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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Jonas Becker
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
Frank DeCaro: Drag History
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The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, April 30th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Visionary: Celebrating Judy Chicago
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The Standard Club
320 S Plymouth Ct, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Tuesday, April 30th, from 12PM - 3PM
America: A Hymnal
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Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St Savior
65 E 32nd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Tuesday, April 30th, from 8PM - 12AM
Danez Smith
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Monday, April 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Long Term, A Panel Conversation: Resisting Life Sentences, Working Toward Freedom
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Kresge Hall, Northwestern University
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Monday, April 29th, from 5PM - 7PM
UIC MFA Thesis Screening
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Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
2019 Intercollegiate Undergraduate Art History Symposium
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago: The Leroy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 10AM - 3PM
Chicago Abortion Fund Bowl-A-Thon
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Seven Ten Lanes
http://www.chicagoabortionfund.org/
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 1PM - 5PM
Participatory Arts Chosen Family Day: From A To Zine-making workshop
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 12PM - 4PM
Margins, Material and Metaphor: Artist Talk
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
PO Box Mail-In Show
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 4PM - 7PM
Pilsen Outpost – Book Club
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 3PM - 5PM
Perspectives on Photography: Tonika Johnson: Folded Map
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Perspective Gallery
1310 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Encountering and Becoming Ghosts
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School of The Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean Center (MC 1307)
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 4PM - 6PM
At A Distance #3
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Wedge Projects
1448 W. Howard St
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 1st
EXTRA LIVE: PAPER WORKS
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EXTRA Projects
3551 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
Daniel Edward
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StudioUs
4806 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, April 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
16th Anniversary Sale & Show
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Lincoln Square Pottery Studio - Learning Center
4150 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Bad Ass Women of East Garfield Park
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GAG
3528 W Fulton Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, May 23rd
Chicago Black Social Culture Map: Early Chicago House Edition
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 12PM - 4PM
ChiTeen Lit Fest Featuring Eve L. Ewing
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1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 11AM - 2PM
Tracy K. Smith
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Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 2PM - 3PM
James Hoff
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 8PM - 10PM
Marc Lamont Hill and Barbara Ransby: Media and Democracy
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UIC Forum
725 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Stomping Grounds
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 West 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Annual Book Sale
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Gerber Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 10:30AM - 2:30PM
Bi-Queer Poetry and Open Mic
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The Hatchery
135 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Joe Rauen: Talk and Performance
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Union Street Gallery
1527 Otto Blvd, Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 3PM - 5PM
Penelope Thrasher
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Slacks Window Gallery
5752 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60646
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, May 31st
Ghostskate presents TruRute
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Agitator: A Co-operative Gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
CFA Out of the Vault: How We Work
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
Toypurina and the Kizh Nation
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Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
3001 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
SSW Workshop: Comics Journalism
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 1PM - 3PM
Traces: SAIC MAVCS (Un)symposium 2019
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 9:30AM - 4PM
Melissa Pokorny and Julia Hechtman: Double Bind
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Space P11
55 E Randolph St, Pedway Level, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Tuesday, April 30th
Roots & Culture Spring Gala 2019: Idol Worship
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Assemblea
1350 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 6:30PM - 11:30PM
Decarcerate: Art Making Against Mass Incarceration
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 2PM - 6PM
Circles and Squares: Natives, Colonists, and Maps
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 11AM - 11:30AM
Michael Cabrera
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Essentia Gallery
2118 N Halsted St Chicago IL 60614
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
Repetition as Ghost-making
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School of The Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean Center (MC 1307)
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Liz Magor: BLOWOUT
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
VISCERAL: Closing
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EXTRA Projects
3551 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Sam Kirk and Joseph Josue Mora
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Ste 102, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 4 PM - 5 PM
On view through Saturday, May 4th
Found Gestures
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Hyde Park Art Center Gallery 5
