1901 W. Madison Ave. Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 60612
1901 W. Madison Ave. Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 60612
The independently run Pitchfork Music Festival has consistently proven to be one of the most welcoming, comfortable, reasonably priced and rewarding weekends of music around. In addition to its musical offerings, the event features a wide array of other activities for its 50,000 attendees of all ages from 45 states and 26 countries. With 50 individual vendors, as well as specialty fairs, the fest not only supports local businesses and economy, but also promotes the Chicago arts community as a whole.
The 25th Anniversary of the International Festival of Life, takes place Saturday-Tuesday, July 1st-4th, 2017 Independence week. It is dedicated to celebrating the humanity of all people.and showcase the best of Reggae, Caribbean, R&B, Gospel, African, Latin and other world music . The event allows cultural, educational and spiritual exchange through innovative programming and a marketplace format that highlights the global spectrum of entertainment, food, fine arts, crafts, small business and corporate communities. Two themes have been adapted to the International Festival of Life: “Bringing Nations Together” and “Living Together as One”.. It is now affectionately called "The Carnival Nations"
INTERNATIONAL R. KELLY DAY! Second Friday of March every god daym year... The whole day is about being together with friends andhaving fun to the sound of Kells.
First Baptist Congregational Church is a United Church of Christ and Baptist congregation currently located at 60 N. Ashland Blvd. in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The church building is an Illinois Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was designed by architect Gurdon P. Randall for the Union Park Congregational Church, founded in 1860, and was built between 1869 and 1871. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Mayor's Office, City Council, and General Relief Committee of Chicago were temporarily headquartered in the church. In 1910, the building of nearby First Congregational Church burnt down. Union Park Congregational then merged with First Congregational to form First Congregational Church. Two other congregations would eventually merged into the new First Congregational Church: Leavitt Street Congregational Church in 1917 and Bethany Congregational Church in the 1920s. In the 1950s, the neighborhood surrounding the First Congregational Church building began suffering from white flight and became majority Hispanic. In 1961, an associate pastor for Hispanic outreach was hired and a Spanish-speaking church services were begun.