Joe Shanahan founded sister venues Metro and Smart Bar in 1982, inspired by the adventurous punk and no wave he’d seen in the late 70s at New York venues such as the Mudd Club and CBGB. Shanahan was in his 20s at the time, but the Wrigleyville building his venues occupied had been built in […]
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Agenda: Thu 7/21/22
From 3-7 PM, Rogers Park hosts its annual Taco Crawl, where 14 local restaurants from across the neighborhood (Taqueria El Dorado, Urban Tables, Supermercado Roman, and La Choza to name a few) will be serving tacos along Clark between Devon and Rogers. Tickets are $20 in advance or $30 at the door. Pick up your […]
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Metro’s backstage past
Metro’s green room has dealt with its fair share of rock stars, Kurt and Courtney among them.
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Our guide to the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
Our coverage of the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
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In Mod We Trusted
Various Artists Whodunit: Chicago Knows Who (No Cigar) In many respects the short-lived Chicago mod craze was a typical retro revival, dusting off a British youth culture that was already two decades old–most Chicago mods took their cues from the Who documentary The Kids Are Alright and from Quadrophenia, Franc Roddam’s film adaptation of the […]
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Alex Chilton
Since Alex Chilton walks a thin tightrope between earnestness and sarcasm, poise and chaos, art and trash, rock and roll, he would make the perfect guest on the David Letterman show if Letterman were cool enough to ask him. Since he probably won’t, I’ll fill in with a top-ten list of Things to Expect at […]