{"id":71999,"date":"2020-04-09T11:54:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=71999"},"modified":"2020-07-06T10:13:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T15:13:40","slug":"amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Chicago Residents Will Lean On Each Other in Upcoming Saturday Sing-Along"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an effort to raise spirits and bring Chicago residents together, Alderman Andre Vasquez has been the primary organizing force behind a large-scale sing-along of the late Bill Withers\u2019s \u201cLean On Me,\u201d scheduled to take place 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11. Vasquez is an alderman in the 40th ward, which largely encompasses the north side\u2019s Andersonville neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Photo Credit: Chicago Unite At Night Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also intended as a tribute to the legendary singer-songwriter, the sing-along follows current social distancing guidelines\u2014 details included on the Facebook event page<\/a> encourage residents to sing from their windows or in front of their homes. According to Vasquez\u2019s social media post promoting the event, MeTV FM Radio (87.7 FM)<\/a> will also participate by playing \u201cLean On Me\u201d over the airwaves during the scheduled sing-along on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Photo Credit: Chicago Unite At Night Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the event discussion (which includes complete lyrics to the 1972 chart-topper), Vasquez wrote in a post on April 8 that, after the sing-along, participants should \u201cmake some noise in support of our healthcare, retail, and city workers, along with our teachers!\u201d As of Thursday, over 300 people had responded as either \u201cinterested\u201d or \u201cgoing\u201d to the Facebook event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Photo Credit: Gilles Petard\/Redferns\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Withers, who wrote and recorded other such hits as \u201cAin\u2019t No Sunshine\u201d and \u201cLovely Day,\u201d passed away March 30 at the age of 81 as a result of heart complications. His life and music career have since been memorialized by fellow musicians, public figures, and fans around the world. On April 3, in a tribute to Withers on Twitter, Bill Clinton pointed out the timeliness of the song \u201cLean On Me,\u201d writing, \u201cToday as we mourn his death, we should lean into the sentiment of one of his most loved songs: lean on each other when times are tough and know that there\u2019s always tomorrow. May he rest in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an effort to raise spirits and bring Chicago residents together, Alderman Andre Vasquez has been the primary organizing force behind a large-scale sing-along of the late Bill…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2090,"featured_media":72000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28444,7,1554,755],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category-best-of-chicago","category-category-music","category-category-news","category-category-things-to-do"],"yoast_head":"\nAmid Coronavirus Crisis, Chicago Residents Will Lean On Each Other in Upcoming Saturday Sing-Along | UrbanMatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A \u201cLean On Me\u201d Chicago sing-a-long is scheduled to take place 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11, to honor the late Bill Withers and raise city spirits.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Chicago Residents Will Lean On Each Other in Upcoming Saturday Sing-Along\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A \u201cLean On Me\u201d Chicago sing-a-long is scheduled to take place 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11, to honor the late Bill Withers and raise city spirits.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UrbanMatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-09T16:54:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-06T15:13:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Audrey Snyder\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UMatterChicago\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UMatterChicago\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Audrey Snyder\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Audrey Snyder\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/dfaf6341d49dbde6d423f29c8a144f81\"},\"headline\":\"Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Chicago Residents Will Lean On Each Other in Upcoming Saturday Sing-Along\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-09T16:54:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-06T15:13:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/\"},\"wordCount\":347,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Best of Chicago\",\"Music\",\"News\",\"Things To Do\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/\",\"name\":\"Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Chicago Residents Will Lean On Each Other in Upcoming Saturday Sing-Along | UrbanMatter\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-09T16:54:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-06T15:13:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"A \u201cLean On Me\u201d Chicago sing-a-long is scheduled to take place 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11, to honor the late Bill Withers and raise city spirits.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of Bill WITHERS; Posed portrait of Bill Withers (Photo by Gilles Petard\/Redferns)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Best of Chicago\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/category-best-of-chicago\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Chicago Residents Will Lean On Each Other in Upcoming Saturday Sing-Along\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/\",\"name\":\"UrbanMatter\",\"description\":\"For What Really Matters\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UrbanMatter Chicago\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png\",\"width\":371,\"height\":99,\"caption\":\"UrbanMatter Chicago\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/UMatterChicago\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/dfaf6341d49dbde6d423f29c8a144f81\",\"name\":\"Audrey Snyder\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2512-1-110x110.