A New York City restaurant chain, Brother Jimmy’s, will lease the space from the new owner pending a liquor hearing in Cambridge, according to the chain’s owner, Josh Lebowitz.
The International House of Blues Foundation, which funds art and music education with an emphasis on the contribution of African-Americans, will also close the doors of its Cambridge office at the end of the month and has cancelled its Boston area programs for the school year.
The Cambridge site’s eclectic collection of folk art will likely be moved to other House of Blues venues, according to Tedesco.
But lovers of the Harvard Square club’s artwork need not sing the blues. Tedesco said much of the unusual art will probably be shipped to a new House of Blues branch opening in Cleveland.
—Staff writer David B. Rochelson can be reached at rochels@fas.harvard.edu.