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WEDNESDAY 1 MARCH
Charles Heath / Eric Schneider — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Nate Manos / Demetria Taylor — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; Open Jam : Brother John — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Astrobrite / Precocious Neophyte / Alga — Burlington , Chicago ; Ron Sexsmith — City Winery , Chicago ; Anthem — Durbins , Midlothian ; Knuckle Piuck / Real Friends / Bearings — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Jodi & Lucky Cloud / Shoulderbrid — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Natalie Landini / Gwen Jazz Jam — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Kenny Wayne Shepard — Hard Rock Casino - Live , Gary , IN ; Karaoke — Heroes West , Lemont ; John Berry — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Chicago Soul Jazz Collective — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Jagaloons — Madcats , Palatine ; Super Jam — Metal Monkey , Romeoville ; Singer / Songwriter Night — Mickey Finns , Libertyville ; Teen Open Mic — Old Town School of Music - Armitage Hall , Chicago ; Dervish — Old Town School of Music - Mauer Hall , Chicago ; Wanees Zarour / Buzuq Works — Old Town School of Music - Szold Hall , Chicago ; Pakt / Chris Siebold Trio — Reggies - Shack , Chicago ; Ivy Ford — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Curtis Waters / Tommy Richman / Cybertrash — Schubas , Chicago ; Acoustic Open Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Skooter ' s Idol — Skooter ' s , Shorewood ; SolDial / Sophia Cruz / Lilla Sol — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; RAP / Ferreira / Eldon — Subterranean , Chicago ; Line Dance Lessons — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Vinyl Wednesday — Will County Brewing , Joliet ; Caitlin Peluffo — Zanies , Chicago .
THURSDAY 2
Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; The Collection / Mom Rick / Mildwest — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; BTS Express / Shirley Johnson — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Titus Andronicus / Country Westerns — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Hey Cowboy — Bub City , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Virgin Mother / Dead Hour Noise / Deeper Graves — Burlington , Chicago ; Eric Benet — City Winery , Chicago ; Glimmers / Last Night Saved My Life / Highwire — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Tinlicker — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Victor Garcia — Constellation , Chicago ; Dogs at Large / Cam Jams / Cass Cwik — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Evenflow , Geneva ; Frogpond / KG
Continued from page 12 featuring Jack Dylan Grazer , Adam Brody , Ross Butler , Meagan Good , D . J . Cotrona , Grace Caroline Currey , and Djimon Hounsou .
Inside Directed by Vasilis Katsoupis Rated R ª March 17 • In Theaters
This intense psychological thriller tells the story of Nemo ( Willem Dafoe ), an art thief trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn ’ t go as planned . Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art , he must use all of his cunning and invention to survive .
John Wick : Chapter 4 Directed by Chad Stahelski Rated NYR • March 24 - In Theaters
John Wick ( Keanu Reeves ) uncovers a path to defeating the High Table . But before he can earn his freedom , Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes .
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& Drive — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Kelroy / Midnight Snacks — FitzGer- Prices subject to change on all specials
ald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Toby Lightman — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Edens / Humdrum / Imperfections — Hideout , Chicago ; Open Mic Comedy — House of Blues , Chicago ; Columbia College Jazz Ensemble — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Ana Belaval — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Open Mic — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Junior Boys / Hagop Tchaparian — Metro , Chicago ; Joe List — Park West , Chicago ; Open Jam — Pollyanna Brewing , St . Charles ; Knock2 — Radius , Chicago ; Black Magnet / King Yosef / Nevada Hardware — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Echoes of Pompeii — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Joey J . Saye / Rosa ' s All Stars — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Chris Patrick / Dende / Ausar — Schubas , Chicago ; Schubas Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Open Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Airiel / Pink Frost / Panda Riot — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Emily Scott Robsinson / Alisa — SPACE , Evanston ; Garza — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; J . Grant Experience — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Songwriters Series — The Venue , Aurora ; Comedy Cocktail — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Taylor Swift Party — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Paul Virizi — Zanies , Chicago ; Pat Tomosulo — Zanies , Rosemont .
