A New Book Recounts the Empty Bottle’s Raucous History
Musicians and writers dish in The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music/Friendly/Dancing
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This Challenging Performance Calls for Perfect Pitch—and Pitch Darkness
Northwestern’s Contemporary Music Ensemble joins Ensemble Dal Niente to tackle Georg Friedrich Haas’s masterwork In Vain March 10.
The Five Best Things to Do in Chicago This Week
The Five Don’t-miss picks for Wednesday, March 9 through March 15, 2016 1 Long Day’s Journey Into Night Theater Mary Beth Fisher plays the morphine-addled matriarch Mary Tyrone in Eugene O’Neill’s opus. The swoon-worthy cast also features Harris Yulin as Mary’s husband and Dan Waller as the couple’s tubercular son. 3/10–4/10. $38–$68. Court Theatre, 5535 … Read more
At the Hideout This Weekend, See All the Chicago Bands Playing SXSW
South by Southwest kicks off this weekend, but if you're not going, Saturday is the Hideout's 20th annual South By Southwest Send-off Party, a concert and fundraiser featuring all eight bands representing Chicago at the festival. The party, launched by Hideout owners Tim and Katie Tuten in the late '90s, raises between $5,000 and $10,000 annually … Read more
Why Wicker Park Needs Double Door
As the stalwart club faces potential eviction, one wonders where its fringiest events might land.
Tracy Letts on His New Steppenwolf Play and Chicago’s “Talent Drain”
After a long hiatus, the Pulitzer–winning playwright revisits Midwestern dysfunction in Mary Page Marlowe.
Best of the Rest
The Trinity Irish Dancers performing in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Photo: John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune COMEDY TOM PAPA 3/19 at 7:30 Discovered by Jerry Seinfeld, this late-night-TV regular tackles everything from his greedy children to grown men wearing shorts. $26–$36. City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph. citywinery.com KATT WILLIAMS 3/19 at 8 Williams’s Conspiracy Theory … Read more
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