chicago's culture, contemporary life
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Chicago’sCulture & 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.
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+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.
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+Museum CampusChicago’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
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+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
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+Local specialties
Chicago style deep dish pizza
Chicago style hot dog
Polish hot dog
Bratwurst
Italian beef sandwich
+The original Chicago-style hot dog
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+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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