NEW ISSUE: The Bud Billiken Parade

Plus: Pookie Crack Cakes sells out every day. [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | August 8, 2024 [NEW ISSUE:]( Bud Billiken Parade:]( [A Chicago Tradition]( Film stills from the Bud Billiken Parade, circa 1940 to 1955, from the Ramon Williams Collection. Design by James Hosking. [A parade of memories]( At the 95th Bud Billiken Parade, the South Side Home Movie Project will feature archival footage from the Ramon Williams Collection. by [Maxwell Rabb]( | [Read more]( → [Pookie Crack Cakes sells out every day]( The name gets patrons in the door, and Dedra Simmons’s glaze-soaked bundt cakes keep them coming back. by [Tyra Nicole Triche]( | [Read more]( → [It’s your last chance to get discounted UnGala tickets!]( Use code “EARLYBIRD” for 20% off before August 11. [History in motion]( William Frederking’s dance photography finds a permanent home at the Newberry Library. by [Irene Hsiao]( | [Read more]( → [The art of protest]( Design as change agent at the Chicago History Museum. by [Deanna Isaacs]( | [Read more]( → We're entering the final week of the Kickstarter campaign for Free Chicago: 50 Years of the Reader. The big, beautiful coffee table book will have a limited print run, and the only way to guarantee you’ll get a copy is to pre-order through the Kickstarter campaign. This is something true Reader fans won't want to miss! [RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW!]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, August 8, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 27]( [VIEW/DOWNLOAD ISSUE (PDF)]( [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