing up recommendations on pay and benefits for the new council,…
1st Ward discusses downtown’s future in follow-up Envision Evanston meeting
First Ward residents debated how to design the city’s new comprehensive plan and zoning code to support the downtown neighborhood and business district at a special ward meeting Wednesday evening. Council Member Clare Kelly (1st Ward) billed the meeting as a follow-up to one on April…
Police find car in Chicago connected to May 8 shooting
Local law enforcement recovered a stolen car in Chicago last week believed to have been driven there from Evanston by the offender or offenders who shot a 20-year-old man at the corner of Ashland Avenue and Foster Street Wednesday afternoon, May 8. According to the Evanston…
New beach water testing program to provide same-day results
Evanston City Council members gave the green light Monday for officials to move forward with a new rapid water-testing system for the city’s beaches in an effort to eliminate unnecessary beach closings. Council members approved the $87,000-a-year agreement with the University of Illinois Chicago public health department…
ART & LIFE
Picturing Evanston: Canal locks
Locks starting to show up on the bridge fence over the North Shore Channel on Green Bay Road. (Photo by Joerg Metzner)
NU shares details on Dillo Day prep, graduation fireworks, Ryan Field trucks
Northwestern University held its annual end-of-year community meeting Thursday evening over Zoom, assembling numerous officials from both the school and city to fill in the community on the usual large events capping off the academic year, as well as on the ongoing demolition (and soon, construction) at…
Music review: Coriolis will have you laughing, and crying, in an hour
The following is an absolutely unsolicited puff piece, written to persuade you to scrap whatever idea you might have for what you’ll be doing this coming Sunday afternoon. Instead, you should go hear a concert by an Evanston group you may never have heard of, singing music…
Kuumba Evanston to host sports carnival for grade school students
The Kuumba Evanston Olympic Games, an initiative that fosters students’ love for sports, teamwork and personal growth, will host its first annual fundraiser carnival from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday and 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave. Students will get…
Ride of Silence honors cyclists killed while biking
Halfway through a 10-mile ride on Wednesday evening, 14 cyclists coasted quietly to the curb on Lincoln Avenue in Skokie, in front of Al’s Cycle Shop. Ride leader Dave Barish and shop owner Larry Binder exchanged a handshake, but no words. Other riders nodded to Larry and…
SCHOOLS
NU hosts free seminar series on legacy of Brown v. Board of Education
A two-day series of seminars and professional development workshops hosted by Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy and the Pritzker School of Law brings together leading scholars, legal experts, educators, community members and policymakers to discuss the educational, legal and community legacies of the…
Photos: Ryan Field, before and after
The RoundTable presents before-and-after photos of Ryan Field, aligning pre-demolition views with pictures taken after the stadium’s destruction was well underway.
ETHS board reinstates top officers, recognizes new student representative
The Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education re-elected President Pat Savage-Williams and Vice President Monique Parsons and swore in its new student member, Rachel Durango-Cohen, at its meeting on Monday, May 13. The board also heard recommendations from the…
ETHS greenhouse gas emissions down 35% since 2018
Evanston Township High School has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 35% from a 2018 baseline, according to a sustainability report presented to the District 202 Board of Education at its May 13 meeting. Milo Slevin and Jexa Edinberg, student climate activists…
District 65 middle schools to drop letter grades in shift to standards-based grading
Starting in the fall, middle school students in District 65 will no longer receive letter grades as the district shifts to standard-based grading: “Extending the Standard,” “Meeting Standard,” “Progressing,” “Beginning Learning” or “Insufficient Evidence.” During a Zoom meeting on Monday evening, Stacy…
PHOTOS
At This Time: A last look
“I feel like I was an Indian and had the calvary jump on me,” said LeMart Bailey as he left his apartment complex after 36 years. “It wasn’t fair.” Bailey, 77, who served four tours of duty in the Vietnam War, drove to a Skokie hotel. “They just treated us like…
At This Time: Freedom to express
Evanston Township High School senior Miigis Curley will graduate Sunday in a ceremony with new rules she helped create. She was joined in her front yard by brother Nimkii, who was pulled out of line at his ETHS graduation two years ago because he was wearing native American regalia. Soon after,…
