From Amber Nettles, SVP of Growth & Strategy
Fs or the first time since 2019, the Chicago Reader is hosting an in-person celebration of Best of Chicago, and you’re invited! This year’s big blowout will be at Metro on June 1, and will feature food, drink, and entertainment curated from nominations from the Best of Chicago ballot. The party kicks off for VIP ticket holders at GMan Tavern. and continues for general admission at Metro. You’ll also be able to catch me at the smarbar afterparty, which will be our official Pride kickoff event!
We’re announcing our entertainment lineups soon, and I highly encourage you to grab your tickets now, as ticket prices increase May 15. Additionally, a limited number of sponsorships and vendor tables are available. If you have interest in sponsoring this much-awaited event, contact us for information.
P.S. Don’t forget the Chicago Reader’s annual Pride issue is coming up on June 15, and we are still accepting ad reservations! This year’s Pride issue will once again feature our Windy City Times insert. We have a few premium positions still available, and all regular ad sizes as well!
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Your message sent directly to our subscribers
Newsletter ads and direct emails are available!
Besides advertising in our email newsletters, we also offer the opportunity for our partners to send “dedicated advertiser messages” to our subscriber lists. We have a limited quantity available per month, and they’re a great way to directly reach our readers. Contact us for information about including direct emails in your advertising campaigns, or specials on prebooking email advertising for the rest of 2023!
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Branded content in 2023
Tell Your Story to our Readers
The Reader loves to work with businesses and individuals with great stories to tell, and we’re happy to discuss the various options for branded content series! For an example, check out Cityscape, a branded content partnership of the Chicago Architecture Center, Chicago History Museum, and Wrightwood 659, along with the Reader’s architecture coverage. You can also see examples from LaLaMove, DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the Tourist Office of Spain in Chicago, along with our Bull Horn series (sponsored by Red Bull in 2021) and our Poetry Corner (created in partnership with the Poetry Foundation). Contact us to talk about telling your story!
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The Reader, en español
Sponsors sought to support Spanish translations
To better serve our Spanish-speaking communities, the Reader is now translating and publishing some of its stories into Spanish. We’re seeking sponsors to help underwrite the cost of this endeavor. Sponsorship packages (click here to view) include print and digital tags, as well as additional media placements. Contact us today to partner in this project.
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The solution for small business: The Platform
Your business, in every issue
Looking for a way to be in every issue? Get your business or service printed in 60,000 copies across Chicago, every other week, which means that Reader readers never forget your name. Click here for information. (PDF)
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Top Stories from the Chicago Reader
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The accidental postrock diner
In the early 90s, Dead Rider guitarist Todd Rittmann moved into a three-bedroom apartment with an attic on the corner of Paulina and Grace in Lakeview. He’d recently left DeKalb, where he’d studied at Northern Illinois University. MORE
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An artistic life
“I always said I was going to be an artist,” Kay Hofmann says. “It’s all I was interested in.” The 90-year-old artist has a startlingly clear statement of purpose: to make art, primarily hand-carved stone sculptures, no matter what. MORE
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At Pour Souls Cocktail Counter, Tim Williams goes the extra mile
For Tim Williams, the passion for mixology came by way of doing something OK, observing another way to do it, and then executing excellently. Starting as a barback and front door manager at Castaways when he was 21, Williams knew that he wanted to do more than just be in the vicinity of drinks being made. MORE
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Issue of
May 4-May 17, 2023
Vol. 52, No.15
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