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Empirical Brewery

1801 West Foster Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640

Breweries

Located in the heart of Ravenswood, our brewery is located near major roads and public transit. We took a nice old building and did some cool things with it to make it work for us. In addition to our year-round and seasonal beers, Empirical offers a constantly rotating selection of experimental beers, at least one new beer per week.

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Frida Kahlo’s Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds at the Art Institute of Chicago

Mar 29 – Jul 30

Unveiling Frida Kahlo’s work for the first time in the Art Institute galleries, this exhibition focuses on the celebrated Mexican artist’s first and only trip to…

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Sueños Music Festival,

Grant Park  •  May 24 – May 25

We invite you to Grant Park this May to experience all-new multi-day Latin music festival, Sueños. World-class production and a curated experience that will leave you…

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Chicago Blues Festival

Millennium Park •  Jun 05 – Jun 08

The Chicago Blues Festival shares the great Chicago-born music tradition with the world while shining a spotlight on the genre’s contributions to soul, R&B, gospel, rock…

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