At This Time: Indigenous country
Illinois’ only Native American reservation is celebrated at Northwestern University’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research Symposium. Keynote speakers Zach Pahmahmie (left) and Raphael Wahwassuck explained how their Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation’s 130-acre parcel in DeKalb County was officially recognized as a reservation by the federal government last month. The…
At This Time: A taste of Asia
Minh Le serves Amina Reed at Nichols Middle School’s celebration of Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month. About 125 people joined the free fest that included performances, a trivia quiz (“How many countries are in Asia?”*) and dinner catered by Koi Evanston. Young-Ghee Kim, the Nichols math teacher who helped organize…
At This Time: On the waterfront
City workers Mark Wegener (left) and Gordon Campbell install a floating dock at the Church Street Power Boat Ramp. The dock will be used by the Evanston Fire Department for its Marine 21 rescue boat and two jet ski-rescue units as well as by the Evanston Parks and Recreation for its sailing…
PUBLIC SQUARE
Letter to the editor: International ME Awareness Day
On Monday, May 13, Mayor Biss recognized International ME Awareness Day, and offered me the opportunity to make a statement. Ninth Ward Council Member Juan Geracaris helped make the proclamation possible, and I am thankful to them both. Evanston is fortunate to have caring leadership. ME is Myalgic…
Letter to the editor: The city should offer Styrofoam recycling collection
I would like to call your attention to a program for Styrofoam recycling initiated by our congregation at First United Methodist Church and invite you to our monthly drop-off collection this Saturday, by our Church Street entrance. As a service to our congregation, the Earth Care Committee of…
Les Jacobson: Lilac season
One could start with that unforgettable, hard-to-describe fragrance. “The scent of lilac is delicate, tender and belongs to the fresh, spring-like floral notes of perfumery,” according to an “olfactive description” on the Sylvaine Delacourte website. “Lilac has a facet reminiscent of lily of the valley and another of mimosa. It is reminiscent of…
Letter to the editor: The problem with housing in Evanston
I just read your article on Evanston’s affordable housing and concur with what was said. However, we are tackling this problem after the fact. We allowed so many luxury apartments to be built in our city that there is basically no room for any kind of affordable housing.…
The Green Thumb: Introducing our new gardening column
Gardening is a wonderful hobby that offers many benefits, including improving mental health, increasing physical activity and producing beautiful flowers and vegetables. Whether your garden is large or small, or just a few pots on a patio, you can enjoy these benefits. The month of May is an…
SPORTS
ETHS baseball: Wildkits extend winning streak to 9 in a row
Good pitching and good defense can take a baseball team a long way at every level.Add some length to your batting order, and a winning…
ETHS girls soccer: Varela’s hat trick fuels Kits 9-0 win in regional opener
Evanston girls soccer coach Stacy Salgado singled out the only flaw in Maddy Varela’s game Tuesday night. “She doesn’t have the stamina to go a…
ETHS girls softball: New Trier teaches Wildkits clutch lesson
Archrival New Trier High School showed Evanston Township High School’s girls softball team on Monday just how it’s done with two outs. The Trevians scored…
ETHS girls water polo: Kits punish New Trier, advance to state finals
The best way for the members of the Evanston girls water polo to ease the pain of last year’s season-ending loss to New Trier was…
REPORTS & ANALYSES
Evanston’s lead pipes are everywhere, and could become a significant health risk
This series was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. This is part 1 of the RoundTable’s three-part series: Lead pipes in Evanston: How local government inaction…
Developing a Segregated Town, 1900-1960
Evanston’s first African American residents arrived in the 1850s, and by 1880 there were approximately 125 African Americans in Evanston. The number grew to 737 in 1900.…
Fifth Ward STEM School Plan Promises Equity
The Fifth Ward of Evanston, the historic heart of the Black community in the west-central part of the City dating to the days of redlining, has not…
Ninth Ward Residents Battle Environmental Justice Issues: ‘This Area Has Really Been Abused and Neglected’
Seven years ago an explosion in Evanston’s southwest Ninth Ward rocked the homes of some nearby residents. Highly flammable and combustible materials were densely packed behind the…