January 2016 - Evanston Now

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Police: Evanston man tried to run over men in fight

Sheriff's Deputies in DeKalb County say an Evanston man tried to run over a group of men fighting in the front yard of a DeKalb home with his SUV early this morning and

By Bill Smith on January 31, 2016 - 10:22 pm

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Theatre’s Youth Ensemble begins new works program

Skokie Theatre is debuting a new program for young actors. “Acting Up!” -- for grades 2 through 6 -- is an eight-week performance workshop featuring new works by local playwrights

By Evanston Now on January 31, 2016 - 6:59 pm

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Playwright and director discuss ‘Big Love’

Chuck Mee, playwright of hits including “Big Love” and “bobrauschenbergamerica”, spoke with Evanston Now regarding his artistic practice and his “re-made” style of writing. Northwestern is currently producing Mee’s “Big

By Eric Shoemaker on January 31, 2016 - 6:36 pm

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Sports

Kits complete ‘perfect’ month with one-sided win

Evanston’s basketball team isn’t perfect yet. The Wildkits sometimes turn the ball over too much in their halfcourt offense, and head coach Mike Ellis probably won’t be 100 percent satisfied with

By Dennis Mahoney on January 31, 2016 - 11:34 am

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Education

School chiefs address ‘The Gap’ at status session

Evanston schools are doing great things for the area’s kids, but one nagging challenge just won’t go away. And that is the achievement gap between white students and African American

By Charles Bartling on January 30, 2016 - 6:27 pm

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Sports

Mulvihill’s career game lifts Kits to 10th straight victory

With two and a half minutes remaining in the game Friday night at Niles West, Dylan Mulvihill had a chance to put an exclamation point on an Evanston victory with

By Dennis Mahoney on January 30, 2016 - 4:38 pm

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Government

City balks at postal parking rate cut

The U.S. Postal Service is seeking to cut the rate it pays Evanston to park its trucks downtown by 20 percent and lock in that rate for 15 years. City

By Bill Smith on January 30, 2016 - 11:41 am

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Government

Mayor, manager defend city gift to Flint

Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and Assistant City Manager Marty Lyons late today defended the decision to make a $5,000 donation of Evanston city funds to a campaign to provide safe

By Bill Smith on January 30, 2016 - 12:29 am

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Cops check out gunshot reports

Gunshots were reported in the 1000 block of McDaniel Avenue and in the Dewey Avenue/Simpson Street area. These among the stories in today's daily crime report from Evanston police.

By Charles Bartling on January 29, 2016 - 10:12 pm

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Shooting incident near Family Focus

Evanston police are investigating a reported shooting incident that happened shortly before 3 p.m. this afternoon near the intersection of Foster Street and Darrow Avenue. Witnesses told police that three men

By Bill Smith on January 29, 2016 - 9:12 pm

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Business

Ribbon is cut on 2nd Pritzker B&B

With the snip of a giant scissors and the slash of a sword, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and billionaire philanthropist Jennifer Pritzker formally opened the second luxury bed-and-breakfast on the city’s

By Charles Bartling on January 29, 2016 - 8:55 pm

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Business

Chamber names Liss businessperson of the year

The Evanston Chamber of Commercehas named Joseph Liss, CPA, as its Businessperson of the Year. A director at Porte Brown LLC, Liss will be honored at the Evanston Chamber’s Annual Celebration and Awards

By Evanston Now on January 29, 2016 - 3:55 pm

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Government

Legislature passes college aid bill

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) was among lawmakers voting Thursday to approve a bill restoring funding for a state college tuition aid program. Students who rely on state support to

By Evanston Now on January 29, 2016 - 3:16 pm

Mild weekend: Head to market?

The weather forecast says it's supposed to be partly sunny and mild on Saturday with a high around 44 degrees. That could make it a good day to check out the

By Bill Smith on January 29, 2016 - 12:13 pm

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Government

Mayor sends city money to help Flint

Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl is urging Evanstonians to contribute to a fundraising effort to provide clean drinking water to residents of Flint, Mich. And to prime the pump she's announced that

By Bill Smith on January 29, 2016 - 1:27 am

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Education

Haven students get intro to Y’s MetaMedia Center

Some sixteen 8th graders from a Haven Middle School math support class were hosted Thursday by the staff of the new MetaMedia Center at Evanston’s McGaw YMCA. The students received

By Charles Bartling on January 28, 2016 - 11:28 pm

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