For local bands taking their first tentative steps to indie stardom and besotted crooners alike, Gallery Cabaret’s biweekly open mic events have become something of an institution in Bucktown. While you will most likely have to stand and watch the show from the closed-circuit monitor above the bar, who can resist $5 pitchers of Leinenkugel, free appetizers and free music? Not us.
Today In The Culture, November 14, 2022: Save Our Skyscrapers | Alamo Drafthouse to Open | Return of the The Nutcracker DESIGN Advice To Feds: Don't Demolish Historic Early Twentieth-Century Skyscrapers In last Thursday evening's public hearing, reports Dennis Rodkin at Crain's, commenters urged the federal government not to "waste" historical buildings on State Street. "Four early twentieth-century buildings the federal government wants to demolish because of security concerns should be saved and rehabbed," commenters said. Tearing down the sixteen-story Century and…
