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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
DATELINE BRONZEVILLE
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Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative
1456 E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Krystal DiFronzo: Who Twists Lures and Satyricon screening
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Ballroom Projects
3012 S Archer Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 7PM - 10PM
Kaveri Raina: Gods Do Handstands; Spices Simmer
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Chiacgo Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St., Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, April 20th
this land is your land
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Chiacgo Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St., Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, April 20th
Bearden’s Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
Favorite Spring Candles
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
It’s Just Business
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, May 24th
Rim Lee: What is Revealed/ Concealed
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gallery no one
1579 N Milwaukee Ave Rm 303, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
Myron Laban: Unapologetically Weird
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The Campus
2883 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Melissa Oresky and Zak Boerger: Subdivision Performance
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Cir, Ste 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 7am - 8:30PM
The cure
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Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
50 E. Washington, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Tuesday, October 31st
Yummy Yummy
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Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Cream of the Crop
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ARC Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Transgender Day of Visibility 2017: Artist Showcase
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, Illinois 60613
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
Julius Caesar Benefit Auction 2017
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Julius Cæsar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
Screening of rough cut of Uncle Fun You’re the One documentary
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Chicago Filmmakers
5243 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Great Ideas of Humanity
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Lost Arts
1001 N North Branch St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 7PM - 9PM
Sam Grossinger: Report
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Beautiful
1801 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 7PM - 10PM
Parlor Room Present: Visiting Artist Chitra Ganesh
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The Leroy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 5PM - 8PM
Rob Mazurek: The Shaping Light
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 7th
United, States, America: Three Problematic Concepts
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SAIC MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, March 31st, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Hyphen-Labs: NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 7PM - 9PM
Zhou Sivan + Anna Martine Whitehead
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Sector 2337
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 31st, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Hyphen-Labs: NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
Screening: Remainder
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The Renaissance Society
Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E 60th St, 9th fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
Talk: Job Flors
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Place, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
Poetry Reading: Maria Barnas with opening by Danielle Rosen
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL60605
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
Mats Alfredsson: Chicago Streetwalk
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
Curatorial Workshop with Bisi Silva
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Continuous Span
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/Aids Care Unit 371
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Power Project: Planning Meeting #2
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Threewalls
2738 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
People’s Choice: WAC from Sketch to Street
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618 S. Michigan Ave, 2nd floor
618 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, April 21st
Nestle + Jon Cates
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Slate Arts and Performance
3203 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 7:30PM - 11PM
Talk: Monadnock
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
Panel Discussion: How to Give Life to a Mountain
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 30th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Video! Video! Zine! April Issue
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, March 29th, from 8PM - 10PM
UIC MFA 2017: Works for the Screen
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, March 29th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
The Vixen
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Intersectionality Critique Exchange
Sharp 216, 37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, March 29th, from 4PM - 7PM
Mujeres artistas en el México de la modernidad.
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, March 29th, from 6PM - 7PM
Dialogue 8: Shirin Neshat
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, March 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
In-Session 2: Cecil McDonald Jr., Brother El, Damon Green
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, March 29th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Sonya Clark: Visiting Artists Program Lecture
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Visiting Artists Program
230 S. Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, March 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Celebration of the 2016 USA Fellows
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Harris Theater
205 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, March 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, March 28th
Danny Giles: here
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, March 28th, from 6PM - 7PM
Film Rescue: The Politics of Montage
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UIC Screening Room
400 S Peoria Street, Room 3226, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, March 27th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Kenneth Bailey: reimagining the SERC in Chicago
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Monday, March 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Hypnagogia: Artist Talk
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Pilsen Outpost
1958 W 21st St, Chicago, IL60608
Opening Sunday, March 26th, from 1PM - 3PM
B/reading Ground: Open Reading to Close Everyday Rituals Show
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, March 26th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Lavender Menace Occupation Brunch
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The Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, March 26th, from 12PM - 3PM
Ty Segall: Assterpiece Theatre
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Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Sunday, March 26th, from 4PM - 8PM
Adriana Kuri Alamillo
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, March 26th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, March 26th
