Zhaoqiu He, the founder of an arts center based in Chicago's Chinatown, performs Cantonese Opera alongside with over 20 other senior immigrants from the southern part of China. They find a community of common roots and celebrate their later years with music.
By performing at the library regularly, they also showcase the traditional culture to a younger Chinese American generation as well as all the other people around the city.
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North Lawndale native, Kimberly Dixon, features kids and youths from the community in her movies to foster new generations of actors, actresses, comedians, musicians, singers and more in this area.
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If you’re on the West Side of the city anytime during this year’s holiday season, the Garfield Park Conservatory may be a good place to go to see the visual motifs of the holiday season expressed in a new and interesting way.
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More than 100 high school immigrant students in Chicago learn leadership and civics every school year at KINETIC, a program offered by Asian Americans Advancing Justice.
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Back in September, Chicagoans across the city opened their yards to visitors for the 2019 Windy City Coop and Eco-yard Tour. Residents from 17 of Chicago’s 50 wards showcased their chicken coops, livestock, backyard gardens and highlighted the importance of urban agriculture in the two-day event.
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On Sept. 13th to 15th, Chicago-based performance artist Po’Chop created “The People’s Church of the G.H.E.T.T.O (greatest history ever told to our people)” at Blanc Gallery, Bronzeville.
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New Pine Valley Restaurant, which has been in the North Lawndale community for over 50 years, is most famous for its $1.35 cheese burgers. But customers said what makes the food special isn’t the ingredients. It’s the people who make them.
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Lily Be is a storyteller, mother, and plant lover. She became a storyteller out of the necessity to save her own life.
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The Fairy Garden located in the Woodlawn on 6100 South block of St. Lawerence launched June 19, 2019 by Debbie Frisch, The Founder and Executive Director of Hello Baby, Duane Jarrett, Chief Gardener for Blacks In Green and many other helping hands.
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Holmes is one of the 125 or so Black Chicagoans who suffered under the hand of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge.
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