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Perspective Gallery's August dual exhibition "Ar•ti•facts" features Jane Feely's photographs of her ancestral Welsh fishing town and Jeffrie Chirchirillo's images of leaves on his greenhouse roof, on view through Aug. 30 with a virtual artists' talk Aug. 20.
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A DeKalb County, Georgia grand jury indicted former Evanston/Skokie District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton on one felony count of aggravated assault and two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to children, stemming from a January domestic incident involving his wife and two minor children.
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Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center will reveal its first public mural on Friday, Aug. 7, a work created by artists Alfonso "Piloto" Nieves Ruiz and Andrew Walker III with Fifth Ward residents, kids and nonprofits over a year of community workshops.
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The City of Evanston is accepting applications from residents ages 15 to 24 for grants of $1,000 to $5,000 through Bloomberg Philanthropies' Youth Climate Action Fund, with $50,000 total available and a second-round deadline of Aug. 27.
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Classy Closet Consignment drew about 100 people to a free sidewalk fashion show on Washington Street on Aug. 1, featuring models in vintage and designer consignment looks, with organizer Mikayla Spear hoping to make the event annual.
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Hundreds of Evanston residents gathered outside police headquarters on Tuesday, Aug. 4, for a National Night Out block party featuring a dunk tank for Chief Schenita Stewart, K9 and drone demos, and a community-policing message from the officers who organized the event.
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The Evanston Children's Choir opens registration for its 25th anniversary season this fall, offering three choir programs for grades 1–12, including a Michael Jackson-themed Story Choir, with concerts planned at Alice Millar Chapel and Nichols Concert Hall.
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Downtown Evanston has installed about a dozen sidewalk decals, with murals and painted utility boxes to follow, along Church Street as a "Walk of Fame" welcoming Northlight Theatre back from 29 years in Skokie ahead of its September 9 opening performance.
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Babes With Blades Theatre Company's world premiere "yo ho." — a queer pirate comedy with stage combat — runs through August 29 at The Edge Theater Off Broadway in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, with accessible performance options and streaming dates.
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The Evanston History Center and Evanston Latinos co-presented "Nuestras Historias en Evanston," a free bilingual storytelling event on July 29 featuring author Paula Cofresi-Silverstein and advocate Celia Carlino sharing their experiences building lives in Evanston.
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Northwestern University alumna Ruiqi Chen, a 2020 Medill graduate and former Daily Northwestern staffer, won Season 4 of "The Great American Baking Show" after a pandemic-era attempt to recreate a Costco cream puff launched her baking career.