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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Forms and Features: Ecopoetry Workshop
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, May 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
MCA Screen: Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 3
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
https://mcachicago.org/Calendar/2017/05/MCA-Screen-Chicagoland-Shorts-Vol-3
Opening Tuesday, May 30th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Angela Jackson: A Surprised Queenhood
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, May 30th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Black Chicago History Forum
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, May 30th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Forms & Features: Celebrating the Poetry of Audre Lorde
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, May 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
Whirligigs, Folk Art and Beyond
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Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Monday, May 29th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Sherri Denault and Ish Muhammad
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Cultivator
202 E Washington St, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Monday, May 29th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Monday, May 29th
BBQ Pubes & Tudes
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The Learning Machine
3145 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, May 29th, from 2PM - 10PM
Underground Comedy Night at WORLDPLAY
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Produce Model Gallery
1007 W 19th St, Ste 1, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
ChitChat: Hack Your Period
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East Room
2354 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 2PM - 6PM
Ruby T : TENSES
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The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food
1371 W Estes Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, July 4th
Kayla Anderson: Model Home: Closing
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, May 29th
Running Street Art Tour
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 10 AM - 1PM
Cauleen Smith: Human_3.0 Reading List
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Dmitry Samarov: Excavation – Pictures from a garage in back of a bar in Bridgeport
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Rainbo Club
1150 North Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 4PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, June 22nd
Mariame Kaba discusses Trying to Make the Personal Political
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Self-Reliance School
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 3PM - 5PM
In the mesh
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 2PM - 6PM
Ben Gould and Nick Grasso: Do Comets Bring The Death Of Kings?
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Adler & Floyd
3537 S. Western Blvd #5, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 17th
Jake Vogds : Silent Eagles, Jabbering Parrots
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Summer Sessions
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 7PM - 11PM
Childhood Narrative: A Live Narrative
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The Awakenings Foundation
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
In your head
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Echoes: Color, Pattern and Design
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 2nd
The Turnt and Woke Approach to Documentary Editing with RMB
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Steve Cushner: Over Under Sideways Down
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 17th
Indigeneity, Gender, and Sexualities
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 10AM - 3PM
Juan Camilo Guzmán: A Cosmetic Decision
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, June 15th
This Is What We Do
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Obverse Gallery
1434 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
The Dangerous Professors: Publication Release
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Triumph
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608-4115
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 10PM
Little Sister: An Afro-Temporal Solo-Play
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Gerhard Steidl: Why Physical Things Matter in a Digital World
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
And and and: Part III Opening
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
CHTF Bronzeville Tempestt Hazel + Sixty Inches From Center
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Bronzeville
TBD
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 10PM
Renee Gladman: reading from Calamities
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The Renaissance Society
Kent Hall, 1020 E 58th St, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
The Stick Up! Chicago with Oscar Arriola
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
Gwen Allen: Sidebar
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Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th ST, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Curator’s Round Table: The Petty Biennial
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Arts and Public Life: Arts Incubator in Washington Park
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Panel Discussion: Intersectional Identity and Creative Political Action
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, May 24th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Gallery Talk: Lovis Corinth
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 24th, from 4PM - 5PM
Beatriz Colomina: The Perversions of Modern Architecture: Everything you wanted to know about it but were afraid to ask
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The Renaissance Society
Kent Hall, 1020 E 58th St, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, May 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
MCA Talk: Artadia, Art and Dialogue
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
The Politics of Land Sovereignty and Environmental Racism
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, May 24th
EN MAS’: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean
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Opening Tuesday, May 23rd, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 13th
Spring Intuit: ART BREWT A Benefit for Intuit
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The TapRoom at Lagunitas Brewing Company
2607 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, May 22nd, from 5:30PM - 8:30 PM
Option: John Sparagana, John Corbett and Ken Vandermark
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, May 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
Historical Semantics and Legal Interpretation
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, May 22nd, at 9am
On view through Tuesday, May 23rd
Anna Kunz: Physical Sunshine
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, May 21st, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
Zachary Cahill: USSA Love Chapel
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Regina Rex
221 Madison St, New York, NY 10002
Opening Sunday, May 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 25th
Ashley Teamer: Sneaker Boy Dreams
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, May 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 18th
The Self-Reliance School
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL, 60302
Opening Sunday, May 21st, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, October 18th
Son Bohemio, Sudakas and Ramon Marino
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Casa de la cultura carlos cortez (Mestizarte)
1440 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
Nappy: 20th Anniversary Screening of a pioneering documentary
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 3PM - 5PM
Body + Camera Festival
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 20th, at 1:30PM
On view through Sunday, May 21st
Without Power, No Cookies
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 17th
Max Guy: Color
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Prairie
629 W Cermak Rd, Suite 240, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
Dannielle Tegeder: TURBULENT CONSTELLATIONS
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 1st
Play Dead presents Campies Campies Campies!
