The exterior of Buffalo Joe’s at 812 Clark St. Little has changed about the restaurant since its opening on May 1, 1984. Photo by Maya Segal / Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute When Yale ...

They use grocery shopping to complete exercises for Alexander’s recovery. Photo by Sissi Ma/ Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute Eighty-six-year-old John Alexander leans toward the freezer door ...

Photo by Mary Amelia Weiss/ North by Northwestern Lollapalooza came and went to Chicago last weekend, complete with a star-studded lineup and a light breeze cooling crowds circling Grant Park’s iconic ...

Barrett opened Bookends & Beginnings in 2014, bringing to life a vision she had for 30 years. Located in downtown Evanston, the bookstore hosts author meet-ups and sponsors Waldo scavenger hunts — an ...

Chicago artist Miguel A. Del Real traces a freehand sketch for his mural. Photo by Jocelyn Chen / Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute. Using white chalk on the sidewalk in fr ...

Four years ago, Betsy Haberl led her two toddlers to the miniature door of Evanston’s Booked, hoping to find a new bedtime story. Today, she’s the store’s co-owner — committed to nurturing a love for ...

Since Foster School closed its doors in 1979 as part of the district’s desegregation efforts, there has been no neighborhood elementary school in the primarily Black Fifth Ward. Every day for the ...

Decked out in red, white and blue, riding on floats, or marching with their owners, the furriest attendees of the city’s annual Fourth of July parade lined Evanston’s Central Street.

Gabriel Garcia, 59, a substitute teacher at Mary Lyon Elementary, grew up in a predominantly white South Side neighborhood. As a first-generation Mexican American, he learned to assimilate and adapt ...

The Rotary International’s parade float, a U-Haul trailer filled with nearly every national flag where Rotary operates, drives down the Evanston streets during the 4th of July parade last Friday.

Evelyn Kraber is a student in the summer 2025 Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute.

As the marching band faded and the floats disappeared, a new sound took over: the steady hum of engines from the cleanup crew. Central Street stayed loud, this time punctuated by the acceleration of ...