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2512-1-110x110.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Audrey Snyder\"},\"description\":\"Primarily making her living as a freelance cellist in Chicago, Audrey Q. Snyder is an enthusiast of all things cultural in the Windy City. She is a core member\u00a0and social media coordinator of the\u00a0Chicago-based Zafa Collective, a contemporary classical music ensemble founded with the idea of inclusivity (both in programming and performance) at its core. Audrey has worked in pit orchestras at venues including the Cadillac Palace, Nederlander, CIBC, and Mariott Theatres, and more recently has performed with The Who on their Moving On! Tour in 2019. As the host of her podcast AudPod, she regularly features different folks in the Chicago music community. When not cooking up her next project, Audrey is usually talking to her pet rabbit, Georgie, in a dumb voice.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/audreyqsnyder.com\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCVGU2hCisCOUxeH1vR_eqng\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/author\/asnyder\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Chicago Residents Will Lean On Each Other in Upcoming Saturday Sing-Along | UrbanMatter","description":"A \u201cLean On Me\u201d Chicago sing-a-long is scheduled to take place 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11, to honor the late Bill Withers and raise city spirits.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Chicago Residents Will Lean On Each Other in Upcoming Saturday Sing-Along","og_description":"A \u201cLean On Me\u201d Chicago sing-a-long is scheduled to take place 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11, to honor the late Bill Withers and raise city spirits.","og_url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/","og_site_name":"UrbanMatter","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/","article_published_time":"2020-04-09T16:54:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-07-06T15:13:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Audrey Snyder","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UMatterChicago","twitter_site":"@UMatterChicago","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Audrey Snyder","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/"},"author":{"name":"Audrey Snyder","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/dfaf6341d49dbde6d423f29c8a144f81"},"headline":"Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Chicago Residents Will Lean On Each Other in Upcoming Saturday Sing-Along","datePublished":"2020-04-09T16:54:08+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-06T15:13:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/"},"wordCount":347,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg","articleSection":["Best of Chicago","Music","News","Things To Do"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/","name":"Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Chicago Residents Will Lean On Each Other in Upcoming Saturday Sing-Along | UrbanMatter","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg","datePublished":"2020-04-09T16:54:08+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-06T15:13:40+00:00","description":"A \u201cLean On Me\u201d Chicago sing-a-long is scheduled to take place 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11, to honor the late Bill Withers and raise city spirits.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of Bill WITHERS; Posed portrait of Bill Withers (Photo by Gilles Petard\/Redferns)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amid-coronavirus-crisis-chicago-residents-will-lean-on-each-other-in-upcoming-saturday-sing-along\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Best of Chicago","item":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/category-best-of-chicago\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Chicago Residents Will Lean On Each Other in Upcoming Saturday Sing-Along"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/","name":"UrbanMatter","description":"For What Really Matters","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization","name":"UrbanMatter Chicago","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png","width":371,"height":99,"caption":"UrbanMatter Chicago"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/","https:\/\/x.com\/UMatterChicago"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/dfaf6341d49dbde6d423f29c8a144f81","name":"Audrey Snyder","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2512-1-110x110.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2512-1-110x110.jpg","caption":"Audrey Snyder"},"description":"Primarily making her living as a freelance cellist in Chicago, Audrey Q. Snyder is an enthusiast of all things cultural in the Windy City. She is a core member\u00a0and social media coordinator of the\u00a0Chicago-based Zafa Collective, a contemporary classical music ensemble founded with the idea of inclusivity (both in programming and performance) at its core. Audrey has worked in pit orchestras at venues including the Cadillac Palace, Nederlander, CIBC, and Mariott Theatres, and more recently has performed with The Who on their Moving On! Tour in 2019. As the host of her podcast AudPod, she regularly features different folks in the Chicago music community. When not cooking up her next project, Audrey is usually talking to her pet rabbit, Georgie, in a dumb voice.","sameAs":["https:\/\/audreyqsnyder.com\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCVGU2hCisCOUxeH1vR_eqng"],"url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/author\/asnyder\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}