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Opening This Weekend…

A domesticated Shrek hatches a plan to recapture his mojo and discovers what life in Far Far Away land would have been like had he never existed in this final chapter of the popular animated film series. There used to be a time when the villagers would run in terror at the mere mention of the name Shrek, but these days the big green ogre is married to Princess Fiona and raising triplets. Maintaining your fierce public persona is no simple task when you're juggling infants and changing diapers, so when Shrek realizes that nobody is afraid of him anymore ...

Friday Restaurant Deals!

Evanston has dozens of undiscovered deals every week at great restaurants. Save money by taking advantage of these awesome local restaurants deals. Friday | [View all days] Panino's -1 FREE Scoop of our Homemade Gelato Dessert American/Italian Dixie Kitchen- Pat O'Brien's Hurricanes Drinks $4.95 Southern Cuisine Merle's- $6.99 Pitchers of Stella and $3.99 all Purple Drinks BBQ unknown Hecky's - ½ OFF All Catfish BBQ to view the entire list [click here] Bookmark This Site

37th Annual Lakeshore Arts Festival

Celebrate Evanston's Lakeshore Arts Festival this weekend! The festival showcases live jazz and classical music, a silent art auction, and the popular Family Activity Area, including the Children's CraftTent and ongoing family entertainment. The festival hosts a dozen restaurateurs serving a variety of culinary delights. Since 1973, the City of Evanston has presented the annual Evanston Lakeshore Arts Festival. The festival takes place the first weekend in August on Evanston's stunning, historic lakefront at Dawes Park, Sheridan Road at Church St. Free parking is available at the NorthwesternUniversity parking lot, three blocks north of festival site (look for the signs). A ...

S.P.A.C.E Rocks!

The S.P.A.C.E (Society for the Preservation of Art & Culture in Evanston) provides a flexible creative canvas for the community. Serving as an ideal venue for music, dance, visual arts, theater, and literary arts, the versatile 3,000 square foot area offers exceptional sight lines and sound. [Source] S.P.A.C.E has a summer lineup with performers ranging from Folk to Rock. Below is a list of the upcoming performances. Wednesday, July 22 Jay Nash with Claire Stahlecker Jay Nash makes the kind of music that defies categorisation, but for the sake of this article let's call it alt-acoustic-folk-piano-rock. Nash makes the kind of music that is fit ...