Local News

10.07.2025 | What You Need To Know Today

Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 Board of Education Finance Committee will meet at 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7, in The Viking Room, South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. The agenda is available here

Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the Goldberg Administration Center, 3301 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. Consider approving the purchase of playground equipment for Irwin Park from Landscape Structures for $252,032.

Storytime in the Park. Join Flossmoor Library’s Miss Jenny for some outdoor stories from 10:30 to 11 a.m. in Leavitt Park, 1010 Leavitt Ave. Bring your own blankets or chairs. Storytime will be moved to the library in the event of bad weather. Register here.

Art in the Park. 
An afternoon of free outdoor-themed art for youngsters from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Goldberg Park, 3301 Flossmoor Road.

Wizard of Oz Auditions. Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s Children’s Theater program will hold auditions at 6 p.m. at Irwin Center, 18120 Highland Ave. Participants will audition to spend four weeks rehearsing to perform the Wizard of Oz. The performance will take place at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, at Irwin Community Center. Casting is for kids aged 8 to 12. Fee is $120 for park district residents, $145 for non-residents. Click here to register.

Trivia. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, will host trivia for adults and seniors from 7 to 8 p.m. Time to stretch those brains, pub quiz style. Come with a team or form one here. Prizes awarded.

Advertisement
Popular stories < 7 days

Newsletter

Meet the Candidates: U.S. Senate

Conversations with the Chronicle