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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Spring 2017 Open House
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 30th, from 1PM - 4PM
Daniel Berrigan film The Holy Outlaw with panel discussion
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Br. David Darst Center
2834 S Normal Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, April 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
Museums and Race
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, April 30th, from 2PM - 5PM
John Waters in Conversation with Chris Jones
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Fine Arts Building
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, April 30th, from 4PM - 5PM
Artist Talk: Matthew Woodward and Tom Torluemke
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N Aberdeen, Suite 151, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 4PM - 8PM
Teaching Artist Summit
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 10AM - 3PM
Platforms: a.pe.ri.od.ic with Parsons and Charlesworth
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 12:15PM - 1:15PM
Nathan Mason + Catherine Schwalbe: Mistakes Were Made
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UNUM
3039 W. Carroll Avenue, 315, Chicago IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
Photographing Black Life
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 12PM - 1PM
Kimberly Drew: Curating Art in a Digital World
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 2PM - 3PM
Igor Josifov: Continuum
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 29th
Jake Vogds: Play Dead
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Hume
3242 W Armitage Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 28th
Painting in the Real World
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WEDGE
1448 Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
DIY Workshop: Exploring Text and Image
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 1PM - 4PM
Summit: What is an Artistic Practice of Human Rights?
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 9:30am - 5PM
Running Street Art Tour
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 10 AM - 1PM
BLOOM: A Community Project
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The Port Ministries
5013 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, April 29th, at 12PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Candida Alvarez: Here
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 6th
Firelei Báez and María Elena Ortiz in Conversation
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 2PM - 3PM
Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred: A Graphic Novel
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Fine Arts Building
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 4PM - 5PM
Elias Sime: Art and Obsolescence
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 4PM - 5PM
Stories To Tell
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LALUZ Gallery
1545 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
WE: Lily Mooney and Plus Sign
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 8PM - 11PM
MCA Live: CabinFever
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 29th, from 12PM - 4PM
Art, Publics, Politics: Legacies of the Wall of Respect
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, April 28th, at 9am
On view through Friday, April 29th
Emily Rapport: Subject to Change: Urban Landscape and the Architecture of Place
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
Marzena Abrahamik: Girl Play
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Johalla Projects
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 209, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
On view through Sunday, June 4th
Jim Dine: Looking at the Present
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Gray Warehouse
2044 West Carroll Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 10th
Lucy P. Liu and Diane Ponder: Bethany Retirement Inaugural Art Exhibition
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Bethany Retirement Community
4950 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6 PM - 8 PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Kevin Goodrich: Good Times Here, Better Down the Road
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Fernwey Gallery
916 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
Shop Talks with Scott Carter
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 5PM - 6PM
Pure Love
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Bar4000
2000 W Carroll Avenue Chicago IL 60612
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, June 1st
Landline: Robert Chase Heishman, Todd Mattei, and Betsy Odom
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ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Dan Friedman: Radical Modernist
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 12th
Cecil McDonald Jr: In the Company of Black
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
Jean Alexander Frater: Softer and Gregory Bae: Spinning Backflip
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The Mission
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 10th
Carolyne King: Fractured States
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
Angela A. McElwain: Loss, Change, Stasis
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
Ruti Modlin: Round the Block: Prints and Paintings
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
Film Screening: If Walls Could Talk
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Uri Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL60608
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
Ginger Krebs: Minor Local Slumpage
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
On view through Thursday, May 18th
Boondoggle
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Thursday, May 18th
2017 Thesis Exhibition
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The University of St. Francis Art Gallery
25 E Van Buren St, Joliet, IL 60432
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 23rd
Deborah Stratman: The Illinois Parables
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
Tessa Gillett: I define\self
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AMFM Gallery
2151 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 7PM - 11PM
SAIC MFA Show 2017
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 17th
Blackbox: An Afrofuturist Opus
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Student Union Galleries | SUGs
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 9PM - 1am
On view through Wednesday, May 17th
Heather Mekkelson: What It Is We’re Measuring
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Geometric Complexions
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, June 9th
Got The Love + On The Frontline
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Lit: 2017 MFA Thesis Exhibition
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Columbia College Chicago
1104 S Wabash Ave, 2nd FL, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, April 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, May 18th
Peter Fischli in conversation with Ann Goldstein
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Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Flak Performance Series
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, April 27th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Firelei Báez: Vessels of Genealogies
