NEW ISSUE: Meet the residents of Graceland Cemetery

Plus: House Music Fest & food sovereignty in Englewood [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | May 30, 2024 [NEW ISSUE: Emil Ferris & Uptown’s Ghosts]( An illustration by the artist, Emil Ferris, who is drawn surrounded by some of her favorite residents of Graceland Cemetery. The cemetery was a beloved haunt of Ferris’s as a child and is located in Uptown, where her newest graphic novel is also based. Credit: [Emil Ferris]( [a woman in a cemetery wearing a hat and rings]( [Emil Ferris communes with Uptown’s ghosts]( The sequel to My Favorite Thing Is Monsters delves deeper into late-60s Chicago. by [Annie Howard]( | [Read more]( → [The Chicago House Music Festival makes its grand return to Millennium Park]( Sun 6/2 at Millennium Park by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [a woman is playing a bass clarinet in a room]( [Emily Rach Beisel, improviser and Pleiades Series founder]( “In order to make change, you can’t just open the door and expect people to walk right in. You have to go out and find people.” by [Jamie Ludwig]( | [Read more]( → [Food apartheid: the erasure of Black health in Englewood]( Residents, community organizations, and new legislation are making profound steps toward achieving food sovereignty in Chicago. by [NaBeela Washington]( | [Read more]( → It’s our last issue before we return to weekly publishing! “There is still great joy in picking up a paper. It packages the week in a way that a website can’t. We believe printed words and art remain a worthy public service that still have a role to play in the great American experiment that is diverse democracy.” [FIND OUT WHY WE’RE GOING WEEKLY]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, May 30, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 17]( [VIEW/DOWNLOAD ISSUE (PDF)]( [Donate to 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