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Plus: Evanston pizza and soul divas [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | May 23, 2024 [Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Of Joy points to a new direction]( The company’s spring program bursts with inclusivity, artistry, and playfulness. by [JT Newman]( | [Read more]( → [Lavender Men is a time-traveling queer fantasia]( In Roger Q. Mason’s play, a “fat, multiracial femme” conjures Abraham Lincoln and his law clerk. by [Kimzyn Campbell]( | [Read more]( → [Native Son gets a stirring revival at Lifeline]( Nambi E. Kelley’s wrenching adaptation of Richard Wright’s classic returns to her hometown. by [Kerry Reid]( | [Read more]( → [Green Dreams at DeSalvo’s Pizza]( by [JoAnna Novak]( | [Read more]( → [The Drew-Vels launched the career of soul diva Patti Drew]( This sister group released just three singles on Capitol Records in the 1960s, and every one of them sounds great today. by [Steve Krakow]( | [Read more]( → Chicago is a living conversation, and for the tens of thousands of people who use our printed paper that conversation doesn’t pause for two weeks so we can recapitulate it. Our return to weekly is a commitment to Chicago, to the arts community we adore, to equitable local journalism, to accessible democracy—and to you. [GET IN, CHICAGO, WE’RE GOING WEEKLY!]( 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