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Local nonprofit STEM School Evanston hosted a community talk back at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center on Wednesday to discuss the findings of a research study funded by Northwestern regarding racial injustice in Evanston’s schools. Gilo Kwesi Logan, a diversity and leadership consultant and educator at Northeastern Illinois University, facilitated a conversation between Evanston residents —...

Books & Breakfast has been serving the mouths and minds of school children in the Evanston area since the 1980s. As a before-school program, the Evanston-based nonprofit provides free breakfast, homework help and emotional care to local elementary and middle school students identified as needing additional support. Students meet with program leaders in any of...

This is a modernization-bound train making all stops. Doors closing on the right.  The Chicago Transit Authority announced work on the next phases of the Red and Purple Modernization Program, aiming to renovate and modernize the northern section of the Red and Purple lines. In public meetings on March 14 and 16, CTA staff members...

Michael Fitzpatrick, senior director of first-generation and lower-income initiatives for the Office of the Provost, said his biggest challenge as a FGLI college student was navigating the different, often implicit expectations of student life and the growing separation he felt from home. “While I had some academic challenges when I was a FGLI undergraduate, I...

Northwestern alum Sofya Levitsky-Weitz’s (MFA in Writing for the Stage and Screen ‘15) original play “Be Mean to Me” will present five shows at the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts this weekend. “Be Mean to Me” follows characters Meril and Jean as they grow up from 17 to 27 years old. The story explores...

Comedians and actors Hannah Einbinder and Megan Stalter, stars of HBO’s critically acclaimed dramedy series “Hacks,” delivered a series of stand-up comedy performances as A&O Productions’ 2022 Fall Speakers on Wednesday. “Hacks” follows the relationship between legendary comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and young comedy writer Ava Daniels (Einbinder) as they develop what the show’s...