Mariah Karson: Modern David
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Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery
9000 W College PKWY, Palos Hills, IL 60465
Opening Sunday, March 26th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Tuesday, April 25th
Womb Wellness: Creating Waistbeads for Wholeness
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, March 26th, from 2:45PM - 4:45PM
Meg Duguid: Production of an escalating crisis
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Roman Susan
1224 W. Loyola Avenue
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, March 25th
Miriam Dubinsky and Alicia Obermeyer: Prism Pop, book release
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Learning Machine
3145 south morgan street
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
A ROLL FOR PETER
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The Nightingale Cinema
1084 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 7PM - 8PM
Art of Alebrijes Workshop
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Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 1PM - 3PM
Artist Talk – Witness: The Artist’s Response
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 2PM - 5PM
March ArtSmart: Black Clay
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 2PM - 4PM
Stacy Petty: MIGS 2017
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Silent Funny
4106 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 6PM - 10PM
TV Dreams
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Miishkooki
4517 Oakton, Skokie, IL 60076
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Marita Bullman and Hope Esser: another small matter
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
Artist Talk: Scott Carter and Chris D. Smith
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N Aberdeen, Suite 151, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 2PM - 5PM
David Leggett: Their funeral, our dance floor
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Shane Campbell Gallery
2021 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 1PM - 3PM
A beige-looking blob that resembles nightmares
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Selena Gallery
37 Troutman St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, April 10th
Danny Miller: Ink & Paper
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Free Range
3257 W Lawrence Ave Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
Nick Grasso & Kevin Barrett Weil
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14 Chairs
2141 W. 21st Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, April 25th
In Conversation: Patric McCoy, John Neff, Peter Coviello
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Latitude
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Annie Kielman and Delaney DeMott: O P H I U C H U S
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd FL, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Terry Firkins: The Saddest Happy Ending
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The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art
1012 N. Dearborn Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Uncommonplace
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Gallery19
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL. 60625
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
James Kao: Shelter, likewise and Evan Stoler: Bulk Discount
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 66022
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Correct Opinions
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Arts Incubator in Washington Park
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 29th
FLAK Performance Series: High Concept Labs
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 7:30 PM - 10:30PM
Memoria Presente: An Artistic Journey
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 13th
Nelly Agassi: If You Could Hear a Pin Drop
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Fernwey
916 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
12th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibition
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, April 5th
Kailyn Perry: Post-Control
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Friendzone Window
3323 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
Anna Queen: Really Real
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, April 24th
Jan Brandt: Bio-Lab
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Heartland Community College, The Joe McCauley Gallery
1500 West Raab Rd, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Thursday, March 23rd, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Jesús Vassallo: Seamless: Digital Collage and Dirty Realism in Contemporary Architecture
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Place, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, March 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Between the Folds: Film Screening
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Morningstar
22 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, March 23rd, from 5:30 PM - 8PM
Panel Discussion: Art and Activism
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, March 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener in collaboration with Charles Atlas: Tesseract
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, March 23rd, at 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 25th
Sulky Driver and Matt Jencik with Whitney Johnson as Acetone Organ Duo
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, March 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
The Backroom: Scientific Art + Karaoke
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, March 23rd, from 5PM - 12AM
Visiting Artist Talk: Justine Pluvinage
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Wednesday, March 22nd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Chicago Center for the Art and Technology’s Grand Opening
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Chicago Center for Arts & Technology
1701 W. 13th st., Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, March 22nd, from 3PM - 8PM
Gone But Not Forgotten: Quilting Circle
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Wednesday, March 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
MCA Studio: Future Geology
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, March 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
Pictures at an Exhibition
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The Nettelhorst School
3252 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Tuesday, March 21st, from 7:30 PM - 9PM
Picturing Women in Renaissance Art
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Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, March 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
Scott Carter: Choke
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Terrain Exhibitions
704 Highland Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Sunday, March 19th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
The Haunting of the In Between Space: Tracing Future Memories
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Acre
1345 W 19th ST, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, March 19th, from 2PM - 5PM
POSTPONED: Art + Value: Laws, Contracts, Definitions
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, March 19th, from 3PM - 5PM
Workshop: HIV Doula Service Letter Writing
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 1PM - 3PM
Dmitry Samarov: In Taverns
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Hume Chicago
3242 W. Armitage Ave.
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
Henry C. Palmisano Nature Park: Community Meeting
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Henry C. Palmisano Nature Park
2700 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 11AM - 1PM
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