Hungry Brain

Sunday! Set 1 with Jim Baker (piano). Set 2 with the Jason Roebke Quartet - Edward Wilkerson Jr. (reeds), Mabel Kwan (piano), Jason Roebke (bass) & Marcus Evans (drums). Doors 7, Music 9pm.

Friday! The Western Elstons - Scott Ligon (guitar, vocals), Casey McDonough (bass, vocals), Joel Paterson (guitar) & Alex Hall (drums). Doors 7, Music 9pm

Sunday! Set 1 with Ben Zucker (vibraphone, cornet) & Daniel James Burke (piano, synth). Set 2 with Banana Acid — Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Caroline Jeselva, Garrett Frees, Erez Dessel & Tyler Wagner. Music 9pm

Sunday Reading Series — Poetry, Prose & Cocktails featuring Summer J. Hart, Nick Twemlow & Robyn Schiff. Doors: 6:30, Readings: 7pm. FREE!

Saturday! Dance This Mess Around with DJ Foster Grant (Kevin Stacy), longtime DJ and booker at the legendary Danny’s Tavern. Expect a post-modern mix spanning eras & cultures, all in service of a joyful dance floor. Music 9pm. FREE!

Saturday! Alex Dupree & Maria Elena Silva each perform solo sets. Austin-based Dupree brings idiosyncratic American folk & country, including songs from his latest album Talking to the Dog. Doors 6, Music 7pm.

Friday! The Sidepieces — a rotating cast of Chicago singers and players led by Jordan Martins on pedal steel, revisiting mostly sad country songs: old & new, familiar & hidden, traditional & unorthodox. Listening, talking, weeping, dancing & laughing encouraged. Doors 7, Music 9pm.

Sunday! Dave Rempis, Gerrit Hatcher, Lee Johnson, Tyler Wagner & Chris Corsano — saxophones, synth, electric bass & drums. Doors 7, Music 9pm.

We will be closed for a private party on Saturday night, and will be back open on Sunday.

Wednesday! Bricktown Sound {Sound & Gravity Edition} presents: Eternally Yours (Damon Locks + Wayne Montana). Doors: 7, Music: 9pm. FREE!