Last Call For Nick's Worcester Bar

WORCESTER, MA — It's the last weekend in business for Nick's in Worcester, a beloved bar that's a second home to for the city's poets, comedians and musicians.

Nick's will close by Monday, but not before a weekend full of events to let locals say goodbye to the bar.

Nick's owners Nicole Watson and Vincent Hemmeter sold the bar recently to Frank Inangello, a longtime Nick's employee, and his wife, Mara. The couple will reopen Nick's as a cocktail bar called Steel and Wire.

"Frank has been in the company for over 20 years and we wish he and Mara the best in what we are confident will be a successful new venture," Watson and Hemmeter wrote in a recent farewell Facebook post.

How will Watson and Hemmeter say goodby to Nick's? Here's the full weekend lineup:

• Friday — Keri Anderson and the Funk It Band, 9 p.m.
• Saturday — "Farewell to Nick's Party" with comediaand nad lounge singer Niki Luparelli and musician Dan Burke. First show starts at 7 p.m., a second show with special guests begins at 9:30 p.m.
• Sunday — The final Listen! poetry series featuring Victor Infante, Gary Hoare, Joe Fusco Jr and Jeff Campbell, 6 p.m.