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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Water Music
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The beach near 6219 North Sheridan Road
6219 North Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 3PM - 7PM
Vitor Butkus: Is That All There Is?
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DEFIBRILLATOR
1136 N Milwaukee Ave.
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 9PM - 11:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 29th
Regin Igloria: Suspended
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The Franklin
3522 W. Franklin Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 7th
Third Year Anniversary
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Water Street Studios
160 S. Water Street
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6 PM - 10 PM
On view through Monday, December 31st
Performing Negotiations
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North Branch Projects
3550 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
Alphabet Soup
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Galerie F
2381 N Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, November 8th
Minus Times Collected Reading / Release Celebration
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The Whistler
2421 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
Stephen Burks Visiting Artists Program Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Drive
Opening Tuesday, September 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
QUIET ECHO ON LOUD WIND // SOFIA LEIBY & LAURA HART NEWLON + HILARY BALDWIN
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 23rd, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, October 8th
Danh Vo: Uterus
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, 4th Floor
Opening Sunday, September 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 16th
Collateral Damage: The Human Face of War
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Stephen Daiter Gallery
230 West Superior Street, Fourth Floor, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Sunday, September 23rd, from 10am - 1PM
On view through Saturday, December 1st
Two Histories of the World
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Ave. Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, September 23rd, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, January 6th
Youth Art Board: Dreams & Nightmares
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Ave. Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, September 23rd, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 18th
Ground Floor
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Ave. Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, September 23rd, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 11th
Art on Track
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Chicago's CTA
4 blue line stops: Logan Square, Damen, Clark/Lake,UIC-Halsted
Opening Saturday, September 22nd, from 5PM - 10PM
Shane Guffogg Solo Show and Prints & Drawings Group Show
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 1220 Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, September 22nd, from 4 PM - 7 PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
In the Spirit of Walser
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Donald Young Gallery
224 S Michigan Ave Suite 266
Opening Saturday, September 22nd, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, October 31st
ANDERSON/MURPHY/NIELSEN
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NEW CAPITAL
3114 W. Carroll Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 14th
Wobbly Misconduct Closing Reception
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, 3rd Floor
Opening Saturday, September 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
Judith Brotman Closing Reception
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NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery
5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, September 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 21st
Benjamin Bellas: Getting ready for his upcoming solo show
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over Grant Park
over Grant Park, in the sky
Opening Friday, September 21st, from 5:30 - 5:40
John Opera: People, Places, and Things
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago IL 60607
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Impossible Conversations
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LeRoy Neiman Center Gallery
37 S. Wabash Ave
Opening Thursday, September 20th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
Time Trial 1
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22, 28 & 44 Wabash, Hairpin Lofts @ 2800 Milwaukee Ave.
info@visualartnetwork.com
On view through Sunday, September 23rd
Dana DeGiulio: Say Say Say
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, September 16th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
Danny Volk: Title Removed By The Homeowners
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PSA Projects
2509 N. Lawndale Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Sunday, September 16th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 14th
duckrabbit
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Adds Donna
4223 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL USA 60624
Opening Sunday, September 16th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 28th
Insignia: Jan Pieter Fokkens, Jeffery Cote de Luna & Mike Nudelman
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3012
3012 S. Archer Fl.1, Chicago, IL, 60606
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
Janice Kerbel
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 East Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 11 AM - 3 PM
On view through Friday, December 21st
Joel Ross in collaboration with Jason Creps, Alleys and Parking Lots
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moniquemeloche
2154 w. Division Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Eastern, Sentral & Pacific
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Maxwell Colette Gallery
908 N Ashland Ave
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, September 22nd
Ron Ewert & Josh Reames: Conventional Wisdom
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Autumn Space Gallery
1700 W Irving Park Rd #207, Chicago, Illinois 60613
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
The Great Refusal: Taking on New Queer Aesthetics
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Sullivan Galleries
33 S. State Street, 7th floor Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 4:30 PM - 7 PM
On view through Saturday, November 10th
Laura Letinsky: Ill Form and Void Full
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Valerie Carberry Gallery
875 N. Michigan Ave. John Hancock Center, Suite 2510 Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 3rd
Ellen Lanyon: The Persistence of Invention
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W. Fullerton Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 18th
Michael Clifford: Love From Scratch
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CourtneyBlades
1324 W Grand Ave. Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 14th
Shane Huffman: Sense and Sensibility
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65GRAND
1369 W Grand Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
Melika Bass: Slider
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Chicago Artists' Coalition
217 North Carpenter, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, October 2nd
Jordan Eagles: Blood Work
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 30th
Afterimage at the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection
