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Arts & Entertainment

General Information

• Choose Chicago
  Chicago's Convention and Tourism Bureau Web site.
• City of Chicago
  The official Home page for the city of Chicago.
• Metromix
  A Chicago entertainment & restaurant guide.

Tickets Online

• Fandango
  Find where movies are playing and purchase tickets online.
• Hot Tix
  Check for theater tickets available at half price.
• Ticketmaster

Architecture

• Chicago Architecture Foundation
  Directory of architects, information on architectural tours, student field trips, volunteering, etc.
• Great Buildings Collection
  Ancient and new buildings. Includes picture index.

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Art

• ArtCyclopedia
  A comprehensive site to artists whose works can be found in museum collections worldwide. Search by artist's name, artwork's title or art museum.
• Art in Context
  Art museums, current exhibits, galleries, art dealers and artists' websites.
• The Art Institute of Chicago
• Chicago Gallery news
  Local gallery openings, exhibits, and artist information. Links to art museums and cultural centers.
• Museum of Contemporary Art

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Dance

• American Ballet Theater
  Synopses of ballets, biographies, performance dates & glossary.
• Hubbard Street Dance Company
• Joffrey Ballet
• The River North Dance Company

Films

• Internet Movie Database
  Movie reviews, biographical sketches of artists, awards, etc.
• Movies by Ebert
  Film critic Roger Ebert's reviews.
• Movefone
  Enter a movie you want to see and your Zip code to find local listing.
• Rotten Tomatoes
  Reviews and movie lists. Lists can be generated based on criteria such as genre, era, and MPAA rating.

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Museums

• Adler Planetarium
• The Art Institute of Chicago
• Chicago Historical Society
• DuSable Museum of African American History
• Field Museum of Natural History
• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Museum of Science and Industry
• The Oriental Institute
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago Academy of Sciences)
• Shedd Acquarium

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Music

• All Music
  Information about different genres of music. Search by artist, album, song, or classical work. Includes biographical and historical information, discographies, and more.
• Aria Database
  Search by arias, character name, composers, and opera. Get an English translation of an aria.
• Chicago Classical Music
  An online community for classical music lovers. Includes calendar of events, discussion forums, and articles.
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Classical Net
  Buying guide to classical CDs, reviews, composers' works & dates.
• Essentials of Music
  Brief biographies of composers, overview of the main periods in classical music and glossary.
• Lyrics from LyricWiki
  All styles and nationalities going back to around 1930s.
• Operabase
  Global index of opera houses' websites, opera festivals, schedules and reviews.
• Ravinia
  View a schedule and purchase tickets.
• UBL Artist Direct
  Links to musicians' websites, concert info, radio stations, record labels, and more.

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Restaurants

• CenterStage
  Search by location, ethnicity, style and atmosphere.
• Check, Please!
• Metromix
• Time Out Chicago
• Zagat
  Guide to Chicago and other large cities' restaurants.

Theater

• Chicago Plays
  Listings of Chicago plays.
• Curtain Up
  Current and past theater reviews of plays in New York City, Washington D.C. and London.
• Internet Broadway Database
  The offical site for Broadway theaters. Information on current productions and on shows going back to the beginning of New York theater
• League of Chicago Theatres
  Show listings of Chicago plays.

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Last Updated May 2008.
Lincolnwood Public Library at http://www.lincolnwoodlibrary.org