Aurora will celebrate Juneteenth Saturday, June 19, with a car parade and festival. Presented by African American Men of Unity, Juneteenth is a combination of June and 19th. Though president Abraham Lincoln read the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, it wasn’t until June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas,
Free paper shredding for residents of Aurora Wards 4, 5, and 6 will take place from 8 p.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 19, at Jefferson Middle School, 1151 Plum Street in Aurora. Up to five banker boxes of canceled checks and other personal documents per person will be accepted.
Santori Aurora Public Library, 101 S. River Street will be host to “Let’s Talk About Policing,” a community dialogue, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, June 21. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. The program is the second of four dialogues in a “Let’s Talk About
The Just Food Initiative of the Fox Valley invites residents interested in healthy eating, environmental justice or related issues to attend its Free Community Potluck Picnic from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 26, at the First Congregational Church of Geneva, 327 Hamilton Street, in Geneva. Attendees are invited
Boy Scouts of Troop 43 at Congregational Church of Batavia raise the colors Monday, June 14, to open a Flag Day celebration outdoors at Peg Bond Center.
The Village of Oswego and Village president Troy Parlier invites seniors for a tour of the Well 11 Water Tower for a special edition of Coffee & Conversation with Village president Troy Parlier at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 19 at the Well 11 Water Tower, 6701 Tuscany Trail, Oswego. No
Dick Miller of Aurora is captured sharing a rest place with a painted Batavia Bulldog recently.
Music breaks out Friday in Aurora at the First Fridays event in front of the River Front Playhouse on the Water Street Mall.
By Al Benson Four community dialogues on racism opened Monday, June 7, at Santori Aurora Public Library. Co-hosts for the series, free to the public in-person and on Zoom, are Study Circles Illinois, Santori Library, and Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Avenue, Elgin. The inaugural dialogue, moderated by
The Sierra Club Valley of the Fox will have its final program of the 2020-2021 season at Johnson’s Mound Forest Preserve, south of Elburn, at 6 p.m. Monday, June 14. We will provide free box lunches for a no-touch community picnic, and our expert naturalist, Ray Wronkiewicz, will lead us
The members of the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, “The Club That Fights Diabetes”, cordially invites everyone to attend our First major fundraiser of this year. The Barn at Blackberry Farm will come alive with an evening of fun and excitement at 6:30pm. Friday, June 25. Live Entertainment will be by
The Yorkville Public Library Youth Service Department will have many events this month. 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. • 2021 Summer Reading Program: Reading Colors Your World, through July
Nobody needs a birdie’s eye view to notice the resurgence. It doesn’t take a golfer to realize the sport is writing quite the comeback story. “You drive down the street and pass a golf course, and we’ve got golf carts going forwards, backwards and any other direction they can fit,”
Three libraries, Aurora Public Library District, (APLD), Mount Prospect Public Library, and Villa Park Public Library, will be hosts to a virtual visit with authors Dr. Carolyn B. Helsel and Dr. Yvette Joy Harris-Smith, 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 14. Helsel and Harris-Smith will discuss their book, “The ABCs of Diversity:
Oswego East High School student, Shaelynn McCabe, sings the national anthem May 28 prior to the drive-through food distribution for active military members and veterans at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry.
Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club awards three, $1,000 scholarships at its June 2 meeting.
By John Montesano In January 2020, I departed from the usual Veteran-of-the-Month format to bring attention to the sacrifice our young men and women made in Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). It was time to turn our attention to the loss of life
The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its first in-person dinner meeting at its new, permanent location Tuesday, June 15. It will be held in the private room of the Riverside Diner, IL-25 and Mill Street, Montgomery. The Navy League will continue to hold its monthly meetings there. A
