Visual Arts
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Feder: John Oliver art exhibit coming to Chicago's broadcast museumAug 31, 2021 1:00 am - Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications will be one of five museums in the country to exhibit artwork featured on HBO's "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver." Starti...
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Amdur Productions adds Art on the Fox Sept. 11-12 to its 2021 festival lineupAug 30, 2021 11:00 pm - Bringing nearly 100 artists together to engage with the community, Amdur Productions is the producer of the inaugural Art on the Fox, which will take place on Saturday a...
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Celebrate Roots Aurora during First Fridays Sept. 3Aug 30, 2021 11:00 pm - First Fridays will feature more than two dozen venues open with art, music, and more this Friday. Several locations will feature decorated storefronts celebrating the re...
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'The people's artist': Two weeks left to see Frida Kahlo exhibit at College of DuPageAug 30, 2021 1:00 am - In terms of sheer magnitude, the Frida Kahlo exhibition at the College of DuPage has sold more than 88,000 tickets with two weeks left until the show ends its three-mont...
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Good News Sunday: Artist who started out with memorable snow sculptures tries new medium - strawAug 29, 2021 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: As a scrawny Wisconsin kid from the Nort...
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New 'Diversity in Technology' mural in Aurora aims to empower youthAug 26, 2021 11:00 pm - Aurora's commitment to equity, inclusion, and technology is the focal point of a new downtown mural. Renowned national muralist and Aurora resident Rafael Blanco began w...
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Festivals Aug. 27-Sept. 2: Color Aloft Balloon Fest, Palatine Street Fest, Windmill City Fest & moreAug 25, 2021 9:10 am - This week Sunflower Fest: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, Aug. 25-29, at Richardson Farm, 909 English Prairie Road, Spring Grove. Explore a sunflower ma...
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Alley Art Festival returning to Aurora on SaturdayAug 24, 2021 1:00 am - The 11th annual Alley Art Festival is set to be staged at three locations around downtown Aurora from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. The grass-roots art festival features mor...
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'Surreal' public art campaign brightens Elgin's storm drainsAug 23, 2021 5:30 am - Elgin officials normally wouldn't be thrilled to see a woman double-fisting spray cans and painting the curb on Big Timber Road. “It's kind of surreal,” said Amanda Har...
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New murals, music and more at Alley Art Festival Aug. 28Aug 22, 2021 11:00 pm - The Alley Art Festival returns Saturday, Aug. 28, to downtown Aurora. The popular, grass-roots art festival will be back on Water Street Mall and is expanding to the nea...