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Established on June 18, 1904, Chicago’s Pekin Theatre was the first black owned musical and vaudeville stock theatre in the United States. Between 1904 and around 1915, the Pekin Club and its Pekin Theatre served as a training ground and showcase for Black theatrical talent, vaudeville acts, and musical comedies.
The Chitlin' Circuit was a collection of performance venues found throughout the eastern, southern, and upper Midwest areas of the United States. They provided commercial and cultural acceptance for African-American musicians, comedians, and other entertainers following the era of venues run by the "white-owned-and-operated Theatre Owners Booking Association (TOBA)...formed in 1921."
The Club DeLisa, [2] also written Delisa or De Lisa, was an African-American nightclub and music venue in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 5521 South State Street (State Street and Garfield Avenue, on the South Side), it was possibly the most prestigious venue in the city. [3] Together with the Regal Theater and the Rhumboogie Café, the 800 ...
As The Charlotte Observer looks back on the stories of the city’s first Black club, Excelsior, we gathered a list of Black-owned hot spots of today. Here’s a list of 20+ Black-owned bars ...
The Black Orchid was an upscale Chicago nightclub that flourished in the mid to late 1950s where, according to print media critics, Johnny Mathis got his first big break. [1] The club opened in 1949. The Black Orchid was declared bankrupt in July 1959, closed, and never reopened. [ 2 ]
Merged with Chicago Columbia Giants to become Chicago Union Giants 1901 (See Leland Giants entry) [23] Leland Giants: 1901: 1909: Independent (1901–09) Formed via 1901 merger of: Chicago Unions (1887–1900) Chicago Columbia Giants (1899–1900) Known as Chicago Union Giants 1901–04; Split after 1909 to form: Chicago Giants (See Chicago ...
Just opened: Black-owned Provaré puts Creole spin on Italian, and 7 more new Chicago-area restaurants Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune September 28, 2021 at 3:00 AM
Inside a cavernous warehouse in Rockford, behind three sets of locked doors, hundreds of tiny cannabis seedlings grow. They are the initial crop cultivated in Illinois by Star Buds, which on ...