hello, i am currently in the midst of moving from Providence, Rhode Island to Chicago. We'll be living just south of The Midway. (i lived in chicago once before, about ten years ago, way north in Uptown, so this will really be like a whole different city this time.)

I would love to find a cafe that is looking for someone to come in maybe once or twice a week at night to provide background music entertainment. I'm thinking literally just me, maybe one microphone to sample room sounds on the fly, a laptop, and a sound system. Creating the sounds spontaneously, rather than bringing in a lot of pre-built loops or samples or songs.

i did find a website for a cafe called Istria that would be fairly close to where i will be living, and their site they were looking for live music, but their events@ contact email address bounced and i never got a reply when i submitted to their "contact us" page. is the cafe still there?

if anyone has any leads, that would be really great.