David Bowie dance tribute by Complexions

Plus: ShotSpotter and Camille Claudel [View this email in your browser]( [READER Logo]( Daily Reader | February 5, 2024 [Bowie meets ballet (and more) in Star Dust]( Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s celebrated tribute to the late artist comes to the Auditorium. by [JT Newman]( | [Read more]( → [Shots in the dark]( The $33 million contract with SoundThinking, the company behind ShotSpotter, is up for renewal in February—yet concerns abound. by [Ed Vogel]( and [Shawn Mulcahy]( | [Read more]( → [a cheeseburger on a orange tray]( [It’s a Texas-sized 10–4 with Big Rig’s Chicago at the next Monday Night Foodball]( by [Mike Sula]( | [Read more]( → [a group of actors in costume standing in a room]( [When Cinderella meets a control freak]( Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s 55-year-old version of the Rossini opera comes to Lyric. by [Deanna Isaacs]( | [Read more]( → [The touch that lingers from beyond]( Contemplating presence, absence, and “desire full of endless distance” at the Art Institute’s Camille Claudel exhibit by [Irene Hsiao]( | [Read more]( → Enter for a chance to win tickets! Ten winners will be chosen on Feb. 7. Sam Thousand and YumDiva (Chef Erika Durham) are creating an [experience full of engaging art forms and soul food]( for Black History Month. Come out and celebrate Black culture, Black music and distinctive soul food on the Southside of Chicago for your Fat Tuesday weekend. [Enter here: entries accepted until 11:59 PM Feb. 6!]( Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader Thursday, January 25, 2024 [READ ONLINE: VOL. 53, NO. 8]( [VIEW/DOWNLOAD ISSUE (PDF)]( [Become a member of the Chicago Reader.]( [Twitter icon]( [Facebook icon]( [Instagram 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