We've got a couple great events coming up this weekend. FRIDAY, January 30th, we've got the second installment of SUPER SECRET MOVIE CLUB starting up at 8pm. @supersecretmovieclub13 does an incredible job of finding underserved and under-appreciated movies, provides all the context and background and drops them right onto your Neo-cortex while they are still piping hot. Don't miss it! Saturday, January 31st, join Natalie Lynch & the Hired Guns + Bora Bora for a FREE LIVE SHOW here at Lodge. That will get started around 9pm. @natalielynchmusic And FOR GOD'S SAKE PLEASE REMEMBER that we ALWAYS serve pizza. It's great pizza at an amazing price. And every day from 4p-7p you get an even better deal: 12" pizza + 32oz pitcher of Trust for only $15. What??? Come and get it, nerds!

We're BACK OPEN today at 2pm!!! Come in and grab a pizza and some beer and say HI to Emily. And, while you're here, grab yourself a beautiful and branded ANTI-ICE Whistle from our friends at @feral_house They sent these along with some stickers from their even chillier home of Wisconsin. Come in and grab a whistle, protect your friends and neighbors and, you know what? SUPPORT your local (and not-so-local) independent book publishers like the beautiful folks at FERAL HOUSE who've brought us so many amazing and transgressive books over the years from APOCALYPSE CULTURE, to (my fav) RITUAL AMERICA, the (very long awaited new edition of) LUCIFER'S POWER (about the Process Church), HOLY FOOD (about Cults and Food, yo) and many, many, many important books. Thank you Christina and Feral House!!! And thank you to all you fine people out in this world WORKING HARD to keep the flame lit. Let's keep each other safe and prospering. And... let's drink!

It's rare we do this - and, believe me, we don't want to do this - but it's colder than the pointiest tip on Stephen Miller's head out here in Chicago, so we're going to do the right thing and stay hunkered down, bundled up and just as warm as we can possibly manage in this preternatural chill. So sorry!! We WILL be back open tomorrow, Saturday, January 24th, at 2pm for regular service and the RANDALL THE MIGHTY PIKE Free! Live! Show that starts at 9:30pm tomorrow night. Stay warm. Cuddle up with a pet or a lover or a lover-pet (if you must). Listen to some wonderful music, eat some warm food and pray to the hottest god you can design. WE WILL BE BACK AT IT AGAIN MAÑANA!

The first rule of IBW BOOK CLUB is that you always have to wear a shirt and pants to the IBW BOOK CLUB. Other than that, you're pretty much good. Why not come find out for yourself?? 7pm TONIGHT - Wednesday January 21st - the IBW BOOK CLUB will be discussing "Witches of Bellinas" by J. Nicole Jones. Here's the synopsis: "A dreamy California Gothic about a woman who moves to the mysterious town of Bellinas to save her marriage, only to be swept up in a hedonistic cult that isn’t what it seems." That sounds YUMMY! Don't blow it. And, if for some awful reason you can't make it tonight (DRY JANUARY IS NOT AN EXCUSE WE HAVE NA BEERS!) then make sure to join us for the next one on March 25th where we'll be discussing "The New Me" by Halle Butler. WE ALSO HAVE A TON OF OTHER STUFF COMING UP. SWIPE LEFT TO SEE EVERYTHING COMING UP FROM NOW UNTIL MARDI GRAS ON 2/14!! <--- <--- <--- See you tonight!

No Trivia tonight or next week. We'll pick back up in earnest on TUESDAY FEBRUARY 3rd. You're more than welcome - and even encouraged! - to come in and keep your icicles melting with beer and pizza and to give John some TLC, but NO TRIVIA for the next 2 weeks. Ok? Ok!

BIG THANKSS to @witchbeam from the inimitable @bucklandmuseum for the hot sauce and for being part of this wonderful weekend we enjoyed here at the Lodge celebrating Chicago giant of invisible things @michaelbertiauxart !!

WE OPEN AT 11:30am TODAY as we continue to celebrate Michael Bertiaux's 91st godDAMN birthday!!! There's a Sunday Sermon by @witchbeam and friends at 12:30pm followed by OCCULT TRIVIA at 3pm! And then at 5:30pm we're going to watch the godDAMN BEARS continue their forward harch to the Super Bowl! As an added bonus, you can ask Charlie at exactly what point did he lose the thread yesterday!! It's Sunday and it's a NEW MOON, come raise 12-14 glasses of beer a piece as we celebrate LIFE, LOVE, LIBERTY and an incredible humanoid whose dedicated his 91 years on this troubled planet to ART & PLAY. DO IT! @michaelbertiauxart