BEST IN THE MIDWEST: The RiverEdge Park Pedestrian Bridge in Aurora, Illinois has been named the 2022 Best Project in Landscape & Urban Development for the annual ‘Best Project’ Competition from Engineering News-Record Midwest West (ENRMW) Magazine. Congratulations to the project team, including…
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The City of Aurora’s Hispanic Heritage Advisory Board announced the return of the annual Fiestas Patrias Festival on Saturday, September 17, and Sunday, September 18, at RiverEdge Park in downtown Aurora. After a two-year hiatus, the family-friendly 2022 Aurora Fiestas Patrias festival will feature…
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Paramount Theatre invites you to meet Effie, Lorrell and Deena, three talented young Black singers in the turbulent 1960s whose rise to the top will test their friendships to the very limit. That’s right, we’re talking about Dreamgirls, the Tony-winning musical inspired by The Supremes that spawned…
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The Village of Oswego is packing lots of free family-friendly fun in for your Fourth of July holiday weekend, including two nights of greatest hits at Venue 1012 and a spectacular fireworks show at Prairie Point Park. Opening the holiday weekend early on June 30 at Venue 1012, R-Gang will perform a…
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Hearth & Hammer General, a modern neighborhood general store, candle studio, and workshop space, joins statewide tourism program spotlighting the people, products and experiences authentic to Illinois. The Illinois Office of Tourism announced 31 new small businesses have been recognized by the…
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Two Aurora Area destinations, Hardware Sustainable Gastropub and Wurst Kitchen, have been included in the Illinois Office of Tourism's Illinois Made program. The program, launched in 2016, spotlights the people, products, and experiences that are unique to Illinois, inspiring travelers to explore…
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Endiro Coffee is among five destinations statewide to be recognized in the Illinois Made program established in 2017 by the Illinois Office of Tourism. Endiro joins two other previous Illinois Made Program inductees in the Aurora Area: Wurst Kitchen (Aurora) and Hardware Sustainable Gastropub &…
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Looking for ideas on how to enjoy a family vacation outside of Chicagoland? Dive in to a weekend getaway in the Aurora Area of Illinois, where you can visit the largest waterpark in Illinois and round out your stay with epic burgers, outdoor adventure, and sky-high fun at area entertainment…
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The 2022 edition of the Aurora Area Go Guide features nearly a dozen photos of people and places in the Aurora Area captured by photographer Amy Nelson. We thought it would be fun for Amy to step out from behind the camera and tell us about her experience capturing memorable moments throughout the…
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Avenue Q meets Little Shop of Horrors in Hand to God , next in Paramount's new BOLD Series, May 25-July 10, 2022 at downtown Aurora's new Copley Theatre. Everybody loves puppets! Even puppets that may or may not be possessed by Satan. Right? Avenue Q meets Little Shop of Horrors in Hand to God , the…
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