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They're part of a gospel, R&B, Evanescence-esque opera. [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | May 6, 2024 [Anaiet Soul, pianist, performer, and lifelong student]( “To play jazz, especially in the city, but just to play jazz, period, you need to have tough skin and you need to be able to take criticism.” by [DMB (Debbie-Marie Brown)]( | [Read more]( → [Publisher’s note: why the Reader is returning to weekly publishing]( The Chicago Reader’s print publication will return to weekly publishing in June 2024. The paper pivoted to a biweekly print schedule in June 2020. by [Solomon Lieberman]( | [Read more]( → [Evan Mills sets his sights for LA]( The Second City star plans a move—but first, he’s giving other AAPI comedy artists a boost. by [Kerry Reid]( | [Read more]( → [Middleton of the road]( Blue in the Right Way’s Women Beware Women is a long journey. by [Amanda Finn]( | [Read more]( → [Review: Chicken for Linda!]( Chicken for Linda! is a stunningly animated exploration of grief. by [Nina Li Coomes]( | [Read more]( → [Review: Unfrosted]( Unfrosted is a silly, desperate-to-please Pop-Tarts origin story. by [Donald Liebenson]( | [Read more]( → ICYMI: the Reader is going back to weekly publication! “Soon, late in the evening on the fifth of June, a delivery driver will drop a fresh bundle of our beautiful newspapers at one of 1,100 locations across the city. This will mark our return, after a long four years, to publishing the Chicago Reader on a weekly basis. Hell, yes.” Check out our CEO & Publisher’s recent note on why this is a long time coming - and so necessary. [NOW EVERY WEEK…BECAUSE CHICAGO IS JOY]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, May 2, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 15]( [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