Calo Theatre
5404 N. Clark Street,
Chicago,
IL
60640
5404 N. Clark Street,
Chicago,
IL
60640
8 people
favorited this theater
Showing 51 - 58 of 58 comments found
I’ve contacted the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce with regards to finding any information on the Calo’s use as a bowling alley. I’ll pass on any information I receive from them when I hear back from them.
Not sure…I remember bowling there in the mid to late 60’s when I was a teenager. I don’t recall the bowling being new, so it must have been there around 10 years before I starting bowling with my friends. There was a cigar store on the corner and Sip & Straw Ice Cream across the street. I remember it well!!
I’m almost positive the Calo was converted to a bowling alley during the 1960’s. Sorry can’t be more specific.
The Calo was a bowling alley during my college days in Chicago in the late ‘70s; don’t know when that use began or ended.
Here is a photo of Clark Street and the Calo dated 1916 from the Library of Congress' Chicago Daily News archive.
I grew up in the Andersonville area in the 60-70’s. Was this the Calo Bowling Alley? I’m confused. I don’t remember a theatre there. During the 1980’s I lived out of state and so much changed while I was away!
According to this article in today’s Chicago Tribune, the Calo has been acquired by Lukaba Productions and Brian Posen, founder of the Chicago Sketchfest and local improv director and teacher. The Calo will be transformed into a three auditorium venue for local theatre groups mainly for rental use, similar to the Theatre Building in Lakeview. The renovation is expected to cost about $1 million and the Calo will reopen in spring of 2006.
The Griffin Theater Company has recently left the Calo Theatre due to mounting upkeep and renovation costs (see this recent news article for further details.) Until a new home for the Griffin can be found, the theater company is using other theatrical venues around the city.