Joerg Metzner

5 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Joerg Metzner

As temperatures hovered in the mid 90s on Sunday afternoon, everyone did their best to stay in the shade at the 35th annual Evanston Garden Walk, which featured seven private gardens of varying sizes and an urban farm. Six of the gardens and the farm are shown below. All proceeds from the Garden Walk go toward scholarships for summer camps at the Evanston Ecology Center, home of the Evanston Environmental Association. Click on any of the images below to see them enlarged.

6 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Joerg Metzner

The weather gods smiled upon the 2025 Evanston Summer Solstice Jam at the Arrington Lagoon on Friday, where the Chicago Full Moon Jam fired up the crowd around the lagoon. On this longest day of the year Climate Action Evanston and the city of Evanston brought its community an evening of fire performances and music. The event was free, but donations were suggested in support of Climate Action Evanston’s new Youth Climate Leadership Fund.

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Joerg Metzner

Credit: Joerg Metzner When a red-winged blackbird realizes the sign is not saying “no sitting this sign.” Related Stories Joerg Metzner is a portrait, architecture, and editorial photographer (joerg-metzner.com) based in Evanston. You can reach him at [email protected] or (312) 925-0545. More by Joerg Metzner...

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Joerg Metzner

Artist El Paris Jamieson drew a mural titled Solidarity last weekend under the Lake Street CTA viaduct with sidewalk chalk, so the work wasn’t meant to be permanent. According to the artist, it depicted “an indigenous Mexican young woman, and an indigenous Palestinian young woman, facing each other and uniting in struggle.” The elements would have naturally erased the art over time, but for someone, that wasn’t fast enough.

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Joerg Metzner

Dame’s-violet flowering on the Mendoza Prairie. Credit: Joerg MetznerMendoza Prairie, a Schoolyard Habitat Site and certified wildlife habitat, at Washington Elementary School on Lee Street, west of Ashland Avenue. This another of the many gardens and natural habitats attached to schools throughout Evanston, augmenting students learning of nature by letting them experience it.