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Plus: André 3000's Garfield Park Conservatory show [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | February 28, 2024 [Andrés Lemus-Spont centers relationships in his work]( At Building Brown Workshop, fabrication is all about problems and possibilities. by [Reema Saleh]( | [Read more]( → [We Weren’t Invited celebrate a pulverizing new EP with a scattershot show]( Plus: MC Robust throws a 20th birthday party for his solo debut, and Ryan Ensley releases his favorite Sonny Falls album yet. by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [Into the woods with André 3000]( by [DMB (Debbie-Marie Brown)]( | [Read more]( → [Best new deep-listening series where aging music nerds can arrive early, not talk to anyone, and then ghost]( Both Sides Now: A CHIRP Vinyl Listening Bar by [Steve Krakow]( | [Read more]( → [Jhariah grapples with the music-industry pressures of the content age]( by [Micco Caporale]( | [Read more]( → The Sit Down hosted by Shawnee Dez On episode 3 of The Sit Down, host Shawnee Dez speaks to Nikko Washington about his latest exhibition, For the Old Gods and the New, his childhood growing up in Chicago, and the places and people that made him the artist he is today. New episodes will drop twice a month and highlight the beauty of Chicago’s arts and culture ecosystem! [LISTEN TO THE SIT DOWN PODCAST NOW!]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, February 22, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 10]( [VIEW/DOWNLOAD ISSUE (PDF)]( [Become a member of the Chicago Reader.]( [Facebook icon]( [Instagram icon]( [Twitter icon]( [Website icon]( [YouTube icon]( [LinkedIn 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