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Hume Chicago
3242 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
Mikie Poland: Dear Diary
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Peanut Gallery
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, June 20th
You Can’t Do That Shit on Television
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Loo
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 17th
Without Sky
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Julius Cæsar
3114 W. Carroll St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
Bettina Pousttchi: Suspended Mies
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 5th
The MorphoTransverse Method® Trial Experience
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 8:55PM - 9:35PM
On view through Wednesday, May 24th
Ayako Kato: Swathe (the Rage of Kasane)
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 19th, at 7:30PM
High Concept Labs/Comfort Station Takeover
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 21st
Fashion: Call it Art
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Gallery19
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 21st
If It Feels Good
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yo:u
1026 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 2nd
Hope Esser and Liz McCarthy: Ladies Night in Lascaux
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
Friction and the City
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 9am - 7PM
The Petty Biennial
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Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 23rd
Curators Create
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 7th
Latinx Artists/Administrators Retreat
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ACRE/ Chicago Cultural Center/ National Museum of Mexican Art
Opening Friday, May 19th, at 5PM
On view through Saturday, May 21st
Fact and Fiction: Creation, Forms, Boundaries
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 19th, at 9am
On view through Saturday, May 20th
Chicago Archives + Artists Festival
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, May 19th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, May 21st
Tom Denlinger: Parrot Dreams
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
Sara Condo: Alone Together
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
Celluloid to the Pixel: Exploring Documentation, Tech and Time
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, May 19th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
CAC’s Annual Benefit: Work In Progress
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Venue One Chicago
1044 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL60607
Opening Thursday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Public Newsroom #18: Timuel Black on the Art of Oral History
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
Sanctuary/Sustenance: Youth, Culture, and Assimilation
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Art Works Projects
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, May 18th, from 6:25PM - 8:30PM
Kitihawa’s Chandelier: A Photographic Tale by Nicolas Henry and the children of Chicago
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, September 12th
Bill Savage and Emily Rapport Chat
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Firecat Projects
https://www.firecatprojects.org/
Opening Thursday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Pedro Reyes
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
L A S T I N G: Exploits of Endurance
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, May 17th, from 6PM - 11:59PM
Tibetans in Chicago: A story of resilience and success
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Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes St, Evanston, IL 60301
On view through Wednesday, August 23rd
The Rearview Mirror Sessions: Minnie Riperton, The Perfect Angel
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Arts and Public Life: Arts Incubator in Washington Park
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, May 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
LYP SINC OPEN: birthday edition
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Tuesday, May 16th, from 8PM - 11PM
Vincent Tiley: Material Eyes
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, May 16th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 16th
Soft Sculpture
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, May 16th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
Before Work
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Arts and Public Life: Arts Incubator in Washington Park
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, May 15th, from 7am - 9am
ProCession(s) 2017: Transcritical Possibilities Fieldweek
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, May 15th, from 10AM - 10PM
On view through Monday, May 15th
Palestinian Comics: Stories from the homeland to the diaspora
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, May 14th, from 5PM - 6PM
Chicago Home Theater Festival
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Opening Sunday, May 14th, at 6PM
On view through Monday, May 29th
Mothering, Mother’s Day Movements
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St., Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, May 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
Isabel Kerkermeier, Kaveri Raina and Wolfgang Flad: K.R.F.
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, May 14th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 17th
Switch~ On!
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, May 14th, from 8PM - 10PM
Kayla Anderson: Model Home (ChicTraditionalSimpleClassicVintageCoolWhitePatternStandingCosyLeatherDecorativeCuteContemporary)
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Paper Trails
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Jimmy Beans Coffee
2553 W. Fullerton, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 3PM - 8PM
Stephen Kaltenbach: Sky Totems and Other Bad Ideas
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 62,0 Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 17th
ChicaGO24: Street Art and Graffiti Tour
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Galerie F
2145 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 4PM - 6PM
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