We are pleased once again to host the HAC for a very special musical evening as they welcome Phil Angotti (Material Issue), Dolph Chaney, Rick Rizzo (Eleventh Dream Day, Candy Golde), and Sam Vicari (The Feeders) to Senior Hall for a special celebration of Pete Townshend's 80th birthday. Each musician will perform a mini set of selected Townshend tunes spanning his solo and Who catalogs.

• Doors open at 6:00pm. Event starts at 7:00pm.

• Advanced tickets are $20.00.

• Day-of-tickets at the door are $25.00. This is a 21+ show.

• Soft drinks and pizza slices will be available for purchase (Cash/Card accepted).

• Beer, wine and mixed cocktails provided by Family Wine & Liquors of Homewood, IL.

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Phil Angotti, currently lead singer in Material Issue, has been writing and performing music since the 1980s and is a native of the southeast side of Chicago. His 2022 release, Once Around Again, is his 14th album of original material.

Dolph Chaney is an acclaimed recording artist whose latest album, MUG (Big Stir Records), was released in 2023. The album--featuring the latest single, "Californiagain"-- received rave reviews, multiple "Best of the Year" mentions, and local/international airplay. Both solo and with his backing band The Phins, Chaney has been performing regularly throughout Chicagoland the past few years, but, as a Homewood resident and longtime Townshend fan, this show carries special meaning for him.

Rick Rizzo is a founding member of the well-respected Chicago-based band Eleventh Dream Day. Rizzo, a native of Northbrook, IL, has been creating music for over forty years and shows no signs of slowing down. Eleventh Dream Day's 14th album, released in 2021, Since Grazed (Comedy Minus One), as well as the band’s powerful on-stage performances are a testament to their internal drive for connection through the music.

Sam Vicari hails from Northwest Indiana and now calls Chicago home. As lead singer and guitarist of the band, The Feeders, Vicari's headphone influences come across with each note he plays. Weezer, Superdrag, Superchunk are delightfully stirred together by Vicari with regional tastes like Cheap Trick, Off Broadway and Material Issue. The latest self-titled EP by The Feeders was just released in August 2024.

On May 3, 2025, the Village of Homewood will celebrate International World Migratory Bird Day at the Izaak Walton Preserve. Please come by and enjoy your pick of free activities. You are welcome to bring a picnic and explore the grounds.

Join a bird watching tour led by Thorn Creek Audubon. Enjoy a program about how birds share our urban neighborhoods and learn how simple adjustments to your yard will attract and protect them. See spectacular slides of South Suburban birds in yards and natural spaces by a local bird photographer. Bring the kids for games and crafts.

Programs:

❖ 8:00 am – 9:15 am Bird Watching Tour
Thorn Creek Audubon

❖ 9:30 am – 10:00 am WMBD Shared Spaces
Carolyn Bury, Homewood Tree Committee

❖ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Close Encounters of the Bird Kind
Liz Schissler, E J Schiss Photography
(free drawing for mounted bird photo at end of program)

❖ 9:30 am – 11:00 am - Kids’ Games and Crafts
Thorn Creek Audubon

❖ Ongoing Local Bird Photography Exhibit

This event is sponsored by the Homewood Tree Committee in partnership with the Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve, and Thorn Creek Audubon.

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AT IZAAK WALTON
Andrew Fleisleber - Ecological Restoration Crew Lead

The Village completed the pipeline project in the Fall of 2022. This pipeline now supplies Homewood with Lake Michigan water from Indiana. The pipeline runs underneath the Preserve creating what we now call the Path of Restoration. This clearing of vegetation for the pipeline construction (mostly non native and invasive) along its path presented us with the opportunity to expand our ongoing efforts of restoration on both sides of the path and throughout the Preserve.

Since 2023, we have contracted with a small local company known as NRM (Natural Resource Management) to augment our volunteer conservation efforts at many locations throughout the Preserve including along the Path of Restoration. One of their Crew Leads is Andrew Fleisleber, who will present a program that will review and explain the technicalities of ecological restoration and how others can assist in the process through various environmental restoration methods. We will dive deeper into why ecological restoration, encouraging native biodiversity, and managing invasive species are crucial to the overall health of our environment. Several environmental restoration aspects will be explained, such as what an invasive plant species is, how to identify invasive plant species, herbicide treatments for specific species, manually clearing invasives, the benefits of burning, and overseeding of native species. We will also go over how you can get involved and help in this process through establishing native areas at home, removing invasive species at home, and how to get involved by volunteering at natural areas near you.