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A Night of Blues at Buddy Guy’s LegendsArticle byChicago 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.
C’est Bon Avec MoiArticle byCliché as it may seem, "dinner and dessert," can mean a blessed merriment for your taste buds. For a low key night out in Chicago, one merely needs to begin with a cheerful appetite, a little cash, and maybe some elastic waist pants, (no calorie counting on this trip). On this evening in Chicago, we start and end our night on West Randolph.
Laughing It Up At Chicago Comedy ClubsArticle byChicago offers many solutions for those in need of a comedic fix. With outstanding comedy options like the Improv Olympics, showcasing long form improvisation shows, to the Annoyance Theatre where one can find innovative and often comical shows. Chicago's rising stand-up comedians can be seen at the Lincoln Lodge, a restaurant with top notch stand-up comedy on Friday and Saturday nights or Chicago Underground Comedy, a stand-up comedy showcase on Tuesday nights at The Beat Kitchen. But it is another group that has put Chicago on the comedy map: The Second City.
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Ghosts in the Windy CityFrom the massacre at Fort Dearborn in 1812 to the famous gangsters of the Prohibition, Chicago is a city steeped in history-and not all of it is savory. Every neighborhood has its scary stories and sordid histories, and there's no better time to explore the seamier side of Chicago's past than on a blustery fall day as Halloween approaches. Wear something warm, bring a camera and someone's hand to hold, and spend an evening finding out just how scary the Second City is.
A Day of Chicago CultureDespite 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.
Chocolate, Chocolate, ChocolateChocolate. One of life's greatest indulgences, it has long been a solution to feeling better, a way to "seal" a meal and used as an expression of love. Perhaps that is why it seems to go hand in hand with Valentine's Day. What better way to say ‘I love you' to your family than treating them to the chocolate buffet at Chicago's luxurious Peninsula Hotel?
Chicago’s Jazz SceneFor those who love jazz, Chicago is tantamount to dying and going to heaven. This is a city where one can find the classical renderings, good old Bee Bop and swing, as well as experimental and improvisational jazz combos and musicians. Whatever ones preference, it matters not; there are so many options in this city one can always discover something to suit their mood.
Chicago’s Bucktown District
Chicago, the Midwest's largest and most cosmopolitan city, is more than a big sports town and business hub. It is a sophisticated, world-class metropolis with cultural attractions to suit every taste.
