Sentences with phrase «cultural district in»

Alongside the Carnegie Institute, the city established a cultural trust, making meaningful investments in a downtown cultural district in 1971.

Part of the team developing the cultural district in Abu Dhabi, Kim was project director of the preliminary concept designs for the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Center, and the Maritime Museum — working with architects Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, and Tadao Ando respectively.

Eve curated GrubStreet's NEA - funded Publish it Forward lecture series and our innovative Launch Lab, led GrubStreet's Diversity Task force, laying the foundation for GrubStreet's next chapter, and was the driving force behind establishing the country's first Literary Cultural District in downtown Boston.

This would be the linchpin of the latest, greatest cultural district in the city.

It is home to the Indiana Repertory Theatre, the American Cabaret Theatre, and one of the largest children's museums in the world.1 The area has six designated cultural districts in which culture, the arts, and young people thrive and flourish.

Not exact matches

For a real cultural experience, check out Gastown, the historic downtown district encompassing one of the biggest Chinatowns in Canada.

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes disagreed, writing the government can not «gag citizens when it says it is in the interest of national security, and it can not do it in some bureaucrat's notion of cultural homogeneity,» according to a report in the Houston Chronicle.

The working class family — and these are cultural terms, not financial brackets — is more stable residentially, and above all the young are much more street, district and school conscious in their social contacts, with the school very much a minor, not a major element in the package.

This is part of a pro-active project that demonstrates how this unique area has resonated with artists in the past and continues to inspire makers and performers working across a vast array of art forms, firmly emphasising the Lake District's important role within the UK's rich cultural life.»

Superbly located in the prestigious financial district within the historical and cultural centre of Tokyo, the first Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group property in Japan embodies the best of contemporary and time - honoured architectural splendour.

The Heathman Restaurant & Bar is located at 1001 SW Broadway in downtown Portland's cultural district.

On the West Coast its portfolio includes the renowned Los Angeles Times» four - starred and Michelin - starred Patina Restaurant in Walt Disney Concert Hall, Café Pinot, Ray's & Stark Bar, Catal, Tortilla Jo's and Naples in Anaheim's Downtown Disney District, Leatherby's Cafe Rouge, and catering and food service in museums and cultural centers throughout California.

Attempting to develop more cultural diversity caused one parent to complain that the district was not serving «American food,» while another argued that the food was «too much what the people in Los Angeles look like.»

Students and their families can submit essays, stories, songs, recipes and other writings for the publication, which will be distributed at the district's Cultural Arts Fair in March.

The Chicago Food Policy Action Council and the Food Chain Workers Alliance have played a leadership role in the City's adoption of the Program by supporting the Chicago Good Food Taskforce organized by the Mayor's Office including multiple City of Chicago Sister Agencies (Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District, Chicago City Colleges, Chicago Housing Authority) and Departments (Department of Public Health, Department of Family and Support Services, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Aviation, and Procurement).

Helen C. Doria, Millennium Park's first executive director, was a force for cultural programming in Chicago, spending much of her career working with the Chicago Park District and with Lois Weisberg, the city's former longtime commissioner of cultural affairs.

«After these increases, the Art Institute of Chicago will continue to be the lowest - priced major cultural institution in Chicago when considering the all - inclusive price,» one Park District document stated.

It's like a new little Rogers Park cultural district has slipped in under everyone's radar.

Since 1998, we've brought cultural institutions directly to Chicago neighborhoods through a collaboration between Museums In the Park and the Chicago Park District.

Officials said a new gym, a fitness center, a senior citizens room, a cultural arts room and offices for the park district and township assessor will be ready in early February.

For another 1,500 young people, there will be a variety of afternoon and evening activities, with the Park District opening its facilities and the community organizations running the programs - bringing recreational, educational and cultural opportunities to some areas poorly served or neglected in the past.

Action Priority # 4: While improvements to the community centers are important in their individual geographic areas, none of the community centers is as important on a Park District - wide basis as renovating the Olympic Indoor Swim Center or developing additional recreational, fitness, and cultural program space for active aging adults.

The Park District ran a scaled - back version this summer, but the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events will run it in 2012.

The Kiwanis Club will host Breakfast with Santa at 9 a.m. at the American Legion Hall, 123 W. Main St.. The Public Library, 118 W. Washington St., will have a puppet show at 1:30 p.m., and the West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission will open a winter - themed art show at 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Park District Office, 157 W. Washington.

The courses will be held at the Cultural Arts Center in Hasbrook Park, 333 W. Maude Ave. To register, contact the Arlington Heights Park District Headquarters, 410 N. Arlington Heights Rd.; call 847-577-3000; or visit the Park District's Web site at www.ahpd.org.

In addition, the site is located directly next to the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center and within two miles of the downtown tourism district.

Addressing the ambassadors of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, Former President Mahama indicated, that he launched the «Progressively Free SHS Education» Project and also commissioned the first school — Prof Evans Atta Mills SHS at Otuam in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region.

Legislator Lynn Dixon, Independent from Erie County's 9th District, said investments made in the city tend to focus more on cultural institutions, youth programs and libraries, whereas suburbs get more focus on infrastructure.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

He has advocated for making the Eastern Parkway subway station in his district, which is near a variety of major cultural institutions and heavily utilized, accessible for PWDs and is not on the 100 «key stations» list.

Events like «Abrazo Garifuna» (left) recognize and unite the various racial, ethnic and cultural groups in his senate district.

