You have successfully signed up for contest updates.

You have successfully signed up for the newsletter.

Author Archives: Michael Norris

Michael Norris

Michael Norris is a freelance writer who is just back from four years in Paris, and is now living in Evanston, IL. He has had articles published in The Paris Times, Literary Kicks, Live Life Travel, as well as other on-line travel sites. He can be reached at mike@retaworks.com

A Night of Blues at Buddy Guy’s Legends

Chicago_Legends_fruteland1

Chicago is home to the blues, offering a lively scene with many blues clubs and bars scattered throughout the city. Get ready for a night devoted to the blue chord progressions and blue notes that make up this music genre while visiting Buddy Guy’s Legends, on Wabash Avenue in the South Loop, for a full evening of food, drink and blues.

The blues, contrary to its name, is a joyful, celebratory music, and the true blues experience occurs when there is a call and response from the instruments and the vocals, with an additional call and response between the audience and the band.

Read More

Posted in Nightlife | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

A Day of Chicago Culture

Chicago_Pane_Bread_Cafe

Despite its rough and ready reputation as "hog butcher to the world", Chicago is a city of great cultural wealth. This day of exploration discovers a portion of that wealth, much of it lodged in the city’s exceptional museums. Along the way we will visit another source of cultural wealth – the city’s diverse and colorful neighborhoods.
Read More

Posted in articles | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment