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The Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board presented an updated residential sprinkler demonstration unit for Moraine Valley Community College's Fire Science program. Board President Erik Hoffer, left, shows the system to coordinator/instructor Andrew Hufnagl and Career Programs Assistant Dean Alexandria Terrazas. (Moraine Valley Community College)

Around the Southland: Fire Science students get a boost at Moraine Valley, restaurants coming to Flossmoor, and more

February 12, 2026 at 1:31 p.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Flossmoor, Olympia Fields, Palos Park, New Lenox, Park Forest, Beverly and more.

The work of Erik La Gattuta, an art professor for 27 years at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, is featured in the exhibit “Zack Hates Robots: A Story by Erik La Gattuta,” through March 1 in the college’s Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery. (Moraine Valley Community College)

Moraine Valley art professor’s exhibit explores role of AI in society

February 8, 2026 at 5:05 a.m.

Moraine Valley Community College professor Erik La Gattuta is displaying the first chapter of his new graphic novel at the college's gallery.

Elmhurst University alum Alyssa De Jesus was named a winner in a nationwide contest for independent filmmakers that allowed her film “40 Before 40” to stream on Tubi. (Elmhurst University)

Community news: Elmhurst alum wins film funding, Ezra Klein book talk, and more

February 6, 2026 at 4:13 p.m.

News from the community includes items from Elmhurst University, La Grange, Triton College, Oak Park and more.

The cast of the Beverly Theatre Guild’s production of “Clue” show off the weapons the might have used. The show will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 and 2 p.m. Feb. 14 and 15 in the Baer Theater at Morgan Park Academy, 2153 W. 111th St., in Chicago. (Beverly Theatre Guild)

Around the Southland: Beverly Theatre Guild presents ‘Clue,’ gala planned in Tinley, more

February 5, 2026 at 5:07 a.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Beverly, Tinley Park, Alsip, New Lenox, Blue Island and more.

Ethan Frazier, a communications student at Triton College in River Grove, stands by two portraits he took for the school’s “Crowns of Excellence” exhibit, which continues through the end of the month. (Triton College)

Community news: Triton exhibit highlights ‘Crowns of Excellence,’ Super Bowl party in La Grange, more

February 2, 2026 at 11:38 a.m.

News from around the west suburbs includes items from Triton College, La Grange, Concordia University, Franklin Park and more.

The home, left, and studio of renowned architect R. Harold Zook on Jan. 28, 2026, at 5901 S. County Line Road in Hinsdale. Zook’s home and studio were located at 327 S. Oak St. from 1924 until 2005, when both buildings were moved to Katherine Legge Memorial Park. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Home and studio of R. Harold Zook, ‘Hinsdale’s Frank Lloyd Wright,’ gets funding boost for preservation

January 31, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Hinsdale Historical Society's plans for the home of R. Harold Zook, "Hinsdale's Frank Lloyd Wright," received a boost in the form of a grant from Landmarks Illinois.

Evergreen Park Community High School senior Fionn Doherty reads to first graders as part of Book Buddies in Evergreen Park. He and three other students visited four elementary schools in Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 in December. (Evergreen Park Community High School)

Around the Southland: Evergreen Park Book Buddies promote reading, more

January 29, 2026 at 5:24 a.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Evergreen Park, Orland Park, Palos Park, Homewood and more.

The Avery Coonley School in Downers Grove has named a new head of school, Nancy Nassr. (The Avery Coonley School)

Community news: New leader at Avery Coonley School, chamber music concerts, more

January 27, 2026 at 1:11 p.m.

News from around the community includes items from Downers Grove, Oak Park, Western Springs, Darien and more.

Carmelo Schifano, of Orland Park, created two watercolor pieces for last year’s inaugural exhibit of works by veterans at McCord Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park. He painted “Deep in Prayer,” right, and “Thousand-yard Stare” from photographs. Schifano said the soldier in “Thousand-Yard Stare” died not long after the photo was taken. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Exhibition in Palos allows veterans to find, share ‘the healing power of art’

January 27, 2026 at 5:56 p.m.

McCorld Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park helps veterans tell their stories in the exhibit The Veterans Experience Through Art.

A reception for the Amos Alonzo Stagg High School exhibition is set for 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 23 at McCord Gallery & Cultural Center, 9602 W. Creek Road in Palos Park. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Around the Southland: Area students showcase art, create silent films, more

January 21, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Palos Hills, Flossmoor, Oak Forest, Tinley Park, Orland Park, Park Forest and more.

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