Trivia Who built the kinara that was used in Flossmoor’s first community Kwanzaa celebration? (Answer below.) Predicting the future Prognostication is a pasttime fraught with peril, but we’re going to go out on a limb and confidently predicting that … Ice skating will be back. The H-F Ice Arena is[Read More…]
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Family skate, private lessons offered at H-F Ice Arena
When the family needs a break, organize your own personal ice skating party. The Homewood-Flossmoor Ice Arena is available for hour-long skating parties for members of the same household, following COVID-19 restrictions. The rink rents for $60 and includes skate rental. The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District can’t conduct its hockey or[Read More…]
The first Skaterdays celebration skips skating but brings community together
Recent warm, wet weather confounded efforts to have a skating party for the first Skaterdays celebration Saturday night, but Flossmoor residents came together for a winter festival nevertheless, with food, music from the 1960s and games. Organizers were pleased with the result. More photos and more of the story to[Read More…]
Skaterdays brings Flossmoor’s ice-loving past back to life
Flossmoor Park skating rinks will host Skaterdays, a new series of winter festivals on Saturdays, Jan. 25 through Feb. 15.
Outdoor skating glides into Flossmoor Park with two new rinks
Water is being pumped into H-F Park Districtskating rinks on Jan. 3. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is using a new technology to provide outdoor skating opportunities at Flossmoor Park. The park district believes the new system will save time and offer better opportunities for residents to get out[Read More…]