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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
The Garden in Winter
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, February 28th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 11th
Artist Tax Workshop
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, February 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Platforms Series: Architecture / Sound Panel / Installation
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, February 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Llévate Mis Amores (All of Me)
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La Catrina Cafe
1011 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, February 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Ebony G. Patterson: they were…
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Wednesday, February 28th, from 12 - 1
On view through Sunday, April 1st
Creative Conversations: Lifting Creativity Bringing Others into Creative Space
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Phantom Gallery Chicago Network
436 E 47th St, Rm 205, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Tuesday, February 27th, from 11AM - 11:30AM
In Progress: Omar Kholeif with Paul Heyer
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Artistic Country House: The Work of Harrie T. Lindeberg
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 27th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Artist, Teacher, Change-Maker: Art Education in Chicago Schools
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, February 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Possibilities of Print: So Much I Want to Tell You
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The Overlook Place
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, February 27th, from 7PM - 8PM
GMM: Social Media for Sculptors
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Subterra
350 N Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, February 27th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Tuesday Night Work Party
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Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, February 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Bharti Kher
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, February 26th, from 6PM - 7PM
Speculative Futures
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IIT Institute of Design
565 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Monday, February 26th, from 12PM - 2PM
Income Tax Essentials for Artists + Creative Producers
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, February 26th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Storytelling Series
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, February 25th, from 11AM - 1PM
Heaven is a Place
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, February 25th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, March 11th
Buzz the Rainbow
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The Condo Association
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, February 25th, from 5PM - 9PM
Performances on the Present as a Condition
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No Nation Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, February 25th, from 5:08PM - 8:38PM
Udita Upadhyaya, et al: nevernotmusic
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, February 25th, from 1PM - 4PM
P A M E L A : Alone, Together
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Space Oddities Chicago
1007 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, February 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Hide and Go Chic
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Rover
957 W Cullerton St, 3rd floor, 4s, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 25th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, February 25th
The Ears Have Walls: POP Methodology Experiment One
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, February 25th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, February 25th
Andrew Falkowski and Terry R. Myers in Conversation
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 3rd
Closing Reception for Elizabeth Ernst: Shady Grove Nursing Home
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago IL 60654
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 10 AM - 12 PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Still Moments
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
1659 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 8th
Mix and Match: Closing Reception
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Studio Oh!
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
A Saturday Show of Sound Performance
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, STE 200, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
OBST
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Obst
1801 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 31st
Dymaxion Trajectories
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Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 6th
Howardena Pindell: Video Drawings
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 7th
Nick Van Zanten: It Gets Lonely in My Little Box
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Paris London Hong Kong
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 7th
Activarte para Adultos
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 9AM - 12PM
Discourse: Danielle Owensby
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Lillstreet Drawing & Painting Studio
4410 N Ravenswood Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
To hold a sway upon a pavement
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Laura
1535 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Performing Wellness: An Artist-Led Day of Self Care
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ACRE
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 4th
Geoffrey Todd Smith: Field Streaming
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 7th
Queer Film Series: Episode 6: 60s Post-Code Era Part II
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The Learning Machine
3145 S Morgan St, Chicago, Il 60608
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 6PM - 12am
Luftwerk: afterglow
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Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 7th
Crafting A Creative Career
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Douglas Park Fieldhouse
1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 10AM - 2PM
A People’s Museum of LGBTQ History
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 West Superior, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 1PM - 4PM
Karen Lange: Connected
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Talk: Howardena Pindell in conversation with Naomi Beckwith and Valerie Cassel Oliver
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, May 30th
Naoki Nakatani in collaboration with Sophie Leddick
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GOLDFINCH
319 N Albany Ave., Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, February 24th, from 4PM - 6PM
Sherwin Ovid: Standing on the Verge
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 31st
Alexandria Eregbu: Untitled, (After Ralph and Louie)
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
Kate Gilmore: Morning Rage
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Aspect/Ratio
864 N Ashland Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
FLESHCUT: Figure Salon
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Z1 Gallery
2850 W Belden Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 23rd
Lida Suchy
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LATITUDE Chicago
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Art and Core
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Outerspace
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Fridays in February: Special Collections Open House
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Oak Park Public Library
834 Lake St, 3rd Floor, Oak Park, IL 60301
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Cam Baby
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COLLABORACTION
1579 N Milwaukee Ave, Ste 336, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 7:30PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 4th
