When people hear you’re going to Northwestern, they might think you’re going to school in Chicago. The billboards throughout the Chicagoland area that call NU “Chicago’s Big Ten Team” might lead to even more confusion. However, NU is in Evanston, and it’s important to learn about the community you’ll be entering and staying in for.
Graduation Issue 2021 It’s difficult to reflect on four years’ worth of college experiences when the last year and a half was so distinctly different from the first few. After years of growth and independence, most of us spent six months or more in our childhood bedrooms. When we did come back, it was to.
Evanston Now
The pandemic hasn t killed interest in retail in Evanston, after all.
The window of the soon to open bakery on Dempster.
You’ll soon be able to get a cup of great coffee in a new shop on Dempster Street. The beans are up from Congregation Coffee in New Orleans, the same roaster that provides the beverage to famous Crescent City restaurants like Brennan’s.
But please, don’t call the new Dempster Street business, Comfort Desserts Reimagined, a coffee shop.
“We are not a coffee shop,” says owner Harrith Razaa. “We are a bakery that also has coffee.”
The “Hahnaissance” is just beginning and Kathryn Hahn (Communication ‘95) told Northwestern students she never expected her career to take off in the way it has over the past few months.
At a Thursday event hosted by A&O Productions and moderated by Communication Prof. Jeffrey Sconce, Hahn spoke to attendees about her experience performing in hit productions such as “WandaVision” and “Parks and Recreation,” and reminisced about her time at NU.
Hahn’s recent rise in popularity, noted by publications like Variety, has been attributed to her performance as Agatha Harkness in “WandaVision.” She said she ascribes her meteoric rise, which shows no sign of stopping, to her artistic individuality.
Restaurants in Evanston and nationwide will be able to reclaim up to $10 million to replace revenue lost during the pandemic through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.
The fund, which was created through the American Rescue Plan Act, is intended to ensure that restaurants who have managed to stay afloat since last March are not forced to permanently shut their doors due to low revenue. The funding will not have to be repaid as long as it is utilized before March 11, 2023.
Restaurants owners will need at least two franchises to be eligible for the full grant, as each physical building is redeemable for up to $5 million from the fund. It is not yet clear when applications to the fund will open.