Medill Newsmakers: How Chicago’s music scene survived the pandemic

After a year of shutdowns, The Empty Bottle in Ukrainian Village is ready to groove again in 2021. (Casey Drottar/MEDILL)

By Casey Drottar
Medill Reports

Medill Newsmakers is a series of broadcasts dedicated to taking an in-depth look at a single topic. Each broadcast features the newsmakers in Chicago and elsewhere who are at the forefront of these issues.

Casey Drottar is a sports reporter at Medill. You can follow him on Twitter at @CDrottar19.