East Aurora School District 131 will celebrate Black History Month with an evening of reflection, inspiration, and community at 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday Feb. 26, at East Aurora High School, 500 Tomcat Lane Aurora. Enter at door No. 8. It will be an evening of reflection, inspiration, and
Celebrate all things maple at the Forest Preserve District of Kane County’s Maple Sugaring Days, March 7-8, from noon to 3 p.m. at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, 37W700 Dean St., St. Charles. No registration is required for Maple Sugaring Days and admission is free. Watch Forest Preserve naturalists demonstrate how
Todd Thorson is on a mission, helping people, especially senior citizens, stay safe, confident and empowered in a fast-changing digital world. Thorson, founder and chief technology officer at Yorkville-based Tanj Cybersecurity and Technologies, presented “Cybersecurity for Kids Over 60–8 Ways” at Riverview Diner in Montgomery February 17. He was the
A community grows stronger when each voice has the opportunity to tell its story. At the Aurora Public Library District, we created the Community Voices initiative to provide a space for people in Aurora to share their personal narratives, learn from their neighbors, and see themselves reflected in our city.
Loaves & Fishes Community Services is excited to announce that Chef Showdown will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at the Linnea Eleanor Rutkowski Food Distribution Hub, 580 Exchange Court, Aurora. The popular event will raise funds for essential services for struggling families in DuPage,
The Big One: Shred and Recycle event will take place from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 28, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles. Confidential document shredding, recycling of electronics, clothing and textiles, books, Styrofoam (tentative), batteries (tentative), and fluorescent bulbs/tubes. —Kane County government
Open Roads ABATE is hosting their 14th annual pool tournament and chili cook-off Saturday, Feb. 21 at Plano Hometown Lanes, 209 W. Main Street, Plano. Registration for the pool tournament and chili cookoff is at 11:30 a.m. to noon. Donations are $10 to enter the pool tournament and $5 for
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the launch of its first-ever Pot O’ Gold cash raffle. The new fundraiser will support the Chamber’s Inspire Scholarship program for Batavia Public High School seniors. Taking place throughout the month of March, the Pot O’ Gold Raffle will award 35
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association will host Strike Out Hunger, a bus trip to the Chicago White Sox game Sunday, June 14. The charter-bus outing will benefit the Salvation Army Aurora Corps. Dick Schindel, AARTA president, said the public is invited. A tailgate party includes soda, water and table service.
According to a National Health Survey by the CDC, “more than 1 in 10 children ages 2 – 5 had at least one untreated cavity in their baby teeth and half of all children ages 6 – 9 have had cavities in their permanent teeth.” To help combat this ongoing
The Yorkville Public Library Youth Service Department will have many events in February. 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. •Artful Beginnings (preschool), Monday, Feb. 23, 10:30 a.m.. Check out this
Legendary Aurora track coach, Wilbert Walters, is coming out of retirement. Walters, 97, will join Aurora biographer Maureen McKane for a reading of “Walters Way: A Coach, His Runners, and His Race” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25. The presentation and book signing will take place at Santori Aurora Public
Northern Illinois Pottery Tour is growing. The two-day annual pottery tour that features more than 40 artists and highlights the exciting contemporary pottery scene will become an official nonprofit organization. To help raise funds for the tour and the transition to nonprofit status, event organizers are hosting a fundraiser Thursday,
The City of Aurora government will host a wreath-laying ceremony Sunday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. to honor the seventh anniversary of the Henry Pratt Company Mass Shooting, which took the lives of five company employees and injured five Aurora police officers Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. The ceremony, which will
It’s called the Northern Illinois Pottery Tour and it is an annual pottery tour that features more than 40 artists and highlights the exciting contemporary pottery scene. This year, the two-day tour on the first weekend of June is going official as a nonprofit organization. To help raise funds for
“Rolling for a Cause,” an Aurora Lions Club bowling fundraiser, will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at Parkside Lanes, 34W185 Montgomery Rd. in Aurora. The public is invited to participate as individuals or teams. In addition to three games of bowling, the third annual
Check out the FREE Plano Food Pantry…Pick up a box of canned goods, fresh fruit & veggies, frozen meat, bread, milk, eggs and more at the FREE Plano Food Pantry, Friday, Feb. 20 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.. All in need are welcome to visit the location at First
Long before Troy became a forgotten name on old maps, it was a busy industrial suburb of the growing Village of Oswego, shaped by water, business, and railroads. Its story began in the 1830s, when early entrepreneurs followed settlers into the Oswego area and built one of the earliest dams
The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its Tuesday, Feb. 17, dinner meeting at the private room of the Riverview Diner, IL-25 and Mill S., Montgomery. You do not need to be a member of the Navy League, or have a reservation, to attend the in-person meeting, the general
Celebrating Valentine’s Day, a free, community meditation sit-in will be held Saturday, Feb. 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. by The Perch wellness center in downtown Aurora. Perch owner and instructor Amy Jackson of Aurora will lead the event at her studio, 140 S. River St., Suite 114, Aurora
