Evanston, Illinois - What to do? Where to go?

03/16/2026

Good News! Threats of health care research funding being because the President is mad at some states with Democratic Governors are stayed while the courts decide whether the action is legal.

Stayed, unless the Supreme Court tries the case on their shadow docket and rules that the President can do whatever he wants because he's the President. Question about that Shadow Docket: Do you think they consider the future when Trump's not President? The precedents they're setting apply until they're over-turned which PREVIOUSLY wasn't a common occurence. The Supreme Court is, in essence, re-writing the Constitution. The activist conservative majority on the Court is altering the balance of powers allotted to the 3 branches of government by the Founding Fathers, who, I'll posit, were a whole lot smarter than the current Supreme Court Justices could ever hope to be.

Illinois would have lost more than $100 million in CDC grant funding if the cuts were allowed to remain in place.

07/19/2024

You know you love the food from Hub's!

07/14/2024

Traps, removing food sources, leave them be if they're not overwhelming. Don't mindlessly set out poison and kill their primary predators as a result!

Supertoxic rodenticides can accumulate in birds, mammals, and insects, even killing some. Scientists want to understand the damage—and limit it

07/01/2024

Did you know that Chicago has a pro Ultimate Frisbee team? The Chicago Union's home field is right here in Evanston!

History - Stadium - Team Records As a member of the Ultimate Frisbee Association (UFA)™, the Chicago Union compete at the sport’s highest level in a city that offers a thriving ultimate community and world-class sports environment. Chicago is an ultimate hotbed. The presence of numerous large-sc...

06/26/2024

Take precautions! You DO NOT want to get West Nile Virus!

06/20/2024

Not a lot of produce (yet) but flowers are doing their thing. Hot pinks and reds are finally showing up to join the purples, yellows, and whites.

06/09/2024

https://evanston.libnet.info/event/11028506

Celebrate Jens Jensen Day in Evanston by learning about the Potawatomi people, the first stewards of the land.

06/09/2024

RATS are everywhere. Learn about them and how to control/live with them at the Climate Action Evanston and Evanston Rotary Club event - in person or online.

Human efforts to eliminate urban rats have severely impacted wildlife, and the rats are still here. What are we to do? Larry Heaney, Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum will share his expertise on mammals, and particularly rats. He has potential solutions to offer, and will answer your questions.

04/05/2024

www.northshoreplantclub.com
Order plants now and periodically throughout the summer including these native Butterfly Host Plants at "almost wholesale prices" through the Skokie/Evanston Plant Club

04/02/2024

It's that time of year again! If you are Cinderella wishing for a Prom Dress the Evanston Women's Club can help make your wish come true. Click on the link below for all the details!

03/26/2024

https://friendtocicadas.org/

Back to Cicadas - here is some important information:
1) They DO NOT BITE (they can't, no mouth), they're basically harmless, but annoying.
2) They don't harm garden plants (if you have vulnerable young trees you can wrap the trunks or cover them with netting to prevent the females from laying eggs in the branches, but it probably won't harm them either way), and
3) Using insecticides to kill them will just leave you with a yard full of decaying smelly insect corpses.
So leave them be, enjoy if you can, ignore if you can't. They won't be around long, and won't be back (in the Chicago area, anyway) for another 17 years.

Educational materials and community science opportunities for the Brood XIII and XIX emergence will be arriving soon! Please click HERE to receive materials or research opportunities as soon as they arrive.