Aurora First Fridays will honor the dead November 1 with several venues open with Day of the Dead activities. The event will start with a Day of the Dead prayer ceremony at 3 p.m. at Aurora Public Art, in the David L. Pierce Art and History Center, 20 E. Downer...
We know you love your eBooks, and therefore it’s important to let you know that beginning November 1, Macmillan Publishers will be severely limiting access to the Company’s latest eBook titles. Macmillan Publishers will limit libraries to purchase only one copy of each new ebook title for the first eight...
Aurora University students volunteer at Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora during the 10th annual Morning of Service
The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to many events. For more information and to register, visit planolibrary.info or call 630-552-2009. • Knit and Crochet Group, Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon.The informal group works on its own projects, discusses types and colors of yarns, and helps...
The public is invited to an open house-style informational meeting about potential improvements to 248th Avenue, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in Meeting Room A/B of the 95th Street Library, 3015 Cedar Glade Road. The purpose of the meeting is to present existing conditions in the...
The U.S. Census Bureau seeks individuals to fill several paid positions to help complete the 2020 Census. As part of their efforts, officials from the Census Bureau will be holding upcoming recruiting events at the Fox Valley Park District’s three community centers, where residents can stop in and create a...
Aurora residents, Charles and Karen Lorence of Lorence’s Honey Bee Haven, center, receive mugs following their presentation on beekeeping Tuesday at the Kiwanis Club of Aurora meeting at the Prisco Center.
Annual Aurora Noon Lions Club’s pancake breakfast fundraiser
Goals in high school sports includes success in postseason play. East Aurora High School’s football team entered Friday’s final regular-season game with hopes kindled for the school’s first postseason berth since 1982. Host Elgin’s last playoff trip was in 2010. East Aurora head coach Nick Kukuc had collected his players...
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Class 8A Game 1 — #32 Joliet West (4-5) at #1 Minooka (9-0), Fri., Nov. 1, 7 p.m. Game 2 — #17 St. Charles East (7-2) at #16 Edwardsville (7-2), Fri., Nov. 1, 6 p.m. Game 3 — #25 Oswego East (5-4) at #8 South Elgin (8-1), Sat., Nov. 2,...
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By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) football playoffs, announced Saturday evening, are in eight classes. The State championship games will be played at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb November 29-30. Here’s a look at some teams and games. (Selected pairings are on page 11.) Wheaton St. Francis...
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By Woodrow Carroll Northern Illinois University played its third home football game of the season Saturday, and, for the third time this season it rained on the Huskies’ parade. It mattered little because Northern Illinois defeated the hapless Akron Zips, 49-0, in a (Mid-American Conference (MAC) game. Northern Illinois, 3-5...
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The 13th season of Artist Series presentations at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Lombard, will continue at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 when , sensational, versatile, and internationally acclaimed musical quintet, will appear in concert. Acclaimed as the perfect blend of virtuosity and vitality, the Alliance Brass has emerged as one...
Kane County, in conjunction with Pushing the Envelope Farm and Northern Illinois Food Bank, will offer a free pumpkin-recycling event in Geneva from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 2 at Pushing the Envelope Farm, 1700 Averill Road in Geneva. Non-compostables such as candles, yarn hair, stickers, googly eyes, plastic...
