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The Black Orchid was an upscale Chicago nightclub that flourished in the mid to late 1950s where, according to print media critics, Johnny Mathis got his first big break. [1] The club opened in 1949. The Black Orchid was declared bankrupt in July 1959, closed, and never reopened. [ 2 ]
The Sunset Cafe, also known as The Grand Terrace Cafe or simply Grand Terrace, [1] was a jazz club in Chicago, Illinois operating during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. It was one of the most important jazz clubs in America, especially during the period between 1917 and 1928 when Chicago became a creative capital of jazz innovation and again during ...
Located at 206 South Jefferson Street in Chicago, [3] the club was made out of a three-story former factory. The Warehouse drew in around five hundred patrons from midnight Saturday to midday Sunday. The Warehouse was patronized primarily by gay black and Latino men, [4] who came to dance to disco music played by the club's resident DJ, Frankie ...
Black and Tan clubs were nightclubs in the United States in the early 20th century catering to the black and mixed-race ("tan") population. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They flourished in the speakeasy era and were often popular places of entertainment linked to the early jazz years.
Selling the Race: Culture, Community, and Black Chicago, 1940–1955. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226306410; Moore, D. "CineWiki - Regal Theater and African-American Exhibition in Chicago." CineWiki - Regal Theater and African-American Exhibition in Chicago, December 14, 2008. Web. April 23, 2013.
Knupfer, Anne Meis. "'Toward a Tenderer Humanity and a Nobler Womanhood': African-American Women's Clubs in Chicago, 1890 to 1920." Journal of Women's History 7#3 (1995): 58–76. Knupfer, Anne Meis. The Chicago Black Renaissance and women's activism (U of Illinois Press, 2023. Lemann, Nicholas.
Roth used his experience as a theatrical booker to increase the restaurant's reputation in and outside Chicago. When the Blackhawk stopped featuring orchestras in 1952 and removed the bandstand and the dance floor, Don Roth declared the restaurant's theme was "The Food's the Show" and focused on the house specialty of prime rib served from ...
The Club DeLisa, [2] also written Delisa or De Lisa, was an African-American nightclub and music venue in Chicago, Illinois.Located at 5521 South State Street (State Street and Garfield Avenue, on the South Side), it was possibly the most prestigious venue in the city. [3]