Switcheroos

Empire Dine and Dance in Portland "has been purchased and this weekend is its last for music for a few months," according to Emily Burnham of the Bangor Daily News' Culture Shock blog. "The word on the street is that the downstairs area will be reopened in early summer as a Chinese restaurant – which the Empire building originally was, back in the day – and the upstairs is tentatively planned to reopen this summer as well, still as a music venue." [CS]