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Walt Disney and the 4th of July in Evanston
Evanston celebrates the 4th of July bigger and better than most communities An independent non-profit, the Evanston 4th of July Association sponsors the event with private funding for the parade and fireworks. The City helps with Police, Fire and Public Works assistance. I heard last year a story about the role that Walt Disney played in the parade. As I heard the story, Walt Disney was hired to put on a great show at what was then Dyche Stadium on…
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Gallery 4502 Opening: "Driven to Abstraction"
The second of the art exhibits produced by the Evanston Arts Center in the Civic Center's Gallery 4502 (aka the City Manager's Conference Room) opened tonight. The exhibit "Driven to Abstraction: drips, cubes and fields of color" runs through August 19. Kudos to Evanston Arts Center Executive Director Norah Diedrich for putting together the shows and Kate Todd from the City Manager's Office in coordinating the show on the City's end.…
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A Day in Springfield Evanston Style
Over 75 Evanston residents and business leaders visited Springfield on Wednesday for the Second Annual Evanston Day in Springfield. The group was led by Mayor Tisdahl and included Aldermen Braithwaite, Burrus and Grover, board members and superintendents from Districts 65 and 202 as well as leaders from many of the city's non-profit organizations. In addition, NU President Morton Schapiro and Athletic Director Jim Phillips were also in Springfield with us meeting with key leaders. The day's activities were important for…
Thanks for Patience with Snow
On behalf of the City of Evanston, my thanks to everyone in the community for your understanding and cooperation as we have worked to move snow out of your way. It has been a major undertaking. Staff has been working 24 hours a day since last Tuesday afternoon to clear and remove snow. There are many things we think we did right and many things we want to change not only for the next blizzard, but anytime we declare a…
New Art Space at Civic Center Opens Friday: Gallery 4502
The City of Evanston, in partnership with the Evanston Art Center, is opening a new public art gallery at the Civic Center. Gallery 4502 will open with its first show "The Grounded Gaze: Escape Through Landscape - An Exhibition of Landscape Inspired Paintings by Evanston Artists" with a reception on Friday January 28 at 5 PM at the gallery located on the 4th Floor of the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Avenue. Exhibited artists include Maureen Crowley,…
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Evanston Nobel Laureate Big Trip to Stockholm
Northwestern University's news group has posted a great article with photos of Dale Mortensen's visit to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize last month.…
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Day of Caring and Wheel Barrels
Saturday was the North Shore United Way's "Day of Caring.". I was assigned to work at the Evanston Infant Welfare Society's Child Care Center. When I arrived I was assigned to help move wood chips from the front of the building to the rear. There was unfortunately no good way to do this, so I volunteered to go to Home Depot to get a wheel barrel. I purchased the wheel barrel and took it to my car. I soon realized…
Evanston Named Best Sports City in USA
Last year, I reported on the blog that Evanston was named the 4th best sports city in USA. Of course we were grouped in with another area city .......Chicago. Well, the same Sporting News poll has come out for 2010 and we are now the best sports city in the USA (with Chicago). It was the purple water in Fountain Square that made the difference. That or the Stanley Cup, but I bet it was the purple fountain.…
Answers to Questions from First Community Budget Workshop
Staff has put together extensive answers to questions from the first Community Budget Workshop. These answers can be found on the City's budget webpage. The second and final Community Budget Workshop is scheduled for this Wednesday, September 29, 7 PM at the Levy Center.…
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Our New Neighbors
Class of 2014 'March Thru the Arch' from Northwestern News on Vimeo.…
Video from Evanston Day @NU Football Press Conference
Evanston Day at Ryan Field from Northwestern News on Vimeo. …
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Evanston Day @NU Football Kickoff
Mayor Tisdahl, Northwestern University President Schapiro and other City, School District and NU officials turned out yesterday at Ryan Field for press conference promoting Evanston Day at NU Football on Saturday September 25 for game versus Central Michigan. The events surrounding the game and pep rally on Thursday September 23 are being marketed as "Paint Evanston Purple." See our website for more details of events. Also see site for photos from yesterday's press conference. …
"Not for Profit" Day at Downtown Farmers Market Saturday
Below is list of organizations expected at the "Not for Profit" Day at the Downtown Farmers Market this Saturday, August 7: Business Alliance for a Sustainable Evanston (BASE) Center for Independent Futures Childcare Network of Evanston (CNE) Citizens for a Greener Evanston/ Center for a Neighborhood Technology Citizens' Lighthouse Community Land Trust Evanston Festival Theatre, Inc Evanston In-School Music Assosiation Evanston Public Library Friends Evanston Symphony Orchestra Evanston School Childrens Clothing Assos. Evanston Skokie Valley Senior Services of the North…
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Summer Reading Outpost Opens at Evanston Plaza
Alderman Lionel Jean-Baptiste reads a story today at the grand opening of the Evanston Public Library's Summer Reading Outpost at the Evanston Plaza Shopping Center. The outpost will be open through August.…
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Andys Frozen Custard Ribbon Cutting and Giveway
First Ward Alderman Judy Fiske presided over the ribbon cutting for the new Andy's Frozen Custard in Downtown Evanston. Along with the ribbon cutting Andy's is also giving away free sundaes all day today. The sundaes are not just mini-sized, but full sized sundaes with whatever topping you like. Very classy for Andy to do this. There was already a long line at 11 AM this morning. Patrons are being asked to make a donation to the Evanston YWCA for…
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Jeremy Piven Loves Evanston
Last night my wife Patrice and I attended a fundraiser in Chicago for the Piven Theater Workshop. The Workshop has been based at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center for many years and we thought we would attend the fundraiser to support the program. Also in attendance at the event was Downtown Evanston Executive Director Carolyn Dellutri and Bridget Calendo, NU's sustainability program director. Carolyn and I had talked about attending the event over the last few weeks and she shared with me…
Code-A-Thon Great Success
Over twenty volunteers gathered today at the Civic Center for the City's first code-a-thon. The volunteers were asked to help migrate information from the City's current website to the platform for the City's new website which is scheduled to go on-line July 1. Volunteers were asked to choose specific assignments divided into three categories: computer user, designer and programmer. Each assignment was geared to an individuals strengths and backgrounds. I picked an asssignment in the "computer user" category and spent…