The historic William Tanner House Museum will open for the season on Sunday, officials with the Aurora Historical Society said.
The museum will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. every Sunday through Sept. 1.
The Tanner House is at the northwest corner of Oak Avenue and Cedar Street in the Tanner Historic District on Aurora’s near West Side. Built in 1857, the Tanner House is furnished and decorated in the style of the Victorian era.
Visitors receive a guided tour through the house, learning about the house, the family and the Victorian period, according to Aurora Historical Society officials.
The home originally belonged to local hardware merchant William A. Tanner and his family. Since 1936, it has been owned and operated by the Aurora Historical Society. Admission is free, but donations are always appreciated, officials said.
For more information on the Tanner House and other Aurora Historical Society sites and activities, call 630-906-0650 or go to www.aurorahistory.org.
Event in Aurora to focus on AI
Artificial intelligence, and how it is transforming the face of work, is the subject of the next Northern Illinois University STEM cafe event set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at Two Brothers Roundhouse, 205 N. Broadway in Aurora.
NIU Associate Professor of Communication Andrea L. Guzman and Argonne Laboratory Research Scientist Aikaterini Vriza will lead the program, which is free and open to the public.
Guzman researches how people interact with artificial intelligence and related technologies.
“I want people to understand that they are not alone in their feelings about AI – positive, negative or somewhere between,” Guzman said in a press release about the program. “My goal is to help people better understand what AI is, how it can be used positively, and what to watch out for to ensure it is used ethically. I want to move them from being overwhelmed by AI toward feeling like they are better equipped to make decisions for themselves about it.”
For more information or to register for the event, go to go.niu.edu/stemcafe.
Concert scheduled at St. Charles Public Library
The St. Charles Public Library will conclude its 2023-24 Sunday Concert Series with a performance by Wind and Steel at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 9, in the Carnegie Community Room at the library, 1 S. Sixth Ave. in St. Charles.
Wind and Steel features flutist Kristin Paxinos and guitarist Ben Westfall, who have been performing together since 2008. Their repertoire initially consisted of standard classical works for flute and guitar, but the duo quickly began adding original arrangements of classical, popular and film music to their performances, according to library officials.
For more information on the free concert, go to scpld.org or call 630-584-0076.
Kids Fair planned in Geneva
State Reps. Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, and Jeff Keicher, R-Sycamore, will host an Outside Kids Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at Chapelstreet Church, 3435 Keslinger Road in Geneva.
The free event will include giveaways and demonstrations by the Kane County Sheriff K-9 Office, the Traveling World of Reptiles Show, DancEncounter School of Dance and World Martial Arts Academy, event organizers said. A medical helicopter from Superior Air Ground Ambulance Service will be on-site from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
There will also by “touch-a-truck” activities, face-painting stations, information available about a number of programs and more, according to organizers.
Food truck event to be held at Whalon Lake
The Forest Preserve District of Will County will hold the first of its three food truck events on Friday, June 14, at Whalon Lake, located on Royce Road, west of Route 53 in Naperville.
Running from 5 to 8 p.m., the event will features live music, outdoor lawn games and a bounce house for kids, according to a forest preserve district news release.
Lil’ Deb’s food truck will serve Italian cuisine, Smokin’ Z BBQ is a New Lenox-based truck that specializes in smoked and grilled meats and Mr. Salty’s Popcorn of Plainfield offers items such as lemonade shake-ups, shaved ice, slushies, cotton candy and funnel cakes.
