Jack White hasn’t played many club shows since the White Stripes broke through 20 years ago, but the artist returned to both his music and Midwest roots in a surprise show at Chicago’s Empty Bottle on ...

When Empty Bottle opened in 1992, the venue quickly earned a reputation as a “cat-ridden hole-in-the-wall bar.” While some things have stayed the same (there’s still cheap drinks and a house cat, Peg, ...

The indicator Bruce Finkelman took as the sign he should change his life came in literal form — in the guise of a “For Rent” notice he spotted in the window of a modest building on the northeast ...