An Exhibit of Photographs by Wayne Miller. Miller will be joined by a panel of humanist scholars discussing the exhibit in historical and artistic context, with emphasis on social, cultural and political movements and issues which emerged in post-World War Chicago, the history of Black photographic journalism, highlighting Ebony magazine, and the changing subject matter of photography in the African American community from the Harlem Renaissance to the Chicago Renaissance. Admission is free and open to the public. Ms. Grier will discuss her work, share her sources of inspiration and her views on contemporary music, as well as perform her work at the Harold Washington Library Auditorium. For more information, please contact Joyce Turner Hilkevitch at 773.667.1618.
Admission is free.
The Friends of the Coronado Theatre invite all to the Grand Re-opening of the entertainment palace in order to enjoy and inspect the renovated splendor of the famed Theatre house. Visitors will receive a complimentary brochure, complete with a self-guided tour and a concise history of the Coronado, and will be treated to community performers, musicians, dance groups and vocal ensembles including Celtic Feast, City of Rockford Pipe Band, GARS Dancer Source United, Frank Guard Quintet and many others. The Re-opening is free and open to the public and will be held January 22nd thru the 24th, and also on January 27th. Amy Levin's Road Scholar program , at the Franklin Park Public Library. This thinly veiled autobiography traces one woman's struggle to become the ideal American woman.