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Nightlife and entertainment
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From its earliest frontier days, Chicago has had some of the best
nightlife
in the US. "Sweet Home Chicago", birthplace of Muddy Waters'
urban blues
, as well as R&B's Chess Records, is still going strong, inspiring the energetic dance beat of 1980s
house music
as well as the groundbreaking
jazz
of the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Nightclubs
aplenty are all over town, especially along Halsted Street, Lincoln Avenue and Clark Street on the North Side.
Uptown
, at the intersection of North Broadway and Lawrence, is a bit down-at-heel, but has half a dozen good venues. The best
gay clubs
congregate in the Lincoln Park area. Highbrow pursuits are also well provided for: Chicago's
classical music, dance
and
theater
are world-class.
For what's-on information, Chicagoans pick up the excellent
free newspaper
The Reader
(copies comes out Thursday afternoon and are usually all gone by Saturday). The weekly
New City
and the gay and lesbian
Windy City Times
are good sources as well. Full listings also appear in the Friday issues of the
Chicago Sun-Times
and the
Chicago Tribune
, and
Chicago
magazine has useful arts and restaurant listings. The Gramaphone Ltd record store at 2663 N Clark St (tel 773/472-3683) is the best place for details of one-shot
dance
nights. Other useful information
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