Chicago theater audiences know when Aurora’s Paramount Theatre goes big, it goes big. Such is the case today with three major announcements from Paramount, the largest subscription theater in the U.S.: •Paramount has revealed a blockbuster, four-show line-up for its 13th Broadway Series, including two highly anticipated Regional Premieres –...
By Dilpreet Raju A Chicago organization focused on drinking water sustainability will receive a $15 million federal grant over the next two years for a project aimed at jumpstarting a regional clean water industry. The U.S. National Science Foundation awarded the grant to Current Innovation NFP, a nonprofit “innovation hub”...
Mayor Richard C. Irvin and Paramount Theatre announce that the new Stolp Island Theatre has broken ground and construction has begun. The new, 98-seat theater will be downtown Aurora’s next live performance venue, thanks to a multi-year funding commitment from Verano, a leading multi-state cannabis company that operates Zen Leaf...
The basketball dances on the rim following the shot by Matt Sessom of Waubonsie Valley over the defense of Will Ashford of Metea Valley.
Variety and family information in The Voice, as usual, this week includes: •Theatre is important to most communities. •The focus is for both Paramount Theatre and the building of the Stolp Island Theatre. •Both are in Aurora, however, it promotes more than just Aurora theatres. They are for the Midwest....
January 28, 2024Dear editor; “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union” begins the document establishing the framework upon which our country was governed, for approximately the next 237 years. Written by land-owning white men in the 17th Century, just as it implies,...
Naperville Park District Board president, Mary Gibson, was presented with the Master Board Member Award Saturday, Jan. 27, during the 2024 Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD)/Illinois Park and Recreation Association (IPRA) Soaring to New Heights Conference. Master Board Member is the highest level in IAPD’s Board Member Development Program....
Jonathan Dudley & LiBerated Chorale, in partnership with More Than A Minority and The Black Excellence Society, will showcase their talents in their debut concert “Live In The Valley: Celebrating Aurora Black History Past, Present, and Future” will take place Saturday Feb. 17 at Main Baptist Church, 814 E. Galena...
“There goes God with an army of banners.” —Poet Carl Sandburg comparing the Canyon to a Divinity. The Grand Canyon in Arizona is 277 miles long, a mile deep and as much as 18 miles wide. All of it has been carved out by erosion of the Colorado River. The...
Oh my lord, my lord. Just when I thought it was safe to go back in The Voice with a new fun topic, here comes Wild Bill Suhayda riding full speed ahead on his donkey and shooting his flaming arrows in my direction and that of Chas Coddington as well....
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Wayne’s World Johnson, the author of the piece, was wrote I was wrong suggesting he wanted Donald Trump executed similar to Mussolini during the last days of World War Two. I eagerly read Wayne’s World for my many mistakes.. I wanted to find where I had...
Ingredients1 onion, chopped1 (16 ounce) can chili beans1 (15 ounce) can black beans1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer2 (10 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with green chilies, undrained1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning3 whole skinless, boneless chicken...
No matter how advanced we think we are;No matter what, or when, or even just how far,What we conceive as forging on aheadMay justly be the opposite instead.Just look at all the ages lived before,And each and every one is stained by war.Summations of all this will judge one course:In...
What do the books Number the Stars, The Giver, Bud, Not Buddy, and The One and Only Ivan have in common? They are all past recipients of the Nunnery Medal. For more than a century, the Newbery Medal has been awarded to the most distinguished American children’s book published the...
Thursday, Feb. 1Chicagoland ChristianAurora Christian at Wheaton Acad., 7:30Little Ten Tournamentat SomonaukSemi final games Friday, Feb. 2Chicago Catholic League WhiteAurora Central at Providence, 7IC Catholic at Montini, 7Providence-St. Mel at St. Francis de Sales, 7St. Laurence at Marmion, 7DuKaneGeneva at Batavia, 7Glenbard North at Lake Park, 7St. Charles East at...
By Bobby Narang Riverside-Brookfield High School boys basketball coach Mike Reingruber slowly started to let out a smile when discussing the victory Friday, Jan. 26. The Bulldogs were in command for most of their non-conference home game against Lyons, until the final three-plus minutes. The Lions mounted a furious comeback,...
By Woodrow Carroll With each passing season, those who follow college basketball are wont to point out that the last undefeated (National Collegiate Athletic Association) NCAA men’s basketball champion was the 1975-1976 Indiana University Hoosiers. Just how far in the past are we now? With the death of the late...
Wed, Jan. 10vs. Houston, W 124-119Fri, Jan. 12vs. Golden State, L 140-131Sat, Jan. 13at San Antonio, W 122-116Mon, Jan. 15at Cleveland, L 109-91Thu, Jan 18at Toronto, W 116-110Sat, Jan. 20vs. Memphis, W 125-96Mon, Jan. 22at Phoenix, L 115-113Thu, Jan. 25at Los Angeles, L 141-132Sun, Jan. 28at Portland, W 104-96Tue, Jan....
Tue, Jan. 9vs. Edmonton, L 2-1Thu, Jan. 11at Winnipeg, L 2-1Sat, Jan. 13vs. Dallas, L 3-1Tue, Jan. 16vs. San Jose, W 2-1, soThu, Jan. 18at Buffalo, L 3-0Fri., Jan. 19vs. N.Y. Islanders, W 4-3, otMon, Jan. 22vs. Vancouver, L 2-0Wed, Jan. 24at Seattle, L 6-2Thu, Jan. 25at Edmonton, L 3-0Sat,...
Tue, Jan. 2vs. Akron, L 73-51Sat, Jan. 6at Ohio, L 78-66Tue, Jan. 9at Western Michigan, L 95-90, otSat, Jan. 13vs. Bowling Green, L 83-72Tue, Jan. 16vs. Kent State, L 83-76Tue, Jan. 23vs. Toledo, L 89-73Sat, Jan. 27at Ball State, L 81-71Tue, Jan. 30, 6 p.m.at Central MichiganSat, Feb. 3, 3...
