Chicago (disambiguation)
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Chicago
, Illinois is the third largest city in the United States of America.
Chicago may also refer to:
. These include:
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois is the third largest city in the United States of America.
Chicago may also refer to:
California
- Chicago Park, CaliforniaChicago Park, CaliforniaChicago Park is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, along State Route 174 southeast of Grass Valley, California, and north of Colfax, California.-History:...
, an unincorporated community in Nevada County - New Chicago, CaliforniaNew Chicago, CaliforniaNew Chicago is an unincorporated community in Amador County, California. It is located south of Plymouth, at an elevation of 948 feet ....
, formerly known as Chicago, an unincorporated community in Amador County - Port Chicago, CaliforniaPort Chicago, CaliforniaPort Chicago was a town on the southern banks of Suisun Bay, in Contra Costa County, California. It was located east-northeast of Martinez, at an elevation of 13 feet...
a former town and Naval Station in Contra Costa, County
Illinois
- Chicago (CTA Blue Line station)
- Chicago (CTA Brown and Purple Lines station)
- Chicago (CTA Red Line station)
- Chicago Heights, IllinoisChicago Heights, IllinoisChicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 31,373 at the 2005 census. Chicago Heights is nicknamed 'Crossroads of the Nation'.-History:...
, Cook County - Chicago RiverChicago RiverThe Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of the same name, including its center . Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and...
, a river in Chicago, Illinois - Lake ChicagoLake ChicagoThis article is about the prehistoric lake, For other geographic features with this name, see ChicagoLake Chicago was a prehistoric proglacial lake that is the ancestor of what is now known as Lake Michigan, one of North America's five Great Lakes....
, a prehistoric lake from the Wisconsin Glacial Period - North Chicago, IllinoisNorth Chicago, IllinoisNorth Chicago is an outer suburb/exurb of the Chicago metropolitan area and is an incorporated city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 35,918 at the 2000 census....
, Lake County - South Chicago Heights, IllinoisSouth Chicago Heights, IllinoisSouth Chicago Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,970 at the 2000 census.-Geography:South Chicago Heights is located at ....
, Cook County - West Chicago, IllinoisWest Chicago, IllinoisWest Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,469 at the 2000 census. It was formerly named Turner Junction after its founder, John B. Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad in 1855...
, DuPage County
Wisconsin
- Chicago Corners, Outagamie County, WisconsinChicago Corners, Outagamie County, WisconsinChicago Corners is an unincorporated community in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The unincorporated community is located in the Town of Oneida and is also located in the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin.-Geography:...
, an unincorporated community - Chicago Junction, WisconsinChicago Junction, WisconsinChicago Junction is an unincorporated community located in the town of Beaver Brook, Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States....
, an unincorporated community - Little Chicago, WisconsinLittle Chicago, WisconsinLittle Chicago is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community on Marathon County Highway A in located within the town of Hamburg, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States...
, an unincorporated community
Literature
- Chicago (art magazine)Chicago (art magazine)Chicago, Times, Plotter, Helvetica, DIN, Techno, Löhfelm, RR_02, Univers, Tiffany, Circuit and Memphis are the 12 issues of the Chicago magazine founded in 2002 in Vienna by a group of Austrian, German and Swiss artists: Christian Egger, Manuel Gorkiewicz, Christian Mayer, Yves Mettler, Magda...
, former magazine published in 2002 - Chicago (magazine)Chicago (magazine)Chicago is a monthly magazine published by the Tribune Company. It concentrates on lifestyle and human interest stories, and on reviewing restaurants, travel, fashion, and theatre from or nearby Chicago. Its circulation in 2004 was 165,000, larger than People in its market...
, published by the Tribune Company - Chicago (manga)Chicago (manga)is a near-future action manga written by Yumi Tamura. It was published by Shogakukan in Betsucomi from November 2000 to May 2001 and collected in two bound volumes under the Flower Comics imprint...
, authored by Yumi Tamura - "Chicago" (poem)Chicago (poem)"Chicago" is a poem by Carl Sandburg, about the U.S. city of Chicago. It first appeared in Sandburg's first collection of poems, Chicago Poems, published in 1916 ....
, by Carl Sandburg - The Chicago Manual of StyleThe Chicago Manual of StyleThe Chicago Manual of Style is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 16 editions have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publishing...
, style guide for American English published since 1906 - The ChicagoanThe ChicagoanThe Chicagoan was an American magazine modeled after the New Yorker published from June 1926 until April 1935. Focusing on the cultural life of the city of Chicago, each issue of the Chicagoan contained art, music, and drama reviews, profiles of personalities and institutions, commentaries on the...
, cultural magazine published in the 1920s and 1930s
Music
- "Chicago" (1970 song), by Graham Nash
- Chicago (band)Chicago (band)Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...
, rock band founded in 1967- Chicago (album)Chicago (album)Chicago is the second album by Chicago-based rock band Chicago. It was released in 1970 after the band had shortened its name from The Chicago Transit Authority after releasing their same-titled debut album the previous year.-History:...
, 1970 album by the above band
- Chicago (album)
- "Chicago" (Sufjan Stevens song)Chicago (Sufjan Stevens song)"Chicago" is a track from Sufjan Stevens 2005 concept album Illinois, released on Asthmatic Kitty. The song tells the semi-autobiographical story of a young man on a road trip, and his youthful idealism. The track is Stevens' signature song, and he usually ends his live shows with a version of this...
, 2005 song from the album Illinois - "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)"Chicago" is a popular song. It was written by Fred Fisher and was published in 1922. The song has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known version is by Frank Sinatra....
