The Roosevelt-Aurora American Legion Post 84 Band plays in concert at RiverEdge Park in Aurora Wednesday, July 4 as part of the festivities. Later in the evening the fireworks were postponed by lightning in the sky and are set for Friday, July 27. Independence Day photos were in The Voice
The U.S. Air Force Jazz Band Starlifter plays a free concert for all communities July 1 at Fox Valley Kickers Soccer Club in Oswego. Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club sponsored the event. Carrie Wilson photo
Grace Community Christian Church (GCCC), 2770 E. Montgomery Road in Aurora, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with events Saturday and Sunday. Reverend Yvonne Gilmore invited the public to participate in activities for adults and youth. Reverend Bob Brooks, founding pastor of Fox Valley Christian Church, predecessor of GCCC, will return
The City of Aurora‘s Independence Day fireworks show has been rescheduled for 9 p.m., Friday, July 27. The free show Friday, July 27 will be visible from the same two locations at RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway, and McCullough Park, 128 W. Illinois Avenue., in downtown Aurora. “The decision to
RJ and Suzanne Ogren, who worked at Walt Disney World in Florida, share their story at the Kiwanis Club of Aurora Tuesday at the Prisco Center in Aurora. The Ogrens have written many books about their experience. RJ was a Disney artist and Suzanne was Sleepy the Dwarf. Their entertainment
Opening day of the annual Geneva Swedish Days includes children’s crafts. Parents help children enjoy the first day Tuesday this week. The festive days will culminate with a parade Sunday. Attempts to capture bubbles, far left, are a part of the fun Tuesday. Dustin Krueger/The Voice
The Fabulous Pixie Stix participate in song and spoof in the parade Sunday through the streets of Aurora. More than 60 parade units added an upbeat tempo through downtown in higher temperatures than 90 degrees. See a Reader’s Commentary here, and see video at facebook.com/thevoice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice
Aurora’s popular Movies in the Park Summer Series has returned with a fun lineup of movies for June and July. Co-sponsored by the Phillips Park Zoociety, the Movies in the Park summer series features free films on an outdoor jumbo screen under the stars. Movies will begin at 8 p.m.
Sugar Ray performs at Oswego’s PrairieFest 2018 Saturday. The four-day event was the 30th year of celebration which ended with a parade. Ronda Bennett photo
First of two parts “Yes We Have No Bananas” a Roaring Twenties favorite was witten by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn (1922) and originally sung by Eddie Cantor Columbia College Music History #3 written by Bill DeMain’s new column, where he explores the real historical events that inspired various songs.
Aurora • RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway, and McCullough Park, Illinois Avenue and Lake Street, patriotic music, games, food, kids activities start at 6 p.m. . Fireworks will be Wednesday, July 4 at 9:35 p.m. over the Fox River with viewing at McCullough Park and RiverEdge Park. • Fourth of
Participants in Hinsdale Uniquely Thursdays receive the benefit of good weather Thursday, June 14 in the first of 10 successive weeks in Burlington Park downtown. The event includes music and food. Jason Crane/The Voice
Brother Chi and the Alchemists members Amy Roth and Dan Smolla sing civil rights songs Saturday, at the Aurora Santori Public Library. A video of the event can be seen at facebook.com/thevoice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice
Downtown Aurora’s Blues on the Fox will be back for its 22nd year with a lineup of both longtime favorites and fresh talent. Performances will be Friday and Saturday at RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway in downtown Aurora, the idyllic venue. Jammin’ blues music, cold beer, delicious festival food and
The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to many events. For more information and to register, visit www.plano.lib.il.us or call 630-552-2009. • Come Rock with Us-Rock Painting, Saturday, June 16, 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., for adults, teens, kids. There will be rock-painting, in collaboration with
The Yorkville Public Library Youth Service Department will have many events in July. All events will take place at the Library, 902 Game Farm Road, unless otherwise noted. For more information, or to register, call 630-553-4354 or visit www.yorkville.lib.il.us. • Friday, July 6, 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Drop In
Anderlik, Otto & Church, a multi-genre, three-piece virtuoso trio, performs Saturday at Batavia’s 2018 Blues & Roots on Water Street Festival at Kiss the Sky and Water Studios complex. The festival of Roots, Americana, and Blues, included Chicago’s Devil in a Woodpile and Beth Lee and the Breakups. Jeanette Hirt
Naperville: The 12th annual Frontier Park Kite Fly Festival draws a crowd Sunday. A video of the event can be seen at facebook.com/thevoice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice
Wednesdays at the Plaza, a free Summer concert series, will return to downtown Aurora for three dates in the Summer. The concerts will be held at the gazebo at Millennium Plaza, 21 S. Stolp Avenue, June 20, July 18, and August 15. Each third Wednesday evening, June through August, will
The 2018 Blues & Roots on Water Street Festival will be 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday in Batavia. The event will take place at the Kiss the Sky and Water Street Studios complex, 160 S. Water Street, Batavia. The festival is a one-day, two-stage, five-act, indoor, limited-ticket intimate festival, featuring
