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It does so with items, neatly displayed, such as photos of the many performers at the club from the 1950s into the 1970s (an astonishing list that includes Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Mort ...
Stone Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,576 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] Incorporated in 1939, the town was named for insurance magnate Clement Stone, who bought most of the land when it was still corn fields.
Kingston Mines showcases blues music ranging from delta blues to Chicago blues.Their featured artists cover a broad and diverse spectrum of the genre. Blues legends such as Koko Taylor, Carl Weathersby, and Magic Slim have played there; among a myriad more.
It later became a private nightclub in 1986. The theatre is located in the Uptown section of the city, at the intersection of Lawrence, Broadway and Racine. The area has several notable theaters, including the Aragon Ballroom, which is only 0.2 miles away. Since 2006 it has been owned by Chicago-based Jam Productions (itself owned by Jerry ...
The Kinetic Playground was a short-lived nightclub located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The club was opened on April 3, 1968, as the Electric Theater [1] by Aaron Russo and was located at 4812 N. Clark Street (NW corner of Clark and Lawrence).
The nightclub was destroyed on December 8, 1955 when a fire started in a grease chute and spread through a ventilator into the club. 2 Mister Kelly’s was rebuilt and reopened on August 29, 1956 [6] with a new policy of standup singers. Previously the nightclub specialized in singers who played their own accompaniment. [7]
Rocco Salvatore Pranno (December 18, 1916 – July 1979) was an American mobster and member of the Chicago Outfit who operated on the city's West Side. Born in Stone Park, Illinois , Pranno's criminal record stretched back to 1934 and included charges of armed robbery , extortion , murder and bombing.