The market is a rain or shine event that continues until Mid-October.
Author: Paul Stukel
We remain an exceptional nation.
One in a series from the July 2021 issue of Fox Valley Magazine.
Welcome to our latest edition of Fox Valley Magazine’s 4 FOR THE WEEKEND where Independence Day always makes us want to go kick some Limey butt! Arghh!!! So let’s get to it, starting with….. Let’s Begin All Civilized Like Sure, most American music around the time of the Revolution was played with buckets and washboards and pieces of really long hair tied between two ends of a stick. (OK, we made that last bit up.) But now that we’re all civilized and stuff, let’s kick off Independence weekend with an ESO concert featuring three great American composers. And let’s hold…
One individual dead, one in critical condition, one in stable condition, and one has been released from hospital.
The Aurora Police Department has issued an alert for a missing 10 year-old boy. His name is Benjamin Pena and he was last seen in the 600 block of W. Galena Bl in Aurora at 7:45pm. Benjamin is approximately 4’08” with a medium build. He was wearing a gray shirt with cars on it and gray pants with a stripe down the side. If you see Benjamin, please call 9-1-1.
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was sentenced today to 22.5 years in prison, a 10 year expansion of state sentencing guidelines in second degree murder cases. The killing of Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis in May 2020 convulsed the nation and sparked global outrage and Black Lives Matter protests and riots all around the world. It has led to a vigorous and contentious reexamination of not only policing but society as a whole here in the United States. Infamous video footage of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, during…
Day 2 activities at Swedish Days!
It’s another great weekend of fun and music at Aurora’s The Venue. Check out what’s happening. Friday, June 25 M & R RUSH It all started in high school in the early ‘70s for drummer Marty Mardirosian, bass player Roger Hirtz, keyboardist Carl Moszur, along with guitarists Paul Martin and John McFarland. Now, nearly 50 years later the quintet of musicians is still together entertaining Chicago area audiences as M&R Rush. Growing up in the Roseland neighborhood, like many high school musicians, they had a dream of making it big in the music business. Winning a couple local “battle of…
Partake in an enchanted tale as old as time, under the stars. CTE and FVTC have combined to tell this beloved classic fairy tale at CTE’s first live performance after a year and a half. Filled with all your favorite characters, like Belle, the Beast, Lumiere, Gaston, and all the rest – plus, of course, dancing forks and enchanted furniture! With a cast ranging from age 7 to age 20, this performance is a wonderful way to welcome the actors and their families, and our community, back to our stage. Special Considerations for this Show: The bandshell benches and lawn…
