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Art Talk – The Naperville Men’s Glee Club Sings
In 1968, Yellow Submarine, a film described as an “animated jukebox musical fantasy adventure comedy film inspired by Beatle songs,” was released. Now a...
Art Talk – Among the Very Young at Heart
DuPage County is brimming with creative outlets for its younger residents. Locally, Naperville is home to organizations including BrightSide Theatre, Kidz Kabaret, Youth Symphony...
Art Talk – Arts Dupage: Supporting the Arts in Dupage County
Arts DuPage (AD), a countywide arts council under the umbrella of DuPage Foundation, celebrated December's National Giving Month in a big way. For the...
Art Talk – ‘Holiday Magic’
Many people are buying into the growing trend of simplifying and reinventing their holiday traditions. By scaling back on lavish gift-giving, labor-intensive meal preparations,...
Art Talk – Room for More
The City of Naperville is home to an illustrious public art collection, thanks to the nearly 30-year effort by Century Walk Corporation (CWC), a...
Art Talk – October is Arts DuPage Month
It's Arts DuPage Month (ADM), a 31-day celebration of the arts in DuPage County! Inspired by Americans for the Arts' Arts and Humanities Month,...
Art Talk – Riverwalk Fine Art Fair brings vibrant in-tents city to downtown Naperville
Arts organizations across the county are announcing their 2024-2025 season, and the upcoming year looks promising. But before we confine ourselves to indoor performances,...
Art Talk – Galeria Azul: Art without Boundaries
Suppose you were an artist who co-owns a transportation business and works as a realtor; what would you do next?
If you were Inga Orolin,...
Art Talk – New kid in town
Visit Naperville’s Water Street on any summer Sunday, and you’ll experience a bustling district with a European vibe, filled with innovative restaurants, charming boutiques,...
Art Talk – Head to Head
Logic may tell you that if getting ahead is good, getting two heads is even better. Perhaps that was the thought process behind the...
Art Talk – The sun sets in the Wentz
The news landed like a ton of bricks in inboxes across the community. In a brief three-paragraph email from North Central College Fine &...
Art Talk – By the book
Brand Bobosky recently announced his retirement from the Century Walk Corporation (CWC), the organization he founded in 1996 that has since enlivened Naperville’s built...
Art Talk – Chicago Sinfonietta: Celebrating Women’s History Month
Passionate, distinctive, masterful, evocative. These are just a few adjectives that describe ECHO, Chicago Sinfonietta's upcoming performance at Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago...
Art Talk – DuPage Symphony Orchestra: Transforming hearts, minds, and communities through music for 70 years
The City of Naperville had a population of 8,000 when Dr. Russell Harvey founded the DuPage Symphony Orchestra (DSO) in 1954. Moving swiftly, he...
Art Talk – Young Naperville Singers: Enriching the lives of its singers and audiences for 40 years
DuPage Foundation, DuPage County's philanthropic leader, granted more than $600,000 to 46 nonprofit organizations through its Community Needs Grant Program's Fall 2023 cycle in...
Art Talk – BrightSide Theatre looks to the bright side
In October, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) released findings from its study on financial and operating trends among Chicago’s arts...
Art Talk – Mick Jagger never lived in Naperville
Earlier this month, the City of Naperville released findings from its 2023 National Community Survey, a tool that captured resident satisfaction scores and measured...
Art Talk – October is Arts DuPage Month
October is Arts DuPage Month (ADM), a countywide celebration of the arts launched in 2018 by Arts DuPage, a DuPage Foundation initiative. Inspired by...
Art Talk – I’ve looked at art from both sides now
For more than 15 years, Art Talk has been showcasing Naperville Art League's Riverwalk Fine Art Fair (RFAF) in its September column. The juried...
Art Talk – Naperville’s ArTEAsans
When Naperville Art League (NAL) Board President Beata Nowak received a call in late 2020, she had no idea it would mark the beginning...