International Game Room

CTL-E-3587 · Venue · club · 1980s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Calvin Hollis' International Game Room on 47th Street off King Drive, Chicago; the venue where promoter David Risqué gave DJ Celeste Alexander her first DJ gig in the early 1980s.

The record

Also known as: Calvin Hollis' International Game Room

Relationships

Bronzeville — located in
The International Game Room stood at 47th Street off King Drive (Bronzeville).

Referenced by

Celeste Alexander (DJ Celeste) — performed at → this record

Sources

Chicago House Music Oral History Project — Interview with Celeste Alexander (Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago) (primary source)
CultureTechLens batch RELP81 research (new supporting entity)

Record CTL-E-3587 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 2 sources (1 primary) · 2 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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