Shane Huffman: The Mediums of Photography at Play on Material as Apparatus as Man as HOL or The Fluctuating Fears of What the Law of Conservation of Energy Implies
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65GRAND
3252 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 24th
In the Spaces: A Theatrical Narrative of Dis/ability
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Maclean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 4:30PM - 7:30PM
Meg Nafziger
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 31st
Typeforce 9
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, March 10th
Tom Billings: After the First Stroke, Everything is a Correction
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Galerie F
2415 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, February 26th
Rupert Glimm: Non-Narrative Paintings
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Connor Camburn
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 23rd, at 7PM
18th Annual SEA Conference
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Self-Employment in the Arts (Conferences & Resources)
30 N Brainard St, Box 365, Naperville, IL 60540
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 1PM - 10:30PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Carman Weathington
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Carman Weathington Studio
5658 S State St, Chicago, IL 60621
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Cancelled: The Green Book Chronicles
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Black Cinema House
1456 E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Forgotten Clips
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Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 23rd, from 8PM - 10PM
Ephraim Asili: The Diaspora Series
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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, February 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
MAS Context: Jason Reblando
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Society of Architectural Historians
1365 N Astor St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Adam McEwen
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Art Theory and Practice
Kresge Hall, Room 1319, 1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL, 60202
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Inextinguishable Fire: All-Consuming Shopping Worlds
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, at 7PM
On view through Thursday, March 8th
Under the Influence
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Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 23rd
Angela Davis Fegan: Can’t Wait: Participate
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The University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
5733 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 12:30PM - 2PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Human Trafficking in Chicago
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Landmark's Century Centre Cinema
2828 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
Altered States: The Conservation of the Ayala Altarpiece
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Morton Auditorium
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
Preserving Protest
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Newberry Library
60 West Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Sara Cwynar
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Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 6PM - 7PM
Finally Got The News
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Dole Library
255 Augusta St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Public Newsroom #52: Property Taxes with ProPublica Illinois
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City Bureau
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Laura Guadagnino: Make Shift Shape Shift
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C33 Gallery
33 E Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, March 8th
Literassociates Recruitment Party
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 West Superior, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 5:30PM - 7PM
ChitChat: Real Love
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Cliché Loft
3530 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 6PM - 10PM
Six Points Reading Series: Lynn Xu and Jennifer Roche
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, from 7PM - 8:30PM
The Therapy Sessions with Eric Ziegenhagen and Amelia Hruby
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Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, February 22nd, at 8:30PM
Gagik Aroutiunian
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, February 21st, from 1PM - 2PM
Angela Davis Fegan: Can’t Wait: Participate
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The University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
5733 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 21st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Conversation with Jen Bervin
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, February 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
Wall-to-Wall
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Wednesday, February 21st, from 6PM - 6:45PM
Translating Design to Business
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IIT Institute of Design
565 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Wednesday, February 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Edra Soto
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, February 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Creative Conversations
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Phantom Gallery Chicago Network
436 E 47th St, Rm 205, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Tuesday, February 20th, from 11AM - 11:30AM
Building Black Futures: Monetizing the Scam Workshop
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, February 20th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Michael Darling on Endless Summer
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 20th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, August 5th
High-Risers Book Release Party
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National Public Housing Museum
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, February 20th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Frequency Festival: Martin Arnold
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 20th, from 6PM - 7PM
Moe Satt in conversation with Nora Taylor
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean
112 S Michigan Ave, 2M, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, February 20th, from 4:15PM - 5:30PM
William Blake Performed: Mad Song
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Tuesday, February 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 11th
Christopher Reed discusses “Black Chicago’s First Century”
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Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Reception Hall, Lower Level, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, February 20th, from 6PM - 7:15PM
Marilène Oliver: Re-stitched and Re-touched: Materializing the Medical Data Body
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Monday, February 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
John Coney: Space is the Place
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, February 19th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
TV Party (S2 E2) “Monsters”
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Logan Bar
2230 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, February 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Surviving the Mic Writing Workshop
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Cup & Spoon
2415 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, February 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Penpal Matching
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Second Unitarian Church of Chicago
656 W Barry Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Monday, February 19th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
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