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Plus: Remembering Clara Bow & Shelley Duvall [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | July 19, 2024 [Novelty Golf & Games celebrates its Diamond Jubilee]( Finding therapy by getting back to one’s slugger roots. by [Tracy Baim]( | [Read more]( → [She just has ‘It’]( Cinema, for those who play, is ultimately a game of connections. Each film begets seemingly infinite others to explore and consider. by [Kat Sachs]( | [Read more]( → [three people playing on stage]( [ShotSpotter sparks a political power struggle]( The fight over the gunshot detection technology has escalated between the mayor and a group of alderpeople who have tried to block its removal. by [Justin Agrelo, the Trace]( | [Read more]( → [a man in a costume on a stage in front of a crowd]( [A last hurrah for Haven]( Hedwig and the Angry Inch bookends the company’s Chicago history. by [Kerry Reid]( | [Read more]( → [a man sitting on a bench wearing a peach shirt and khaki pants]( [Struck out]( The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical at Otherworld needs more attention to actor safety. by [Amanda Finn]( | [Read more]( → Fit check! Tickets for the UnGala may not be on sale yet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start planning your outfit! Please join the Chicago Reader at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Thursday, October 3 for a high-energy evening of entertaiment as eclectic and diverse as the newspaper and our Reader family. [OCTOBER 3, 2024: SAVE THE DATE!]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, July 18, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 24]( [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