NEW ISSUE: "Red Leaves", 1975

Plus: Illustrating Michelle Obama at the DNC [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | August 22, 2024 [NEW ISSUE: Red Leaves, 1975]( Elizabeth Catlett, Red Leaves, 1975. On view through 8/31 in [Of Her Becoming: Elizabeth Catlett’s Legacy in Chicago]( presented at Arts + Public Life’s (APL’s) Arts Incubator Gallery Credit: Courtesy of Mora-Catlett Family (Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society) [Day two at the DNC: Obamas and Pritzker address delegates, pro-Palestine demonstrators rally, and dozens arrested]( Both inside and outside the United Center have been action-packed. by [Shawn Mulcahy]( [Don Colley]( and [Anna Wagner]( | [Read more]( → [The mystic and the haberdasher]( What the 1944 DNC can teach us about 2024. by [Michael Spencer]( | [Read more]( → [Mini Manson, cult YouTube entertainer]( “I’ve created a character that lets me survive and perform. I can do what I always wanted to do, and nobody can say I can’t.” by [Micco Caporale]( | [Read more]( → [It takes a village to sell a raised bed of produce]( Chicago’s urban food sovereignty ecosystem has been burgeoning for decades; organizers founded the Community Food Navigator to be its connective tissue. by [DMB (D-M Brown)]( | [Read more]( → Get a closer look at one of the illustrators covering the DNC for the Reader! Don Colley spoke to WGN’s Mike Lowe on the convention floor, and even sketched a few scenes of the WGN team. [ILLUSTRATOR DON COLLEY ON WGN!]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, August 22, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 29]( [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