Message boards 🤝 Planet Earth at Neo

Plus: Cooling centers closed on Juneteenth [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | June 21, 2024 [Planet Earth created queer-friendly spaces on and off the dance floor]( [a group of people standing in a party with planet earth]( Dave Roberts and Kristine Hengl’s inclusive new-wave night also built its community with a message board run by gay writer and actor Dave Awl. by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [a man with dreadlocks holding on to a tree]( [Cooling stations, reparations, housing bonds]( Chicago closed all but one of its cooling centers on Wednesday, even as temperatures climbed to a sweltering 93 degrees amid a nationwide heat wave. by [Shawn Mulcahy]( and [Joe Engleman]( | [Read more]( → [Qualia is an absorbing dystopic tale]( Subtext Studio Theatre’s production meshes a taut narrative with an intelligent ensemble. by [Jack Helbig]( | [Read more]( → [Moving through Black American history]( Fleetwood-Jourdain’s 1619: The Journey of a People arrives just in time for Juneteenth. by [Kerry Reid]( | [Read more]( → [Jake Meginsky brings his percussive electronic improvisations to the Experimental Sound Studio garden]( Sun 6/23 at Experimental Sound Studio by [Bill Meyer]( | [Read more]( → There’s still great joy in picking up the paper. Reading it while you wait for the bus or the train. Discovering a new artist or event you wouldn’t have found online, where algorithms dictate so much of what you see. There is one Reader, and it’s for the whole city. All of us. With our return to weekly publishing, we’re getting back on beat, back in rhythm with the verses and views, pictures and sounds, tastes and takes that make this the best city in the world. We hope the Reader helps you find something new to see, hear, eat, drink, or do this summer. Donors like you make it possible, so please chip in before June 21 if you can. [HELP US PRODUCE THE PAPER THAT BRINGS CHICAGO TOGETHER ALL SUMMER LONG]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, June 20, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 20]( [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