Northwestern Community Development Corps took over the Louis Room Thursday afternoon for their annual Halloween event, Project Pumpkin. Around 900 children from local nonprofit organizations, elementary schools and community groups went from station to station trick-or-treating, playing games and participating in arts and crafts during the three-hour event. More than 60 student groups volunteered for the event by running different booths and acting as chaperones for each group of children. Project Pumpkin began in the late 1980s and has grown to become NCDC’s largest event of the year.

While she was walking on the bridge between Tech and the Seeley G. Mudd Library on Friday afternoon, Weinberg freshman and North by Northwestern contributor Brenda Chang spotted a group of streakers getting caught displaying a little too much purple pride.

“They kind of looked confused and scattered a bit,” Chang says, “but didn’t resist the police and were very compliant.” According to Chang, the streakers were handcuffed and moved to a docking zone where she couldn’t see them.

The only thing not being revealed was the identity of the ‘Cat fans.

“I couldn’t see their faces and I was too high up,” Chang says. “I was laughing too hard.”

Last Thursday marked singer-songwriter Josh Kim’s first professional gig. The Weinberg sophomore’s 20-minute solo set included four originals and two covers. He was followed by performer Matt Duke and the night’s headliner, The Spring Standards.

Sonic Celluloid mixed live music with short films at Block Cinema on Thursday night. The annual event, now in its sixth year, was organized by WNUR and Block Cinema. The musicians used heavily filtered guitar sounds, synthesizers, and vocal effects to accompany experimental films.

The Northwestern South Asian Students Alliance celebrated Holi, the Festival of Colors, at the Lakefill fire pit Sat., May 16. The event began at 11 a.m., when members ate South Asian food and s’mores.

Photo by Jamie Wiebe / North by Northwestern

Photo by Jamie Wiebe / North by Northwestern

Photo by Jamie Wiebe / North by Northwestern

Northwestern students flooded the Wrigley Field stands for the Chicago Cubs game against San Diego Padres. After Padres took the lead in the first inning, the Cubs hit their first home run of the game during the fifth inning and made a comeback in the sixth, finishing 6-2. Students cheered, hollered and sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” along with guest singer Coach Fitz.

R&B singer Solange Knowles performed on campus Sunday night, with opening acts 3D and Big Sean, in an event sponsored by For Members Only. Check out our previous coverage of Knowles. (She even linked to us on her Twitter!)

Select snapshots from a winter-quarter snowstorm to commemorate the start of spring.

The Arch, iced.

Bike forest

Sweeping Sheridan

Here at North by Northwestern, we appreciate cute animals. We also appreciate procrastinating. So, in honor of finals week, North by Northwestern will be holding its first ever cutest pets at Northwestern contest.

Simply send in a picture of your cat, dog, tortoise, horse, Chia pet or whatever else you feed and house, along with your name and your pet’s name. The mold growing in your refrigerator doesn’t count; pets who live at your parents’ house do count.

All submissions are due to pets@northbynorthwestern.com by Friday, March 6. We’ll post all photos Monday of Reading Week for your perusing pleasure. Vote for your favorite pets’ pics, and we’ll compile the best pets of Northwestern. So the next time you say, “My dog is totally the cutest,” you’ll know you’re right.