🪑 Blurring the line between art and craft

Plus, theater & music coming up [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | April 25, 2024 [Sensing wood, sculpting ecology]( The craft-centered practice of artist and furniture maker Galen Odell-Smedley. by [Nicky Ni]( | [Read more]( → [The Music Man at Marriott knows the territory]( A sparkling revival lets us believe in the storybook premise of a classic American musical. by [JT Newman]( | [Read more]( → [Jump bridges painful family memories]( Charly Evon Simpson’s poetic and empathetic drama gets a sturdy midwest premiere at Shattered Globe. by [Kerry Reid]( | [Read more]( → [Plastics Hi-Fi aimed for the radio and missed]( These psych-pop tinkerers tried mainstreaming their trippy “bathtub symphonies” and ended up disbanding with their final album unreleased. by [Steve Krakow]( | [Read more]( → [a group of actors in a performance of play]( [Owen’s 11th album is more of what makes Mike Kinsella’s solo project endearing]( by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → Shermann “Dilla” Thomas hosts the Best of Chicago celebration TONIGHT at Lincoln Park Zoo! Join us for music, vendors, entertainment, and lions 🦁 [GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, April 18, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 14]( [VIEW/DOWNLOAD ISSUE (PDF)]( [Become a member of the Chicago Reader.]( [Facebook icon]( [Instagram icon]( [Twitter icon]( [LinkedIn icon]( [YouTube icon]( [Website 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