", 1922 song by Fred Fisher - Chicago houseChicago houseChicago house is a style of house music, a genre of electronic dance music which emerged in Chicago in the mid-1980s. Stylistically, Chicago house has no widely accepted definition, but generally includes the first house music productions by Chicago-based artists throughout the 1980s, and any later...
, genre of electronic dance music - Chicago PowerfestChicago PowerfestChicago Powerfest is a heavy metal festival held annually in Illinois since 2000. The 2008 edition took place on May 1-3 at The Pearl Room in Mokena.-May 7 :*Korpiklaani*Eluveitie*Moonsorrow*Primordial*Blackguard*Swashbuckle...
, annual heavy metal festival - "Chicago", 1977 single by Kiki DeeKiki DeeKiki Dee is an English singer with a career spanning more than 40 years....
- "Chicago", song by Groove Armada from the 1999 album VertigoVertigo (Groove Armada album)Vertigo is the second studio album by English electronica duo Groove Armada, released in 1999 on the Jive Electro record label. It contains the well-known single "At the River" and the track "I See You Baby", which has been featured in adverts for the Renault Megane car and also the Ford Fiesta...
- "Chicago", song by Kate Voegele from the 2007 album Don't Look Away (album)Don't Look Away (album)-Singles:"Only Fooling Myelf" was released as the album's lead single. The song won first prize in the Pop category of the 2005 USA Songwriting Competition, making her the youngest winner in the history of the competition at that time. She later showcased her song at Borders Books & Music in...
- "Chicago", song by The Devil Wears Prada from the 2011 album Dead ThroneDead Throne-Track listing:-Personnel:The Devil Wears Prada* Mike Hranica - lead vocals* Jeremy DePoyster - rythm guitar, clean vocals* Chris Rubey - lead guitar* Andy Trick - bass guitar* James Baney - keyboards, synthesizer, piano...
- "Chicago", song by Tom Waits from the 2011 album Bad as MeBad as MeBad as Me is the seventeenth studio album by American rock musician Tom Waits, released on October 21, 2011 by ANTI- Records. The album is known to have been recorded as early as February 2011 and was officially announced for release on August 23, 2011 on Waits' official web site and various social...
Theatre, film and television
- Chicago (1927 film)Chicago (1927 film)Chicago is a 1927 comedy-drama silent film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Frank Urson.-Plot:Drawn from the play of the same name by Maurine Dallas Watkins which was in turn based on the true story of Beulah Annan, fictionalized as Roxie Hart , and her spectacular murder of her boyfriend...
, based on the 1926 play - Chicago (2002 film)Chicago (2002 film)Chicago is a 2002 musical film adapted from the satirical stage musical of the same name, exploring the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Jazz-age Chicago....
, based on the 1975 musical - Chicago (musical)Chicago (musical)Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...
, first performed in 1975, based on the 1926 play - Chicago (play)Chicago (play)Chicago is a 1926 play written by Maurine Dallas Watkins. It was based on two unrelated 1924 cases of two women, Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner, who were both suspected and later acquitted for murder, that Watkins had covered for the Chicago Tribune as a reporter...
, 1926 play written by Maurine Dallas Watkins - "Chicago" (Prison Break), 2007 episode in the TV series
- I Am ChicagoI Am ChicagoI Am Chicago is an ongoing photo and video documentary project by Adam Novak and Sara Collins. It started in 2009. It consists of full body portraits and video footage of pedestrians in over 30 neighborhoods of Chicago. The photographers used a rental moving truck as a portrait studio utilizing...
, 2009 photo and video documentary project - Chicago (Sam Shepard play), 1965 play by Sam ShepardSam ShepardSam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child...
Schools of thought
There are several Chicago schools of thought, generally named after distinguished programs of the University of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. These include:
- Chicago school (architecture)Chicago school (architecture)Chicago's architecture is famous throughout the world and one style is referred to as the Chicago School. The style is also known as Commercial style. In the history of architecture, the Chicago School was a school of architects active in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century...
- Chicago school (literary criticism)Chicago school (literary criticism)The Chicago School of literary criticism was a form of criticism of English literature begun at the University of Chicago in the 1930s, which lasted until the 1950s. It was also called Neo-Aristotelianism, due to its strong emphasis on Aristotle’s concepts of plot, character and genre...
- Chicago school (sociology)Chicago school (sociology)In sociology and later criminology, the Chicago School was the first major body of works emerging during the 1920s and 1930s specialising in urban sociology, and the research into the urban environment by combining theory and ethnographic fieldwork in Chicago, now applied elsewhere...
- Chicago school of economics
Games
- Chicago (bridge card game)Chicago (bridge card game)Chicago, also known as Four-deal Bridge and Short Bridge, is a form of contract bridge and a variation of rubber bridge in which sets of four deals are played and scored...
, a form of contract bridge - Chicago (poker card game), a Swedish poker game (or any one of several stud poker variants, including "Chicago," "Big Chicago," and "Little Chicago")
- Chicago (pool), "money ball" pool gambling game
- Chicago 90Chicago 90Chicago 90 is an action/racing game developed by Microïds in 1989 which provides two game modes: one can play both gangsters and policemen with two different goals and strategies. In the "gangsters mode", you simply have to escape the city while avoiding the cops...
, 1989 video game by Microïds
Science and technology
- 334 Chicago334 Chicago334 Chicago is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 23, 1892, in Heidelberg....
, large main-belt asteroid found in 1892 - Chicago (typeface)Chicago (typeface)Chicago is a sans-serif typeface designed by Susan Kare for Apple Computer. It was used in the Macintosh operating system user interface between 1984 and 1997 and was an important part of Apple’s brand identity. It is also used in early versions of the iPod user interface...
, a classic Apple Macintosh font - Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, 1944 agreement concerning the regulation of international air travel
- Windows Chicago, codename for Windows 95