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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Macula Dog | Chelsea Bridge / Anna Johnson | Melon Sprout / Mukqs | Deirdre Fromberg / Aaron Kaufman-Levine
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, July 31st, at 8PM
Feast*
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, July 31st, at 6PM
On view through Tuesday, September 30th
The Image Pool Curator’s Tour
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, July 31st, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
The War Report: Israel/Palestine in German and American Media Coverage
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Goethe-Institut
Online
Opening Wednesday, July 31st, from 11AM - 12PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Rudy de Anda
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, July 30th, from 5:30 PM - 8PM
Artists Cafe
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Chicago Public Art Group
3314 S Morgan St Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, July 30th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Palimpsest
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MARIANE IBRAHIM
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, August 24th
Midwest Film Festival: ADVERTISING COMMUNITY NIGHT
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, July 29th, at 7:30PM
Working Studios: Out of Step Press
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, July 29th, at 7PM
Suspirar es Hacia Adentro, Susurrar es Hacia Afuera
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 28th, from 8:30PM - 11PM
Black Entanglements
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Sunday, July 28th, at 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 25th
Side Yard Sounds presents: Relevant Hairstyles
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, July 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
OPTION: Kim Alpert with claire rousay
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 28th, from 3PM - 5PM
Screening Acts: Buck and the Preacher (1972)
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, July 28th, from 1PM - 4PM
Family Fiesta
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, July 28th, from 11AM - 2PM
UP & UP
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Promontory Point
5491 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, July 28th, from 11AM - 4PM
Side Yard Sounds: Nadnavillus + GLS Trio
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Body Images: Zine Release
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Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Michael Assiff, Sidney Mullis, Tatiana Sky: Take Me Somewhere Nice
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LVL3
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 1st
Drag Me to Life
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
GUEST MUSICIAN & POP-UP ARTIST: TIM FLYNN
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Brian Garoutte | GUEST POP-UP ARTIST — Mixed Media Collages & Acrylic Paintings
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Collective Artists Group Show
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 18th
Speed of Heavy Objects
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Free Range Albany Park
3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago IL 60625
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 24th
Summer Soundwalk Series: Norman Long and Sara Zalek
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Big Marsh
11559 S Stony Is Ave Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 5PM - 7PM
HOW TO MAKE A SCENE
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan Street
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Maculate Conceptions: Artists Talk
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, July 27th, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Marcus the Artist: City of Gold: Artist Talk
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 11th
Where a knot begins and ends
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
On Creative Practice: Betsy Odom and Alex Chitty
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 1PM - 2PM
Implied Motion: Closing Reception
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Center Days
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 1PM - 4PM
Artists to Watch Networking Event
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 12PM - 4PM
Weighted Blanket: Artist Talk
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl. 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, September 1st
A Confluence of Shapes — Geometric Abstraction by Bob Nonnemacher
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 11th
Dissipation of the Image
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Prospectus Art Gallery
1210 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 27th, at 5PM
Field Day with Tria Smith and Katrin Schnabel
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, July 27th, from 10AM - 3PM
Elastro: Toshimaru Nakamura / Tetuzi Akiyama, Superposition, Sarah Lutkenhaus
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 26th, at 8PM
David Lee Csicsko: MR. FANCY PANTS: A CELEBRATION OF LGBTQ+ ICONS: Closing Reception
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, July 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Charlie Simokaitis: The Crisis Tapes
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 24th
October Garner: 25 Votives
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Evoke Gallery
3040 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Friday, July 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, August 15th
TIME IS A TORRENT
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Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, August 26th
Nostalgia
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VibrantCast Gallery
4319 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, July 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 16th
Just Transition Visioning Project: Community Art Exhibition
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Paul Henry's Art Gallery
416 Sibley St, Hammond, IN 46320
Opening Friday, July 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Raee Mediumz
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Positive Space Studios Logan Square
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 26th, from 5PM - 10PM
SAIC Low-Residency MFA Open Studio Night & Info Session
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SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, July 26th, from 4:30PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 28th
Borders Cruzadas: A Collaborative Exploration of Migration
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The Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
On view through Friday, August 9th
Cuentos Reframed Photo Summit
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Cove Studios
Various Locations
Opening Friday, July 26th, from 11AM - 5PM
L’eau de la Seine (1983) · Water from the Tremulous Stream (2021) · Sea of Glass (2023)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, July 25th, at 7PM
Working Studios: Variations on P-3
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Buena Vista Social Club
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Robin Malpass: My Chicagos
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The Galley at a+c Architects
4840 Main St, Skokie, Illinois 60077
