The weather apparently didn’t get the memo that Homewood had a big day of events planned for Saturday, May 20. Chilly temperatures and intermittent spurts of rain greeted people who came from Homewood and surrounding communities to enjoy a day of big machines ― Homewood Rail Fest, a PopUp Science session[Read More…]
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Big machines will rule in Homewood on May 20-21
Big machines will be on display and in action May 20-21 at the annual Homewood Rail Fest, the Homewood Public Works Open House and the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s Touch a Truck event. The Homewood Science Center will host a PopUp Science event with activities that explore the physics of railroads and rollercoasters.
Wexler family and donors sponsor science center theater to honor Michael Wexler
Homewood Science Center Executive Director Edie Dobrez is silouhetted againist a video screen during the inaugural meeting of the HSC STEM Network last fall. Video and sound equipment will become a permanent part of the science center this spring with the addition of the Michael Wexler Theater. (Chronicle file photo) The Wexler family[Read More…]
Kids learn about construction while having fun with cardboard
It’s a truism among parents that whenever you give a kid a fancy new toy that was at the top of their Christmas list, the first thing they do is play with the box it came in. Taking that phenomenon further, the Homewood Science Center provided a big pile of[Read More…]
Youth robotics group hosts regional competition Saturday
The robotics competition is free and open to the public. It takes place from 9 a.m. to noon at Marian Catholic High School, 700 Ashland Ave., Chicago Heights. It’s the first time that HF Robotics has sponsored a regional competition.
Walk Walton fundraiser: Homewood Science Center to host fall festival at Izaak Walton Preserve
Fresh air, fun science and a chance to help the Homewood Science Center continue to grow. That’s what Walk Walton, a PopUp Science fundraiser, has to offer area residents from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23. Walk Walton will be the HSC’s first fall festival. The event will be[Read More…]
Homewood Fire Department plans open house, parade to observe National Fire Prevention Week
The crowd watches as a Homewood firefighter demonstrates how emergency responders extricate victims who are trapped in a vehicle during the 2015 Homewood Fire Department open house. The department will hold its 2016 open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. (Chronicle file photo) National Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 9 to[Read More…]
Homewood Science Center launches STEM Network to foster collaboration
A number of hands go up after speaker Barry Aprison asks how many teachers are attending the launch of the Homewood Science Center’s STEM Network on Tuesday, Aug. 30. (Photos by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) The Homewood Science Center (HSC) might technically be located in the historic Gold home at 18022 Dixie Highway, but[Read More…]
Giant Block Party rallies after morning of rain
It apparently takes more than a half-day of occasionally torrential rain to derail a Homewood festival. Rain was heavy enough Saturday morning, Aug. 20, to flood streets, close the Dixie Highway viaduct and cause the cancellation of the first two Giant Block Party events, but by 2 p.m. the party[Read More…]
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