Chopin Theatre, Chicago

####In Focus: Chopin Theatre * **Neighborhood:** Wicker Park * **Known for:** hosting more than 500 theater, music, film, literary, and social events every year * **Tribune Best of the Year Theater Awards:** for showcasing Poland’s cutting-edge Teatr Cogitatur * **What’s on tap:** Wine and beer only * **Have you met … :** Pulitzer Prize–winning guests Gwendolyn Brooks, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Studs Terkel * **A Taste of Poland:** The theater has organized more than 60 Spotkania, which are interviews with prominent Polish or Polish-American political and cultural leaders