When Homewood staff members opened a popup shop in the board room at village hall on April 20, the line to buy cicada-themed T-shirts and tote bags ran out the door to the street. The popularity of the village’s cicada merchandise turned into a $3,486 boon to Anew: Building Beyond[Read More…]
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Irons Oaks hosts cicada celebration
The Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center roared with excitement on June 9 as it hosted a cicada celebration that drew an enthusiastic crowd. The event was accompanied by a chorus of cicada calls, with a decibel meter recording sounds nearing 100 dBA. To put into words just how loud that[Read More…]
Brief cicada invasion brings overhead racket, birds looking for a snack
Just last week, you could hear the cicadas’ annoying battle cry echoing from the trees aligning streets in Homewood and Flossmoor. They arrived suddenly, and without notice. But they were gone just as quickly.