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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Office Hours: Portfolio Review with HATCH Projects Curators
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Monday, July 31st, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Freshly Painted Beige Walls
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, July 31st, from 7PM - 9PM
Option: Daniel Wyche and Kelley Sheehan
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, July 31st, from 7PM - 10PM
2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY + BOOK LAUNCH
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Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, July 30th, from 5PM - 9PM
New Works for Quad
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 30th, from 8PM - 11:30PM
Meet the Artist: Marlo Koch
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The Overlook Place
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 30th, from 2PM - 3PM
Surface Tension
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, July 30th, from 2PM - 4PM
Running Street Art Tour
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 10 AM - 1PM
Art on a Hot Tin Roof
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Bottom Lounge
1375 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
Release & Receive: A Workshop and Group Healing Session with Rhonda Wheatley
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, August 5th
Annette Hur, Julie Lai and Chinatsu Ikeda: Triple Happiness
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Relief
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Loo
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
Resist
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Tom Robinson Gallery
2416 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
Second Annual Chicago Poetry Block Party
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 2PM - 9PM
Big Marsh Soundwalk: Between The Wind and The Ground
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Calumet's Big Marsh
11599 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 3PM - 5PM
Richard Nickel and the Lost Drawings of the Town of Pullman
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Greenstone United Methodist Church
11211 S Saint Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 3PM - 5PM
Julie Potratz: Pound Into Flesh
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
Zachary Betts: Benchwarmers
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Adler & Floyd
3537 S Western Blvd #5, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
Artist Talk: Chris Cosnowski (moderated by James Yood)
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N Aberdeen, Suite 151, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 3PM - 5PM
Ari Zet, Eris Drew, Blood Club (NYC)
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Ballroom Projects
3012 S Archer Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 10PM - 1AM
West Town Talks: An Informative Talk Back Series
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
Fantastic Facade
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 10th
Mariah Karson: American Legion
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 18th
Meshell Ndegeocello
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Evanston SPACE
1245 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Fed Up Fest 2017
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 5PM - 12AM
On view through Sunday, July 30th
Vagabond (1985)
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Latitude
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Differences in Permeability
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Comfort Station Logan Square(lawn)
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 28th, at 8PM
On view through Friday, July 28th
Parlour
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ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
Sandra Bridges: Southern Roots Revisited
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Old Town Triangle Triangle Gallery
1763 N North Park Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 11am - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, July 4th
The Dating Game
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Green Door
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 3rd
Isabelle Olivier: Music for Gauguin
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 3
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
ChiDM Presents: Clutch Gallery
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
Public Newsroom #28: Audio Recording (with CIR’s “Reveal”)
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City Bureau
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Indigo Dye and Sustainability Workshop
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The Plant Chicago
1400 W 46th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Diane Ponder: The Hall of Dreams
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805 Milwaukee
805 N Milwaukee Ave, 300a, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, August 28th
People’s School Workshop: From Journals to Zines, to Murals
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The Port Ministries
5013 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 5PM - 7PM
Wauconda Area Library Night Soundwalk
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Wauconda Area Public Library
801 N Main St, Wauconda, IL 60084
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
Echo Haus vs Lorelei live score to 1915 Alice in Wonderland
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 8:14PM - 10PM
The Visibility Project: A Celebration of 100 Black Girls
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The Leroy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Food as Historical Artifacts
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Chit Chat: Womyn in Fashion
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Sir & Madam
5252 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
People’s School Workshop: A Portrait and Paper Mache Creature
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The Port Ministries
5013 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, July 25th, from 4PM - 6PM
People’s School Workshop: Summer Arts and Crafts
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The Port Ministries
5013 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, July 25th, from 10AM - 1PM
ChiDM Presents: Openbox
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, July 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Julia Dratel: Floorplan
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, July 25th, from 9PM - 11PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Feminist Craft Circle
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Women and Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Tuesday, July 25th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
HOUSEWARMING
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The Condo Association
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 12th
Deadly Prey Gallery at Comfort Station
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 11AM - 2PM
Artist Talk: The Mountains Whispered and the Canyon Sang
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 3:30PM - 5PM
Good This Day Only: Signs of Maxwell Street
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 10AM - 4PM
At Work with Thomas Kong
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 22nd
A Walk to Meet the Remediators
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Big Marsh Park
11559 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60633
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 10AM - 12PM
Arts on the Riverwalk
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Montgomery Ward Park
630 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, at 12PM
On view through Sunday, July 23rd
2017 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition – Family DAY!
