Stage Left Theater, Chicago

Schuba's

One of Chicago's landmark venues for cool music

The Vic hosts the Brew and View, a second-run movie theater with cheap Miller beer, and turns into a good concert venue on other nights - not dissimilar to the Metro in size or sound quality, but there are seats

iO Chicago

iO is the puppy mill of improv comedy: its training center churns out graduates at a rapid pace, and most are given the brief honor of performing unpaid on its two stages (both of which have bars) until there are more grads to rotate in

Metro Chicago

Chicago's foremost rock venue, although other genres like electronic and hip hop figure in the lineup as well

The Playground

The Playground has a few things going for it: the perfect location for beginning or ending the night with a show, a BYOB liquor license, and a non-profit co-op structure that makes the performers here some of the most enthusiastic and committed you'll find

Briar Street Theater

The Chicago home of the nationally famed performance art Blue Man Group

Wrigley Field

Home to Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs, the Wrigley Field is the city's beloved sporting mecca

Music Box

Chicago's foremost source of cinematic delight, with two screens for classic and world-premiere independent movies and the occasional mini-festival

Wunders Cemetery

Overshadowed by the magnificent Graceland Cemetery across the street in Uptown, the smaller, slightly overgrown Wunders was established in 1859 and features some intriguing monuments, with more of a forgotten-by-time atmosphere than its more famous neighbor

Graceland Cemetery

The Graceland Cemetery is a large Victorian era cemetery and arboretum spread over 119 acres in the north side community area of Uptown

Stage Left Theater, Chicago