Chicago's Culture, Contemporary Life

Chicago’s Culture & Contemporary Life

Performing Arts The Second City was the birthplace of modern improvisational comedy . >

Literature
Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, a Chicago suburb.

Music
Chicago is best known for its blues, jazz, soul & gospel music.

Festivals – Music & Others
Lollapalooza – 3 day alternative rock, punk, hip hop music festival in August.
Chicago Blues Festival – early June
Chicago Jazz Festival – Labor Day weekend
Grant Park Music Festival – 10 week classical and jazz music series in Milennium Park
Chicago Air & Water Show – display of aircraft and watercraft on the coast of Lake Michigan
Chicago Auto Show – the largest auto show in North America takes place in February
St. Patrick´s Day Parade – the Chicago River is dyed green during this March 17 celebration.

Visual Arts

Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute is a fine art museum located in Grant Park. It´s the second largest art museum in the US (after the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY), and it´s most famous for its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works. It also houses a wide variety of contemporary and modern art as well as decorative arts.

Museum Campus
Chicago’s near south side houses four of the most important museums the city has to offer:
Adler Planetarium
Museum of Science & Industry
Field Museum of Natural History
Shedd Aquarium

Aerial View of Museum Campus

Adler Planetarium
It was the first one built in the Western Hemisphere

Museum of Science & Industry
It was originally built as the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 World´s Columbian Exposition.

Field Museum
The Field Museum of Natural History houses the world´s largest and most complete Tyrranosaurus Rex skeleton, Sue.

Shedd Aquarium
It was the first aquarium with an inland saltwater fish collection.

Sports
Baseball: Cubs & White Sox
Football: Bears
Ice hockey: Blackhawks
Basketball: Bulls
Soccer: Fire

Soldier Field
The stadium is dedicated
to American soldiers who have
died in wars.

Cuisine
Chicago´s restaurant scene has been influenced by several immigrant cultures. Some of its ethnic districts include:
Greektown
Little Italy
Chinatown
Although they’re not official disctricts, you can find plenty of Polish, Mexican, Vietnamese, Korean, Indo-Pakistani, and of course American food…

Saganaki

Local specialties
Chicago style deep dish pizza
Chicago style hot dog
Polish hot dog
Bratwurst
Italian beef sandwich

The original Chicago-style hot dog

Taste of Chicago
” The Taste” is the world´s largest food festival. It´s a 10 day food & music festival that takes place in July.

Navy Pier

Lincoln Park

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