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Evanston. Here are the latest news and feature stories — plus our always excellent photos — from around the city.

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The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park is an outdoor concert venue with a futuristic design. Overlooking the bay, this structure ...

Michael Reinsdorf and Danny Wirtz bought $11 million-worth of more land for the megadevelopment around the United Center, ...

Creation & Celebration — student writer Gena Jones reflects on her upbringing along Chicago's lakefront, which fostered a ...

Robin Moore initially had one purpose: learn more about the life of her grandfather Reginald Moore. She never expected that mission to take her to a grassy field in a remote part of Canada, where ...

Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...