Evanston

Filmmaker Explores Gender Equality In China

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Chicago Filmmakers, Can They Kick It, Chinese Equality, Video, May Tchao Film, Women in China, Evanston, Chinese Women, Chicago Films, Chicago Impact, May Tchao, China, Chinese Americans, Chicago News

May Tchao wasn't always an aspiring filmmaker, but after working in the advertising industry for years, the Chinese-American Evanston, Ill. resident k...

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What Making 100 Quilts in One Year For Lutheran World Relief Taught my Church Group

Joan Brunwasser | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Women, Quilting, Evanston, Lutheran Church, Third World, Social Activism, Interview, Lutheran World Relief, Women News

I have been attending the evening quilting sessions at our church for almost two decades. In the early years, we might make 10 or 15 quilts a year. This year, our goal was to create 100 quilts.

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Explosive Device Found At Suburban Police Station

Evanston, IL Patch | Jessica Rudis | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Evanston Police, Evanston Police Explosives, Evanston, Chicago, Illinois, Evanston Patch, Chicagoland Patch, Explosive Device, Patch, Explosives Evanston Police Station, Chicago News

Evanston police said an explosive device was found in back of their Howard Street outpost on Saturday. A person of interest in the case has been taken...

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Evanston Hospital Employee Gets Laid Off, Punches Boss In Face

Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Illinois, Evanston Hospital, Employee Fired Punches Boss, Employee Punches Boss, Evanston, Punch Boss, Chicago, Chicago News

A 21-year-old food services employee at Evanston Hospital allegedly punched his boss in the face Wednesday afternoon, after being told he was getting ...

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Evanston Residents Fooled By Paper's Snow-Removal Prank

AP | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Illinois, Evanston Snow Removal Tax, Evanston Snow Removal, Evanston April Fools, April Fools, Evanston Roundtable, Evanston, Chicago, Chicago News

EVANSTON, Ill. — Talk about a snow job. Some residents of a Chicago suburb who remember all too well having to dig out from February's historic...

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Illinois Redistricting: Will Minorities Really See Improvements?

Kyle Hillman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Senate, Illinois, Redistricting, New Trier, Chicago Chinatown, Evanston, Rogers Park, Chicago, Illinois Redistricting 2011, Chicago News

Next week, the public aspect of the state redistricting process will begin. On Monday, the largest metropolitan area gets a say, and it should be fascinating to watch.

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College Town Will Enforce 'Brothel Rule'

City | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brothel Rule, Brothel Law, Evanston Brothel Rule, Evanston, Northwestern Brothel Rule, Northwestern, College News

The Northwestern administration will not ask Evanston to reconsider its "brothel law," a zoning ordinance that will cause hundreds of students to be e...

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Evanston Named One Of America's Coolest Suburbs By Travel And Leisure

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Chicago Culture, Suburban Chicago, Chicago Suburbs, Evanston, Chicago Getaways, Chicago News

For years, the suburbs were regarded as vast, generic wastelands. The architecture of the city was miles away, and there was the misconception that su...

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Evanston Pipe Bomb Explosion Was A Suicide, Family Says

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evanston Pipe Bomb, Illinois, Evanston, Colin Dalebroux, Pipe Bomb, Chicago, Chicago News

The explosion of a pipe bomb in Evanston that killed a young man was apparently a suicide, his family reports. Colin Dalebroux's body was found early...

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Headless Body Found Near Evanston Middle School

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evanston Pipe Bomb, Chicago Suburbs, Evanston Explosion, Nichols Middle School, Decapitation, Evanston, Decapitated Body Evanston, Chicago News

A headless body was found near an Evanston middle school early Tuesday--and a pipe bomb was found nearby. According to NBC Chicago, Evanston residen...

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Social Worker Who Donated Kidney Could Be Fired...For Not Living In Chicago?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Public Schools, Myra De La Vega, Chicago School Residency Policy, Dan Coyne Kidney, Dan Coyne, Chicago Schools, Monique Bond, Evanston, Dan Coyne Social Worker, Video, Chicago News

UPDATE: CPS chief executive Ron Huberman told the Chicago Tribune that he personally will review the matter and was freezing any action regarding Coyn...

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The Empire of the Ants

Michael Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poison, Ants, Ant Poison, Evanston, Ant Infestations, Chicago News

In antediluvian Evanston, that is, before three weeks ago, a few confused ants would wander about the kitchen counter, lost on their way to ant conventions or curious about life beyond the baseboards.

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Evanston City Council Votes Unanimously To Explore Wind Turbines On Lake Michigan

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Illinois, Wind Turbines, Lake Michigan Wind Turbines, Evanston, Lake Michigan Wind Power, Lake Michigan, Chicago, Chicago News

If some Evanston officials have their way, dozens of giant wind-turbines one day could tower above the waves of Lake Michigan several miles off shore,...

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Lake Michigan Wind Power: Evanston Considering Building Offshore Wind Farm

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Illinois, Evanston, Lake Michigan Wind Power, Wind Farms, Lake Michigan Wind Farm, Lake Michigan, Chicago, Chicago News

Tuesday night, the City of Evanston will consider a plan to build wind turbines more than 6 miles offshore, MyFoxChicago.com reported. If built, the m...

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Evanston Wants To Ban Saggy Pants...Is It Constitutional?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Chicago Suburbs, Fashion Ban, Evanston, Baggy Pants Ban, Baggy Pants, Evanston Baggy Pants, Sagging Pants Ban, First Amendment Rights, Fashion, Saggy Pants Ban, Saggy Pants, Chicago News

Municipalities trying to outlaw the wearing of sagging pants is nothing new. In 2004, the entire states of Louisiana and Virginia both tried to pass l...

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Mayor Of Evanston: April Is 'Shani Davis Month'

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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A couple hundred speedskating fans packed the Robert Crown Ice Arena in Evanston on Thursday to meet and honor Olympic Speedskater Shani Davis. "I'm ...

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Evanston High School On Lockdown After Gun Threat

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evanston High School Lockdown, High School Threat, Gun Threat, Chicago Suburbs, School Shooting, Evanston, Evanston High School Gun Threat, Chicago News

Evanston Township High School is on lockdown today after someone called and said he would open fire at the school, a spokeswoman for the high school s...

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St. Athanasius Closed: Evanston Elementary School Shut Down After Swine Flu Scare

CBS2 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Swine Flu Outbreak, St. Athanasius School, Swine Flu Pandemic, Chicago-Swine-Flu, Swine Flu, Saint Athanasius, Evanston, Chicago School Closings, Flu, School Closings, Chicago News

A rash of students out sick with flulike symptoms has shut down a Roman Catholic elementary school in Evanston....

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Surfing Lee Street Beach

Michael Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Street Beach, Big Wednesday, Lake Michigan, Outdoor Exercise, Evanston, Surfing, Chicago News

In surfing, as in bull fighting, there seem to be only two types of participants. Matadors are either insanely brave or absolute cowards.

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Evanston Bans Video Gambling

WBBM Newsradio | Posted 05.25.2011

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Evanston has become the first major Illinois city to ban video gambling....

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Chubby Jewish Boy Dreams Of One Day Being Next Apatow Muse

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 05.25.2011

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EVANSTON, IL—Sources close to Arthur Meyer reported that the overweight Jewish teen hopes to someday inspire film producer Judd Apatow to......

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Mad Cow by Moonlight: Mucca Pazza Enchants Evanston

Robert Rodi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mucca Pazza, Evanston, Mark Messing, Irony, Dawes Park, Mucca Pazza Evanston, Marching Bands, Chicago News

The role of the marching band used to be one of reassurance: crowds would watch them sail by in lockstep, a vision of supremely confident organization. But we don't much believe in that kind of world anymore.

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90-Year-Old Chicago Woman Living With Siblings' Dead Bodies

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago, Evanston, Dead Bodies, Dead Siblings, Chicago News

EVANSTON, Ill. — A 90-year-old woman apparently has been living in a house with the bodies of her three siblings, one of whom may have been dead...

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Some Glitches In Cook County Voting

Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Voting, Voting Gliches, Evanston, Chicago Voting Gliches, Election Day, Cook County Voting, Voting Problems, Voting, Orland Park, Chicago News

Scattered voting glitches were reported at some area polling places Tuesday. Cook County is considering keeping three polling areas open an hour past...

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The Democratic Convention, From Evanston

Michael Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clintonites, Democratic Convention, Bill Clinton, Obama Bradley Effect, Bradley Effect, Evanston Hoi Polloi, Emil Jones, Evanston, Hillary Clinton, Emil Jones Uncle Tom, Hillary Evanston, Barack Obama, Obama Evanston, Hillaryites, Chicago News

There was no joy in Evanston. The Democrats had found much to disagree on and little to unite around.

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