Sitting at the Grammy Awards show in February, the suspense was building for Flossmoor’s Juan Woodbury. “I’ve had the benefit in the past of winning awards, and you kind of know when you’re going to win,” Woodbury said. “But at the Grammys, you really don’t know.” He had heard the[Read More…]
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Line dancing gets people moving at Irwin Center
Line dancing, anyone? If you’ve been to weddings and gatherings, you’ve probably jumped into the line dance to try and keep up with the directions given in the music: “Move to the left, move to the right…” Line dance has all participants form lines on the dance floor with[Read More…]
H-F alum says small steps led to a big Grammy moment
Christopher McBride, a nationally recognized saxophone player, knows it’s been the small steps that led to a big moment for him being a Grammy Award winner as a contributor on the Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra album. The work was selected in the Best Large Ensemble Jazz category. Steve Feifke and[Read More…]
GSU Dance Company will ‘Rise Up’ to social injustice through dance
The Governors State University (GSU) Dance Company will promote social justice in their upcoming production, “RISE UP! Truth to Power,” running March 10 and 11 at the Center for Performing Arts (CPA). The show includes original choreography by GSU faculty, students and alumni. The performance draws from a variety of dance[Read More…]
Trail Mix Concert Series will feature four local acts this Friday
Note: Story updated March 14 to correct future concert date. Trail Mix Concert Series is returning to Izaak Walton Nature Center at Senior Hall on Friday, March 10. Trail Mix has featured nationally renowned musicians such as Sunny War and Dom Flemons but will return to its roots with performances[Read More…]
PSC will host ‘Americans and the Holocaust’ exhibit
The library at Prairie State College will be hosting “Americans and the Holocaust,” a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, that will open Wednesday, March 22, and continue through April 27. The exhibit examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide[Read More…]
Not My Dad, a Homewood cover band, will perform at Thornton Distilling Co.
A well-known local band, Not My Dad, will be helping the community celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a show Friday, March 17, at Thornton Distilling Co. Not My Dad, a 7-piece cover band, performs hit songs from the 1960s to current day, with special rock song covers from the ‘80s[Read More…]
Chicago Southland International Film Festival announces spring 2024 dates, year-round programming
The Chicago Southland International Film Festival (CSIFF) presented by Governors State University announced it is shifting the schedule for main events until next spring. After a successful festival in October 2022, which saw record attendance, the sixth annual festival will be held in April 2024. “It was great to see[Read More…]
2.23.23 | What You Need to Know Today
BLACK STEM PROFESSIONALS PANEL – Experience the Black History Month STEM Professionals Panel from 3:15 to 5 p.m. Thursday at H-F High School in the South Building Viking Room. Co-sponsored by the Village of Flossmoor, the event features panelists representing careers such as software engineering, construction, medicine and pharmacy. IT’S[Read More…]
H-F’s New Faces Theatre presents ‘Scapin’ this weekend
Homewood-Flossmoor High School students in New Faces Theatre will perform the comedy “Scapin” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23, 24 and 25, at the high school’s Performing Arts Center in the South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. This updated version of Moliere’s famous play has Scapin and Sylvestre,[Read More…]
