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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Stateless: Closing Reception
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Baby Blue Gallery
2201 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, March 31st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, April 9th
CSaraNoa Mark: Communal beach drawing
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, March 31st, from 11AM - 2PM
On view through Thursday, April 4th
Lucky Jewel 2
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Laura
1535 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, March 31st, from 2PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 14th
Super Sunday
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, March 31st, from 1PM - 5PM
A Humble Beginning
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AOKI
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, March 31st, from 3PM - 6PM
CommUNITY Café: Celebrating the Sacred Cypher
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Harold Washington Cultural Center
4701 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Sunday, March 31st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Folayemi (Fo) Wilson: Dark Matter: Celestial Objects as Messengers of Love in These Troubled Times
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Hyde Park Art Center, Gallery 1 & Jackman Goldwasser Catwalk Gallery
5020 S. Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, March 31st, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, July 14th
Steve Reber: Anemic Compass
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Hyde Park Art Center, Kanter McCormick Gallery
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, March 31st, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 16th
Princess: Out There
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
Black Girls Love Art Presents Wellness Matters
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Pearl Paint Sip and Hip
2105 W Division St. Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
FRESH INK: Fact, Fiction, Fantasy
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826CHI
1276 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 2PM - 4PM
Discussion and Oral Histories of the McCormick House
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Kasia Szczesniewski: Beyond the White Gardens
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South Shore Arts
611 N Indiana Ave, Crown Point, IN 46307
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 1PM - 3PM
Naomi Beckwith, Terri Francis, Kara Keeling
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 3PM - 4PM
SkyART Art Show & Open House
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SkyART
3026 E 91st St, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 4PM - 6PM
Jessica Sladek and FeiFan Zhang: Collaborative Recognition
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Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
Touch Me Not
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 7:45PM - 9:15PM
Monica Rezman: Artist Talk
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Governors State University Visual Arts Gallery
1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL 60484
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Monday, April 8th
Clay Mahn: Dig, Dig, Dig
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
Astrid Hadad: I Am Made in Mexico
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
Activity Apparatus
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Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 8PM - 11PM
Tomorrow Never Knows
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 8PM - 10PM
GET ARCHIVED Workshop
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 12PM - 3PM
Bloody Sausage Workshop
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Living Architecture: Closing Listening Party
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
12 Openings/Part 8: Li-Ming Hu and Adrienne Elyse Meyers
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 3PM - 6PM
Living Architecture: Bloody Sausage
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6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Creative Process: Round Table Discussion
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Expressions Graphics
29 Harrison St, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 1PM - 3PM
Through the Lens
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
Showcase of Fine Art
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Meridian Conference Center
1701 Algonquin Rd, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 6:30PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, March 29th
Erin Hayden and Julie Weitz: Earthy Origins
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Aspect/Ratio
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 4th
22nd Bike Winter Art Show
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Reggies
2105 S State St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 7PM - 12AM
The Poster Artist Show
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Black Moon Gallery and Studio
17 Harrison St, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 6PM - 10PM
In Progress: Patricia Nguyen
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
Goat Island Archive
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
Jon Chambers: The Practical Applications of Networks to the Body
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Performance and a Party
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 8PM - 11PM
Joanne Barsanti: Delicate Beauty
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Addison Center for the Arts
213 N Lombard Road, Door #4, Addison, IL 60101
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 26th
POP PULP!”Mexican Pulp Illustration from the Haas Roche Collection
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Aron Packer Projects at Firecat Projects, Chicago
2124 N. Damen Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 19th
Throw-Ups and Night-Moves: A Herstory of Chicago’s Synergy Crew
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Body is Work
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 5th
Context 2019
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Emily Rapport: Night/Day
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Eat Paint Studio
5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Aron Packer Projects: Pop Pulp!
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 19th
The Power of Story: Utilizing Art to Shift Narrative and Win
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Experimental Station, Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi: WHAT MY EYES BEHOLD IS SIMULTANEOUS
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SITE Galleries
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago IL, 60603
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 4:15PM - 5:45PM
On view through Saturday, April 20th
Disorienting Diasporas
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Mark Lamster: In Search of Philip Johnson
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
You Don’t Know Glitch!
