Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Sapphire and Crystals is a collective of women artists of African descent based in Chicago, IL and founded in 1987 by ceramicist and teacher Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly and visual artist Felicia Grant Preston. [1] The still active collective has held group exhibitions in several galleries and community spaces across Chicago with a changing line ...
The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes. Census data and other statistics are tied to the areas, which serve as the basis for a variety of urban planning initiatives on both the local and regional levels. The areas' boundaries do not generally change, allowing comparisons of statistics across ...
Wrath of Rakshasa is an upcoming steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, it is a Dive Coaster model and is slated to open in 2025. Wrath of Rakshasa reaches a height of 180 feet (55 m), a maximum speed of 67 mph (108 km/h), and features five inversions, the most of any ...
December 27, 1979. The Prairie Avenue District is a historic district in the Near South Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. It includes the 1800 and 1900 blocks of South Prairie Avenue and the 1800 block of South Indiana, and 211-217 East Cullerton. [2] It was the site of the Battle of Fort Dearborn and became the city's most fashionable ...
Gale Cincotta (December 28, 1929 – August 15, 2001), a community activist from the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, led the national fight for the US federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) of 1975 and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977. [1] The CRA requires banks and savings and loans to offer credit throughout their entire ...
Internet Protocol television. Chicago Sports Network (CHSN) is an upcoming regional sports network owned by Standard Media, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Chicago Bulls, and the Chicago White Sox. It is expected to launch after the teams' contract with NBC Sports Chicago expires on October 1, 2024.
season 11. The eleventh season of the American police procedural television series Chicago P.D. premiered on January 17, 2024, on NBC, for the 2023–24 television season. [1][2] Chicago P.D. revolves around the members of the Intelligence Unit of the 21st District of the Chicago Police Department. The season stars Jason Beghe, Tracy Spiridakos ...
Portal:Chicago/Selected list/16. Disturbed is an American rock band that formed when guitarist Dan Donegan, drummer Mike Wengren and bassist Steve "Fuzz" Kmak hired vocalist David Draiman in 1996. A demo tape led to their signing to Giant Records, which released their debut album, The Sickness, in March 2000.