FRIDAY 3
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Monster Jam — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Marques CarrolThadeus Tukes — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Wishbone Ash — Arcada , St . Charles ; DJ Don Carlo — Arlington Ale , Arlington Hts .; Flamingo Haze ( Make A Wish Fundraiser ) — Art Theatre , Hobart ; Grungeworthy — Basecamp , Lisle ; Runner / Waveform — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Young Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Prince Daddy & The Hyena and Drug Church — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Heart of the Black — Brat Stop , Kenosha ; Bass Drop Collective — Brauerhouse - BHouse , Lombard ; Lloyd Snyder — Bub City , Chicago ; Ghost Town — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Ghost Forest / The Mons — Burlington , Chicago ; Chris Karabas Band — Carol ' s , Chicago ; ABBA Glitter Disco — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Shannon Fiedler — City Winery , Chicago ; People In Trouble / Nequient / Lower Automation — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Hot Business / Brown Line Boys / Bent Dimes — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; Abbey Road Beatles All-Star Tribute — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Meg & The Wheelers / Nathan Graham /
Dungeons & Dragons : Honor Among Thieves
Directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley Rated NYR • March 31 - In Theaters
A charming thief ( Chris Pine ) and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic , but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people . The film brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure .
A Good Person Directed by Zach Braf Rated R • March 31 - In Theaters
Daniel ( Morgan Freeman ) is brought together with Allison ( Florence Pugh ), the once-thriving young woman with a bright future who was involved in an unimaginable tragedy that took his daughter ’ s life . As grief-stricken Daniel navigates raising his teenage granddaughter and Allison seeks redemption , they discover that friendship , forgiveness , and hope can flourish in unlikely places .
Reilly Downes & Cody — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; William Elloit Whitmore — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Menards / Heavy Sounds — FitzGerald ' s - SideBar , Berwyn ; Soulfly / Bodybox / Skinflint — Forge , Joliet ; Nighttrain — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; The Dead Bolts / Blackpool Mecca — G Man Tavern , Chicago ; Chris Foreman / Frank Catalano Quintet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Ivy Ford — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Wayne Baker Brooks — Hard Rock Casino - HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Hey Comedy — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Alex Siegel — Hideout , Chicago ; Shrek Rave — House of Blues , Chicago ; Adele Givens — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Columbia College Jazz Ensemble — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Creed Fisher — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Phaseone / Aweminus / Guppi — Joe ' s on Weed , Chicago ; Tiffany Renee & Volumes — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Leroy Winn Power Trio — Madcats , Palatine ; Chicago Farmer — Martyrs , Chicago ; DJ Slykk — Mickey Finns , Libertyville ; Every Avenue / Unwell — Piazza , Aurora ; Billy Denton — Pollyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Ryan Cooper — Pollyanna Brewing , Roselle ; Joseph Capriati / Eats Everything / Cole Knight — Prsym , Chicago ; Groupo Frontera — Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee ; Lever / Alive Alone / Torch The Hive — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Rotting Christ / Carach Angen / Uada — Reggies - Rock Club , Chicago ; Tommy James & The Shondells — Rialto , Joliet ; Cory Wong / Trousdale — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Take it Easy — Rochaus , W . Dundee ; Van Halen & Whitesnake Tributes — Rochaus , W . Dudee ; Rico McFarland — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Line Dancing — Saddle Up , Aurora ; Gordo / Salaroo — Salt Shed , Chicago ; Comedy Showcase — Schubas , Chicago ; Sweet Pill / Their-They ' re-There — Schubas , Chicago ; Piano Bar : Dave Rice — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Kweku Collins / Shawnee Dez / Ajani Jones / Oddcouple — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; DJ Tennis / Ataxia / Chachi Guerrero — Smart Bar , Chicago ; Dylan LeBlanc / David Ramirez — SPACE , Evanston ; EMO Nite — Subterranean , Chicago ; Foreigner / Led Zeppelin Tributes — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; Fried Hard Comedy — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Dave Ramont / Gerald Dowd — The Venue , Aurora ; Sarah Canton / Jillian Francis — Uncommon Ground , Chicago ; Blue October / Beatnik Bandits — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Aberdeen is Dead / Max Diaz / Camp Edwards — WC Social Club , West Chicago ; Paul Virizi — Zanies , Chicago ; Pat Tomosulo — Zanies , Rosemont .
