Chicago is B__l__u__e__s__T__o__w__n There is whole musical genre which is wolrd known.  Chicago Blues or Blue Chicago , which happens every Thursday, a creative combination of the modern power addition of electricity mixing both standard guitars and harmonicas through various innovative mixer boards.  Buddy Guy’s Legends opens at amost every Saturday night at the basement of the Blue Chicago Store. Very loyal Blues fans, which Chicago has pleanty of, always goes to the  Kingston Mines  which is Chicago’s oldest blues club. Included in this Jazz and Blues is Andy’s Jazz Club & Restaurant and the Back Room’s “as well as  Green Dolphin Street.

Comedy Theater - Piano Bars - Night Clubs: See Kaz Bar below click on for WebSite
Fascinating Postings: For Ticket Information - Hottix . Recommended BY: Chicago Night Life, RMC	Gag Reflex Sketch Comedy Theatre which now operated in two locations - Chicago, Illinois, and Austin, Texas. iO Theater, a real innovator, as well as creative licensing all passed and praised with flying colors. Chicago Comedy Company Theatre, a real corporate image type, that really like to play and serve the incoming bussinesses in to the Chicago area. Then there is Schadenfreude Theatre Company which is strick genre stuff with light hearted twists. And every basic, as well as clever on the plot, if there is a plot too with Bailiwick Repetory Theatre.  Something to scratch your head about too !
A real dating advise:   Piano Bars have comfort. class and that delicate cozyness you want in order to get closer and intimate to your date.  I did at the Windsor @ Washington DC during the early 70s.	Frank Sinatra once commented to news reporters about Jilly's Pinao Bar. " My favorite bristro. " Rachel visited it and said, " she is definately coming back. " For first class touch of the keys there is the Red Head Piano Bar too !
	Jazznlight.com  Featuring free smooth jazz MP3s.  Come!  Experience! Groove with a melodic, expressive Soul.  Also visit KLORTON. Experience the Movement and Druming Beat of the electric sounds of KLORTON.  http://www.jazznlight.com House of Blues Kaz Bar Andy's Lounge 11 E Hubbard St, Chicago - (312) 642-6805   Bella Lounge - 1212 N State Pkwy, Chicago, IL - (312) 787-9405   Double Door Nightclub 1572 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago - (773) 489-3160   Excalibur - 632 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL - (312) 266-1944   Lepassage  1 Oak pl, Chicago - (312) 255-0022 Rednofive - 440 N Halsted St, Chicago - (312) 421-1239 Bamboo Room - 50 Yorktown Ctr, Lombard - (630) 620-0710 Bongo's Nightclub  1431 W Lake St, Chicago - (312) 491-9729 Coyote Ugly Restaurant & Saloon   316 W. Erie St., Chicago, IL Howl at the Moon  26 W. Hubbard St., Chicago, IL, 60610 312 863-7427
Restaurants:	Recommended. I have recieved three recommendations for this restaurant - thanks Chicago. The Blackbird Restaurant [ WebSite ]
Internet comments.	SUNDAY NIGHT @ MODA CHICAGO! Sunday night brings us to Moda, one of Chicago’s most popular clubbing destinations. This should be a fantastic night considering there is no school or work on Monday. Join KCJ and Tommy Z productions as we put together one hellava a party the you wont forget. On the decks along with KCJ will be DJ Supreme and Martin Boogieman Luna. There is no cover until midnight with your RSVP. RSVP FOR NO COVER UNTIL 12 RSVP NOW! Send Your First and Last names to: info@djkcj.com ( Subject / MODA )
Theatre                                           ****	Theater The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Theater offers downtown audiences the best opportunity to experience Chicago’s innovative off-Loop theater companies. A night at one of DCA Theaters is an entertaining, exciting glimpse into the variety of Chicago’s vibrant theater scene. Studio Theater Located just off the Randolph Street lobby, the Studio Theater is an incubator space that gives small theater companies the opportunity to share their work with downtown audiences. The Department of Cultural Affairs provides the space rent-free to encourage the growth of new creative talent. Ticket prices are kept low, and admission is free for select events. Tickets and/or reservations are handled by each individual company's box office. Claudia Cassidy Theater Located on the 2nd floor of the Randolph Street entrance, the Claudia Cassidy Theater is a 294-seat venue that provides space for staged readings, improv shows, workshops and panel discussions, and short-run productions. Examples of recent programs include AFTRA/SAG Radio Players, The Playwrights Collective, Chicago Improv Festival, Playing French, and multi-cultural events in cooperation with local consulates. Theater programming at the Cultural Center also includes such annual festivals as Theater Fever and the Chicago Improv Festival, and on-going programs such as The Playwrights Collective reading series. Lectures, Workshops, and Post-Show Discussions are offered on an occasional basis to augment an existing theater production or visual arts exhibition; and to fulfill the Department's mission of administering educational and outreach opportunities free to the public. Audiences have the chance to meet a playwright, director, or cast; theater companies have the chance to work with playwrights and interact with audiences. Storefront Theater Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph, is dedicated to giving small to mid-sized theater companies the opportunity to perform in a state of the art venue located in the heart of the downtown theater district. Performances strive to stay at an accessible price level, increase public awareness of the importance of the performing arts and foster cultural awareness. Storefront Theater believes in the fundamentals of education, innovative thinking and community support. View the DCA Theater schedule.
