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Music education in the age of COVID

So if the paperwork to get you into the practice room is not quite ready, where do you practice?

By Jeff Hirsh on August 6, 2020 - 1:45 am

Starlight Movies to play in city parks this month

Update 8/4: Tonight's show canceled because of equipment failure. | The City of Evanston’s 2020 Starlight Movies in the Park series begins Tuesday at Mason Park.

By Evanston Now on August 3, 2020 - 5:07 pm

Future of child care center on D65 agenda

The child care center for Evanston-Skokie School District may reopen the week of Aug. 17, if the District 65 School Board approves plans for the reopening at its meeting this morning.

By Jeff Hirsh on July 22, 2020 - 6:05 am

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‘Kits, ‘Cats and Kids event returns Sept. 12

The free 'Kits, 'Cats and Kids Block Party will return to Fountain Square in downtown Evanston from 4:45 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12. There'll be games, arts and crafts,

By Evanston Now on August 29, 2019 - 2:40 pm

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Beach days and hours dwindle down

With seasonal lifeguard and beach staff members returning to school, the City of Evanston has announced changes to swimming and beach office hours at several locations. South Boulevard Beach will

By Evanston Now on August 20, 2019 - 9:30 pm

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Fleetwood nominated for seven theater awards

Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre has received seven nominations for the 25th annual Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards. The Black Theater Alliance Awards, Inc. was founded in 1995 to honor African Americans who achieve excellence

By Evanston Now on August 12, 2019 - 8:49 pm

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Independence Day festivities in Evanston

The Evanston Fourth of July Association will sponsor playground activities, a parade, fireworks and more on Independence Day, this Thursday, July 4. Playground Activities The Let's Play Mobile Recreation Trailer will

By Evanston Now on July 1, 2019 - 10:00 am

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Northlight gets state grant toward new Evanston site

Northlight Theatre officials today announced they've been allocated $927,500 in state funding toward construction of their planned new theater in downtown Evanston. "Northlight is honored to be included as a line item

By Evanston Now on June 5, 2019 - 6:41 pm

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If you put a piano on the street, will people play it?

Business owners and neighbors along Howard Street in Evanston will start learning the answer to that question after an unveiling ceremony this morning. The idea for street pianos got started

By Bill Smith on May 22, 2019 - 3:47 pm

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What a difference a day makes

Sure was a nice day Wednesday -- for catching some sun from a balcony at 1500 Hinman Ave. or lots of other spots around town. Not so today with Evanston

By Bill Smith on May 16, 2019 - 5:46 pm

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Northlight Theatre plans return to Evanston

Northlight Theatre officials today announced that they've signed an option agreement to purchase a building in downtown Evanston at 1012-1016 Church St. "We are actively fundraising and developing plans to purchase

By Bill Smith on May 10, 2019 - 5:36 pm

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Thursday Night Live concerts at the new Fountain Square

The fountains at the newly renovated Fountain Square were back in operation this weekend, and pretty soon the square will again be the scene for a summer filled with live music,

By Bill Smith on May 6, 2019 - 8:36 pm

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Theater: Dramas on the family farm

Theo Ubique’s “The Bridge of Madison County” centers on an Iowa farm family in 1965, while “Bobbins and Thread” from Mudlark features a farm girl working in the Lowell mills

By Jan Smith on April 11, 2019 - 5:25 pm

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Theater: Toe-tapping, hand-clapping jazz

Musical offerings this weekend include the Richard Johnson jazz trio, string trio Time for Three offering a contemporary take on everything from Bach to Brahms and Newberry Consort performing music

By Jan Smith on April 3, 2019 - 10:15 am

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Theater: Plays at Northlight, Theo Ubique

Landlady and tenant find that “getting ahead” and friendship don’t always mix in “Landladies,” now on stage at Northlight Theatre. Theo Ubique is presenting “The Bridges of Madison County.” These

By Jan Smith on March 28, 2019 - 10:35 am

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Theater: Oscar and Felix — together again

Get some laughs with “The Odd Couple,” presented by Thin Ice Ensemble Theater, a youth theater based in Evanston. It’s also last weekend to catch Mudlark’s “Through the Looking Glass”

By Jan Smith on March 20, 2019 - 10:35 am

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Theater: Dance, drama and comic opera

Evanston Dance Ensemble presents the solar system in dance, “Landladies” opens at Northlight Theatre, and Evanston Chamber Opera offers a comic double bill. These are among the many and varied

By Jan Smith on March 13, 2019 - 10:34 am

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Theater: Three shows at Noyes

The Noyes Cultural Center is overflowing this weekend with “Through the Looking Glass” by Mudlark Theater, “ABCD” and “Mad Like Us,” performed by Piven Theatre Workshop, and the continuation of

By Jan Smith on March 6, 2019 - 11:30 am

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Woman’s Club stages sports fundraiser

Around 80 cast members will hit the stage dancing starting Thursday to raise money for "Girls Play Sports," a local nonprofit. The Woman's Club of Evanston show, a musical comedy revue full of

By Evanston Now on March 3, 2019 - 3:31 pm

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