Flossmoor Baseball and Softball (FBBSB) is introducing a baseball hitting league this fall. The program, which is being offered for the first time, will take place from Nov. 4 to Dec. 14 in the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Field House. The weekly program will focus on situational hitting. Each two-hour session[Read More…]
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Artists performing Oct. 14 in domestic violence benefit
Artists from the South Suburbs will be performing Oct. 14 in “eNOugh: Arts Against Abuse,” a program of original dance, theatre, song, poetry and spoken word. The presentation is at 8 p.m. at The Drama Group’s Milord Studio Theatre 330 W. 202nd Street in Chicago Heights. Admission is $15. The[Read More…]
Singers focus on animals for Opera Up Close at GSU
Opera Up Close, a presentation of opera works paired with food and wine, presents “The Animal Instinct” performance at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24, at The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University. Selections will feature works that salute animals in song, including Aaron Copland’s “I Bought Me[Read More…]
Lighthouse program focuses on struggle for LGBTQ equality
Brian C. Johnson, the CEO of Equality Illinois, will speak at the Sept. 20 meeting of Lighthouse LGBTQ+. The meeting will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Community House, 847 Hutchison Road in Flossmoor. All members and allies of the LGBTQ community are invited to the event,[Read More…]
Tuesday meeting to provide information on tax assessments, appeals
Rich Township residents are invited to a Tuesday, Sept. 19, workshop on Cook County property assessment appeals. The meeting will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Country Club Hills Village Hall, 4200 W. 183rd Street. Each year, the Cook County Assessor’s Office reassesses one-third of the nearly 1.8[Read More…]
H-F High School presents children’s play ‘Jackie & Me’ on Sept. 27, 28
“Jackie & Me,” a play for children that tells the story of Jackie Robinson, will be staged by theater students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 27 and 28. Both presentations are at 7 p.m. in the school’s Mall Auditorium. Tickets are $9 for adults, $6 for[Read More…]
Two Homewood restaurants to hold fundraisers for PTA on Monday
Homewood PTA will benefit from a double “cook’s night out” special on Monday, Sept. 18. Aurelio’s Pizza and Potbelly Sandwich Shop will each donate a percentage of sales to Homewood PTA. The special at Aurelio’s, 18162 Harwood Ave., will run from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. for dine-in or take-out[Read More…]
HFPA saving Dunkin’ Donuts receipts for scholarship benefit
Three local Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants are helping the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Parents Association raise money for its annual scholarship fund. Dunkin’ Donuts at 17579 Halsted St. and 2353 W. 183rd St. in Homewood or 431 W. 14th St. in Chicago Heights, will donate 5 percent of the total purchase to[Read More…]
The Drama Group presents ‘Wait Until Dark’
The Drama Group is presenting “Wait Until Dark,” a thriller that is filled with suspense as two con men find themselves up against a blind woman. The show, featuring Geoffrey Purvis of Homewood, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Sept. 22 and 23 and again Sept. 29[Read More…]
JB Pritzker ‘meet and greet’ Monday in Homewood
Gubernatorial candidate JB Pritzker will be meeting residents at a meet and greet event at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 25, at Grape & Grain, 18031 Dixie Highway in Homewood.



