Homewood Public Library’s Taylor Swift Karaoke event had the crowd ready to share all the music and fun that makes them Swifties. The event Dec. 2 was open to all Swifties, devoted fans of Taylor Swift, for an enchanted evening of making friendship bracelets, deciding which favorite T-Swift song to[Read More…]
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Performing arts: 23 Miles South: Community theater with open arms
Both kids and adults can find a home with 23 Miles South, a community theater group. Founder Dawn Peloso said there are people who don’t easily find a place to fit in at school or in the community. She makes 23 Miles South a place they can thrive. “We have[Read More…]
Homewood residents taking leading roles in Drama Group’s ‘Harvey’
Elwood P. Dowd has a special friend, Harvey, a 6-foot white rabbit who is ever present (in his imagination). Elwood has a loving sister, Veta Louise, who wants to believe him. She confesses to sometimes seeing Harvey. Bringing a story like that to life for the Drama Group is the[Read More…]
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 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…]
Getting in Tune: Arts council to host interview with Poi Dog Pondering musician
Homewood Arts Council will host a conversation with Susan Voelz from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at Senior Hall in Izaak Walton Nature Preserve, 1100 Ridge Road in Homewood. The doors will open at 6 p.m. Voelz is a violinist and founding member of the eclectic rock band Poi Dog[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…]