Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/15 – 6/18
We are right in the heat of summer and no rain is going to stop Chicagoans from going out and having some fun! Plus it’s Father’s Day weekend and Marielle […]
Fresh Start To Your Week: 5/5 – 5/7
Hopefully your weekend was spent enjoying our wonderful city under warm and sunny rays! While it won’t get as sweltering, you can still keep the fun times going with some […]
Do Division to Kick Off Festival Season (and Summer) Next Weekend
Summer signals street fair celebrations. This weekend, Do Division will span ten city blocks, and it will bring together local vendors and restaurants in between the stages. Speaking of the stages, Empty Bottle […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/25 – 5/28
It feels like I’ve been writing about rainy days and Twin Peaks for weeks now. Don’t let the upcoming wet days discourage you from enjoying this pre-Memorial Day weekend. Go […]
Fresh Start to Your Week: 5/15 – 5/17
This is a pretty big week for my undying appreciation of Twin Peaks. It’s been 25+ years since the show went off the air and it’s distressingly surreal follow up […]
Fresh Start to Your Week: 5/01 – 5/03
Your first Fresh Start of May is here to help you make the beginning of this month great. In case you somehow aren’t aware, the David Lynch Retrospective at the […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/13 – 4/16
We’re halfway through the month and the April showers keep on coming. Thankfully, the great weekend events have also been plentiful. Some are sold out like the Chance the Birthday […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/6 – 4/9
The beginning of this month has been a little rainy and overcast, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying our wonderful city! This curated weekend is huge and chock […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/9 – 3/12
Happy weekend before St. Patrick’s Day! As you likely know, a few of Chicago’s big festivities will take place this weekend since St. Patrick’s Day proper falls on a Friday […]
Preview: The Lemon Twigs at the Empty Bottle, 1/26
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4nqnVOfMo] Elton John’s favorite new band is coming to town this weekend. Two brothers in Long Island formed The Lemon Twigs based on a shared love for sanguine, sheen pop and gritty, […]
Preview: Cymbals Eat Guitars this Tuesday (10/11) at the Empty Bottle
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPAQe5brCjc] Cymbals Eat Guitars has been around for nearly a decade. And it might just be me, but the time between 1996 and 2006 seems like a longer time […]
Rhapsody in Normcore: A Review of Mild High Club at the Empty Bottle
[soliloquy id=”6844″] It’s as if a hazy cloud filled the Empty Bottle last Friday. 12-string guitars, crystalized synthesizers, and vocals that floated softly above the band all created a relaxed […]