🎆 Elastic Arts pays tribute to Frederick Douglass

Plus: Whitney Johnson and Lia Kohl at Kilbourn Park [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | July 3, 2024 [Elastic Arts hosts Independence Day improvisations that center Black folks]( Plus: Hallogallo’s indie-rock festival hits the road for Milwaukee, and the Whistler throws a dance night for the immunocompromised. by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [Heavy shoegaze unit Interlay celebrate their new EP as a Chicago band]( Fri 7/5 at Sleeping Village by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [Experimental composer Whitney Johnson duets with cellist and sound artist Lia Kohl at Kilbourn Park]( Fri 7/5 at Kilbourn Park by [Joshua Minsoo Kim]( | [Read more]( → [Love & Hip Hop star Teairra Marí gets back to basics]( Sat 7/6 at Metro by [Cristalle Bowen]( | [Read more]( → [a pizza sitting on top of a metal table]( [Etran de L’Aïr bring the world the happy desert blues]( Tue 7/9 at Empty Bottle by [Noah Berlatsky]( | [Read more]( → SAVE THE DATE! Please join the Chicago Reader for our 3rd annual UnGala at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The UnGala is a celebration of Chicago and theReader -it’s a high-energy evening of entertainment as eclectic and diverse as thepaper and our Reader family and guests. The UnGala also provides vital funds to support independent journalism that keeps the public informed. [SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2024]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, June 27, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 21]( [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