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Chicago’s Screen, Stage & Soundtrack Trail

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Follow Chicago’s pop-culture canon from the electric blues and landmark performance halls of the South and Loop to comedy, baseball, indie rock, and jazz on the North Side. This route mixes iconic venues, movie-worthy landmarks, and the places behind Chicago’s enduring cultural influence.

  • Pop culture
  • Music
  • Art
  • Architecture
  • Science & Tech
  • Nature
  • Local culture
  • History
  • Social Justice
  • Sports
  • Religion

Places in this guide

  1. 1
    Chess Records Office and StudioHome of America's greatest blues label 🎵
  2. 2
    Thalia HallPrague opera house in Pilsen 🎭
  3. 3
    United CenterNBA's largest arena by capacity 🏀
  4. 4
    Statue of Michael JordanBuilt to honor a retirement that didn't last
  5. 5
    CIBC TheatreSegregated by design 🎭
  6. 6
    Cloud GateThe giant slide that almost was 🎢
  7. 7
    Chicago TheatreA "Wonder theatre" pioneer 🎭
  8. 8
    Goodman TheatreChicago's oldest active nonprofit theater 🎭
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    Second CityChicago's oldest improv troupe 🎭
  10. 10
    Oz ParkChicago's own wizard of Oz author 🌈
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    Wrigley FieldOnly surviving ballpark where Jackie Robinson played
  12. 12
    Metro ChicagoSmashing Pumpkins' first and last gig 🎸
  13. 13
    Green Mill Cocktail LoungeSecret mob tunnels beneath the bar 🤫
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    Aragon BallroomThe dance floor that moves 🎶
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