Meals on Wheels to unveil new mural on June 1 - Evanston RoundTable
This month, a new mural will adorn the Meals on Wheels Northeastern Illinois building at 1723 Simpson. Local non-profit Art Encounter is heading the
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This month, a new mural will adorn the Meals on Wheels Northeastern Illinois building at 1723 Simpson. Local non-profit Art Encounter is heading the
Spend just a few minutes wandering around downtown Evanston and you’re almostguaranteed to stumble across at least one mural or piece of public art. The
The Evanston Mural Arts Program has unveiled two new murals. Situated at the new senior living development Trulee Evanston, a mural by Molly Zakrajsek depicts an abstract night garden and another work by Max Sansing at the Metra line off Davis Street depicts two faces amidst a cloudy sky. The program, through local nonprofit Art...
Under the train tracks on Main Street and along Custer Avenue, the walls are cracked, dry and covered in weeds. Local business owners Diana Hamann and Eric Young said they’ve been trying to cover the eyesore in the Custer Oasis, the area around Main Street and Custer Avenue, for years. “We can only do so...
“I just grabbed my phone and hit the streets,” she said. Four years later — and during another local election cycle — the Evanston Chamber of Commerce has honored Gardner as the 2021 Community Leadership Person of the Year. Her platform, which produces content covering local politics, social justice efforts and community leaders, now has more than 44,000 views on YouTube and over 6,000 Facebook followers. Catching the “entertainment bug” early in her life, Gardner moved to Los Angeles as a young woman and worked as both a touring dancer and casting director before she returned to ...