Weekend Reminders

Thursday posts focus on events that were previously mentioned on Broken Hearted Toy, and are taking place during the upcoming weekend. Plus, the occasional event taking place this weekend that has just come to my attention.

Here’s an event you can catch tonight, depending on when you read this. PureSoul, which regularly schedules Soul Brunch events at City Winery Chicago, will present A Quincy Jones Celebration at the venue tonight at 7:30 pm. Special guests will include Marqueal Jordan, Chris Lofton, and Sam Thousand.

Chicago-based vocalist-guitarist Nicholas Tremulis will celebrate his 65th birthday at Metro this Saturday with help from his band The Prodigals, DJ (Metro owner) Joe Shanahan, and special guests. The seated event, which benefits the Collaboraction Youth Music Program, is sold out, but there are still general admission tickets left for the main floor. Congratulations and best wishes, Nicholas. The doors open at 7:00 pm.

Cary’s Lounge on Chicago’s north side will offer a free double bill of whitewolfsonicprincess and The Flying Chaucers this Saturday, starting at 4:00 pm. Fans have described whitewolfsonicprincess as performers of “21st Century Druid Music” and the band’s latest album Love Without Fear has been picking up favorable reviews on blogs and podcasts. Cary’s Lounge is located at 2251 W. Devon.

January is upon us, and as any Chicago area blues fan knows; that’s when Buddy Guy logs some serious stage time. Starting on January 9, he’ll have Thursday through Sunday gigs at his Buddy Guy’s Legends club through the rest of the month. On a related note, Chicago radio station WXRT will air a vintage Buddy Guy concert as part of its Live From The XRT Archives series Friday night at 9:00 pm.

A fascinating film/live music event titled Haiku Milieu Highlights will take place this Saturday at FitzGerald’s in Berwyn. It involves the multiple artists who’ve composed songs based on haikus created by singer-songwriter Jenny Bienemann. Haiku Milieu Highlights will open with videos at 7:00 pm, followed by a concert an hour later.

The Bad Examples will return to Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights this Saturday night. Lead vocalist-guitarist Ralph Covert has a knack for composing clever, catchy songs such as “Reaching For Shadows,” “Pictures Of A Masquerade,” and “Jayne Left Behind” that often remind people of Squeeze. The music starts at 7:00 pm.

Singer-guitarist Phil Angotti will continue his Beatle Brunch series at City Winery this Sunday at noon, with help from Nash Duo for a set of Beatles songs with strings. A second set of more rock-oriented Beatles songs will find Angotti being backed by Blair Holmes and Tom Ryan.