This Summer anyone can stay all day in downtown Aurora by starting the day with a coffee beverage at one of our three coffee shops, then prepare for a day and evening of fun. The three coffee shops downtown: Endiro Coffee, 29 W. New York Street; Tredwell Coffee, 14 W.
The 16th annual Downers Grove Garden Walk will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 9. The Garden Walk is a fund -raiser to benefit the Bridge Board of the First United Methodist Church of Downers Grove (DGFUMC) which is a program partner with Bridge Communities, a
The city government of Aurora, in collaboration with the Aurora African-American Heritage Advisory Board, and the Aurora Divine 9 Alliance, will be hosts to its inaugural Juneteenth flag-raising next at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 19 at One Aurora Plaza, 8 E. Galena Boulevard. In June 2021, Juneteenth was signed into
By Al Benson Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, the club that fights diabetes, will hold its second annual “A Night at the Barn” fundraiser from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, June 24 at the barn at Blackberry Farm, 100 S. Barnes Road in Aurora. The public is invited. Parking is
Plano’s second annual Juneteenth celebration will be held Sunday, June 19 next to Emily G. Johns School at 430 Mitchell Drive in Plano. Gates will open at 11 a.m. and the festivities will start at noon. Those who attend can celebrate freedom and family with a day of relaxation, food,
Oswego’s annual PrairieFest will be Thursday through Saturday, June 16-19, at 91 Plank Drive in Oswego. Admission, parking and events are free. Presented by the Oswegoland Park District, PrairieFest provides a Summer celebration over Father’s Day weekend. Free concerts from a mix of national and local bands, along with entertaining
The Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) is sponsoring a benefit bus trip to the Chicago Cubs, at Milwaukee Brewers baseball game Sunday, Aug. 28, in Milwaukee. Dubbed “Strike Out Hunger,” the outing is a fundraiser for Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora. Individuals and families are invited. A
The Fox River Arts Ramble will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at 14 venues from Elgin to Aurora. The work of more than 50 artists who live in the Fox River Valley will be featured during the self-guided tour. The Arts Ramble is a collaborative
Father George Glover Memorial Golf Outing will be Friday, June 10. This annual golf outing, presented by St. Peter Church in Aurora, will be a fun and competitive event. Golfers can enjoy a day of camaraderie on the beautiful links of Phillips Park Golf Course followed by dinner, awards, and
The DuPage County’s inaugural Community Arts Festival will take place Saturday, May 28 at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton! A variety of musical acts will perform throughout the day and food trucks and a beer tent will be available to provide refreshments. Community artists will be showcasing and selling
The initial State Veterans Gardening Day Saturday, May 7 at Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry receives special remarks from invited guest, Terry Prince, director of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
A coalition of northern Illinois chapters of the League of Women Voters will be host to a Candidate Forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 focused on Illinois Supreme Court and Illinois Appellate Court judge seats in the 2nd District. The 2nd Judicial District is comprised of DeKalb, Kane, Kendall,
The Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry and Urban Farm will be host to a Veterans Gardening Day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 7 at 834 N. Highland Avenue in Aurora. Thomas St. Jules, Marie Wilkiinson Food Pantry Board member, will be the emcee for the event. There will
Everyone is invited to join the Batavia Chamber of Commerce Saturday, June 4, to celebrate cancer survivors. The celebration will feature a walk and 5K run at Northwestern Medicine Field, 34W002 Cherry Lane, Geneva, with a fun-packed festival after! Day of registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the opening
Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-84th) opens April-September “Coffee with Kifowit” monthly in-person and Facebook live reports Monday, April 25, at Oswego Public Library’s Montgomery location.
The popular “Coffee with Kifowit” series of get-togethers, presented by State representative Stephanie Kifowit, will return in person beginning Monday, April 25 in the Meeting Room of the Oswego Library, 111 Reading Drive, Montgomery. “The Spring session of the General Assembly has wrapped up, and that gives me the chance
A habitat restoration work day will be held at Bliss Woods Forest Preserve from 9 to noon Saturday, April 23. Planting shrubs and trees and pulling garlic mustard will be on the agenda. Tools will be provided, but feel free to bring a favorite shovel. We will meet at the
The Conservation Foundation will be host to Spring at the Dickson-Murst Farm from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at the Dickson-Murst Farm, 2550 Dickson Road in Montgomery. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. This event features crafts for the kids, hay rides, barrel train
Aurora Noon Lions Club will celebrate Earth Day one day early with a tree-planting. Noon Lions president Arvid Meyer of Aurora will lead the event at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at Blackberry Farm, 100 Barnes Road in Aurora. Lions will plant a swamp white oak tree from the Fox
Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora and Aurora Advent Christian Church will work together to fight diabetes. The Cosmos, a nonprofit that focuses on fighting diabetes, will hold a drive-through barbecue dinner fundraiser, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at the Church, 905 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. The public
