True Blues fans know - There is only one place in Chicago to experience the finest Blues seven nights a week, enjoy southern Cajun soul food, and behold a major archive of Blues memorabilia. That place is Buddy Guy's Legends at 700 S. Wabash! Voted "Best Blues Club" several times over by Living Blues Magazine, Citysearch, and AOL, Legends continues to be a mecca for the Blues. It is owned and operated by Buddy Guy and his family.
20th Annual Chicago SummerDance Fridays–Sundays, June 24–September 11, 2016 Swing, waltz, cha-cha...or simply enjoy the music at the largest annual outdoor live music and dancing series in the United States. Dancers of all ages and skill levels are invited to take part in introductory, one-hour dance lessons by professional instructors followed by live music and dancing.
Spertus offers dynamic learning opportunities, rooted in Jewish wisdom and culture and open to all. Graduate programs and workshops train future leaders and engage individuals in exploration of Jewish life. Public programs include films, speakers, seminars, concerts, and exhibits—at the Institute’s Michigan Avenue facility, in the Chicago suburbs, and online.
Spertus offers dynamic learning opportunities, rooted in Jewish wisdom and culture and open to all. Graduate programs and workshops train future leaders and engage individuals in exploration of Jewish life. Public programs include films, speakers, seminars, concerts, and exhibits—at the Institute’s Michigan Avenue facility, in the Chicago suburbs, and online.
The Chicago Club, founded in 1869, is a private social club located at 81 East Van Buren Street at Michigan Avenue in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Its membership has included many of Chicago's most prominent businessmen, politicians, and families.HistoryIn the mid-1860s, a social group formed in Chicago, Illinois that met on State Street. The group later met on the top floor of the old Portland Block on the southeast corner of Dearborn and Washington Streets. Known as the "Dearborn Club", members would meet in afternoons to drink and play cards. Members included Western Union co-founder Anson Stager, former New York State Senator Henry R. Pierson, Judge of the Cook County Court Hugh T. Dickey, and dry goods merchant Philip Wadsworth. The club was shut down by the Cook County Sheriff's Office in 1868.In January 1869, former members of the Dearborn Club organized a meeting in the Sherman House. Although nothing was decided, a second meeting was scheduled, and there a resolution was passed to create a new club for one hundred Chicago citizens. For one hundred dollars, a gentleman could join the Chicago Club. Wadsworth was elected the first president. Stager, Charles B. Farwell, George Pullman, George & David Gage, and Wirt Dexter each lent the club five hundred dollars to cover early expenses. Former state representative Edward S. Isham drafted incorporation papers and Wadsworth delivered them to the state capitol of Springfield. The club then rented the former Henry Farnam mansion on the corner of Michigan Avenue between Jackson and Adams Streets. The first meeting of the Chicago Club was held on May 1, 1869.
The Merle Reskin Theatre is a performing arts venue located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Originally named the Blackstone Theatre and now named after Merle Reskin (née Muskal), it was founded in 1910. The Merle Reskin Theatre is now part of DePaul University, although it is still used for events not affiliated with the university. It serves as the home of the Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences series produced by The Theatre School.The building was designed by Marshall and Fox and developed by Tracy C. Drake and John Drake of Drake Hotel fame on the former site of Timothy Blackstone's mansion. The theatre has a rich history of live performances that have traditionally been touring productions of hit and prize-winning shows.BuildingThe architects who designed the new theatre in 1910 were Benjamin Marshall and Charles Fox of the firm Marshall and Fox, who also designed the adjacent Blackstone Hotel in 1909. As with the hotel, the theatre took its name from Timothy Blackstone, whose mansion had previously occupied the site. The original address was on Hubbard Court, which was later renamed Seventh Street, and renamed once again to East Balbo Drive, the current name. The building is six stories tall and built in a French Renaissance style. Constructed only seven years after the Iroquois Theater Fire, the theater was required to be fireproof and the management claimed the auditorium could be cleared in three minutes. Seating capacity was 1,400 people until 1988, when renovations to reinstate the orchestra pit and to create seating for handicapped persons reduced the seat count to 1,325.
