The lineup at Homewood Stories Tuesday, Dec. 16, includes some nationally renowned storytellers, according to host Karen O’Donnell.  Beth Horner’s work has been called heartfelt, truthful and “akin to great stand-up comedy.” Her large repertoire ranges from a four-minute break-neck speed tongue-twisting tour-de-force take-off on Edgar Allan Poe to a[Read More…]

Karen O’Donnell came to storytelling from what might seem an unlikely place.  Dentistry. But she was always a rather unique dentist. She’s known locally as the dentist who gives her patients homemade fudge. It’s not the sugar-free kind, either. It’s the sugary kind. “It’s kind of like an annuity,” she[Read More…]

The final plan for the $1.2 million Martin Avenue Public Space project took a step forward Tuesday, Dec. 9, when Homewood trustees unanimously approved the proposal. However, a question about tax increment financing cast some doubt on its future. Scott Freres, president of The Lakota Group, the company hired by[Read More…]

A proposal to reduce the village amusement tax from 5 percent to 2 percent met with a mixed response from the board of trustees Tuesday, Aug. 26. The measure was tabled until a local business requesting the reduction, Brunswick Zone XL, can provide more information. At issue was whether the[Read More…]

Storytelling is hot. In Homewood, you can feel the heat at Grady’s Grill the third Tuesday of each month, as a growing audience of story lovers gather to hear ordinary experiences come to life in an extraordinary way. In the Chicago area, there are about 50 storytelling shows every month,[Read More…]

Holiday shopping season officially begins at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, when every unused nook and cranny will temporarily be filled with businesses. The Pop-Up Shops program started in the 2013 holiday shopping season. This year, 32 shops feature arts, crafts, food, clothing and home decor will be open in[Read More…]

A Homewood man faces attempted first-degree murder and hate crime charges after he allegedly stabbed a 79-year-old woman Friday morning, Oct. 10, in Walt’s Food Center on 183rd Street in Homewood. Pol Danilov, of the 18400 block of Harwood Avenue, is accused of attacking the woman, according to information released[Read More…]

Seventy years is a long time to remember, and for World War II veteran Walter Ross of Homewood, many of the details of his service have faded and finally disappeared. Fortunately, he and his wife of almost 69 years, Betty, together can piece together some of the memories of that[Read More…]

If a medical cannabis dispensary wishes to begin operation in Homewood, it will need to find a home in the M (industrial) zone. By a 4 to 2 vote Tuesday, Aug. 12, the village board of trustees approved medical cannabis dispensaries as a permitted use in the M zone, which[Read More…]

Homewood veterans were treated Saturday, June 14, to a picnic lunch at Marie Irwin Center, news about two veterans programs, music and a good old fashioned game, a cake walk.  As Char Dyer, chairwoman of the Homewood Veterans Committee, observed, Saturday was a convergence of patriotic events. In addition to[Read More…]