Interest is compelling at the 60th annual Aurora Art League show Friday at the Santori Public Library in Aurora. Jason Crane/The Voice Winners listed in Aurora Art League: Best of Show “Midwest Marshlands in September” by Carol Bonick Best of Digital “Sunset In Rock Harbor, MA” by Mary Rodriguez First...
Youth Service Bureau (YSB) of Illinois Valley is looking for foster parents to care for children who have been abused or neglected by their biological families. Foster parents are role models, teacher, friends, and support for children. Youth Service of Illinois Valley will be host to an informational meeting on...
The 2018-2019 Broadway Series started last week at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora with the production of Legally Blonde. The audience was happy and enthusiastic Saturday when it welcomed a great cast, beautiful stage settings, and music that made many want to get up and dance. Leads Casey Shuler (Elle...
Melissa Mercado, representative from the Fox Valley Music Foundation (FVMF), shares information about The Venue, a new music performance space in Aurora, to Kiwanis members Tuesday at the Kiwanis Club of Aurora at the Prisco Center in Aurora. She said the building at 19-21 South Broadway in downtown Aurora is...
First place winners hold their trophies at the Roots Aurora talent show Friday on Water Street Mall. Kayla, left, was first place in vocalist, and Antonio was first place in dance. See facebook.com/thevoice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice ...
By using flowers and greens from their own gardens and yards, members of the Tuesday Garden Club of Aurora create 57 floral arrangements during their September 4 meeting that were delivered to the residents of the Elmwood Nursing & Rehabilitation facility in Aurora. Nancy Garbe and Hedy Lindgren, center, take...
Some music is planned, some spontaneous, Sunday at the annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival in Island Park in Geneva, a two-day attraction. Carter Crane/The Voice...
The Taste of Batavia Block Party Sunday includes a huge throng on the lawn of the Peg Bond Center for picnic and music. Carter Crane/The Voice ...
A lifetime Auroran whose German immigrant ancestry led him into the sausage business, and a Mexican immigrant with an admirable determination to honor everyone he meets, both will be honored as Cultural Champions at the 2018 Roots Aurora Festival Friday in downtown Aurora. Edward Schleining will be honored for continuing...
The Aurora Art League will hold its 60th annual Members Show Friday and Saturday, Sept. 7-8, at the Santori Aurora Public Library, 101 S. River Street, Aurora. The show will begin at noon Friday with an artists’ reception from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.. The reception will have refreshments and...
First Fridays will celebrate cultural diversity and 30 years of SciTech Hands On Museum in downtown Aurora Friday. Presented by Family Focus, Roots Aurora is a free cultural celebration that will offer live music, family-friendly activities, and cultural awareness from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Water Street Mall near...
Audiences will have the opportunity to see why many are buzzing about the amazing musicals produced and presented at the Chicago-area’s most decorated theater. Legally Blonde will start Paramount Theatre’s eighth season, September 5-October 21, in the four-part Broadway Series. Following Legally Blonde, Paramount’s Broadway Series will continue with The...
Aurora artist Laura Kubicek of Laura Lynne Art, paints a utility box in Aurora at the corner of New York and River Streets. Several other artists are working on various utility boxes downtown in the outdoor mural project sponsored by City of Aurora Public Art Commission, Aurora Downtown, and private businesses....
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...
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...
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...
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....
Carillonneur for Naperville, Tim Sleep, plays Aretha Franklin songs Saturday to honor the Queen of Soul who died Thursday, Aug. 16 at the age of 76. The Naperville Millennium Carillon in Moser Tower has 72 bells and is on the Riverwalk in downtown Naperville. The Moser Tower was built in...
The Sierra Club Valley of the Fox will meet 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10 at the Batavia Public Library where we will welcome Carolyn Burnham of the Batavia Environmental Commission. She will discuss the current efforts of the BEC and other affiliated groups such as river clean-ups, Fabyan Woods Restoration...
Batavia Public School District 101 will welcome eight inductees into its fourth annual Hall of Honor at Batavia High School Thursday, Sept. 20. The BPS101 Hall of Honor was initiated by the Batavia Foundation for Educational Excellence and BPS101 to promote pride in Batavia Public Schools and to honor alumni,...