The Auditorium Building in Chicago is one of the best-known designs of Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler. Completed in 1889, the building is located at the northwest corner of South Michigan Avenue and Congress Street (now Congress Parkway). The building, which when constructed was the largest in the United States and the tallest in Chicago, was designed to be a multi-use complex, including offices, a theater and a hotel. As a young apprentice, Frank Lloyd Wright worked on some of the interior design.The Auditorium Theatre is part of the Auditorium Building and is located at 50 East Congress Parkway. The theater was the first home of the Chicago Civic Opera and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. It currently hosts the season performances of the Joffrey Ballet.The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1970. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975, and was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 1976. In addition, it is a historic district contributing property for the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District. Since 1947, the Auditorium Building has been part of Roosevelt University.
SAIC Performance's interdisciplinary approach builds on a broad range of performative modes including live actions, interactive digital technologies, movement research, tactical and site performance, performance installation, & performative writing.
The Columbia Chronicle is the college’s student newspaper that distributes 7,000 free newspapers every Monday morning during our fall and spring semesters. The Chronicle is delivered to more than 40 campus locations, as well as 35-plus additional news stands throughout the South Loop community. Since 1966, The Columbia Chronicle has been serving the Columbia College community by reporting up-to-date news and events throughout its four sections: Campus, Commentary, Arts & Culture and Metro. Columbia College is home to the unique atmosphere of an urban campus, allowing students to experience decades of culture during their daily commute. The college has created an identity based on creativity, professionalism, and innovative ideas. Columbia is the country’s largest arts and communications college. With an ever growing student population, the college currently has an enrollment of more than 12,500 students with 3,500 living on campus. Because Columbia is a commuter school, we use the city as our playground and rely on our campus’ newspaper to steer us toward new and interesting things happening in our city. By choosing to reach out to this demographic, you are not just reaching “regular college students,” you are targeting artists, entertainers, communicators, performers, and media technicians that are diligently working their way through school to become some of the country’s finest professionals. There are a variety of ways to reach this diverse market: The Columbia Chronicle, www.ColumbiaChronicle.com, and our sister publication ECHO magazine. *Chris Richert, General Manager
Sibling to the Magnificent Mile, the Chicago Cultural Mile is distinguished by its blend of world-renowned institutions, extraordinary parks, diverse architecture, and dramatic fountains and sculpture. Its stretch of landmark-designated buildings is considered the face of Chicago and serves as a gateway to one of the richest cultural and educational districts in the country.
As the South Asian community around the world has evolved into a community of global citizens and the performing art forms from the Indian sub-continent have found worldwide practitioners, the needs of second and third generation South Asian residents of Chicago have changed from two decades ago. Beyond India, the performing arts of Persian, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, and Indonesia are gaining popularity and seek greater representation. Led by Pranita Jain, Mandala South Asian Performing Arts will be the center of influence and leading authority for South Asian arts through performances (e.g., stage shows), studio classes and community outreach (e.g., schools, festivals) Mandala will work to further the South Asian Arts in Chicago and the US for awareness and expression of the arts among children, adults and art patrons.
Our monthly concerts invite professional and leading amateur musicians. We give scholarships to female college students with western classical music as major and provide chamber music concert opportunities and lessons for Chicago children and teens.
