Chicago's lead pipe problem

Plus: The Hot Wing King at Writers Theatre. [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | July 5, 2024 [Chicago’s lead problem]( Chavez’s story is merely a microcosm of what Chicago faces in the coming years and decades, as the city reckons with the ongoing legacy of lead pipes installed in the 20th century. by [Miles MacClure]( | [Read more]( → [Silence and surprise]( This weekend, I watched approximately 550 minutes of Stan Brakhage films. That’s roughly nine hours, accounting for 44 of the 51 films that screened during Inventing Eternity: The Undersung Films of Late-Era Stan Brakhage. by [Kat Sachs]( | [Read more]( → [Community kitchen]( The Hot Wing King celebrates Black men’s lives and loves. by [Kerry Reid]( | [Read more]( → [Naming our existential crises]( Halle Butler’s Banal Nightmare is a darkly funny examination of how art is not made. by [Jeannine Burgdorf]( | [Read more]( → [a pizza sitting on top of a metal table]( [Jackie DeShannon launched her rarefied music career in Batavia]( Thanks to a recent archival release, you can still hear the coauthor of “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” singing country tunes on her teenage radio show. by [Steve Krakow]( | [Read more]( → A new episode of The Sit Down hosted by Shawnee Dez is out now! SPARKLMAMI is fresh off the release of her new single “fajas” - it took 3 years to finish the upcoming album, taking time to process their childhood - and it’s well worth the wait. Check it out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts - you won’t want to miss this one! [LISTEN TO THE SIT DOWN NOW! FEAT. SPARKLMAMI]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, July 4, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 22]( [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