Agencies receiving Operation Primetime funding in 2012 include: Access of WNY, African American Cultural Center, Back to Basics, Be A Friend, Bob Lanier Center, Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora, Boys & Girls Club of Eden, Boys & Girls Club of Holland, Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Prep, Buffalo Urban League, Butler Mitchell Association, Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Community Action Organization, Computers for Children, Concerned Ecumenical Ministries, Cradle Beach Camp, Elim Community Corporation, Erie Regional Housing Development Corp. — Belle Center, Firsthand Learning, FLARE, Girls Sports Foundation, Greater Niagara Frontier Council — Boy Scouts, Jericho Road Ministries, Justice Lifeline, King Urban Life Center, Lackawanna Sports & Education, Making Fishers of Men & Women, National Inner City Youth Opportunities, North Buffalo CDC, Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Old First Ward Community Association, PBBC Matt Urban Center, Peace of the City, Police Athletic League, Schiller Park Community Center, Seneca Babcock Community Association, Seneca Street Community Development, Town of Tonawanda Recreation Department, UB Liberty Partnership, University District CDC, Urban Christian Ministries, Valley Community Association, Westminster Community Charter School, Westside Community Center, Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education, WNY United Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Young Audiences, Community Action Organization (Detention), Firsthand Learning (Detention), Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education (Detention).

A wake and funeral for the late Brooklyn District Attorney will be held this weekend at the Christian Cultural Center in East New York.

Let's fight instead over a cultural center in a commercial district in downtown Manhattan — after Congress cuts back funding for anti-terrorism security measures in NYC so they can defend Montano and other high risk places.

Because it wasn't glorious enough to be the most coveted kitchen ceramics brand in the Bay Area, the overachievers at Sausalito - based Heath Ceramics recently added on The Boiler Room — an urban, Mission district space that's part gallery, part event venue, where the brand hosts social and cultural gatherings and exhibits for the public.

Jazz is still a popular style of music in Indianapolis and a couple of great local places to seek out are the Chatterbox, located in the heart of the Mass Ave Arts and Theatre Cultural District with live jazz 6 nights a week.

Set in the heart of LAs vibrant cultural district, visiting nearby attractions like The Broad contemporary art museum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, L.A. LIVE, and the Los Angeles Convention Center could not be easier.

Also, I think District 9 is classic science - fiction in the sense that it takes a futuristic scenario (or in this case an alternative present scenario) to make contemporary political and cultural commentary.

Mathieu Kassovitz took the film world by storm with La haine, a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in modern - day France, specifically the low - income banlieue districts on Paris's outskirts.

Founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2001, following the attacks on the World Trade Center, to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of the lower Manhattan district through an annual celebration of film, music, and culture, the Festival brings the industry and community together around storytelling.

In a February 2007 op - ed piece in the Dallas Morning News, Gigi Antoni, president and CEO of Big Thought, the nonprofit partnership working with the district, the Wallace Foundation, and more than sixty local arts and cultural institutions, explained the rationale behind what was then called the Dallas Arts Learning Initiative: «DALI was created on one unabashedly idealistic, yet meticulously researched, premise — that students flourish when creativity drives learning.&raquIn a February 2007 op - ed piece in the Dallas Morning News, Gigi Antoni, president and CEO of Big Thought, the nonprofit partnership working with the district, the Wallace Foundation, and more than sixty local arts and cultural institutions, explained the rationale behind what was then called the Dallas Arts Learning Initiative: «DALI was created on one unabashedly idealistic, yet meticulously researched, premise — that students flourish when creativity drives learning.&raquin the Dallas Morning News, Gigi Antoni, president and CEO of Big Thought, the nonprofit partnership working with the district, the Wallace Foundation, and more than sixty local arts and cultural institutions, explained the rationale behind what was then called the Dallas Arts Learning Initiative: «DALI was created on one unabashedly idealistic, yet meticulously researched, premise — that students flourish when creativity drives learning.»

Addressing that chronic absenteeism was like untangling a rope, loosening knotted - up, long - established habits, cultural issues, and the persistent barriers of poverty that can keep children out of school, leaders in the district of 835 students said.

The Steelcase Foundation sent more than 100 district leaders to Harvard to acquire new skills in areas like cultural competence.

An experiment in place - based education, the Museum School recently won a coveted XQ Super Schools award and is driving widespread adoption of its model across the district — bringing families and students back to a city in an economic and cultural downturn.

On the site, teachers post assignments and host discussion forums, students store and retrieve files from home, and district staff take online courses in such subjects as project approach, rubrics, video editing, and cultural competency.

After a few days, she gave me the nod and I embarked in the depths of Line 1 of the Madrid Underground, to reach the Pilar Miró Cultural Center, in the district of Vallecas, where they conduct their trials.

In Flint, Michigan, the district superintendent is inviting families and students from each public school to join in cultural activities and a parade and rallIn Flint, Michigan, the district superintendent is inviting families and students from each public school to join in cultural activities and a parade and rallin cultural activities and a parade and rally.

The striking turnaround resulted from a remarkable bottom - up effort that eventually brought together the school district, the city government, and more than sixty arts and cultural organizations in a group called Dallas ArtsPartners.

Religious and Cultural Discrimination Issues Every year, school districts must address complex and controversial issues related to religion in schools.

The partnership with the Parks District served more than 10,000 Chicago students in 1996 with an after - school program that gave kids an hour of homework help and two hours of recreation and cultural events at the parks before their parents picked them up after work.