Prairie State College (PSC) will host its 36th Annual Jazz Fest featuring a concert on Friday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium in the PSC Conference Center, 202 S. Halsted St., Chicago Heights. Featured guest artists include Orbert Davis, an Emmy-Award winning trumpeter, composer[Read More…]
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Tom Kataras, former Homewood businessman and village trustee, dies
Tom Kataras, the long-time owner of Tom’s Family Restaurant in downtown Homewood, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, at his home in Florida. He was 75. A celebration of Mr. Kataras’s life and legacy will be held in June in the Homewood area. The Kataras family owned Tom’s Restaurant for 65 years.[Read More…]
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Homewood Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the library, 17917 Dixie Highway. The agenda will be available here. Blood Drive. Franciscan Health Olympia Fields, 20201 S. Crawford Ave., will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Click here to make an appointment. The[Read More…]
Culinary and live music event to raise money for Ingalls Foundation
At least seven chefs, a wide range of South Suburban businesses, the band Return2Soul, and singer Keya Trammell are set to star in Heart & Soul at the UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Flossmoor Family Care Center in Flossmoor on Friday, Feb. 28, from 7 to 10 p.m. The event will raise money[Read More…]
Homewood band will celebrate 10 years with ‘Birthday Bash’
It started with an open mic night at The Tin Ceiling Tavern in 2014. Not My Dad wasn’t yet fully formed and could play just six songs, but they knew they had something. “It took us a full summer to hammer out those six songs,” Jon Elfner said. “I really[Read More…]
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields redesignated as Acute Stroke Ready hospital
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields has been redesignated as an Acute Stroke Ready hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health, the hospital announced on Feb. 13. Acute Stroke Ready hospitals serve as the first stop for patients suspected of having a stroke. Rapid assessment is key when a stroke is suspected.[Read More…]
Letter: LWV condemns Trump Administration’s weaponization of government against Americans
On Thursday, Feb. 13, the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Celina Stewart issued the following statement in response to actions taken by the new administration and the impact on voters. “In the first 17 days of the Trump administration, we’ve witnessed nothing short of the weaponization[Read More…]
Flossmoor Veterans’ Memorial to host fourth annual trivia night March 14
Flossmoor Veterans’ Memorial, Inc. (FVM) will host its annual family-friendly Trivia Night at 7 p.m. Friday, March 14, at FCC Community House, 847 Hutchison Road. The Trivia Night will be a six-round event with 10 questions per round. First prize is $150, with the second-place team winning $75. Topics will[Read More…]
Trail Mix Concert Series to host four local acts at Izaak Walton
Trail Mix Concert Series, a yearlong series of concerts organized by the Homewood-based nonprofit organization Trail Mix Productions, is returning to Senior Hall at Izaak Walton Preserve in Homewood on Saturday, March 8 at 7 p.m. The event will feature live performances from four local acts; Salus & Ploum, Ben[Read More…]
Cook County warming centers open as temperatures set to plunge
Cook County will open warming centers as extreme cold weather is expected to hit the region starting Sunday afternoon. The National Weather Service has advised that wind chills will make it feel as cold as -15°F. Cook County is opening warming centers in the north, west and south suburbs[Read More…]
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