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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra maintains a summer home at the Ravinia Festival in Ravinia Park, Highland Park, Illinois.The CSO first performed there on November 20, 1905, during Ravinia Park's second year since its opening in 1904, and continued to appear there on and off through August 1931, after which Ravinia Park closed for four years due to the Great Depression. [16]
The Alianza Americas, formerly the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) until 2015, is a pan-American non-profit organization based in Hispanic and Latino American and Caribbean immigrant communities in the United States. [2] Oscar Chacón speaks at Stop Separating Immigrant Families event in Chicago, 2018
The Maniac Latin Disciples Nation is a Hispanic street gang in Chicago and the largest in the Latino Folks Nation alliance. Originally known as only the Latin Disciples, the gang was founded by Albert "Hitler" Hernandez and other Puerto Rican teenagers in the Humboldt Park community in approximately 1966.
Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago (Ernest Bloch's Schelomo, Byambasuren Sharav's Legend of Herlen, Lou Harrison's Pipa Concerto, and Sergei Prokofiev's Scythian Suite)—Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Alan Gilbert, conductors; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Wu Man, pipa; Silk Road Ensemble. Recorded on April 12 ...
It is a free newspaper distributed in Chicago and its metropolitan area, mostly directly to homes in Hispanic neighborhoods and also in street boxes and stores. Founded in 1970 by Alfredo Torres de Jesús, in 1972 it was purchased by César Dovalina and later, in late 1983 by Luis Heber Rossi, [ 1 ] a businessman and music promoter in Chicago.
A Politico article from 2021 remarked on the impending redistricting conflict as the Chicago City Council's Black Caucus attempts to preserve the majority of their current seats, while Latino council members are pushing for greater representation for their growing population: "Latino residents are beginning to replace Black residents, forcing a ...
The Latino Policy Forum is a non-profit organization that provides policy analysis and information and pursues more just housing, education, and immigration laws for the Latino community in Chicago and Illinois.
The Puerto Rican Arts Alliance is a 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Puerto Rican culture in Chicago by maintaining the traditions of Puerto Rico by promoting various arts, and providing educational opportunities in arts programming.