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City Council moves Healthy Buildings Ordinance forward to final vote
Evanston City Council members moved closer Monday toward adopting the city’s first Healthy Buildings Ordinance (HBO), which would require 500 of the city’s largest buildings to be energy-efficient,...
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District 65 class sizes are set to grow. How big is too big?
As part of Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s ongoing effort to cut its budget, the district is aiming to eliminate 22 total classroom sections across all schools for the start of the next academic...
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More ETHS students pass AP courses but college enrollment share dips again
The number of students taking and passing college credit courses rose during the 2023-24 school year, according to the post-high school report presented by Evanston Township High School staff at the...
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NU’s Wirtz Center’s winter theater season announced
The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts at Northwestern University is turning up the heat this winter with a dynamic lineup of plays, musicals and dance performances. Running...
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Here in Evanston: Two hours of civil discourse
It could have been like herding cats — inviting all the candidates for the District 65 school board, none an incumbent, to a debate. But the sponsors, SonRise Evanston and Kuumba Evanston, had it all...
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Cherry Preschool announces new executive director
The Cherry Board of Directors announced Sarah Schoonyoung as the new Executive Director of Cherry Preschool. Schoonyoung is currently the lead teacher in the Pre-K Purple Room and in her ninth year of...
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NU’s Block Museum exhibition of Northern Cheyenne painter Jordan Ann Craig...
The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University presents “it takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig,” the first major solo exhibition in the Midwest of work by Northern...
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District 65 affirms schools as ‘welcoming places for all’ amid deportation...
A bitterly cold Tuesday that saw both Evanston Township High School and District 65 shift to remote learning because of the dangerous temperatures ended quietly, and without the news that many are...
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Chicago’s TikTok historian talks making history accessible at NU’s MLK...
Sherman “Dilla” Thomas gives the keynote address on Tuesday at Northwestern’s Martin Luther King Jr commemoration. Credit: Joerg MetznerSocial media storyteller and Chicago historian Sherman “Dilla”...
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District 65 board field down to 12 after another candidate withdraws
An atypically large field of candidates running for District 65 school board in this spring’s election got just a little smaller last week, as Dan Kastilahn told the RoundTable on Friday that he filed...
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Lunar New Year celebration brings excitement to Dewey School community
Theo Cope is a Dewey School fifth-grader and a staff member at Tiger Times, Dewey School’s student newspaper. The Tiger Times will publish a shorter version of this article in its spring issue.By Theo...
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Sopranos take center stage at upcoming Bienen School of Music events
The Bienen School of Music offers an exciting lineup of voice and opera events this winter, featuring renowned artists and unique interdisciplinary performances.Acclaimed soprano Sondra Radvanovsky...
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After spirited debate, City Council holds Healthy Building Ordinance until...
After significant debate Monday night, the City Council voted to hold off on its final consideration of the proposed Healthy Buildings Ordinance at least until their next meeting on Feb. 10. The vote...
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District 65 board approves $13.3 million in cuts
The Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board took a key step Monday night in its effort to fix a budget crisis that has left the district with budget shortfalls for three years running. Chief Financial...
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ETHS chess team wins conference title
The Evanston Township High School chess team more than lived up to expectations at Saturday’s North Suburban Chess League Conference Tournament at Niles West High School in Skokie. The Wildkits began...
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Foster School construction remains under budget with ‘90%’ of contracts done
From left: District 65 officials Charmekia McCoy and Kirby Callam join architect Brian Kronewitter in updating the school board on Foster School construction. Credit: Duncan AgnewWith three packages of...
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Theater review: NU’s Dolphin Show presents ‘Cinderella’
Devin Eichel as Marie, Sofi Pascua as Ella (Cinderella). Credit: Justin BarbinThe Dolphin Show is the largest student-produced musical in the country. At least 150 students take on all the...
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School districts seek clarity ahead of Healthy Buildings Ordinance
Staff and board members from both public school districts in Evanston shared concerns Wednesday about financial feasibility, clarity and potential administrative burden of the Healthy Buildings...
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21st annual ETHS Jazz Festival set for Feb. 8
Top high school jazz bands and ensembles from across Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana will perform in the 21st annual Evanston Township High School (ETHS) Jazz Festival on Feb. 8, a celebratory daylong...
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Schools partner for upcoming Battle of the Books on Feb. 5
Four North Shore schools will compete in a Battle of the Books with the help of local children’s literature and library legend Betsy Bird. The “quad school battle” takes place at 5 p.m. on February 5...
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