Edward Spigner, a 34-year-old Flossmoor resident with the stage name of “Ded” Ed, formed the metal band Thutch in 2021. What started as a personal music project in the mid-2010s eventually became something bigger — a five-piece band full of colorful stage personas that has performed throughout Chicagoland, the Great Lakes Region[Read More…]
Entertainment
Governors State University’s Dance Company to perform ‘Body Language’ March 30
The Governors State University Dance Company and guests will perform a cultural kaleidoscope of movement, identity and self-expression at 2:30 p.m. on March 30 at the Center for Performing Arts, 1 University Parkway, University Park. With original choreography by GSU faculty, students, and alumni, “Body Language: Cultural Storytelling Through Dance” features[Read More…]
Drama Group’s April presentation is the comedy ‘Quartet’
A story of music and friendship will be brought to the stage in April when The Drama Group presents “Quartet,” a story of four former opera singers who decide they still have what it takes to perform. The story is set in a retirement home in England where the rumor[Read More…]
Trail Mix to feature four local bands at Izaak Walton
Trail Mix Productions is returning to its roots by hosting a concert of four local acts — Butterfield Creek, Doug Raffety, the Uh Ohs and the Six of Spades — at Izaak Walton nature preserve on Friday, April 5 at 7 p.m. In recent years, Trail Mix has featured national acts such[Read More…]
Cold doesn’t stop annual Lucky Egg Hunt
The Easter Bunny came out, as did dozens of children and their families for the annual Lucky Egg Hunt sponsored by the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District. As the temperature barely made the freezing mark on Saturday, March 23, snow flurries started. Easter is a sign of spring, but there was no[Read More…]
Trail Mix will host 3 shows in April, including Nellie McKay and Phoebe Hunt concerts
Trail Mix Productions is hosting three concerts at three different locations in April. Nellie McKay will play at Thornton Distilling Co. on April 26. Phoebe Hunt will return to Trail Mix to perform at The Rock Shop on April 18, the first Trail Mix show at this location. Trail Mix[Read More…]
Villages announce mix of familiar and new events
Flossmoor’s centennial has provided an opportunity to rethink community events as Homewood and Flossmoor plan their calendars for 2024 with new events mixed in with ongoing favorites. The biggest change is the retirement of Flossmoor Fest, the village’s annual fall festival for the past quarter century. Since the founding of[Read More…]
The Weeks | Feb. 18: Flossmoor sculptures on the agenda, Soup for the Soul, cookies and beer, Brumley Drive, roller derby returns
THE WEEK > Meetings Homewood-Flossmoor School District 233 Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 7 a.m. Monday, Feb. 19, in the South District Conference Room, 999 Kedzie Ave. Flossmoor School District 161 Learning and Instruction Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, at Normandy Villa, 41 E.[Read More…]
Five entertainers set for Feb. 20 Homewood Stories
The lineup for the 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 Homewood Stories show is set. Guest presenters are Paul Teodo, a retired health care executive who has appeared on the program before and is a Moth Radio winner; Margie Rossi, a writing and literature teacher; Joe Mallon, a retiree who coaches girls[Read More…]
IPO welcomes pianist, composer as guests for Feb. 24 concert
The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra will feature a new work by Arlene Sierra, and classics by Gershwin and Tchaikovsky for its Feb. 24 concert. The program will open at 7:30 p.m. with the orchestra under the baton of Director of Music Director Stillian Kirov. Guest performers will be world-renowned pianist Sean[Read More…]