CHICAGO WGN) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Chicago on Friday in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the city’s community leaders.

Around the area this weekend, concerts and community for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, plus Armnhmr at Salt Shed, Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series and Metal Movie Night at Thalia Hall.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Chicago tomorrow to deliver a keynote address at the annual Martin Luther King interfaith breakfast.

Sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. moved his family to a run-down apartment on Chicago’s West Side, ultimately paving the way for the Fair Housing Act of 1968.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris will return to Chicago to deliver the keynote speech at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. interfaith breakfast on Monday, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced. “I

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Though King’s birthday was on Jan. 15, the federal holiday honoring the civil rights icon is observed on the third Monday of every January each year.

The Sinfonietta’s music director, Mei-Ann Chen, invited Bostic to adapt the score into an orchestral suite for live performance. Bostic already had a relationship with the orchestra from her time as its artist in residence from 2020 to 2023. The suite premieres at the Sinfonietta’s annual concerts to celebrate Martin Luther King Day Jan. 18 and 19.