NEW ISSUE: It's cicada party time

Plus: Arcade bars & Palestinian musicians [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | May 16, 2024 [NEW ISSUE: Cicadas!]( [Cut-paper art of two cicadas]( On the cover: Original cut-paper art for the Chicago Reader by [Lucie Van Der Elst]( photographed by James Hosking [three pictures of people with different hairstyles and haircuts and facial hair]( [‘This is deeply rooted in who I am’]( The Palestinian diaspora enriches our city’s music scene. Three Chicagoans show how in their own words. by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [people hold up protest signs outside of the united center]( [Bosses beware]( Chicago’s service and cultural workers are unionizing like never before. by [DMB (Debbie-Marie Brown)]( | [Read more]( → [Bugged!]( It’s cicada party time. by [Deanna Isaacs]( | [Read more]( → [a man holding a glass of beer in front of a video game]( [Chicago’s arcade evolution]( Nothing can rival the video game boom of the 1980s, but with the majority of today’s arcade options catering to alcohol-consuming adults, the city’s youth are cut out of vital community spaces. by [Maxwell Kroll]( | [Read more]( → Join Chicago Dramatists at 7pm on Friday, May 17, where Theater and Dance Editor [Kerry Reid]( will be part of a roundtable discussion in celebration of Mark Larson’s newest, Working in the 21st Century (inspired by Studs Terkel’s classic Working). She’ll be joined by journalist [Natalie Y. Moore]( musician & salonnière [Jamie O’Reilly]( and [Rev. Erik Christensen](. The festivities take place on May 17th and 18th: two evenings of performances, roundtable and salon conversation, book-signing, and live music! All proceeds will help fund Chicago Dramatists’ mission to nurture and grow the next generation of new American plays, and to support and uplift playwrights at all career levels. [BACK TO THE STUDS: GET TICKETS NOW!]( [Original cut-paper art of two cicadas]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, May 16, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 16]( [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