Local Culture, Aurora IL
Elvis Presley. Carl Perkins. Jerry Lee Lewis. And Johnny Cash. In one room. It must have been like a dream. I’m not sure what could equal it today, but I sure felt lucky to be as close as it might be to...
Old time radio has a charm all its own. Brilliant story telling, charismatic characters and the open-ended imagination of visual images the listening audience could create for themselves. The First Nighter’s was the longest running radio show in history, featuring the starring...
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...
On the 14, 15, 16 and 17 June, Sónar Barcelona will celebrate its 24th edition in Barcelona, and later this year it will continue the Latin America leg of its international tour in Buenos Aires, Bogotá and Santiago de Chile. What can...
You could close your eyes and listen to the entire performance of “Jesus Christ Superstar” now being performed at Paramount Theatre in Aurora and still give it a standing ovation. It’s just that beautiful. I could say that I’ve never heard such...
You love it or you hate it apparently. I bloody loved it. I loved every sweet juicy morsel of “Sweeney Todd” at Aurora’s Paramount Theatre. Too much? Not for me. Dark, beautifully scored musicals — more please! I loved the dark-hued, multi-tiered...
“The Little Mermaid” is currently amazing audiences at the historic Paramount Theatre in downtown Aurora. The Disney musical, a beloved film, comes to life on stage under the direction of Amber Mak. The story, a timeless tale of seemingly-impossible love, begins with...
The new fall 2016 issue of Downtown Auroran Magazine features the best thrift stores in the Aurora area along with photography by Jason DeLancey, artists Stephen Signa-Aviles and Jacqueline Fowler, and more. Pick up an issue at several locations in the Fox...
We put together a people’s tour of petrocapitalism and resistance in Aurora, IL as part of a larger collaboration on activating knowledges and memory to unsettle the mechanisms of a global suburb. Sites visted included an El Jardin Community Garden, an Embridge...
