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Attention all you Gleeks, you HSM fan boys and girls, you fans of all things Broadway, and everyone who's idea of defying gravity doesn't have anything to do with either NASA or Tony Hawk.  The Annual Spring Ice Show is returning to the Robert Crown Center. Entitled Musicals in Motion and now in its 36th consecutive year, this year's Spring Ice Show... [Read more...]

When George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead premiered in movie theaters back in 1968, it became Romero's unknowning progenitor of the "zombie horror" genre of popular culture, thereby leading to an immense variety of other films (Romero's Dawn of the Dead and Zack Snyder's remake), as well as comic books like The Walking Dead, and TV shows, like AMC's... [Read more...]

In June of last year, we posted about some Evanston ice cream hot spots.  And as long as it's not pouring down rain through much of the greater Chicago metro area, ice cream is something that couples well with the warmer spring-transitioning-to-summer weather. So, if you're looking for some other equally tasty or tastier ice cream and frosty treat hot... [Read more...]

Neither The Muppets or Ghostbusters (Slimer) will be showing at the Green Film Series that's coming to the Evanston Ecology Center on Friday, May 11th. The 1st in what's sure to be a long line of annual green film serieses or festivals, this event is formed out of a partnership with the Evanston Environmental Associatiom (EEA), and it includes some... [Read more...]

Well, technically LifeSource does. And so does Dr. Acula. Seriously though, Evanston is having a blood drive. Taking place at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center on Thursday, May 3rd, from 9am to 3:30pm, this blood drive is in response to the nation's current, crippling blood shortage. Blood that's donated goes towards anyone in need of a blood... [Read more...]

No, seriously. In an event that can be tied back into the recent celebrations of Earth Day this past Sunday, the City of Evanston and the PEER Services of Evanston are taking part in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take-back Day. Taking place from 10am-2pm on Saturday, April 28th at the Levy Senior Center, this RX Take-Back... [Read more...]

In his analysis of the works of Franz Kafka and comedy, entitled Laughing with Kafka, David Foster Wallace argues that "most Americans do their most serious falling-down drinking [in college]" because of the encroaching nature of everything after college: namely the full time job and the like ensuing responsibilities that come with growing up.  Wallace argues... [Read more...]

 There are some great places scattered throughout the Evanston-Chicago metro area that offer up fun and challenging ways for you to get some exercise. Included among these are several rock climbing gyms, as well as several like gyms with a rock climbing walls.  Whether you're looking to conquer your acrophobia or to simply "climb the walls", there's sure... [Read more...]

Regardless of whether you're a casual reader or a compulsive one, if you're someone looking for a casual page turner or a the latest in a series, an arbitrary page-turner or a collectible issue, you're sure to find something to pique your interest at The Evanston Public Library's Spring Book Sale. In the same fashion as book sales of yesteryear, this year's... [Read more...]

Since it's initial publication as a novella almost 70 years ago, The Little Prince (aka Le Petit Prince) has been translated into an excess of 250 languages, boasting 200 million copies sold worldwide, making it one of the best-selling books in the world. Ever! A stage adaptation of The Little Prince is coming to Northwestern University Josephine Louis... [Read more...]

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