Liz Varmecky, the founder of the Greener Homewood Party and South Suburbs for Greenspace, spoke about community activism at the Chicago Southland Green Drinks meeting on Monday, Feb. 23. About 50 people attended, including Homewood and Flossmoor residents, environmentalists throughout the South Suburbs and activists from Indiana, Kankakee and the[Read More…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
Chefs serve a variety of soups to help support mission of food equity
“Soup’s On!” That call started the third annual Soup’s On for Equity fundraiser (formerly Soup for the Soul) on Monday, Feb. 16, as about 140 soup-tasting community members, Center for Food Equity in Medicine (CFFEIM) volunteers and chefs from around Chicagoland gathered at the Flossmoor Community Church Community House. The CFFEIM collaborated[Read More…]
South Suburban PADS moves to Homewood to better serve its clients
South Suburban Public Action to Deliver Shelter (SSPADS), a local nonprofit that provides aid and shelter to those facing homelessness or housing insecurity, recently moved its offices from Chicago Heights to Homewood to better serve clients and expand staffing capabilities. SSPADS occupies the entire office building at 950 175th Street, a space[Read More…]
Black History Month Book Fair featured local authors, artists and entrepreneurs
Local Black authors, comic creators, the co-owner of a Black-owned bookstore and Western Avenue Elementary students, parents and teachers attended a Black History Month Book Fair on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 12-13. The fair was held in a classroom at the school in Flossmoor. Students and parents bought books and comics, and[Read More…]
More than a thousand H-F students walk out, protesting ICE
More than 1,000 Homewood-Flossmoor High School students walked out of their classrooms on Friday, Feb. 13, to protest the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Students walked alongside Kedzie Avenue and Flossmoor Road, carrying signs with slogans such as “It shouldn’t have to happen to you to matter to[Read More…]
Western Avenue Elementary to host Black History Month Book Fair
Local Black authors, comic artists and booksellers are scheduled to be at Western Avenue Elementary in Flossmoor on Thursday, Feb. 12, and Friday, Feb. 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for a Black History Month Book Fair. The book fair will be open exclusively to Western Avenue students, staff[Read More…]
Face2Face, a head and neck surgery center, opens in Homewood
Correction: Sarina Kailer’s first name was misspelled in this story. The Chronicle apologizes for the error. Face2Face Maxillofacial Surgery Centre, a private medical practice in eastern Homewood specializing in head and neck surgeries, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Face2Face, owned[Read More…]
African American community members light the Kinara in Flossmoor Park
African American residents of Flossmoor, including village and school district officials, lit the Kinara in Flossmoor Park every night of Kwanzaa from Dec. 26 until Jan. 1. Kwanzaa is the annual, week-long holiday that honors African American and Pan-African culture, history, community and values. Village administrative assistant Torria Sparkmon lit[Read More…]
Little Hands, a daycare center and preschool, opens in eastern Homewood
Little Hands Child Creative Center, a daycare center and preschool near Halsted Street in Homewood, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Dec. 22. This is the second daycare center owned by South Holland resident Sharon Cooper, who opened the first Little Hands location in Chicago’s West Englewood neighborhood[Read More…]
Jewish community members light the menorah in Flossmoor Park
Jewish community members lit the electric menorah in Flossmoor Park in Flossmoor every night of Hanukkah, which started Dec. 14. An audience of village officials and about a dozen other community members watched them. The menorah lighters recited traditional Hebrew blessings and wished the audience a Happy Hanukkah. Some electric[Read More…]
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