Local Culture, Aurora IL
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...
In the last week there have been some busy bees in downtown Aurora and they weren’t working on the highly anticipated Harry Potter Festival (sold out by the way). Rebekah Axtel, Joshua Schultz, Tim Frederick, Sam Melton, David Lewis, and others have...
I don’t often get nervous when I email someone. But the other day when I replied to Penelope Spheeris, I probably put way too much thought into it. Spheeris is the director of Wayne’s World. I’m an admirer. Not only is...
Miss Fannie’s Annual Yard Sale is a popular tradition on the lawn of Mutual Ground in Aurora. A day of great deals to support a much-needed local organization. But who is Miss Fannie? Miss Fannie is Fannie Morrison, a woman who shows...
By Marissa Amoni The deadline to fill out the second part of the public survey for the updated downtown master plan just passed. It was fun to put in my own input and add comments on what I think would be good...
Stop the presses! Our favorite unofficial paparazzi, Susan May Moody, is engaged to the handsome Joe “blue eyes” Romano. The two announced their engagement to close friends and family over the weekend. Susan is known for her creative street photography as well...
David Lewis retired from the Aurora Regional Fire Museum last week. Lewis was a co-founder, curator, board of director and a longtime friend of the fire service. “His dedication and passion in preserving the history of the Aurora and surrounding fire departments...
Pam Schallhorn recently gave a stage full of workshop attendees permission to be creative. As Schallhorn, a community economic development educator from University of Illinois Extension, spoke to the civic-minded crowd at the Egyptian Theatre in downtown DeKalb, she said it’s...
Most years, our family travels to Ohio for Thanksgiving. But, in 2014, we decided to stay in Aurora for the holiday. At our church that Sunday, a missionary from Ukraine came to speak about the orphans and orphanages in Ukraine and how...
Mayor Tom Weisner announced today he is recommending Commander Kristen Ziman to be the City of Aurora’s next police chief. After an extensive process that included surveys, presentations and multiple interviews, Mayor Weisner made his recommendation from among four internal candidates....
