[Correction: This story incorrectly stated the show would take place on June 14 and June 15. There will be no show on June 15. The Chronicle apologizes for the error.] Every second Saturday through September, car buffs and car admirers will get a chance to see a variety of cars[Read More…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
Small Business Administration official tours Flossmoor, hosts roundtable discussion
Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson led Willette LeGrant, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Illinois district director, on a walking tour of small businesses in downtown Flossmoor on Wednesday, May 7. Afterwards, LeGrant and Nelson hosted a roundtable discussion at D’s Cookie Dough Company in Flossmoor, informing small business owners about resources[Read More…]
Master Gardener volunteers and James Hart students plant flowers at Homewood’s library
Four volunteers from the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener program’s Matteson office, two James Hart School students and Homewood Public Library Director Colleen Waltman removed weeds and added new flowers and prairie grass to Homewood Public Library’s landscape on the afternoon of Thursday, May 8. The Master Gardeners have maintained[Read More…]
The Homewood Arts Council will host a Pete Townshend tribute concert at Izaak Walton
The Homewood Arts Council (HAC), a nonprofit organization that promotes local art and music, is hosting a Pete Townshend tribute concert with four acts, Dolph Chaney, Phil Angotti, Rick Rizzo and Sam Vicari, inside Senior Hall at Izaak Walton Preserve in Homewood on the evening of Saturday, May 10. The[Read More…]
Hidden Gem Guitars celebrates two-year anniversary with free guitar strings and recycling
Hidden Gem Guitars, a shop selling guitars and guitar accessories in the Brown Building in downtown Flossmoor, celebrated its two-year anniversary on Saturday, April 5. Everything in the store was 15% off. Hidden Gem offered a free pack of guitar strings to any customer who wanted one. Community members brought in old[Read More…]
Trail Mix Productions to Host Nathan Graham Concert at Thornton Distilling Co.
Trail Mix Concert Series, a yearlong series of acoustic concerts organized by the Homewood-based nonprofit organization Trail Mix Productions, is returning to Cooper’s Hall at Thornton Distilling Co. on Saturday, April 4 at 7 p.m. The event will feature live performances from Nathan Graham, a nationally renowned blues musician from[Read More…]
Hundreds march in Flossmoor’s 18th annual Saint Patrick’s Day parade
Hundreds of community members marched through the Flossmoor Park neighborhood in a Saint Patrick’s Day parade that began and ended at the Flossmoor Community House on the afternoon of Saturday, March 15. The annual parade was launched 18 years ago as a small neighborhood event that Flossmoor Park residents informally organized.[Read More…]
Primo’s Café & Deli celebrates grand opening in downtown Homewood
Primo’s Café & Deli, a café and diner, celebrated its grand opening at 2057 Ridge Road in downtown Homewood on Friday, March 7. Primo’s owner Scott Donkel cut the blue ribbon with Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld, other Homewood village officials and the cafe’s communication manager, Amy Donkel-Rohne, Donkel’s daughter. The diner[Read More…]
Hundreds enjoy food and live music at UChicago Ingalls foundation fundraiser
About 200 people gathered at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Family Care Center in Flossmoor on Friday, Feb. 28 for Heart & Soul, an Ingalls fundraising event. The participants included community members, local chefs, vendors and restaurant employees, Ingalls Development Foundation members, UChicago Ingalls Hospital officials, the South Suburban band ReTurn2Soul and[Read More…]
The Flossmoor Community House was packed full of Soup for the Soul attendees
The Flossmoor Community House Community was jam-packed with community members, Center for Food Equity in Medicine (CFFEIM) volunteers and local chefs for the second annual Soup for the Soul fundraising event on the evening of Monday, Feb. 17. About 20 chefs from the South Suburbs, other Chicago suburbs and Chicago served soup[Read More…]
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