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 12PM - 3PM
Gallery Talk: Hương Ngô & Faye Gleisser
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 1PM - 2PM
What Henry Darger’s art reveals about race in the U.S.
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 2PM - 3PM
Sofia Moreno: It’s all Borrowed Time
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The Learning Machine
3145 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 23rd
Carissa Meier: Terra Incognita
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The Overlook Place
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, July 31st
Adela Goldbard: A Simple Machine
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New Capital Projects
3114 W Carroll St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
People’s School Workshop: Flip The Script
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The Port Ministries
5013 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Luis Sahagun: The Mountains Whispered and the Canyon Sang
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Chicago Artist Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 6PM - 930PM
On view through Thursday, August 10th
Richard Medina: Scenes From The Middle
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High Hrothgar
5120 S University Ave, Apt. #3N, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 21st
Are You a Lover: Closing
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Obverse Gallery
1434 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, July 13th
Rodrigo de la Sierra: Timoteo and His World
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 11th
Herman Miller Field Trip
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Lost Arts
1001 N North Branch St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 8:30AM - 8:30PM
New Works by Gallery Artists
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Chicago Art Source
1871 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
Patrick Humphreys and Chris Heck: Art Brut
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Chicago Art Book Fair fundraiser and release party
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Tusk
3205 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
SHOUT
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 12th
3rd Fridays at 4Art Space
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4Art SPACE
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
Sweet Creature
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, August 10th
Encaustic
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Best In Show
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Arcadia, Indiana Release Party
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Water: A Dispatch From the Bottom of the Tub
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 7:30PM - 10PM
High School Arts Week Open House
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Ragdale Foundation
1260 N Green Bay Rd, Lake Forest, IL 60045
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 1PM - 3PM
Walk a Mile in My Shoes
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
Michelle Stone and Peter N Gray: Happenstance
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Phantom Gallery Chicago Network
436 E 47th St, Rm 205, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 5PM - 10PM
Lee Cody: An Algorithm for Living In
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The Night Gallery
3149 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 8:30 PM - 10 PM
On view through Thursday, August 17th
Public Newsroom #27: What the City Wants Covered
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Art Under The Stars
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Lillstreet Art Center Roof deck
4401 N Ravenswood Ave
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
Remnants of a Dream
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Gallery 400
400 S. Peoria
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 5th
Conversation: Youth Power = Vibrant Cities
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Summer Release Party with David Soukup
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Line Dot Editions
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 18th
WATER
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North Shore Art League Gallery
620 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka, IL 60093
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 18th
Low-Res MFA Show: Readings and Performances
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Summer Projects
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Logan Center Exhibitions
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
MCA Talk: On Style, Eckhaus Latta
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Parallax Views: Paranoia on Film
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 8PM - 11PM
Douglas Hoerr Book Signing
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Pagoda Red
400 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, July 19th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Hidden Histories
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Alphawood Gallery
2401 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, July 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Art in the Jensen Formal Garden
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The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, July 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
We All Come to the Table: Food as a Storyteller
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Wednesday, July 19th, from 7PM - 8PM
Digital Gnosis live score of A Trip to the Moon (1902)
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 19th, from 8:20PM - 10PM
ChiDM Presents: Frank Lloyd Wright Trust
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, July 18th, from 12PM - 1PM
SOARS (Story of a Rape Survivor)
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SAIC MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, July 18th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
I shall create!: Arts on the Inside
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, July 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Ira Murfin’s An Interview (part 4 of)—Dao Nguyen+Havadine Stone
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TRITRIANGLE
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, July 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
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