Full STEAM ahead: Girls of Cub Scout Pack 18 Den 5 have a need for speed
More than 30 handmade cars rolled down a metal track on Feb. 1 at the Cub Scout Pack 18 Pinewood Derby at Winnetka Presbyterian Church in Winnetka. The Pinewood Derby, a...
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Indoor Farmers Market returns to Evanston Ecology Center on select Saturdays through April 29
The Indoor Farmers Market returned this winter and is underway on certain Saturdays at the Evanston Ecology Center through April 29 from 8 a.m. until noon. Mark your calendar for...
Lion enters the Year of the Rabbit and into the hearts of Winnetka and Northfield families
There were plenty of kisses seen between parents and their children at the Lunar New Year celebration, a Sunday afternoon memory maker on Jan. 22 at the Northfield branch of...
Evanston community gathers to honor the first day of Kwanzaa and the last day of Hanukkah
The Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre and Evanston Public Library, as presenters, invited all to celebrate Kwanzaa and Hanukkah for two free City of Evanston events Monday, Dec. 26 as snow flurries fell...
Evanston’s Menorah Lighting and Hanukkah celebration illuminates Fountain Square
Evening skies were clear for the annual Menorah Lighting and Hanukkah Celebration began on Dec. 19 at Fountain Square in downtown Evanston. The Monday event along Davis Street at Sherman...
‘There’s room for every instrument’ Evanston JRC ushers in Hanukkah klezmer sounds with a bit of Heavy Shtetl
Evanston's very own klezmer band, based at the Jewish Reconstructionist Synagogue in Evanston, brought its Evanston sound to the community on Dec. 16. The band called Heavy Shtetl, a play...
Glencoe Park District’s first ever Hallmark Holiday channels a Kalk Park movie set
The Glencoe Park District's first ever Hallmark Holiday downtown memory maker at Kalk Park attracted more than 300 people to the outdoor paid event on Thursday, Dec. 15. The weather...
‘We love our Evanston families’ Donors support local families and the Mayor’s Holiday Food, Book and Toy Drive
A last minute surge in Evanston registrations brought the number of families served by this year's Mayor's Holiday Food, Book and Toy Drive in Evanston to 400. Ken E. Cherry,...
Allstate CTA Holiday Train returns to the Purple Line
The Allstate CTA Holiday Train brightened the Purple Line in 2022 for two special December weekdays offering riders an affordable way to make holiday memories. The Allstate CTA Holiday Train...
‘We feel like we’re in a Hallmark Christmas movie’ Annual tree lighting fills Dwyer Park
The Annual Tree Lighting in Winnetka filled Dwyer Park on Dec. 2 with families enjoying the unseasonably warm evening weather. Three years ago, a new tree was planted in the...