The Cantigny Fall Festival, one of the park’s most popular annual events, is expanding this year, adding Friday and Saturday night food and entertainment, plus a second full day of outdoor family fun. Formerly a one-day event, Cantigny’s signature Autumn celebration will span a full weekend, October 13-15. Friday, Oct.
During October, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the City of Aurora offers the community a free home internet security course and a free virtual cybersecurity workshop. Celebrating its 20th anniversary on the theme Secure our World, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is dedicated to providing the public with information needed to stay
It was a joyous event Tuesday, Sept. 26 at the Aurora Public Library District (APLD), when community members, State legislators, and Library staff members came together to celebrate a success for literacy. Everyone was giddy with anticipation for the new Bookmobile and the wonderful services it will bring to Aurora.
Geneva History Museum, 113 S. Third St., continues its Fall Brown Bag series with “To Iceland! And Beyond!” at noon Tuesday, Oct. 10. Dave Barrows, Friends of the Viking ship docent, will discuss how Vikings Leif and Erick Erikson settled islands in North America before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492.
Pastors co-facilitating a Pub Theology discussion series pose for a photo at the gathering’s debut meeting Sept. 28 in Batavia.
More than 30 tons of electronics will not be thrown into Illinois landfills thanks to a community-wide recycling event Saturday, Sept. 30 in Aurora.
Posing for a photo are attendees at Sunday’s rally by Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 579 at Aurora Municipal Airport in Sugar Grove.
The Wilds at Red Oak will be host to a trivia night from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7. Gather friends who have that knack for knowing random facts for our first-ever Trivia Night at The Wilds at Red Oak! Your team of up to six will battle
The bag race is part of the Acorn Moon Festival September 24 at the Forest Preserve District of Kane County.
With limitations of recent years, we as a larger community, still live in a mobile society. We expect access to sites and places we want to visit. Examples include: First Division Museums at Cantigny, 1s151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, when there are programs, museums, and sites to see; ghosts and history
The Marmion Academy Music Boosters will be host to its annual Homecoming BBQ Fundraiser Thursday Oct. 12. The event will feature 5 B’s catering and each meal is $17 and includes your choice of two pork chops, one-half chicken, or one-quarter chicken and one pork chop, along with macaroni and
It’s nice to have a place where everyone knows your name. When I first moved back to Aurora after living in Tucson, Ariz. for a decade, that place for me became River’s Edge Cafe. I would often visit the friendly cafe on Downer Place with my toddler in hand, and
The Aurora Regional Fire Museum will participate in Our World: Worldwide Day of Play Saturday, Sept. 30. As a day dedicated to experiencing joyful learning through play, this event is focuses on getting kids and their families up, out, and playing around. The Aurora Regional Fire Museum will be host
Free vision exams for children ages six months to 16 will be offered Saturday, Oct. 21, by Aurora Lions Club, formerly Aurora Noon Lions Club. The clinic by Lions volunteers will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Aurora Public Library West Branch, 233 Constitution Drive in Aurora.
Aurora has a new alderman, and he’s the youngest on the Aurora City Council. New Ward 7 alderman Brandon Tolliver, 34, was sworn in before a cheering crowd of more than 250 family, friends, colleagues, and supporters. A bittersweet night was mixed with emotions of joy for the new alderman
State representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) held her annual Kids Expo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at Aurora Phillips Park Family Aquatic Center. Free fun, educational activities and refreshments for families were offered. Highlights included an Aurora Fire Department engine, IDOT cherry picker, helicopter from Superior Air-Ground
By Russ George Guest speaker for the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley’s September 14 membership meeting, was Maricela (Mari) Perez-Renteria, MSN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, a nurse practitioner and owner of Santa Maria Health, in Aurora. Mari worked for Aunt Martha’s for 17 years prior to the opening of Santa Maria Health.
Join Faith In Place for its September Monthly Call where they will unveil the revamped Faith in Place Energy Program for Houses of Worship at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21 Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, exchange ideas, and collaborate, on making our sacred spaces and community hubs more environmentally
A habitat restoration work day will be held at Bliss Woods Forest Preserve from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 23. Collecting seeds and cutting and stacking invasive brush will be on the agenda. Tools are provided but feel free to bring your favorite loppers and hand cutters. Bliss Woods
Kendall County TRIAD thanks those businesses and individuals who offer support to senior citizens by helping to offer educational opportunities for older adults to learn more about fraud prevention strategies. Kendall County TRIAD is a community service organization focused on reducing criminal victimization of the elderly. TRIAD promotes fire safety,
