Designate the time and space to create!!! Everyone welcome--artists, writers, performers come chill, chat, communicate, create in an inspiring space!!! EVery Tuesday. Some supplies for art and writing provided or bring your own.

Come join in on our new unplugged patio OPEN MIC!!! Every Thursday----ALL WELCOME!!! Singers, performers, poets, readers, etc. etc. Open at 5pm. Music 6-9pm!!!

BILL BLOOMER If you’ve been wondering, “Where are all the good lion-wrestling, Buddhist monk, Americana singer-songwriters?” It’s time you meet Bill Bloomer. The singer, guitarist and songwriter is keeping the troubadour tradition alive, performing on two or three continents a year. He may be playing at a festival in Terlingua one month, and then busking in France on the way to festivals in the United Kingdom and house concerts in Scandinavia. So what does he sound like? Sinewy guitar lines played on a vintage 1930 “The Gibson,” melodies that stick to your ribs, lyrics that can evoke a laugh or a tear (sometimes in the same song) and a voice like bourbon; strong, bracing and with a sweet tinge of honey in songs telling a story like the whisper of a friend.

THE MENARDS Band namesake Tim Menard is a Chicago veteran. Tim’s hand-picked a coterie of his favorite players — his wonderful, fiddle-playing bride, Cathie Van Wert Menard, veteran bass ace Michael Krayniak, pedal steel guru Gabriel Stutz and drum legend Paul Bivans. Featuring Tim’s indelible original tunes mixed with some carefully curated covers, the Menards spin aspects of folk, rock and country into a rich web of Americana.

Allegra Malone is a songstress, writer and instrumentalist with stories to tell. The Revival, her band of musical A-listers, bring the velocity of full throttle rock and roll, soul stirring blues and epic ballad’s to heights that signal a new moment in country music. The songs are a lyrical collage of love struck vulnerability, intimate peril and beaming transcendence. Old country and gospel folklore effortlessly reinvent Allegra’s Muscle Shoals (Al) roots, while pop undertones make her a cross genre artist with influences that range from Little Feat to Chris Stapleton. Her songwriting has been compared to Joni Mitchell, Susan Tedeschi and such notable country icons as Loretta Lynn, for her punchy upbeat songs like Ripe on the Vine (2020). Friday night favorites such as Sweet Virginia, are instrumentally driven with such scorching momentum that by the end, it feels like the song is on the verge of exploding. Allegra’s voice is unbridled and passionate; she emotes an unmasked strength and femininity that has garnered her attention from fellow artists and audiences alike. This emerging, multifaceted artist is not to be missed and will soon be stirring souls on her 2020 tour.

Dowd & Drew are two Chicago singer-songwriters teaming up to take the stage. Gerald Dowd has been described by Richard Milne of XRT as “the hardest working drummer in Chicago” and is a regular on the touring circuit. Rachel Drew grew up in Chicago and has been singing since those days. Rachel also headlines her band of originals, the Bitter Roots. Rachel’s sound draws from mid-60s R&B, early-70s Ronstadt, Roy Orbison, as well as classic country.