The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) continues to provide opportunities to engage in dialogue, offer programs centered around diversity and inclusion, and pursue efforts to create a better community, and we are delighted to share a distinctive opportunity to engage with a National Book Award winner and leading anti-racist scholar,
The last one-day event of the year will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 11 at 540 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Electronics, books, and latex paint will be accepted at this event. There is a fee for TVs and computer monitors, both tube and flat screen, of
First Centennial Mortgage of Aurora is a partner with Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity by donating $175,000 to provide funds for the building of its first home in Batavia. “This is our 25th year in business so we wanted to do something special for our community to celebrate our anniversary,”
Plano High School Theater will stream its production of War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast, an original 1938 radio broadcast, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24! Audience members can sit back in the comfort of their homes and hear the original 1938 broadcast and it’s history. The thespian students
For the past five years, Aurora has been ranked as one of the best cities for trick-or-treating in the United States by SmartAsset. The City of Lights will continue to offer a safe and fun Halloween experience this year amid COVID-19 with additional safety guidelines and a special drive-thru option
The mental toll of the coronavirus lock-down surely has affected us all. According to the U.S. Travel Association, the travel industry has seen a $910 Billion shortfall with far fewer traveling since the beginning of the pandemic. Families are not traveling to see each other across countries, states, and not
The New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, will discuss his book, How to be an Antiracist, Monday, Nov. 9 live on Zoom. Dr. Kendi is the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, a contributor writer at “The Atlantic,” a CBS news correspondent, National
Geneva Chamber of Commerce will be a partner with Geneva businesses for one week of Halloween fun. Thirty businesses have spots on the Halloween Card and they want you to visit them. From October 24-31 interested persons can stop in at the participating businesses listed on the card, have that
Aurorans and Methodists, from left, Larry Christensen, Karen Christensen, Emmy Lou John and Nadia Kanahi were among 250 women and friends demonstrating Saturday, in the national Together We Rise Women’s March.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the landmark civil rights law that protects access and opportunity for people with disabilities across community life, including employment. In recognition of the anniversary, the Aurora Advisory Commission on Disabilities is collaborating with the City
Aurora resident Mark Zelman addresses the first of five community listening sessions on policing and city progress Thursday, Oct. 8 at New England Congregational Church.
Ribbon-cutting starts Aurora Downtown’s Musical Garden Friday, Oct. 9. The Garden was recently installed at Agnes Mundy Park adjacent to Water Street Mall and Aurora’s City Hall, 44 E. Downer Place.
Aurora Downtown will turn downtown into Sugar Skull City from October 15 to November 15. The 30-day celebration honors the beloved Mexican cultural tradition of Day of the Dead, and will coincide with events during First Fridays, November 6. Downtown storefronts will be decorated with festive displays for the holiday.
The Village of Oswego will be host to a project start for the new Oswego Entertainment Venue at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15. The Oswego Entertainment Venue will be on the north end of Station Drive, near the Park N Ride lot and future Metra station, on Oswego’s West Side.
With all the chaos and background noise of our partisan times, it can be difficult to discern the facts when watching the news. So, how can we, as citizens, control the way we consume and discuss political news with those around us? Guest speaker Gary Midkiff was live on Zoom
The Oswego Senior Center, 84 Templeton Drive, Oswego, will be host to many events for seniors. The Oswego Senior Center is gradually opening some center-based activities in addition to online participation through Zoom. All on-site activities strictly will follow Health Department guidelines including appropriate social distance, use of masks, taking
The community is needed to help those in need. State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, will be a partner with the State representatives Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, and Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego in a blood drive in the basement of the former Aurora Library, 1 E. Benton Street in Aurora, from 10 a.m.
The Village of Lisle, in partnership with DuPage County, will be host to a document destruction event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 24, in Commuter Parking Lot C, just south of the Village Hall. Papers can be brought to the event in shopping bags or cardboard boxes, no
Those ready to take pumpkin carving to the next level, can make it a date night or girls night at Sip & Carve event October 16 and 17 at Camp Big Timber, 37W955 Big Timber Road. Attendees can arrive at 6 p.m. and the class will begin at 7 p.m..
