Scenes from Trail Mix 2018

By Chronicle staff on July 28, 2018 - 10:29pm
  • Jim Joyce performs at the Trail Mix music festival in Homewood on Saturday, July 21. The TALK event was music-oriented, with a number of bands appearing, but it included an art show this year, too. (MC)
  • Scott Niekelski performs at the Theater Arts Leadership Kouncil Trail Mix music festival. (MC)
  • Steve Buchtel of Homewood, left, and his wife, Laura Devine, applaud the music during the TALK-sponsored Trail Mix event at Izaak Walton Nature Preserve on July 21. (MC)
  • Watching the musical performances at Izaak Walton is Jenny Bowen of Flossmoor. (MC)
  • Jim Joyce and Matt Didier of Thing 3 perform as a duo at Izaak Walton during the Trail Mix concert in Homewood. (MC)
  • More people begin to gather in the afternoon after the rain stops. (SP)
  • Jay, left, and Amy Eagle enjoy their turn in the VIP seats at Trail Mix. The prime seats are available for a donation to TALK. (SP)

Theatre Arts Leadership Kouncil (TALK) held its third annual music festival rain or shine on Saturday, July 21. It got both. Organizer Steve Ploum said the morning and early afternoon rains kept the crowd sparse early on, but when the sun came out, more people arrived to enjoy performances from more than a dozen local bands and individual musicians. 

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Scenes from Community House Fest 2018

By Chronicle staff on July 28, 2018 - 10:11pm
  • Zuri Jones, 3, of Flossmoor shares a note with Carole Brejcha, a member of Flossmoor Community Church since 1976. Both attended the Community House fest in Flossmoor on July 21.
  • Leslie Maxie of Flossmoor, right, has fun leading a kids dance during Community House Fest in Flossmoor. Moving with the music are Liam Santiago, 7, and Emma Santiago, 5, of Flossmoor.
  • Deborah Gary of Paint On Me puts a design on the face of 2-year-old Quinn Danadio of Homewood. Quinn's family attended the Community House Fest in Flossmoor.
  • Flossmoor Community Church member Phyllis Royster speaks with its pastor, Fred Lyon, during the Community House Fest July 21. Funds raised at the event will benefit the church and its social service ministries.
  • Families and kids came from near and far to enjoy the games and food that were part of Community House Fest on July 21 hosted by Flossmoor Community Church.
  • Ready to get into the swing of things is Everett Hoover-Kinne of Homewood who was at Community House Fest in Flossmoor on the grounds of Flossmoor Community Church.

Flossmoor Community Church held it's first Community House Fest on Saturday, July 21, although the event was in keeping with a long tradition of arts-oriented events hosted in the Community House. 

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