James Lauder - Web site	- - Fri, Feb 17: NEW YORK: LOVE NYC w/ D-Nox & Beckers, Jason Jollins (re-scheduled from Dec) (club info)  - Sun, Feb 25: CHICAGO: The END @ Smartbar (FREE / industry night info)  - Sun, Mar 11: CHICAGO: The END @ Smartbar (FREE / industry night info)  - Sun, Mar 25: CHICAGO: The END @ Smartbar (FREE / industry night info)
chicago concerts	Chicago's Martino Conspiracy Kicks Off CD Release With Concert at Otto's March 31s (From - openPR) -    'Hope in Isolation' already impacting radio nationwide Chicago's Martino Conspiracy is set to celebrate a soft release of their Gladius/Aspirion Records CD "Hope in Isolation" with a concert at the famous Otto's Nightclub, 118 East Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 60115 on Saturday, March 31st. Doors: 8PM, Showtime: 9PM (21 and up) Admission: $3. Opening band TBA Already garnering commercial and non-commercial airplay around the country, The Martino Conspiracy is poised for success with a tour currently being planned. The official CD release date is May 15, 2007. “Displaying a truly unique style and approach, Tony Martino doesn't ‘sound like’ anyone...that's what I like about him.” - Wildman Steve, Director of Music Programming, WQNR Auburn, AL "Martino layers his melodies to create gorgeous candy pop-scapes, and he sings them with a soft fluid voice that’s a surprising combination of Brian Wilson and John Mayer." - Performing Songwriter Magazine The Martino Conspiracy is the alternative-pop/rock project of 23-year-old Tony Martino. A lifelong resident of the Chicago area, he says that ten years ago it was while listening to the Beach Boys song "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" that he suddenly felt the need to start playing an instrument and writing his own music, and cites Brian Wilson as being his biggest musical influence. Fast forward to 2006, and Martino claims that he is on a personal mission to make a major impact on the modern music scene. Even at his young age, Martino has already had a taste of success when he released (under his own name, Tony Martino) his first independent LP (through Koch/Compendia Records) in 2004 to AAA commercial radio stations in the United States. With hardly any real promotion or touring behind it, the album was picked up by over 75 stations nationally and had two different singles from the album top the charts as the most requested and played song on a number of different stations on the format (coming in ahead of many currently well known major label artists). He would go on to be named AAA radio's Artist of the Month the second week of May, 2004. In addition to the radio success, Martino also beat the odds by either winning or placing as a finalist (out of thousands and thousands of submissions) in many songwriting contests including the winner of the VH1 Song Of The Year contest for the month of August, 2004 (Instrumental), the 2005 Billboard Songwriting Contest, (rock) as well as the 2005 International Songwriting Contest (Adult Contemporary). He was invited as a show guest on numerous radio stations nationally, as well as receiving numerous feature articles and write-ups from radio program directors and mass media publications like The New York Times, San Francisco Examiner, The Daily Herald in Chicago, Performing Songwriter Magazine, and Amplifier Magazine. In mid-2005, Tony Martino's music caught the ear of a high profile entertainment attorney in Los Angeles, and ultimately landed Martino back in the studio to record a follow up record titled "Hope In Isolation" with internationally renown record producer and former Psychedelic Fur's keyboardist Ed Buller (Suede, Blur, Crystal Method, Ben Lee, Pulp, Tatu, etc.), based out of London. A good portion of the record was produced and recorded by Buller and Martino in a number of different studios out in Los Angeles, and the other half of the record was produced by Martino in various studios around Chicago. Other notable guest appearances on the record include members from platinum selling groups like the Verve Pipe and Stabbing Westward. Without having even been released yet, the album has already been receiving some significant advanced press, including an article written last summer by Adam Schlesinger (academy award nominee and bassist for the bands Fountains Of Wayne and Ivy) in the New York Times, in which he cites that the album and Tony Martino "have incredible potential," after hearing demos of it while it was half way through the recording process. The album is set to release nationally (on Martino's own Gladius Records) May 15th in conjunction with a national tour, as well as the first single going to multiple radio formats across the United States. According to Martino, it is a very personal album. Another big change occurred early in early 2006 when Tony Martino decided that rather than just be another solo artist using their full name, to add permanent members to his live show, and therefore renamed the band "The Martino Conspiracy." Added to the mix were well established Chicago musicians (both studio and live) bassist Steve Smith, lead guitarist Svilen Mikov, keyboardist Nick Wygonick, and drummer Tim Lydon. Tony Martino explains: "I don't have any hidden interests in real life conspiracies, or anything of the sort other than working well next to my last name, the idea behind naming the group "The Martino Conspiracy" is that I have a natural tendency to write very different types of songs. Some you'd probably call pop songs, others you may even call harder rock songs. I have so many different influences and goals with music, that I thought I would be extremely limiting myself if I decided to pick just one sound and write every song in that style. I wanted it to be as if when you turned on one of my records, you could honestly think you were listening to entirely different bands, but still find that thread of identity throughout each different song that linked back to me as the songwriter. While I definitely implement different influences throughout the album, I want each song to be as memorable and inspiring as the last. I'm not sure that qualifies as being a real conspiracy, but it made sense at the time I thought of it, which was 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning." Music critics and press have often described Tony Martino as having a very intriguing charisma, as well as a certain originality in the manner in which he carries himself on and off the stage. After being holed up in many different studios the past eighteen months, Tony is really looking forward to getting on the road with his band in support of the record in 2007. After all, expectations are very high for this new album. The foundation has already been laid down with the release of his previous record, and now Martino wants this to be the record that puts him over the top. There's very good reason to believe that is exactly what's going to happen. To request photos, presskits, press passes or to schedule interviews, please contact Sandy Serge, Serge Entertainment PR, phone 678-445-0006, Email: SergeEnt@aol.com. For more information about The Martino Conspiracy, please visit their web sites at www.martinoconspiracy.com or www.myspace.com/martinoconspiracy. For directions to Otto's, please visit www.ottosdekalb.com or call 815-758-2715. Jpegs available upon request
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