Aurora Downtown welcomes everyone to create pub and margarita crawls in downtown Aurora this Summer. The downtown organization of business and property owners recently launched two self-guided online crawls to encourage participants to pick a date, grab some friends, and enjoy the crawls at their leisure. Unlike a standard event,
Once upon a time, in Aurora, Ill., there were no shopping centers, strip malls, or whatever one wanted to call them. Aurorans shopped mostly downtown at local retail outlets. There were, of course, local branches of national business entities, such as, Woolworth, Kroger, and Rexall Drugs, to name a few
In preparation for the Fourth of July weekend and the following weeks, the City of Aurora government has launched a citywide campaign for fireworks scofflaws. By City Code, fireworks are illegal in the State’s second-largest city, and the selling, possession, storage, and usage of fireworks now come with hefty fines.
As previously announced, the decision to reimagine the traditional downtown Fourth of July Parade by taking it out into the community in a format that would reach exponentially more people was made after considering the impact on the greater community, including the management of City services and resources and savings
A boy meets a Spider-Man impostor at Aurora’s Juneteenth celebration Saturday, June 18, at Dr. M.L. King, Jr. Park.
By Jason Crane Members of the Aurora City Council listened to a proposal to redevelop the vacant and mostly-unused former Carson Pirie Scott building at 970 N. Lake Street at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, June 21. • Four individuals used their voices for
Twelve Aurora students show the Juneteenth Trailblazer Award they received during the Aurora city government’s inaugural Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony held Sunday on the 157th anniversary of Juneteenth.
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council honored Mark Baum, executive director and founding member of the Fox Valley Blues Society and the Blues on The Fox festival, at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday, June 14. Baum is given the credit for leading the charge with his vision of
The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) is joining libraries across the State to be host to bestselling author Michelle Zauner, the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast fame, who will discuss her memoir, Crying in H Mart, and her music career. The event will be held virtually Thursday, June 30,
By Al Benson Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, the club that fights diabetes, celebrated its 95th anniversary during First Fridays events in downtown Aurora on June 3. The event was at the Aurora Historical Society at its Pierce History Center. Russ George, Cosmo president, opened the celebration with a welcome to
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to a plan to demolish the East Aurora School District Resilience Center at 417 5th Street and construct a space to facilitate extracurricular activities for students and parents at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, June 7.
Beginning this week, all children in Aurora will have access to free, nutritious meals all Summer. Through the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program, the Northern Illinois Food Bank will offer its Meals on the Move program for Aurora children 18 years old and younger. Free and nutritious boxed meals will
The Aurora Noon Lions Club participates in the Aurora Memorial Day parade.
The Aurora Carillon Lions Club places a wreath at Veterans Memorial Island Park.
Aurora Downtown will sponsor the fifth annual Aurora Museum Week June 5 to June 11. Aurora Museum Week will focus on five museums with seven days of activities to encourage community members to visit and explore Aurora’s museums. Aurora Museum Week highlights: Blackberry Farm (Early Streets Museum), Aurora Regional Fire
By R. Mel DormerAurora, Ill. Charles Coddington’s recent article on Aurora old-timers memories (May 19: Aurora old-timers know special sites of past places) stirred a few memories for me of my near East Side Aurora neighborhood, the South Broadway/North Avenue area. • Our ever-present mail carrier, Benny, was met at
The League of Women Voters Aurora Area will be host to two virtual candidate forums Wednesday, June 1 for candidates running in the Democratic Primary for the Illinois House of Representatives District 83 and the Democratic Party Primary for Judge of the Circuit Court 16th Judicial Circuit (Kane County). The
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council welcomed a delegation from the cities of Bergamo and Rimini, Italy, at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday, May 24. The five government officials of both Italian cities made the 4,500-mile trip as part of their participation in the European Union’s International Urban
In the Summer this year the Tanner House Museum in Aurora will be open to the public Sunday afternoons beginning May 29. The season will run through September 4. Hours will be 1 p.m to 4 p.m.. Visitors may come at any time during those hours. Reservations will not be
Sometimes, everything someone touches turns to gold. Luckily, for Shannon Gutierrez gold happens to be her favorite color. Gutierrez is the owner of Wyckwood House, which is now open in the renovated, former School District 129 offices at 80 S. River Street in downtown Aurora. Gutierrez, of Aurora, rewrote the
