At the start of the pandemic, Scott Anderson, Prairie Moon’s marketing director, was at a loss. Anderson was considering opening a second restaurant centered around Italian food, but Prairie Moon couldn’t even serve its own patrons indoors. He decided they would still open an Italian concept, Pasta Luna, but this time from inside Prairie Moon’s.
The city has opened applications to fill Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th)’s seat after her planned Feb. 15 resignation. Mayor Daniel Biss, who is responsible for appointing her replacement, released application information on Monday. Applications are due Feb. 14 and Biss will appoint his selection on Feb. 22. City Council will vote the following Monday to.
The Evanston Arts Center announced its new Weighardt/Kawamura scholarship Tuesday. The need-based scholarship will fund eight students’ tuition for arts center classes each year for 25 years. It will also display 20 artists’ work each year. The center also renamed its second floor gallery the Sueko Kawamura Gallery. Arts Center member and artist Sueko Kawamura,.
As January comes to a close and a surge in COVID-19 cases begin to subside, here are some things to do in Evanston this week. Ms. Lisa Fischer at SPACE Jan. 23, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Fischer, a Caribbean psychedelic soul and jazzy progressive rock singer, will perform at Evanston SPACE. She previously sang.
When Evanston/Skokie School District 65 teachers Jennifer Tertulien and Jenna Arceneaux interviewed elementary school students in 2018, they asked participants to name a book character that resembled them. The two educators said what they saw was striking: girls and boys of color struggled to identify someone they could relate to. Tertulien and Arceneaux created the.