In September, 2021, my freshman year of high school, I awkwardly stumbled around the ETHS Volunteer Fair. The Senior Courtyard was crowded with white plastic tables, colorful banners and sweaty teenagers,...

“It’s really cool for students to be able to see that poetry is not just something that you're working on in class,” said Bradley Baum, an English teacher here at ETHS. This will be his third year...

As the college application season wraps up, ETHS theatre and music students are still scrambling to get their extra workload finished.  “We talk very generally about ‘get your applications in by...

Poetry in ASL

Situated in the northernmost extremities of our planet, inhabited by only a smattering of citizens, and covered mostly by snow and ice, lies the world's largest island. Owned by the Kingdom of Denmark...

Fairy lights strung across soft brown trees; sparse, light-beige furniture; a light blue-green background with a standing door; everything awash in warm yellow light. The set of Northlight Theatre’s...

As I emerged from the theater where I watched the newly released movie “Wicked”, directed by Jon M. Chu, I fiercely wished I had been properly introduced to the franchise sooner. The movie had completely...

On Friday, September 20, the atmosphere at the Evanston Homecoming football game was electric, with students, parents, and alumni gathering to celebrate school spirit. A highlight of the evening was the...

On March 8th, 2024, movie theaters everywhere welcomed “Kung Fu Panda 4.” Directed by Mike Mitchell and co-directed by Stephanie Stine, our panda protagonist, Po, voiced by Jack Black returned. Other...

After graduating from University of Virginia, Tina Fey moved to Chicago and got a job as the front desk receptionist of the Evanston McGaw YMCA. In those hours of placating hurried parents, checking in...

On Sept. 17, ETHS Improv club students and club sponsors, Laura Jewell and Edward Grey, headed down to Batavia, Ill. for the fifth Yes, And… festival. Started by Batavia High School’s improv group...