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talk about the reality of the situation , as opposed to the story that I told myself then . So maybe I acted badly or hurt somebody , and a song like “ The Hard Way ” is about looking back at my life and going , “ Oh , man – I hurt people because I didn ’ t know my own strength , I didn ’ t know my own power of how you could make other people feel , and you should think about the way you ’ re making other people feel and maybe not be so selfish .” So so much of this record is about the relationship between myself and my career , and the industry , and trying to chase the dream , as opposed to spending my life building a business or work that just feels very … I mean , this is my work . This is what I do to have a life that ’ s happy . All of my selfworth , all of my confidence , all of my self-love is conditional on me being as successful as I possibly can be in my field of art and work . And that ’ s like not healthy , and will also probably never bring me the success that I want because you can ’ t hold onto something that tight and expect it to want to stick around . So I ’ ve been trying to reframe all of that , and this album is sort of my therapy of working through that . Like , “ Cool – if I ’ m gonna do music , I don ’ t wanna be miserable doing it . I have to be happy . This is my dream , I ’ m living it ; it has to be the way I need it to be . So I have to grow up and make this work for me , in a healthy way now , and find my way back to loving it again .” Going back to The One That Got Away TV show , when I filmed it , I had so much fun doing it , and I was
SATURDAY 4
DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Monster Jam — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Marques CarrolThadeus Tukes — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Groupo Frontera — Aragon , Chicago ; Hairbanger ' s Ball — Arcada , St . Charles ; Liquid Faction — Arlington Ale , Arlington Hts .; Simply Elton ( Elton John Tribute ) — Art Theatre , Hobart ; Indusrial Drive — Basecamp , Lisle ; June of 44 / Lifeguard — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Sheryl Young Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Taylor Fest — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Boys & Toys / Doghouse Scoiety — Brat Stop , Kenosha ; Stereo Types — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Thai Fight Night — Brauerhouse - BHouse , Lombard ; Lloyd Snyder — Bub City , Chicago ; Toronzo Cannon — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Sweetie / Sleeping Villans / Lemon Knife — Burlington , Chicago ; South City Revival — Carol ' s , Chicago ; Ja Rule & Ashanti — Chicago Theatre , Chicago ; Crash Test Dummies / Carleton Stone — City Winery , Chicago ; South Arsenal / Sawbuck / First Step to Glory — Cobra Lounge , Chicago ; Kittin / The Hacker / Panterah — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Alla Bora — Constellation , Chicago ; Kashmir / Keep The Faith — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; American Prayer — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Karaoke — Durty Nellies , Palatine ; Tyvek / Glyders — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Mr . Dave ( Kids Show 10am ) — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Reverend Horton Heat / Scott Biram — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message / Josefina Asconap — FitzGerald ' s - Side- Bar , Berwyn ; Sonata / Sizzy The Artist / DJ Pharris — Forge , Joliet ; Bella Cain — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Tommy Kessler ( Album Release Show )/ Nora Marks / Pretty Pleased — G Man Tavern , Chicago ; Paper Machete / Frank Catalano Quartet — Green Mill , Chicago ; Duke Tomatoe & Power Trio — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Gary , IN ; Libido Funk Circus — Hard Rock Casino - HR Cafe , Gary , IN ; Lounge Puppets — Heroes West , Lemont ; Family Groove Company — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Trap Karaoke — House of Blues , Chicago ; Adele Givens — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Columbia College Jazz Ensemble — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Daria Zawialow & Mrozu — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Mike Wheeler Band — Johnny ' s Blitz , Westmont ; Ludlow / Marlon & The Shakes / Next Day Air — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Diva Drag Brunch ( Noon ) — Madcats , Palatine ; Kofi Baker — Madcats , Palatine ; The Prowlers — Mickey Finns , Libertyville ; Lunasa — Old Town School of Music - Mauer Hall , Chicago ; Brad Hides — Pollyanna Brewing , Lemont ; Markus Schulz — Prsym , Chicago ; Kayzo / Joyride / Samplifire — Radius ,
like , “ Oh . I can have fun doing work ! This is what that feels like ! And I haven ’ t had fun making music in a long time , so maybe I need to let go . I really need to stop letting it be so painful because it was for so long .” And I think that ’ s true for so many artists .
IE : “ Someone Else ” sounds like a Pandora ’ s box kind of scenario , as in , be careful what you wish for . BW : Yeah . Yeah . Zak and I had a brief separation in our eight-year-long relationship , having to do with his sobriety and some stuff , and we were young and growing up and growing away from each other , and we need to figure out if life was gonna happen … maybe not together . And we ’ d never really thought about that – maybe we should . But it only lasted a couple of months – it was very brief , and it was mostly just us re-evaluating our relationship and him getting sober . And the experience of being apart from him and thinking , “ This is my new life – I have to embrace this and be positive about it .” So that song was a very true and intimate look into that time in our lives , and when I showed him the song , and we talked about all the music , he said , “ I want you to tell the truth , you know ? Tell everybody that I had to stop being an asshole and go get sober and that this is a song about that . And it changed our lives for the better .” So if talking about it means that somebody else might be encouraged to find a way back to themselves or to each other , then great , we ’ ve done something .
Appearing : 3 / 21 at Rivera Theatre , Chicago .