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From longtime traditions to new programs, Evanston offered residents many opportunities to celebrate and treat mothers, grandmothers and other loved ones this Mother’s Day. The Evanston History Center’s 47th Annual Mother’s Day House Walk-By provided an opportunity for families to learn something new while spending time outside together this weekend. EHC Executive Director Eden Juron...
For the less than 1% of Evanston’s student population who are homeschooled, creative education takes place outside the typical classroom. Through local arts enrichment programs, homeschooled students have the chance to learn, grow and make friends with other students, whether working behind the canvas or performing on stage. Ratika Dayaldasani, who works at the Northwestern...
In an attempt to spread color to the least expected places, the Evanston Fourth of July Association is sponsoring a public art project to be displayed throughout the city from July to October. The organization is recruiting nine artists, who will each create a unique design in their assigned ward. Fourth of July Association Celebration...
Evanston Host Plant Initiative works to save endangered bee species Evanston is abuzz with community efforts focused on saving the bees. In partnership with Natural Habitat Evanston, the Evanston Host Plant Initiative is advocating for the inventory and planting of host plants for the endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. The species’ population has declined about 87 percent in the last 20 years due to habitat loss, pesticides and pathogen spillover. DePaul University environmental masters graduate student Libby Shafer launched the initiative as part of her thesis work. Saving pollinators,...
Kemone Hendricks, founder of Evanston Present and Future is organizing Evanston’s first in-person Juneteenth Parade, which she said will bring the community together to celebrate “America’s real freedom day.” Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery, honoring the date federal troops arrived in Texas on June 19, 1865 and brought news of freedom to America’s remaining slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation had been issued over two years prior, but the order to free slaves wasn’t followed in parts of the deep South. Hendricks had planned to host Evanston’s first Juneteenth Parade ...