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
The Veteran Art Initiative
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The Pilsen Art House
1756 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 2PM - 10PM
Art For People’s Sake
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 4PM - 6PM
The World Is Always Coming to an End
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 1PM - 3PM
Dear Beer 2: closing reception
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Paper Hat
1953 N Campbell Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Sauna!
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Kimono Exhibition
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Japanese Culture Center (日本文化会館)
1016 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
What’s Next: Closing Reception
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Ice House Gallery Evanston
609 South Blvd, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 5PM - 7PM
Jeremy and Farrah: Forms of Rest
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Young Chicago Authors
1180 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 6PM - 10PM
The Webs Between Us
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, April 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Still Here: Torture, Resiliency and the Art of Memorializing: Closing Reception
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Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 26th
Poesía en Abril: David Huerta & Maya Islas
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
Parts of Speech: Steffani Jemison
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South Shore Cultural Center
7059 S South Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, April 26th, at 6PM
Tom Torluemke: Born in the USA
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One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 8th
How We Make It 2019
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Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 31st
Jan-Henry Gray, Xandria Phillips, mai c doan
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Alberto Aguilar: moves on human scale
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 15th
Kristen Kaza: Inclusive
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Low Res Studio
1821 W Hubbard St. #203, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 8:30AM - 10AM
IN THE RECEIVING ROOM
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FLOOD'S HALL
1515 E 52nd Pl, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 26th
Kayla Mahaffey: Off to the Races
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Line Dot Editions
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
2019 Emerging Illinois Artists
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McLean County Arts Center
601 N East St, Bloomington, IL 61701
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, May 24th
Cathy Hsiao: M ㄅ V ㄍ M ㄍ ㄇ ㄒ III: BAD BUDDHA, 嫦娥
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McLean County Arts Center
601 N East St, Bloomington, IL 61701
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, May 24th
Toward the Unsound: Closing Performance Marathon
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 4PM - 9PM
Documenting the Archive, CMS Conference
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
An Ekphrastic Event for Sharing the Muse
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South Bend Museum of Art
120 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, South Bend, IN 46601
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Take Me Serious: 2019 Teen Arts Exhibition
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Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, May 16th
2019 MFA Show Opening Reception
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, May 15th
NOTES on AN Appearance
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Sarah Kaiser-Amaral: Elemental
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 24th
2019 Senior Thesis Exhibition
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The University of St. Francis Art Gallery
25 E Van Buren St, Joliet, IL 60432
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
AIR/ED Meet and Greet
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
unsettled
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ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 26th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
Vincent Dermody: NERVOUS SERVICE
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 26th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
Rebel Nell
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Chicago Truborn
1741 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 12PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
The Black Experience IV
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The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 9PM - 1PM
James Krone: Model Of Dissolve
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, June 8th
Matthew Metzger: Collapse
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Regards Gallery
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 8th
Crystal Hodges
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Leo Burnett
35 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 8AM - 9:30AM
MFA Thesis Group 3 Gallery Talk
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Grunwald Gallery of Art
1201 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN 47405
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 12PM - 2PM
Re(a)sonable demon
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 9:30PM - 2AM
SAIC MFA After Party
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2523 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 10PM - 2AM
Turtle Fox presents Little Worlds
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Rogers Park Art Gallery
6902 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
Friday Festejo
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Eco Collective Chicago
2042 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 8PM - 10PM
BA Thesis Projects 2019
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 12:30PM - 6:30PM
Susan Keech McIntosh: Trans-Saharan Connections and the Global Turn in Africa: A History in Fragments
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Sinema Obscura presents: DECAF DON
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6740Micro
6740 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, April 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
(un)noticeable and Forthcoming
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University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza, HSB 201, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Thursday, April 25th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, May 9th
Poetry’s Spring Party
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, April 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Eve L. Ewing: Into a Daybreak
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The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
5733 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 25th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, April 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Possible Mediums
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, April 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Chicago Dance History Project • Spring Affair
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Virgin Hotels Chicago
203 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, April 25th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Please, Continue (Hamlet)
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, April 25th, at 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
Black Lab
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OGGI, Chicago
2451 S Oakley St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, April 25th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
New Age, New Age: Strategies for Survival
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, April 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 11th
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