‘This saves an entire industry’: Concert venues, theaters, museums find sweet relief in prospect of $15 billion in new federal aid
Steve Johnson and Michael Phillips | (Chicago Tribune - December 22, 2020)
Robert Gomez (co-chair and founding member of the Chicago Independent Venue League and co-owner of Chicago music venues Subterranean and Beat Kitchen and of Beat Kitchen on the Riverwalk) and Chris Bauman (owner of Patio Theater and Avondale Music Hall, member Chicago Independent Venue League) are interviewed for this Chicago Tribune feature on the newly-passed Save Our Stages legislation. The two speak on the enormity of the campaign and what the success may mean for independent venues as they navigate the path to reopening.
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