Learning is a lifelong process, if you’re open to it and lucky enough to see the value in it. Learning from mistakes can be tough to swallow, but it’s those lessons that can really stick with us. When Aurora Downtown was asked by community members last year why we didn’t
The Venue, the 200-seat music performance space in Aurora, will continue livestream performances in April due to COVID-19 restrictions. All performances will be broadcast live from The Venue’s Facebook Page and YouTube Channel. At each performance, a donation is suggested and donations are split between the artists and The Fox
Aurora Central Catholic (ACC) High School’s Spring musical will go on with pandemic protocols. “Bright Star,” written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, will be staged March 12 and 13 at 7 p.m. each and Sunday, March 14 at 3 p.m.. Phillip A. Nohl, play director and school drama instructor,
Artwork created by Fox River Valley students will be on display during the 2021 Student Art Show from April 17 through May 16 at the 116 Gallery in downtown St. Charles, inside Mixology Salon. The St. Charles Arts Council will be host with financial help from the American Legion and
The Fox River Arts Ramble has been scheduled from from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 5. The event is a collaborative effort of the Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles; the St. Charles Arts Council; and Water Street Studios in Batavia. It was created in 2018 with
Chris Lang, right, of Lang’s Cookies in Oswego, packs cookies for a patron at the first indoor Art and Market Aurora Saturday at Society 57 Cafe in downtown Aurora.
Aurora’s Paramount Theatre will present a free virtual reading of BULL: a love story, a new play about a young Mexican American man’s path to self-actualization, written by Nancy García Loza, Thursday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. CT. Tickets are free but reservations are required. Reserve online at ParamountAurora.com/Inception-Project. BULL:
Aurora Downtown’s Streetscape committee will provide funds for a second gateway mural designed to welcome visitors into downtown. The organization of downtown business and property owners is seeking requests for proposals (RFP) due February 12. The theme of the mural will be “Aurora Unity” and will promote pride in the
The Silo Restoration Illumination Project lights up the sky east of State Street and Lincolnway after its December 11 completion in North Aurora.
Naperville paid tribute to its fallen firefighters with the December 7 unveiling of the new Ladder of Light at Firemen’s Memorial Park.
The Venue, the 200-seat music performance space in Aurora, will return to Livestream performances in December due to COVID-19 restrictions. All performances will be broadcast live from The Venue’s Facebook Page and YouTube Channel. At each performance, a donation is suggested and donations are split between the artists and The
Paramount School of the Arts in Aurora is commissioning a new play for young audiences that it intends to tour to schools throughout the greater Fox Valley area. The new work initiative, supported by the NEA Arts Work Grant Program, is the first such grant for Paramount from the prestigious
Plano High School Theater will stream its production of War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast, an original 1938 radio broadcast, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24! Audience members can sit back in the comfort of their homes and hear the original 1938 broadcast and it’s history. The thespian students
Aurora Downtown will turn downtown into Sugar Skull City from October 15 to November 15. The 30-day celebration honors the beloved Mexican cultural tradition of Day of the Dead, and will coincide with events during First Fridays, November 6. Downtown storefronts will be decorated with festive displays for the holiday.
The Village of Oswego will be host to a project start for the new Oswego Entertainment Venue at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15. The Oswego Entertainment Venue will be on the north end of Station Drive, near the Park N Ride lot and future Metra station, on Oswego’s West Side.
Aurora public and parochial school students are invited to compete in a peace poster contest sponsored by Aurora Noon Lions Club. Arvid Meyer of Aurora, Noon Lions president, said Lions International’s poster contest is an international competition that encourages children ages 11-13 to creatively express what peace means to them.
“Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon, going to the candidates’ debate. Laugh about it, shout about it. When you’ve got to choose, every way you look at this you lose.” Lyrics that you, at one time, could not walk into a bar or a gas station without hearing.
Muralists Josh Schultz and Rebekah Axtell work to finish the “Aurora” mural Saturday on the back of a building at 5 S. Lake Street.
Naperville Park District invites families and individuals to participate in the Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz taking place September 12-20. To join in the BioBlitz, simply take photos of pollinators such as bees, butterflies and birds, and upload them to iNaturalist, a free app. The photos will be collected and studied
Aurora soon will have a new, welcoming mural along Galena Boulevard just west of Lake Street. Artist and muralist Josh Schultz was given the green light by both Aurora’s City Council and Aurora Downtown’s Board of Directors to begin work on a mural that has been in the works since
