Become a Reader member for as little as $5 a month.
Click here to join today!

  • Newsletters
  • Become a member
  • NEWS
    • News & Politics
    • Investigations
    • En español
  • CITY LIFE
    • The To-Do
    • Street View
    • Community Calendar
    • Best of Chicago 2022: City Life
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Buy Local
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation
  • COLUMNS & OPINION
    • Anthony Ehlers: On Prisons
    • Deanna Isaacs: On Culture
    • Ben Joravsky: On Politics
    • The Ben Joravsky Show
    • Dan Savage: Savage Love
    • Opinion
    • Podcasts
      • The Ben Joravsky Show
      • Chicago Queer & Now
  • MUSIC
    • Music Features
    • Gossip Wolf
    • Word Music Festival
    • Jazz Festival
    • Chicagoans of Note
    • The Secret History of Chicago Music
    • Music Reviews
    • Concert Previews
    • City of Win
    • Early Warnings
    • Music listings community calendar
    • The Listener
  • ARTS & CULTURE
    • Theater
    • Dance
    • Visual arts
    • Books
    • Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
    • Arts listings community calendar
    • Poetry Corner
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Arts & Culture
  • FILM
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Small Screen
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Arts & Culture
    • Archives
  • FOOD & DRINK
    • The Food & Drink Issue 2023
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Food & Drink
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Monday Night Foodball
    • The Drinks Issue (2021)
  • READER
    • About
    • — Reader Updates
    • — Contact
    • — Staff
    • — Careers
    • Newsletters
    • Advertise
      • Classifieds
    • Donate
      • Become a member
    • Nonprofit Guide
    • Reader 50
    • Reader events
      • Monday Night Foodball
    • Contests
    • Reader Store
    • Find a print copy
      • Distribution map and information
      • Print subscriptions
    • Archives
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Skip to content
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Chicago Reader

Chicago Reader

Chicago’s alternative nonprofit newsroom

  • Newsletters
  • Become a member
Become a member
  • NEWS
    • News & Politics
    • Investigations
    • En español
  • CITY LIFE
    • The To-Do
    • Street View
    • Community Calendar
    • Best of Chicago 2022: City Life
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Buy Local
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation
  • COLUMNS & OPINION
    • Anthony Ehlers: On Prisons
    • Deanna Isaacs: On Culture
    • Ben Joravsky: On Politics
    • The Ben Joravsky Show
    • Dan Savage: Savage Love
    • Opinion
    • Podcasts
      • The Ben Joravsky Show
      • Chicago Queer & Now
  • MUSIC
    • Music Features
    • Gossip Wolf
    • Word Music Festival
    • Jazz Festival
    • Chicagoans of Note
    • The Secret History of Chicago Music
    • Music Reviews
    • Concert Previews
    • City of Win
    • Early Warnings
    • Music listings community calendar
    • The Listener
  • ARTS & CULTURE
    • Theater
    • Dance
    • Visual arts
    • Books
    • Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
    • Arts listings community calendar
    • Poetry Corner
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Arts & Culture
  • FILM
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Small Screen
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Arts & Culture
    • Archives
  • FOOD & DRINK
    • The Food & Drink Issue 2023
    • Best of Chicago 2022: Food & Drink
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Monday Night Foodball
    • The Drinks Issue (2021)
  • READER
    • About
    • — Reader Updates
    • — Contact
    • — Staff
    • — Careers
    • Newsletters
    • Advertise
      • Classifieds
    • Donate
      • Become a member
    • Nonprofit Guide
    • Reader 50
    • Reader events
      • Monday Night Foodball
    • Contests
    • Reader Store
    • Find a print copy
      • Distribution map and information
      • Print subscriptions
    • Archives
  • >
  • Latest issue
  • UnGala Celebration
  • The People Issue
  • Contests
  • Reader Updates
  • Reader Store
  • En español
  • Advertise
Home » Vol. 49 No. 37

Tag: Vol. 49 No. 37

Vol. 49, No. 37

Issue of Jun. 18 – 24, 2020

Download Issue
Posted inPress releases

Chicago Reader pivots to biweekly print schedule

by Chicago Reader June 22, 2020May 16, 2022

Precipitous ad revenue drops seen across the industry from COVID-19 contributed to the decision

Posted inFood & Drink

Where to eat for the Juneteenth Restaurant Celebration

by Mike Sula June 18, 2020August 18, 2021

Your guide to an infinite combination of al trunko food crawls

Posted inMusic

A Juneteenth livestream for Black lives on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin June 17, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago designer Julie Yost, the programming director at Rebuild Foundation.

Posted inArts & Culture

Summer camp is back—online and in person

by Kerry Reid June 17, 2020August 18, 2021

Storytelling, circus arts, and social justice all find a place in youth training programs.

Posted inMusic

Why do indie musicians put up with penny payouts?

by Jack Riedy June 17, 2020August 18, 2021

Streaming your favorite artists’ music is the least helpful way to support them. But they can’t abandon those platforms, because we won’t.

Posted inNews & Politics

The last responders

by Gonzalo Guzman June 17, 2020August 18, 2021

Funeral homes on the front lines of the pandemic

Posted inArts & Culture

Celebrate Juneteenth with Bosses in Bonnets and Preach

by Brianna Wellen June 17, 2020August 18, 2021

The groups are teaming up for an all-day comedy party on June 19.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Let the people decide

by Leonard C. Goodman June 17, 2020August 18, 2021

The major parties benefit too much from our rigged system to want reform.

Posted inMusic

Martin Atkins’s greatest moment in Chicago music history

by Martin Atkins and Ayana Contreras June 16, 2020August 18, 2021

With his supergroup Pigface, industrial-music veteran Martin Atkins brings together all sorts of scenes onstage.

Posted inMusic

A tragic plane crash denied horn-rock juggernaut Chase their legacy

by Steve Krakow June 16, 2020August 18, 2021

Bill Chase’s virtuosic nine-piece band, powered by four trumpets, belongs on the same pedestal as Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Posted inMusic

Midnight Dice issue a passport to hesher heaven

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil June 16, 2020August 18, 2021

Midnight Dice issue a passport to hesher heaven, Avondale record shop No Requests throws in the towel, and more.

Posted inArts & Culture

It takes more than #OpenYourLobby to address racism in American theater

by Miranda Gonzalez June 16, 2020August 18, 2021

UrbanTheater Company and other BIPOC theaters deserve solidarity—and funding.

Posted inArts & Culture

Beyond the Canon highlights BIPOC playwrights

by Sheri Flanders June 16, 2020August 18, 2021

If you want to decolonize theater, start with the script.

Posted inFood & Drink

A culinary confession

by Mike Sula June 16, 2020August 18, 2021

The story I wish I’d told a year ago

Posted inColumns & Opinion

I have recurring wet dreams about myself

by Dan Savage June 16, 2020August 18, 2021

Straight men question what it means to be heterosexual.

Posts navigation

1 2 Older posts

📩 Get our free daily newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday. Dive into our most recent stories and exclusive insights from our editors and staff.

Processing…
Success! We'll be sending you The Daily Reader starting soon.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.

READER
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Best of Chicago 2022

About the Chicago Reader
Reader Staff
Reader Careers
Freelance Information
Contact Us

Donate

Advertise

Submit/promote your event

Find the Paper
Subscribe
Shop the Reader Store
Contests/Giveaways/Promotions

Reader Classifieds

Reader Matches

Chicago Reader Nonprofit Guide

Get our free newsletters

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

© 2023 Chicago Reader. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic