Evanston
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Sept. 11 observances across the suburbsSep 10, 2025 9:57 am - Towns across the suburbs will observe the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with remembrance ceremonies.
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Sept. 11 observances across the suburbsSep 08, 2025 11:28 am - Towns across the suburbs will observe the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with remembrance ceremonies.
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Spotlight: Jenna Fischer, Francis Guinan star in ‘Ashland Avenue’ premiere at GoodmanSep 03, 2025 9:10 am - Productions of new plays dominate the fall theater season, which includes world premieres at Goodman, Steppenwolf, Lifeline, and other suburban and Chicago theaters.
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Bike the Drive a rare car-free ride on Lake Shore DriveAug 25, 2025 12:27 pm - The Active Transportation Alliance’s Bike the Drive event, coming up on Aug. 31, gives cyclists a chance to bike on Lake Shore Drive without cars.
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A balm for the bereaved: Geneva woman seeks to install wind phone where grieving people can ‘talk’ to lost loved onesAug 16, 2025 12:15 pm - A Geneva mother seeks to establish a wind phone, a disconnected phone that allows grieving people to “talk” with their departed loved ones, in her community in honor of her 18-year-old son James who died unexpectedly in 2021.
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Spotlight: Tony Award-winning ‘Parade’ plays CIBC TheatreJul 29, 2025 11:48 am - The national tour of the 2023 Tony Award-winning musical “Parade” plays Chicago’s CIBC Theatre. Meanwhile in Skokie, Music Theater Works revives the beloved “Fiddler on the Roof.”
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Ride Illinois offers guidelines for regulating e-bike useJul 23, 2025 10:42 am - Electric bikes and scooters are gaining popularity, leading to municipal ordinances regulating their use. Ride Illinois released guidelines hoping to introduce uniformity across communities.
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Evanston theater revives unflinchingly authentic ‘Pass Over’Jul 21, 2025 4:09 pm - Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre revives “Pass Over,” Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s drama about two young men trying to survive their crime-ridden neighborhood. On a lighter note, Highland Park’s Uptown Music Theater revives “Hairspray.”
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Abughazaleh, Biss hold fundraising lead in crowded race to replace Schakowsky in CongressJul 19, 2025 12:15 pm - The race to succeed retiring Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the largely suburban 9th District may a crowded one — but front-runners are emerging.
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Another Democrat announces campaign for Schakowsky’s congressional seatJul 16, 2025 11:28 am - The cast of candidates for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat continues to grow.