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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
1688Lbs Presents: HEAVY ARTILLERY
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The Riverfront Room @ The Westin
320 N Dearborn St. 1D, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, August 31st
Lecture on Charles White: A Retrospective
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 12PM - 1PM
Minding the Gap
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Thursday, September 13th
Work for the People (or Forget About Fred Hampton)
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 16th
Viva Riva
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Jory Drew: I WANT YOU
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BAR4000
2000 W Carroll Ave, Chicago IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Chicago Architecture Center Grand Opening
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The Chicago Architecture Center
111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, August 31st, at 9:30AM
On view through Monday, September 3rd
Adela Goldbard: Concert Baroque
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, STE 200, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
On view through Sunday, September 23rd
The Beasts
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Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, October 10th
Urban Art 101: Logan Square Walking Tour
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Green Eye Lounge
2403 W Homer St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 3PM - 5PM
Experiencing Color
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
Photos at Noon: Constructed and Staged Images
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 12PM - 1PM
Chicago Dancemakers Forum SHareOUT!
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 31st, at 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 1st
Meg Leary: Thriller
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
24th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Saints & Sinners Walking Tour: Chicago’s Legacy of Virtue and Vice
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 East Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 2PM - 4:30PM
Polish Past in Chicago 1850-1941
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Copernicus Center Annex
5216 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, September 3rd
Lustre: Rehearsal Circle and Preview Film Screening
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 8PM - 10PM
In Conversation with Carris Adams
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 West Hubbard Street Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 30th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Thursday, August 30th
Erik Geschke: Parts and Accessories
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NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery
5500 St Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, August 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, September 28th
Janet Lopez: The Shifting Body
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, SITE Galleries
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 30th, at 4:15PM
On view through Friday, September 21st
Lunar Performance Series
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 30th, from 8PM - 10PM
Sentrock: Flame
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Galerie F
2415 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 2nd
ChiPRC is Closed
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CHI PRC
858 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60620
Opening Thursday, August 30th, from 7PM - 11:59PM
Gallery Talk in American Sign Language
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Griffin Court
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 30th, from 6PM - 7PM
Meet & Work with OTV
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
The Art of Giving
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Moonlight Studios
1446 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 30th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
Juan-Carlos Perez: Won’t You Be My Neighbor
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Dusek's
1227 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 30th, at 6PM
Atomic Sketch
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Green Eye Lounge
2403 W Homer St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 30th, from 6PM - 10PM
Roberto’s Art Salon: Crit Night
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Side Street Studio Arts
15 Ziegler Ct, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Thursday, August 30th, at 7PM
Marvin Tate/Aaron Shapiro + Spectralina
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 30th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Speaking to the Devil: Adversarial Styles in American Politics from Buckley and Vidal to Today
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
Photographer of the Year & Annual Fall Showcase
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Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College
202 S Halsted St, Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Opening Wednesday, August 29th, from 11AM - 1PM
On view through Thursday, September 20th
Martin Patrick: Across the Art/Life Divide
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, August 29th, from 6PM - 7PM
The Girl Talk: 1968 Edition
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Hideout Inn
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Tuesday, August 28th, at 6:30PM
Reunion & OTV Movie Night: Set it Off
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, August 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
Yane Calovski & Hristina Ivanoska
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Tuesday, August 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, August 30th
Rodrigo Lara: Memorials
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, August 28th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Caroline Josephine Brown
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SATELLITE Cafe, Intergalactic Cafes Inc.
