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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Talk: Esra Akcan
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Thursday, June 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
Summer Cookout
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Opening Thursday, June 30th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Prints and Privacy
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, June 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, August 8th
Lia Porto: closing reception
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Fulton Market Gallery
319 N Justine St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Thursday, June 30th, from 6PM - 10PM
Dharma Vision: Toward a Buddhist Aesthetics of Film
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Thursday, June 30th, at 7PM
CHILD STAR!
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Hume
3242 W Armitage Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Thursday, June 30th, at 7PM
Chris Brown Solo & Blonk/Lonberg-Holm/Daisy
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Elastic
3429 W. Diversey Ave #208, Chicago, 60647
Opening Thursday, June 30th, from 9PM - 12PM
Regin Igloria Bookbinding Workshop
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, Illinois 60602
Opening Thursday, June 30th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Lecture: Invisible Man—Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Opening Thursday, June 30th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
OwnIt: Voice, Sexuality, & Power
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 West Superior, Suite 203, Chicago, Illinois 60654
Opening Thursday, June 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
Richard Medina: Cave Paintings USA
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60626
Opening Wednesday, June 29th, at 8PM
Visiting Artist Talk: Glenn Ligon
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MacLean Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Ave.
Opening Wednesday, June 29th, at 6PM
MCA Talk: Naomi Beckwith on The Propeller Group
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, June 28th, from 12PM - 1PM
A Closer Look: LUMA’s Madonna and Child
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Loyola University Museum Of Art (Luma)
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Tuesday, June 28th, from 12PM - 1PM
Amina Ross: The Beautiful Ones series: “I would like to cry for everyone”
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Tuesday, June 28th, from 7PM - 8PM
Hideous Beast: Black Powder
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Roman Susan
1224 West Loyola Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, June 26th, from 4PM - 6PM
Culture
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 23rd
Papermaking in the Garden during Logan Square Arts Festival
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Altgeld Sawyer Corner Farm
2501 N Sawyer Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 11AM - 3PM
Adventures in Irresponsible Archiving: A Gallery Talk by Nicholas Osborn
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Jon Langford & Bob Schneider
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 23rd
Joe Cassan: Bed, Bath, and Beyond
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 23rd
Artist’s Name & Another Artist’s Name
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Julius Cæsar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60624
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
Ara Lucia: Beyond the Last Outposts
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Live Work Yoga: Chicago
1470 N Milwaukee Ave
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, August 26th
Juneteenth Art Exhibition
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Hunter International Gallery
3800 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653-1514
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 4PM - 10PM
Draw The Curtain
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Patron
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, August 13th
Unknown Rooms: Artist walk through with Gina Litherland
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Friday, July 15th
Ikka Nakashima Sensei Kimono Exhibition
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Japanese Cultural Center
1016 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60657
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 12PM - 5PM
Getting to Know You // Current Biography
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 26th
Joseph Noderer/William Eckhardt Kohler
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N Aberdeen, Suite 151, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 13th
Alexander Valentine: Lucifer in Dub
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Johalla Projects
1821 W Hubbard St Ste 209, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Saturday, June 25th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 26th
This Heat
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W. Superior Street, Suite 203 Chicago, Il.
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 24th
At The Table: A Mycelial Game
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Roman Susan
1224 West Loyola Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
As Our Story Opens
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Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery
619 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, Il 60605
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 23rd
Visiting Artist Talk: Zoe Leonard
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MacLean Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Ave.
Opening Friday, June 24th, at 6PM
Jim Pollock: 30 Year Retrospective
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Galerie F
2381 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 8AM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 25th
Julie Escoffier: Ellipsis
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Efrain Lopez Gallery
901 N Damen Ave, Chicago IL 60633
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 24th
ROBOPOCALYPSE / Heaven’s 16th Annual Benefit & Art Auction
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 7PM - 1AM
On view through Friday, June 24th
Alyce Haliday McQueen: The House is Rockin’
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Lillstreet Gallery
4401 North Ravenswood Ave, Chicago IL 60640
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 24th
Twin Peaks
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Blue Jay Way
2489 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 8PM - 12am
It Figures: The Body in Art
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
Jack Nixon Opening Reception
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
Precarity: Contingency in Artmaking and Academia
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Gallery 400
400 S. Peoria Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 30th
Krista Hoefle: QUEST
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Woman Made Gallery
685 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Friday, June 24th, at 6PM
On view through Thursday, July 28th
AMERICAN RITES
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Samuel
1917 W Division St. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, June 27th
Singing Insect Monitoring Soundwalk (North Park Village Nature Center)
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North Park Village Nature Center
5801 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago, Illinois 60646
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
Islands of the Sun
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter Street
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, July 13th
The Beautiful Ones: our continual presence
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 North Carpenter Street
Opening Friday, June 24th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, July 14th
Art of the Risograph: Free Workshop!
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, Illinois 60602
Opening Thursday, June 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
Michael Zerang : STUDY #1 for Queequeg’s Coffin
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DRONE Gallery
4425 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, June 23rd, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Workwear (Abiti da Lavoro)
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Center Space
1104 S. Wabash Ave, Floor 2, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, June 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 30th
No Man’s Champagne Revolution
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The Stolbun Collection
30 North Michigan Suite 1515 Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, June 23rd, from 4:30PM - 7PM
James Barnor: Ever Young
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60649
Opening Wednesday, June 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 3rd
Visiting Artist Talk: Alejandro Cesarco
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MacLean Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Ave.
