Here in Evanston: Memories, messages as Foster School opens - Evanston RoundTable

Here comes a big week for the new Foster Elementary School on Simpson Street between Dewey and Ashland avenues. A press preview is scheduled for Thursday,

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EPD hosts National Night Out Block Party Edition - Evanston RoundTable

Residents gather for National Night Out Block Party. Hundreds of residents celebrated National Night Out on Tuesday evening at a block party outside

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32 years later, YWCA Flying Fish program swims on - Evanston RoundTable

Swimmer Ryan McComb's favorite stroke is the butterfly. “It’s exhilarating to do,” he says. When there was no swim team available at the YWCA

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Buddha statue vandalized at Evanston's Dawes Park - Evanston RoundTable

City officials are investigating the removal of a Buddha head sculpture from its pedestal in Dawes Park, calling it vandalism.

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Photos: A garden walk with the Ridgeville Youth Grow Team - Evanston RoundTable

In the warm Monday evening sun, Mason Kuck and Cameron Scarabello of the Ridgeville Youth Grow Team showcased what the group has cultivated this summer at

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New Chengdu Bistro to host grand opening Aug. 10 - Evanston RoundTable

A new Chengdu Bistro soft-opened in Evanston on Aug. 3. Grand opening is scheduled for Aug. 10 at the former Mira Sushi location.

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Evanston children's choir marks 25 years of inclusive music - Evanston RoundTable

Explore Gary Geiger's Evanston Children's Choir history and its upcoming performances at Alice Millar and Nichols Concert Hall.

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ETHS 'Geometry in Construction' house moves to its permanent home on Darrow Avenue - Evanston RoundTable

It’s not every day you see a high school elective concluding with a student-built house.  But that was the case Monday when the two-story house built

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Evanston's Guitar Works to close permanently on Sept. 1 - Evanston RoundTable

Guitar Works in Evanston is set to close permanently on Sept. 1 due to rising costs and changing consumer habits.

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City adds bollards to downtown bike lanes - Evanston RoundTable

A cyclist rides east in a bike lane on the 600 block of Church Street in downtown Evanston, where the city recently installed new plastic bollards to

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On the move - Evanston RoundTable

Paul Hofmeister and his 8-month-old daughter Ada Maeve head down Dempster Street to the lakefront. “We take a couple of walks a day to see the world,” he

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Evanston family leaves its mark on Obama Presidential Center - Evanston RoundTable

Denise Martin, the former Evanston Township High School principal, can be found these days outside the new Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on

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Low bid count on zoning rewrite sparks debate on city's business climate - Evanston RoundTable

Morton City Hall at 909 Davis St. Last month, the city revealed that, despite six weeks of advertising, its request for proposals seeking a consulting

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Sanctuary Evanston hosts weekend gatherings as ICE fallout, funding needs persist - Evanston RoundTable

For residents wanting to get involved with immigrant support groups, Sanctuary Evanston will be hosting events throughout the summer involving training

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Evanston man found dead near Des Plaines River - Evanston RoundTable

An Evanston man was found dead near the Des Plaines River in Lake County Forest Preserve after being reported missing.

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Evanston goes to the movies, Part 3 - Evanston RoundTable

Part 3 examines how moviegoing in Evanston was monitored and policed through censorship and segregation. Ultimately, the end World War I would shift the

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End notes: Evanston goes to the movies, Part 3 - Evanston RoundTable

“The Moving Picture Censorship Code,” Evanston News-Index, Oct. 28, 1915. Reportedly, all the “cut outs” to films that were made by the censors were

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Peggy Tarr: Beauty after rage - Evanston RoundTable

The recent storms last Monday were frightening. They raged. In talking with folks who experienced power outages, they said it was a time they will never

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Addressing food insecurity: Local shops donate unsold food - Evanston RoundTable

Many bakeries and shops throughout Evanston donate leftover food that would otherwise go to waste. Some, like Bennison's Bakery on Davis Street, donate unsold items to local soup kitchens, while…

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'People are looking for something to do after 9 o'clock': Is Evanston nightlife experiencing a resurgence? - Evanston RoundTable

Evanston is a town of eclectic businesses: bars, restaurants, record stores, comic book shops, apothecaries, coffee shops and bakeries. Each business

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Five-Fifths TIF committee walks the district to see infrastructure needs - Evanston RoundTable

Fifth Ward Councilmember Bobby Burns (center) leads TIF committee members past the new Foster Elementary School during Thursday's tour. Members of the

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Raising their voices in protest, in song and spoken word, at SPACE - Evanston RoundTable

Songs of Protest, Sounds of Freedom rang loud and joyfully at Evanston SPACE during a July 26 show. Dave Specter, a 40-year-veteran of the Chicago blues

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Ryan Field nears completion for September soft opening - Evanston RoundTable

The new Ryan Field will reach "substantial completion" and be ready for a soft opening by Sept. 11, Pat Ryan Jr., CEO of Ryan Sports Development, said on

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EPD continues hospital bomb threat investigation, individual identified, but no one yet in custody - Evanston RoundTable

The Evanston Police Department continues to investigate a bomb threat at Evanston Hospital Tuesday evening. EPD has identified an individual in connection

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Heavy rain, localized flooding possible in Evanston through Saturday - Evanston RoundTable

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the Evanston area, with periods of heavy rain, thunderstorms and the potential for

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Les Jacobson: Birds of a feather - Evanston RoundTable

My father, a frequent and harsh critic of my native dumbness as a kid, would take to calling me "bird brain," or sometimes in a grand rhetorical flourish,

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J. Harry Jones Jr., author and former reporter, dies at 96 - Evanston RoundTable

J. Harry Jones Jr., 96, a former Kansas City Star reporter, died on July 22, 2026, of multiple myeloma. He was preceded in death by his wife of nearly 70

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Mixx Company Band kicks off another lively Downtown Summer Sounds evening - Evanston RoundTable

Hundreds of fans filled Fountain Square Thursday evening for Downtown Summer Sounds, a free outdoor concert series that brings live music, dancing and

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Behind the bluebird: Inside Shawn Bullen's newest Evanston mural - Evanston RoundTable

A bluebird soars above the Lake Michigan shoreline, flying past beaches, harbors and familiar stretches of Chicago's lakefront. For muralist Shawn Bullen,

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