 Gov. Pat Quinn and other
state officials planned to attend a Chicago scholarship breakfast
Monday honoring King sponsored by the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Later
in the day, Quinn and state and local officials are to attend the
opening of the "I Have a Dream" art exhibit in Chicago.
On Monday evening, Chicago Sinfonietta plans to perform its annual
concert tribute to King, called "A Dream Unfolds," at Chicago's
Orchestra Hall. The group says it will include guest vocalists,
dancers and the Northwestern University Chorus.
In Bloomington, Illinois Wesleyan University has scheduled the 20th
anniversary of its Martin Luther King Jr. holiday gospel festival.
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