SUMMER BABYSITTING? If you’re a babysitter age 11 to 15 looking to learn important skills and earn formal certification, get one of the remaining spaces in a daylong Babysitter Training course Thursday at Irwin Community Center. The interactive class covers basic child-care and supervision skills, along with bedtime and discipline[Read More…]

PBS SNEAK PEEK – Watch an exclusive early clips in a screening of the PBS documentary “Mysteries of Mental Illness,” offered online by Homewood Science Center. The documentary series explores attempts across generations to unravel the mysteries of mental illness. 7 p.m. ARTISAN STREET FAIR – On Friday and Saturday, the[Read More…]

SCHOOL GARDEN – Get involved with planting the H-F High School Viking Garden at 4 p.m. behind the girls softball field, off Flossmoor Road, by the greenhouse. GOODBYE DR. MITCHELL – Fun signs and wacky car decorations and signs are strongly encouraged when families form a parade to bid farewell[Read More…]

SCHOOL NURSE NEEDED – Homewood School District 153 is hiring a school nurse for students in grades three to five at Churchill School. Qualified candidates will be CPR certified and licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state of Illinois. Apply here. ADOPT A PET EVENT – South Suburban[Read More…]

CONSTRUCTION ALERT – Watch out for lane closures on Dixie Highway from Chicago Road to 183rd Street in Homewood, as IDOT works on a $3.1 million project to resurface the 3.5-mile stretch and construct new ADA-compliant sidewalk ramps. Work continues through late October.  FISH FOR ALL – All anglers and[Read More…]

HELP THE FARMERS MARKET – Volunteers are needed for Homewood Farmers Market, to staff the market entrance and assist customers and vendors. All ages are welcome; parental permission required those under 16. Each volunteer is asked to stay for at least two hours. The market is from 8 a.m. to[Read More…]

FREE SCIENCE KITS – Get free Pop Up SCIENCE @Home kits at the Homewood Science Center Pop Up SCIENCE Shop this Saturday and every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No reservations necessary. All items in the Pop Up Science Shop are 30% off on Saturdays. CROSSING GUARDS NEEDED[Read More…]

WEATHER WARM-UP – Unseasonably warm temperatures are in store today, with a forecasted high of 85. Temps will even out throughout the week, and will stay in the 60s and 70s. YOUR MONEY – Respond Now in Chicago Heights offers “Financial Education for your Future,” free classes that teach about[Read More…]

Happy Earth Day! PLANT A SEED – Pick up an Earth Day kit from Homewood Library, which contains biodegradable pots to plant basil seeds, and materials for making biodegradable paint to decorate your pot. Kits are first come, first served. While supplies last. No registration necessary. Pickup begins at 1pm.[Read More…]

FUTURE OR FAD? – Consider whether Bitcoin represents the first wave of a cashless society or is merely an overhyped technology. Zoom program presented by Flossmoor Library. Email [email protected], subject: Bitcoin. 7 p.m. Thursday JUSTICE FUNDS – Amtrak is accepting financial compensation claims from people with mobility disabilities who traveled or[Read More…]