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Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;
James K.J. Lee, Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, who was secretary-general in Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs until July, for lunch in New York City in what was the first meeting between a top Taiwan official and a United States ambassador to the United Nations. [9]
After a unanimous voice vote by a City Council committee, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks designated the On Leong Merchants Association Building as a Chicago Landmark on December 1, 1993, the only such landmark in Chinatown. [10] [13] It has been described as Chicago’s "most significant symbol of the cultural heritage of the Chinese". [17]
The Pittsburgh Police (PBP), officially the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, is the largest law enforcement agency in Western Pennsylvania and the third largest in Pennsylvania. The modern force of salaried and professional officers was founded in 1857 but dates back to the night watchmen beginning in 1794, and the subsequent day patrols in the ...
The Taiwanese Cultural Association excelled at disseminating new knowledge to the public through various means, such as mass media, public events, etc. The association published The Taiwan Minpao and established newspaper-reading clubs throughout Taiwan. Furthermore, they set up bookstores, theater troupes, and organized workshops and lectures. [4]
The Ministry of Culture (MOC; Chinese: 文化部; pinyin: Wénhùabù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bûn-hòa pō͘) is the ministry of the Republic of China that promotes cultural and creative industries. The ministry also maintains the National Repository of Cultural Heritage.
University of Pittsburgh police arrested a person suspected of attacking a group of Jewish students with a bottle Friday night, the school announced on its website.. The incident occurred near the ...
GlobalPittsburgh (Formerly Pittsburgh Council for International Visitors) is a non-profit community-based organization based in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania region that is part of a national network under the umbrella of Global Ties U.S. Inaugurated in 1959, GlobalPittsburgh's mission is to forge cultural, educational, and business relationships between Western Pennsylvania and the global ...