International author and award-winning photographer, poet and essayist Jo Fredell Higgins will release her first two children’s books in June. “Patsy the Panda” and “Therese the Tiger” are written for beginning readers. Each book sells for $10 and will be available for purchase at the event. The signature signing, story
The Fox River Arts Ramble will feature more than 85 artists at 17 venues in St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia and Aurora from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 5. “The public is invited to “ramble” through these communities to enjoy and experience the abundance of talent we possess right
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) will be May 2- May 8 and the Illinois Food Scrap Coalition invites all to attend this fun and informative online Lunch & Learn series. Monday, May 3 – Friday, May 7) from noon to 1 p.m., through Zoom as we follow the composting cycle
The Aurora Public Library District (APLD will be host to Kane County Audubon members Kathy and Bob Andrini to present their Spring Birds program at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 11. This program will be held virtually through Zoom, and registration is required at aurorapubliclibrary.org/events. In this program, you will be
As part of her ongoing efforts to promote environmentalism in the community, State representative Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, will be host to an Earth Day clean-up event with the Fox Valley Park District, Sierra Club, Kiwanis Club and Verilife Dispensary from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 24. “Small efforts
By Al Benson Fox Valley Norwegian-Americans uncovered 21 wildflower varieties Sunday, April 18, Johnson’s Mound Forest Preserve on Hughes Road south of Elburn. Nancy Andersen of St. Charles led a wildflower walk for a dozen fellow members of Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-427. Andersen said, “We saw 21
Nathan “Nick” Macejak shares a big and prolonged welcome home hug with his son, Will, Saturday at AMVETS 103 in Aurora.
The Geneva Viking ship has announced its seven-date tour schedule for 2021. According to the ship’s website, vikingship.us, tours will be at Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive in Geneva, Saturday, May 15, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, June 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Swedish Days); Saturday,
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The Naperville Jaycees is happy to announce the reprise of its Naperville Last Fling annual outdoor festival! The 2021 Last Fling will take place throughout Labor Day Weekend, from Friday, September 3 to Monday, September 6, as a scaled-down, end-of-Summer block party-style community event along Jackson Avenue in downtown Naperville.
The Downtown Aurora Scavenger Hunt will be from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday May 14. Hunt headquarters will be at Ballydoyle, 28 W. New York Street in downtown Aurora. Teams of four will compete for prizes and enjoy the fun evening. Prizes will include first place and best team
Oswegoland Park District will hold a community kite-fly and pop-up dog park at Prairie Point Community Park, 4120 Plainfield Road in Oswego Saturday, April 17. The kite fly is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; an Arf Day dog park is from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The events will help
Activities continue through spring and summer; Earth Day Fair set for June 27 The community is invited to celebrate Earth Week Naperville in 2021 by participating in volunteer projects, events or ongoing eco-friendly initiatives that are planned to take place between April and August. Those participating in Earth Week Naperville
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Volunteers from the Batavia Parks Foundation and Encore Batavia are co-hosts a pop-up scavenger hunt and information-gathering event Sunday, April 18, to gain neighborhood insight into the development of intergenerational playgrounds at two Batavia parks. Intergenerational playgrounds, known as multigenerational playgrounds, are designed specifically to encourage parents and grandparents to
A monthly food truck food court will replace the annual Food Truck Festival this year in downtown Aurora.As the First Fridays sponsor, the Aurora Downtown organization continues to reimagine events to allow the community to gather in a safe way. Food trucks will be part of First Fridays this year
Cantigny Park in Wheaton soon will have a new attraction, and it’s not a garden, a tank, or museum exhibit. Friday, May 7, the park plans to unveil a Free Little Library book exchange near the Red Oaks Farm playground. Visitors will take a book and share a book during
The Bartlett House on Oswego’s South Main Street, which may be the oldest house in the Village, will be just one of the architectural treasures described during an architectural walk at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 15, with the Oswegoland Heritage Association and the Oswegoland Park District as hosts.
American pioneers going west circled their wagon trains to defend against attacks. Fox Valley Norwegian-Americans circled their vehicles Sunday, to share COVID-19 pandemic survival stories. Approximately 30 Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472 members gathered at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Montgomery for a parking-lot party to celebrate resuming
Significant results on display from those who assisted, show part of electronics gathered from more than 1,200 Aurora residents at the Saturday recycling drive-thru sponsored by city government of Aurora in downtown.
