Happening now: Portraits of the Past which consists of scores of Aurorans you’ve never met will be looking straight at you with that question in their eyes in the exhibit at the Pierce Art and History Center. The exhibit, titled Portraits of the...
Aurora Historical Society Executive Director John Jaros and new wife Kathy greet guests immediately following their exchange of wedding vows on Saturday in the parlor of the historic William Tanner House in Aurora. (Denise Crosby / The Beacon-News) Visit The...
“A bunch of lousy gangsters.” Mayor Paul Egan That was Paul Egan’s view of politicians. How he became a politician himself and earned an international reputation for plain speaking and a whole lot of other things is an Everyman story of the 1950s...
Happening Now — Portraits of the Past. Presenting 60 portraits in oil, acrylic, pen and ink, pencil, and photography, all drawn from our archives. About this painting: William F. Holt (1867-1940) Hand-colored pastel based on a photograph; Artist, Casimir Arcouet...
After an extended closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Society’s first exhibit open to the public was Our Favorite Things which consisted of an eclectic mix of artifacts from the Aurora area. The exhibit ran from late June 2021 to mid-January 2022 in the...
