Local Culture, Aurora IL
By Marissa Amoni I attended a New Year’s Eve party last night, and someone asked me if I ever tire of people asking me when downtown Aurora will improve. I responded that I never get tired of talking about how to better...
Buddy is a sweet, naive elf who quickly teaches everyone else lots of valuable lessons in “Elf the Musical” now performing at Paramount Theatre in downtown Aurora. Director Amber Mak says in her director’s notes, “It certainly feels like the world...
100% Women Produced The 2017 Special Collector La Morena Modest Coffee’s Marcus and Jenni Contaldo, of Aurora, introduce their 2017 Special Collector a single-origin Guatemalan that is “super cool and amazing and ENTIRELY women produced,” a first for Modest Coffee, and rare to find...
A local group is aiming to bring more films to downtown Aurora. The group of Aurora residents formed Aurora Film Society (AFS) this September to accomplish that goal. AFS was formed to serve as an educational, social, and local resource that provides...
Clara Diaz wanted to bring a little extra something to Broadway for the holidays. The four-lane thoroughfare in downtown Aurora features dozens of shops including Diaz’ Balderas Beauty Salon. “We want to do something special,” said Diaz about the decision to...
Local music fans can rejoice. An intimate venue is opening up in downtown Aurora. Fox Valley Music Foundation (FVMF) announced it has received a $125,000 redevelopment grant from the city of Aurora. These funds will support the partial demolition and repurposing of property located...
By Jim Schweizer Invest Aurora partnered with MORe (Mainstreet Organization of Realtors) to host a Downtown Aurora Broker Tour on October 30. After a brief reception at Two Brothers Roundhouse, which included opening remarks by Dave Hulseberg, president/CEO of Invest Aurora; Chuck...
The Inside Out/Dreamers bus tour is coming to downtown Aurora on Wednesday, Nov. 1 to celebrate America’s DREAMers and rally the community to support the DREAM Act. Inside Out/Dreamers is a nationwide participatory art initiative (the Inside Out Project), launched by award-winning...
First Fridays welcomes fall with cemeteries, ceramics, and celebrations. Waubonsee Community College opens “Students Ceramic Exhibit,” an exhibition of ceramics by students in the Waubonsee Community College Ceramics Club, at the Aurora Downtown campus library location, 18 S. River St. from 6:30...
Exhibit Strange Weather: Nathalie Miebach Thursday, September 28–Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Schingoethe Center | 1315 Prairie St., Aurora, ILOpening Reception Thursday, September 28, 2017 | 5–6:30 p.m. | Schingoethe CenterNathalie Miebach explores the intersection of art and science by translating scientific data related to meteorology,...
Cyndi Gavin came to Aurora to close a church, but instead she opened up the door to a neighborhood sanctuary with the Peace House that an anonymous donor purchased for the church in June 2016. Downtown Auroran Magazine asked Rev. Gavin...
Bringing more residents to downtown is a multi-tiered issue, but I have one tip: add more play. My kids are 11 and seven, and I hope that someday they will be able to swing, slide, or climb in a public space...
