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 ...

Buffalo Joe’s was “pretty popular with students back in the ‘80s,” said Mike McKewin (College of Arts and Sciences ‘88). “Back then, there wasn’t as many choices of places for students to go. There ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DESIGNERS & ILLUSTRATORS Sofia Hargis-Acevedo, Sarah Brown, Sachin Chawla, Carter Chau, Jessica Chen, Kyra Doherty, Chase Engstrom, Sarah Jacobs, Isabella Millman, Lena Rock, Adelle Rubinchik, Marley ...

My older sister is ordering our drinks at Iconica cafe in Northampton, Massachusetts. You order on the ground level, but we like to sit in the loft. The wallpaper is a map of the world up there, ...

Lina Park is a student in the summer 2025 Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute.

Tucked inside the Block Museum of Art right by Norris Student Center and Lake Michigan is the Block Cinema. The theater shows a wide variety of programs open to the public and functions as an ...

This nearly three-hour play about soccer, or rather, football (and toxic masculinity) was surprisingly engaging. It moved quickly, with bright lights and lively, nationalistic music. In the first act, ...

“It is perhaps the nature of the modern man to search ever inward as the outward becomes known and quantified. We expected to find truth, rationality, and something of natural, intrinsic elegance. We ...

Sissi Ma is a student in the summer 2025 Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute.