Two important cultural institutions have put down roots at 47th and Greenwood Avenue. The Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago, specializing in African dance, music and folklore, has just received a $3 million dollar gift from Boeing to help finish building The Muntu Performing Arts Center. "The Center will surely be a hub for performing arts, but also an economic and social driver in the historically significant and newly redeveloping Bronzeville, North Kenwood and Oakland neighborhoods," said Boeing Chief Financial Officer James Belland. Muntu will be the only dance theater in Chicago to own its own space.

• Harold Washington Cultural Center, 4701 S Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Phone: 773 373-1900. This major Bronzeville landmark is a performance venue showing movies, live jazz, blues, and more.

• Bronzeville Art District Trolley Tour, 3521 S Martin Luther King Jr Dr (Gallery Guichard), Phone: 773 272-8000 (Gallery Guichard), Phone: 773 373-1026 (SSCAC), Phone: 773 538-4773 (Steelelife Gallery). The South Side Community Art Center offers a free trolley tour between the SSCAC, Guichard, and Steelelife art galleries for anyone interested in buying or just browsing. The trolley first departs from Gallery Guichard and then loops around until 9PM. free.

• Washington Park. A very big park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The park has big open fields, which host numerous festivals, sporting events, and arts performances throughout the summer. Be sure to check out the DuSable Museum of African-American History and the "Fountain of Time" sculpture. The park is the proposed site of of a new Chicago Olympic Stadium, should the city be granted the 2016 Summer Games.