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Union Hall closed indefinitely after electrical fire

March 30, 2017April 3, 2017

Shortly before midnight on Friday, an electrical fire broke out in a packed Union Hall. Nobody was hurt as the venue in Park Slope Brooklyn evacuated and FDNY arrived on scene. But the popular bar and concert/comedy venue is closed indefinitely now. Shows scheduled through at least April 15 have …

UP in smoke: Rooftop fire at Piper’s Alley complex in Chicago home to The Second City

August 26, 2015August 27, 2015

When there’s smoke, there’s often fire. And when that fire happens in the Piper’s Alley complex in Old Town Chicago that’s home to The Second City, all’s well that ends well with a joke or two on social media. But even as Chicago firefighters arrived on the scene at 1612 …