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Assistance to low-income Evanston residents increases by 25 percent
Daily Northwestern
By Jia You Evanston Township plans to raise general assistance payments to low-income residents for the first time in three years, pending town board approval of its new budget. The proposed budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year calls for a 25 percent ...

Thrill to Circus in Progress in Evanston
Deerfield Review
By MYRNA PETLICKI Contributor May 17, 2012 7:50PM Exciting new circus artworks will thrill your family at Circus in Progress at 4:30 pm and 7:30 pm Saturday, May 19, at the Actors Gymnasium, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., Evanston.

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Music Institute Academy Ensembles Take First and Third in Fischoff Junior ...
TribLocal
By Jill Chukerman Today at 4:09 pm The Music Institute of Chicago confirmed its status as one of the best schools in the nation for chamber music study with students from its prestigious Academy for gifted pre-college musicians earning first and third ...

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Mudlark Theater Company's Antigone Opens May 24 at Next Theatre in Evanston
TribLocal
By Sherry Thomas Today at 1:05 pm Mudlark Theater Company concludes its 2011-2012 season with an original adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy ANTIGONE, opening Thursday, May 24, at Next Theatre. Directed by Managing Director Michael Miro, ...

Pick of the week
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Philharmonic: Larry Rachleff, the orchestra's principal conductor and music director, leads the season finale, which will be given over to a pair of Romantic staples, Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.

Slow Food Farm Dinner
Gapers Block
By Katie Johnson Don't have enough farm to table meals in your life? On May 23, Uncommon Ground on Devon will host a Slow Food farm dinner. Executive Chef Matthew Holmes will prepare a multi-course (including dessert!) spring menu, not to mention ...

Pivot Point's Corrine Passage Bernin Passes Away
ModernSalon.com
By Stacey Soble | 05/16/2012 8:39:00 PM On May 16, Pivot Point's Corrine Passage Bernin, 50, passed away in Evanston, Illinois. Bernin, who served as the company's senior vice president of production and systems development, was the only daughter of ...

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Pope John XXIII School
Evanston Review
The boys volleyball teams both finished in third place for the season, defeating Holy Cross in their respective tournaments at Loyola Academy. The junior varsity team, consisting of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders, finished with a record of 10-2 ...

District 65
Evanston Review
Board of Education regular monthly meeting will be held May 21 with the public session beginning at 7 pm in the Board Room of the JEH Education Center, 1500 McDaniel Avenue, Evanston. Live coverage by ECTV broadcast on Channel 19 in Evanston; ...

Evanston calendar for May 17, 2012
Evanston Review
Evanston 10/8/11 Cesar Salinas teaches a Zumba class at Foster Street Dance Studio. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media The Evanston Review welcomes items for the Community Calendar, School Digest, Newsmakers and other sections.

Evanston Now
DePaul names Yohanan financial executive of the year
Evanston Now
Robert R. Yohanan, founder, managing director and chief executive officer of First Evanston Bancorp Inc./First Bank & Trust has been named DePaul University's Financial Executive of the Year. Yohanan, a DePaul alumnus, leads the $750 million publicly ...

Diversions: 4 picks for the coming week
Winnetka Talk
1. Hogeye Folk Arts hosts a concert by Jim Craig & Friends at 7:30 pm May 19 at Lake Street Church, 607 Lake St., Evanston. $15 general admission; $13 for senior citizens; $5 for students; free for children under 12. Admission may be paid at the door, ...

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Future food
Chicago Tribune
"The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches from the Future of Food" By Josh Schonwald Harper, $25.99 What it is: "What's for dinner?" is a question most of us ask every day in hopes of having the answer by nightfall. Josh Schonwald, a journalist based in ...

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Hat Tea raises $9000 for Infant Welfare Society of Evanston
Winnetka Talk
The Infant Welfare Society of Evanston (IWSE) held its 7th annual Hat Tea fundraising event on May 6th at the Hilton Orrington Hotel. More than 120 guests of all ages attended the high tea which raised more than $9000 for the non-profit organization.

Architect explains why the Purple Hotel is purple
Chicago Sun-Times
File Photo from October 9, 2006 of Lincolnwood's The Purple Hotel, located at Touhy and Lincoln Ave. The village of Lincolnwood, having done inspections inside the hotel, has determined that management is breaking all kinds of sanitary building rules.

Beating death a day-by-day triumph for couple
Glenview Announcements
By Karie Angell Luc Contributor May 15, 2012 9:18PM Roy Olso (left) wrote "Beating Death...Day-by-Day...Prayer-by-Prayer,” a book about his wife Beth, who survived a brain aneurysm. | Karie Angell Luc~for Sun-Times Media SIGNING: 6-8 pm Sunday, ...
Damisch kicks off summer world tourNorthbrook Star

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Group wants Viennese-style cafe at former Evanston Borders site
Evanston Review
BY BOB SEIDENBERG bseidenberg@pioneerlocal.com May 15, 2012 5:18PM A downtown group would like to see the Viennese coffee company Julius Meinl make Evanston's former Borders Book store its fourth Chicago location.(Bob Seidenberg\Staff Writer) Evanston ...

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Evanston looks for faster lake water tests
Chicago Tribune
When health officials test Lake Michigan for high levels of bacteria, the results don't come in for about 18 hours — which doesn't do swimmers much good on the day samples are taken. Evanston officials are looking for a way to predict when bacteria ...

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Boys Tennis: Bleier to double up with Collins for Evanston
Evanston Review
By MATT Harness mharness@pioneerlocal.com May 15, 2012 8:18PM Although his game isn't where he wants it to be, Bleier won his last singles match of the season on Monday, outlasting Maine South's Drazan Trovanovic 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 to place third at No.

Woman robbed of phone near Evanston CTA stop
Evanston Now
Northwestern University police say a woman walking from the Foster Street 'L' station in Evanston early this morning was robbed of her cell phone by a man who grabbed her and implied he had a gun. Police say the incident happened about 2:20 am.