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, September 5th
The Mask of Prosperity: Curatorial Walkthrough
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 5PM - 6:30 PM
On view through Friday, August 2nd
Queer Radical Fair
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Ping Tom Memorial Park
1700 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
Questioning Perceptions Exhibition Artist Panel Discussion
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The President's Gallery
30 E Lake St, 11th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Tuesday, August 20th
Hilma af Klint and the occult milieu in turn-of-the-century Sweden
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 1PM - 2PM
Weighted Blanket: Artist Talk
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl. 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, September 1st
Comfort Film Presents: Jumana Manna: Foragers (2022)
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 24th, from 8PM - 10PM
soft structures in conversation with ebere agwuncha and lonit Behar
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, July 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Art + Wine Tour with Shall We Wine
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E. Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, July 24th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Sacred Harp
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, July 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | A Celebration of Alice Coltrane with Brandee Younger
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, July 23rd, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Working Studios: Out of Step Press
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, July 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
Emily Apter: Carcerally Speaking: Fact Patterns and Practices of Speech Unfreedom: Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts: Visiting Artist and Scholar Series
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MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Samara Elán: New Growth
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Bird Show
Online
On view through Monday, August 5th
Sunday Reading Series: Desiree McCray, Brittany Rogers, & Jason Koo
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Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
OPTION: John Yau
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 3PM - 5PM
Music Talk | An Oral History of Alice Coltrane
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 2PM - 3:30PM
The Prairie Review Presents: Poetry Fest
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 2PM - 5PM
Indelible ORIGINS | Place + People: Why WE Are Here
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The GREYSTONE Collective
4733 S Forrestville Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 2 PM - 5 PM
On view through Friday, September 13th
Zine Camp
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Richard J Daley Branch Chicago Public Library
3400 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 1PM - 5PM
Vaughn Davis: Reminiscing: Artist Talk
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cam.contemporarie
2233 S Throop St, Unit 920, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 1PM - 3PM
Screening Acts: Body and Soul (1925)
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 1PM - 4PM
Justice Yeldham | Gorgina | Shrift | Manual Pollination
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 20th, at 8PM
Side Yard Sounds: Out of Thick Air
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Zones of Purer Doubt (LGBTQ+-Solidarity Fundraiser for Palestine at Co-Prosperity—An Evening of Poetics, Performance, and New Media)
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Co-Prosperity
3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 6:45PM - 8:30PM
Midsummer Dreams
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CSI Project Space
1912 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 11th
Mon Corps, Le dernier (My Body Last)
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Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave #1, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 6PM - 7PM
The Upsetters
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Center for Native Futures
56 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 18th
Summer Exhibition & Open Studio
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Greenleaf Art Center
1806 W Greenleaf Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 5PM - 9PM
Flowers from Yesterday
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Fourtunehouse
4410 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 4PM - 10PM
Elaine Byrne: The Beyond of the Essay Film: Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts: Visiting Artist and Scholar Series
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MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Talk | Willie Cole
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Books & Beats at McKinley Park
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McKinley Park
2210 W Pershing Rd, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 2PM - 4:30PM
The Artistic Alphabet Mafia presents: Queer Crafting
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 2PM - 5PM
Fiber Workshop
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Paul Lederer: Chromatic Winds
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Space 900
816 Dempster St, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, July 30th
Summer Soundwalk Series: Billie J. Warren: Amplifying Place with Potawatomi Listening
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Burnham Wildlife Corridor
Email MSAE for address
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 11AM - 12PM
Persistence: The Lions’ Roar in the Puerto Rican Arts / “Persistencia: El Rugido de los Leones en la plástica puertorriqueña”
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Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
3000 N Elbridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
On view through Saturday, November 16th
Kwaku Owusu Achim: In-Between Ashes
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Omenai Gallery
1716 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Friday, August 23rd
CLEAT Series: M. Sage, Kamari Patrick, Sam Tymorek
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, July 19th, at 8PM
Boy Dirt Car, Drekka, Hashira, Nosse Noos Nase
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 19th, at 8PM
Lights on: The Venezuelan Experiment
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Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, July 31st
Weighted Blanket
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl. 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, September 1st
Sparks in a Dark Room: Closing Reception
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
Ultimania
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 19th, at 7PM
GURUSHOTS: PHOTO EXHIBITION CHICAGO
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 6th
Summer Slab Series
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The Capsule
1359 N Maplewood Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 19th, at 7PM
La Casa de Todos: Screening of “To Plant a Flying Garden” (2021) and “A Planet Painted by Hand” (work-in-progress) by Martí Madaula Esquirol
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
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