Seniors are invited to the Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, for a Rules of the Road refresher course and vision exam. An Illinois Secretary of State Mobile Driver Services Unit will be at the library for the 10 a.m. Rules of the Road classroom instruction[Read More…]
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9.8.22 | What You Need to Know Today
YOU GOTTA FOOTLOOSE – Put on your dancing shoes and hit up the movie “Footloose” at tonight’s Brew & View in Irwin Park. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with food trucks along Ridge Road and beer vendors in the park. The movie starts playing at dusk on the 60-foot[Read More…]
9.7.22 | What You Need to Know Today
FIND A FUZZY FRIEND – Make your own Fuzzy Friends at a program with Homewood Library. During the craft session, kids in fifth through eighth grades will make animals out of pipe cleaners and googly eyes. Register at the library website. 6:30 p.m. tonight TATTOO SHOP ON THE DOCKET –[Read More…]
Some common ground, some conflicts remain between Justice for Madeline Miller protesters and Flossmoor village officials (free content)
Since the fatal police shooting of Madeline Miller on July 10, Flossmoor Board of Trustee meetings have been tense and confrontational. Protesters, using the social media hashtag #justiceformadelinemiller, have appeared to make demands for police accountability and changes in village policies, chanting to get attention and disrupt board business. Family[Read More…]
Homewood Fall Fest returns Sept. 24
Homewood’s annual Fall Fest and Chili Cook-off will offer live music, autumn food and traditional family activities on Martin Avenue on Saturday, Sept. 24. The Chili Cook-off always attracts the area’s most talented chili artists to compete for the honor of being Homewood’s Top Chef. A panel of judges will[Read More…]
Musical ‘WISH’ takes the stage Sept. 9, 10
Can wishes really come true? When the 23 Miles South Theatre presents the musical “WISH,” guests will be pleasantly surprised to discover a young girl’s wish for a loving family just may come true. The production will be presented at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9 and 10 at[Read More…]
The weeks | Sept. 4
<- Weeks -> Democracy Day all monthSept. 15 is International Democracy Day. The Chronicle is participating in a collaborative journalism project sponsored by the Montclair State University Center for Cooperative Media. Quote of the week“Democracy is not what governments do; it’s what people do.”— Eric Liu In my Page 2 column for September,[Read More…]
AgeOptions grant sponsors outings for seniors, technology
A special grant benefitting seniors is helping the Homewood Public Library take a dozen seniors on a Chicago architecture tour by boat this month, and a second trip to the Chicago History Museum on Oct. 13. The library received a $10,000 grant from AgeOptions, a nonprofit organization that is part[Read More…]
Bookie’s announces pending closure of Homewood book store
Many avid readers in the Homewood-Flossmoor area were in mourning Saturday, Sept. 3, as the learned their beloved local bookstore, Bookie’s, would close at the end of the month. Owner Keith Lewis posted the announcement on the Homewood shop’s Facebook page late Friday night, citing a 20% rent increase as[Read More…]
GSU to stage world premiere of musical about 1919 Chicago race riot
Chicagoland audience members will have the chance to be the first to experience “Red Summer,” a new musical about the 1919 race riot in Chicago, premiering on the Governors State University Center for Performing Art stage. The show opens Friday, Sept. 16, and is being presented over two weekends. The[Read More…]
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