In the fall semester of 2002, Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority, Inc. was considering the idea of beginning a metropolitan chapter in the Chicago-land area. They had a vision for this idea; to allow schools without formal Greek organizations on their campuses and give them the opportunity to be part of this organization. Laura P. Soria, Expansion Director at the time, began her search for the women that would later become Noble Founders of Iota Chapter. Seven women from Columbia College Chicago, International Academy of Design and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Northeastern Illinois University, immediately found interest in this organization. They were all impacted by the sorority’s goals, since each and every one of those goals was of importance to them. The women later contacted members of the organization and concluded that the idea of a metropolitan chapter would be something they would dedicate themselves in achieving. They were willing to pursue and overcome any obstacle that they would encounter. As time went on these women grew respect for Gamma Phi Omega. They were brought together through loyalty and sisterhood under a swan’s wing, and on August 23, 2003, Janet Martinez, Mayra Martinez, Arlette Martinez, and Ivonne Cari Bermudez, had become the founding mothers of Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority’s Iota Chapter.
Relay For Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs of your American Cancer Society. During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times.
Our members are also members of the 15 local Leagues in Cook County, Illinois. New members interested in learning about and impacting Cook County government are always welcome! Join the League of Women Voters chapter in your (Cook County) community and automatically become a member of the Cook County League--as well as of the Illinois League of Women Voters and the national League of Women Voters. Contact information for the local Leagues is available at http://bit.ly/vnKtlM. The local Leagues that make up the Cook County League are: Arlington Heights/Mt. Prospect/Buffalo Grove; Chicago; Dolton/Harvey/Riverdale; Evanston; Glencoe; Glenview; Homewood/Flossmoor; LaGrange Area; Oak Park/River Forest; Palatine Area; Palos/Orland Area; Park Forest Area; Park Ridge; Wilmette; and Winnetka/Northfield/Kenilworth.
He Is My Brother’s Keeper is a program that will take today’s entertainment outlet’s and use them to stimulate the young American males mind to enforce a more positive, supportive and productive American adult male. Through Biblical and Worldly reinforcement, weekly activities, outings and rewards, He Is My Brother’s Keeper will be the new assistant to the American Family.
GIVING PARTNERS The University of Illinois Mathcounts YMCA Black & Latino Achievers After School Matters Boys Town Chicago Smart Bet Charities Illinois Society of Black Engineers Chicago Run Erie House Give Me A Chance Foundation Dorothy Brown Scholarship Program Salem Baptist Church of Chicago Lil Sis Organization
HI-Chicago is located in the heart of downtown Chicago very close to Lake Michigan, Grant Park, museums and all of the public transportation lines. Guests stay in shared rooms, most with en-suite bathrooms. Linens are provided. Free breakfast is included. Free WiFi. 24 E Congress Pkwy Chicago, IL 60605-1226 312.360.0300 www.hichicago.org Individual reservations at HI-Chicago, go to: www.hichicago.org Group reservations, 10 people or more, contact Emily Piga at: epiga(at)hichicago.org or 312.583.2216 For worldwide Hostelling International reservations go to: www.hihostels.com
We are writers and waiters; attorneys and activists; educators and event planners; designers and doctors; musicians and managers. We are ordinary people who are volunteering our talents and our time to end to human trafficking in Chicago, and eventually throughout the world. Ironically, human trafficking frustrates definition by appearing in countless forms, but ultimately, it is all acts related to the recruitment, transport, sale or purchase of people through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of economic exploitation. Human beings are not commodities. We are not disposable. Our worth cannot be affixed to a price, and any act that does so must not be tolerated. Yet, not only is it tolerated, but human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world; it is second most profitable after drug smuggling, and equal with illegal arms transactions. It thrives because it is invisible - subversive - and this will continue as long as most people fail to realize that it is happening all around them. Therefore, it is our purpose to first create awareness of human trafficking, and then to take tangible and active steps on all levels to see to its end. As citizens, we may not have all the answers, but we believe we are part of the solution. We act as a catalyst, igniting a synergistic movement by combining resources, skills and expertise to end the demand for trafficking and free those enslaved. You don't have to be a social worker or federal agent to make a difference. All you have to do is care that there are human beings who are not free, and be willing to take action on their behalf. Welcome to a new world - one that is Traffick Free.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes, encourages and advances excellence in the television industry across all media by serving as an educational and professional resource to our members and the industry. We reward outstanding p