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Bars/Nightclubs Chicago
127 Reviews Back in August I went to Underground and had a great time. I met Miss March and Miss May of Playboy, a few Chicago Bears players, and wouldnt you know it but the guy with us coming in would later jump...
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Blues Clubs Chicago
28 Reviews "[Buddy] Guy's earthy soul and gutsy acoustic performances make any latter-day "unplugged" record sound clean cut by comparison." – Guitar Player Any music fan has to hit at least on Blues club in...
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Theater Chicago
30 Reviews To see what is currently playing, check the Broadway in Chicago website The Palace Theater was originally opened as a vaudeville theater in 1926, later uses include a movie house, a banquet hall and...
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Jazz clubs Chicago
18 Reviews This place dates back to the 1920's and is the oldest jazz venue in the US. Al Capone, Charlie Chaplin and Gloria Swanson are just a few that used this joint as a hangout. My favorite night is Sunday...
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Comedy Clubs Chicago
12 Reviews Last visit June 2011 to the main stage to see "Southside of Heaven" with the VT gang! The Second City is Chicago's best known comedy club, many of the stars of Saturday Night Live got their start...
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Signature Lounge-Hancock Chicago
9 Reviews located in the 96th floor of the john Hancock Center in the Magnificent Mile and is one of the most spectacular and romantic views around the city of chicago and lake michigan aroundso it is ideal for...
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Live Music-other Chicago
17 Reviews The Park West shows premium quality concerts located just north of downtown Chicago. I have been to the Park West several times and I've never been disappointed. Check out their website to find out...
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Eating & Drinking Chicago
17 Reviews Northside is a great bar for eating and drinking for any time of the day. It has a fun, lively atmosphere. This is a typical Chicago-style hangout. There are many different areas for eating and...
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Movies Chicago
6 Reviews I don't see a lot of movies at the theater anymore unless it's just something that requires the big screen experience, like a James Bond movie or something with gorgeous scenery or costuming. But if I...
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Opera Chicago
1 Review Chicago's premier opera company celebrates its 50th anniversary in the 2004-2005 season. Check their website for more information. . Their schedule always includes old favorites as well as more modern...
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If you go to Chicago, you must go to the North Side stalwart. The Green Mill is 100 years old and still the king. Check the paper or phone ahead though it doesn't matter who is playing.Just GO! Casual
Opened in 1921 as a movie palace, the Chicago Theater eventually fell into disrepair and was set to be demolished. However, in 1983 the City Council designated the theater a historic landmark, saving it from the wrecking ball. The theater underwent a $4,300,000 renovation, and nowadays is a venue for live performances, rather than movies.
As a Scot myself I found this little piece of Home to be a place I frequented. You will get great food here which you can eat inside or outside in the beer garden. It's all very affordable too. Watch out for the All you can eat Fish and Chips days, they are usually mobbed.If you want to meet a whole variety of different people from various walks of life, this is the place to be. You will have good drinking and good conversation and you might even get lucky. Any one of the regulars is worth chatting to and they will always make you feel welcome.The music is kept to a minimum and there are no TV's or a jukebox. As I said a great place for a chat and a drink. Just don't ask Mike to play the Proclaimers Sunshine on Leith album, it drives him mad. Wear anthing you like (within reason)
Hang out here and meet not only Chicagoans but also people coming here from other locations. This club seem to drag hip people in their 30s and up. Talk with artists in their buzz and discover a world of its own. No doubt we've been taken here by our local musicians friends.Great deco ambience. Chairs around the bar are way outnumbered by patrons who walk around, if possible at all in this packed space, and screaming their news in a quality music saturated environment.Don't forget to take a portrait in the photo booth behind the bar!Great experience. Necktie allowed, best if inside your pocket.
Designed by architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, and opened in 1889, the Auditorium Theater is one of the premier venues in Chicago for plays, ballets, dance companies, and other cultural events. The Auditorium Theater hosted the openings for the national tours of such Broadway plays as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, and Showboat.
Founded in 1929 as the Lyric Theater, the 3,472-seat Lyric Opera of Chicago has hosted a number of visiting opera and dance companies, touring operettas, musical shows, as well as orchestral, dance, and vocal concerts. It was the venue for the premier of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. The Lyric Opera of Chicago is housed in a throne-shaped building which includes a 45-story office tower and two 22-story wings.
Not a place for everyone, but if you're a bit daring and want to take in some excellent Jazz & Blues, this is the place to go.Slim Water and the Tears are worth seeing! None, you'll see just about every type of dress here.
There is more info about this spot on my Iowa page, but it is basically a little Irish section of the city that has more than its share of pubs, bars, and dance clubs:) It's a great place to go with friends on weekend nites!
Eat early!!!!!!!! everything in Nauvoo closes at like 7pm!!!!!!! (well, maybe more like 9pm) :o) I was meeting my dear VT friend Jill (Athena) and at around 9:45pm everything was closed!!!!! so we ran to the border (no, not the Mexican border= we were in Illinois for crying out loud!!!!!! but to Iowa) and made of it a Mexican fiesta!!!!! ;o)Please check my travelogue on 'A three-some meeting' (Athena, spartan and la_beba)
This place was very cool and they host very good shows; on this particular night Lefover Salmon was at the House of Blues. When we pulled up to the building, it kind of reminded me of the Capitol Records building. The inside is decorated in all sorts of ethnic cloth and statues; and best of all there is a coat check. Well, I'm not sure if there is a specific dress code I do suggest dressing comfortably because the seats go fast and you might have to stand during the show. I do know this...no cameras are allowed inside.:(
The Peninsula Chicago Chicago
4 Reviews and 305 Opinions The Peninsula Hotel in Chicago is an absolutely wonderful hotel! Every detail is thought through and...
Hilton Springfield Springfield
4 Reviews and 147 Opinions The Hilton Springfield Hotel can be seen for miles. We were never lost because we could always cage...
Hotel Arista Naperville
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