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The Empty Bottle [Official Photo] Legendary Chicago music venue the Empty Bottlereopened on March 3 in Ukrainian Village just under a year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced officials to close bars and restaurants. While live concerts haven’t yet resumed, patrons can drink and hang out in parties of six or less all while supervised by a furry harbinger of hope: Peg, a cantankerous middle-aged tabby with a perfectly boop-able nose. Staff have adopted the cat from Oak Park’s Animal Care League as she’s the latest in a series of feline stewards to call the venue home — and the first sinc...

Morton Salt’s former warehouse along the Chicago River could begin its transformation into a music and events venue as soon as this summer, after a $50 million redevelopment plan was approved by the City Council.

Share this article: Cleveland’s  Coventry Village, a neighborhood lined with vintage shops, restaurants and bars was once the hippest area in the city. Located in leafy Cleveland Heights on the city’s east side, the once-bustling area has been quiet since the pandemic hit. Few more so than one of the area’s few constants: independent music venue The Grog Shop. Nestled between a movie theater and coffee shop, The Grog Shop’s exterior makes you think you’re entering a restaurant or café, not one of the best concert venues in the Midwest. It can go toe-to-toe with such other regiona...

Amid pandemic, UChicago scholar launches program for international artists Feb 23, 2021 Interim director Ghenwa Hayek expands Gray Center’s global reach with FarBar program Early last year, Assoc. Prof. Ghenwa Hayek signed on to become the interim director of the University of Chicago’s Gray Center. A month after she accepted the interim directorship, the COVID-19 crisis was officially declared a pandemic. Uncertain times call for certain decision-making, and Hayek quickly embraced the challenge. The Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inqu...

By: Andy Gensler DTLA Vans is one of four urban locales where the brand's new 'Channel 66' will livestream from Vans, a brand long supportive of live music, today announced Chanel 66, an ambitious new livestream content platform self-described as “community radio meets public access TV.”  The channel, which can be accessed here vans.com/channel66, will feature a wide variety of live content weekdays from four urban locales: The General in Brooklyn, NY, House of Vans Chicago, Mexico City (broadcasting in Spanish), and Vans DTLA Channel 66 in Lo...