Author: Paul Stukel

Update:  CPD has released the name of the 29 year-old officer who was fatally shot in the line of duty last night.  Ella French, who joined the force in 2018, was shot in the head in the West Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.  CPD posted the following on its Facebook page minutes ago Police Officer Ella French End of Watch: August 7, 2021 We will never forget the true bravery she exemplified as she laid her life down to protect others. Please hold her family, loved ones and fellow Chicago Police officers in your thoughts as we grieve the loss of…

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 cicadas come every year. So let’s get to it, starting with….. We’re Not Gonna Do It…. This is an enlightened eNewsletter. We are the woke we’ve been waiting for. We are sensitive as all get-out. We are also part Italian. And thus we will refrain from injecting this post with all the hilarious Italian jokes and stereotypes perniciously advanced by the non-Italian majority. We will simply encourage you to go to Festa Italiana and have a ball. Or else. Click here for more. A Bee Gee…

Led Zeppelin is center stage at the Arcada the weekend. Well, at least in tribute form.  Tribute band Kashmir makes a repeat appearance this Friday at the Arcada Theatre. Kashmir Friday, July 30, 8pm Tickets:  $19 – $29 Yes, the singer looks and sounds alot like Robert Plant and the band shares the authenticity, appearance and sound of the great Led Zeppelin, but more importantly the band wants to share the energy and the experience that Led Zeppelin created while on tour. The band calls it “The Zone” and they want everyone to share that same electromagnetic experience after leaving…

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

The City of Elgin’s Concert in the Park series will present Projecto 7 this Tuesday, July 27, at 7:00 at the Wing Park band shell in Elgin. Elgin’s own Projecto 7 is a Salsa and Latin Jazz Band that offers live music performances to the Chicagoland area. With Salsa and Latin Jazz music from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and more. Most Tuesday nights in June and July feature live music right here in Elgin with the annual summer concerts in the park series. All concerts are free of charge. Families are encouraged to bring picnic food or treats, as…

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

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

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…