Foodies and jazz afficionados looking for a special night out are invited to Cantigny’s first-ever Jazz Soirée at the Robert R. McCormick House from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, June 21. The one-of-a-kind evening in Winfield is a prelude to the Cantigny Jazz and Wine Fest June 23, the
Arranmore Farm and Polo Club announced its Summer schedule for matches at its Oswego field. The public is invited. Matches are played on the Club’s international field at 34 Rance Road in Oswego. The dates are: July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7, 14. Gates will open at 5:30 p.m.
Fox Valley Music Consortium will feature six Summer concerts, June through August. Scheduled to perform are Fox Valley Jazz Big Band, Fox Chamber Singers, Fox Valley Orchestra, and Fox Valley Brass Band. The series will open at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 2, with “The Modern Big Band,” a concert by
Aurora University’s music department will be host to Chicago Symphony Orchestra principal trumpet John Hagstrom in a recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. The concert will take place in Crimi Auditorium at the Institute for Collaboration, 1347 Prairie Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission and parking are
The Venue in Aurora will be host to a St. Patrick’s Day celebration and benefit featuring The Irish Mystics Saturday, March 16. Dave Glynn, a veteran Irish singer songwriter and guitarist, leads The Irish Mystics. The former leader of the Empty Can Band goes by his full name, David Sean
The Venue in Aurora will be host to students from several schools on the weekend of March 8 and 9 for a Student Master Class Jazz Workshop and Festival with Pete Ellman Big Band and Friends. The weekend workshop will culminate in an evening performance March 9 at The Venue,
There will be two organ concerts at Trinity Episcopal Church, 218 East Benton Street, Aurora. One will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 3 to feature Gregory Gyllsdorff; and another at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 17 to feature Owen Tellinghuisen. There will be a reception following the concerts. —
Students from Dreams Dance Academy in St. Charles perform multiple routines during halftime of the Aurora University-Dominican University men’s basketball game at Aurora Saturday.
The Chamber Music on the Fox concert featuring the multinational, early-music ensemble Black Tulip that had been scheduled for January will now take place Monday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Baker Memorial United Methodist Church, 307 Cedar Ave. in St. Charles. “Court, Convent & Stage: Redefining the Early Modern
The Venue, a live music performance room in downtown Aurora, will host a free concert from 6 to 8 p.m. this Friday. Downtown Charlie Brown will perform for the free First Fridays show. The Venue will open its doors for an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. on February
Chicago theater audiences know when Aurora’s Paramount Theatre goes big, it goes big. Such is the case today with three major announcements from Paramount, the largest subscription theater in the U.S.: •Paramount has revealed a blockbuster, four-show line-up for its 13th Broadway Series, including two highly anticipated Regional Premieres –
Jonathan Dudley & LiBerated Chorale, in partnership with More Than A Minority and The Black Excellence Society, will showcase their talents in their debut concert “Live In The Valley: Celebrating Aurora Black History Past, Present, and Future” will take place Saturday Feb. 17 at Main Baptist Church, 814 E. Galena
“Music’s Future,” a concert by Fox Valley Orchestra and Chorus showcasing young musicians, will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, at Aurora University’s Crimi Auditorium, 1347 Prairie Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Parking is free. This concert will feature the orchestra’s 2023 Youth Concerto Competition winners
The City of Aurora will come together on Monday to celebrate the 95th birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The City’s 39th Annual Aurora MLK Ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, January 15, at Calvary Church, 9S200 Route 59. With the theme ‘What Happens to
New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Boulevard, in Aurora, will be host to a concert of 17th- and 18th-Century music Sunday, Jan. 7. At 2:30 p.m., Black Tulip, a Chicago-based ensemble, will perform “Court, Convent and Stage: Redefining the Early Modern Woman,” music for voice, recorders, viols, lutes, and
Court Jester Armani Smith delivers a replica boar’s head Saturday during West Aurora High School’s 36th annual madrigal dinner in the school cafeteria.
Aurora started the holiday season in the merriest way on a mild weather night. More than 7,000 individuals were in downtown Aurora Friday, Nov. 17, for the annual Winter Lights Festival. The crowd counted down in unison as the Christmas tree was lit and cheered throughout the parade, which included
A king and queen give a toast at a prior West Aurora High School choir Madrial dinner.
It’s that time of year when… the Elgin Symphony Orchestra joins with the Elgin Master Chorale to present three opportunities to celebrate the holiday season with festive music, favorite carols, dance performances by students from the Integrity School of Dance, and a guest appearance by Santa Claus. This year’s “Holiday
Aurora Central Catholic actors rehearse “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” to be staged Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3-4, at 7 p.m.
