Celebrate Chicago and enjoy some etchings of some landmark theaters:
The Waterworks
The Waterworks on Michigan Avenue and the Water Tower were built in 1869. Both survived the Great Chicago Fire (1871) and are on the National Registry of Historic Places. Looking's Theater began operations in Chicago in 1988 and moved to the Waterworks facility in June 2003. It was awarded the 2011 Tony Award for Regional Theater.
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The Chicago Waterworks and Lookingglass Theater
Aquatint etching with hand-coloring
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Renaissance at the Green Mill
The Green Mill Jazz Lounge has been in Uptown since the early 1900s. Gangsters were frequent patrons in the 1920s. The Green Mill was purchased and rehabilitated in 1986 by current owner Dave Jemilo. Currently the best jazz musicians and, recently, Slam Poetry events are performed regularly at the Green Mill Jazz Lounge.
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Uptown Chicago: The Green Mill Jazz Club
"A History Lesson at Lawrence and Broadway"
Aquatint etching
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Music and Dance at Millennium Park
Irving Harris was a Chicago businessman and philanthropist. He was co-founder of the Toni Home Permanent Company.
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Joan and Irving Harris Theater for Music and Dance in
Millennium Park
Aquatint etching with hand-coloring
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The Chicago Theater
The Chicago Theater was built in 1921 by the Balban & Katz Entertainment Company and was the first of many such theaters in Chicago and around the country. The theaters featured entertainment on stage and screen and continues as a major force today in the Theater District of Chicago.
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The Chicago Theater on State Street
Aquatint etching with hand-coloring
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