942 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, August 28th, from 7PM - 8PM
Ari Brown Tribute to Muhal Richard Abrams
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 28th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Tarot 2.0
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Sideshow Gallery
2219 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, August 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Black Harvest Film Festival: Women of Color
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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 Tuesday, August 28th, at 6PM
On view through Wednesday, August 29th
Living Architecture: Working Studios
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, August 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 23rd
Option: Ted Reichman Solo + Håvard Wiik Solo
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, August 27th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Tim Lowly
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Trinity Christian College, Seerveld Gallery
6601 W College Dr, Palos Heights, IL 60463
Opening Monday, August 27th, at 11AM
On view through Thursday, September 27th
Field/Work Residency Info Session
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Monday, August 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
Talking to Action
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, August 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Logan Monument ReAssembly
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Logan Monument in Grant Park
893 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, August 26th, from 12 - 2PM
Inferno: Prosper
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Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, August 26th, from 12PM - 3PM
Platypus: Sight-Passages
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 26th, from 1PM - 3PM
Artist walkthrough / flowers always / outstanding balance
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 26th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, September 9th
Madcanvases
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A Shot of Art at Perkolator
6032 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Sunday, August 26th, from 2PM - 4PM
Rich Robbins: Growing Pains
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
21st Annual Invitational Reading
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 South Canalport 4A 3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 26th, from 2PM - 4:30PM
Ariel Baldwin: Methodical Tear
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The Condo Association
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 22nd
Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards Ceremony
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 1PM - 4PM
The Chicago Project VII: Closing Reception
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 10 am - 12 PM
On view through Friday, August 31st
Ramiro Silva: Mundane
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 25th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 9th
Inheritance Quilting Circle
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SAIC at Homan Square
906 S Homan Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 12PM - 3PM
James Kao: Starlight
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 22nd
keyon gaskin: Intermissions
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Group Exhibition
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Essentia Gallery
2118 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 1st
Discourse: Daniel Hojnacki
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Lillstreet Art Center
4410 N Ravenswood Ave, 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
RAC 25th Anniversary Art Auction
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Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 25th
Broadside Workshop
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CHI PRC
858 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60620
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 2PM - 4PM
Jim Choi: Requiem
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 West 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 2PM - 4PM
Seeds InService / Lemonade Social
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Compound Yellow, CY Gallery
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 9AM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, August 25th
33rd Annual Bucktown Arts Fest
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Bucktown Arts Fest
2200 N Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 25th, at 11AM
On view through Sunday, August 26th
Villapalooza: Little Village Music Fest 2018
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26th St & Central Park
2600 S Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, August 25th, from 12PM - 10PM
Pangelica / CQQCHiFRUIT / Malci / Amy Reid
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The Archer Beach Haus
3012 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 25th, at 8PM
ONE WALL & ARTWEAR: Sasha Perez & Caridá Cirå Diaz
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
The Hinterlands: The Radicalization Process
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 24th, at 7:30 PM
On view through Monday, August 27th
Dmitry Samarov: CTA Drawings
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, September 20th
Laura Guadagnino
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North Pole
1600 W Sherwin Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, August 24th, from 6:30PM - 11PM
Almighty & Friends
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AMFM Gallery
2151 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 24th, at 7PM
Fahrenheit Chicago
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Gallery Guichard
436 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, August 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
Leaf by Leaf
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, September 13th
Late August, Early September.
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, September 13th
La Poèsie Caraïbe
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CHI PRC
858 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60620
Opening Friday, August 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
Moving Images Intended to Confound and Delight
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1120 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
George Washington
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, August 24th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
‘68 + 50
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 24th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Sofia Moreno: BioPharmacoMythology: A Dancer’s Reward
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No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave Fl 2 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 24th, from 8PM - 12AM
On view through Sunday, August 26th
Flight of the Pigasus
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Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar
960 W 31st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Head to Head: Film Preview + Silent Art Auction
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The Colvin House
5940 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, August 23rd
Opening the Vault Doors: The Adjutants of the Fighting 8th
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 31st
Art Walk
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River North Gallery District
various locations
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Fragility of Democracies Across the Globe
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St #203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 15th
Conversations en Community: Taller de Gráfica Popular
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 19th
This House Was Once a Home: The Story of 1524 and the Family that Lived Here
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Parita Shah and Ritualbox Print Pop Up
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Space Oddities Chicago
1007 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 7:30 PM - 10PM
ArchiTeenZine
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Daniel Wilson
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Line Dot
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Juan Carlos Tabío: Plaff!
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Doc Films, University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Pam Sporn
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Pop Up JUST Art (PUJA)
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, August 23rd, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
SummerDance with DJ Agúzate
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Humboldt Park
1400 N Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 4
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Wednesday, August 22nd, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Sissy Spacek – litüus – Eduardo F. Rosario
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 22nd, from 8PM - 11:30PM
A Babely Bazaar
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Slippery Slope
2357 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 22nd, from 8PM - 11PM
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