Day: August 30, 2018

Aurora inaugural City of Lights Ukulele Festival 8-26-18

Ukulele Festival a full day

Ukulele players move down Water Street to the main stage in the inaugural event in downtown Aurora, Sunday. Click here to see a video clip of the opening act: Hix Bros Ukulele Band. Click here to see a video clip of the second act: Hula O Puanani with Hoapili. Jason Crane/The...

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Paramount Theatre in Aurora earns 10 Jeff Award nominations

Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Committee announced recently the 2017-2018 Equity Jeff Award nominees, and Paramount Theatre in Aurora, with its Broadway Series productions, earned 10 nominations for outstanding performance, direction, and design in Chicago theater last season. Paramount was the only Chicago theater to land two nominations in the highly-competitive category...

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Aurora COA dedicates Westbrook Drive to John and Eileen Hix Street Hix Brothers Music 8-24-18

Street dedication to John and Eileen Hix, home to Hix Brothers Music in Aurora

The city government of Aurora dedicates Westbrook Drive in Aurora Friday to John and Eileen Hix Street, home to Hix Brothers Music in Aurora. The rain stopped long enough to reveal the street sign. John Hix was born in Aurora in 1924. As a child, he learned to play the...

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Ninth Aurora GreenFest Saturday, Sept. 22 at Prisco Center and McCullough Park

The Aurora GreenFest will celebrate its ninth annual festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at Prisco Community Center and McCullough Park, 150 W. Illinois Avenue in Aurora. The Aurora GreenFest is a free event for the whole family with three new fun events this year: A...

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Aurora Alley Art Fest 8-25-18

More than 60 vendors showcase their creations at the Alley Art Festival in downtown Aurora

The Alley Art Festival on Water Street Saturday in Aurora provides many vendors on a 80-degree-plus day, one day prior to the Ukulele Festival. Click here to see more photos. Jason Crane/The Voice...

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Carter Crane editor of The Voice

Summer activites rush to a close in Aurora and Naperville

Many items fill this page, which is a reflection of many the activities which rush to cross the bridge prior to and following Labor Day. It is Labor Day for many who reduce the Summer activities and resume a less hectic pace. Certainly last weekend in Aurora there was a...

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Naperville Stand on Every Corner

Dedication to Naperville chapter of Stand on Every Corner

Karen Peck, second from left, stands with the Naperville chapter of Stand on Every Corner, by the Riverwalk in downtown Naperville every day from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.. Thursday, Aug. 23 was Peck’s 46th consecutive day at the Naperville location she formed. She plans to be there every evening...

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Reader’s Voice: Football fields should be grass only

August 10, 2018 Dear editor; Aurora University has removed all grass from its baseball and football fields and has financially helped West Aurora High School remove grass from its football field. They replaced the grass with plastic (artificial surface) that when the sun bares down on it, the surface gets...

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Roots Aurora September 7 in Aurora

Roots Aurora, the free community block party, which celebrates the cultural richness of Aurora, will be 5 p.m.to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7 at the Water Street Mall in downtown Aurora. Roots Aurora is a community celebration of dance, music, art and food, presented by non-profit organizations and community leaders....

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Donna Crane

‘How Schools Work,’ a book by education’s Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan was a recent guest on the MSNBC Morning Joe television show to promote his new publication: “How Schools Work.” Simon & Schuster, book publisher: “From the Secretary of Education under president (Barack) Obama, an exposé of the status quo that helps maintain a broken system at the expense...

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Jo Fredell Higgins

U.S. Statue of Liberty celebration after France’s gift

Beginning with the Siberian hunters who crossed the Bering landbridge about 30,000 years ago, United States has been populated with people from around the globe. Even the Statue of Liberty, symbol of American diversity, has French ancestry. Most of the 4.5 Million who came between 1841 and 1861 were Irish...

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Charles Coddintgon

The Chas delineates his military experience

If you have been following Wayne Johnson’s contributions to this publication, dear reader, you will know that he has spent some time in the military. By all accounts, it was a rich and rewarding experience, and he has cherished it ever since. Sadly, the same cannot be said of my...

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Recipe

Guacamole

Ingredients 3 avocados – peeled, pitted, and mashed 1 lime, juiced 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup diced onion 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro 2 roma (plum) tomatoes, diced 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1/3 teaspoon cumin 1 pinch ground cayenne pepper Directions 1. In a medium bowl, mash together the avocados,...

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Concerns about pedestrian safety near Montgomery intersection; Village Board approves water rate increase

Edie Johnson, manager of a mobile home park near the intersection of Montgomery Road and Douglas Avenue, expresses concern at the Montgomery Village Board meeting, Monday. She stated the recent death from a pedestrian vs. car accident is the second death of a resident from the mobile home park. She...

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Marianne Renner, a transformational leadership coach, discusses the benefits of a positive attitude with Rotary Club of Aurora

Positive attitude helps aspiring and emerging leaders gain clarity and confidence

Marianne Renner, a transformational leadership coach, discusses the benefits of a positive attitude with Rotary Club of Aurora members, Monday, at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora. She emphasized a positive attitude helps aspiring and emerging leaders gain clarity and confidence. Renner has a background in marketing and public relations, has...

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Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday for City of Aurora Government employees

Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday for City of Aurora Government employees

Aurora City Council members and mayor Richard C. Irvin, at the table, applaud signing of the agreement which will give Aurora city government employees a paid holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, the third Monday in January. Mayor Irvin signed the document at the desk moments earlier. The...

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Former Copley Hospital building, vacant since 1995. City of Aurora photo

Aurora Government unanimously approves agreement for environmental cleanup and related remediation of former Copley Hospital ; APPO contract approved

By Jason Crane –  The Aurora City Council honored the 41 community groups that participated in the August 7 National Night Out, at the City Council meeting Tuesday. Unanimously approved was an agreement to facilitate the environmental cleanup and related remediation of the former Copley Hospital site at 502 S....

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