Incidentally , The Mentally Ill are playing a pre-show / art opening , Thursday at The Bottom Lounge, which is a straight shot West on Lake Street from State and Lake. If you are'nt driving , take a cab from Downtown , or the green line elevated train(To Diversey). Don't have the address handy , sorry.
It's still kind of a dicey neighborhood (It's a cpippled industrial area, not a "Neighborhood"as such. ) , not too bad , just be alert. The show is at 7 , so , it won't even be dark , then , anyway.
The whole of Chicago disagrees with me , but , The Mentally Ill was/is the best Punk band Chicago produced. Except , they're from Deerfield .