Chicago: Dance
Circus 901 W Weed St tel 312/266-1200. This celebrity hangout features cartoonish, technicolor decor and a live trapeze act.Crobar 1543 N Kingsbury St tel 312/413-7000. The exclusive, hyper-trendy warehouse club near the river spins the newest techno and house. Sun is gay night.
Excalibur 632 N Dearborn St tel 312/266-1944. A city institution blasts out rock, R&B and Motown on several floors.
Iggy's 700 N Milwaukee Ave tel 312/829-4449. This place gets lively at about 3am on the weekend. The red-velvet interior looks like a bordello, and there's a cute patio.
Red Dog 1958 W North Ave tel 773/278-1009. This small Wicker Park club, or "funk parlor" as they like to call it, plays house, soul and funk. The entrance is in the alley.
Smart Bar 3730 N Clark St, underneath the Metro tel 773/549-0203. Great techno and house on the weekend in post-industrial Wrigleyville surroundings. Weekdays see a mix of punk, goth and Eighties. The whole complex is open late - until 5am Fri and Sat.
Voyeur 151 W Ohio St tel 312/832-1717. For clubgoers who take their people-watching seriously, this popular space offers two-way mirrors, fish-eye lenses, and closed-circuit TV cameras trained on the stainless-steel dance floor.
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