Metra will be closing access to the tunnel on the east side of Homewood Station on March 13 as work begins on the rehabilitation of the entire station. Metra Electric Line and Amtrak riders at Homewood will need to park and board from the west side of the station throughout[Read More…]
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PSC hosts speaker Feb. 23 addressing pre-Civil War quilts stories
Connie Martin will present her lecture “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad” at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the atrium on the main Prairie State College campus, 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Martin will speak about the secret codes and hidden messages[Read More…]
Flossmoor Veterans Memorial group to host second annual trivia night fundraiser
Flossmoor Veterans’ Memorial Inc. (FVM) will hold its second annual family-friendly trivia night at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 10, at Flossmoor Community House, 847 Hutchison Road in Flossmoor. The organization’s fundraising campaign is within $10,000 of its $100,000 goal and FVM officials hope the event will help reach that[Read More…]
IPO will host renowned cellist at Feb. 25 concert
Inbal Segev, world-renowned cellist noted by “The Washington Post” for her “thrillingly projected, vibrato-rich playing,” joins IPO for the Midwest premiere of Vijay Iyer’s “Human Archipelago” on Feb. 25. Iyer brings his work to IPO for only its third appearance worldwide, after debuting with the London Philharmonic and then the Oregon[Read More…]
Cook County allocates $16M to improve Southland climate resiliency
Cook County officials announced on Wednesday, Feb. 1, nearly $16 million in funding for the Climate Resiliency Planning in Communities Program, an initiative led by the county’s Department of Environment and Sustainability (DES), to improve climate resiliency in five suburban Cook County communities over the next four years. “We know[Read More…]
‘DRUMLine Live’ returns to GSU on Feb. 4
Governors State University (GSU) Center for Performing Arts’ will welcome “DRUMLine Live” back to its stage for the fourth time. The high-energy performance will be Saturday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. “DRUMLine Live” was created by the musical team behind the hit movies, “Drumline” and “Drumline: A New Beat.” The show[Read More…]
Rep. Robin Kelly leads celebration of Pullman National Historical Park
Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., spearheaded the re-designation of the Pullman National Historical Park on Thursday, Jan. 19. In 2015, President Barack Obama designated Pullman as a National Monument. Kelly said it took until 2022 for Congress to give Pullman the pride of place among our nation’s greatest treasures by designating[Read More…]
PSC names Bernard Little VP of student affairs
Bernard Little is serving as vice president of student affairs at Prairie State College. He started in the position Jan. 9. He comes to PSC from Waubonsee Community College where he served as chief diversity officer and executive dean for academic support. “After a thorough and intensive national search, we’re[Read More…]
Authors of ‘The Dream King’ to speak at Marian Catholic on overcoming racism
After 10 years of loyal friendship, Will Ford and Matt Lockett discovered a divine thread in the tapestry of racism in America. Many years ago, the ancestors of one of these men was a slave owner of the ancestors of the other. That discovery led the two on a journey[Read More…]
State posts record-setting cannabis sales in 2022
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced on Friday, Jan. 6, that 2022 set adult-use cannabis sales records in all categories it tracks, including number of items sold, sales totals to Illinois and out-of-state residents and sales total by month. For the year, Illinois adult-use cannabis dispensaries sold[Read More…]
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