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SD161 to begin hiring new assistant principals
Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education plans to hire three new assistant principals in 2024.The district will begin the search to fill new assistant principal positions at Flossmoor Hills and Heather Hill elementary schools on Dec. 19. The district also will be hiring an assistant principal to fill a[Read More…]
Performing arts: South of Chi Improv delivers spontaneous shenanigans
According to the founder of South of Chi Productions, Kate Wiersema, the Homewood-Flossmoor area was surrounded by balloon animals on Saturday night. For good reasons, several high school students seemed skeptical about the claim. “Maybe we should pop them,” one of the teens suggested. This was part of a sketch[Read More…]
12.7.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE — Members of the Flossmoor Business Association will hold open houses in the business center at Flossmoor Commons, 3235-3345 Vollmer Road, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Kluger Furs’ open house in Flossmoor Commons will be 4 to 7 p.m. MENORAH LIGHTING — Flossmoor will host a menorah lighting[Read More…]
Blood banks offer incentives, three opportunities to donate
Blood bank organizations are appealing to area residents to donate blood during the winter holiday season, and there will be three opportunities in or near H-F in coming weeks. The American Red Cross will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8, at Advocate[Read More…]
Flossmoor offers winter break babysitting safety training
The Flossmoor Fire Department invites teens to learn valuable safety skills during winter break this year. In the Winter Break Babysitting Safety Training program, participants ages 13 and up will learn childcare safety basics, including CPR and basic first aid. Participants will receive a CPR certification card at the program’s[Read More…]
Performing arts: Homewood Arts Council reintroduces itself to community
At the 2022 Fall Fest, the Chili Cook-Off proceeds went to the Homewood Arts Council. Director Chris Castenada, new in the position then, remembers talking with people, and hearing comments like, “Oh, I didn’t know you guys were still around.” The organization, which formed in 2018, made its mark with[Read More…]
Flossmoor trustees reappoint Michael Cheney to Public Art Commission
Flossmoor trustees voted Monday, Dec. 4, to reappoint artist Michael Cheney to the Public Art Commission. Cheney is currently on the commission and was an original member in 2001, according to Mayor Michelle Nelson. “He is vital to the permanent collection that was started back then. Those sculptures continue to benefit the[Read More…]
12.6.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
CHILDREN’S THEATER AUDITION — The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District children’s theater program will produce “The Reluctant Dragon.” Open to kids ages 8 to 12. Auditions will be from 6 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 6 in Irwin Community Center, 18120 Highland Ave. Rehearsals will be on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. through Jan. 31[Read More…]
PFLAG Homewood-Flossmoor December meeting to feature workshop on Thriving Through the Holidays
The winter holiday season can be a difficult time for LGBTQ+ people and the people who love them, so PFLAG Homewood-Flossmoor is partnering with Creative Approaches to Therapy to offer a special workshop, “Thriving Through the Holidays,” on Sunday, Dec. 10. The workshop is designed to help folks prepare strategies that can help them feel[Read More…]
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