By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley is meeting Thursday, March 9, at the historic Gray’s Mill Estate, 211 North River Street, Montgomery. Meeting and dinner will be held in the Third Floor Banquet Room. Dinner is off the menu at 5:30 p.m. Meeting will begin at 6:30
We all know Rosie the Riveter, whose image became a cultural icon representing the surge of women who entered the workforce during World War II. Women, whose efforts in factories and shipyards helped lead the Nation to victory and the stories we don’t know much about are from the 600,000
Boozhoo is “Hello, Welcome” in Ojibwe and this greeting sign welcomes visitors to Big Rock Library’s birchbark display. Big Rock Library will hold an open house Saturday, March 11 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. to celebrate the new display of birchbark items from Native American Ojibwe culture. Ray Miller,
The League of Women Voters’ Aurora Area will present Bought and Paid For? The influence of money on representative government at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at the Aurora Santori Public Library, 101 S. River Street, Aurora. The League will have Alisa Kaplan, executive director of Reform Illinois, give information
Consumers can celebrate National Meatball Day Swedish style with a benefit dinner for the Swedish American Children’s Choir from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S Lincoln Street in Batavia. The dinner will feature Swedish meatballs and gravy, mashed potatoes, vegetables, lingonberries, Swedish
Amada Beck, from left, of Seneca; Linda Anderson, Ottawa; and Barb Johnson, Yorkville, model bunads, Norwegian folk dresses, Sunday at a textile fair at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Montgomery.
Jim Gilbert of Aurora reacts as stylist Kathy Leasure shaves his head Sunday at the Aurora St. Baldrick’s fundraiser at Ballydoyle Irish Pub and Restaurant in Aurora.
The next Fox Valley Veterans Club meeting will be Thursday, March 16 at the Oswego American Legion, 19 Washington Street, Oswego. Doors will open at 6:30 a.m. with breakfast at approximately 7:15 a.m.. Cost is $12 and a $2 tip. All veterans and active military, male or female, are welcome.
The Oswegoland Heritage Association and Oswego’s Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street, at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 18 for “From War Plants to Prairie Plants: Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and the Joliet Arsenal” presented by Midewin Heritage Program Manager and Archaeologist Joe Wheeler. The program host is the heritage
More than 100 Aurora Historical Society members and guests turned out Friday, March 3 to preview an exhibit paying homage to famed Aurora artist Ruth Van Sickle Ford (1897-1995). “Aurora’s Own Ruth Ford,” an exhibit of approximately 35 Ford paintings loaned by local collectors, will run through May 13 at
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin will host his annual State of the City Address this week in a unique but ideal location. With the theme ‘Aurora Ascending,’ Mayor Irvin will focus on how the City of Lights has taken things to new heights with unprecedented accomplishments this past year and preview
First Fridays will celebrate Women’s History Month at several participating downtown venues Friday, March 3. This month’s theme is Women in the Front which will create space for women who stand up, take charge, and inspire. “It is such an honor to be able to theme an evening around women
If you’re looking to stash money for college; save for that down payment; or simply for something to do in retirement, swing by Prisco Community Center Saturday, March 11 for the Fox Valley Park District’s annual Job Fair. FVPD staff across all departments and facilities will be on hand from
Voters in Aurora and Oswego are invited to attend online forums Tuesday, March 7 and Wednesday, March 8. The League of Women Voters Aurora Area are holding the following candidate forums: • March 7 at 6 p.m., East Aurora #131 School Board; • March 7 at 8 p.m., Oswego District
By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will hold its March membership meeting Thursday, March 9, at the historic Gray’s Mill Estate, 211 N. River Street, Montgomery. Meetings are held in the Third Floor Banquet Room. Dinner is on members’ own from the menu at 5:30 p.m. and
By Al Benson Black History Month at Gayles Memorial Baptist Church in Aurora was personal for congregants. They loaned artifacts for multiple exhibits at multiple locations in the Church during February. Betty Gaddy of Oswego, a Gayles member, coordinated the celebration. According to Gaddy, volunteers made the program a success
The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park resumes its Date with History series at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2, with a presentation by Colonel (Retired) L. Scott Lingamfelter. He will share stories and insights from his 2020 book, “Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War.” The free lecture
The fascinating history to be learned behind the transformation of the Joliet Arsenal into the stunning Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie when the Oswegoland Heritage Association, in partnership with the Oswegoland Park District, presents “From War Plants to Prairie Plants: Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and the Joliet Arsenal” at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 18 in the Museum’s Roger Matile Room.
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity will dedicate this home at 654 Spruce Street in Aurora with a program Saturday, March 11, at 10 a.m..
The 19th annual Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club’s Wine and Chocolate Extravaganza and the Club members who made it all possible, was such a success we decided to do it again. It is now our 20th annual event. All who enjoyed it in the past, please join us again. Tickets are
