Art and Market Aurora will hold two more Saturday dates, December 11 and December 18 for holiday shopping. The Aurora Downtown group’s indoor market features several vendors at Society 57, 100 S. River Street. The market feature will be both food and artisan vendors from 9 a.m. to noon. The...
Magical Starlight Theatre will present four outdoor performances of “A Shopper’s Christmas Carol” at the Naperville Riverwalk Amphitheatre December 11 and 12. The script follows the Charles Dickens story, “A Christmas Carol,” with adaptations by Paul Mapes, a local writer. “We are so excited to be spreading holiday cheer to...
Rick Gardner, left, co-leader of Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club, presents a book to Julie Cumblad, K-2 interventionist at Homestead Elementary School in Oswego School District 308.
Chalk art receives an application to the pavement in Aurora during First Fridays festival Friday, Nov. 5
By Frank Patterson Susan Schubert’s life always has been interwoven with the arts. Schubert, 72, of unincorporated Saint Charles, is a photographer, a musician, a poet, and the author of two memoirs. Similar to many of us, her first creative outlet was drawing, but “though I liked to draw,” Schubert...
Aurora Central Catholic (ACC) High School actors will perform Thornton WIlder’s “Our Town” Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5-6, at 7 p.m. at the school, 1255 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission is $10. Reserved seats are an additional $1. Philip A. Nohl, ACC drama and choir...
Paramount Theatre will cut the ribbon on another live theater venue in Aurora’s downtown entertainment district, the newly-remodeled Copley Theatre, will launch its all-new Bold Series, a four-show subscription series ready to bring a new type of live entertainment to the second largest city in Illinois. “After nearly two years...
The Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame (FVAHF) is accepting nominations of outstanding visual, literary, media, and performing artists, for its 2022 class of inductees until November 1. Forms can be found at foxvalleyartshalloffame.org. Past honorees include Jeffrey Hunt, Paula Zahn, Guy J. Bellaver, John Drury, Frank Catalano, Margaret Hillis,...
Patrons peruse items at a Fall craft fair held recently at Aurora Amvets Post 103 in Aurora.
Aurora break dance competition winner J. Boogie, uses an array of moves to claim the title of champion Sunday as part of the Aurora Hip Hop Arts Festival on Middle Avenue in downtown Aurora.
Participants can become creative in October with the Aurora Public Library District’s (APLD) Tuesday and Wednesday Tech programs! In this series, our wonderful Digital Services team will show you how to make a variety of cool creations using some of the Library’s Maker machines, including our Cricut vinyl cutter, laser...
“Art Comes Alive: A Teen Art Exhibition” was created by us to celebrate and display the creativity of local youth. All artwork will be submitted by local teen artists and will be put on display at Gallery 1904, 1 E. Benton St. Aurora, IL 60505 for the community to appreciate...
This year could be the biggest year ever for murals in Aurora. By the end of Fall, there will be more than two dozen completed works of public art in downtown Aurora. We can thank Jenn Evans, director of Aurora Public Art, for the abundance of art this year. Evans...
Dancers become the focal point of the crowd in the Aurora First Fridays Roots Aurora on the Water Street all with interest in the dancing and colorful dresses.
The Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame (FVAHOF) is accepting nominations of outstanding visual, literary, media and performing artists for its 2022 class of inductees. Anyone may submit a name for consideration and there is no fee. The nomination form is at foxvalleyartshalloffame.org. The deadline for nominations is Monday, November...
Preparation for annual three-day PrairieFest Quilt Show in Oswego includes busy hands and a colorful purple theme.
The “Diversity in Technology” mural is the largest single public art project in Aurora’s history. Renowned national muralist and Aurora resident, Rafael Blanco, recently began work on a compelling 52 foot x 36 foot mural and most of the details were completed Saturday, Aug. 28. The legacy mural is on...
Strolling viewers enjoy a full day of art, music, and spectacle from nearly 70 artists in socially-distanced areas in downtown Aurora at the Alley Art Festival Saturday.
First Fridays will feature more than two dozen venues open with art, music, and more features Friday. Several locations will include decorated storefronts celebrating the return of Paramount Theatre with its current production of “Kinky Boots.” September 3, Roots Aurora is back with family-friendly activities from 5 p.m. to 7...
Because of continuing concerns over COVID-19, the DuPage County Board Ad Hoc Committee on the Fine Arts voted Tuesday, Aug. 31 to postpone the planned Fine Arts Festival that was to take place September 24-26 at the DuPage County Fairgrounds. Committee chair Lynn LaPlante said, “While I am disappointed that...
