The lavish sunsets, the beautiful greenery and nature alive in the environment will be well represented in the 2023 calendar presented by the Izaak Walton Nature Preserve. The top photos for each month, as well as the front and back covers have been selected. The winners are: January: “Wintery Glow”[Read More…]
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Volunteers mark October as Friends of the Flossmoor Library month
The Friends of Flossmoor Library is marking October as Friends of the Library month, in addition to celebrating the 16th annual observance of National Friends of Libraries Week Oct. 16 to 22. National Friends of Libraries Week is coordinated by United for Libraries, a division of the American Library Association[Read More…]
Annual Walk Walton fundraiser to benefit science center
The annual Walk Walton fundraiser event from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Oct. 23, will give area residents an opportunity to enjoy a walk in the woods at Izaak Walton Nature Preserve, 1100 Ridge Road, learn about nature, and help keep the Homewood Science Center going strong. With a[Read More…]
All Kids Bike takes off at Willow School
Do you remember learning to ride a bike? You probably wobbled as you tried to pedal while finding your center of gravity, an adult diligently holding on to the bike’s seat to keep you upright. Homewood District 153 and GoodSpeed Cycles of Homewood have come up with a different way[Read More…]
Popular Day of the Dead festival returns to Martin Square Oct. 15
By the end of Homewood’s first Dia de los Muertos festival last year, the crowd got into the spirit of the event, and Martin Square was filled with people dancing along with larger than life La Catrina and El Catrin figures. The Day of the Dead festival will be back[Read More…]
Homewood resident with two holes-in-one in single round
Steve Marks needed 61 years of golf to notch his first hole-in-one. The Homewood resident needed about 20 more minutes to get his second Sunday at Idlewild Country Club in Flossmoor. Marks, a 68-year-old in the jewelry business, has played 37 rounds just this year at Idlewild. The number since[Read More…]
Kathleen Daly named next executive director of the Cancer Support Center
Kathleen Daly has been named the new executive director of the Cancer Support Center. Daly succeeds Sue Armato who stepped down from the position after nine years in the top position. The Cancer Support Center board of directors said it accepted resumes from 75 people interested in the job. “In[Read More…]
Local artists sold their work at the Park Forest Art Fair
The Park Forest Art Fair drew 58 artists over the weekend of Saturday, Sept. 17, and Sunday, Sept. 18, according to Kate Pattinson, the event organizer and executive director of Tallgrass Art Gallery. The artisans were both local and from out of town, and they included a Homewood crafter who[Read More…]
St. Joseph’s planning celebration for final mass before reorganization
St. Joseph’s Church in Homewood will close out its 110-year history with a legacy mass at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16. Parishioners at St. Joseph will join with members of St. Anne Parish in East Hazel Crest and St. Emeric Church in Country Club Hills to form a new[Read More…]
Girl Scouts sharing space at Homewood Science Center
A ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, Sept. 9, marked a new collaborative agreement between the Homewood Science Center and Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana. The agreement allows the Girl Scouts to use various spaces within the HSC, 18022 Dixie Highway, for meetings, events and offices. Schedules will vary, depending[Read More…]