The Daily Northwestern · Everything Evanston: Food Pantries in a Pandemic How are Evanston’s food pantries responding to a surge in food insecurity due to COVID-19? Hillside Food Pantry’s operations manager explains how the pantry adapted to meet the challenge, and a longtime volunteer walks us through a day at the pantry. MAIA SPOTO: From...

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MAX LUBBERS: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Max Lubbers, and this is Everything Evanston. Let’s take a minute to think back to what life was like during the 1980s. Maybe you’re imagining iconic trends like fluffy hair or neon. But beneath all of that, the punk music scene was ramping up. CHRIS KEAN: There was...

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DELANEY NELSON: From the Daily Northwestern, this is Everything Evanston. I’m Delaney Nelson. With more than 10 cafes in the downtown area, coffee shops are a staple of the city of Evanston, giving students and community members a variety of locations to choose from. But with so much competition, what can the keepers of Evanston’s...

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MAX LUBBERS: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Max Lubbers, and this is Everything Evanston. In the basement of Willard Elementary School, there is a room cluttered with instruments. You have to be careful when you’re walking around so you don’t bump into a drum set, guitar or keyboard. And in the middle of all of...

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MAX LUBBERS: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Max Lubbers, and this is Everything Evanston. It’s been almost five months since Wally Bobkiewicz’s final day as city manager. He announced his resignation on August 13th of last year, and on the same day, Mayor Steve Hagerty released a statement. Within it, he said the city manager...

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CHRISTOPHER VAZQUEZ: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Christopher Vazquez, and this is Everything Evanston. One day, when Eileen Hogan Heineman was twelve years old, her neighbors started getting riled up about something she didn’t quite understand. They were planning to protest the bussing of seven black students into a nearby all-white public school. EILEEN HOGAN...

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HEENA SRIVASTAVA: We’re on hold with Verilife Medical Marijuana Dispensary. Their music is really elegant. JOSH IRVINE: I remember I once tried to call The New York Times. The Helpline. And it was just horrifying. SRIVASTAVA: Their wait music? IRVINE: It was so distorted and awful and ear-shatteringly painful. SRIVASTAVA: Maybe that’s how they get...

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KALEN LUCIANO: From the Daily Northwestern, I’m Kalen Luciano. Welcome to another episode of “Everything Evanston” CINDY LEVITT: The first night I slept in my new townhouse, I was woken up by a rumbling, and I thought that there was an earthquake. I come to find out it was just the trucks rolling into the...

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KALEN LUCIANO: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Kalen Luciano. Welcome to another episode of Everything Evanston. This week we spoke with Daily Digital Managing Editor Christopher Vazquez about his reporting on gun violence in Evanston. Thanks for tuning in. LUCIANO: Last week, Chris shared the second episode of his documentary series Toppling the Trigger, where...

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KALEN LUCIANO: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Kalen Luciano. Thanks for tuning in, and welcome to the first episode of Everything Evanston. In this installment, community leaders discuss their hopes for reparations, and we take an inside look at the beloved couple who owns Tomate Fresh Kitchen. Last month, aldermen approved reparations recommendations by the...

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