Illinois Bicentennial officials and Commissioners have released the preliminary details of Illinois’ 200th birthday celebration at the United Center in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 3. The event will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Illinois’ recognition as the 21st state of the Union. Illinois celebrities and contributors in all walks of life,
Downtown public art creates serenity, controversy, in Aurora Bikes in Bloom, left; Batavia Bulldogs Unleashed, center; and Naperville Has Heart.
Dogs at the DuPage County Fair in Wheaton, Friday, show their agility by capturing flying discs. The dogs are known as Canines in the Clouds. Paige Adeline Photography
Elburn last week reflects a town in the middle 1950s for the production of HBO television drama horror series, Lovecraft Country. The scene above was during a lunch break. Note the change in the barber shop name for the series. Below, the crew sets up in an area along Main
The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley (FRV) announced a grant award June 28 in an amount up to $15,000.00 to the Fox Valley Music Foundation. The grant will be used for the purchase of furniture, fixtures, and equipment for The Venue, 21 S. Broadway in downtown Aurora. The
Marissa Amoni, events coordinator for Aurora Downtown, receives a coffee mug from John Ross, president of Kiwanis Club of Aurora, at the Kiwanis meeting Tuesday at the Prisco Center in Aurora. She discussed future events, including the 16th annual Downtown Taste, Tuesday, July 31, and Alley Arts Festival, August 25.
The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to many events. For more information and to register, visit www.planolibrary.info or call 630-552-2009. • Smallville SUPERFEST Book Sale, Friday, Aug. 17 – Saturday, Sept. 1 The Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held in the meeting room
If I tell you to meet me on the third floor of The DLP, and you don’t ask for clarification, you probably are an Aurora downtown regular. For those less frequent downtown visitors, let me explain. We have some amazing hidden gems in downtown Aurora, and I quickly could rattle
Jim Jarvis, Aurora Civic Center Authority vice president of programming and sales, Wednesday, July 18, shows Sebastian, a crab puppet used in Paramount Theatre‘s production of Disney’s “The little Mermaid.” Jarvis gave a talk at the West Aurora Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Group’s monthly meeting at Aurora’s Fifth Ward West Side
Yorkville resident James Weilandt, 5, decorates his clay Norwegian troll model during a “How to be a Viking” camp July 16, 18, 20 at Yorkville Public Library. Montgomery and Norway, Ill. Sons of Norway fraternal benefit lodges sponsored the fourth annual camp. Library had Norwegian stories, crafts, games, music, and
Events in Aurora: More than 40 neighborhoods throughout Aurora are planning events big and small to celebrate National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 7. With the theme “A Night to Unite,” Aurora’s National Night Out encourages residents to come outside and spend the evening getting to know their neighbors, community partners,
The Goo Goo Dolls concert Saturday at Arranmore Farm and Polo Club in Oswego includes two individuals from New York who purchased tickets thinking the concert was in Oswego, N.Y.. They decided to make the trip and use the tickets to see singer Gavin DeGraw. The inaugural Cal’s Concert Series
Festival-goers will celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage at this year’s Aurora Puerto Rican Cultural Council’s (APRCC) Heritage Parade and Festival Saturday, July 28 and Sunday, July 29 at RiverEdge Park in Aurora. The Aurora Puerto Rican Heritage Week will start Saturday, at 10 a.m. with the Puerto Rican flag-raising ceremony at
Kiwanis Club of Aurora president-elect Kim Groom and president John Ross give an overview at the Kiwanis Club of Aurora Tuesday at the Prisco Center in Aurora of the 2018 Kiwanis International Convention. The convention was June 28 – July 1 in Las Vegas, Nev.. They attended along with Kiwanians
By Anthony Stanford – The Aurora Public Library (APL) will be host to its 10th and final Teen Talent Show this Summer. The event is presented by APL’s teen librarians, Flannery Crump and Pat Schultz, and will feature contestants ranging in age from 12 to 18. This year there are
Kids dance on stage at the Ethan Bell Band concert at Montgomery Park July 11. Bell, right, invited kids to the stage during a song when his band performed during the Concerts in the Park series. The free, 7 p.m. series will continue at McCullough Park, 150 W. Illinois Avenue
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