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Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
37 S. Wabash Ave., suite 508
On view through Sunday, November 11th
Afterimage at the Roger Brown Study Collection
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Roger Brown Study Collection
1926 N. Halsted
On view through Sunday, November 18th
Allowances and Occurances
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Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery
1136 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 14 September 2012 - 23 September 2012
Layers, Paths, & Channels
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Chicago Artists' Coalition
217 N. Carpenter Street
Opening Friday, September 14th, at 6PM
On view through Tuesday, October 2nd
Afterimage
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DePaul Art Museum
935 West Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 18th
Karen Reimer: Endless Set #1399
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago IL, 60607
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
All Good Things Become Wild & Free
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HF Johnson Gallery of Art at Carthage College
2001 Alford Park Drive Kenosha, WI 53140
Opening Thursday, September 13th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
Dan S. Wang: Not a Printing Office
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D Gallery
623 S. Wabash room 717 D
Opening Thursday, September 13th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Wednesday, October 31st
Heidi Norton Installation
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Sprout Home
745 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622-5518
Opening Tuesday, September 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, October 23rd
Shane Mecklenburger: The End & Beginning of Everything (artist talk)
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Leroy Neiman Center, First Floor, 37 S Wabash Av, Chicago
Opening Tuesday, September 11th, from 4:15PM - 5PM
Joan Giroux: one sandpile, within hearing distance
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Terrain
704 Highland Ave; Oak Park, IL. 60304
Opening Sunday, September 9th, from 4 PM - 7 PM
On view through Sunday, October 14th
Paul Perkins: Dead Heat
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SideCar
411 Huehn St., Hammond, Indiana, 46327
Opening Saturday, September 8th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 6th
Euphemize
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slow
2153 W 21st Street
Opening Saturday, September 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 29th
Zoe Nelson: Deep Cuts
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Lloyd Dobler Gallery
1545 W. Division, Second Floor, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Alex de Leon: Opaque Light
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The Plaines Project
1822 S Desplaines St.
Opening Saturday, September 8th, at 6 PM
On view through Saturday, September 22nd
Jeff Austin
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Anatomy/Gift/Association
1619 W. 16th St.
Opening Saturday, September 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 8th
Michael Rea: The Last Catholic
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Ebersmoore
350 North Ogden Ave, Suite 100 Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, October 16th
Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows
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Thomas Masters Gallery
245 W. North Avenue #115
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 6PM - 6 PM
On view through Friday, October 19th
Joel Dean: The Real Problem
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Alderman Exhibitions
1338 W. Randolph St.
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
Storm Thorgerson: Computers Have A Lot To Answer For
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Public Works
1539 N Damen Ave
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 2nd
Objectify This: Female Anatomy Dissected and Displayed
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Design Cloud Gallery
118 N Peoria 2N Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 29th
Noelle Mason: Blue Skies/Black Death
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Thomas Robertello Gallery
27 N Morgan St Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 3rd
Chris Ware: Building Stories
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Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N. Wells St. Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Anne Lindberg: sustaining pedal
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Brenda Moore
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N. Aberdeen Suite 151 Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Bill Berger & Heather Mekkelson: Invisible Apocalypse
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Roots & Culture
1034 N. Milwaukee Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 14th
Geoffrey Todd Smith: Looker
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Western Exhibitions
845 W Washington Blvd. 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Josh Mannis: Fashion
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Western Exhibitions
845 W Washington Blvd. 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Eric Fleischauer: In Circulation
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DOCUMENT
845 w Washington Blvd 3f, Chicago IL, 60607
Opening Friday, September 7th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
Rough Trade II: a Boston and Chicago Artist Exchange
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Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery
1136 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago
Robert Lostutter: Garden of Opiates
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Ave., 3rd fl., Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Cauleen Smith: The Journeyman
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threewalls
119 N. Peoria #2C, North Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Alexine Haynes: Big Gut
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Queer Thoughts
1640 W. 18th St. #3
Opening Friday, September 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Spotlight Exhibition: Afterimage
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Center for Book & Paper Arts (CBPA)
1104 South Wabash, 2nd Fl, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Opening Thursday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 7th
Joanna Drucker: Druckworks
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Center for Book & Paper Arts (CBPA)
1104 South Wabash, 2nd Fl, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Opening Thursday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 7th
Zach Meisner: Low-Relief
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Leroy Neiman Center Gallery
37 South Wabash Ave., Suite 106, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 6th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, September 8th
Dorothy Publishing Book Launch: Suzanne Scanlon & and Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Ave. 3rd Floor. Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Wednesday, September 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Did You See Heaven: WYSIWYG
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Peregrineprogram
3311 W Carroll Avenue, #119 Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, September 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
MCA DNA: John Cage
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Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 3rd
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