Mark your calendars to see the next exhibition at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center-- join us for the opening Reception a week from Friday!

We’re partnering with FAN (Family Action Network) for several speaker events this month – particularly on Oct 14, Oct 21, and Oct 28! These virtual events are free and open to the public so be sure to register using the QR code.

Halloween is right around the corner, and you know what that means...it's almost time for some trick-or-treating fun. Evanston's official trick-or-treat hours this year are Sun., Oct. 31, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. cityofevanston.org/halloween.

Blank will become Northwestern’s 17th president. She will be the first woman to lead the school when she takes office in summer 2022. evanstonroundtable.com/2021/10/11/new…

Explore the City's 2022 Proposed Budget here: ow.ly/sU1750GpHcX The spending proposal will be presented to City Council at its next meeting on Oct. 18 #Evanston

Happy National Coming Out Day! So excited to celebrate today as Illinois’ first openly gay state Senator 🙌🏿 #NationalComingOutDay #LGBTQIA 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Today we celebrate and recognize the history of Native Americans. We live on their ancestral homelands and on this Indigenous People's Day, please learn, reflect and support indigenous rights organizations

Picturing Evanston: Last light of the day at Calvary Cemetery on Evanston’s southern edge, just south of South Boulevard and Judson Avenue. (Photo by Joerg Metzner)

Beginning Feb. 28, masking will be optional in University administrative spaces, research labs, public events & non-classroom communal spaces. Masks will remain a requirement in classrooms, lab-based classes & other spaces where instruction takes place at least through March 19.

No one should underestimate the willingness of autocrats to inflict suffering on their own people.

At This Time, Thursday at 9:21 a.m. Gerald Franklin installs the first of 30 signs that discourage giving to people on the street. “This is not about general panhandling, but about aggressive panhandling, which is criminal,” said Kelley Gandurski, interim city manager.

#Evanston Free Public Library (as it used to be called), 1898. The library was housed on the 2nd floor of the old City Hall building (at Davis St & Sherman Ave). In 1908, the library moved into a new building on Church & Orrington Ave. #library #evanstonillinois Evanston Public Lib.

My bill SB4028 requiring schools provide instruction on how & where to access mental health just passed the Senate! It also sets up a youth mental health council to ensure that an LGBTQ-led, POC-led, & woman-led community based mental health provider be at the table! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏼

"Authoritarian regimes have proliferated all around the globe, and human rights crimes abound. Just a generation after so many walls were brought down, it is hard not to feel that the world has plunged back into darkness." Scott Simon's essay: n.pr/3tazNm2

Mardi Gras Mask Craft Kits! Starting March 1st, families can pick up a kit to create their own #MardiGras mask (Main #Library or Robert Crown) and "laissez les bons temps rouler" (French for "let the good times roll"). Kits are only available while supplies last!

Boys Swimming & Diving earns 32 points to finish 12 Place overall at the #IHSAKits STATE FINALS!!!

'Something Rotten!' came to Evanston—and we're glad it did. 🍅 🎶 Earlier this month, Northwestern students entertained audiences with 10 hilarious performances of the smash #Broadway musical. 📸 from The Wirtz Center ⬇️

As we approach Fat Tuesday…

D65 unveils redistricting plans dlvr.it/SKmPkh