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Bourbon on Division
2050 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 9PM - 2AM
Imani Uzuri: Wild Cotton
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 6PM - 7PM
Public Newsroom 101: Investigating Mexico’s Clandestine Graves
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Lunar Film Performance Night: L’Inferno 1911 Classic of Horror
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Agitator: A Co-operative Gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 8PM - 10PM
DATA: BIG/-driven/Visualized…
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Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Rotunda, North and South Galleries
116 Altgeld Hall, DeKalb, IL 60115
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 17th
Penelope Umbrico: Web as Archive
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Leroy Neiman Center
37 South Wabash, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 4PM - 5PM
Dorit Jordan Dotan: Redundant
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Wedge Projects
1448 Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 3:30PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 7th
Isabelle Frances McGuire: How to do Anything
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
35th Chicago Latino Film Festival
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AMC River East , Chicago
322 E Illinois St, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Thursday, March 28th, at 5:30PM
On view through Thursday, April 11th
Anatomy of a Restoration
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The Glessner House
1800 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Wednesday, March 27th, from 7PM - 8PM
Co-MISSION Works-In-Progress Series
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, March 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
In Progress: Nellie Kluz
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Commons Second Floor, East Side
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, March 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Art Activities Open House at Artorium
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Artorium
5719 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60646
Opening Tuesday, March 26th, from 10AM - 12PM
CHIPRC’s Zine Club: Made in Chicago Edition
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, March 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
Not Just Another Pretty Face: A Salon
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Tuesday, March 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Rosa Luxemburg: A German Revolution Teach-In
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, March 26th, from 4:15PM - 6PM
Dialogue Forum: Future Activism
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Monday, March 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Art History Thesis Critique Panels
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean Center
112 S Michigan Ave, Room 707, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, March 25th, from 9AM - 3PM
On view through Wednesday, March 27th
Michael Robert Pollard: Artist Talk
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
TEST Literary Series IV
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The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Pop Up Art Show featuring Mollie Greenberg
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
Meg Duguid: Produced by an Aftermath
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, May 4th
A Raisin In The Sun: 60th Anniversary Screening
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 2PM - 5PM
Elvira: A Mexican Immigrant Woman
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 2:30PM - 4:30PM
Chicago Zine Fest Bingo Fundraiser 2019!
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Hamburger Mary's Chicago
5400 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
Onion City: The Truth! Ha!
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 7:30PM - 8:45PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
Onion City: The Vibrating World
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 3:30PM - 4:45PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
AMFM x OTV Present: Womyn’s Herstory Movie Night
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 12PM - 3PM
Onion City: Miserablism
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
Alejandro Jiménez-Flores and Cathy Hsiao: Always Touches on a Flower: Closing Reception and Performance
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Apparatus Projects
2639 W Ainslie St, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 1PM - 4PM
Ellen Hanson & Aimée Beaubien: Hold Sway: Walk Through
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
Notes from Performing the Archive: Jackie Kennedy Flees the Scene of Her Husband’s Murder
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, at 7PM
Andrew Bearnot: FRUITING BODIES
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Leather Archive and Museum (LA&M)
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Collage Office
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The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
In Conversation: Bethany Collins and Duriel Harris
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Ste 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 12PM - 2PM
Julie Potratz Performance + Curators Walk-Through
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
ArtSmart: Abstract Does Not Distract
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Mark Nelson: Narratives of Necessity
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Three Seeds Gallery
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 13th
Jared Buckhiester: Fumbling Heart
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Dorit Jordan Dotan: Redundant
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Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 7th
Notes from Performing the Archive: Jackie Kennedy Flees the Scene of Her Husband’s Murder
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6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
The Music Memory Project
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 7PM - 11:30PM
Bad Babes of [blnk]: 2nd Annual Wommin’s Show
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Blnk Haus
3206 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
The Modern Salon: South Side Edition
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 7PM - 11PM
Yvette Mayorga: American Badge of Honor
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Comercio Popular
953 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Dorit Jordan Dotan: Redundant
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Wedge Projects
1448 Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, April 7th
Furtive Learning Labs
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Devan Shimoyam: We Named Her Gladys
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
Onion City: Giving & Taking & Losing & Listening
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 8PM - 9:30PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
Onion City: The Ghosts Are Laughing At Us
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 3:30PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
Anna Plesset: Various Records
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 4th
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