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…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
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…]
Gourmet cookie chain Crumbl Cookie opens in Homewood
Crumbl Cookies, a gourmet cookie store chain with weekly specials, opened in Homewood with a grand opening celebration on Friday, Sept. 8. “Everything is made in-house. We mix the dough. We ball the dough. We bake everything. Even the little, tiniest crumble on top of that cookie is made in-house,”[Read More…]
E-COM dispatch service to merge, expand, relocate
E-COM, the 911 dispatch center that serves Homewood, Flossmoor, Glenwood, Hazel Crest, East Hazel Crest, Country Club Hills, Thornton, South Holland and Riverdale, will merge with SouthCom, another emergency dispatch center that serves Richton Park, Park Forest, Matteson and Olympia Fields in the South Suburbs. E-COM handles all police, fire,[Read More…]
Homewood and Flossmoor community fills the stands of White Sox game
It was Homewood-Flossmoor day at White Sox stadium on Sunday, July 30. Community members filled the stands after purchasing tickets from the village of Homewood at reduced prices. Before the Chicago White Sox took on the Cleveland Guardians, Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson and Homewood Village Trustee Jay Heiferman were introduced[Read More…]
Community members enjoy games with police officers at Homewood’s National Night Out
Community members gathered in Irwin Park to meet and greet the Homewood police officers, see their equipment and play a water balloon game with them. The event was part of the National Night Out, which Homewood police officers look forward to every year, according to Homewood Police Chief Denise McGrath.[Read More…]
Cherry Creek will lose Lorenz Appliance and gain Franciscan Health
Lorenz Appliance will close the doors of its Homewood location in the Cherry Creek Shopping Center. Ace Hardware in Cherry Creek is set to move into Lorenz Appliance’s location. This will make room for a Franciscan Health center. It will be at the current Ace Hardware location and fill up[Read More…]
Next Trail Mix concert will feature singer and fiddle player Phoebe Hunt
The Trail Mix Concert Series will return to Izaak Walton nature preserve on Saturday, Aug. 12. It will feature Texas folk singer and fiddle player Phoebe Hunt. Adjacent Cruise, a husband-and-wife duet from Chicago, will open for her. This upcoming concert is the third Trail Mix concert this year but[Read More…]