NEW ISSUE: Sex workers live here

Plus: Heartland Alliance closes its doors. [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | April 4, 2024 [Sex workers live here]( [a magazine cover with a girl behind a curtain]( Photograph by [Oriana Koren]( On the cover: “Sex workers live here” | “What happened to Heartland Alliance?” [A rip in the social safety net]( After nearly 140 years, Heartland Alliance will close its doors, raising questions about the future of its services both locally and globally. by [Dilpreet Raju]( | [Read more]( → [a group of people in costumes posing for a group photo]( [With Tala, Francine Almeda brings her curatorial eye to West Town]( The new gallery opens during EXPO Chicago. by [Christina Nafziger]( | [Read more]( → [a neon light in the window of a white house]( [Melon Sprout, ceramicist and noise artist]( “I’ve always appreciated the sounds that ceramics make when you’re eating out of them and the clinking and everything, but I hadn’t considered that it would be chill if you, like, forcibly amplified that.” by [Micco Caporale]( | [Read more]( → [a neon light in the window of a white house]( [Chicago indie band the Courts could give rock radio an orbital boost]( by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [Have dinner with DeMar DeRozan]( Two local filmmakers team up with the NBA all-star for Dinners with DeMar, a web series about mental health. by [Noëlle D. Lilley]( | [Read more]( → We want to know what you think! Help us better serve our audience and community by taking this 15-minute survey, in partnership with Northwestern University’s Local News Accelerator. [TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF]( [a magazine cover with a girl behind a curtain]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, April 4, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 13]( [VIEW/DOWNLOAD ISSUE (PDF)]( [Become a member of the Chicago Reader.]( [Facebook icon]( [Instagram icon]( [Twitter icon]( [Website icon]( [YouTube icon]( [LinkedIn icon]( [Logo] You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from the Chicago Reader. Want fewer emails from us? [Click here to choose what you want us to send you](. Or, [unsubscribe from all Reader emails](. We’ll miss you! [Sign up for emails from the Chicago Reader]( | [Forward this e-mail to a friend]( © 2024 Chicago Reader. All rights reserved. Chicago Reader, 2930 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 102, Chicago, IL 60616