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Plus: Go Green Griot Plaza & concert previews [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | June 19, 2024 [‘We’ve been here all this time’]( [a collage of different posters for queer activism]( The Gerber/Hart Library and Archives fosters intergenerational connection through the preservation of LGBTQ+ history. by [Kayleigh Padar]( | [Read more]( → [a man with dreadlocks holding on to a tree]( [Rapper Joshua Virtue retires that persona to become Rama]( Plus: Underground dance label Yearning celebrates its second compilation at Podlasie Club, and Gyrate and Strapped throw stacked parties for Pride month. by [DMB (Debbie-Marie Brown)]( and [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [a group of people are laughing and posing for a picture]( [Argentina’s Kumbia Queers bring their political tropic punk to Chicago]( Fri 6/21 at Beat Kitchen and Sun 6/22 at Riis Park by [Catalina Maria Johnson]( | [Read more]( → [a person with long hair eating a banana]( [Sharp Pins’ homegrown power pop sounds as big as the stars]( Thu 6/20 at Schubas by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [a group of men sitting singing into microphones]( [Pakistani qawwali ensemble the Saami Brothers showcase ancient traditions in a rare Chicago performance]( Sun 6/23 at the South Asia Institute by [Aaron Cohen]( | [Read more]( → Congratulations to our friends at [IMAN]( who celebrated the grand opening of the Go Green Griot Plaza last Friday! This new community hub, created in honor of Englewood’s artistic history, features a mural by artists Eric Hotchkiss and Ash Busse, as well as a floor design by Jamal Cyrus and Jabari Anderson. Pick up a copy of the Reader every week—housed in a newly-refurbished yellow box—at the Go Green Community Fresh Market! [LEARN MORE ABOUT GO GREEN ON RACINE]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, June 13, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 19]( [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