Given that artist and bartender Greg Shirilla bartends at Humboldt Park 4 AM spot the Continental, where he serves rowdy revelers into the wee hours, it’s remarkable that he’s still one of Chicago’s friendliest dudes—dealing with humanity at its drunkest tends to make a person surly! Shirilla needs a hand, and Gossip Wolf is happy to pitch in: On June 28, he fell three stories while cleaning windows at another job, breaking his wrist and ankle and cracking two vertebrae. Though he’s insured, he’ll be laid up in rehab for another month and unable to work for even longer. Pals have banded together to help with his mounting bills, and on Saturday, September 2, they’ll throw a raffle, barbecue, and silent art auction at the Continental, beginning at 3 PM—artworks up for bid include a painting of late comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory by Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr and an unpublished photo of Black Flag on tour in Chicago in 1980. Get well soon, Greg!
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