The Lyric is housed in a theater and related spaces in the Civic Opera Building.
Civic Opera Building
The Civic Opera Building is a 45-story office tower at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The building opened November 4, 1929, and has an Art Deco interior. It has a 3,563-seat opera house, the Civic Opera House, which is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America.
Today, the opera house is the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Prime Minister of Laos
The prime minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the head of government of Laos. It is the highest office within the Central Government.
Bounnhang Vorachith
Bounnhang Vorachith (; born 15 August 1937) is a Laotian politician. He was General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos from 2016 to 2021. He was Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006 and Vice President of Laos from 2006 to 2016.
Thongloun Sisoulith
Thongloun Sisoulith ,ထောင်လုန် သိသုလိဒ် (; born 10 November 1946) is a Laotian politician. He has been Prime Minister of Laos since 2016.
President of Laos
The President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the head of state of Laos.
Souphanouvong
Prince Souphanouvong (13 July 1909 – 9 January 1995) was a Laotian politician. He was the first President of Laos from December 1975 to August 1991. He was nicknamed "The Red Prince". He was a founding leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
Souphanouvong died on 9 January 1995 at the age of 86.
Phoumi Vongvichit
Phoumi Vongvichit (6 April 1909 – 7 January 1994) was a Laotian politician. From 1986 to 1991, he was the acting President of Laos.
Kaysone Phomvihane
Kaysone Phomvihane () (13 December 1920 – 21 November 1992) was a Laotian politician. He was the first leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his death in 1992. He was the first Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic from 1975 to 1991 and then as the second President from 1991 to 1992.
Nouhak Phoumsavanh
Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan (; ; April 9, 1910 – September 9, 2008) was a Laotian politician. He was a longtime Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official. He was the 3rd President of Laos from 1992 to 1998.
J. Lee Thompson
John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was a British movie director active in London and Hollywood and is best remembered for his Oscar nomination for the 1961 movie "The Guns of Navarone". His other movies include "Cape Fear", "The Yellow Balloon", "Ice Cold in Alex", "Tiger Bay", "Never So Few", "Yield to the Night", "What a Way to Go!", "Country Dance", "St. Ives", "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud", "Happy Birthday to Me", "10 to Midnight", "Murphy's Law", "The Evil That Men Do", "Firewalker", and "".
Choummaly Sayasone
Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone (Lao: ຈູມມະລີ ໄຊຍະສອນ; born 6 March 1936) is a Laotian politician. He was the General Secretary (leader) of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). He was the President of Laos from 2006 to 2016. He was the third Vice President of Laos from 2001 to 2006.
Vice President of Laos
Vice President of Laos is the political position in Laos created in 1996. The Vice President is elected by the National Assembly of Laos.
The history of the office holders follows.
Phankham Viphavanh
Phankham Viphavanh (; born 1951) is a Laotian politician. He is a member of Politburo. He is the Executive Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. He is also the current Vice President of Laos since April 2016.
President of the National Assembly of Laos
This is a list of individuals who served as President of the National Assembly of Laos.
Samane Viyaket
Lieutenant General Samane Viyaket (3 March 1927 – 22 July 2016) was a Laotian national politician. He was the President of the National Assembly of Laos from 1993 to 2006.
He was born in Phichit Province, Siam. He was in charge of ideological and cultural works of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP).
He died on 22 July 2016 at the age of 89.
Thongsing Thammavong
Thongsing Thammavong (Lao: ທອງສິງ ທຳມະວົງ; born 12 April 1944) is a Laotian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Laos from 2010 to 2016. He is a member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). He has been a member of the LPRP Politburo since 1991. He was the President of the National Assembly from 2006 to 2010.
The Yellow Balloon (movie)
The Yellow Balloon is a 1953 British drama movie directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Kathleen Ryan, Andrew Ray, Kenneth More, Bernard Lee, Sid James, Marjorie Rhodes, William Sylvester, Veronica Hurst. It was distributed by Associated British Picture Corporation.
Pany Yathotou
Pany Yathotou (born 18 February 1951) is a Laotian politician. She is a member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
She was the chairman and governor of the Bank of the Lao P.D.R. from 1988 until 1997. Yathotou later became a member of the National Assembly in 1998. She became the President of the National Assembly of Laos since 2010.
National Assembly (Laos)
The National Assembly (Laotian: "Sapha Heng Xat", French: "Assemblée nationale") is the unicameral parliament of Laos. The National Assembly meets in Vientiane.
Laos is a one-party state, with the Lao People's Revolutionary Party as the sole legal party in the country.
Vicki (movie)
Vicki is a 1953 American crime drama movie directed by Harry Horner and is based on "I Wake Up Screaming" by Steve Fisher is a remake of the 1941 movie. It stars Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott Reid, Richard Boone, Aaron Spelling, Carl Betz. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Tokyo Story
The Money Pit
The Money Pit is a 1986 American comedy movie directed by Richard Benjamin. The movie is a remake of "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House", a 1948 Cary Grant comedy. "The Money Pit" stars Tom Hanks and Shelley Long as a couple who try to fix a recently purchased house.
It was filmed in New York City and Lattingtown, New York, and was co-executive produced by Steven Spielberg.
Lattingtown, New York
The Incorporated Village of Lattingtown is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 1,739 at the 2010 census.
Lattingtown is located at (40.894334, -73.595118).
Big (movie)
Big is a 1988 American fantasy comedy-drama movie directed by Penny Marshall. It stars Tom Hanks as Adult Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" and then becomes an adult the next day. The movie also stars Elizabeth Perkins, David Moscow as young Josh, John Heard and Robert Loggia
"Big" had two Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Hanks) and Best Original Screenplay.
Henderson, Texas
Henderson is a city and the county seat of Rusk County, northeast Texas, United States. The population was 13,712 at the 2010 census. Henderson is named for James Pinckney Henderson, the first governor of Texas.
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic spread to the United States in January 2020. The first confirmed case of local transmission was recorded in January in Chicago and the first known deaths happened in February.
By the end of March, cases had happened in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories except American Samoa.
, the U.S. has the most confirmed active cases and deaths in the world; and its death rate was 206 per million people, the tenth-highest rate globally.
The Trump administration made a public health emergency on January 31, then on February2 began to end the entry of most foreign nationals who had recently traveled to China. People have said that the country's response to the pandemic was slow in regards to testing and medical response.
On February 25, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned the American public for the first time to prepare for a local outbreak.