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Kanye West, Chicago's most successful rapper. Chicago, Illinois is a major center for music [1] in the midwestern United States where distinctive forms of blues (greatly responsible for the future creation of rock and roll), and house music, a genre of electronic dance music, were developed.
The center is home to two resident professional ensembles: Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, and New Philharmonic. Annually, the MAC presents tour artists both national and international in the disciplines of theater, music, and dance. A $35 million renovation to the center was completed in 2013.
Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts – Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dance Place – Washington, DC; Dance Theater Workshop – New York City; Danspace Project – New York City; England Studio Theater – Washington, DC; Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance – Chicago, Illinois; Jacob's Pillow – Becket, Massachusetts
Wheaton College was founded in 1860. Its predecessor, the Illinois Institute, had been founded in late 1853 by Wesleyan Methodists as a college and preparatory school. . Wheaton's first president, Jonathan Blanchard, was a former president of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and a staunch abolitionist with ties to Oberlin Co
Triad sponsors Model U.N., Envirothon, Color Guard, Dance, Scholar Bowl, Band, Chorus, Jazz Band, Robotics, and many other clubs that do not compete interscholastically. The Triad High School Music Dept. is ranked 8th in the state of Illinois in the Illinois High School Association Sweepstakes. [2]
Helgoland was present at the Battle of Jutland from 31 May to 1 June 1916, though she was located in the center of the German line of battle and not as heavily engaged as the ships in the lead. She was ceded to Great Britain after the war and broken up for scrap in the early 1920s.
The Copernicus Center (formerly Gateway Theatre) is a 1,852-seat former movie palace that is now part of the Copernicus Center in the Jefferson Park community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The Copernicus Center is located at 5216 W. Lawrence Avenue.
The Spring Avenue Recreation Center often referred as "SARC" services as one of the main facilities in the Glen Ellyn Park District. The building counts with a fitness center, fitness studio, dance studios, tumbling/gymnastics facility and a crafts lab. The SARC is also host of the Glen Ellyn Park District's Board of Commissioners meetings.