Continuing its Gathering Community series, Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora, will hold a pizza dinner and showing of a movie from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Launched in September, the Community Gathering series
Cantigny Park presents something familiar, but new for the holidays, an adaptation of A Christmas Carol, performed as a 1940s radio play in front of a live audience. Tickets ($2) are on sale at Cantigny.org for two performances: Saturday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 18, at 11
Bob Bridgman of Aurora, from left, Samuel Morales, 7, Montgomery, center, and Terry Lynch of Orland Park perform “The Legend of St. Nicholas” Sunday, Nov. 27, at New England Congregational Church in Aurora.
Brian Daniels and Andrea Watson, a brother-sister duo from Ohio, provide music for “Friends Forever,” a retreat for 50 Midwest high school youth in Aurora, Ill.
West Aurora High School’s 35th annual madrigal dinner concerts (2020 photo) will be held Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18 at the School, 1201 W. New York Street in Aurora.
The Swedish American Children’s Choir presents the 24th annual Swedish Christmas and St. Lucia Festival at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S. Lincoln Street in Batavia . There will be music by the choir directed by Marguerite Karl with special guests Swedish Folk and
The Fox Valley Festival Chorus (FVFC) announces its Fall season concert, set for 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive, Aurora. “Christmas Classics” will highlight Irving Berlin’s classic Christmas songs, as well as contemporary holiday melodies, and selections from Daniel Pinkham’s Christmas Cantata
InterFaith Aurora will be host to its 15th annual Thanksgiving Celebration of Music and Friendship, Sunday, Nov. 20th beginning at 3 p.m., at Society 57, 100 S. River Street, Aurora, Ill.. All presenting songs and religious praise from diverse groups throughout the Aurora area will celebrate this year’s theme: “Praying
It’s really no exaggeration to say ABBA was the Swedish Beatles. Marie-Claire Follett, who lives in California, but hails from London, is the bubbly musician who plays ABBA’s Anni-Frid Lyngstad in her ABBA tribute band and will bring her show to the Hemmens Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.
A memorial concert for Mary Kay Zahora will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church-Aurora, 325 E. Downer Place, Aurora. Early, 1:15 p.m. to 2 p.m., will be a selection of organ music recorded by her over the years on the FPC
New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Boulevard in Aurora, will be host to an outdoor movie night and campfire at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Rev. Dr. Brandon Parrine, senior minister, said the event will take place in the church’s
Visitors peruse an outdoor vendor’s offerings during First Fridays in downtown Aurora September 2.
Linda Nathan of Naperville, center, is among Senior Singers choir of Oswegoland Senior and Community Center in Oswego performing “Tumblin’ Tumbleweed” in a concert outdoors Friday, Aug. 19 at the Center. Choristers donned cowboy hats for the performance.
Look up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the third annual Aurora Public Library District (APLD) CAPE Con event, which will fly in Saturday, Aug. 27 at the Santori Library in Aurora! There will be a day of celebrating comics, graphic novels, pop
Columnist and author Anthony Stanford contributes to a film honoring the extraordinary life and talent of musical genius, Billy Preston. Two-time Emmy winner and six-time nominee, Paris Barclay directs the film that masterfully examines the life and times of Preston, sometimes called the fifth Beatle, because Preston is the only
By Tom Siebert “Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis,” John Lennon once said. Bob Dylan described hearing Presley’s voice for the first time as “like busting out of jail.” I grew up in a subsequent era, however, when the “King of Rock ’n’ Roll” was widely viewed as an
Derek Trucks, left, performs with Susan Tedeschi at RiverEdge Park in Aurora Tuesday, July 26
Messenger North Aurora Public Library Director Shannon Halikias, left, and Dawn Staczak, Aurora, join an outdoor concert by The Heels duo at the library Thursday, July 21.
A golfer practices on an indoor course simulator recently installed at Aurora’s Phillips Park golf course.
The Fox Valley Orchestra’s concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 24, at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, 1250 W. Wilson Street, Batavia, will feature Broadway solos and duets from different eras and composers. Guest artists, Katelyn Lee and Joe Shadday, will bring to the stage experience in both pops and
