Arts

For those craving a fresh cup of coffee, a grilled donut and an artisan craft, you can get all three at The Makers Cafe and Markets. The first market of the season is the Mother’s Day Makers Market, May 11 and May 12.

The 2024 PrairieFest Quilt Show will take place during the PrairieFest celebration at Oswego’s Little White School Museum, featuring a variety of quilts.

The St. Charles Arts Council has a full slate of fun events for kids and adults in the coming months. Paint the Riverside kicks off at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 11.

St. Charles Business Alliance has announced the participating artists for the 26th annual St. Charles Fine Art Show.

Several interesting events including the Kane Native Plant Show and the celebration of a new soccer team will be happening in Kane County this weekend.

Rock Falls Tourism is accepting submissions from artists to exhibit their work at the Art in the Park Outdoor Art Gallery being held on Saturday, Aug. 24.

STC Live! is a series of free live music performances from singer/songwriters, duos, and trios. The series runs June through August .

The event will include the screening of three short films, a food truck, a bar, a red carpet, live music, raffles and a silent auction. The films touch on themes such as depression, domestic abuse and grief.

The Grand Detour Arts Festival committee is accepting applications from artists to exhibit work at the 75th Grand Detour Arts Festival. The show will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at the John Deere Historic site.

Kane County will be home to the fourth annual AfterImage Film Festival at Classic Cinemas Charlestowne 18 Theatre in St. Charles, and a gallery opening reception among events unfolding this weekend.

St. Charles Singers' choir will host its season finale performance April 20 and April 21 to start its 40th anniversary celebration.

Dixon Stage Left has announced the theater will close its doors in May to move operations to 105 S. Peoria Ave. The organization, which offers arts and entertainment performances and activities to the community, hopes to reopen in early 2025.

Many adult events are happening in April at Yorkville Public Library.

An acclaimed violinist, a celebrity WGN-TV meteorologist with multiple Emmys, another Emmy winner who created Christian television station WCFC-TV/Channel 38 and the wise-cracking bandleader on “The Dick Cavett Show” are the latest inductees into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame.

“Sweet Reflection,” a Prismacolor colored pencil piece, was the first-place winner in the grades 9-12 category.