Lizard's Liquid Lounge announced recently that it will be closing for good in April after 18 years on Chicago's Northwest Side.

The Andy Coe Band is a long-running Grateful Dead cover outfit. They’ll stage their 10th annual “Dead of Winter” concerts at the Nectar Lounge this year.

On the Strip and beyond, clubs, bars and restaurants spotlight local performers who deliver some of the city’s best entertainment.

Jack W. Hill, who wrote for 28 years for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, is now a freelance contributor to the paper. He and wife, Vicki, live in Bismarck on Big Hill Creek. They are grandparents six ...