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There's something new to see every day at one of the city's hundreds of live entertainmentvenues. Right now, you've got to check out the Cadillac Palace Theatreand take the time to see the Chicago Cubs.

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If you're traveling into Chicago for the first time, check out this quick overview of tourism and transportationin the Windy City.

If You're Traveling Into Chicago...

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Chicago has a major theater scene, and is the birthplace of modern improvisationalcomedy. The city is home to two renowned comedy troupes: The Second City and I.O.(formerly known as ImprovOlympic). Renowned Chicago theater companies include theSteppenwolf Theatre Company (on the city's north side), the Goodman Theatre, andthe Victory Gardens Theater. Other theatres, from nearly 100 storefront performancespaces such as the Strawdog Theatre Company in the Lakeview area to landmark downtownhouses such as the Chicago Theatre, present a variety of plays and musicals. Thecity is home to the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, theJoffrey Ballet, and several modern and jazz dance troupes. The city's classicalmusic scene is also home to companies including Music of the Baroque, Chicago OperaTheater, the Chicago Chamber Musicians, Chicago a cappella, and many others.

Chicago is known for its Chicago blues, Chicago soul, Jazz, and Gospel. This strongtradition of music and musical innovation have continued into contemporary styles.The city is the birthplace of the House style of music, and is the site of an influentialHip-Hop scene. In the 1980s the city was a center for industrial, punk and new wave(spawning the famous Wax Trax! label); this influence continued into the alternativescene of the 1990s. Chicago was an epicenter of the development of rave culturein the 1980's even through today. There is a flourishing independent rock scene,including the recent explosion of Chicago emo acts, with multiple festivals featuringvarious acts each year (Lollapalooza, the Intonation Music Festival and PitchforkMusic Festival being the most prominent).

Chicago has several signature foods which reflect the city's ethnic and working-classroots. These include the deep-dish pizza and the Chicago hot dog, which is almostalways made of Vienna Beef and loaded with mustard, chopped onion, sliced tomato,pickle relish, celery salt, sport peppers, and a dill pickle spear. However, puttingketchup on a Chicago hot dog is often taken as an insult. Chicago is also knownfor Italian Beef sandwiches and the Maxwell Street Polish (always served toppedwith grilled onions and mustard). The city has many upscale dining establishmentsas well as many ethnic restaurant districts. These include "Greektown" on SouthHalsted, "Little Italy" on Taylor Street, just west of Halsted, "Chinatown" on thenear South Side, and South Asian on Devon Avenue. Each summer at the end of Junethere is a food festival called the Taste of Chicago in Grant Park. The park ishome to the famous Buckingham fountain and is located right in the midst of downtownoff the lake. Every type of food in the city is represented, with free concertsand events daily.

Chicago is considered to be the premier transportation hub in America. It is animportant component in global distribution, as it is the third largest inter-modalport in the world after Hong Kong and Singapore. Additionally, it is the only cityin North America in which all six Class I railroads meet.

Seven interstate highways run through Chicago. Segments that link to the city centerare named after influential politicians, and traffic reports tend to use the namesrather than interstate numbers. The Kennedy Expressway is I-90 from the Loop toO'Hare International Airport. The Dan Ryan Expressway is I-90/94 from south of the"Circle Interchange" to the I-57 Split, and from the I-57 Split south is the BishopFord Freeway. The rest of I-94 is called the Edens Expressway. I-90 becomes theChicago Skyway when it breaks off from the Dan Ryan Expressway. Other named highwaysegments are the Stevenson Expressway (I-55) and Eisenhower Expressway (I-290).

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) handles public transportation in Chicago anda few adjacent suburbs. The CTA operates an extensive network of buses and a rapidtransit system known locally as the 'L' (for "elevated"), which among other thingsprovides rail service from downtown to Midway and O'Hare airports. The RegionalTransportation Authority (RTA) provides service in forty surrounding suburbs withsome extensions into the city.

Metra operates commuter rail service in Chicago and its suburbs. The Metra ElectricLine shares the railway with the South Shore Line's NICTD Northwest Indiana CommuterRail Service, which accesses Gary/Chicago Airport. Pace operates a primarily-suburbanbus service that also offers some routes into Chicago.

Chicago is served by Midway Airport on the south side and O'Hare International Airport,one of the world's busiest airports, on the far northwest. In 2005, O'Hare was theworld's busiest airport by aircraft movements and the second busiest by total passengertraffic (due to government enforced flight caps). Both O'Hare and Midway are ownedand operated by the City of Chicago. The State of Illinois has debated opening anew airport near Peotone. Gary/Chicago International Airport, located in nearbyGary, Indiana, serves as the third Chicagoland airport. However, as of mid-2006,the airport does not support any scheduled passenger service.