Homewood-Flossmoor High School students performed music and read their poetry and essays at the seventh annual Pursuing the Dream conference in H-F High School’s Mall Auditorium on the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 11. The Martin Luther King Day event also featured a panel of local authors, a speech about Black[Read More…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
The grand opening of Karyn’s Kitchen draws a crowd
Karyn’s Kitchen, a vegan restaurant in Flossmoor Commons, was packed with people for its grand opening celebration on the afternoon of Saturday, Jan. 7. Anyone who bought food was entered into a raffle with prizes valued at hundreds of dollars. With a microphone in her hand, Karyn Calabrese, the owner[Read More…]
Homewood Veterinary Care officially opens in downtown Homewood
Homewood Veterinary Care officially opened its doors on the corner of 183rd Street and Dixie Highway on Saturday, Dec. 17. The grand opening celebration included a ribbon cutting, prizes for pet owners and an open house where customers could tour the entire facility. This same business had been Markham Animal[Read More…]
Flossmoor Commons businesses get showcased in a holiday open house celebration
The Flossmoor Business Association organized a “sip, snack and shop” open house Thursday, Dec. 8, to showcase the businesses in Flossmoor Commons. From 5 to 7 p.m., the community came to visit the new businesses and vendors who offered store discounts, tables of free food, eggnog and champagne. In the[Read More…]
Karyn’s Kitchen, a vegan restaurant with raw food options, opens in Flossmoor
Editor’s note: This story was updated for clarity at 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 15. Karyn’s Kitchen, a vegan restaurant that specializes in raw food, opened in Flossmoor Commons on Dec. 1. It’s next door to Karyn’s Inner Beauty, a spa and wellness shop owned by the same lifestyle guru, wellness author[Read More…]
Advocate South Suburban and Old National Bank employees give away food at All Nations Community Church
Hundreds of bags of fresh food were given away to Advocate South Suburban Hospital patients at All Nations Community Church in Homewood on the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 8. The bags were prepared by 35 Old National Bank employees. The food drive was part of Advocate’s ongoing Living Food Farmacy[Read More…]
Homewood’s Amtrak station has been restored to pre-pandemic levels of service
Amtrak representatives met with the Village of Homewood on Monday, Dec. 5, to announce that the Homewood Amtrak station was back to pre-pandemic levels service. These returning services include routes to Carbondale and New Orleans and ticket agents who are now available inside the station seven days a week from[Read More…]
Thomas’ Photographic Services is moving across the street
Thomas’ Photographic Services, a photography studio and shop specializing in portraits and photo restoration, has been in Homewood for more than a decade at 18705 Dixie Highway in the Southgate shopping district. Early next year, the business is moving to a new location–across the street. The studio’s lease expires in March and[Read More…]
Construction of Homewood Brewing Company has begun
Homewood Brewing Company owners broke the ground on Dixie Highway on Friday, Dec. 2. Homewood Brewing will be a craft brewery and restaurant owned by the family of Juice Wrld, the H-F grad and rap star who died of a drug overdose in 2019; it will be dedicated to his[Read More…]
Stores and restaurants will have deals on Small Business Saturday
Small businesses in Homewood and Flossmoor will celebrate the annual national event of Small Business Saturday on Nov. 26. Small Business Saturday follows the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday, the official opening of the holiday shopping season noted for discounted and special pricing. Small Business Saturday’s participating businesses may have[Read More…]
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