PHP7 error

My site throws this error when I move into the admin area of my site from the front end after upgrading to 7.1. Using 5.6.6.1 Thought you would want to see the stack trace:

[11-Dec-2016 04:07:09 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: [] operator not supported for strings in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/classes/em-events.php:63
Stack trace:
#0 /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/widgets/em-events.php(69): EM_Events::get(Array)
#1 /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-widget.php(395): EM_Widget->widget(Array, Array)
#2 /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-includes/widgets.php(738): WP_Widget->display_callback(Array, Array)
#3 /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-content/themes/genesis/lib/functions/widgetize.php(254): dynamic_sidebar(‘home-middle-rig…’)
#4 /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-content/themes/xxxxxx/front-page.php(51): genesis_widget_area(‘home-middle-rig…’, Array)
#5 /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(298): xxx_home_sections(”)
#6 /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(323): WP_Hook->apply_filters(”, Array)
#7 /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(453): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#8 /home/xxxxxx/public_ht in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/classes/em-events.php on line 63