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…]
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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…]
Trail Mix concert featuring the Tray Wellington Band moves to Thornton Distilling Co.
Trail Mix Acoustic Concert Series, a year-round music festival, will feature a performance from the Tray Wellington Band, a bluegrass group from Raleigh, North Carolina, and local one-man band M.G. Bailey, at Thornton Distilling Co. in Thornton on Saturday, Feb. 10. This will be the first Trail Mix that isn’t[Read More…]
Spotlight brings epitaphs and fairy tales to life at two performances
The Spotlight Performance Academy plans to enchant audiences with two captivating productions in late January: “Spoon River Anthology — A Folk Musical” and “The Big Bad Musical.” First on the calendar is “Spoon River Anthology — A Folk Musical,” directed by retired Simeon High School drama teacher, Richard Piniewski. This[Read More…]
Hogansons have helped make Drama Group run for 5 decades
Mary Lee Hoganson didn’t intend to audition for a role in the Drama Group’s production of Sound of Music in 1969. She was teaching at Bloom High School and was working with students on an upcoming production. The Drama Group was in an adjacent room conducting auditions. When Mary Lee[Read More…]