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Mia Cavalieri as the Cat in the Hat with Erin Graves perform on the Freedom Hall stage during the Spotlight Performance Academy’s production of “Suessical Jr.” (Eric Crump photos/H-F Chronicle)

Performing arts: Spotlight Performance Academy answers community need to perform

If Spotlight Performance Academy were a flower, it would be bursting into bloom. And sending out rhizomes. The community performing arts organization is growing in every direction, adding members, adding programs and adding connections to other arts organizations. Spotlight is a non-profit organization that grew out of Bel Canto Children’s[Read More…]

2023 Holiday events calendar

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Kinara lighting. Flossmoor will host a kinara lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. in front of Park Place in Flossmoor Park, 2449 Flossmoor Road. The ceremony to celebrate Kwanzaa will be conducted each day at 5 p.m. Dec. 26 through Jan. 1.

The carousel always attracts a big crowd at Holiday Lights in Homewood. (Chronicle file photo)

The Weeks | Nov. 26: Flossmoor gets national mention in Times democracy podcast, holiday events galore, Taylor Swift karaoke, Giving Tuesday ideas

THE WEEK > Meetings Flossmoor Community Relations Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27, in the committee room at village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Homewood Ethics Commission will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday,[Read More…]

Hart students perform ‘Aladdin Jr.’ Thursday and Friday

Watch the adventures of Aladdin and his flying carpet when students at James Hart School perform the musical “Aladdin Jr.” Thursday and Friday, Nov. 16 and 17, at the school, 18220 Morgan Ave. in Homewood. Aladdin Jr. is a one-act musical adapted from the 1992 Walt Disney film “Aladdin.” The[Read More…]

IPO concert to feature composer-in-residence

The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra’s Nov. 18 concert marks the first of three world premieres by its most recently minted Composer-in-Residence, Oswald Huỳnh, “Then, as if breathing, the sea swelled beneath us.” The concert will feature IPO Concertmaster Azusa Tashiro on Astor Piazzolla’s “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.” The evening will close with[Read More…]

Spotlight Performance Academy receives check from Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce

Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce President Terri L. Winfree and Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson presented a giant-sized $500 check to Spotlight Performance Academy Executive Director Carrie Bonanotte and Spotlight Performance Academy board members at the Homewood Science Center on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 24.  The check was from the[Read More…]

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