What was once dubbed the “path of destruction” by Izaak Walton nature preserve officials is now being called the “path of restoration.” Izaak Walton and Homewood Public Works Department officials said the eventual goal is to turn it into a bike path that connects to Old Plank Trail at Thorn[Read More…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
Homewood Science Center brings fun, learning to Izaak Walton at nature fest
About 320 community members participated in Walk Walton, an annual nature fest and fundraising event for the Homewood Science Center, at Izaak Walton nature preserve on Sunday, Oct. 22, according to Homewood Science Center Executive Director Edie Dobrez. “It’s a way to get families out enjoying the beautiful Izaak Walton[Read More…]
Flossmoor Station welcomes new brewmaster
The brewmaster at Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery has changed. After nine years of brewing beer at Flossmoor Station, Ryan Czaja has been replaced by Jake LaDuke. This was marked by a going away and welcoming party at the brewery on Oct. 5 that about 50 to 75 people attended,[Read More…]
Ink-N-Um Tattoos & Body Piercing will open in the Southgate Shopping Center
Bob Garrity, a tattoo artist and Class of 1991 Homewood-Flossmoor High School graduate, is relocating his tattoo parlor, Ink-N-Um Tattoos & Body Piercing from Calumet City to the Southgate Shopping Center in Homewood. The move comes after Ink-N-Um has been in Calumet City for 26 years. “I always wanted to be in[Read More…]
Spotlight Performance Academy receives check from Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce President Terri L. Winfree and Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson presented a giant-sized $500 check to Spotlight Performance Academy Executive Director Carrie Bonanotte and Spotlight Performance Academy board members at the Homewood Science Center on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 24. The check was from the[Read More…]
Homewood Fire Department holds fire safety demonstrations at open house
The Homewood Fire Department held an open house on Saturday, Oct. 14. The fire station was packed with community members, display tables and demonstrations on fire safety. In an outside demonstration, two replicas of a living room were set on fire. One had a protective sprinkler system and the other[Read More…]
Mariachi band performs in Flossmoor for National Heritage Month celebration
Cielito Lindo, a family Mariachi band from Chicago, performed inside Park Place at Flossmoor Park in Flossmoor on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 11, for an Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. Paper plates, ice cream sticks, scissors, markers, glue sticks and tape were laid out on a table for about an[Read More…]
Trail Mix Concert Series will continue to feature local and national acts
Trail Mix, an acoustic concert series known for bringing together local and national musicians at Izaak Walton preserve in Homewood, will return on Friday, Oct. 13. Donna Herula, a Chicago blues musician, will open for The Wildwoods, a three-piece Americana band from Lincoln, Nebraska. Herula won Best Traditional Blues Artist and[Read More…]
Homewood artist stays at Park Forest Art Fair despite rainfall
The Park Forest Art Fair in downtown Park Forest featured dozens of unique artists, some local and others who traveled from other states, on Saturday, Sept. 16 and Sunday, Sept. 17. Rainfall drenched the second day of the event, but Homewood mixed-media artist Jenn Johnson weathered the storm, determined to[Read More…]
Loulou Belle is helping organize a fall fair in Grant Park
Loulou Belle, a downtown Homewood business, is partnering with former Homewood public relations manager Rachael Jones to organize the Autumn Art and Farm Experience at Locavore Farm in Grant Park, Illinois, on Saturday, Oct. 21, from noon until 8 p.m. The fall festival will feature dozens of vendors, artists, workshops,[Read More…]
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