A triple dipper from Evanston Chili’s, flying high amongst the clouds. Dallas Thurman / North by Northwestern. pausing just long enough to look inside — people leaning in close over half-eaten plates.

Los Angeles-based alternative-pop singer-songwriter Audrey Hobert’s debut, Who’s the Clown?, is a success. The album offers a complete and humorous portrait of navigating insecurity and dating culture ...

Willie the Wildcat with young Northwestern fans at Wildcat Alley, the designated fan fest area. Photo courtesy of Northwestern Magazine’s J.B. Spector. When Zoe Goodman (SESP ’19) stepped into Willie ...

Gracie Abrams performs on the evening of the first night of Lollapalooza. Photo by Mary Amelia Weiss/ North by Northwestern Lollapalooza came and went to Chicago last weekend, complete with a ...

Listening to the thumping of the bass inside my sister’s car, “Body Language” by Kali Uchis marked my first experience listening to her album Isolation. Uchis’ hypnotic ad-libs beckoned me into full ...

You hear the exhibit before you see it. After walking through the imposing, vault-like doors that mark the entrance to The Block Museum’s main exhibition floor, you are immediately greeted by the ...

Last year’s Oscars were exciting. Every movie nominated for Best Picture seemed to have a chance to win the top prize. There were constant controversies and drama (from AI accents to Twitter outbursts ...

Harrison Ball as Ennis Del Mar and Jack Cameron Kay as Jack Twist in Chicago Shakespeare’s North American premiere production of Brokeback Mountain. Photo courtesy of Kyle Flubacker. Warning: This ...

The construction site of the new Foster School, as of June 4. Photo by Maya Mukherjee / North by Northwestern. Evanston resident Terri Shepard spots Black children waiting for a bus in her ...

U.S. flags border the streets, hang from scaffolding and wave in the hands of participants at Evanston’s 2025 Fourth of July parade. The flags often represent American pride and unity, but can also be ...

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, ...

Part 1 of this series introduced the impact a Republican-controlled government might have on the future of Title IX in college sports. Now, it is time to learn how your vote may influence the employee ...