New event venue The Copper Lantern envisioned for former Rockford Lithuanian Club

Rock River Current

ROCKFORD — A longtime social club on the city’s southwest side is envisioned as a future event space hosting wedding receptions, quinceañeras and other celebrations within a renovated property.

Rockford native Shawn Cox has put forward a plan to transform The Lithuanian Club, 716 Indiana Ave., into The Copper Lantern. The name is a nod to the copper accents that will be throughout the building, and the idea that a lantern brings light to the area…

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