Opening Wednesday, June 22nd, at 6PM
Luftwerk x Perrier: Summer Solstice with Owen Clayton Condon
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Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60624
Opening Wednesday, June 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Eye Owe You! Panel Discussion
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60614
Opening Wednesday, June 22nd, from 6PM - 7PM
Freedom Dreams Collage Workshop with Krista Franklin
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Pop Up Just Art Gallery
729 W. Maxwell St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, June 21st, from 5:30PM - 9PM
I Shout to Keep My Devils at Bay: Alyssa Beech & Mike Sidham
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, Illinois 60618
Opening Monday, June 20th, from 6PM - 8:30 PM
Visiting Artist Talk: Rodney McMillian
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MacLean Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Ave.
Opening Monday, June 20th, at 6PM
Lindsey Dorr-Niro: Anthem for the Sun – Hallucinating a New Present
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Roman Susan
1224 West Loyola Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, June 19th, from 8PM - 10PM
Displacement
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South of the Tracks
4223 W. Lake St #430
Opening Sunday, June 19th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, July 19th
Comfort Society Presents: Cengiz Yar
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Sunday, June 19th, from 1PM - 2PM
Silent Running Closing and Artist Talk
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Julius Cæsar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60624
Opening Sunday, June 19th, from 1PM - 2PM
Exhibition Openings, Artist Conversations, and Open Studios
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60615
Opening Sunday, June 19th, from 3PM - 5PM
Ryan Ingebritsen: Songpath
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Hegewisch Marsh Park
13000 S Torrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60633
Opening Sunday, June 19th, from 11am - 3:30PM
Laid Back Beach Party
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TCC Chciago
Oakwood Beach: 4100 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Sunday, June 19th, from 2PM - 6PM
Yollocalli Youth Graffiti Battle
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Yollocalli Arts Reach
Barrett Park 2022 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 2PM - 5PM
Cat Head Press Grand Opening Event
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Cat Head Press: Printshop and Artist Cooperative
2834 E Washington St, Indianapolis, IN 46201
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 4PM - 9PM
Summer Open Studios
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 South Throop St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Larry Lee: The Reports of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated, A Retrospective
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, Illinois 60655
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 23rd
Roots & Routes Initiative presents the Official Opening of Gathering Spaces
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Burnham Wildlife Corridor
E. 47th Street & Cornell Drive - Between 29th and 47th Streets
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 9am - 3PM
PDF/Objects
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Unearthed: Pre-Columbian Ceramics, Textiles, and Jewelry
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Stuart & Co. Gallery
2250 W. Ohio Street
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 16th
MCA Talk: On Painting, Judy Ledgerwood + Matthew Jesse Jackson
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 3PM - 4PM
RISE AND SHINE
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Chicago Truborn Gallery
1741 W Chicago Ave
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 24th
CALL FOR AWARENESS: Alberto Aguilar for Trunk Show
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Trunk Show
5234 S Mayfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60638-1512
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Monday, July 4th
House Shoes
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cornerstore
1903 S. Allport #3F
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 24th
Closing Reception for “There Was No Joy in the Brilliance of Sunshine”
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Efrain Lopez Gallery
901 N Damen Ave
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 18th
Closing Reception: Face-to-Face
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The Observatory Gallery
3036 N Lincoln Ave, 4th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60657
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
HEMME FATALE
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William Hill Gallery
6442 S Dorchester Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
Daniel G. Baird: When Closing Reception
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 1PM - 4:30PM
Nazafarian Lotfi: Temporary Public Art
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Green Line Garfield Stop
Green Line Garfield Stop
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, July 10th
Chicago Digital Arts and Music Fest v0.75
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TCC Chicago
2547 W North Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Saturday, June 18th, from 7PM - 2am
On view through Sunday, June 19th
Plants I have Known
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South Shore Arts Crown Point Branch
123 N Main St, Crown Point, Indiana 46307
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 19th
Lost Cause
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760 n.Milwaukee ave.
760 N Milwaulkee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, June 21st
LEXICON
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th ST
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 9th
I Shout to Keep My Devils at Bay: Patricia Nguyen & Amina Ross
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, Illinois 60618
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 6PM - 8:30 PM
Temporal Tantrum
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 30th
Meg Duguid: Production of Audience Reaction
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60626
Opening Friday, June 17th, at 8PM
What We Have Witnessed: Documenting Movements in Different Modes
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Gallery 400 University of Illinois Chicago
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
The Space Between
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Uptown Arts Center
941 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Opening Friday, June 17th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, July 17th
Rage Farmer Rage Profiteer
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Beautiful
1801 S Peoria St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Friday, June 17th, at 7PM
How Much Land
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McCormick Gallery
835 West Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 13th
Vintage Poetry Center Posters Gallery Talk
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Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine
61 W Superior St, Chicago, Illinois 60654
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 12PM - 1PM
Complexity 2016: The International Biennial Exhibition
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Fine Line Creative Arts Center
37W570 Bolcum Rd, Saint Charles, Illinois 60175
Opening Friday, June 17th, at 1PM
On view through Thursday, June 30th
Faces Not Forgotten- Chicago
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Phantom Gallery Chicago Network
436 E 47th St, Rm 205, Chicago, Illinois 60653
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 5PM - 9PM
Full Theater of Painting. The Art of Voytek
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Polish Museum of America
984 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
Artist Talk with Dayo Laoye
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Dialogue Chicago: Full Force Art Exhibition
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, Illinois 60609
Opening Friday, June 17th, at 7PM
On view through Friday, August 5th
The Big Picture 3 Woman Show
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, Illinois 60609
Opening Friday, June 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
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