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Jim Lewis, of Flosmoor, stands with an Ohio buckeye tree he planted from seed. He netted the tree in advance of the periodic cicada emergence so it would look its best for Sunday's Southland Community Garden Walk. "I'm not sure if the nets did more harm than good," he said. (Laura Bruni/Daily Southtown)

Sunday’s Southland Community Garden Walk features decades of designs

July 9, 2024 at 3:19 p.m.

Gardeners in Flossmoor and Homewood weren't daunted by June's cicadas as they prepared for Sunday's Southland Community Garden Walk.

Scott Sowinski, director of Governors State University's Center for Performing Arts, sits in the center's 1,200 seat theater in University Park. He said one goal of his first season on the job is to increase community engagement to better serve the theater's audience.

New director of Governors State Center for Performing Arts focuses on diversity in effort ‘to make this place essential’

October 24, 2023 at 11:16 a.m.

At face value, one of Scott Sowinski's recent career aspirations might best be described as idiosyncratic. "I want us to fail," the 45-year-old director of Governors State University's Center for...

Gloria Lippert, center, greets people during an event at Idlewild Country Club in Flossmoor where she was presented the National Council of Jewish Women's highest honor, the Hannah B. Solomon Award.

Champion of diversity, women’s rights lauded with national group’s highest honor

September 25, 2023 at 2:50 p.m.

Gloria Lippert has opinions, and they are usually decided. Her standards are high, her work ethic renowned. And friends and family members gathered at Idlewild Country Club in Flossmoor concurred...

Homewood-Flossmoor High School band members perform Saturday as runners zip by during the Hidden Gem Half-Marathon in Flossmoor. The route of the race was lined by musicians, volunteer groups and enthusiastic residents cheering the racers on.

1,000 runners from 25 states run Flossmoor’s Hidden Gem, winner of ‘Grammy of race awards’

September 12, 2023 at 2:13 p.m.

Runners from as far away as Puerto Rico and as near as downtown Flossmoor gathered early Saturday for the town's fourth Hidden Gem Half-Marathon, an event fresh off winning the...

Anthony Talerico, of South Chicago Heights, holds an artifact he found during one of his outings with his father, which they document with videos they post on YouTube at Arrowhead Finders89.

Father, son ‘avocational archeologists’ document arrowhead hunts on YouTube

August 22, 2023 at 5:33 a.m.

Asked for a shorthand explanation for the astonishing array of artifacts amassed by Tony Talerico and son Anthony over the course of their collecting expeditions throughout Cook, Will, and Kankakee...

Gardeners and garden enthusiasts tour Ken and Janet Schuch's lakeside garden in Steger, a decades-long labor of love that incorporated reclaimed commercial artifacts, during the 2023 Southland Community Garden Walk.

Landscape enthusiasts, ‘semi-gardeners’ unite for fun, fellowship at Community Garden Walk

July 19, 2023 at 4:01 p.m.

From visitors to hosts to volunteers, relationships blossomed among the perennials at last weekend's 2023 Southland Community Garden Walk, the National Council of Jewish Women's 11th annual. "You're kind of...

The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra perform Wednesday night in a Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce event in downtown Flossmoor.

Orchestra and choir take center stage Wednesday in Flossmoor

July 17, 2023 at 12:28 p.m.

When the Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce presents its free Chamber Night concert Wednesday, it will be a chance to highlight a premiere south suburban cultural asset as well as...

Orland Hills resident Ava Murray recently earned a Gold Award as a member of the Girl Scouts. In order to earn the award, Murray and other Gold Award recipients spent 80 hours planning and completing a "Take Action" project that provides a sustainable benefit to the larger community.

Orland Hills Scout earns Gold Award with inclusivity effort

July 14, 2023 at 3:06 p.m.

Earning the Girl Scouts of the USA's 2023 Gold Award this spring, Orland Hills resident Ava Murray was simply continuing her family's longtime love affair with Scouting. Now a sophomore...

The Rev. Julie Van Til, pastor of Flossmoor Community Church, sets fire to a piece of paper in a prayer - or blessing - bowl, "however you want to think if it," she said, during a Pride event Friday in Homewood. Participants wrote a prayer or wish to be burned and sent into the universe.

Homewood, Flossmoor unite for Pride event that draws over 1,000 people

June 12, 2023 at 3:50 p.m.

If there was an undercurrent to the exuberant inclusivity of the Homewood and Flossmoor communities' first-ever joint Pride event Friday at Irwin Park in Homewood, it seemed to be a...

Members of the "Dancing Squad" participate in an activity last year during a fundraiser for Anew in downtown Homewood. The fundraiser for the organization that provides resources for those facing domestic violence situations returns to Homewood on Saturday, June 10.

Dancing for a cause: Anew fundraiser to get people moving in support of domestic violence victims

June 7, 2023 at 5:33 a.m.

DJ Love will be spinning tunes Saturday in Homewood in an energetic event asking people to line dance, cardio drum and Jazzercise against domestic violence. A fundraiser for Anew, formerly...

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