If you’re an ETHS student, there are many traditions that become ingrained into your mind. The tune of the ETHS fight song that we hear at sports games, the chime of the bell after each period and...

In 1989, following a series of bans on skateboarding in the suburbs of Chicago, then 16-year-old Zack Winston built a pair of ramps out of scraps of old plywood and placed them in an empty parking lot...

At 8:05 a.m., traffic crawled to a stop just outside of entrance one. Students dart out into the street, shielding their eyes from the rain, and the most palpable sounds are the squeak of windshield...

Just two blocks east of ETHS on Church Street, standing tall against the urban backdrop, two large, vibrant murals capture the attention of passersby due to their dualling color schemes—one side ablaze...

At the Fat Shallot on Central St. in Evanston, laughter fills the room as customers bite into their truffle BLT’s and sip on ginger lemonade during the weekly Wednesday trivia nights. The Fat Shallot’s...

At 8:00 a.m. every morning, an hour before the official school day begins, around thirty students file into the gym of Lincolnwood Elementary school—and seven other district 65 schools. These students...

Deep in the corners of the vacant arts wing is a room full of ETHS kitchen staff working in aprons and hair nets. Early in the morning, they are already hard at work, pushing around carts, laying out food...

At 2715 Hurd Ave., in the heart of Evanston’s Sixth Ward, exists what was once a large and lively church dedicated to worship alone. The Second Church of Christ, Scientist, nestled among dozens of single-family...

Every Tuesday night from 5 to 7 p.m., a dozen or so musicians in the Evanston community travel to 1224 Washington Street to play at a jam session. Housed at Butcher Boy, they have access to a full drum...

On a blustery morning at the Evanston Farmers’ Market, patrons with arms full of produce stopped to listen to a beautiful sound drifting through the air on the wind. It floated past canvas tents displaying...