Author: Paul Stukel

Welcome to our latest edition of Fox Valley Magazine’s 4 FOR THE WEEKEND where Justine Fields won’t get sacked, we promise. So let’s get to it, starting with….. Appropriate Attire Required Alright you slobs, times to dress like a grown-up for a change. OK, maybe that’s a little harsh. But truth be told, during the summer and early fall – not to mention a year of isolation – we’ve gotten used to dressing, shall we say, comfortably. Which, in this context, means just shy of a Depression-era hobo riding the rails. So this weekend, let’s put our big-boy and big-girl…

Saturday Batavia Farmers Market The Batavia Farmers’ Market is located at N River St. between Wilson & Spring Streets in Batavia. Hours are 8am – 12pm. Enjoy an assortment of fresh greens, meats, eggs, soaps, baked goods, coffee and tea, and more. Live music too. For a list of 2021 vendors, visit Farmers Market – Batavia MainStreet (downtownbatavia.com). Aurora Saturdays in Downtown Aurora are headlined by fresh produce and fun at the Aurora Farmers Market, now in our 109th (2021) season! Every week, our Market features fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables, decadent baked goods and pastry items, a selection…

Welcome to our latest edition of Fox Valley Magazine’s 4 FOR THE WEEKEND where we like to work the sax-a-phone. So let’s get to it, starting with….. Farewell, Summer “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” That’s a thought from some guy named Steinbeck, who wrote a few books, apparentl. Well, Johnny-boy, you can take those wrathful grapes and shove ’em where the sun don’t shine. Because we want it to stay summer forever. But, alas, it’s just about gone. So grab that last taste at the final Naper Nights concert…

Hal Phipps, husband of Wayne Village President Eileen Phipps, was not charged in the shooting death of Ludwig, a Dogo Argentina owned by Wayne resident Joe Petit, Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser announced today at a press conference. In a roughly 20 minute presentation, Kane County Sherriff Ron Hain laid out the evidence that had been obtained during the weeks-long investigation by his office, including the enhanced surveillance video from Petit’s home that gave a partial picture of what happened during the incident. Mosser then walked through the legal aspects she said formed the foundation of her ultimate decision…

Saturday Batavia Farmers Market The Batavia Farmers’ Market is located at N River St. between Wilson & Spring Streets in Batavia. Hours are 8am – 12pm. Enjoy an assortment of fresh greens, meats, eggs, soaps, baked goods, coffee and tea, and more. Live music too. For a list of 2021 vendors, visit Farmers Market – Batavia MainStreet (downtownbatavia.com). Aurora Saturdays in Downtown Aurora are headlined by fresh produce and fun at the Aurora Farmers Market, now in our 109th (2021) season! Every week, our Market features fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables, decadent baked goods and pastry items, a selection…

The Elgin Fringe Festival, Saturday, what’s not to like? Venue: Elgin Art Showcase 3:00 Company Lesg’ arts: Un’Visible UN’VISIBLE which transports us here to the visible and invisible side of an individual and collective life and acts carried out in the shadows by certain people. UN’VISIBLE: a light rays, dark rays that under- mine our mind. UN’VISIBLE here is a choreographic interpretation which plays on the physical mind as moral of all people through the gaze, a scene where the dancers appear and disappear between light and dark, in contact, tension in this space. $10 4:30 Parker Forrest Olson: Welcome,…

The market is a rain or shine event that continues until Mid-October.

(Photo by Thomas Mohr) The 25th Annual St. Charles Jazz Weekend continues Friday at various venues around St. Charles. Here’s a run-down of the evening’s performances. Venue: Pollyanna Brewing Company 106 S Riverside Ave, St. Charles The Arman Sangalang Trio 3:30-6:30 Venue: 116 Gallery 116 W Main St, St. Charles Bryan Eng Trio 5:00-7:00 Venue: Riverlands Brewing Company 1860 Dean St Unit A, St. Charles Jack Macklin 6:00-9:00 Venue: Wine Exchange 1 Illinois St # 140, St. Charles Fantasy Masters 6:00-9:00 Venue: Baker Community Center 1 Illinois St # 140, St. Charles Alyssa Allgood 7:30-9:00 Venue: Eden Restaurant and Events…

“One man’s junque is another man’s treasure.”

Welcome to our latest edition of Fox Valley Magazine’s 4 FOR THE WEEKEND where we put the “Labor” in Labor Day. So let’s get to it, starting with….. On the Fringe of What, Actually? If you’re anything like us (and if you are, you’re currently lounging in a chartreuse smoking jacket, drinking a fine single malt Scotch and contemplating Einstein’s Third Law of Thermodynamics), you enjoy a good oxymoron now and again. Now, I don’t know if calling the Elgin Fringe Festival an actual “fringe” event is truly an oxymoron, but it comes close. See, the press release announcing this…