Today
Road closures in Homewood in preparations for Holiday Lights on Friday. Martin Avenue was closed Thursday from Ridge Road to Hickory Road. Starting at 4 p.m. today, Ridge Road will be closed from Harwood Avenue to Dixie Highway. Roads will reopen when the event is over at about 9 p.m.
Holiday Lights in Homewood. Homewood’s annual holiday festival will be from 5 to 9 p.m. downtown. Stores, boutiques and restaurants will be filled with gifts and recipes you won’t find in any mall. Watch Santa flip the switch for the annual tree lighting ceremony in Irwin Park from 6:45 to 7 p.m. Santa will be available for photos from 7:05 to 8:45 p.m. There will be ice sculpture demonstrations, an antique car parade, and the grand holiday carousel downtown. “Frozen” characters will sing, dance and pose for pictures throughout the evening. Souvenir holiday mugs will be for sale.
It’s a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play. The Governors State University Center for Performing Arts will present a live radio play adaptation of “It’s a Wonderful Life” that takes the audience back in time to the 1940s. Experience the nostalgia of classic radio theater as talented actors bring George Bailey, Clarence the angel and the residents of Bedford Falls to life. The show will be from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at 1 University Place in University Park. Visit bit.ly/GSUWonderfulLife for information and tickets.
Flossmoor Public Library will be closed all day today for a staff in-service.
Saturday, Dec. 7
Homewood Holiday Market. The market will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Homewood Auditorium, 2010 Chestnut Road. Hot chocolate will be served, and there will be many vendors available.
Holiday Story Hour and Crafts. Families are invited to stop into the Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon for holiday stories and crafts with helpers from H-F High School VAST program and Student Government. No registration required.
Janet Gustafson’s Gingerbread Village Display. Sign up for an exclusive viewing of Flossmoor resident Janet Gustafson’s amazing Gingerbread Village — one of a kind and open to the public one day only from 4 to 6 p.m. Click here to register.
Mele Kalikimaka Ukelele. Hawaiian ukelele music by Nā Aikāne ‘Ukulele at H-F Racquet & Fitness Club, 2920 183rd St., Homewood, from noon to 1 p.m. and at Flossmoor Post Office, 1020 Park Drive, at 1:30 p.m.
Pictures with Santa. Thomas Photographic Services, 18676 Dixie Highway in Homewood, hosts its annual photo op with Santa from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Prices start at $25.
The Grande Prairie Singers Concert. The choir will present “Welcome Yule!” music for the season for chorus, organ, brass and percussion at 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 6201 Vollmer Road in Matteson.
Cancer Support Center Holiday Spirits. The Cancer Support Center hosts this fundraising holiday event starting at 6 p.m. at Wiley’s Grill, 800 Kedzie Ave in Flossmoor. Food and drinks, unique vendor shopping experiences, and the chance to win exciting raffle baskets. For anyone 21 and up. Tickets can be purchased here. Proceeds benefit the Cancer Support Center.
Shopping With A Kappa. The Chicago Heights Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity will host its sixth annual Shopping with a Kappa event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Walmart in Olympia Fields. At least 150 disadvantaged children will be able to shop with fraternity members. Anyone wishing to donate to the project can contribute by Zelle to [email protected]. Put SWAK in the subject line.
Chicago Knockouts Roller Derby. Youth roller derby bout at Homewood Auditorium, 2010 Chestnut Road. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., action begins at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10. General seating is first come, first served. Accessible seating available and reserved at no extra charge.
Democratic Women of the South Suburbs Annual Open House. There will be special guest speaker at Irwin Center, 18120 Highland Ave. in Homewood. Starts at 11 a.m. Admission is free but donations of new hats, gloves, scarves or socks for a local shelter will be accepted. The Linda Ester Volunteer Service Award will be presented. All are welcome to attend.
Metra Electric Line track construction. The Electric Line will be partially shut down on two weekends in December, Dec. 7-8 and Dec. 14-15, due to extensive construction associated with the South Shore Line’s expansion plans. Train service will terminate and originate from the 18th Street Station, with buses replacing trains between Millennium and 18th, and the line will use a Sunday schedule both Saturday and Sunday on those weekend days. For more information click here.
Sunday, Dec. 8
Bel Canto Winter Concert. Celebrate the season with beautiful music and multigenerational singing with the Bel Canto Choirs at 3 p.m. in the Mall Auditorium at Homewood-Flossmoor High School South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. Ticket info can be found at bit.ly/SpotlightAcademyEvents.
Trail Mix Presents Palmyra. Palmyra will perform from 7 to 9:45 p.m. at Rabid Brewing, 17759 Bretz Drive in Homewood. “Palmyra explores the fusion of traditional folk string instruments, lush harmony and earnest songwriting.” Tickets are available here.
