‘Entertaining Chicago’ Revisits City’s Classic Nightspots
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Authors Neal Samors and Bob Dauber discuss their new book “Entertaining Chicago.”
Chicago has a thriving live music scene today, but many of the city’s legendary venues are long gone. A new book remembers many of those 20th century nightspots. Authors Neal Samors and Bob Dauber join us to discuss their new book “Entertaining Chicago: Remembering the Places, Performers and Stories Throughout the 20th Century.”
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‘Entertaining Chicago’ Revisits City’s Classic Nightspots
Clip: 12/30/2019 | 9m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Chicago has a thriving live music scene today, but many of the city’s legendary venues are long gone. A new book remembers many of those 20th century nightspots. Authors Neal Samors and Bob Dauber join us to discuss their new book “Entertaining Chicago: Remembering the Places, Performers and Stories Throughout the 20th Century.”
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