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, April 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 6th
Hương Ngô: To Name It is to See It
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W. Fullerton
Opening Thursday, April 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 6th
A Matter of Conscience
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, April 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 18th
Conversation: The Gathering—Outlaw as Hero
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
From the Other Side (Film)
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, April 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Show and Tell
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Low Res Studio
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, April 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Her Environment: Mantle (part 1)
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, April 27th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Arlene Shechet: In the Meantime and Karl Wirsum
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, April 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
TIPS 4 Tingles: a live ASMR experience
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, April 26th, from 8PM - 10PM
Object Poetry
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Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University
1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL 60484
Opening Wednesday, April 26th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
Reparations in Native American and Japanese American Contexts
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, April 26th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
This Is the Life: Moving Images, Making Cities Film Series
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Wednesday, April 26th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Jacquelyn Guerrero, Natalie Murillo, Holly Chernobyl: In-Session
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, April 26th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
My Body, My Self
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, April 26th, from 8PM - 11PM
Walid Raad: Visiting Artists Program Lecture
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Visiting Artists Program
230 S. Columbus Dr.
Opening Tuesday, April 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Battles: Ss3 Post-Butoh Festival – Battle #3
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Japanese Culture Center
1016 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Tuesday, April 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Homer to Vonnegut: A Print Odyssey (Part 2)
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National Veterans Art Museum
4041 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Tuesday, April 25th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
The POWER Project general meeting #3
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, April 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Black G.I. (1970): Screening and panel discussion
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Tuesday, April 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
MCA Studio: All Rise
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Set Free
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, April 24th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Correct Opinions: curators’ talk
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Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 24th, from 6PM - 7PM
Before Work
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Arts and Public Life
301 East Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 24th, from 7AM - 9AM
Film Rescue presents The Exiles by Kent Mackenzie
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UIC Screening Room
400 S Peoria Street, Room 3226, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, April 24th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Black and Blue: Film screening and Panel Discussion
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Community Film Workshop of Chicago
6200 S Drexel Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 24th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Marisa Jahn: CareForce Disco
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Hull House
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, April 23rd, from 1PM - 2PM
Open Engagement Closing Night Party ft. Slo ‘Mo
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, April 23rd, from 9PM - 11PM
Audra Jacot : Adult
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Rev. Billy's Chop Shop!
4314 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60618-1712
Opening Sunday, April 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
Beauty Breaks at Open Engagement
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, April 23rd, from 5PM - 6:30PM
When Did We Lose? What Did We Lose?
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, April 23rd, from 4PM - 6PM
Ben Shahn: Contexts for Today
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Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
610 S Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, April 23rd, from 4PM - 6PM
Reality is Not Good Enough
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, April 23rd, from 3PM - 6PM
Incarceration: A New Narrative Through the Arts
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Gallery 400 University of Illinois Chicago
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, April 23rd, from 2:40PM - 2:55PM
Slow Flow and Self-Express Yoga
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, April 23rd, from 1PM - 2PM
Thresholds, Divine: Myths, Manias and Queer Morphologies
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, April 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
A Constant Struggle
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Sunday, April 23rd, from 2PM - 5PM
Klein / Olson
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S. Ellis Ave, 4th Floor
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 18th
Kristian Bruce: At a Place Where the Trees Were Still All Green
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Stuart & Co. Gallery
2250 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Longest Walk: Public installation near UIC campus
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UIC Student Center East
750 South Halsted street room 603, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Individual as Archivist: Taking Your Story Into Your Own Hands
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
Working Through It: Mindfulness in Critical Art Practice
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
Fresh Walls: New Space for Artists to Occupy
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 4:30PM - 5:30PM
The Party Politic: Building Movements through Movement
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 11AM - 12PM
Movement Matters: Body Politic
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Old Town School of Folk Music
4544 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 3PM - 4PM
¡JUST Dance! with TRQPiTECA
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 9PM - 1AM
UChicago DoVA Open Studios
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 6:30PM - 9PM
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